The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

sion dams and canals in eastern Wyo-
ming and western Nebraska. The dam
is now up thirty feet. The works will
cost, when complete, approximately
IS. 500 600, and viii supply water for
400, 900 acres of land.
Private Irrigation Schemes.
] Among the leading private enter
prises may be mentioned the Wyoming
| Central Irrigation company. reclaim
/ ing the ceded portion of the Wind
/ River reservation, in central Wyo-
/ ming. This, when completed. will be
| the largest irrigation system owned by
private capital in the country; the Ore
/ gOn basin project in Big Horn county;
/ the Big Horn canal. Lowell and Siddou
! canals. the Hanover canal all in Big
| Horn county; the Sarah canal in John
son county: the Lake De Smet enter
prise in Sheridan county; the Eden en-
/ terprise in SWeetwater county, and
many others.
Probably one of the best irrigation
enterprises in the state, being con-
structed by private capital, is that of
the La Prele Ditch & Reservoir COM
pany Of Converse county. The COM
Germ takes a canal from La Prele creek
and will reclaim 30. 600 acres of fertile
land near Douglas. The company is
constructing a dam costing 5000, 600, and
the entire project viii cost nearly half
a million dollars. A large acreage has
already been sold, and portion viii be
reclaimed the coming season.
Among the established enterprises is
that of the Whe2tland Development
company at Wheatland. in the northern
part of Laramie county. Here land is
selling at from $40 to SO per acre. large
crops are produced, and there is a new
er-failing water supply.
| During the past year marked progress
was made in developing several oil
fields in Wyoming. In the Salt Greek
fields. northwest of Casper, in Natroua
county. new wells we're brought in. and
the refinery at Casper was worked
overtime. In the Popo Agile fields. near
Lander, several additional wells were
brought in. In the Douglas fields, i'm
Converse county, operations were con-
tnued and in the Uinta county fields
several producing wells We're added Ia
the list. In Big Horn county oil and
gas were struck in several places near
| Garland, and in Crook county addition
al wells were brought in. Like coal,
oil is found in almost every county IN
the state, and some day the oil industry
will be one of the states chief wealth
producers.
Important Railroad Building.
The railroads are doing their share
toward bringing prosperity and in
/ creased population to the state. Dur
ing the year there was total of 15S
miles of new road constructed in the
state. This mileage was divided be
tween the Union Pacific branch lines
and double tracking, spurs 10 coal
mines, etc. During the coming year
/ the Laramie Hahn's Peak q Pacific
viii be extended into Colorado, the Sar-
atoga & Encampment, built during the
yea from WalcOtt on the Union Paci-
fic, TO Saratoga, will be extended to
Grand Encampment and possibly into
Colorado. The Burlington will extend
it's Worland- Kirby -TheTmOpOlis on into
the interior of the state, and will build
another line nOrthwesterly into Mon
tana from the Taluca-COdy branch. The
Wyoming Short Line company viii
, build from Greybull TO the eastern edge
- of the Yellowstone Park, the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul is to extend from
. South Dakota TO Buffalo, Wye, and the
s Colorado & Southern cOntemplates an
extension Of its Cheyenne-Orin Junction
/ line.
The bonded indebtedness of Wyoming
is $3.50 600 and this is being paid off
at the rate of $4,000 per year. The an
{ nual income of the state government Is
about $780, 900, as follows;
, General tax -.---.--.---..--------s Zyhtl9 Il
| Sale of lands donated by con- -.
/ gTeSs 1890 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l4,blS 81
: Interest on land funds .......... 1918 80
2 Lease of lands donated by con-
| gress -. ......-.........-..... I2fbS1 So
1 State game licenses ............ 1890 Is
> Forest reserves .................. 1900 90
Sheep inspection and indem-
nftv fund ....................... 1858 %
Inheritance tax acknowledgements. 1 $50 81
Escheated estates ............... 1855 IS
Interest on deposits Estate
p nnOnevs) - Observation-Disclosures. 29l2 al
) From all other sources ......... 201 964 81
? Tax on coal output .............. $4,000 90
Valuation of all property for
/ assessment ...... .............. S64 419177 IS
Increase over 1906 .........---. 3I95975 IL
Ranh denosits Saptember call 81. 600 900 %