The Mccook Tribune

PLANS FOR IRRIGATION.
State Engineer Dobson and Assistant Looking Over the Ground.

LINCOLN, Aug. 4. State Engineer Dobson and Assistant Forbes returned from a trip inspection through the Platte valley of eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. They made the trip with a view to ascertaining the elevation of the land in the various sections along the river, preparatory to the formulation of plans for irrigation work.

"I am confident that if the government builds reservoirs for irrigation in this section it would be better to have them in Wyoming than in Nebraska," said Mr. Dobson. "This of course is on account of the elevation of the land. The conditions in the Platte valley between Guernsey and the state line are more favorable to the storage of water than is Nebraska."

Mr. Dobson has been notified that Mr. Mead, chief of irrigation investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, will be in Lincoln on August 7 to consider irrigation matters. It is understood here that the investigation Mr. Mead proposes to make will be preparatory to the work of the government under the new irrigation law. Mr. Mead wrote as follows:

"I expect to reach Lincoln on the 7th of August and would like to have a conference with you and such of your irrigation board as can be got together to talk over our work in connection with interstate and riparian rights. I also wish on this trip to take up any other matters connected with our investigations which may be of general interest. You can say that I come to Lincoln for a conference with you and that I intend to go on to the western part of the state to look after our investigations after the conference is over."