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Show LAND BOARD WILL TRY TO GIVE AID i I At the requp.t of settlers in the dis-! dis-! trict, the Mat ln'l board will co to I Wa-hinton countv November 17 to I look into the legibility of ririllinfir wells in the territory between Hurru-ane and Kfire Springs." Thousaruls of acre of land on the platt-an above Rio Virgin rivr valley Lave brra homestaded recently by the settlers who f nrnioHy farmr-d the rich valb-v of the Kio 'iri;in. The vaaritB of the river, which is ever changing its couro, ecroocbing on the lnnd of the setthT.s has tmaJiy driven tnem to toe higher ground, where they are safe from the river, but v.here thov have no water. wa-ter. To rTnedy the situation the state will drill wells for under?urface water if conditions con-ditions favorable to suceegs are found. |