Show irrigation ini IRI BY BT antey artey abr ABT WELLS WEMS the efforts of the delegate delegat 6 from wyo nning ming territory to secure an appropriation for an artesian well at fort D A russell ssell recalls the attention given to this subject before the war in 1855 it was determined to sink artesian w wils alls lis ils in the plane of llano estocado estacado Esta cado lying between missouri and arkansas on the east and mexico on the west the object being to secure a direct route to the far southwest several hundred miles shorter than any of them open captain pope was appointed leader of the enter enters prise erise he sunk two wells near the pacos river at the thirty second parallel to the depth of and feet respectively the result was satisfactory it being evident that water could be supplied in abundance for purposes of cultivation the work was relinquished for want of means and further appropriations by congress were expected when the war broke out the effort to make the desert bloom by means of those wells has been followed by some success in sahara in some parts of which the natives originally and afterward the french produced artificial oases and frequent resting places for travelers tedious as cultivation under artificial irrigation seems to the american the results attained in europe and asia are such as to warrant our people in making considerable expenditures for the sake of recovering the far western plains from the tough wild grasses which now monopolize them pain palm estine esline furnishes the most encouraging example perhaps where whore on a side hil hii a narrow irrigating ditch separates barren sands from the luxuriance of 0 oriental cental gardens there are many thousands of square miles in our western territories where such are a result can only be att attained by artesian wells wyoming is not within the belt of country where the e experiments ments referred to were made being far to the north of that line most of it north of the union pacific rall rali 1 wil ail road line though there is considerable mountainous country in iid the territory there are many miles of plain co covered veredas aa we understand it with a hardy grass useful to cattle and giving promise ut ot greit fertility in thestil the soil the delegate mr ar jones claims tha that the government needs a well to furnish water for the garrison at fort russell and ana ani that if it is proved that the underlying lock look of the territory is tavor lavor favorable ahle ahie atle to artesian wells private persons would sink them at present the t is very doubtful I 1 an appropriation of is s requested of course private enterprise will do the work as soon as its success is assured the amount of water furnished by artesian wells is sometimes enormous one well giving sufficient to irrigate the country for miles around though ic is yet doubtful whether or not these very prolific wells could be secured where they are most needed the Gre grenable grenelle naile nalle well at paris flows at the rate of gallons in twenty four hours the diameter of the harl hafl hart har varying from 74 71 to 12 inches it is 1806 feet depth the kissenger Kis kiss sengen enen well 1878 1 feet deep 4 inches in diameter di scharon more mone than allas per day the wt well weli 11 at st louis 2199 feet in depth the deepest in the world lur Dishes about gallons per lay day its cost was somewhat more wore than even ng post N Y Y |