Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14

call was made Boz September, aggrc-
gated $4,000 600. This Deg am Increase
over the amount shown by the same
| call Doe 1906. but is less than was shown
| by the December call iu 1906. 10 was exc
| peCtcd that the December call this year
| would show total deposits lu excess of
Sl6.00o.000. which would Doe cousidora -
| Ole increase over the deposits at the
| same period q year ago. but the huan-
| cial furry has undoubtedly had It's ef-
/ feet in Wyoming and 10 is doubtful if
/ the December calL returns from which
are not received until tho first OF the
year which show much, 81 any increase
/ over the returns from the September
! call.
BANKS ARE SOLID.
The banks OF wyoming. however are
/ IN splendid condition, and prepared 90
| weather almost any kind OF financial
! storm. Nearly an have adopted the
system Of cashiers checks. but AN are
prepared TO pay cash just as soon as
I the embargo is lifted by the banks OF
the country.
Mornings population is approXi-
mately li7000 at this time.
Mornings per capita deposits are
$3.50. which is tho highest Of any state
iu the Union. Wyomings wealth has
increased much more rapidly than her
population. There are only ono or two
real milUouaires. but there are scores
of mon worth half million, and hum
dreds worth quarter of O million each.
As % rulo the rich men are rauchers.
IRRIGATION.
Irrigation has come to ho ono Of wy
omiuEs leading Industries. Indeed. ir-
rigauou is now the guiding element To-
the states future greatness. for
through irrigation development rccla-
nation OF the arid lands and settlement
Of the fertile valleys will come great
wealth and population. Tho railroads
AFRO the key tp the situation in Wyo-
ming. the Same as iu other sections.
for without electric or steam railways
the irrigation enterprises would bc rene
dored almost worthless and wholly un-
profitable. both To che state and those
investing capital in the Same. And
while successful irrigation cannot Dee
carried on without tho railroads the
various enterprises furnish business for
the carrier systcms and both become
prosperous industries. Usually great
irrigation schemes are not undertaken
unless transportation facilities are at
hand TO bring iu the settlers and their
stock and household goods. and to
transport the surplus crops TO market.
But here On Wyoming just the reverse
Is true for the capitalists and settlers
have not waited for the advent OF the
iron horse, but have gone ahead with
remarkable courage invested millions
OF dollars in irrigation schemes and re-
claimed and settled upon the lands,
compelling tho railroads by the very
nature OF things 70 be built TO them.
Wyoming. for many years regarded as
a barren waste. fit for the wandering
herds OF cattle. wild cowboys and
predatory wild animals, which be-
lief Is stell maintained by thousands
OF people who ought to know better.
Is probably doing more irrigation
work than any other state i'm the Eu-
many more miles Of canals than has
Wyoming but there are none where
so much work Is under way and plan
ned as in this state.
EXPENDITURE OF 235.000,00o.
From the annual report OF the state
engineer the astounding information
Is obtained that during the past two
years work has been started, and in
some instances the euterp. SOS have |
been completed. calling FOR q tI.ol eN- /
peuditure Of more than $780, .co0. /
During this period permits have been !
issued covering 1,777,21S,61 acres.
These permits provide canals having /
a total length Of 357947 miles. the
cost Of which will approximate |
9.4S9.S24 which, when all reclamation
expenses are paid VIII approach S27-
poo 900. The total cost of reservoirs |
started, completed and planned during /
the same period is over $4,000 600, which L
means the expenditure of $4,000 or
FOR irrigation work In Wyoming under
permits issued during the two years
. total expenditure of over $4,000 600
The figures are indeed astounding.
but the work started during the past
wo years is as nothing compared with
what is planned for the ensuing two
years. Last year II was thought that
he apex OF irrigation development mad
been reached but 1907 shows a re- I
markable increase over the previous /
year. and the coming year viii show
results that viii dwarf the efforts OF
The irrigationisJ during the past sea-
son.
Time and space would not permit us
10 describe or even mention each one
If the many meritOrious irrigation en-
orprises I'm Wyoming. a brief descrip-
ion OF a few Of the leading ones must
suffice.
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES.
Chief among the great irrigation
schemes I'm Wyoming and which prob
ibly attract tho most attention. are the
government enterprises the great Sho-
ihone i'm Big Horn basin, iu northern /
Wyoming. and the Pathfinder. iu cen-
raj and eastern Wyoming. Work WAS
started on the Shoshone project four /
FEARS ago, and although much has been
accomplished. the enterprise, which is !
'uc of the very largest ever attempted
ly this on any government. is far from |
Jeing completed. During the past few |
months the Corbett tunnel which rs "a |
lart OF the big Shoshone system. was |
and the water turned iu. |
Ihis tunnel diyerts "a portion of the |
low of tho Shoshone. or Stiukiugwator /
liver. through mountain aud re-
lHims 10000 acres OF fertile land. The |
anal through the Corbett tunnel has /
ieen completed "a distance of 30 miIessI
md BE- is intended to build an additional |
i0 miles and thereby water am addi- /
ioual 10000 acres. 0r n total of go. 900 |
,creH for tho entire canal ~ is ok |
iected that this canal, which is taken
rom the north a.dc Of thc big river /
sim be completed at the close of neAt
rear.
LARGEST Is WORLD.
The Shoshoue dam. which Is the main
a8turc of this great system Of irriga-
Ion works, win be the largest iu the
.urIu Do VIII stand 8Os feet from /