The National tribune., 1906-04-19

lands, nor will it's use in any way be of
damage to the Indians if utilized for
storing water for the proposed ceded
strip. If water is stored in l. it will
not food any grazing land, as the sur
face area will be increased but little.
Dinwoody Creek flows from this lake,
and measurements taken on Aug. %.
1904, show that it had a discharge of
425.6 second-feet. Bull Lake is on the
diminished strip, and a dam so feet
high, which could be constructed at
little cost, will store 120, 900 acre-feet
Bull Lake Creek was measured on Aug
%, 1904, when it had a discharge of
1883 Second-feet. A portion of the
water Of this reservoir might be used
for watering about 20. 900 acres of the
diminished strip, but as the bluffs along
the river are very high and broken the
cost would be probably $50 per acre.
This reservoir will not in any way dam
age the Indian lands should it be nee
essary to use it for storage purposes.
That portion of the land lying south
and east of Popo Agile River will prob
ably have to be irrigated from stored
water. and there are numerous lakes
on this stream in the mountains which
may be utilized for this purpose. Sho-
shone Lake, on the South Fork Of the
North Fork of Popo Agie River. has
a capacity of 10000 acre-feet, with a
40-foot dam across its outlet, and the
volume of water would be ample to fill
il, as the headwaters of this stream are
in a region which has heavy snowfall.
The Big Popo Agie River, below its
junction with the Little Wind River.
on Aug. II, 1904, had a discharge Cf
1923 second-feet. The North Fork of
POpo Agie River on Aug. 81 had
discharge of 1883 second-feet.
High Line Canal.
A survey was made during the fore
part of July, 1904, of a high line canal.
Its head is in the southwest corner of
Sec. Z, T. 4 N, r. 3 w. Its source Is in
the Big Wind River, and the waters
stored in the Brooks, Troy and Din
woody Lakes can be utilized in this
canal if necessary. The course of the
canal is easterly, covering the entire
strip of irrigable land north of Big
Wind River. Its capacity is 1900 sec
ond-feet; its width so feet on the bot
tom. and its slope one foot per mile.
The location of this canal line is on
comparatively level ground, and it eX-
tends about 70 miles 10 cover 10000
acres of land north of Muddy Greek.
Laterals can be constructed from the
canal to cover all the land, but it is
believed that other canal lines can be
taken out at a less cost than the lat
erals, and owing to the fact that the
fall of the country is too great for the
slope for canals it will be necessary to
build number of drops in them.
On the high line canal are three
drops; the first, at a point Sc miles
from the head, has a drop of Sc feet;
the second, 81 miles, a drop of So feet:
and the third. at 4S miles. drop of 60
feet. These drops are necessary in Or
der to avoid heavy rock side-hiIl work,
but very little land will be lost by them
Another canal line is proposed in or
der to avoid carrying the water so far
in canals. This Is taken from the Big
Wind River in Sec. sc, r. 8 N, r. 1 w,
as shown on the maps and has very
little side-hill work. The low line Is
taken out of Big Wind River in Sec. |
80, 7. N, Il. 2 T.. This is also on good |