The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
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ROD, LEADS TO WATER n !. R.
FORTUNE FOR THE MAN WHO
KNOWS WHERE WATER LIES.
8. swenson /, The Wen-Digger SCOTS
at Magnetism German scien-
list is Said to Possess Says There,
is no Way to Locate Water From The
Surface.

1 Herr Won USlaT, Who mas been
commissioned by Emperor William to
find subterranean springs in German
Southwest Africa, succeeds in locatlngI
water he will have signal good luck to
thank and not the diyining rod, that
special cable dispatches to TIL e.
journal relate the eminent. scien-
list will use, declares S. SWensen, a
Minneapolis well Contractor.
4 "There is "a fortune awaiting the man
who can actually. locate water without
the expense Of digging declared Mr..
Swensen. HAmerican railroads alone
would soon make a man possessed of
this unnatural power, a millionaire.
But in my opinion there is nothing to
this divining rod. It has been used
for centuries, am told, and tho it
must be said that digging has carried
the water under some of the spots, in
Dictated by these finders, there have
been many cases where no water
could be reached, showing evident
| guess work. I have seen cases where
| divining rod men would tell how far
under the surface the water would be
| found. Some would place it at thirty
or forty feet and the diggers might
not strike the vein under $50 feet or
more if at ALL
81 have sunk hundreds Of wells and
it is my practice to drill where the
man who engages me says he wants the
well. If I strike water, so much to
my credit, but if none is found, 7 start
another hole. Il do Il great deal Of
!. we'll work for railroads. They have
extreme difficulty in finding water in
| wv o,,4b
Dakota now. They have just given
: up their third attempt to strike water
and will be compelled to select new
place, .sf 2...1e.s:
Lay Of the Land a Factor.
COZ course the lay Of the land in
fuences us. We know what the
general conditions should be above
water and usually set our drills in thu
: places that look the most promising OF
the surface. But it's all a gamble ant
neither I nor any reputable well con
tractors Of my acquaintance have an.
, witchery or knowledge Of the place O.
{ water by which we can determine it
I presence before digging" If we ha'
n this power we'd BIO wearing dia
!, nionds. = %Es# s5EsaEas -.
jAEt DeullG1OllS 'Ol rCueS dlN 1HAAS 1oN3 "
i. it's application, differ. " Well digger
: haye the idea, that the men who use
: claim that it is the man and not til
! rod, who locates the water. A SINAI
' When It's ehd rssty a Hwy Wv Water Il
& holder .experi edeeh = Peeuliar sensation
n The rod seems to be alive. 1t Is tn
i, alleged magnetism voerssAa asefne., othe
!. power irhzthe man that responds, thr
L the. rod, to water.
2 <, T. Leaving, the, divining rod out Of th
g argument, J. W. Crossfeld, of Litt]
nj Fails, Mimi, believes that Herr 70
r. Uslar will find water if there is any
K the arid region to which he has bee
n ordered. In the Little Falls Hera]
d h. says that he has personal knowlede
d Of. the remarkable ability of Herr We
[e> Uslar to locate springs. Mr.. eros
le field served in the German army ar
e. was stationed in Schleswig-H olstei
le For four centuries there was no wat
u iii this large section, it being niece
;e sary to transport in from dista
v points. While Mr.. Crossfeld w
k there in 1882, Herr Won Uslar di
O.. covered springs 4 and now excelle
S water is, procurable. It was report
" that he had used the divlning rod, b
az eminent scientists. refuse to admit t
- truth of the report, 1,...-.. =.