Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1896-06-04

spring tshae all the wsy down. III ii DO
true that when this water SINKS it finds
IFS way down into the caverns of this
limestone, and 10 held these, az Prof
Smith says, like sponge, then Ut ought
To how whenever that is full, and If it |
was once full and OF q depth OF 1s1o fees
from the surface, 40 he says he descend
ed into that cavern 400 feet below the
bed OF this creek, il ought to remain
there Tor . long period OF time unless
there - some means OF ita eScaPs. i
mean by that h. II was filled down 10
shnt depth 900 feet below the surface,
away frgan the action OF the sun and The
wind and the eyaporatlng elements, thenI
il ought q. unieea there 10 some opening
some egrsss OF escape for that water, 1t
ought 10 remain there for q long time.
re once h1lsd with no outlet, il that be
correct, for the water would be stopped
and the surplus water would have to
flow down through the channsli It
seems TO me that this would contradict
the theory Of Psof. Smith. III ii goes
into this limestone, there must be some
place for il 10 get oht.ai The evidence
ot MIR. Perm 10 that the ram continues
for 10 n.24 hours before be SECS the
water coming down that gorge. Now
there might be an underground channel
NOT sufkcieat IN cspgcity to carry ON
the excessive precipitation; and that
when that ID charged is wonld naturally
force the water mp and TO run over the
sufface:. Inas8
~ There YS no evidence III this case OF
] any sexeasSt,cu being made along this
canyon a6wn 10 bed rock or through
these hcas bouiders or drift material
that htis evidently been accumulated
there. H,may be 2 feet TO bed rock 10
this canyoh and il may be 30 80 far as
IL 10 apparent TO Lny one by observation.
Perhaps the only thing that man
IcOuld observe TO determine that at oil
would beeto take chs angle or dip OF
tho strata Or rock on either side. The
water has oHt its way through The solid
limestone at the place found running OF
trickIipg water, it has cut through
There. III The rock mt that point waa
90 that NJ would contain NJ like q
lspongne certainly the water would have
gone through where there was the least
resistance and 40 never would have cut
through this limestone and make ina.
passage there that 1t mas. Puttn8 si
these things together as say ~ strikes
me that the greater reference, the more
Il logical anfsasnces are that shere 10 at a
tunes some water flowing down. Aikai
lbeneath the surface. Now whether Tx
water stored by, the defendant wo1lt
reach the plaintiff h perhaps as impor
tant Or NOSE important than any Q
these other matters. The weight OF evi
dence goes 10, show, and it 10 Target.
lopinions OF = witnesses, many OF whom
are pafsies and interested 10 this matter
That the water supply bias been tiifnin
ished down there since the construction
OF the reservoir IN 1892. There u.s. on
significant feet or inference 10 be draw
from the testimony OF the defendenta on
witness ny. Folcard. the second resel
! .voir was nasl ssIs:rnctes until 1897
prior, 10 that kime nh his place the wttt
ran every spring TINA, aver the rock
i bottom and covered il, This spring !
has not done SO.
4 The lower reservoir the evlden,
:. shows, has ii en- pacsty / think or q mn
lion gallona aAe upper one two miiifC
!. gallons, sae ,eFidsnOe OF Prof. Smith
: TINT theRe ae q million FIVE hundr,
!, Ithorssand ocalssns Oh water flowing doy
from thOse ss6Bgs, every IA houI
. that was hie.sstlmate from measuf
! ment that Be made. and TO I'll
measurement his testimony 10 not Giles
!. Tn one place be says that the food ga
was open for about is minutes, and
ltook the watsr about three hours TO &
: down to the pO6nt where he measure
: He estimated -at the point where
!. measured that there was something hl
! between 5 or 9 4 cubic feet Of wat
! flowing dowa There 8 second. The
did not appear TO be any such qnanti
Fat that point when the court obsary
! lie. As say, without floats, witho
Ehaving anything to fit the mann dep
] lof the cross section Of the stream
: measure il, was very doubtful at Z
s time whether there were 3 cubic ID
! gong down there; but the food gal
Z having been topant FOR 15 minutes al
: water ranniuy down there. there "
= !, probably q greater supply at the time
bis measurespent. that ~ o questi,
I whether be rot his measurement 1
= enratefy, what would flow at that POI
!, naturally il tie water was not held ba
! N the reservoirs and discharged throul
pipe under pressure as this must |
= say I doubt very much whssii
!. that estimate would be correct to Il
! defendant or the plaintiffs. re it b
: been let flow; soe o long enough peri,