Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-08-15 | Page 3 | Cody Submits Plan of Irrigation to Mormons

CODY SUBMITS PLAN IAN OF IRRIGATION TO MORMONS Buffalo Bill Consults With First Presidency as to Big Horn Colonization Scheme Col toh W. W r. F. F Cod or or as he I Is b better known Buffalo Bill held a long Ions conference yesterday with Ith The Cie first presidency of ot the Mormon church supposedly sup sup- in connection with thu colonl- colonl atlon of or the Big Horn district The Colonel and hl his partner Nate Salsbury ha have hae e for a been working on one of ot the Colonels Colonel's p pet net et schemes which is no less than to r reclaim an area of or fertile Irrigable land Jand thirty miles long by ten miles allies wide Ida in the he Big Horn region east of Yellowstone Y park The They propose to di divert dl- dl v vert ert ert the waters of the Shoshone river fn fri a s system stem of canals canal and null the promoters promoters promo promo- have ha secured first water rights to toa toa toa a flow of the river to Irrigate l 1 acres An area of acres has been se segregated segregated seg seg- under the Cal Carey act The Salt Lake all valley has at acres res under gallon gatlon Last year ear the Burlington completed completed com com- I an extension of or its branch lin line e I 1 to the now note flourishing town of oC Cod Cody which runs through h the tract It is 1 I proposed proposed pro pro- posed to open up Cody Colly Is to ha have hare re a wa waterworks system and an electric light and power plant It is 19 said that the thc How flow of the Sh Shoshone Shoshone Sho- Sho o shone river rl In August Is second d feet Ceet more than the entire flow fiott of al all an the streams running Into Utah and Sal Salt SaIt t Lake valleys alles The promoters of oC this tv v I immense irrigation scheme have hwe bee been n figuring with British capitalists an and d hope to lo secure b to float a compan com con I pan pany Engineer Frank C C. Kelsey mad mada made c a SUI C survey of or the land Jand embraced In Col Cot Co Codys Cody's s 's scheme after he ho resigned d his position po po- as City Engineer cr a year and a a half ago and anal has submitted a compre report Apostle Woodruff is b an enthusiast of Col Codys Cody's Irrigation scheme schem and h i anxious that the Mor Mormon mon church chu-ch have the first ilist chance t to o colonize it