Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-29
SOME MORE IRRI.
CATION INTERVIEWS.
TODAY SOME OF THE LARGEST
y LAND OWNERS IN THE lRRlA-.
TON DISTRICT EXPRESS
Z THEIR VIEWS. rE:-

A number more business men were
today interviewed on the irrigation
project. Among these are some OF
the largest land owners in the dis.
trict, therefore what they say natur.
ally carries more weight than the
words of non owners because they are
more directly interested. ~.
John Yegan: IT have 1890 acres
of land in the proposed irrigation dis.
trict and willing to sign up for it all
It means twice the money to me that
l could get for the land or out of the
land by holding it all myself. If
this thing goes through 1 will have
plenty of time to sell all above 16O
acres and at prices never dreamed Of
now, for I believe irrigation here
would quadruple the value of the land
for which irrigation we could raise
fruits as we'll as they can in town
where they have water to make the
plants and trees do we'll. A corpora
ton should be formed at once and the
matter explained thoroughly to the
land owners and believe the matter
would be go. At any rate I am 60
ing to have an experienced man from
Montana come here and put in an
irrigation plant of my own. He is an
expert in irrigation and I will show
the doubters the difference between
having water when it is needed and
trusting to luck. am not afraid Of
hurting the price of my land by talk
ing irrigation nor of irrigating it, and
If others would get that notion out o.
their heads it would be a good thing
for them and the country"
John Boyle: "While I believe irri
cation would be good thing i
properly worked do not feel ready tx
sign away the land have in the irri
cation district until see for SURE
that am getting good thing out o
it. If the government would built
the works and try irrigation so tina
we could be sure that it was all RICH
probably most of us would 20 into tn,
scheme, but 1 don't want to take an!
chances"
John White: Irrigation would Ger
tainly be a good thing, which nobod,
who has used water on his garden o.
lawn can deny. It is needed in thi.
country and would make it the riches
part of the state"
C. M. Dahl: 81 really am not com
petent to give an expression on thu
benefits of irrigation not having seer
It's workings, but from all that I have
heard I would think it good thins
for this vicinity. 1t would be a grea1
thing for Bismarck If the thousands
of unoccupied and unproductive acres
of lands in this vicinity were occu
pied by families, all producers, an6
would be the class of development
that would build up the town on 9
SOllQ 1OunQaL1On.
Frank Donnelly: 81 have noted the
benefits Of irrigation for years. It il
grand good thing for any country al
1t makes sure the crops. Such agita
ton will not injure the price of lane
here a particle and those opposing
the present irrigation project on thai
ground, think, are taking a mistaken
course. While certain parts of the
county can get along fairly we'll some
years with the ordinary rainfall we
all know that water on the land would
make this whole region a garden spot
have some land in the proposed irri
cation district that I am willing tc
sign up as soon as the papers are