The daily tribune., 1908-02-13
BEAVER LAND COMPANY
HAS SPENT MUCH MONEY


the movements of the Beaver Land
and Irrigation company can not per-
ceive the benefit that his town and
surrounding community has received
from the operations of the concern so
far. A vast amount 2 money has
been spent in Florence alone since
the first pick WAS thrown into the
ground and the excavators placed on
the payroll of the concern
Manager MacDonad says that since
last fall between $4,000 and $50. 900
has been expended in labor and from
$40. 900 to $25. 900 in various kinds of
supplies. Fifty carloads of cement
have been purchased from the Port
land Cement company for concrete
work. Much Of the money paid out
for labor was distributed among them
merchants of this city for groce ries,
clothing, tobacco, ETC., in addition to
the supplies the company bought to
board the men.
The latter part of last summer and
80 far this fall and winter this money
being placed in the Golfers of the busi-
ness men, relieved the conditions to
remarkable extent At the time the
work WAS started Florence needed
the help. The company is not yet
through employing men and about
sixty Of them will be needed for about
sixty days yet in making the concrete
pipe to be laid in the latersls to pre-
vent ssepage Of water.
The construction work will begin
Immediately upon building 55x250
feet which will be used for mixing
the concrete and making the cement
pipe. This pipe will be twenty
four inches in diameter. The main
ditch will be seven feet wide and four
feet deep. This will carry the water
from the reservoir down to the land
and the concrete pipe will convey tho
water from the ditch to the several
tracts Of land.
More than $500 acres Of the 1000
acres have been sold outright. rep
resenting nearly $50 sales. If every
family who bought land will reside
on the land It means that about 800
people will inhabit that section. 1t
ID very safe to figure two persons to
n purchase. The land sold does not
include that under option. and which
thJ company figures AS good as sold.
because IL the land is not satisfactory
when those holding the option ar
rive, they can be suited with some
thing else.
Twelve houses are being built at
this time. Some Of these houses are
Of ordinary lumber. while the others
are OF log construction while some
tents have been pitched. Quite few
purchasers are plowing and fencing
land, and the company's improve
mept department has orders from
others to plow and fence.
1t is figured now that all the prin-
cipal laterals will be finished In
thirty days. This work is to DO
rushed 30 that all the land can be
given thorough soaking before the
plowing scason commences. The
land is new and raw and tho first
plowing will be difficult matter un-
less the land is first watcrcd, Tho
main ditch, tunnel and the wooden
pipe line arc finished.
In laying this pressure pipe u rec
ord was established. Tom Murphy
who knows Of those things says that
hc had never heard Of such fast work
before. Three miles OF forty-two
inch pipe were laid In just thirty
working days. This was accomp-
lished BY having everything IN readi.
iness TO go TO work In earnest when
the time camo. As soon M car WAS
shipped 1t WAS followed closely by
the company aud when It failed to ar.
rive 1t the proper time. telcgrAms
Woru sent ordering it rushed, There