The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-03

Washington should be smendese 81 az
present legislature. for il has h~ess :. ssz :,
TOO cumbersome for our small a. 49,
II should be more optional with - s
whether three or i've directors -. IA s5 I.
ed TO manage the affairs. and uwv.
for their services and the services IS IA 81
other officers should be msde o,ss.s's !
with the district, Small districts -!
stand the expense OF an elahora.. '.-s
tenn OF government. including iarm ~ s
aries. Provision should De made -. p
issuance of warrants by the siistrie, 49,
ing the same interest as the bona. -ss &
deemable fer taxes or 10 be used il -
Tnent for labor and other expeuxa~ -
the bonds can be sold. or they MIA. b
issued in lieu of bonds TO a limite6 g
tent. 1t should be provided that the So.
rants should not be Sold fer les ,Is
par,
Any system Of Irrigation which 9.
arates the ownership OF the land frou. e
wster will be found a failure In tho ls
run. The water is the blood of 1890 8
ture. This fact the Irrigation dio,.sss
law recognizes. 1t Is the associasisr q !
all those who have like interests in,.s
municipal corporation. with all the -
ers OF concerted effort which such -.
citation in any case confers. The -
owner acquires the water at actual -
and he avoids the too often unipa "a
nual exactions of those who del ].
water as an article of merchandise
The Artesian Wells.
"a few years ago an English enxfu
while crossing the desert or Sahara.
covered some rocks from the stral11~
ton OF which he concluded that poeukIf
deep down beneath the burning sand p b
tesian water might be found. lie sscu,s
the necessary weil-boring plant ana -
turned. AT the depth OF only q few L.
dred feet the water gashed forth. fornfn.
a beautiful fountain in the desert. -
was followed by numerous other ex1,rz Z
ments of like character. many Of NJ
have been successful in finding weAa
All this has resulted in turning paxf =
of the desert into a tropical gardso Il
great fertility. The exact date a u
first discovery OF artesian water Il \
United States is not known. FOR them -
ruins of prehistoric artesian welh =
well as irrigation bitches In many -
In Arizona and New Mexico. califox
has developed the greatest number ofM
tesian wells, and most of them are u
$50 to 800 feet In depth. IL Is not I'm s
sible TO bore 5000 feet and find Il
flow, but wells over 500 or 600 feet
are very expensive. The cost Of shan
artesian wells is small. A 2so-foot ~
costs only 500 or 5000 when improved ~
chinery Is used. and little more NJ
horse or hand power is utilized. Be4u3
that depth the cost increases raptdl
Oo-foot we'll will cost 81 500 or 500 u
even $4,000 when difficulties are eni
tered. The possession OF an artssian NJ
renders the owner entirely indepeoG
OF other methods of irrigation II
the vexation incident TO them. WAt9 81
we'll of even small capacity Is boret nj
irrigation II is customary to build h -
nection with IL a cemented storage ~
ervoir.. into which the well flows ~
water In this way can be saved untia e.
time of need. The good results obtai
from applying the water to crops 81
1t has been warmed by the sun III III
reservoir is very perceptible. No -
mate can be given of what the cap&1
OF an artesian well may he. The l&x
wells In Kern county. Calis0
have daily flow of from 1000. 600 n =
100000 gallons and the smallest well ~
600 gallons daily. In Tulare coua2 III
depth of the wells Is greater, haertDfsa
over 800 feet. and the fiow bein& eae
instances as much as 10000 galio11nz1
A single well of the capacity nam4N4
irrigate several hundred acres of tt14a
vines. Very few efforts at finding -
sian water in California have failed ~
from the similarity of conditions ~
formation of strata in Eastern Wa