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Show Inovatlon In Water Development ( otincllmon Ilawldus, ChilHtciiBou I mm Thornton, u eommllteo from tho ( W, Council, this woek wont up tho i reek hod to a point near tho old Itob-iiiaou Itob-iiiaou mill alto, wlilcli the city owiib, ami located a site whore tho city will prospect for Irrigation wnter. Noxt week the city will ndvortlao for bids for sinking u big commit casement, which will bo 20 or 30 foot In diameter. diam-eter. It la proposed to build n big circular cir-cular casement, similar to the walla of a silo, mid gradually, as th dirt and gravel Is takon from under It, the walls will bo added to on top anil eluk of Its own weight. It Is hoped to sink a well fro mtwonty to fifty feet deep, for whntovor depth tho project pro-ject will stand It will bo necessary to put In an electric pump to keop the water out o that the workmen nakw tnke out the gravol As depth -, ei.iind, It In thought that several nl f of vntrr may bo obtained "i I to lie prrBont Irrigation m if i eod muntlty ot water la se- cured, It Is proposed to put In a water ; BJ t power plant on tho slto of tho old llj ltobhiBon mill nnd lift the! water out ft of tho well with this power. Suin- m ' conl powor could bo cheaply gcuerat- ' mt ' eel to lift i or 5 scconil feet of water uiiel ' ffi could bo maintained nt u minimum Be ' cost. Water Is worth from fS.OOO to ! , $10,000 per second foot. Tho project ' B ' Is certainly mout worthy ono and 9 ' ; Its development will be watched with ' U gri-iit Interest by this ami other lo- V calltlea. H. , ,, v-o i m |