The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-01

% twenty four loot ditch. Carrying two
and On half feet uf water The country
twas very uovund the poup.. mhly
pour and this worit progressed nr-o.-
ssrilv very slowly With Clue Niuatarc,
Winters Creek and Entrrprisc bitches
~ work raising fine crops ON nll the
land cultivated. the irrigation crank Of
n few year. ago had nothing 90 do but
listen 20 the crnakinr Of the men who
before had been the enemies n irrira-
ton ard hear them tell how they had
always been the strongest advocates ~
irrigation In the country To fact. 20
hear spmr ~ the former enemies Of ir-
rigatiun ard douhtiur Thomascs talk
ing Of the trinls and universities which
the early irriVntioni.ts had 10 contend
with. one would Imagine he had struck
the original irrigntiunist himself All
right. Jet " be- M. IL always was ~,
even when Sallic killed the bear her
husband had TO be- Included and 10 was
81 and Saliic who killed the bear"
With these educational force, at work
the people soon became ~ one mind,
and one ditch organization aftcrnnothcr
sprung into existence on both sides ~
the river From the Wyoming line ON
the west 60 the eastern siiro The coun-
IS b. now under ditch aud practically
an 81 II reclaimed from rs desert con.
ditiun, and is now q great oasis IN tho
de crt.
Immediately after the cvpnts above
recorded the people ~ Mitchell valley,
on the south Side Of tho ivcr and west
NJ SCOTS IluH. organized the Mitchell
Ditch company and usiructed n very
line ditch, twcnty.four feet wide on the
bottom aud twenty-five or twenty
seven miles long. covering pcrhap, 90.
600 ncrcn ~ the very finest land In tho
country. The greater part ut the ditch
was built hy stoclurun who had snmo
ucnns. nnd was pushed with grcntcr
viror than any ditch which had been
constructed in the county The same
has been true 81 the country under
this ditch,
The country has been developed
faster than any part 81 the county, and
VI o. now in fine condition aud the pco-
pie are among the most prosperous In
the state
While those event, were roinF on IN
the west end Of the county the people
in the cast aud middle were not idlc.
Tho people Of Gcring built a nice little
ditch and undertook TO am II from Tho
river with nu immense steam pump.
and they did irrigation in this way and
irrigated a considerable amount ~
land and demonstrated that thcy wcro
made oi the right kind NJ material and
that they we're thorough converts 10
the belief In irrigation. liut they nlso
demonstrated that irrigation In this
mode was much more expensive than
from the river by the use ~ open
bitches. They disposed of their pump
aud boiler and opened the ditch 10 tho
river. and now have nice tract ~
country covered by what b. known M
the Central ditch, aud good crops are
raised each ycnr Also farther east on
each side OF the river other enterprise
sprung into existence. and In Aprn,
1850, the Castle Rock Irrigation COM
pany was organized and commenced
the construction Of n very line canal,
heading some four or five miles cast OF
GcrinR, tho county seat Of SCOTS Bluir
county. aud running about seventeen
miles east and southeast along tho
edge OF the bluH and covering about
10000 acres Of very fine bottom lands.
This ditch IL constructed ON some
what different plan from the rest dt
the bitches IN the Immediate ncighbor-
hood. II ~ eighteen feet on the bot
tom for the hrst nine miles and then
divides, and for the rest Of the distance
there are two bitches, each about eight
feet ON the bottom aud carries about
three feet Of water. ON the north sido
81 the river near the east line, the pco.
pie Of liayard have constructed u Inc
ditch, but this ~ mostly Ia Cheyenne
county. and leave the history of tho
enterprise for some Cheyenne county
writer 90 record,
desire To say In general way that
the county has probably 1900 acres
OF land under ditch. not more than one.
| fourth Of which has ever been broken
out and cultivated. owing To the power,
/ ~ Of tho people, who started To irri
gate after they had eaten up all they
took there with them and were reduced
/ to such poverty that nearly every man
/ who engaged In building ditch In tho
county was compelled 10 place mort
/ gage ON his team To procure the means
/ with which to feed his team while he
worked When you talSo into account
/ that the county never had 500 voter,
/ aud that not one.half the voters or land
owners are interested In irrigation
U anu ANNN AhNN WIN lhNN'A Aihh JAW
rabbits In summer, | say that the few
/ irrigationists ~ SCOTS Hun county
l have accnmpl shrd llorN than ! cycl
/ saw done by tho same number of nct
/ in any country Ia my life. Think oil
. $50. 900 acres 81 desert transformed {,
q vcritahlc garden, and under i4smllc'
/ Of ditch; and When sny ditch NEAR
/ ditch, Tor an the bitches 81 the county
are large, line bitches one hundrc,
and forty.cight miles built aud ownc,
I hy less than 200 men. and no debt upot
them. You ask how this was done
I l answer, 10y organizing stock com
I panics selling the stocl, to individual
/ and then paying for Il almost entirely
T in work in other words, these 200 mcI
have created se5O, 900 lea wealth, simply
] dug out of the ground, No bonds, n,
t debt. tbs best way to build n ditch II
any county.
Tho Farmers canal before spoken q
was sold hy the original proprietnrs
owing TO the cost of construction, to
couple Of gentlemen whom II was bc
licvvd az the time were able to build /
at once, hut the truth very soon deycl
opcd that these men did did not hav
the money aud were unable To get Il &
finish the ditch. However, this com
pany has done an immense amount q
worl, and the ditch Is 30 far constructc
~ 70 make Il q sure thing In the nea
future. The company has constructc
one of the finest hcadgates In the nortl
west at cost OF about $1,000. IN
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