Show T DRIVE WELLS In some of the arid districts of Australia rains fall only at intervals of about five years The down pour then is almost incessant in-cessant for several weeks How to save this water has been troublesome problem Numerous schemes have been devised and the government has expended vast sums on plans Engineers have now ascertained that the water runs through the porous soil and gathers in subterranean reservoirs and channels in some places several hundred feet below the surface Good streams or vast bodies of water are found everywhere in the arid region It is now proposed to bring the water to the surface either by artesian wells or pumps and redeem a section of country known to be rich and which can be made highly productive by irrigation What is true of the arid region of Australia Aus-tralia is true of country elsewhere There are subterranean streams and such underground reservoirs and in most places they can be readily tapped and easily brought to the surface Especially is this the case in all the valleys of Utah Tho question of bringing this water to the top where it can bo utilized is simply one of money If a community has the money and the water will be worth what it costs to get it there should be no hesitancy about procuring the fluid Salt Lake has the money and it has been pretty thoroughly thor-oughly demonstrated that water can be obtained at almost any point by going down for it and it will be disputed by nobody no-body that water hereabouts is worth all that it costs With the knowledge that an abundance of water can be obtained by boring it will be almost criminal on the part of the community if there shall q cur another such season of famine want and suffering as this has been |