Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-05-06
ARTISAN WATER
FOR MfDBURY
Large Company Organized To Drill
Deep Wells and Set Out
Orchards

An Artesian Well & Land Com
pany has been organized during the
past few weeks for the purpose of OPP
Grating in and about the Medbury val
ley. The company is formed with
sufficien4capital to operate extensive
ly in the valley and will be ready to
begin drilling within two or three
weeks. One of the large size Key
stone drills with full equipment has
been ordered and is we'll on the road
and will be used to tap the immense
underground lake known to exist
along the Snake river from Glenns
Ferry to the Idaho Oregon state lire
Two crews consisting of an expert
driller and tool dresser in each crew,
has signed contracts with the COM
pany to take charge of the drilling
and are already on hand to begin work
on arrival of the machine. The
machine will be kept in operation
night and day, running two shifts,
until the artesian flow is struck.
Artesian water for irrigation has
been in use for great number Of
years and is very successful
Through southern Idaho several wells
are furnishing water for irrigation
and are proving the cheapest and
most economical of any other method.
The advantages of an Independent
water system for every orchard. the
absence of the maintenance fee which
is very high in many instances. are
greatly in favor Of the artesian well.
In addition to these very important
items, the hot water can be used in
dispelling frost on cold nights instead
of the smudge pot, and save fruit
crops that might otherwise be ruined.
The high pressure of the wells in
this basin make the water valuable
when piped into the homes and in the
out buildings.
The artesian basin in southern
Idaho is said to exist under about 600
square miles of territory. 1t ex-
tends from Glenns Ferry to the Idaho
Oregon state line and several miles
back from the river on both sides.
Flowing wells have been struck in
the Bruneau country, Castle Greek,
where several are spouting night and
day all through the season, Boise,
Payette and Medbury. At Mountain
Home the railroad company has a
we'll drilled to depth of about 800
feet and water flows to ID few feet
within the surface and it is claimed
that if the well was cased the water
would flow over the top. The same
condition exists at Glenns Ferry.
| At Medbury one of the finest wells in
the entire district is owned by the
railroad company and is used for their
engines. This well, it has been es-
timated, would irrigate at least 200
acres of land. The water flows out
at temperature of about 80 degrees
ard has pressure OF rs pounds to the
square inch. Owing to the large
area of the basin it is very doubtful
if dozen wells in the valley would
lessen the pressure and flow parti-
Gle.
The new company has contracts for
drilling several wells in the valley
and is making the payments very easy
for the settler and very reasonable.
Others of the settlers having high
lands have Indicated desire to sign
for an artesian well but have not been
solicited to the present time.
The addition of the waters from
the artesian basin, to that of the irri-
cation system, will insure for Med
bury more and better water than thar
Of any other section in the northwest.
Medbury is destined to boom and in a
few short years will be one of the
most active sections in Idaho. Its
natural advantages for fruit growing
together with its excellent soil will
make it's lands the most valuable of
any in the fruit belt.