The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-18

that / had not huraldCd my coming
further ON. for near the little city
resides Mr.. aud Mrs. Frank Norris.
our own townpeople / should have
enjoyed "A visit with them yery
much. but ~ soon whirled away and
Mt g % O'Clock a. N. arrived At
B%allantine. where relatives met me-
and We went two miles into the
country. They live ON government
land on what is called the Hunt
ley Project that is. the government
waters this vast tract of land situat-
ed in Yellowstone county. south
of the Yellowstone river. The val
ley Of the Yellowstone. which Is
under this project. is from five 10
nine miles in width aud from TWEEN
y n thirty miles III length The
main canals are all finished and
most Of the laterals and have been
IN U.s. over Two years. 50 il is prae
tieal in every respect Thu main
pumping stations and gates arr sit
uated at the town Of lhnlley ON
the Yellowstone river, hence the
name "IIuntlcy Project.
The land is taken by actual set
tiers aud the tracts vary from eighty
acres down to twenty. according 10
the way the bitches are cut. But 10
one can have more than eighty acres
under the water right, so a few have
taken eighty acres under the water
right and eighty Of high land or
above the bitches. They drew their
land by lot Tor lottery and pay
5 800 per acre per year for ten
years, so YOU know it is no cheap
land, but very valuable. They raise
all kinds of grain, except corn, and
all varieties Of hay, which We do,
but the yields are enormous If !
should tell you of some which were
told 10 me you could hardly believe
thickley settled; little new houses
on every small tract of land and SO
new that many were Imprinted. But
when | came in sight of my aunt's
house / picked it out without any
trouble, knowing some Of her indi-
yidual traits Of character and seeing
some things which l knew that she
would not be without. even if il was
IA new country. But OH that pure,
bracing air cannot be described. II
alone will bring strength to weak
lungs aud rest To tired, worn bodies.
It was very busy time OF year
for farmers Just in the irrigating
season. But / went 10 the town Of
nuntley aud saw the great tunnel
and pumping stations, crossed the
Yellowstone river ON the bridge,
which was $40 feet in Iength. The
banks of the stream here ON the
south are almost ON a level with
the water. but on the north they
rise almost perpendicular 10 a
heighth Of seventy or heigty feet.
aud are as yellow as gold and solid
rock. thus the name Yellowstone riy-
er. Then / visited Pompey's Pillar,
which is down the river from HUNT
ley some eight or nine miles and on
the south side of the stream. 1t is
a butte rising abruptly from the ley
81 valley along the river. It's dimen-
sions are about l50X200 feet and 50
or loo feet in heiehth On only one
side can tourists gain the summit
The legend If history is, that it
was discovered by Lewis Of the
LOWS 4 Clark expedition in lSa6.
That the Indians attacked them and
Lewis old slave. Pompey. was
killed They took his body to the
top OF The butte, which is level aud
covered with grass. dug a grave and
buried him. and his monument is a
Ole of the granite rock from the
base of the butte But the name
fpaaius "Pompey's Pillar" ON the
inc, of the cliff Is carved the name
Merriweather Lewis. June Il, 1906.
eheu below. Owing 10 danger of
crasure. this Iran Gate is Placed oy-
CT inscription June. 1879" And
There yurely was danger of erasure,
for me whole face of the rock wall
ncxt to the river is carved with
names Of tourists from all parts Of
the world.
Then I had my first lesson in IT.
rigating With large straw hat,
covered with mosquito netting to
protect from the ever present mos
quito, and rubber boots, l helped
i%rrirato The garden l cant say
that / would care for it as a sum
mer's job. but it was indeed great
30 see suffering vegetation revive
and grow after the watering. The
( season is short SO the sun beats