Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-08

along those water courses, now under irri-
cation and the work Of the next three
years will open up 10000 10000 addi-
tional acres and settlement will continue to
follow as fast as laterals are dug and
water furnished
But another great surprise awaited set
tiers. Lands were not the only source Of
wealth developed. The last few years have
made it apparent that the valley contained
nearly all kinds of minerals one OF the
finest hot springs in the world, and
vast store of natural gas and the highest
grade of Illuminating oil.
To do it's great irrigation work, the gov
eminent Will spend $7OOooOO. and private
fortunes have been committed to the de-
velopment OF oil and mineral wealth. Thou
sands of acres, even stretches for miles,
have been found of pure veins Of coal
from six to thirty feet thick. There are
also large deposits of almost pure sui
phur, gypsum, shsle, limestone, silica as
phalt, oil, gas and mica, with great forest
reserves thanking the country on all sides.
The whole forms an area OF agricultural,
mineral and Industrial wealth. and every
year is adding its settlers and newcomers
in that land of promise.
one great point OF uIIeIeHCc belNeeh
the settlement of an irrigated region and
the settlement of the praries, is found in
the rapdity with which an irrigation To-
cality fills with settlers, when the water
supply is assured with modern methods,
appliances and railroad transportation, a
successful irrigated locality will take on
the appearance Of a modern commonwealth
at a ratio of about five times faster than
tl,,,
be found than seen not only in the present
large rural population Of that region
but the line Of little towns between the
northern boundary and the center OF Wyo-
minG
Here is Garland on the government flats,
that receive their water from the Corbett
dam, Just east of Cody. 1t has 300 people
Powell, in the heart of the first unit OF
government irrigation project, did not have
an inhabitant two years ago Today II
has fourteen business houses and 1871
school Children on the rolls Just south
OF Powell is Byron. with 800 people, In the
center OF the. oil region. To the end OF
the main original line, at the foot OF the
mountains, is Cody, containing 5000 in
habitants and the county seat of newly
created Park county. Here we find three
BANKS All Glasses OF DuhlAess llAes dnC
the finest hotel in Wyoming built By
Colonel Cody, for the benefit Of the met
ropolitan class OF people going in there
including Yellowstone Park tourists. II II
impossible to forecast the future Of thii
place when the government dam site Il
fully completed, as Cody will command al
almost unlimited water power, generated
aby the fall OF this great storage water
kept in check by the Shoshone dam, tina
gives II a fan greater than that OF Niagara
Cody will also be the market town for
15OOO-acre area OF bench lands to be irri
gated and settled under the governmen
plan.
Al FTannie on the northern boundar!
OF Wyoming, the original branch into IN
Basin has been tapped, for the main lin
that the Burlington is building along IN
Big Horn river TO the exact center o
Wyoming, where IL turns to the southeas
and merges into the Burlington system Il
Nebraska, Along this new main line ar