, 1922-01-22

| eral projects In the state win require
a further Investment OF many time
this mount.
There are IN the state e,44s irriEated
farms. embracing 1.a07,9 s2 acres. an
average Of 1ss acres per farm -mon
than double the acreage for the Unite
states- The tendency. however. Is 10
smaller acres. 80 that the present mere
age VIII ultimately uppo almost
twics as many.
When Mr.. MondeIl first cana IN
congress he visioned the possibilities az
irrigation in the WONDERFUL region NOV.
covered By he Shoshone project. Al
that time he valley OF the "stinkinr
water-later chris.ened the "sho
shone"-iay desolate and remote. tbe
scant ranges supported a few sheer
but the waters Of the gallant stream
plunged unchecked through the eorxe<.
II Is less II years since the first sat.
tlh- established his home on the Powell
nS-at that time one OF the most desc.
late spots in sha state. TODAY tha-a
Gro more than 1000 farm homes on
his project and It is difficult TO be,ieve
that n little more than n decade ago
this region was practically worthless.
Tor sheep range. The weil-tilled fields
modern and attractive farm homes
Myriad stacks OF alfalfa, thrtvinr town.
which has repiaced the desert vast
tell only in part the wonderful story or
reclamation. u
wyoming has shared generously In
The reclamation fund-so reneror.r.
III fact as to lead to complaints fbs,
our congressional delegation has hean
able TO have ap~portioncd for the st.-a
tar mre Ii its share as one az -
states coming within the scoue nj 49,
reclamation act A fair sample Of Inc,
now well the state is being taken car.
OF In this respect is shown in the esti.
mates. from the bureau OF the bndre,
recently submitted to mgr rocom
mending reclamation expenditures ~.
tho next fiscal year. OF the tot,i
mount estimated for the 20 fo5erai
projects-a total SIS COO, oOo-wvom,nr
cts mare than ~one-fourth. TIL Nortb
Platte project is awarded the Iarcss,
mount of my federal project-sI. se0
600; the Riverton projec. 8. o75 ooo
ma the Shoshone 1915 900.
Eighteen Million Ia Projects
On June 80. 1920. the net investment
N Wyoming's three federal protects
vas sis,R44,s17. ~apportioned as fol.
North Platte s11.279,s3 shoshone
S6,o49;so5. Riverton $685.
IL WI require over $40. oo0, 900 TO
complete these three projects. On the
,Shoshone project. including Oregon
Basin. there are 227 900 acres OF irri.
gable land; on the Fort Laramie unit
I the North Platte project b5.15o acres.
on the Rverton protest loo. 900 acres-
a total OF 2S2,15o acres. Water has
been made available for these lands
as follows:
Fort Laramie $4,000 acres; Shoshone
$4,000 acres-a total of $3.50. leaving
$4,000 acres sdn to be covered by
the opening of additional units.
In addition to the Immediate hama
fits to the state flowing out of the
spending OF the enormous sums an
p~roprtsted from the federal treasury.
the greater benefit to the state comes
from the development OF fruitful acres.
prosperous homes and thriving towns
tho placing on the tax books lands
heretofore yielding no return which
when put under irrigation, represent a
exable value averaging $50 per acre
j addition to the average taxable value
OF $1,000 PEI farm home. The open.
ing OF the additional available lands In
the three big ssate projects viii add
approximately $40. ooo. 900 to the states
taxable wealth-a sum to be ultimately
g"ry greatly increased
A Hundred Million In wealth.
Here is a brief summary of results
which may be anticipated when the
three projects above referred TO are
completed and in full operation.
Government investment $40 900 q
salue OF improved lands 1886. 900
Annual crop value s.775 ooo
Permanent farm improve
ments ------ s.os4.ooo
Permanent town improve
ments 4.5oo.ooo
LIVESTOCK ----- 1000. 900
s~s7.2s4.ooo
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