The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-03-22
T NCLE SAM never in the history
of the nation was more pro-

II r NCLE SAM never in the history
of the nation was more pro-
fuse in his provision for the
home builder than he is today. The
love of the soil is inbred in the race.
1t is responsible for the pioneering
spirit which has ever sent men west
ward, driven the frontier toward the
setting sun. and built up in the Missis-
sippi valley and beyond an empire
now just on the eve of it's fullest
greatness.
This year will be marked in the his
tory of the homeseeker and settler.
The government will ON June Is open
TO settlement under the United States
homestead law over 100000 acres of
land in the foothills of the Wind river
range and on the plains of Wyoming.
Any freeborn citizen of our country
can secure his quarter section free of
cost, for the nominal land Office fee
and the sum of one dollar and fifty
cents 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 reserva-
ton is being rapidly brought within
easy reach by an extension of the Chi
cagO & Northwestern railway to Ian
der, in the Lander valley. Here the
government land Office is situated and
probably be made here and at Sho-
sloni.
This is one of the finest grazing dis
tricts in the west and it is quite prob
able that the region will with the new
railway facilities develop into 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 to
sustain an army of 100000 people
yet the estimated population is only
100000. Wyoming today has more
miles of railroad and more natural adj
valtages to attract population than H.
!inoiS, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan
possessed in 1850 The state is inter-
spcrced 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 a light sandy
loan in the upland, and in the valleys
has dark, rich appearance, which
WHOM irrigated produces bountiful
crops in cereals and vegetables of all
kinds. Wyoming has an area of 49,
100000 acres of land that is subject to
: entry under the government land laws.
and 100000 acres of this is suitable
for agricultural purposes when prop
criy irrigated. To the state of Wy
0mng is largely due the credit for Sc
cnring the act of Congress which pro-
viies for the reclamation of the rid
lands of the mountain states. U. der
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
nf lands that nature fails to provide
for. The government be- placed over
327,o00,O00 to the credit of this fund
and II 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 81
100000 to complete. The other irrga
ting proposition is known as the Nortl
Platte project, which is now under
construction, and will cost the govern
ment $1,OO0,O0O before the water car
be turned into the bitches.
1t is conservatively estimated that
$1O,O0O,0O0 will be spent during the
next decade by the federal govern
ment in carrying out irrigating pro
jects in the state of Wyoming. which
have already been submitted for con
sideration. The amount of good this
great undertaking will do the state
and humanity in general cannot bt
correctly estimated. Thousands Of
workmen will be given an opportuni
ty to take up land and at the same
time secure employment from the gov
eminent in constructing the big reser
voirs and bitches. By this method thu
workman who ventures into the lane
of opportunity is guaranteed stead,
employment and at the same time ha!
a chance to take up quarter section
of land and improve it during the con
struction Of the irrigating ditch. Op