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Show VAST IRRIGATION SCHEME. i Tho cost ut irrigating tho nrld lands In Wyoming will be much less than tho original estimates owing to tho fact that tho government will bo nblo to util'zo ono of nature's vast reservoirs reser-voirs for confining tho waters from tho mountain country during tbo Hood Buason. Rising near tho lictmdnry of tho Yellowstone National park, in northwestorn north-westorn Wyoming, thnt nature's wonderland, won-derland, rushes Into n canyon cut down through solid granite Tho How of tho Shoshone, named by tho Indians Indi-ans "Gllnkipg Water" because of Kb nulpl)tirou3 origin nmong the Yellowstone Yellow-stone springs, Is highly vnrlablo, In tlmo of flood 8,000 or 10,000 cubic foot per second, and rignln as low as 250 feet. Tho possibilities of this project, proj-ect, therefore, l'o In tho Btorngo of tho Moods. Joining tho wnlls of this granite caejon, tho government will build a cement nnd stono dam, as Immovable Im-movable ns tho everlasting rocks thomsolves and rising 170 feet nbovo tho river locl, farming a great lako covering 3,300 ncres and with a storage stor-age cnpnclty of 6,000,000,000 gallons. It Is ostlmntod that 600,000 acres will bo Irrlgnted. Utlca Globe |