, 1923-04-22
PLATTE VALLEY
To SEEK CASPER
AS BEST MARKET
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possible drainage and the cheapest
possible cultivation and irrigation.
these are the things that will make
this part OF Wyoming one OF the rich
est agricultural sections Of the Unit.
cd States
What does this mean to Casper7
II Q a that this city will be able
TO re.1ive produce at cheaper prices
than It has been able to do hitherto.
That II will not have to send TO out
side /bints for its corn, potatoes. or
its su.fr. There are many other arti-
cles that will also be shipped into
Casper.
Casper cannot afford to overlook
the closer sources of supplies. II has
question, and has too long done so to
its own detriment.
II was the good fortune OF the
writer to attend a mass meeting OF the
leading business men OF TorrInEton
held Friday evening. The subject
OF developing their country was dis
cussed by such porminen; men in wy
ing affairs as Nat Baker. former
mayor of Husk, and many OF Tor.
rington's own celebrities.
j. T. Shoemaker of Torrlngton pre
ceted at tho meeting and voiced the
sentiments OF others as well as him
self. that Torrington and all the
surrounding country would he gre IT
w benefited II th> real resources OF
the community could be brought be
fi:e tho eys OF tss public and Il tho
citizens themselves would turn to-
ward Casper and Central Wyoming as
their i.aturA niars5: and as their
best friend
Others who spoke before the meet
ing were Ward Hildreth, Henry Hol.
enbrink. Thos. Powers. whAlen Nc
Gee and William l.. Connolly, Hi
dreth brought out the act that the
n thing necessary TO development
was killing the goat of tho Platte
valley. tho goat being the unfair dis
elimination practlced by certain in.
fluences in Colorado and Nebraska
against the residents Of Wyoming.
The people of his valley realize
hat the strong forte is farming
What they need is more farmers, real
farmers who will put NIL they have
into a land that has their heart also.
It is the one thing that will make
them successful. md 1t will undouht-
edly make all successful who take
part in II, for II ia the natural outlet
OF labor along this part of the earth.
with a beet sugar factory to be
built in Torrington during the on,
ing months that will cost half q
million dollars to erect and which
Will refine 600 tons OF sugar beets
daily. the prospects are good hat the
beets raised In this section OF the
country will no longer be shipped to
Scottsblun, Mitchell and Billings for
refining. There is no reason why
this industry should not be given to
Wyoming. The construction OF the
factory will call for 800 men in en-
ployment. It will afterwards mean
the employing of at least 400 men
three months out OF the year. II win
be one OF the logical miracles of the
Platte valley and win be a boon to
the citizens who will profit by its
existence.
/ The irrigation projects In the
Platte valley include an already ron.
structcd dam Mt whnien hat has
$50, 900 acres OF land under its water.
This dam provides for a canal on
each side of the Platte river, The
two canals take in a great country
as vast in Its possibilities as in its
size.
The things hat are being raised
from this irrigated land at the pres
ent time + fine ca~ntaloupes. honey
dew melons, white and yellow dent
corn. wonderful potatoes. three or
four crops of alfalfa in a season. as
well as the sugar beets which have
already been mentioned.
The farmers who do their trading
Mt Lingle and TorrinBton are rs fore.
sighted In other departments OF gen.
erai development as they are in the
matter OF factory building and irriga.
ton. Roads that will mean TO them
a great saving in transportation,