, 1922-01-05

that has ever been spread out before
civilized man. To those who will
make this state their home, It offers
an exit into a free life and a greater
w~ell-being, among the bounties of
Nature, midst resources that demand
manly exertion and in return yield to
each. an indefinite ascent into the
social achievement Of men,.
1t has taken men with a broad
vision. with determination. energy.
talent and nerve to prove to the rest
of the Union that our mountains are
treasure vaults and that our plains
and valleys can produce food and
clothing for millions OF people. From
an agricultural standpoint, we are
aware that in the past ten years
there las been a wonderful trans
formation in u state. The break
ing up Of the big open range herds
and the advent Of thousands Of new
settlers. have changed the whole face
of the country. Hence we are wit
Messing a new order Of things. we'll
improved farms with orchards,
granaries and dairies. taking the
place of large areas of pasture and
range lands; trails are broadening
into highways. we'll constructed
schools have supplanted the old
'Hh~N 49, huF - Ala III Oil
over the state and are now operat-
ing where a few years ago farm
loans have been considered hazard
GUS; while the broad expanse Of
more than one ranch has become the
precincts Of a-eity.
--Caer6 is no questioning the fact
as to the desire of people. qualified
for agricultural pursuits to leave the
Overcrowded sections of the Middle
West and East and settle on and de-
velop the fertil lands of Wyoming.
Farms and ranches have increased
more rapidly in Wyoming thar in
any other state in the Union. with
but n exception. The increase in
1920 over 1910 was 42.1 per cent.
In 1910 we had 1O987 farms and
ranches valued at $97, 915,277; in
1920 We had 1913 farms and
ranches valued at $~234,74S.125. Our
farms and ranches today cover H.
SO9.351 acres. The surprising fact
is tina the majority Of these farms
are from 100 to 500 acres. thus
proving beyond peradventure OF a
doubt that intensive cultivation of
the soil in smaller tracts is more
profitable. We begin to see now
that time and thought in settling up
Wyoming has not completely been in
vain: that our progress is not a
phantom OF the imagination; hat we
are united in the up-building Of the
state: that We have been growing for
many years and now approach the
prime of our manhood. ready to take
our place with other states in agri-
culture. industry and wealth.
Phenomenal Increase In Population.
The Fourteenth United States
Census taken IS Of January first.
1920, shows a total population of
Wyoming to be 194,402: an increase
of 1872 per cent owe 1910. With a
total area Of 6~2,43O.720 acres.
there are 321:1 acres per inhabit-
ant. Only three other states in the
entire Union have grow more rap
idly than our own great state.
Arizona's increase in the last ten
years. was 63.5 per cent; Montana's
AGO per cent; CALIFORNIA; All per
cent. and Wyoming's 1872 per cent.
This increase is due solely to western
migration. which in years past has
been so distinguishingly character
istic in the rapid growth Of other
western states. Irrigation, develop
ment OF oil fields, and mining. are
responsible in the main for these in
reases. The incorporated cities and
towns in Wyoming. or more than a
thousand inhabitants. that have
grown in population more than one
hundred per cent, and the per cent
OF their increase, are as follows:
Casper increased 374 per cent, due
In the main to it's prolific oil fields
and the refining OF oil carried on in
the city.
Gillette increased 1853 per cent,
due to the advent Of many new
settlers who have settled upon thou
sands OF acres OF land in its vicinity.
Lowell increased al per cent, be-
ing located in an intensive irrigation
community and having a sugar fac
tory located in the city.
Lusk increased 379 per cent, which
can be credited to the Lance Creek
Field. and the passing Of thousands
Of acres Of dry land into the hands
of farmers.
Rtverton INCREASED 31s per cent,
the agricultural resources Of this
community are splendid and its future
we'll Defined.
Torrinston's increase OF 1893 pei
cent Is accountable to the irrigation
under the North Platte Project. This
is the largest increase Of any strict
ly agricultural city in the state.
Powell, which in 1910 might have
been alluded to as a mere camp. not
at that time being incorporated. now
has a population OF 2,463, thus max
ing 1t the second largest city in the
Big Horn Basin.
Greybull has increased 943 per
cent in the last decade. Although
surrounded by an exceedingly good
agricultural county, 1t owes present
envtable position OF being the first
city +n the Big Horn Basin. to oil
and the refining of oil.
Worland has grown $50 per cent.
This is an outstanding example OF
what a sugar factory will do in a
good irrigated district.