, 1906-10-25
STONES
CAM PAIGN
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iuhuo VI ING TSSSl NdllOn Is MOI required
to purchase water rights if he does not
desire to do SO. If disposed to improve
his lands he can Obtain water rights at
the cash rate Of $40 per acre as rapidly
as he is able to bring them under cul.
tivation. This rate is 33 per cent less
than is offered elsewhere in Wyoming
or in the west. Under all government
and Carey act projects, he is required
to purchase water rights for his entire
holding at once. This is one of the
conditions of settlement.
stone Throws a Fit.
MI. Stone is such an adept at figures
that he should have found by this time
some statistics showing the profits
earned by other companies doing bust.
ness in Wyoming, where the settler has
had to pay for his water rights and the
company has had to expend less in con-
struction. All projects, except the one
he attacks, are protected, because de-
ferred payments on water rights arc
secured by a lein on the lands which
is absolute and binding. Because the
Wyoming Central Irrigation company
requires a lein on homestead entries.
Mr.. Stone goes into commissions. He
goes so far in his assumed frenzy of
indignation as to claim that an entry
man under the homestead act cannot
incumber his entry in any way.
Admits His Ignorance.
If not, he wastes his time in trying
IN aru1rn fhaf tGo gn+41lr ,rt1I ln,-z -
comply with this particular provision.
If So, he simply admits his ignorance
of court decisions and rulings of the
general land Office. Investments in If,
rigation works in Wyoming should be
as safe and as profitable as any other
business. 1t is, but much time is re-
CURED before the investor begins to
realize returns from the money expend.
ed. Under such conditions, every man
who desires to see the state grow along
agricultural lines should lend his en-
couragement to every legitimate enter
prise.
stone Knows and Should Know.
This same Nebraska attorney says
that the Wyoming Central Irrigation
company has appropriated all of the
waters of the Big Wind river, n that
it has a monopoly thereon. He knows
that the state engineer has issued per
mits from this stream and its tribu-
taries since the operations of the Wy
oming Contra Irrigation company be-
gan. He should know that water rights
secured under any permit are limited
in accordance with the area reclaimed
when the permits expire. He should
also know hal water rights NEVER
GO To THE COMPANY, BUT TO
THE SETTLER, because every permit
issued to the Wyoming Central Irri-
CATION company contains a clause
which reads as follows:
water rights under this permit to
go direct from the state to the water
user. The division superintendent
will not take proof of beneficial use OF
water from the settler until such set
tier reclaims his land under the condi-
tons set forth in this permit and ex-
hibits a final receipt from the Wyoming
Central Irrigation company, or its suc
c%essors, for a proportionate interest in
the irrigation works"
Irrigation the First Consideration.
The permits also contain the follow
ing clause:
See accepted bid Wyoming Central
Irrigation company, together with
plans and specifications, records liz
book 3, Miscellaneous Records, and
filed under No. 1900, Miscellaneous No.
tees, state engineers Office"
Also the condition:
THE use of water for power purposes
not to interfere with irrigation"
People Will Control.
The permits issued to the Wyoming
Central Irrigation company describe
423,225.6S acres of land. OF this, the
state engineer has estimated that 1885,
cent of this area (265, 900 acres) is re-
claimed and payments made the com.
pany, the canal management passes
into the hands of the people. This pro.
vision has already been applied to ca
nails which have reached this stage of
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fers to the irrigable area and not to
the entire tract under the canals, as
Mr.. Stone has tried to make us believe.
In his so-called arguments he says he
quotes from official figures received
from the state engineer.
Figures to Suit His Purpose.
He uses only a part of the figures
given MIN and he distorts these. He
claims that the permits issued contain
the entire estimates and that the state
engineer has sworn to their accuracy,
This is not true, because the state en-
gineer does not approve applications
for permit under oath. Each permii
is independent CT the others issued
and the estimate relates only to the
works described therein. The cana
permits do not i've the cost of the
lateral system under each. This viii
approximate the cost of the canals
themselves. The cost of the dams il
Big Wind river is not included in the
estimates given in any permit issued
The reservation permits do not include
the large and expensive system, but on
ly the small storage basins on the ced
ed lands.
Stone Promised to Be Truthful.
The permits for the larger reservoir!
are still to be acted upon by the STATE
engineer. The surveys thus far made