Show SMITHS MOTOR 4 1 HOW AN INGENIOUS home nolie INVENTION IS 18 WORKING oun our readers will re reme moer some time agoan article appearing in this pa paper er relative to a water mo motor anven tei teg ted by brother job smith of brig harm hamm hara city box elder lecount r with maze mayl jhc the thc representation made by eair vair mr L K adams of the idaho mining and developement elopement Dev company concerning it we have received from brother smith a note enclosing another from irom mr I 1 fr adams whereby it is evident that our fellow laborers invention is a practical success brother smith says it will be remembered that a stream of water had to be lifted 25 23 feet high and and it now being three to four inches deep running rapidly through an inclined flume two feet wide the cal result is even better than I 1 had hoped for I 1 or the success achieved I 1 am prow thankful to god and not for gerful of obligations for the assistance ivd ngn aft and aud encouragement I 1 have received irom from friends following is a i copy of mr adams adama letter to the inventor LITTLE RAPIDS RAPID 1 0 P 0 I 1 idaho ada ho may jay 1 ith lith 1884 job smith esq dear sir yours received would s say A in reply that the wheel is doin doln doing all we expected the river has risen nine inches at the wheel and two feet at the toot foot of the rapids it it gives three to four inches la in depth in the flume which Is two feet wide ever every ry 0 one ne who sees the operation lon ion is much pleased with it still stil there are arta imperfections that can be remedied such as iron paddle bolts instead of pins oak instead of pine battens on paddles iron lugs instead of oak although the oak ones do well the eighteen inch drivers are not large enough for the twelve inch paddles they are cut so deep that they strike the hub and setscrews set screws which C should not be but all these im imperfections erbec are easily remedied I 1 thick tank it 1 is in antime time bound to revolutionize this valley and make it blossom as the rose respectfully yours L K ADAMS |