, 1922-10-23
MONDELL AIDS
LOCAL PROJECT

-INul IaNr OnGN
: q. excess OF whas Il YVES believed BY
o,acisis OF h Reclamation Service
ne lands would bear.
ssWhle I was not n position 20 dis
,rfr the opinion OF reclamation Gift
49, Is to these surveys n their
estimates OF cost ! insisted that
s,rther surveys and examinations Be
,,aae with a view TO developing a pos.
.ib,e canal line. Further. exhaustive
,uryeys carried out by the Reciama-
ion service and IN cooperation with
the state. have developed n line and
plan OF construction more favorable
,ban those Of the earlier surveys At
the point OF former estimated canal
cost. with the perfection OF cav
Ing machinery and the use OF cheap
bower which ran be made available, II
seems quite certain now that this
gpiendid project a be realized.
Il feel that the development OF this
Enterprise - OF such tremendous i'm
~portance. particularly IN view OF the
~wonderfui Industrial development IN
,his part OF the stats, that I shall
leave nothing uhdone hat Will tend
20 aid in bringing about its early un-
dsrtaking and construction
Il consider the Casper project an
enterprise Of the very first import
ance. entitled to-as It will have-my
most active and earnest assistance.
ut viii be remembered that he
building OF a storage reservoir IN the
sweetwater AZ the Devils Gate was
one Of the earliest undertakings
planned under the reclamation law.
The carrying out Of this long content
plated storage project would quite
likely follow - n part OF this Casper
project.
some people have been under the
Impression, OF have sought TO convey
the impression. that the irrigation OF
lands In Wyoming and western Ne
braska under the North Platte project
had or would Interfere With the irri-
cation of lands further up the stream
including lands about Casper. There
is absolutely no foundation for such a
view or opinion. Those familiar with
the situation realize that there is SUI
ticient water in the Platte river. prop
eriy conserved. to lrrigate all of the
acreage along the river In Wyoming
which 10 susceptible OF ~irrigagt'on
from that stream In fact. II there
had been any doubt IN that regard,
this would have. BEEN set at rest BY
the statement recently made officially
and Jointly by officials Of the recia-
/, mpt'on service and the state OF wyo.
ming officials. to the effect that there
was sufficient water IN the Platte for
all adjacent irrigRblc lands in Wyom-
Ing. both above and below the Path
finder dam.
Tho only difficulty heretofore has
been found in the high estimated
costs. More recent surveys have re-
dueed these costs to a point where
construction seems entirely feasible.
III Is scarcely necessary for me 10
suggest h very great benefits that
would accrue TO the state generally,
and to this section especially. through
the carrying out OF this great enter.
Prise. I trust we may secure Il in
the near future. II would tend not
only to d to the prosperity and
greatly enhance the Importance CT
Casper. but 1t would vastly benefit all
Of the people of Casper through the
production OF agricultural products Of
ell sorts right at the very doors OF
the city.
1T is my intention to give an in
creased amount of my time and atten.
ton to reclamation development, and
10 have the Casper project considered
particularly"