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Show TO DRIVE ARTESIAN WELLS. Corporation Formed nl Itfciiiioltl With This Objoot in View. Rlchfi.'ld, Aug. 30.A new t'orpnrn-tion t'orpnrn-tion has lnen perfected in Klchdii I, tho Illchfleld Well c.mpniiy,c:ipllallzni at (10,000, with 10(H) shares of (he pur valu of fill each. Ofllcers of tin' company com-pany are J,. .M. Laurctzen, prcsidfiit ; (I. V. K9111I0BP, vice-president: John Metcer, secre'ary aud treasurer, aid theso lliree and Arthur llcmio nnd William Ogilen, dlrectois County Attorney henry N. Hayes. Is attorney of the company nnd Arthur Ilenrio general mtnnger. Tho object of tho corporation is to ditro artesian wells. It is believed I lint under tho management, manage-ment, which includes some of the mod solid business men of this section, the enterprise nillbemade to pay hnnd-somo hnnd-somo dividends to its Btoc''hokleis and piove a boon to Sevier iouiiU, cniug far toward rolving the irrlgV.i.iu pioblvm tha has vexed cei tain srld porlltinfl Til tliis region. Several wells havA aheatlr been driven in the river bottoms, shallow ones, averaging about eighty feet In depth, and fine lions being obtained in all. The largest undertaking was a six-Inch six-Inch well at '.ho Into of the mouitaiiis, Just west of the ehy. Tills was driven to a depth of 1&0 feet, when woik had to be suspended becaiiCH of dearth of sufficient water to operate the machinery machin-ery It is expected to resume worn at that pined, soon, and ii this well piovcs a euccesi It will mean thousands of dollars dol-lars to the owners of lund lying along tho benches above the Irrigation canals. Land owners living as far away as Wayne aud Saupeto counties have solicited the services of the Hichtleld plant, and next sencn piomUcH to bp a lively one. Tribune. |