The daily tribune., 1905-10-17
HAVE STRUCK BIG
FLOWING WELL
Water Rushing Several Feet
Above Surface Of Ground.
Brown & Harrison Have Opened
Enough Water to Irrigate
900 Acrea-Flowing a
Cubic Foot of Water.

Brown and Harrison have struck .
flowing we'll on the Eight Mile Park
= few miles northeast Of the city At
. depth Of 1.225 feet The flow was
atruck yesterday afternoon and
amounts to 45o gallons por minute or
. cubic foot per second. sufficient to
irrigass 400 acres with an acre foot
par year. This allows for all possi-
BILE sespage and evaporation.
The water 10 flowing several feet
above the surface of the ground and
will without doubs fow continuously
for decades and more than likely
hundreds of years to come ~ other
wells have down in this vicinity ever
since the water body was opened and
some Of them have been years ago.
When seen this morning Messers
Brown and Harrison stated that they
would plant the ground to all kinds Of
small fruits and all the larger varie.
ties that would grow here. They are
going to introduce several varieties Of
T, peaches and In every other way imAsi.
nable make the ground productive.
All kinds Of vegetables will be raised.
hundreds Of aores Of alfalfa will be
planted. Tho ground will all be
fenoed and several .ows Of ornamental
trees will be planted to afford shade
and beautify the grounds. A cubic
foot Of water 10 large supply for
upland ground and the success Of the
undertaking ID arleAdy assured. The
soda that 10 in the water Will not
Prove = detrimsnt to the drops in any.
way.
The gentlemen -, thai II respect.
able olsss Of people want to get in on
the proposition they can do 20. They
will divide the land mp into from
i've to forty scre tracts and will fur
pish . continual water right to the
purohssen. The ground 10 rich and
very productive and IL is believed sl.
nest anything will grow ON IL. The
land Will be plowsd this fall. getting
ready for the planting that will take
place next spring.
For the present only land in the
Chambsslain place Will be. sold -
that is all the gentlemen have that
cAn b. watered. They have options
on 5000 sores however and will drill
other wells ct An early date. They
have decided 70 drill the next we'll
ON the Jen Tong plsoe. . mile dts.
ltsat from the Chamberlain place.
the site Of the present we'll.
Water wAs struck In the original
we'll st . shallow depth bat II never
AowsA until yesterday when the drill
wat into . big body Of artssisn
water.
Ths land has bssn appraised BY
local men who set the value at from
oiS6 70 ei5o pef acre. The ground
hes been lying thers for years nm.
touched and no one seemed to want
70 saks bold Of the proposition. al
thosgh II hes besL sgitssed BY The
Tribuns for years. This paper felt
that the drill would tap big body
a watsr II the experiment. wAs made
snd We are very muoh pleased to an.
nosnos thss they tsve . flowing we'll.
AssseS Brown aud Harrison oams In
here on their own accord and unsolio-
itsd. Thsy have invested their mopey
ssd aot results ano Florence will
b no lossr by Il because there will be
. large garden spot thers within .
short time.
,Evsvything did not 10 on like .
bed Of roses for them either. They
hsA their encouragement and plenty
Of them. Their there were delays.
They Do not owe dollar 70 anyone
asA arc now In . fair way 70 nsts .
piecs Of money for sbsnsslvss and
ss ths sans time help bald ap ths
city.
Thay bold optious oa 1900 sersa Of
f1aaa in ths Elshs Nile paIb and II
ttos will brisa the entire ssFsass
ss6es cultivation. A little colony