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Show FLOWING ILLS PROVESUCCESSFUL Fplondld lesults have been nccom. (llshed by three pumplnc companies dial hao sunk wells' near Llndon and I no produced, an abundance of Ir-ligation Ir-ligation wnte'r. It Is reported Hint villi tlio CcntrlfUBiil pumping nys-i, nys-i, ,. Mio callous ol' water per minute. i,te produced from each of the thrco v.clli during the drleat season of the year. A llttle more than a year ago . I.isliop Chnrles R. Johncon. A. H. Lowe. C. Wlllolt und sevon other ' iicl'dilioru formed the Pioneer I'i:nii-lnu I'i:nii-lnu Company. They drotc a plr vith a five Inch' Intuko nnd a six Inch IdlMlmrjro down fifty flv0 feet, 25 feet of which vns In water. A pump wus instclU:'. and It wns soon scon that the irrigation project wns successful, otliur cniiipanUs were organized and now three wells nro producing a, splendid supply of wntcr nnd others i.ie being driven. Tills Is considered ii be ili ohenrest nnd newcit svstem of Irrigation In the county uccordliigl to the Farm Hureuu'a County Aiont, J P Welch. In discussing tha outlook ror this dlftrlct with tlio development or those rolls, Mr. Welch Rtutuft: "To develop and r.inlntnln these wells Is cheaper thai: lo construct and maintain Irrigation Irri-gation cannls. However, It Is probable that with irrigation canals In the vl. clnity of the wells tho wntcr could not bo developed. It looks veiy much' i.s If It Is simply a matter of rc-us-1 Inn the seepiiRC wntcrs. "Tlieso veils will help to develop one of tho most fortile sections of I'rovo bench especially ndypted to tho growing of small fruit which hereto-fero hereto-fero could not ho grown on nny ex-teti8lo ex-teti8lo lino because of shortage of water This newly found water s ipply v. Ill probably make thla sec tlou oiio of the preutest in Ptnh In I the production ol' vine and biiish 'fruit crops." |