Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-30
Big PROJECTS
IN old BENT
PERFECTED

Tho western plainsman is hard TO
down. Like a bulldog he never let's go,
He refuses even to believe the plain
evidence before his eyes.
AS everybody knows. the western
climate has been Jared out of its old
time habits and is all out of kilter. 1t
does not rain in the native cloudburst
style any more but the water comes
down gently and leisurely in a way
that soaks in and does not run on The
ground. This is all mighty fine for the
drylanders but is disastrous for the
various big costly dam projects They
have been standing empty and idle for
the past six years and several of them
have gone broke because the flood
water did not come. -
Yet at least three more flood water
projects have been building right
along, using up barrels of cash dollars
along with barrels of cement. The low
er Apishapa project has been com
pleted altho the upper one has been
for years standing helpless with four
of its five lakes dry. ......
The following interesting account of
the work on the two projects in Bent
county is given by Las Animas Demo
crat:
Ready For RuIe Creek to Flow
The Rule Creek Development and
Irrigation Trust is making rapid pro-
gress on its irrigation project south
of the city and visit TO the scene
shows that they will soon be ready to
take care of the water when it comes
down. The new company plans to uti-
lize the direct flow of Rule creek to
rrigate 1000 acres on the west side of
the creek. A lot of ditch work was
done under former project which
failed. and these bitches will now be
brought into use. The dam is located
about II miles south and two miles
east of this city.
The headsate is now all completed.
and 1t is an exceptionally fine piece of
work. The conduts at their base are
t6 feet below the surface and are on a
level with the bed of the creek. There
are three conduits leading Into the
main ditch, each being 3xii. feet. and
% feet in length. The main ditch is
also completed. Work on the dam
which is to divert the 1ow of the creek
into the ditch was started last week
and is now about competed. 1t is be
ing constructed of rock and concrete
with l2-foot base When completed
II will he Is feet in height and 30 feet
in length. Amy and Ahendschan are
ting in a dam which they thin, will he
"A permanent structure The Ave dams
which hacc previously been built across
this stream have all been swept away
by tho Hood waters. but from the looks
of this one it will be able to Withstand
the pressure.
Abe building of the dam has been
made easier by the abundance of good
rack which has been quarried at the
site. The work is in charge of II. G.
Banta. president of the Trust. and
cost around 5000. Operations were
started last February and much of Tho
work has been done by the farmers
who come under the project.
Carey Act Ready for RAIN
Raymond Miller George STEPHAN.
VIII L. Murphy. members Of tho
state land board. and 4. j McCWne.
state engineer, arrived in the city on
Friday in company with President
George o'Bricn OF tho Mutual Carey
Irrigation company and drove out 10
the site OF tho big dam and other irri-
cation work connected with the Carey
project, They inspected tho work al
ready done. after which they drove
over INTO kiowa county, returning to
Pueblo saturday evening. The work
on the Carey project is under state
supervision. and 100000 has been spent
on IL up to this time As Mr.. Murphy IN
the only member or the land board who
has visited the site since tho work
started, he asked that complete in
spcction he made by the entire board.
After going over the project they re
ported everything in fnc share and
the construction work well done. A.
most of tho expense was contracted
at war time rates II has run higher
than II would have done under ordi-
nary circumstances. hut according To
tho Denver officials tho stockholders
have received full value for every dol
lar expended.
Tho New Jersey College for Women
liz to receive a Sc5.eon science hail as
a Eift from the New Jersey State