Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 28

7 at cal a oe PAGE TWO Che Casper Daily Cribune CASPER IRRIGATION HOLDS PROMISE. FOR THE FUTURE | GREAT PROJEGT IN MAKING HERE Winter Federal | gations Inspected by Mead eT 1 tf t finde greg t ate t I . tr - s f the Nation of a ater Y plant the dam y reclama d, aut the te of ent wil MNS coloniza development of lection, characte t perience of the settler, the « tion of a local advisory organ rs lastly, a government redit tem which elsew! a proven its merits by {ts results. This bill was rece intre in the ner by Senator Ken¢ and in » house by myself Casper Project Assured All these things above enumerated are bringing us closer to the day of realization, It is now but a question of time. The Casper-Alcova trriga tion project will be a 1 For a further discussion of the general subje reclamation, the new reclomation law and the Casper Alcova t in partic espe clally se who have t tofore attention to st ject, I append parts of an addr given t me In the house of repre sentatives, June 4, 1924, the occ being the consideration of the Jol Resolution, authorizing and direct ing investigation and report by the Secretary of the Interlor of the Cas per-Alcova Project Water Available. Mr. Speaker, this joint resolution for tho investigation of the Casper. Aloova project is not, strictly speak zing n new investi tinuat ate of V ng r ava the altitude feet—and the suitable for is contig easing oft-re- | ¢ that with The | tr waters to ap. | mer x ply » is ¢g at area of Virgin soll $50,000,001 A "| Wat The rev @, refreshing about 80,000 barrels of crude] puritying, restoring, life-giving fluid il, Casper manufactures and ships! Tt is the blood of the soll, It makes by rall nore gasoline tha |glad the earth. Touching the burn in the United States jing sands, tt produces ass and ed by two great railroad sys | n and flower and wealth. When ng enst vest and one north | 7 to a mountain stream I see south Mne its sheen the white of silver, in For many years this young r he flash of diamonds, In el city of the west will gr see the green meadows and create wealth, Fif r nd growing fields; in tts f all food products cons ied s the dark purple of rip ere It Is and wi € frult § ite sunlit under P creasing market | of golden grain, In its +! of the farm | tink I hear the olink of prectous | In tf count of Natrona, wher gliings t merry of Casper Is altuated, 1 splashings these refineries jt t t its rushing Je oll, are a number of oll fields | g of wome ite roar them the great Salt Creek /t 8 hal march me of the greatest light oil | of t Water! Water! 1 the world and tho his-| That entest most idespread, ofl production, Two “sands ssed gift t Under possible sands havo] itn the deserts of been penetrated for production,| the + to fer These two sands have been produc: | tilit ruitfule ne. than 10 years, and thero| nes ‘| ay luced from them 100,-| from 4 tol Bol r els of oll. They are to-| theonis 6 west avens 4 ing at the rate of 100,-Jare open 6 coming millions; a 000 barrels per day new earth irs. A mighty peo Government Obligation, ple whose blood is red and whese From this field and other fields in| hearts are st and true here de ona county, where this irriga n en * plenty, pea t ies, there has been paid pines Water! It is the {nto the government treasury in| spirit of the West! ‘ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1925 Typical Construction Under Wyoming Projects Courtesy U. S. Reclamation Service leasing | Fifty-| # en: plete in fe ible, and if ction. In feasibility {t should a r ‘oad cost per be built for »posite considera: © facteot a lo- 1 for products at ‘ y center of second, to preserve r years, when 1 exhausted, a nerican city, now expanding as °, capital-at- Iding, and ‘s in the Unite rly years of the in furnishing for. it lucts will ald } t. tr ears the pro- ject will maint city and be 1 ombination is {cal and repricrolly sustaining. courageous, totic people still building # center. Jt fs a 1 of American enterprise, init ¢, and indominable energy n in which {ts people can take4 und do take great and justifiable pride and of which every citizen of the United tates can be proud. ‘ building gre It At office buildings, im- posing churches, fine hospitals, mod ern sch More than 80 miles of paving checkerboard squares of mod ern, artistic bungalows and beauti ful resider New Resources Needed. ols. But thig cit this community, this county re g ng up of their re sources vast unts of wealth which: once can never be re placed. The nation is using up the capital we ulth of that region, and It will be gone forever and never re newed. * W giv up our Hfe's blood avoid in some future day he collapse of this wonderful young ity, the 1 of the millions of cap: ere whereby th lustry was made the calamity, the h of an American t term implies must be renewed nd possiblities of velope We have urces, we have such but on 80 -vast a capital can not p them. ‘They nil awaiting to be e 1, In the fl and In the adja cent r which nature has munif!-| en wed us. Elghty-| ght and a | haat dase | 1d hes| foal ements of id that the island of » of this kind of soil ducing wheat for a nnd that st 1s produc: as m 1 per acre today is the soll Nee Pathfinder Power generated at this dam we be utilized under plans for lifting water b acres of fertile Nebraska, t of C sper on the Platte river would electric pumps to thousands of nds along the river near ( impounds water only for the North Platte proje Tt ‘asper t in e dam at present rn Wyom and sterility relgned I see hundreds of happy homes and hear the joyful voices of thousands. Millions Paid Government. The United States has recelved up to this ¢ more than $21,000,000 from the country of this project in oil royalties, It has retained 10 per cent of that amount; it has placed in the reclamation fund more than 50 per cent of that amount. The federal government {s the only pow er great enough, strong enough, and in position to be Just enough, by reason of the benefits it has recely ed, to bring about this union of this land and this water on this project We ask that out of the reclamation fund to which this community has contributed so much of its trreplac: able wealth, and for many years avill continue to contfibute in gre this investigation be comple t sums d, that the feasibility of this project be giv en every element of consideration, ever advantage to make !t suce ful, and that developmen 1 con. struction be undertaken at an early date. Give us back now the oppor- tunity to develop on our sofl a néw resource which shall be ready to sus ain us when the wealth beneath the soil/is gone. Perpetuate a city. Build up a state. Sustain a people Do equity and justice. The nation will be the gainer. Transformation Possible. The great thing is the transforma- tion of the wilderness to civilization It is the occupation and cultivation by the capital and labor of the set- tler of the unoccupied lands of this country. It 4s the creation of tax- able wealth to help sustain the gov- | All Nature to Benefit, seems to me that the finest, great There are hungry mouths in y | est feature of our project is the {dea land. In the long run of the future t we are to cause many blades years, the pressuro of our increasing |°f STass to grow where none grew population, we'must have more land| before. We shall create something; for production. The solution is to|We Shall tranaf enrich, and command the immense volumes of} beautify this noble area of 88,0 wa which rush down from the] acres of American soll. We do not mountains of the Continental pi. |take from any man, our profit is no vide to inundate the lower coutries|™man's loss, but gain; we produce and destroy life and property every | Something, wg 1 to the nation’s spring, and by great resery store} Wealth, It may ntiment bit it up this flood of wealth « 8 a nobl that must ele nls distri t the vaat and enlarge us to contemplate of 1 1, rich and fertile, bu turning of the raging mo 1 ause of | ams, th ading of its tamed a 1 tt : r ae | E aye, hundreds of t s ° f1 tory so vast that no comp: ¢ tn upturn that nd dividuals can ever hope to be winds, we ed to place them under irrigation t re seed had never t , cause of the millions of dollars ne.|® Wil. turn the lfegiving waters ulred. But the government ca n that great area, and from the and does, and {t ts the most benefit on of soll and seed and water fal national poll inaugurated | $n and fruit and flowers will since the original homestead act gs to life to drink in the sur the pure alr, the sus No Conflicts Loom, I_may be an entl at itl Et for of mother earth, r the use of man d transfor Where a generators on all cars. 136 East Midwest Ave. : BATTERIES FOR ALL CARS WILLARD THREADED RUBBER BATTERIES We repair batteries, lights, i AUTO ELECTRICAL CO. WILLARD SERVICE STATION starters, magnetos Phone 968-J ernment for all future time, It {s the establishnfent of homes as under the homstead law. It is the strength of manhood and womanhood contrib- uting to the safety and defense of the nation. It is the addition to our population of a splendid, enlight: ened, industrious citizenship which will enhance and enfich the security the order, the welfare, the glory of our common country Sheep Stage Comeback (Continued From Page One) wool production was approxi- the same as that of the pre- ding year, but the 1924 production 1 for half a million dollars more that of the preceding’ year. The mutton and wool output of the state in 1 was valtied at $12,785,- 480, which was a million dollars more than the production of 1923. A wool clip of probab! 21,000,000 pounds {s forecast for 1925. The horse raising division of the ‘s live stock industry has been down during recent years “horse business’ during! produced less than it did during 1923. The 1924 exports are estimated at 000 (including mules), of the approximate value of $1,500,000. Approximately 25,000 swine were The rur and the 1924 probably marketed during the year, for about $400,000. The 1924 production's market value was about - $35,000 greater than the market value of the 1923 production. The growing of swine 1s steadily becoming of In- creasing importance in the state's economics, notable impetus having been imparted by the “pig club” movemenit. Dairy Output Growing The dairy,division of the state's Uve stock industry output during 1924, butter, fat milk and milk of the value of approximately $3,100,- 000, an increase of approximately $400,000 over the output of the pre: ceding year. The 1924 chees: duction ts estimated at 2,5 pounds, valued at $733,000, an crease of $65,000 over the value of the 1923 production. .Approximately 6,000,000 pounds of butter fat, worth $2,065,000, was produced in 1924, the estimated value of this production exceeding that of 1923 production by $286,530. _ About $2,500,000 worth of potil- try and eggs were marketed by Wy- oming producers during 1924, this representing an increases of about $400,000 ovgr the value of the production. A notable feature the of the poultry situation in the state is the Increase in turkey production. The sale of hides during 1924 added about $300,000 to the income of the live stock industry, Crop Values On Upgrade (Continued From Page One) Dairy farming, involving the trans formation of agricultural produ’ into animal husbandry products, also is increasing in the state, Farm land owners during 1924 were the beneficiaries of an equal- ization of taxation burden brought about through reduction of the as- sossed valuation of rural lands and a corresponding increase in the assessed valuations of town lots and improvements. CASPER, WYOMING Wyoming's Largest and Best Hotel excellent Cafe and Lunchroom in Connection HEADQUARTERS FOR OIL AND COMMERCIAL MEN and SOCIAL FUNCTIONS A. K. BOTT, Mgr. STOGK LOSSES. LOW IN STATE Healthy Conditions on Range and Farms for Animals Health conditfons among Wyo ing live stock during 1924 were ve good. There were few alarmi manifestations of live stock disea during the year; the appearancesot diseases was met by prompt state’ and federal co-operation for eratdic: tion. The number of shipments abby" cattle from the state was ess than 25 per cent of the number during the preceding year. The “scab” situation was kept well u der control in the sheep division the live stock industry. Comprehe sive and rigidly enforced regu) tions against the introduction of foot and mouth disease were put Into ef fect when that malady became ep! zootic in California and were ma! tained successfully but with consi¢ erable opposition. “ Laek of working funds compelled the state veterinarian to discontinu tuberculosis eradication work ear! in 1924, except in certain localitie but good results were accomplished Although admitting the presence of contagious abortion in datr; herds in Wyoming, the veterinarta says: “Wyoming {s as near free of :t as any state in the unton.” Ther appears to be no reliable treatment tor it. Hog cholera was prevalent in seven counties of the state, th: worst outbreak resulting from the shipment into Laramie county of a carload of hogs from Clorado on a false health certificate. received attention of the state oftje“ ‘and escaped with minimum losses, State and federal agencies co-op erated during the year in warfare on predatory wild animals. Fur prices stimulated private hunting that was of material assistance in keeping down the predatory animal pest. The poisoning of predatory animals has been. proved efficacious in the ef- forts to reduce the number of wolves and coyotes and the coming Legis. laturé is to be urged by live stock intérests to increase the appropria- tion for this purpose sufficlen ly to finance a “war of exterminetion” through the use of poiso: All cases, Y