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Letter from 5tete EngineerStats o» Wtomiso, iEl wood .Msad, Stats Ex or*mb, Chsyamii. WfO,( Die. 22, lUflt. IOsstumss I regard ihe Cody Canal as one of the uratod in thi* State, ondbeltevp it la destined to exercise groatmost Important and valuable project* ever at influence on our growth in wealth and popu resource*, I know of no pLaoa in thi* e*SKoaaoia IssioATioa Co., Cowr, W row wo, .........__eTer inmuglatlon,It will open to act* 1 ora a region having *aat aid varied reaource*. I know of no place in uua which offer* to prudi at and Industrioui farmers greater emu ranee* of material prosperity and phyaical comfortfhS Bfdlw bu^i^M climate* with laai anow fall in the winter than any part of the imrrmindln# country, and with a mean temperature in eumoier which par utile of a wider diversity of crop* than i» ojthe country five hundred mile* south of It. It la. therefore, squally well adapted to the purpose* of -he stock rsl*-tr' Canal1 It*f*Ater**0ppfyTnitn one of the Largest river* in the Wert, and reclaim* tome of• beat land In thi* State. The completed portion is well and iubetmn*iall|r built with an ample capacity toThethe .water all aharea* tbartia 1* as low as the ooet of the work vftlj permit and the condition* of purchaa* ah*^The !StiiMteoTO^ih7p of both Canal and land by settlera with the abundant water supply, live* tha cultivators of thaa* land* a security and Independence not always enjoyed by irrigators,I can* therefore, unreservedly and heartily commend JSSBSSdMCAD^S**THiaatetha Lead* - - - *-*- -IPMB DMBeltedBtatestathaBteteef W yea* lagCoparstivs coet of land. Thcprloeof irrigated land varies 10 Urt different localities. *Ji,gion as a whole, the aversgeprloe varies from $50 to ItOG par acre. In California it ranges ..Arlaona from 126 to 11101% Washington from 166 to 1100. and in W tauS) ubwardaSlates there are land* lulled only to the cultivation of gruaee* and cereals which my bi But for land* under the Cody Canal whloh can produos such a variety of crop* the priia* **kotl 11 remarkably low. for it must be remembered that you secure noi only the land, but a perpetual water right. ik*The State eh Argo* only 50 oeuta per acre for the laud (and 12 fee for completing that ha ahal1 show svideuoe of oontract with the Irrigation Company for the water right requisite to make his landibl w m Jill p*r UN. Vb Ol ptld ««■. towmr. It w * m»In dva annual InvtalmsntSi with simply the addition of 8 per cent Interest,OWNERS OF _DY CANAL!#Has Water Ready for Tbousaods of Acres of Good State Lands.Titles To Homes Perfect.Frew the State ef W yea* lag far Beth Laad wl Water tatha Parahaaar,RMMMiabl* and In Small FavnmnUCOL.W. F. CODY, Pres.Full information can be obtained concerning procurements of this land by prospective settlers from, BECK, Manager and Secretary.Cody, BI« Horn County, WyoFINELANDWAITSTHEPLOUGHUNLIMITEDCULTIVATOR
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Cody Enterprise
Cody, Wyoming, US
Thu, Feb 25, 1904
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