Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-05-29 | Page 1 | Reclaiming Arid Land on Lower Yellow Stone

RECLAIMING ARID LAND OX LOWER YELLOWSTONE 11 KB KNA. Mont... May 2S. ''Tho lower Yellowstone project of the United States reclamation service was formally opened by the secretary of the interior and water was turned into the main canal system April 30. " said j Supervising Kngineer II, II. Savage of the reclamation service in this district today. " J lie water js now traversing tho entire length of the system, and is .lA-ailable for delivery to land owners. This season -10,000 acres of land can be brought under irrigation in Ihe project. "Tho Northern Pacific Railway company entered into a contract with the secretary of the interior before work was started on the projeel, agreeing agree-ing to dispose of ts buildings comprising about one-third "f the land, al uof lo exceed $3 per acre, plus the cost of reclamation, thus putting their lands practically on the same basis as tho public land. "Director V. II, Newell and myself have just completed 'a trip of inspection inspec-tion OA-pr Iho projects in this torri- j tory. Tho director av.mp much gratified over Iho development and progress being be-ing made by entry men on tho new irojccls. Filings on Iho Hunfloy project proj-ect continue at a rate of one in" every two or three days, about, f he same rate as on other projects Avhero public lands are open Ui homestead entry,'