The Greeley tribune., 1910-04-07

center.
we want you to help thd aople
/ OF those lands. We will havk ater
there in two years. The bob are
sold and We want the people 2 e 10
produce the acreage to pay u cost.
Every district promoted Mr..
Camfield has been succes4 The
Farson 4 Son company of d ago,
which took the bonds. exan3 in
detail the project. The ley
/ Poudre system is one of rel oirs
to conserve the flood wateH and
them on the lands when the lnds
need the water.
with 1850, 1000, 900 cubicI f-t of
storage water the Laramie a9 Weld
canal will feed goo acres b and.
I The Greeley-Poudre has toe stor-
age of three times this amotr and
has a better. opportunity to 4 heir
reservoirs.
The Stove Prairie will 81 l.
I 5oo. 100000 cubic feet of | 5ater.
Every new reservoir constr1s Il is
a boon to the old bitches am ruser-
voirs and systems already cob gleted
They told ~ In LArunn4 that
they wanted the water but'Wd sent
back word that we had been taking
ii for twenty years. Thare are not
more than 900 acres irrirated by
the Laramie river in WYOMING
There would he plenty OF vater lett
even If the critics in Wyoming had
prior right which they have not. ''
Following is reCapituation OF
the water supply report OF he Gree
ley-Poudre rigation distriJt as Civ
en- by l.. G. Carpenter. former state
engineer Of Colorado and at this
time professor of irrigation engi-
neering at the State Agrrultural
: college;
The water supply provided for in
the Greeley-Poudre district would
seem to be as follows:
From the Laramie river 70,10o
S acre feet.
From the Poudre river sr 900 to
5 10000 acre feet.
From the Dowdy Lakes 1880
e acre feet.
From the Douglas Reservoir .
S33 acre feet.
From the food waters pf Lone
u Tree and Grow creeks 5000 to 10.
y 900 acre feet
A total Of from $4,000 20 l79.
900 acre feet
J. The effectiveness of the imply oi
water Is also increased by he shane
u ana size of the irrigation district and
the location OF the laterals A large
8 part OF water supplied in Irrigation
reappears as seepage Watar B,
II measurements made in the poudre
>, valley FOR a period of twenty wear.
= sho" return OF over one-thjrd ant
IL sometimes approximately one-half
= In this district the middle Iatera
ana other laterals are SO hat the,
VIII intercept large uar, nf IN,
seepage water that degar,ns an,
thus the effect will be N incre,s,
the effectiveness OF the v.tar tha
is supplied. 1t is true mat mis- Of
fect is not TO be seen f1r ,.o ~
three years, but It is also trre tba
part OF the district win not h,
Drought under irrigation f,r som,
years. so that the effect vHu he conn
,erbaianeed The greatasI naed n
water would be during M arst tw,
years nelore the ground soake,
up ana then is the time hen tn
ieast area IS being irrlgatss
Hence, taking these m4t,ors int
eonsl1eraton the supply gf water i
5nlleleht s,ia TOT the area f1rning tn
Hilsdtioh district
ms does not lose r.rf. 80 ,h
tact that eyperinco may sInw som
nnsI,ln nniehIpnents needed In 5otails O
pdai,y pJss.bly The development of som
aaaaitlonal reservoirs ON bn mains
1ueh tho changes are to be eyg@C,ed Wit,
sne aa development OF the ggstem @ nm,
o. oa e"' lessons learned Win experI
A. A. arc applied This boweyol
I"e" tbe not not affect the gancraJ pafety q
ertoi ent situation or the setnr.tv of tn
,ion i 1t should prove that an add
sp}Ia iPH"i supply is desirable 3, m IL nos
di,oh di1nt 70 70 extend the lowar Rawal
u,,th iiatd.or Tor about Ave miles and thu
Of ,f"'eLcepl atpl ad additional watershe ate
- 25o ABOUT o 21.5 square mjIcs of I3
,b,s pv acres. n.,, 1t is quite probahIe tha
nnt nis Wlil not be needed ana % II WA
tbe rTe enonght necessary enonrh Inu 70
clude p'Li5ettors IN ,. Of the district to in
time tho M ,neir ,ne plans. At the sam
hot 4.