Show ARTESIAN WELLS TRIM THE importance of the water question renders any feasible suggestion likely to lead to the prodoc on of an adequate supply worthy of in this connection we lve draw attention to the fact that there has been no competent experiment to demonstrate whether or kokot ot artesian water is obtainable in valley the solitary attempt in that direction was that made a number of years ago in the foothills near the northeast corner of the city in proximity to the cemetery the enterprise ter prise was inaugurated by the city council about eight or ten years 0 o and proved a failure this fact dad not demonstrate that the obtaining of artesian water in thi bulley ey is impracticable if the ex Pert ment had been tried in the low instead of on the bench pound it is not improbable that the he result would have been the reverse of what it proved to be the reason for the selection of the site was that if a good flow was obtained it would partly solve the d dry ry bech ench water question which at a that time was in process of agitation experience in other parts of the country demonstrates however that it is in the low lyl lying ng portions that artesian wells are suc fully sunk men who have had experience Peri ence in obtaining them in california alifornia have expressed opla opinions ono to the effect that all the conditions of this valley appeared to be favor able e to their being secured here perhaps additional force is given t this question by the fact that t a large number of the bt wells of that character in the h world have been obtain el ja Q james river biver valley dakota the american recently pub med hed an article upon the wonder ful dakota wells with illustrations showing the streams being thrown arora rola them to remarkable heights we e quote from the article in question the early pioneer found the most of dakota inclined to drouth caused largely by extensive fires which left the surface bare this caused drouth but since the protection of the grasses by settlement moisture has so increased that this valley is now teaming with productive farms the pioneer well was wa s put down at aberdeen march 1882 by the C M st P P B R 9 B co it is feet deep with a tube 54 inches made of 3 16 inch wrought iron water was found in sand rock the water is soft but cannot be used in boilers as it foams this well choked up with sand for a time but afterward opened with its original force in 1884 the city put down a well feet deep 5 8 16 inch tube A system of water works was put in the city with inhabitants has the best of fire protection four streams atone at one time can be tb thrown rown over the highest of buildings aberdeen and surrounding country are very level so to get drainage a pumping system such as pullman fil has became necessary last year the city put down a well for power alone the system is now completed and the result is perfect the pumps have a capacity of gallons per hour A flost float makes the pumps automatic so that they work wore only when there is sewage to be raised per for a cost of only a few thousand dollars dollan this city has water works and a pumping ing sewage system without cost of bluel fuel engineers engineers or even oil the pressure of these wells is about pounds per square inch A two foot vein of of coal was struck struck in the first two wells ellendale north of aberdeen 87 37 miles has a well 1087 feet deep water was found in sand rock beneath an impervious stratum of shale the water is clear and soft with temperature of 67 degrees and pressure dessure of pounds per square inch inch the city has a system of waterworks water works costing less than the redfield well is feet deep the tube in this well is of three sizes the first feet is 6 inches the next is aj 5 inches and the last feet 4 inches water was found in sand rock coal was found at different depths and smelled of oil the water is clear and soft has a temperature of 68 degrees and pressure of pounds per square inch the city has a complete system of waterworks water works for fire lawn and house use it takes four strong men to hold the hose the huron well is feet deep havinga having a 6 inch tube from top to bottom water was found in sand rock the pressure is upward of pounds per square inch water is a little hard and most of the time clear temperature is 60 degrees huron has two miles of water mains and two miles of side piping besides furnishing water for lire fire use it runs motors for two laundries and four printing offices jiing about 20 horse power the kuron huron and redfield wells are perhaps the best beat in the valley yankton has two 6 inch wells one feet deep and one feet deep these wells furnish lire fire protection through feet of pipes and run the electric light two printing presses a tow mill feed mill and furniture factory the water in these wells has a pressure of 56 pounds u 1 ds per square men finch and unlike rk ennist most of the other wells is hard it is perhaps the best drinking water or of any of the wells in the valley the second well did not diminish the flow of the first water was found in sand rook rock temperature 62 degrees d rees ehe the jamestown well is 1676 1576 feet deep and has a pressure of pounds water is clear and SON soft with temperature of 75 at SW feet quite a flow of gas was met the city has a system of water works with the well no one is able to say that such marvelous wells are impracticable in this and other valleys of utah Is not then the matter worthy of a thorough test if they can be found the water question u would be solved and this region would be transformed so far as natural facilities cili ties could make it so into a veritable paradise it would create a boom of the right kind enhancing all real values to a degree that can scarcely be computed |