Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 10, 1924, Page 18

PAGE EIGHT. —$ PROJECT MAR ENGINEERING FEATS GHALKED UP! IN PLAGING LAND UNDER WATER Vision of Progress Possible When Casper Proj- ect Materializes Found in Rich Pros- pects for Fremont County BY WILLIAM R. WRIGHT. With the Alcova reclamation project receiving at least a substantial background for optimistic conjecture as to the ultimate possibilities, one’s thoughts are tending, inso- far as Casper and Wyoming is concerned to irrigation and the ‘projects making this possible, and probably as shin- ,ing an example of combining government financial aid, Wo ne ae oo eae enennnnnenmnpgge sae nenenemengeengerye a, engine genius and skill, with| highway from Riverton cutting bleak oductive land and mak-|into the Rocky Mountain highway ing a garden spot through the ap-| northwest of Lander. } ‘plication of wate the Riverton-| | ‘The first few miles of the im- 1 fates reclamation project,|mense canal from the head gate ne its completion. leading to’the land to be irrigated, aters from the Big Wind| and the water power plant and Pilot ; ng it into canals and| Lake reservoir offered a tremendous ; subject to the demands of|problem.. In order to keep the te reoming near im-| Water high above the surrounding Whe stnumense aivaraion ens <ring proble: cost-}lands to provide for sufficient fall] |. 36 UNiMense - i de ate, utilizing the|the buttes from the river bank of.|Tiver for the it ution of the the mountains, »thown going ove , 35 miles above Riverton where water is verton U, § Che Casper Sunday Cribune diverted from the Wind ands of ties, cut high in e foreground, and Thous the Reclamation project. m. The r the da locks are in mmed productiveness by intensive hard work but high paid farming. Such is the ultimate hope of this irrigated section, and where one can see 80 and 160 acres of blooming alfalfa under irrigation now, a few years will show 40 acre farms producing high tonnage of sugar beets and garden crops. All of this hasebeen forseen and planned for by the en- gineers of the reclamation service in the construction of the project. ‘These builders do not build for t! immediate future but for all time. The concrete will stand for ages, an as human demands increase upon the lands under water, provision has ben made that the demands be met. ‘The Riverton section, and in fact the city of Riverton to the writer, offers a future that is most certainly glowing. It will not, fortunately, be a boom growth, but a steady sub- stantial growth as the new land is put «nder ~<tsr and becomes pro- ductive, as the old irr/gated land reaches _ greater productiveness through the drainage systems that have been built and through the cut- ting up of the farms, and maintain two families where one lives at present. The oil industry js alive and thriy- ing around Riverton as’ well. Sev- eral wells are now being drilled at Sand Draw; drilling continues near Black mountain by the Kinney Coastal company; the Marine Oil company is making provisions for three new wells in the Pilot Butte section, these new wells to go to a greater depth than the present pro- ducing wells now operating; the Union Oil company has leased a con- The flumes are shown at the top of the photograph,—Photo } siderable quantity of land from the Indian department on the Shoshone eservation and will drill, and other activities are in sight. ‘The Teton Gas-Products plant at Riverton 18 making nearly a carload of carbon black a day at present and the Pro- ducers and Refiners refinery is in constant operation. Industrially it would appear, to use a slang’ but expressive term, Riverton is “sitting pretty.” With the opening of the Riverton project, with its inrush of home ers and producers of the | sol, Riverton and Lander, both be- marketingand buying centers for this section, most certainly much to look forward to. Yes, the onward march of human progress is meeting in Wyoming the increasing demands of human needs. . ——___ FEW MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS Frank A. Goodwin, Registrar of motor vehicles of Massachusets, re- ports 578 people killed, and 16,217 injured, as result of motor vehicle accidents for the year 1923 in that state. Especially of interest {s the por- tion of Mr. Goodwin's report dealing with death caused by motorcycles. During the entire “year only one killed in this state by a motorcycle, while 38 occupants of motorcycles were killed in acci- dents, of which 32 were the result of automobile and motorcycle Collision, in which the Registrar lays the en- Ure blame upon the automobile, In other words, motorcycles were re- spofsible for seven deaths, whereas automoblies killed 571. The record of non-fatal accidents shows motorcycles were responsible | have |= pedestrian narod St Araer Et postin ie pe ail and the | the highway brid tions are shown ag part of the dam—Photo by Bert Bell, Tribune Staff Beda Bebe Noes opee side of the buttes for miles. This | Photographer. = valley i, morvelous soll, has at|™means nothing on passing observa-|,ayancement, and utilizing avail: S leait reaction int of completion |tion but to the engineer versed in! iio forces. to contribute to the { where water may be turned into| the tremendous wear of millions of | pyar inc ng demand for land to E the main ditches, end carried on its} Ballons of water on a hill side in| pow and meet increasing human wey towards the final laterals, some Joam, with the possibilities of | jeeas of foc There is nothing of whict, are being dug this summer we, it presentedya real prob-| visionar out Mr. Comstock, ex- By next year a portion of the land nd it was met at a heavy ex-| cont that a man in charge of such will actually be under water; by 1 concrete ning for miles. | iyportant and intricate work neces- the succeeding year additional thoy Waters will flow not through a) scriy must have a vision alfvays i ill be snatched from | @rt_ canal, but through a concrete! yefore aim of owing fields, of waterway looming acres and of happy hearths, | ean dominion Over | At. two, points! Ip ‘the ‘main, canal; |DCOmIne meres andio® happy hearshe, H a dl water complete, this water {Problems we: met tha failed for tical, quick to make judgments, 3 “before serving irrigation purpoges| the construction of immense under-j1,.¢Keq by years of similar experi. through immense |STeund —syphons, one of whieh.) onoe, devoid of lack of: faith in the Fay en to de twenty feet in diameter and dipping re mation service ‘and te’ Ic 1 Lada beat st ll down under a creek bed, is the | to do what must be done, Com- 3 foe SURG et tp est syphon-in the world and an| Sica. is building his own monu: ied Sake. "| engineering masterpl A creek | ent. Prior to the Riverton project ; ae transversed the wi fer ven, | ee OE he ae eee ite vee ren ReveeREen’ | wyorinw ic are known for | tives pr 1) Nebran nt Sam pact ‘ t acviog ede ieaca snelr ing qualities when “The tract land to be irrigated 3 —th t nto being of the ae sy is 11 3 from a sandy 2 are 1 hopes of a common m to ¢ loam. =The soll and 2 w nd this project will put climatic conditions. of this section = ow ication, through its intri are well ed to the, growin 3 cate « m of storage reservoirs, alfalfa, su. hects,- cereals S canals, ditches and power plant, the vegetables, ding, only the magic = 13 within the ceded of water to take rank with the pro- = om of the Wind River Indian ductive of the country, ‘The S rvation, north of the Big Wind Riverton and Lander district, already = r and west of the Big Horn with thousands of acres under irri- = ¢ nd constituting the major gation has. demonstrated the pro. = tion of what was known as the duetiveness of the soll, and demo : S old Wyoming Central project. strated it through the bitter schoo! 3 i of experience. Drainage problems OF the:100-000t-130 000, aores un: have presented themselves in the S der the project, about pne-third ae Bort act dhaeer Have theantaen re Sn EN ‘ under private ownership, and the 1 grind Arminia éaiiaise aks : P oe FY Datars weISRe open for homestead wih pty ie danas tutes The hydroelectric power house, located eleven miles from the Pais dam, in th wale = entry, with water purchase , ar- traversed with ‘systems-to place er to be later used for irrigation, is diverted to furnish power for further construction work, @ ranfements with the government water on tho land, and systems be-|and the needs of towns and settlers. BS that a iuitable. The ex-service low {t to take waste water from the| by Bert Bell, Tribune Staff Photographer. é = mapesiest jte- eta land, removing any traces of @lkall.| 4 over to the Northwestern railroad] the ever present cry. for iand. It = pe Le PY aN ve ‘This has ‘cost. moneys of money! by the Wyoming Tie and ‘Timber| seems as fast ns human needs arise, =) apeinar rice re phd batt —this drainage | pre nd company is opportune. ‘This indus-| human ‘ingenuity provides. Farm: TE ell pri idea ei Soe stragtlons si Gat haa pes, try is one of Wyoming's assets and|ers. may have off years.and have Be Seisede: ta a Wn metiiterae AAS AVATADIS DY Rone Usenee | has been growing steadily year after] just basis for complaint, but the | ta eto te aera land 1s ‘becoming +fnore. aha) m' year. Ties cut high in the moun-| world continues to eat'and in order aap 5 nan eo Productive as it has come so abso-| tain ranges are floated down moun-| to eat continues to pay for food, and @ ben ended in form during the lutely under the control of man in |yoin streams from the tie camps in-! land ‘continues to grow food, -and | da on. (Ol: DOmm Ren ers UENEs its “water supply the. Wind river, and thence down] more land anually Is farmed to meet By et bem egaeeeibedee The hydroelectric plant nine mi river to Riverton. Caught}th’s demand. As the supply of rain- apg He Fat Dacia ais Aeney oan ao below .the diversion dam will divert | there in immense booms. they nre,|belt land cannot increase, produc. ae sonegy otheer eaten vai eda pficthe & portion of the 2200 second feet of| 1. machinery, distributed, sorted,|tivenoss mugt be forced on dryer ZF lest congress at adjournment. The! yp, Comstock, U. S. Reclama-|water from the main canal, and ana turned over to the railroad,| lands throush the application of = : eg : 2 SHU Ac epartes tion service engineer in charge of af v fe in th turbine already wh tu a them with lu: ater artificially, 3 3 f 0 i un BERD athe’ : | Riverton project oonstrudtion. os see alled an : re ad foy precation’ iat |r ion to deter rotting, and later ships!” rie ‘Tiverton Lander section’ will 3 ! Photo by Bert Bell, ‘Tribune Staff} the pr m " | them over the entire m to form|'o ow ‘anything, Lait’ year” there = a Yager lt! Photographer, anto zit t Take, a ural reservotr | bed for rails that will carry the waht RAO“ apren, Ge’ bee acaerowe tt! : retiirn to the. Riverton proj Selrsmer tb rapa Mii prc: kt merce of the country. The build RE Sell he tha lancéage” Of..thld = tt H.soan:join its twenty five Or! nigh in: water, * The protection for ELS Gielen eee Hoe of the diversjon dam might have money crop after another few fab peel ak el pg Poa rec the perpetual water supply of the] ace all the power weeded tor Ce red a problem to the tle com-| years of-deyélopment? Most. cer- S lamation projects built by the s Diadest was sowie, wbetren siete Auicals vey Rewer needled ‘or _com- ny had not the engineers ‘in| tainiys Riverton or Lander oe eat Selon ot’ the waters to be utiiized, |Zetting the creek, allowing nature |Peton of the vied will atte. SAY-| charge looked at the situation In al iny both are to be future sugar fae. & ation of the; waters to be utilised. | i) “ao with aa at chépeeand tenor: | mes tt sent aki Will pay for the) practical light rather than in other| {ney tocationa: Phe lands the eres thelr storage and disposition, jtwol ines hy going underneath ant ap prosnstye Installation ‘alone and | ways so often reflected by bureaus | {yi aivante and Ghe cunenee ad reservoirs, Bull Lake and: Plot) oe ee eee et nUill leave plenty of Power and lhe lot contibl.. ;Didsithey tell’ the tol tnerevana it only ladke tpoeplo te Butte Lake been provided | ont a similar ayphon of fourteen | fF, other uses in tho valley, to be| company’ to make preparations to| (vere and it Sm «with a storag ity of not less| eine was b ‘It. sold at a nominal cost. The gov- get their tles over the dam the best} = than 145,000 Six. soins cae | cae cesmner ess ernment, be it known, is not in this|they coud? They dla not and didn't| Oe of. the chief problems to be = can be scen, is a whale of a lot of| It might be mentioned that the|instance deviating from what ocema even ask them to pay for the log|™et in Wyoming might be ex- = water and th reservoirs act as|Undoubted success of governmental] to be a pretty well set policy of not | fiume—the tie indus: was there|2™pled in the Riverton section— 8 valves on the water supply, |teclamation developments are pos-| going into c mpetition with private | first, and to this day there has been| that of changing the old farming storing when the river is sending} sible through the two cardinal at-/pusiness in electricity manufacture | sn Vosat ruling looked for or asked} ¥@¥S for the new.* It is hard for down water than the. system | [ributes of the service, loyal. fight-|or anything else, but the’ power|ty the reclamation service, ‘Thes| the westerner -of years dominance is ng and water rights below re-|!ng, brainy, refuse-to-be stumped | needs for the project itself made the just included in thelr plans-a sluice- large tracts of land to accept quir nd releasing when the water 1 capable engineers, and plenty] hydroelectric plant Necessary, and it] Way to let the ties through the dam| the Smaller tracts and more inten- 4s needed and not provided by for-| Of money. _ Private enterprise often, |is\ most certainie a. ‘reason’ for) ana to let them through in a imine | sive farming, {But trrigated-lands de- mal flow. At a point about In deing forced to meet similar con-|thanks that petty protests 1¢ they| that would mot fam oc Lredke thon | mand this and only through the cyt. miles above Riverton on the Wind| ditions, is stopped for lack of the} aro were insufficient to prevent] up, and that w NM there was said| U2 up into small farms and tract I has en completed recently | funds necessary to bulld such large|the untilization of this water In shott tt, si Fos » are fish in|®"4 making an acre produce _ tw the immense diversion dam, started |¢vasions of nature's unexpected ob-| for cheap power when the water in the Wind river that have reasons of | ‘0? Where one is produced-now, and in the fall of 1921, and now finished cles in project construction. turn can be used over again for} their own for wanting to get up| the intensive farming substituted for insofar as the government is con-| The Riverton project, which about|irrigation purposes. The power sam. ‘The engineers didn't-bother| the loose methods of farming, will corned and ready to function In di-| equally divides the territory to: be|plant is constructed to double thea lot to look into this but accepted 1t| the possibilities of these immense vertir ded water on productive] watered as tributary to Riverton tric power manufacturing capa-| hs a possibility and let it go at that,| Wester projects"be reached. These soll. The dam consists of head-|and to Lander, has been under-the|city if needed. Enarkenaath holed: avaak of steps | fections may be all under cultivation, works, sluiceway, provisions for] personal, direction of H. D. Com howing the humaness of the re-|with running water, through which| Will in fact, within a few.years, but putting logs and tles through, and] stock, engineer in charge, six years|clamation engineers . in meeting still there remains the possibility the new federal cing naturo to work for men's pa PPRSUSETOESSE POSS EEE ov er me pil y or j ro we Showing portion of three and a half miles of concrete lining of the’immenseanain ditch from the diversion dam of the Riverton project, an example of the permanent and expensive construe- tion of the Reclamation service in what they build to reclaim arid land—Photo by Bert 1, ‘Tribune Staff Photographer, ‘4 = the fish can go upstream if their na- annual ing into Wyoming through this com- pany alone some $700,000 to $800,- 000 a year. ‘There are three other t'e cutting concerns supplying rail- read requirements from the inex- haustible forests of the northwest portion of the state. When asked if the forests would long continue to furnish ties in such quantities, a timber cruiser, stated: “We have been cutting for years along just one side of the river and you have’ to hunt to find where we have made dent. We haven't touched the south side of the river yet and if bs ne how long™the last, Ir we 1 say up he nould s accepted as authortative. for 51, while responsibility on the automobile for 16,166. the foundations that have been|day and night on the job, and typl-| problems, a reference to the tle mak. al desires so prompt them. That} #24 the goal of cutting in half the Dullt to form the base of a new|cal of the engineering genius at the | ing industry that starts high in the | cost money but certainly it was prac-| 168 of farms, and doubling the bridge structure to be constructed | disposal of the government in the| upper northwest mountains and/ that: by the state, making the river pas-|important humanitarian work of| reaches. completion at. Riverton, eta ot ala eapate ure During the visit of the Tribune rty to the project, the end of the tle drive was just coming er the dam. One of the photo- aphs herewith, picturing the im- nsity of the dam, shows the tles ing up at the log flume and be- dropped over to continue thelr downstream. ‘This tle industry aploys some 100 men the year und and is the means of bring- be ties years of cut- They just grow in faster than » cut ‘em out.” Not being posted conservation as applied to tim- r ayailable for tles, his statement The 20-foot syphon that wi Back of the Riverton project is Pleotographer, up to level of ditch. This syphon is the larg Il carry 2200 se. cond feet of water down. est in the world.—Photo by SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1924. RETURN IF YOU MUST BORROW BY SPARK PLUG Raking leaves is No sweet job if You're very tired And I was one nite ‘When neighbor Jones Was fixing his car In the yard next Door and he leaned Over the fence and Asked me if I'd lend Him a wrench to Tighten a nut.and I did just that And he soon was Back for a good Tire pump, a jack A bolt anda Package of patches And I left him There and went into The house thinking That surely he'd Knock and call When his work Was done and Return the things I'd let him have But he didn't Show up and a Few days later I needed those Things and I had To ask him to give Them back and he Remembered then And apologized, but It. seems too“late Though I have No doubt that the Man meant well Stil I never Felt quite the Same toward pim As I do toward My friends who Always try not To borrow things And if they do_ They make it a’ point To effect a Return as soon As they're through. ‘ THAD ‘GETTING THE _MOST OUT OF ~ GAR’ ISSUED “Getting the Most from Your Car" is a booklet which has just been issued by the National Auto- mobile Chamber .of Commerce for the promotion of economy, safety and comfort in motor travel. ‘The pamphlet, which ts printed in two colors, consists. of twenty-four illustrated pages, covering for Keeping Upkeep, Down. mon Sense in Driving,” and “Tour- ing Hints.’ The booklet was prepared by the Traffic Planuing and Safety “com- mittee of the motor vehicle makers’ organization, and is being dis- tributed by the individual manufac- turers, including the pamphlet as part of the equipmeht*of the new car as it is shipped from the factory President Coolidge has written a foreword for this pamphlet, as fol- lows: “The National Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce has been among the leaders jn effort for safety on the highw: in connection with automobile traffic, from the time of its organization. Its work has been of distinctly practical and worth while nature, and it is a pleasure to know that this booklet of useful information and suggestions, look- ing to the advancement of safety on the highways, is shortly to be issued. I have no doubt that its circulation will be a means of greatly bettering traffic cenditions. $i eal CLAIMS THE WORLD'S RECORD FOR MOTORCYCLE COASTING The world’s record for long dis- tance mortorcycle coasting is claim- ed by Walter Locke & company, motorcycle distributors of Lahore, India, for a pair of local riders. On 2 recent trip, one riding a solo ma- chine and the other with a sidecar outfit, they coasted 20 miles with- out once starting the motors. This K Your long descent brought them from an elevation of 10,000 feet to practical- ly sea level and the few upgrades and level stretches which were en- countered en route were negotiated on momentum alone. under a creck bed, and Bert Bell, Tribune Staff VELS TO MAKE FREMONT REGION BLOOM HUPP TO BULD g-OYLINDER C88 New Car, Higher In Price; Present Hupmobile to Be Continued First authentic information from the Hupp Motor Car Corporation concerning its long rumored eight- cylinder car ts contained in a fac- tory announcement poster which is making its appearance in Hupmo- bile showrooms. The poster is signed by Charles D. Hasting, pres- ident and general manager of the corporation. - It is attracting considerable at- tention among automoblie owners and from other dealers because it clearly defines the company’s future policy relative to the new car and the present Hupmobile as well. Though the new car, an elght-In- line, has been under experimentation and test since November last, it will not be announced nor ready for distribution until January, 1925. “We could bring the new car out sooner,” Mr. Hastings said,” but our recognized policy is that every major change we make must with- stand at least a year's test before being placed in the market. It is only through such precaution that the owner can be safeguarded against performance mistakes that any factory should eliminate before placing an automobile in produc- tion.”* The new elght will be larger and higher priced than the cars of four cylinders that the company has been manufacturing since inception in 1909. It will not in any way super- cede the present car, it is officially stated. Rather, the announcement points out, it is.being built for a different market and to round out the company’s line. Officials ex- pect the present Hupmobile to con- tinue to constitute the bulk of the company’s sale: “f eee 0105 PLANNING EXHIBIT ABROAD Ex, ort Business of Company Said to ~ Be Growing. In view -of. the remarkable in- crease in Oldsmobile’s export busi- ness during thé past 10 months, the Olis Motor Works, Lansing, |Mich., will have exhibits at the chief fur- eign automotile shows this’ year. Preparations are now delag. made to sbip two models—a DeLuxe sedan and touring—and, also a chassis for exhibition at the Paris Automdbile Salon to be held October 2to 12, During the period between ‘Au- gust, 1923, and May, 1924, the ex- port business of the Olds Motor Works increased 287 per cent. Tho average gain in export business in the entire automobile industry dur- ing a 12 month period, including these sams months, was 90 per cent. David A. Laing, general sales man- ager of the General Motors Export company, kas informed Oldsmobile officials that the outlook in foreign markets presages even greater sales for Oldsmobile. At the present time a full line of Oldsmobiles is being exhibited at the British Industrial. Exposition at Wembley, England through General Motors of Canada, Lt who also will take care of the Olds- mobile exhibit at the London salon this fall. Cars shown at the British exposition are equipped with either left or right hand érive to conform to the varying requirements in Euro- pean countries, ——<—<—___— VACANT STREETS MORE DANGEROUS TO AUTO DRIVER: SAY POLICE COLORADO. SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 9.—(United Press),—Death for the motorist lurks in the deserted street; the thorotghfare crowded with traffic seldom deals injury to human life. Captain Fred Springer of the Col- arodo Springs police department is authority for the foregoing state- ment, which he claims to have made after a careful study of automobile disasters. “It is the little traveled street, just as it is the supposedly unload- ed gun, which Kills,” Springer de- clared. “A man seldom shoots him- self accidentally With a gun he knows is loaded. Neither does n motorist bring death upon himself or someone else in a street where he sees constant danger in the Presence of many other cars and Pedestrians on every side.” To substantiate his claim Spring- er pointed to the years 1923 and 1924 in Colorado Springs, With nearly twice the tourist traffic this summer there was up to this date last year. he said, there has been a marked falling off in serious acci dents-due to motorcars. “Fast driv. ing {8 precluded by more congested Streets, and everyone is on the alert. It is the driver on the street where it looks lke “clear sailing” that gets Into most of the trouble,” Springer conclude ge Expert watch and jewelry repair. Ing. Cusper Jewelry Co, 0-3 Bldg.