The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-08-28
THAT ARTESIAN WELL.

: We the undersigned
residents OF Randall and adjoining
counties, being in common much in
terested in the speedy development
of our beautiful and coming coun,
try, beg leave to trespas on your in.
diligence for space in the "Stayer'
in which to call attention to, or re.
new the agitation for boring Il test
well for artesian water.
1t may be asked what reasonable
grounds for believing flowing water
obtainable at any reasonable depth,
OF to say, from 800 to 200 feet, to
which we beg to reply, that from
our limited, personal observation, of
what here is called deep wells, say
from 800 to 500 feet deep, and those
ranging from 90 to 40 feet, called
shallow wells; that the first, or up.
per strata OF water doesn't rise per-
, ceptibly above the level at which it
is tapped: whereas the second and
third stratas, as Il rule rise much
above their level, where reached.
coming in some instances within Il
few feet OF the surface. This leads
us to reasonably conclude. that by
going down the aforesaid depth OF
500 or more feet, that we can get a
strata that will give Us Il copious
supply of living water at The sur
face.
In view OF this desirable end, we
hereby take the liberty Of submitting
the following suggestion relative
thereto, to the careful consideration
OF all who are like interested with us
In the matter: and trust that some
tangeable arrangement may be ar
rived at.
In the first place it will he we'll to
have public meeting called at Can
yon or some other convenient center, |
where the pro and con of the matter |
can be discussed. If we can get to-
gether in "a cooperative mood for u |
little space, we can soon have d test |
we'll put down by voluntary sub
scription, |. e., let us agree to sub
scribe whatever estimated amount
1t VIII take to put down the well,
and deposit it in some bank, subject
to the draft of whatever committee
may be elected to superlntend the
business till the work is finished.
The basis of these subscriptions,
however, is, or should be; that in
the event OF Il flowing we'll at the
surface, that they revert again to
the donors, and are only to be paid
In case of the well falling to flow
We think this nothing but justice, az
the man on whose premises the we'll
Is bored has full right to pay for
the object II 1t Is attained; If not,
then we all have Il right to go down
INTO our pockets and pay our sub
'cribed amount, as 1t is not to be ex-
pected that any one individual will
single handed, to sink a
well, the results Of which the coun-
Try at large will receive the same
benefit from ENHANCED values caused
~ his individual enterprise. that he
viii receive himself AS mOrtals are
lot made that way, and the sooner
We get together to shoulder each
)ur share OF responsibility in the
isk it incurs, the sooner we will
now what we have, covered up I'M
Ter our feet. We hope this will elicit
,ress correspondence and enable US
o get together on some basis that
viii be acceptable to all. Hoping
hat some one Will take the initial
lad and call II meeting with as little
clay as possible, we are
With due regard,
W A Donaldson,
j q Pipkin,
X q Oldham,
Joe Foster,
+ + Wilson,
T G Thompson,
Whitman Bros, Y
& i Sanford, :
| Il Edwards & Son,
} \ Edwards,
T. . Whitman
X + McRae,
J " Black,
W Schurman,
q G Long,
} + Smith,
j ID Gamble,
Wright d Gamble.
After d short consultation
mong the foregoing subscrib.
rs it was decided to call d
leeting of the citizens interest
d to be held at the court house
j Canyon City Saturday week
5tb. at | o'clock |