Show GREAT CANAL OPENED Built By Suite State and Will win Irrigate Irig o V Many Nany Acres In I Montana Helens Helena Hele Mont Munt Oct Oct 11 seems seams V fo fobe 0 be a good g beginning in the solution s luton of the great arid ard Sand land problem was made mats yes yesterday yesterday s by the state of or Montana J The state arid ad land grant gant commission which was W created crated by the te legislature with wih pow power er to reclaim lands ianCa ian donated donated to the state by the te general generl government under the tho Carey act celebrated the opening of ot the great gret canal cal system in district Nor 4 J There were present besides beide members of the commission and other state officials members member of ot the press pres and Anany ony representative t representative pre engineers and business busine men menThe menThe menThe The canal engner intended to Irrigate acres of the Carey land was opened and andI water sent t on its mission of making I homes for I the th small Irl farmers fama e District No 4 comprises acres of r splendid land in the beautiful Dearborn valley valey in hi inthe Inthe hithe the northern portion of Low Lewis and Clarke county of which Helena Helen is II the county count seat sat The state proposes to sell sel this land laud in tracts of IbO 16 acres acre to actual set settlers setters tiers at st only the cost of at placing water upon upen the land giving ten years yer for tor pay par payment parn payment ment n in ten equal I l annual l payments at 6 fe per cent interest Eleven thousand tf acres n e ea are a now ready redy for settlement and it Is fair to say there is no more delightful spot t in f the tS Rocky R mountain o ttO region gr The picturesque main ango of the t e Rokes skirts the western wester edgo edge of ot the valley valey and abounds In grand scenery fish and all al kinds of game and an timber and the land lies 1 in small valleys vales sur surrounded surrounded rounded by hills hils that supply rich grass for stock The T state IB is II build buildIng building Ing the ISS canal system and will wi own and operate it in perpetuity for tor the sole solo ben benefit benefit benefit of or I the occupants of the te lund land and nOI without profit to anyone the tle enterprise ip entirely W I c This Thin In Is I the tie first firt canal on n the te American continent to be built buit and ad op operated p crated by a state government and un Undoubtedly irrigation problem marks an un epoch in the te great |