Show UNCLE SAMS S IMMENSE IRRIG IRRIGATION TI N s IMM f i m IN THE BIG HORN BORN Ii I L j 1 01 Mr lt 61 L L U l iii Ai Ii I I I I I t t I r 3 I pal 1 j ti i 4 4 t 1 I I ki kiI L Lil I t il t I II I IA 4 I 4 I J 3 1 r ar tJ J t cw N o ot of the reet of ot he the itt ONH gutlon g now being un nil undertaken by tho the government in inthe Inthe the tM ruhl legions I of ot tho the far tir I wh t Is III knon in III cIrcle olalea au all authe the project in n Dig Horn JIOM Wyoming This Is I nothing i iM 1 l than a I now jow fairly and under way f tU LU the through Irrigation o t acres acrea of ot hitherto desert lam Inn spread prud out to the of the holHI river from S the tho town of ot Cody Cod mId and known among tho Indiana Indian ot of that section an nit anthe a athe the tho Stinking Water Wilter because ot of tho sulphurous fumes tume ruining from various vents anti and crevices In ID the adjoining tho stream which h la Is also alIo more more or lt ILM 6 l with the chemical In fact there thre are ro placed where after removing some omo mo of oC tho thu top crust cruet of oC roll noil tho the pure PUN sulphur can lam bo bu shoveled up Ut ready rendy for commercial pur purposes poses At one olle locution location where the gus gun blows out from Crom u IL subterranean may Ut be bo found any quantity of DC dead porcupine rabbits and birds which came cImo too near the tho vent yent and A presently their spirit TOOK rook permanent Stinking Water river Imn Inn proven altogether too for the modern ear and It has been changed to 1 a IL i name Mme fully tully n a nil romantic and more mON acceptable to 10 a n polished l taste tute This Thie rl r I I Is t the result remit of the confluence of ot North anti and South Houth forty or aI some orne Om s luven v n miles above the town of o Cody and empties into the JUg hilj Horn lorn I about mile further on In tn the state elate of o Montana BY ThY BUFFALO Some Soma years ago Buffalo Bill 1111 Col Cot ColV ColP V V P iS Cody y sensed what might t be bt bedone bedone done In this thu section in the way May of ot Irrigation and started out oot to organic a 8 big hIg Irrigating Company with a view to tn doing just Juit what tho the government In Is Isnow now proposing to do lint Dut It wan wail not long king before the immensity of the under undertaking taking impelled him Mm to to t halt hall and enter elter Into negotiations with the government to take tike the job oft off hU tile hands handi about two years ago 1110 Cody was WAIl In Induced lI to sign II Ii II oft all his hiM claims to tho the lands Immediately under tinder the cope of at atthe the tho project and then th n the government took look hold The Th scheme Wt placed 1 un tin under under der tier the immediate direction of ot Civil I J Ahrn he n of oC the reclamation bureau of oC the tho geological survey for tor AAA iJo AAA I J t tI ea iA t I I 1 b I t tm m v I It t f fp l p 1 L t mr I 4 i I Ij It I j t t uJ tI 1 U Ut l tl J p pw w w Mw O oO t I 1 i BEING WATCHED A ALL OVER TIlE THE WEST VEST VESTs x s fl with which this thim article dis Is one olle of ot the hugest huget undertakings undertaking of O t the kind T Uncle Sam Ituni has hils yet In It success and that U II Of the s importance to the reclamation service In 11 Utah as u II rt throughout th hw f west its progress pro rul will b be with willi parked Interest In this thie city flom which the tho work li Is being directed and nd up It U l I is of O j among experts Mid And 1111 to the tho people ople who tho ha have hac c gone grone on from to and reclaim waste sto places In III Wyoming It x s u n future prosperity pr that cannot well b be I at tile this time What WIll hit It will do for them thorn on n a 1 I 1 large Jarr c l the thi success uce of the th Utah Uth lake IRk project however whan carried CAniell to lie Its Il will wll vilio do o Oil on an all infinitely larger wait RI for the people at t the th Salt Lako Lake j I I a O I t Wf o 4 H I t I p Wyoming and end the necessary topo topographical graphical survey lurvey made Special In In the scheme obtains In thie city and Utah of It the existence of two tto 10 Mormon settlements somo enio 16 i miles below the site cite of ot the prop to w dum and anti where 1000 of ot the Saints have e hod i rouB The rho good people of ot these settlements will come collie within the tha Im mt Immediate mediate sphere of ot the tho projects opera operations lions as lie their land laida extend out under the he lints lines being laid for tor the th to tn be to connected with the main canal which Is to be ho to 60 O miles long longIN longIN longIN IN nox CANYON The rite site lilt of ot the proposed dam has hilI hasten ten been In the Jox canyons canyon half halfa a mile below the junction of o the tho north and south forks and six fix miles above the tho town of Cody ody where the nails of oC the Iho canyon are nr 1100 teat feet high GO 60 feet wide at the surface ot of the and IGO feet wide lle at the top of ot the dam dum The dam dRill Is ma to be feet oot above axe the wa wit water water ter antI and 90 feet where It will willbo willbo bo be necessary to i te to rach rachi r ach solid bedrock Through the thu operations of ot na tie nature nature ture Lure this 90 feet feat has hIlS been filled in iii with boulders and slabs habs sl from front the cliffs above abo some of ot them being 30 f fact et thick This ha has been hen established by Capt 0 O A Hammond drill expert of or the th geological I survey whose h 11 are ar In this city with Prof Svendsen So 80 It U will be he necessary to ex ox exand for or that lust depth and Ind In the met Inet limo a n short tunnel I and canal will be beside Ii b run the th south side of ot the dam i te through which the stream will run The size site of ot the croM crOll croMi section of oC the tho da dit i t lies has not lot yet been de ito dell trot hut v i II ll b l be t for Any pressure that hint m y be brought to bear benr bearby bearby by b 21 feet of ot wijer wier SliT aWl MANY MAN MILKS S The wat r set back seine som IS 18 or SO 20 miles the Forts I Yo O ts 18 above being widen widened ed from fro rein one miles and with such a depth d th of ater vater Capt Hammond sees lettl no reason why h hy pretty prelly sizeable steamers could ot be placed thereon and this combined with the ble scenery and the glorious climate cl ought to make MY aby scheme to build here hero hereR a R summer resort a reasonable one The fhe elevation elllA Ion at lit the dam lain is feet above the evel of the sea tn which f U ii neither too Hh nor 1101 too low for tor health purpose The country Is a mix mixture ture turo of ot mountain and wide VIde valley lands the latter nt at covered with brush and but of o such n nI character ter a QI ac will II warrant expectations c I of ot Immense of alfalfa grain and andI I I potatoes unon once co water r Is spread lip ron II I over It II In hi fid Wt rt Capt Hammond NY ya for tor a R potato country this con not t l surpassed ld eniti Mill of oC the tue tuber growing to the tho of ot respectable that Is local enthusiasts make that claim In Immense beets pre are r niso grown there The rite Burlington taB lies hana liesa a 1 terminal at Cody mid onci when whAn the dam dArn la Is built the spur will be extended Into the tho 1 country 11 TIm THIS The rite country II Is a R mixture of limestone and sandstone which has been tilted tilled anti and in III many thrown to one ono side by hy nn tin eruption of or Silurian granite from the tho beginnings of first things In geol geology ogy og flit This granite Is very ver hard hartl and andI I i has pushed Its way WRY through to the tops I of oC tho the various peaks pen lI and will furnish the material for Cor the dam Capt Item Ham Hammond mond began begab l drilling operations last August to ascertain ln what was to b bit bA bAdone done In III building foundations and ind pre will be he continued so po that as 1111 early as all possible In the spring active i construction can In begin Tho Tim river will viii furnish acre feet per POI annum and ond SO go feet up front from the tho stream bottom will wiil be put In and a n tunnel cut through the side Ride hill bib to tho the main canal beyond capable of oC discharging dl 1800 second feet ot There Thoro Is Ii more flare water wlter In tho ilie loral local sources of ot supply than can bo be entirely utilized and RI 1 when the tha roe AAA i I v tr trL L A fr i I 1 S SA A k I 4 I is isI r I n fog l iv II Be 8 J fJ Ir elM 11 II Is Ia clue cne full tull vart of ot the year lr some of ot the w water tater ter Will Mill have to run to Waste Ion Fon POWER Seven tithes miles below belo till the dam water will be taken from the tue canal and drop 1101 dropped lieu ped JOO feet teet where It will bt lit utilized In Inait inan nil ait electrical power plant for tor pumping water rater tram front the canal to one of a 11 higher level loel for Cor high line lute distribution 1 t Ahern Ah rn Is building n a permit perma flint road rond feet up LII the canyon cnn on and I along the line hue of ot the count to bo ho 4 Ion long two miles of which will trill be cut through through wild solid rock rook He lie HilI Is expending per month for or labor hire In Inthis Inthis Inthis this connection and It Il will be a J flue of oC engineering when he Is ID through with It The entire enUse coit coet of ot the project will be 1111 the he tine time required rill for tor Its completion will wll he lw three years yearn earll Down the river nt ht Dig BIg Horn canyon cunyon the government proposes to build another flex Box canyon dam item for tor or a IL reservoir that shall Irrigate an tract of ot country In Montana In the tho Custer CUlter military and Crew CrI reser reller reservations reservations 1 Hut But this scheme has not yet yetI i ino I no 10 0 matured that any detailed I I lion tion be lie given en about It NV N The first re rr th tho I site Bite of ot the proposed government rl to t be built hullt across nero liS tho the gorge immediate Capt Hammond the Hie government I drill export expert can cem bo sten seen standing Th n t height of o the dam d m IB is Indicate fr ty tin Ih I crow on tho the jutting rook rork m ut the riM right hand or 01 OO toot above the lie stream Th The view IH Is oust east looking down am fht ri second photograph shows shown th M Ii side aIde of or tho the canyon half halt a mil miI twin twi the dam and aM gives some id of ot th the tremendous rocky formations The H u I to tho the left Is IA where a 0 begin nine fling hits haa been ticen of a tunnel for tr thi thiv th thI v ti I neon Aton road mail that Is In to run along the pi Jl A of ot the cliff clift OO teat feet above aboe th tb t bj v i or of Im th t canyon The Fits road rood will romp tum ut ot just Jim Ud un J the tho other side skim or of the great n it Ita AM act yv if of per pr rock where the light is log Ing I nil The Tho wooden bridge Im II i n II tm O swing string affair and the th portly party posing thereon Is the tho drill expert The Tho third photograph represents the Ih headquarters of ot the engi engineer neer To 10 tho the rear and up from rota tin th house whore whorl perpendicular sari and parallel Seattle I en III II may be bo soon ceon In the th Ih wk rork It is ahm ahma hm a 0 1 tunnel Is III to be cut for or the Irrigating canal that Is to run dean cian through an ant I under tinder r the tho tall cliff iota into the alley te r yond A new nel road mel 10 a I Is noticed In lit tM t picture the tents tent of oC the party if ot J ilI |