, 1901-10-24
Scheme of Large Proper
tiOns Under way-WiH
Cover the Land on
East Side OfRiver
in Saratoga
Valley.
Homestead Irrigation Settlement
Will Provide Homes for Thous-
ands-Water to be Owned by
Settlers Under Canal-Means
Much for Saratoga and the
Surrounding Country.

One of the most important indus
trial schemes that has ever been start
ed in the Saratoga valley is the Home.
stead Irrigation Settlement movement
which is now under way and which
will soon monopolize the attention of
the entire country.
The General Manager of this new
company, James w. Wilson, is a resi-
dent of Chicago, and has had much
experience in matters of this kind be-
fore, having successfully started three
other colonies on the high road to
prosperity in the west. The present
scheme grew out of a failure to settle
a colony in the San Juan country in
Colorado. Unfortunately for them,
but fortunately for us, oil was discov-
cred ON the land intended for settle
ment and oil p~rospectors focked in
and took the land up. With about
1900 applicants for homes and farms
on his hands Mr.. Wilson was nom
plussed for a time, until his attention
was called to the Saratoga valley and
its great possibilities in the way of a
large body of fine agricultural land
and a never failing and inexhaustible
supply of water. He at once turned
his energies in this direction and the
result is that, within a year from this
time, the east side of the river, be-
tween here and Timber Mountain,
will be a scene of great activity.
A BEAUTIFUL PROPOSITION.
Plainly put, this proposition pro-
poses, by means of two companies,
one an investment company for the
purpose of enlisting capital to con-
struct the canal, known as the Kuy-
kendall Wilson Development Com
pany, with a capital stock of $780,
900, and the other as the Homestead
Irrigation Settlement Company, also
with a capital stock of S1,50O,O00, to
open up and prepare the country for
settlement by home seekers. The
first company will enlist money in
the enterprise in order to raise funds
to build the canal and the latter COM
pany will sell its stock in the canal to
the homesteader, at a rate of one
share for every acre of ground he may
take up, be that 40, so, 120, or 100.
This stock will be worth $40 per
share and when the land is all taken
that lies under the canal, the canal
itself will be owned by the farmers
under it. 1t will be entirely under
their control and management. 1t
will not be profit sharing or dividend
paying stock as will that of the stock
of the Development Company.
BROAD STRETCH OF PRAIRIE.
The broad stretch of prairie, lying
between the river and the mountains
on the east side, contains from $780,
600 to 100000 acres of the most fer
tile land in the west and the most
of it lies with just the right slope for
irrigation. The tract of land has
long been regarded by irrigation ex-
perts, as one of the very best PROPOSE
ton in the state and many have been
the prophecies, by irrigation experts
as to the glories and possibilities of
its future as a home maker for the
over crowded people of 1.-The states"
The tract referred to is capable of
supporting a population of 10000
people and its possibilities in the way
of the production of hay, grain, vege-
tables and small fruits is almost I'M
limited.
This company is differed as fol-
laws:-James w. Wilson,, General
Manager, Chicago, Ills; John NJ.
Kuykendall, General Western Man
ager, Denver, Colo, and IL. l.. Kuy-
kendall, Resident Manager, Saratoga,
Wyoming. Harry Brown, of the
Brown Investment Company, Boston
Block, Denver, Colo, and Robert
Creek, a practical irrigation engineer,
of Colorado, are interested in the en-
terprise.
The launching of this enterprise
means a great deal for this entire val
ley and especially for Saratoga, 1t
means that this town will soon be-
come, as has always been prophecied
of it, the most important town in the