The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-03-01

: NC.E rth newer ia ;Ao iistor-
g.. Y"'.3I We Gnre pro.
~ Iie. 90 !t, nyol,i0u lor the
horr ', tran lr !e today. The
love 90 %, soil a iubred u the race
II l4 >.3. .ibl' fer the piprccfiu
sp'", wrih ags over sc,t ,acn Yves
ward, I.itcn The frCn'io" toward tuS
scttiuC euu, ana Duilt mp in the Missis.
sIppi valley ana beyond an empire
now Just Oh the eve o5 its fullest
greatness.
This wear Will be marked b. lie his
tory Of The homcse,ker uut settle.
The government will on Jurc IS open
10 settlement under the United S'a..s
Homestead law over 100000 acres Of
land in ,ho foothills of the Wind river
range and on The plains Of Wyoming.
Any frecborn citizen of our country
can secure his quarter section free Of
cost, for inc nominal land Office fee
an1 the sum of one dollar and Gfty
ceuts an acre in easy payments, and
the government land department at
Washington is now ready TO give in.
formation to all inquirers.
The region covered by this rcserya-
tion is being rapidly brought within
g.
ca-o & Northwestern railway f1 ten-|
Ger, in the Lander valley. H"ro thc
government land Office Is situated and
the allotment Of claims next june win
probably be made here and at Sh.-
shon
This is one Of the finest grazing dis.
tricts In tho we aat /. r. quite prob.
able thar the region viii with the new
railway facilities develop into "a cattle
and sheep feeding region greater than
ever before.
Would Sustain 100000 People.
The state of Wyoming which has
an area of 1880 miles. has sufficient
agricultural and mineral resources 10
sustain an army of 100000 people. |
yet the estimated population is only
10000 Wyoming today has more
miles Of railroad and more natural ad.
vantages to attract population than II.
linoiS, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan !
possessed in 1850. The state is inter- |
sperccd with fertile valleys and rolling |
plains covered with nutritious grasses. |
which furnishes excellent grazing land |
for stock raising. The climate is |
healthy, and the medical profession |
throughout the country is becoming !
more generally cognizant OF this fact |
every year The soil Is light sandy |
loan I'm the upland and in the valleys |
has dark. rich appearance, which .
whom irrigated produces bOuntful |
crops In cereals and vegetables of all |
kinds. Wyoming has an area of A.
100000 acres Of land that is subject TO /
entry under the government land laws.
and 10.000,0O0 acres Of this Is suitable |
for agricultural purposes when prop
erly irrigated. To the state Of wy. |
oming Is largely due the credit for Sc.
curing the act of Congress which pro-
Vides for the reclamation Of the arid
lands Of the mountain states Under
this law the revenue derived from the
sale Of public land goes into fund
for building reservoirs and canals for
the storage Of water and the irrigation
of lands that nature fails to provide
FOR. The government has placed over
1927, ,000. 900 to the credit of this fund.
and a large proportion Of this amount
Is now being utilized to irrigate two
big projects in the state Of Wyoming. /
The most important one Is the Sho-
shone irrigation proposition, for which
the government has appropriated So
100000 70 complete. The other irrlga-
ting proposition Is known as the North
Platte project. which is now under
construction, ana will cost the govern
ment 81 100000 before the water can |
be turned into the ditchcs
II Is consorvatively estimated that |
$1o.OOOOOO will he spent during the
next decade by the federal govern |
ment in carrying out iITlCating pro-
+ccts In the state of Wyoming, which |
have already been submitted for con.
sderation The amount Of good this
great undertaking will DO the state
and humanity In general cannot be
correctly estimated. Thousands of
woykmen viii he given an opportuni-
~ to take mp land and at the same
time secure employment from the gov
crnment in constructing the hig respr-
volrs and ditcheS. BY this method the
workman who ventures into the land
of opportunity Is guaranteed steady
employment and AZ the same time has
n chance to take mp quarter section
Of land and improve IL during the con-
structlon Of the irrlgating ditch. op.