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Time Table
Effective commendng Jan. 14,
1912, Mountnln Tlmo.
Eastbound
Arrive Leave
No. 42 Daily 12:13am 12:46m
No. 44 Daily 12:60pm 1:10pm
Westbound
Arrive Leave
No. 41 Daily, Edgemont, Black
Hills, Billings, 3:55am 4:19am
No. 43 Daily, Edgemont, Bill
ings, 12:30pm 12:50pm
Southbound
Arrive Ieave
No. 301 Daily, Bridgeport,
Denver, 12::!5ani
(No. 303 Daily, Bridgeport,
Denver; daily except
Sunday, Guernsey 1:10pm
From South
Arrive Leave
No. 302 Daily 3:20am
No. 304 Daily 11:30am
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY
Mails close at the Alliance post
office as follows, Mountain time:
East Bound
12:20 p. in. for train No. 44.
11:00 p. m. for train No. 42.
West Bound
12:20 p. m. for train No. 43.
11:00 p. m. for train No. 41.
South Bound
12:20 p. m. for train No. 303.
11:00 p. m. for train No. 301.
On Sundays and holidays all night
malls close at 6:00 p. m. instead of
11:00 p. m. IRA E. TASH, P. M.
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IRRIGAION PROJECTS
IN COMPARISON
Information Concerning the Two
Projects Under the Govern
ment N. P. Valley Canal
FOR PROSPECTIVE IRRIGATORS
From Lingle iWyo.) Herald:
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But little notice hns yet been tak
en of the two apparently similar,
but radically different, irrigation
projects included under the one big
canal of the Interstate unit of the
North Platte Irrigation project. One
great canal delivers the water for
both of these projects. The two
projects are divided at the state
line of Wyoming and Nebraska by
a short spur of sandhills. One man
agement superintends the care and
maintenance of the canal and at
tends to the delivery of the water.
One project embraces some 20,000
acres of land while the other cov
ers ome 90,000 acres.
The smaller project is that of the
North Platte Canal and Coloniza
tion Company, with office at Lin
gle, Wyoming, whose holdings are
within the state of Wyoming, and
whose land is for the greater part
subject to the "Carey Act" state
lands.
The larger project, as indicated a
bove, is the Interstate unit of the
North Platte project of the United
States Reclamation Service.
For the purpose of comparison,
the different conditions under which
the settler 1ms. and may yet, obtain
title to land under these different
projects are given.
First, on the "Carey Act" lands
of the smaller project, a minimum
residence of only :'0 days is requir
ed in order to make final proof;
while on the government lands, only
subject to federal land laws, the
full five years, so well known ;o
homes steading, is required before
a patent can be secured. Second,
a perpetual water right of one sec
ond foot for each eighty acres of
li.nd is sold to the homesteader on
the "Carey Act" land for $:10 an
acre; while Uncle Sam first began
by selling water to the amount of
two and one-half acre feet per acre
to the homesteader at $:!5 an acre.
Third, the maintenance on the ?''
water is but 40 cents per acre per
annum while the water of the gov
ernment homesteader costs him ;i
yearly sum of $1.25 per acre f:r
I maintenance, or such an amount ai
' may cost the government.
These are only the apKirent and
obvious differences which are in
herent to the two projects. Now we
will go a little deeper. There is
Riven in the second comparison, al
ready noted, a difference at least in
the language used in designating
the amount of water allowed for u
acre Of land under MM h of the pro
jects. Let us see if there is not a
duterence in the amount. In one
instance water is sold as so ma:iv
second feet per acre, in the othe
as so many acre feet per acre. Ol
system calls for one se .on d foot for
each 80 acres of land; the other
calls for two and one-half acre feet
for each single acre.
First, we will take one second
foot of water and see what it is.
It is one cubic foot of water be in;.;
delivered every second of time. This
is 60 cubic feet per minute; :J,C0U
Ottbic feet per hour; K(j,400 cubic
feet per day. There being 4;!, 560
square feet in an aire, one second
foot of waier running for one day
will cover I Ml acres to a depth of
one foot. Thus we have KO acres
covered to a depth of one foot in
40.:!4 days, and to a depth Of two
and one hall feet, being the total a
mount supplied by the Government
for the entire irrigating season, sup
plied by the North Platte ( anal an 1
Colonization Company in MM days,
or three and one-third months.
NOW, what is an "acre foot" hs
uiven by the Government to i's
water users? It is simply one acre
covered with water to a depth of
one foot. Then two and one-half
acre feet, the aiuouut sold to water
users by the Government . origlnall.v
at $:!5, is an acre covered with war
ed to a d ptlt of two and one hair
feet; I. e.. it is the amount of w.r. -er
which it would take to cover an
iii-re two and one-hall feet deep.
If then v consider the irrlgatln.:
season six months long -should be
seven in dry seasons we have one
project, thai under state supervi--iou,
receiving nearly two t lints the
i. mount of water per aire that Hie
oilier does ai a maximum price of
S lu ten annual payments w i li
interest at six per cent, with a 40
cent per acre maintenance charge
per annum; while the other. tint
looked after by the general goyerr
nien. and under its absolute con
Vol. received originally its quota
tier acre for f:i5. with malnunaiu
lees now $1.25 per acre.
All these things are not worth
mentioning were It not for the ap
parent determination of the presctr
Si 1 1 etary of the Interior to wreck
the Reclamation service. Now it may
Ih that 1 too much of an assertion.
lYvhnps he Intends only to ndvum
his own Ideas, thinking to better
the service, but let us look a 111 tie
fiirt her and see how he la working.
The service having through lack of
knowledge as to what was ahead,
ran Into a bog hole, as It were, and
has been trying to extricate Itself
ever since. She pulled one foot
up and set it on top. and tried to
null herself out, but It was no go.
il was farmers she got her foot
on. ind she squashed them a little,
but did not get out. Now comes
another step, and she hns more
i.nnicrs who would willingly escape
tre they are crushed, but it canno:
be done with a whole hide. Some of
the hide has got to come. The set-
vice must get out. She in going to
'ei out. The government needs
the money. Maybe an unstinted
sum will be appropriated for other
things but the ''aimer is fairly
Caught and patch u of his hide
will not matter much ;n the long
run.
The words "long run" have been
used, and the idea expressed in
them will be disposed of later; but
first, conditions passed over rough
ly must be taken up and dealt with
imore to the point. As first stated,
water users (those homestending
and buying water of the govern
ment) were given contracts for their
water by the government, for $35
per acre. Later It seemed impera
tive that, a greater charge should
be made because the $35 per acre
failed to meet the expense Incurred
in building the canal. How the old
contract was discarded is not just
clewr to the writer, but it was re
placed by one calling for $45 per
acre for water. This must have
been borne in patience for no great
talk was made of it. However, it is
not of this that anyone is now com
plaining. The sore is probably well
along toward healing over. Rut,
just at this time, having failed to
benefit by the previous raise, out
comes the other foot and prepares
to step on top. The water users
are now definitely notified that they
have another $10 raise to meet.
They could not meet the payments
in the past, therefore, like the case
in the Bible account of Rehohoam.
who said to his subjects as lie M
ended the throne of his father, Sol
oinrtii, "My little tinner shall be
thicker than my father's loins, they
shall be scourged not with 'Whips'
but with 'scorpions.' "
Let it not be understood thai the
government is maliciously punishing
any OHO. The foregoing is but a
likeness in consequence -a compari
son of the one to the hardships,
doubled and redoubled upon an al
ready overtaxed condition. There
is no attempt to boast, but with
blood as cold as that of a fish,
those at the head of the Interior de
partment now say, either pay up
all past charges against your water
contract or let us give you a new
contract with an additional raise of
$10 per acre, or get out and forfeit
what you have already paid to the
government. There is no question
but what it is lawful, but is it ex
pedient? Laying aside any feeling
for those who have been Induced to
invest under the project through
misrepresentation of facts though
perhaps unwittingly done will it
pay? Is it not done more for the
purpose of showing a present favor
able office condition a straightuing
up of books and records? Does it
look like due regard had been given
to actual prevailing conditions, and
proper remedies supplied? Hardly,
but on the Other hand, it appears,
yes, is made evident, thai condi
tions have been left with the water
user, and remedies consist in a de
mand to "come through."
ll is an old saying that you can
not get blood out Of a turnip. .With
er can a man who is wrestling with
I lie irrigated land of the west make
his water payments year after year,
or any year, if he Is dependent for
such payments upon his land, and
the land for any reason fails
from the dilatory response of the
land to ield anticipated crops to
the farmer. That is a condition
which is notorious in the early days
of any western irrigation nndertak
Ing Two and two make four, but
an ;n re of land and any given a
mount of work pins sufficient seed
anil ii summer's time does not ai
ways make a hundred bushels of
oin There are some other things
entering Into the problem which if
not supplied might make tolal fail
ure. Practical experience, lnnd,
time, seed and favorable weather
conditions only get anticipated re
sults And practical experience
teaches so loud thai soy nimi ought
to know that land will nov produce
more; at $55 per acre than It did at
$35, other conditions being the same
Will the conditions change? They
may, perhaps, but that Is only a
guess, so far as the weather goes.
While the greatest change of con
ditions which would In time put all
on their feet, not excluding the Ir
rigation project Itself, can only be
secured by time; which will add
experience to the farmer, adaptabil
ity to the soil, and convenience In
operation to the farm. Altogether
adding wealth, security, prosperity,
and reimbursing the government.
The result of the present policy
pursued by Secretary Fisher will
be disastrous. It cannot bo other
wise, and though later it Is replac
ed by a liberal and Just one and
ultimately secures the settlement of
the land embraced, it will be too
late to undo the wrong done to In
dividuals now. The secretary prob
ably believes that by favoring a
longer term of yenrs in which the
water user would be allowed to
miake his payments he would be
showing "special favors" and how
public officers pretend to abhor
such a thing.
In the ultimate working out of
those results which are to come It
is only delorable that men of re
mote interests, sympathies and
knowledge should bring unwarranted
hardships upon those who have
staked all they have in an effort to
make a home and are likewise co
workers in the success of the pro
ject. The very life of the Reclama
tion Service or any project under it
is Wholly dependent upon no less a
class of Individuals than the farm
ers. And any system of payments
that this class cannot meet are
doomed, even though persistently
maintained for a time. The only
end for such a system is failure mid
its results wrecked fortunes to
those caught In its nOOttOO,
I M opping back to former compar
ison :'!"! for such a purpose con
sidering with them the twenty year
payment plan requested by the
North Platte Water Users' Associa
tion. let us see how such a plan
would compare In payments to those
made now by those under the col
onization project just across the
line in Wyoming. Here the pay
ment is $30 an acre for the water
on the ten year lament plan. Now
$55 as asked by the Government
for its water per acre Is nearly
twice $30 and twenty years would
be twice ten years. so to even
things up ought not the M Pay
ment to extend over twenty yenrs
or nearly so? And then would they
bet ovejkjf
Let us go back and take up one
of the comparisons first made and
we have a present condition like
this:
Reclamation Project
Price of water per acre $55. 00
Time for payments Ml years
Amount of water 2'.. acre feet
Colonization Project
Price of water per acre $30.00
Time for payments M) years
Amount of water laprxi 4. A. ft.
There Is no at tempt to explain
why these different conditions ex
ist, but it is a fact that they do
and those who enjoy the better con
ditions have cause to be thankful.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Dr. 0. K. Slagle. who has been
with ine the past five years as as
sistant, is no longer in my employ.
I All bills for work done by him prior
produce crops sufficient for such I lo Keb. 1st, 1!H2. are payable direct
payments, no matter what pressure j lo nie h jj HKLLWOOI . M D.
may be brought to near upon nun ;;H-14-tf
While men may sit at their desks
and figute. it is amply proved by
the shortsightedness of men who
were seemingly filled for the v,ork,
that figures will not pay out. Take
the case of I he Reclamation Ser
vice in general and the North Platte
project in particular. Have figures
tallied with results? If .so, then
some one has misrepresented the
figures and absconded with a huge
Mrs. Ida If. Taylor of Crouton,
I .. w a. ari iwd Sunday morning to
lake up residence on her claim
'eigh: miles south of town.
How's This?
W unVi line IIuikC'.I 11. ,ri . r in
tl t.itorrh ili.il rai I u- run-! lj 11.11
I'uUirli Cuff.
F. J. IIIKM.V CO., Tuftsin,
We, 11m- imilt-miiiiel. h.of known I. J IImii.
sum of inonev. Klse why a demand "r lh" uat 1J !. ami Mlrva kla irr.-. u h-
ur.iia In ii btimiit trati-tu. ii-.ii uiul lie .1
for higher priced water. No, 11 ataa Ui saary ana any otatgatfcai nukW sj Wa km
n . . .. m 1 . t in ii'imiii'i.
lull!" lllllK
Hull's CaUrru cur. la takm li.ifall . aroua
dlrri-ily uiaai lb m 1 aiul nuawai asslsaaa ol las
aynlriu. Taailmaiuiia arlit Irw. Price 7S ntiU par
boOlr. ..i.i by ll lru(IM-
! ' Ilalin rminly rill lr ..1, -en, 11. .11
does not work out that way when
you hae Nature's influences play
ing a part In the result. The farm
er has met reverses alike with the
Ueclamai Ion Service. .More than
likely, '''"a' OJ the trouble with g Q hisinan . p;i i lit lug com r.u i Of
the in irrigation projects ril ll3Ktfl4
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