Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-10-10
ADDITIONAL FUNDS RAISED IN
THIS CITY SATURDAY.
STATE Will make REFUND
IRRIGATION PROJECT AT NARRowS
ON CHEYENNE LOOKS LIKE
SURE WINNER.

Cne reservoir 6lLe, also main dlCCh ana
latterals, on the Cheyenne River Irri-
cation Project about twelve miles
southwest Of this city, being unsvail-
able at this time, the business men of
this city and some of the ranchers in
terested came forward with an offer to
the state engineer that they would
raise the money and put it to his credit
in the banks here for this purpose. Mr..
Derr, the state engineer, consulted the
governor and the attorney general and
received from them document to the
effect that ii the people here furnished
the money that the state would reim.
burse them out Of next years fund.
Accordingly one thousand dollars was
raised and at meeting held in the
Commercial Club rooms at the Evans,
Saturday afternoon, at which time the
state engineer and Mr.. Snively, chief
in charge of the field work, were pres.
ent, this amount was increased to A.
teen hundred dollars after an investi.
cation of the maps and plans already
made. Quite crowd was at the meet.
ing and everybody was enthusiastic
about the project.
They may we'll be enthusiastic about
the project according to Mr.. Derr, who
stated that 1t was one of the best In the
west. In his opinion it is even better
than the Belle Fourche project which
has been in operation for the past few
years.
According to the map submitted by
Mr.. Snively the dam will be located in
sections nine and ten at what is known
as the Cheyenne Narrows. The water
from this dam will be backed into q
reservoir which with the proposed dam
built to heighth of $50 feet, will cover
an area of $685. acres. The water will
be raised back to distance of nearly
twenty miles.
The dam itself is to be built Of rock
and concrete, $50 feet high aud $50 feet
long, the water to be raised when the
reservoir is full 40 feet which will
supply ICE, 1000 acre feet per year. This
will irrigate In good shape an area Of
10000 acres and as the surveys are now
made will include 21,OOO acres south of
the river38, ,OO0 north of the river. Out
Of this amonnt there is over 5000
acres Of as fine agricultural land as lays
out Of doors.
This is even better than the Belle
Fourch project which with its dam one
and one. half miles long only holds in
their reservoir 100000 scre feet of
water supplying $4,000 acres Of land
with water to date.
For the reason that the dam can be
constructed much cheaper than In
most places and also the main ditchee
put In without great deal of heavy
expense the state engineer figures that
the entire project can be completed al
cost of not to exceed one million dol.
lars. This will make an approximate
assessment of $50 per acre for all land
under the ditch and this amount is q
reduction over any other project in
operation.
As to how soon this matter can be
brought to the notice Of the United
States government is only q matter OF
conjecture but with the surveys com
pleted and the blue prints in the hands
of the proper officials, the people OF
this section ought to get action on II
as soon as the money is available In
the reclamation fund of the govern.
ment. At present funds are not avail.
able but should be within the next
couple Of years.