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Show EXPERIMENT WELL T8 IE OBWHH BOARD To Aid Dry Farming, and Will Be Between Greeley and Fairview. Special to The Tribune. LRHI. Aug. 23. Tho location of the state's experiment well which will be driven In Cedar vail.ey In an effort to find a subterranean flow of water In the dry farming district will bo on the southeast corner of section three, township eight, south range, two. west Salt I.ako meridian. meridi-an. Messrs. Candland, Calllster and Hayes of the Stnto Land Board eamo down Wednesday and were driven from one end of the valley to tho other and after taking Into consideration tho necessities neces-sities of all sections decided to the above site. The spot located for the experiment Is about midway between tho Greely Springs In tho nouth and Camp Floyed or Fairfield In tho center, so that it Is located lo-cated In tho middle south end of the valley. val-ley. The valley Is about 30 miles long by seven miles wide. Tho north end Is reasonably rea-sonably well supplied with water for cull-nary cull-nary purposes as Is also the west center pnrt. In the locality where the state well will be driven thoro Is a shaft which has been sunk 210 feet deep through a light clay without oven finding damp soil, but It is thought that a flowing well will be obtained at about 500 feet depth. Tho well will bo used for furnishing water for culinary purposes on the dry farms and for furnishing water for the steam plow outfits whloh will be used. The slate, by reason of an net of the last legislature. In which ?S000 was appropriated, ap-propriated, will pay for digging the well. Similar experiment wells will be located by the land board this week In dog valley val-ley west of Nophl and In Millard county. |