The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-09-22

CHEYENNE WYE. SEPT a.
Wyoming ~ moving FarteiY II lrrt-
cation matters. At this q me e has
asa ea nSres W&th abundant aaisF
aurply auG Applications are On fffv
with the state board Zoe The ep=
pfuvaI % projects which wili irfi-
gate fram ka.aeQ q fs.eea acres
ssurr. ThFea hundred ard fiftY
miles q canals have ben hHlli. -
arc undsr waS. ana yhen al pro-
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essen ErTHH#sis tua taFfEs Hss r7'fslgsst Htss
reQusru about T1.fec r1hir feet %
water rer second Irrigated land
brings frum tta % 90 per acre. In
Colorado nifullsr land brings from
|fis0 to see psr acre. when 81 has
been done that is possible In WON
fnx. & aaa 900 acres u iand. uow
arid. viii b. Eaeialfued aad brought
irtD active eesuretiftan with The
farming communities ~ the eastern
and middle Wsas states Der thH
immediate sasase. h9N#ssss W.
nrning wtF mex care 90 enter tiFe
outside field. she imports the ma
iursfY % her vegetables and farm
rsolaets. and tFFisatiau Tor psfhafs
10 ysafa 90 eaamr viii rot 50 Tar
beyond supplying the home DEMAND
The mountains - the state form
the water shed fef Tires sfsat
basins. ~ Mt. linton streams rise
NhteA 40 into TIE Colorado. the Coz
furn = ana the Missouri n has the
hest Sat~f supply % any % ths ara
State. and 4 iarNsr number 81 small
areas thsss can ~ irrigated. tuaef
the constitution. wateF in TIE lakes
and streams IL ths property % the
state. which permits ita use under
carefully drawn statues, which
protect the ssshf % ttc Individual
ard encourage snterpfiss.
Perhaps tne bet example - shat
irrigation has done IN Wyoming IL
70 be fogng ~ Wheatiana. a tos y
Of tsGa psopia. about Is miles north
% Cheyenne. This town was found
81 ln is2t. IN the heart Of = plain
80 arid that q aid not support a
single living plant AaVantaEe was
taken a. a certain water supply in
. uei9hborlnr bal. and under the
Carey act. rassed ~ congress IN
1854. settlement was formed
Whrafland Be- new oas 81 TIE most
prosperous pisces IA the state. IN
agricultural resources u IL "a rirh
50 fise euurtry around siFrslN. Col
And the s0.0ss acres which are un=
der cultivation supply a considerable
PORTION Of the demands 81 that por-
ton e TIE state. The reservoir AZ
NheaflaHd covers 5000 acres and IL
30 feet deep. II cost 81 600 e6a.
c. r Johnston. state engineer. es-
Inmates that after al has been done
that car be 1aHs In the way II iffi-
CATION. Wyoming vii have 500. zoe
more population than she could have
without Irrigation. During the past
year. permits Ter 1899 bitches were
applied for. aua 1909 bitches were
completed The work IL going for
ward rapidly. and the people are sat
isfied. For q good many years the
eatfismen % the state opposed ns-
tlnuai irrigation. because u would
break the land up into small farms.
increase the population and destroy
ths big ranches. Of late years there
has beer y rHdicai change ~ public
opinion. and to1ar sentiment ID the
state " strongly In favor ~ the fed
rral proposition. and irrigation. ~
whatever means. j. encouraged ilb%
orally. The state thinks n has a bet
Ter system ~ Irrigation laws Than
Colorado Or Utah. that the ugaehin-
cry Tor executing these laws u sifn-
nlsr and more likely 20 attract the
settler. and that itH Irrigated lsuds
are cheaper, and they are glad u II.
Engineer Johnston doesn't favor
the repeal by congress 81 The desert
.lastA At re sasss.ss ssas = =. !hs..a been
CRAFTY sbused but claims that that
abuse was made possible BY poor nd
fuininffation ~ the general land Of
flee "a Washington. The des"ft land
act he says ls the only statute un-
der which a poor man IN the far west
may acquire a homo. For thlH rea-
eon he would have II remain IN
force. Hut he would have the gem
afai land office exercise the diHcrc-
ton with which u is clothed. and
require that before final proof r.
given a settler q certificate Hhaii be
furnished by the state engineer
showing that the law has been COM
piled With and That the land Il be-