Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1912-07-25
BARLOW IRRIGATION MEETING
Meeting at Fort Pierre Tues
day afternoon Was Well A.
tended and q Permanent Organ
ization Perfected,

At the call Of H. c. Barlow,
of fresho, a meeting ives held
at the court house in this city,
Tuesday afternoon, for the pur-
pose OF perfecting an organiza-
tion which will have for its pur-
pose the promotion Of one Of the
greatest irrigation projects ever
undertaken.
This project proposes to tap
the Missouri river near the mouth
Of the Yellowstone and bring +he
water, through a large canal a.
cross North Dakota and the coun.
ties of Corson, Ziebach, Dewey,
Meade, Stanley and Lyman, in
South Dakota. This water is to
be used for irrigation purposes
and for power facilities.
The out of town people who
were present at the meeting wer'
State Engineer Lea, immigration
state polley,H. G. Barlow, Messrs.
Chamberlain and Griffiths the
three latter of Presho, w. j. Nun
DIT, Of the South Dakota Messeng
er, W. IL. Burden, publisher Of
Our State, Harry Robinson and
Steve Travis, press correspon-
dents, and John Flanagan circuit
court stenographer.
Mr.. Lea gave a short talk in
which he said that the scheme
was entirely practical from an
engineering standpoint. A rough
estimate being that it would take
a ditch two hundred feet wide K
carry the water, that two million
acres could be irrigated and that
the cost would be in the neighbOr
mood Of eighty million dollras.
This would mean practically forty
dollars an acre as the cost Of put
ting the water on the land bene-
fitted, which is not excessive as
some Of the western irrigation
projects have cost as much as
$500 per acre.
Mr.. Deets gave a short talk in
which he said that he was in for
boosting any thing which would
aid in the development Of this
great state and said that he
would assist the promoters in any
way possible.
After lengthy discussion it
was decided that a permanent or
ganization be perfected and H.
C. Barlow was elected president
and Mr.. Chamberlain secretary.
Both these gentlemen live at
Presho.
A motion was passed that q
committee be appointed to gath
er information relative to the
feasibility Of the project, both
from a commercial and engineer
ing standpoint. Messrs. Lea and
Deets were to assist this commit
tee in every way possible.
A resolution committee was ap-
pointed which will formulate a
set Of resolutions and select q
name for the organization. Com
mittees on finance and other mat,
ters will be appointed later, all
Of which will report to a meeting
to be called by the president at
such time as he may see fit.
This will be government
project, should it be undertaken,
and in presenting the matter to
the reclamation service and to
congress it will be urged that,
not only would this reclaim .
vast amount Of semiarid land,
but it would hold back and diver
the vast amount of flood waters
from the head of the Missouri
and thus lessen the chances of
floods and damage to the lower
Mississippi bottoms. The south
ern states will be enlisted in
promoting the project, il possible
The undertaking will be q vast
one and years will be consumed
in its completion even should il