The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-30
MAMMOTH IRRIGATION
PROJECT IS PLANNED
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" tion to Farmers and
pairymen.

,o,. Lake City, May ga vast
,-r,gation project, representing an In
nostment of $1,5OO,OOo has just been
.,arted in the southeastern part Oh
n,ob county and section OF land In
.So vicinity Of Evanston. Wyo. Those
.,ho are backing the project are oper'
oune under the name OF the Wyuta
development company. with head
quarters at Evanston. The company
10 made up of Evanston men and sew
80, eastern financiers. They plan
% irrigate between 10000 and 7o,ooo
ocres of arid land, mostly in Rich
county. for the purpose OF going into
The live stock industry extensively be-
sides raising various crops on
large scale.
Tho evanston men of the company
arc r e. Russell, president OF the
commercial club Of that city; +. Il.
FISHERMAN. George w. Pexton, j. w.
Carte. John Painter, DR.. c. II. Salier
and others. 1t is expected that the
work of irrigating the entire tract
,r,r reouire from year and a half
10 two years.
The preliminary work is already
well under way and it Is expected that
most of the engineering work Will De
oomnleted in several weeks, when the
actual work will be started.
The water will be taken from Bear
river and large reservoir and sever
al small ones besides large canal
and its many laterals will be built TO
convey water to the bitches.
In the center of the district In
Rich county included in the project Is
Woodruff, a thriving town OF about
900 population; the town Of Randolph
county seat of Rich county, with
nopulation of about 1000; Argyle and
other towns. The land which will be
irrigated in Wyoming and in Rich
county is arid, but is considered ideal
for irrigation and agricultural experts
say that great variety Of crops can
he raised successfully all over the
section.
The. .gh the agricultui Il and horti'
cultural opportunities that Will be
available in this region when the irri'
eating has been completed are vast,
they will hardly equal those that will
be offered In the dairying industry.
The men interested in the project, as
well as farmers living in the south
eastern part of Rich county, say that
through the project Rich county is
given the opportunity of becoming the
leading dairy county in the state. Not
only will the project be bon to the
farmers and dairymen living in local
tiles in Rich county and Uinta county
in Wyoming, but it will be benefit al
so to all enterprises established and
contemplated in that part OF the
country.
The project takes in one of the big
gest areas ever given over to irriga
ton in this state and represents one
of the largest OUTLAWS Of capital ever
invested in a proposition of this kind
in Utah.
While much of the capital Will be
furnished by the Evanston men who
are backing the enterprise, eastern N
terests are also heavily interested.
is arranged to irrigate at least 5000,
acres, mostly in Utah, and 1t Is con
sidered probable that an area exceed
ing that in Rich county which Is al
ready provided for in the contracts
will also be included in the project
This additional land, 1t is estimated
will bring the entire project up t
10000 or $4,000 acres.
The Wyuta company, however, II
not stopping with the irrigation pro
iect, but has taken steps to have
railroad forty five miles in length
built from Evanston through the pro
posed irrigated district to sage,
growing town in southern Idaho, t
connect with the Oregon Short Linz
at Sage. 1t is understood that thu
survey work for the road has beef
practically completed and the road II
fully assured. 1t will run through
the central part of the land to be II
rigated and will pass through Wood
ruff, Argyle and Randolph to Lake
town, at the southern end of Bea
lake, and thence along the lake shor'
to Sage.
Basing their opinions on the logi
cal outlook, the business men Of Ev
anston, Woodruff, Russell and othe
towns that are vitality interested II