Show VAST COVERN government MENT PROJECTS IN LAND reclamation MATIO mow how ds of acres of arid and soil are being converted into pro fictive farms to no ii Ig lation mcc bince the cassai o of ilic beates home steed blead lanh ind th Alo trill lm let by bach a laig pirt of the file dubli liin hill 1 P of 0 the etc ct t dedica dedicated in hi the ilia education of tic I 1 opt it ina 1 lien it si I 1 ben beri ffield eliol il ina Lontai rad so much Pl OnIlle for hi fitful fultun t is the geelt matio i act or of jim jiin 17 10 under WA ail liae hon milde cor ahk c I 1 i gibat beat pro profet projects jet of th alii rot rat I 1 i ap E tant of 0 abec those ire kno i i is th 1 I tit fillitte pl alte p 1 eject irid ind uw li n 0 0 bourche pi ill act ct I 1 lie he laibe sinia ba h tho the 0 govern o ern meat mafut in III tit tins irrigation pluis lillus ore are deri berned d from the cilc of I 1 ibal lands itar inita rights under ouch each piojo ire ira soli sold to lo settlers it actual cot coit ind the mode thus tal I 1 1 tuil tumia lJ bick into the hie toc liui leion binl for ur fa arther and more extended ol 01 ei the purpose ot of the file laa ln Is to mika large troels of sunil in regions ol of the abt cst w cre ia rainfall 1 Is small cap cai uhl abie ot at atlon to the it applice th ril aliv V reda of the ale of arii 1111 linda lb to the c construction of 0 seq y te terns n is anil r rc in th irinner stated elated selling the public mail lands to the tha people on cas terms ten ears time rea I 1 M main ll 11 L l in belle Four fourche clie project tin the I 1 iud ind and water rights to be paid fer in ten annual installments the law allows enough land to each set tier to support a family eight acres being the maximum except bhele it is adjacent to a town ton site in which case cas the maximum is forty acres no cash payment Is required until after the first i ears crop has been raised and no are allowed but the settler inest actu actually illy live on the tha land and aud and cult hite it for five ear the aind I 1 edtice alfalfa sigar beets und and the usual root crops crop of file rate yone lehen lien it ls lb taken into consideration that the irl ahti already ex the sum or of S gaj and that I 1 there here is in III this particular fund at this time the sum burrt of 12 GOO ome ulal of the magnitude aud and scope cope of 0 the filly bt bc imag ined filed ml U of hist 0 d has bleu been foi fill the pa mont ment of noil which is ow oa under coils conati ti notion lans is na now 7 be i in pushed i I 1 in ili anzon i call colorado idilio hai hairsi isi mon aion tana eb rusa tt te ada nen Z p mexico iI icca north all jakot bakuti I 1 south dakota 01 con milt and 11 ingon lut lust it the hie taw 11 in much in is acing 1 I 1 1 in nhat IS 13 knon as the acl licolli project in ILI south D ahot XI be lieu completed alli this 1 aill almlie tooru ha acres bins hurthi hjorth st t 1 il I alio llio be imek aitel hills in jid and mi U nip de counties south dalcol I 1 ot of tin thi lidl tit area it appears that rb ut 0 otio icicy is public oi 01 oi lind 1 iud I 1 ahe lie classification ot of tins this ili ins lion bon orn om aul firm unit n aph me ale in bourqe ot of llie lite size ol of farm faria unit has not ocen d but bilt mill mil pl ie 16 icicy of mgt fl KS S N a IJ v 1 li rf 1 i i main maid inlet to belle fourche canal irrigable land fact except in the of 0 tho new town chere the unit ma be forty acres proc prewit nt Iti forma kioa Is that the major coition of th 43 landi landd has bern been filed upon in IGO acre tracts ahn baing tho case a ro reduction luction of such entries dentri to one halt half their present area will be or tiered an action which nill mal male 6 available tor for future settlement an ad number of entries equal to those already taken up nik on oa tho the main supply cinal the file airn d mi and distributing canala la Is sing ste steadily adil it la Is tho the south side canal which will voll furnish aar to irrigate ir about acres an be constructed in time to deliver nat r la in 1807 lot but much attention is being dir directed toward the hello della fourche project there are many others othere that hlll aill nave have in important bearing on the tha future generation of home owners thoro there are thirteen in nil ill scattered 0 throughout hout tho the west and south in these projects it is said that about 7 per cent of the land Is under private ownership and tho other 30 per cent is government land E each a c h project ILs hs a water u erb assoria tion which la Is under contract with the government it Is IB stipulated that no one 0 owner der may have more mor than ICO acres aud and all vibo sho own moro than tos num br of acre must dispose of thu AUS IMOTO the vater Is fur the government wes tates a mor mort tago sago on land in each project so BO that it Is safe eafe in expending ing money far lr it 1 I 1 land owner aa ner tries to hold more mora than acher the water users a ae emp empowered to step in and sell il a mans man surplus land so there is no way for a to re uin tain more than the plot albod ll 11 1 lavt a the goern government ment land ns arts all been taken in a majority 0 cases but muni are arc selling their relinquish rooms ments and in ili tills this it Is po possible sible for men etli a little mono mone to obtain good I 1 1 arms the land ownne in private te I 1 is held i I 1 stiff figure in soma alices and inkins that oaf i 1 alasa of people neith ith means will settle there i hen ii aik ot oik k r is i begun in the projects I 1 i giat man mani people flocko to the regions and took 11 up 1 land with the ot of nork me ing for the A good man 0 of f the th e people die of the to a short time and ii ic to le ic lin linquiti rauth their lur for ii I 1 bomis one on of the file big bis fets of ing in fit ill the alli all pro etc t in ijo of oe a tunnel I 1 00 feet lini inq tin the tunnel pisses 1 t hiah divide and cariles the th liei to chere it will 1111 be bi bl fyr for the rec lania tion ion of lu 10 C acre of I 1 mil in mont rose robe ind dita count couri lih construe tion ot of UK tilt tunnel 1 vis I begun in ltv and nork mork ali I 1 1 it IR bren brogi minix arl arh mo miles ire completed tint thit irrigation is not a new thing tu in nav is proved by the tha fact act th hat a I 1 there is ib a ditch there now which his ben in use lisp tor for 3 yeni yean b the I 1 rio do grande project now under wa na in volles the construction of a storage dam opposite anglo across the rio grandt grandi alch forra form a 17 1 feit fei t derp deft at its lower loer end and forty miles kllc long v ith a I 1 storage ca of 2 acre feet for the irrigation ot of acres acre of lind land in new ye arbico ajeo lexia le and mexico the leasburg Leas burc dicksion which Is i 1 part of the rio orande grande project calls tor for the conati aci ton of i 1 lo lov lon N tool foot con crete dam with pier cm api apfl sluice gates head m weir air aad head glov gaies in connection with the dhe islon dam it will be necessary to con construct strueL two mites of full size canal to connect with the old last las cruces canti construction bo be begun |