Williams news., 1904-06-11
WATER! WATER!
 IN ABUNDANCE
Efforts of J. ]. GiIson to Secure the Precious Fluid are at
 Last Rewarded

The old adage that ''all things come to him who waits," with the i modern addition of Eff he hustles while he waits," has proven itself to be absolutely true.
 For about two years past Mir. J. J. Gilson, our enterprising black smith, has been devoting both his time and money to the sinking of well on the lot next his shop The story of Jim's trials and dis arrangements and how he still had faith in winning out eventually would occupy too much space to relate, but as Jim says: i'I felt all swelled up over the flow of water struck Monday evening till I had told several people about it, and they became so much more enthus- iastic than was that I shut up." Water has always been the one thing-that is, the lack of water that has retarded the growth of the town beyond what it is. Water in quantity has been needed to give courage to the business man and manufacturer, and now that the question that there is water below the cinders in this valley has been settled once and for all through the nerve and energy of Mr. Gilson, property values in Williams will undoubtedly take sudden upward flight.
 Mir. Gilson first started in to dig his well. When at depth of about 90 feet he stopped digging and started drilling. At 164 feet he broke his drill and then commenced again to dig. The work was hard and drilling by hand and blasting cost money. At times Jim had the blues, but always rallied and kept on with the work. His men finally recovered the broken drill, and on last Monday evening, after having gone but two feet below where his drill had broken-at depth of 166 feet-a hand drill in an eighteen inch hole broke through a hard formation and water, WATER! in such quantities that drilling had to be stopped, gushed up the inch and quarter hole.
 The word spread like wild fire. Little knots of men gathered all over town discussing "Gilson's great strike," same as though he had struck a pocket of gold nuggets. and it amounts to the same thing.
 On Tuesday morning work was started to try and clear the we'll of water so that another hole could be drilled to increase the flow. A bar rel was attached to the gasoline hoist and dropped into the we'll, from which forty barrels of the precious fluid were taken before an appreciable gain on the flow was made Then two men were lowered into the we'll, one to bail water while the other piled the drill.
 Before noon sixty-six barrels had been taken out, and as the flow was still strong work was stopped and tue we'll allowed to fill
 At the council meeting Tuesday evening the matter of purchasing the we'll was discussed. MT, Nellis, who owns the pipe lines throughout town, offered the use of the same to test the we'll to see if the flow was sufficient to supply the town. If it is the property will no doubt be purchased atf,a good figure. Mir. Gilson is deserving of a good sub- stantial reward, and if his supply is sufficient the we'll is worth thou sands of dollars to the town. The next and best thing would be for the town to purchase Nellis pipe lines. and then the town would be permanently fixed on the water question. The tests will probably be made ere long, and if it Is suiii- cient stand pipe could be erected on the hill and the whole town SUD- piled, where now there are many residences without hydrants. Fire plugs could also be put in and the town amply protected against fire. It would be money making prop osltIon for the town, as the income would be between $500 and $400 from rents per month.