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Show U S GRIMES UTAH SPIRAL LIFT PUMP j I j Patentee in Charge of the Manufacturing Plant in Logan j B ' JMB. -sBBBi' BBP ''! i i BBtoiBEi. ' b BbP'- v-' Ww BBBBBV &H'fa j?Cs .BBBJ BBBBBBsS (v.w 'dBBBMI BBflBflWrViBBflBflBflfl AfflfflfJn&BBBBBBBi BBflBflBJB' . f J 4BBflBflBflBj JBBBBBjp ''ClHif 'tSBABABflBfll Klvi'.v. BBBVVVVVH BBBBBB&T1firiiiBBBBBBBBBI iLLLLB$-ip&ifliBBBBBBBBBBi fibifeyiiiaBBBBBBBBBBBj w4 Spiral Lift Pump as it appeas after installation PUMP APPROVED AT BENSON WARD )' Ricks Brothers Have Installed One of the Grimes Pumps and It Gives Entire Satisfaction The Ricks Brothers of Benson ward recently Installed one ot the spiral pumps as shown by the abovo cut on their farm for the purpose of derating derat-ing water about seven feet, and they report their entlro satisfaction with this new devlie for irrigating lands ot high elevation. The Grimes Utah Pump Company is manufacturing theso pumps at their plant on South Mnln street, this city, and as It Is tho cry to fos ter manufacturing Industries which spring up In our midst, persons In need of pumping devices should not overlook tho fact that tho local concern con-cern should bo called upon before a decision Is mado In what ts best for tho problom In hand. The following artlclo recently appeared ap-peared In tho Mountain States Farm and Livestock Journal and wo com-mend com-mend it to our readers: WILL RECLAIM THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF ARID LAND By Paul Burkhalter The general conditions of dry farming farm-ing In tho West nro bolng dononway with, moro and raoro, ovory year, as tho Inercaso In Irrigated areas will show. Irrigation has been tho salvation salva-tion of tho farmers of tho West, nnd moro especially of tho Btnt03 of Ida ho, Utah, Novnda, Arizona, Now Mox'co and California as woll as parts of others west of tho Mlsslpnl. At times tho rainfall In sonio localities locali-ties has been sufllclcnt to .rov rv small crops, but t Is Iniposs'blo to obtain the full production from any land unloso water Is Mipplled In some manner to mako up for tho laUc of -!), rainfall. T" When tho West was first settled and Irrigation first startod, tho only ( Bourco of nupply was from tho rlv- erg and streams. Rude canals, dug with tho ordinary road scraper, or a substltuto for It, wore tho first results re-sults of the struggle against tho lack of rain. As tho country became be-came moro thickly settlod tho farmers farm-ers bogan to form associations for tho purpose of running canals to cortaln localltlps, so that the water tould bo brought to a larger area and tho expense of maintenance distributed distrib-uted among seeral, thus making a less amount to be paid by each Individual. Indi-vidual. From this tho largo canal company finally developed. By this means largo sums ot monoy, which it would havo been Imposslblo to ralso In a community of farmers, havo been expended In constructing canals to carry tho water to largo areas, Theso companies havo been tho means of settling parts of tho country, which, except for something of this ltlnd, would bo totally lucap-ablo lucap-ablo of cultlvat'on to an great extent. ex-tent. With the ndvanco of fhtllzatlon, how over, tho farming communities havo como to rely upon onothor source of wnter supply besides tho rhers. In a number ot placos It has been found that a canal for irrigation irriga-tion Is not ns dcslrnblo as it might be, because there Is always a certain loss of water which cannot bo prevented, pre-vented, and tho cost ot maintenance Is at times qulto a burden. Then, too, nt Just nbout the t'mo that tho farmer needs water most for a particular par-ticular part ot his crop, tho ojiatnea nro that tho water will bo low In the rlvor, and ho cannot got tho necessary neces-sary amount when It is needed This condition has caused tho sinking of a number of wells for tho purpose of obta'nlng a supply from tho underground un-derground streams. Tho worst fen-turo fen-turo of this nnd of tho subterranean streams that nro found In different parts of our country Is that wlim this wntor Is struck, although thoro Is an abundanco of It, it does not havo pressure on It sufficient to rnlse It to a height necessary to make It avallablo for Irrigating tho form. To ovorcomo theso conditions and to get away from oxpenslvo canals tho Idea of pumping water to the land has been largely resorted to of lato. Tho only trouble has been to get a pump thnf would operato without too much 'tttntlon tnd without too much expenso When tondltlong aro right and when it is running with a full v Another view of the Spiral Lift Pump supply ot water, the centrifugal pump has filled tho wants ot the farmer, except that tho cost of operation Is high, and tho great need at tho present pres-ent time in this line Is a pump that will bo positive In Its action and still run at a low cost. In 1914,, Mr. J. N. Grimes of Denver, Den-ver, Colorado, obtained a patent on a spiral water lift which will ralso water wa-ter to a given height with less power pow-er than any other pump on tho market, mar-ket, It having an efficiency ot better than 80 per cent, against from 35 to 45 per cent for a centrifugal pump. This gives a saving ot about one half ot the cost of operation ot a centrifugal cen-trifugal plant, and figuring on a season's pumping, this amounts to n considerable saving in a year's time. Tho pump is aB simple as any piece of machinery can possibly be, as it onslsts of a slnglo revolving barrel bar-rel with a spiral lift Inside. Tho barrel bar-rel Is carried In a steel framo which carries tho whole weight of the pump suspended from the top of the frame by means ot a roller bearing which practically does away with any friction. fric-tion. This makes tho great saving In powor possible Tho accompanying Illustration shows one of the 600 gallon capacity capac-ity Grimes pumps in operation, elevating ele-vating tho water to a height ot 14 feet vortical from the river bed. This pump is Installed In tho Gunnison rhor, about ten mllos west of Delta, Colorado, and Is giving tho best of servlco Previous to Its Installation tho owner was elovatlng his water by moans of two water wheels. When this pump was Installed Its action was so constnnt that It carried moro than the ditches whlih had beon furnished furnish-ed by the two wheels, could carry, and It was necessary to enlarge them. Tho actual power under which a pump of this slzo is guaranteed to work Is 2.7 horsepower. This figure fig-ure shows tho great saving affectod over a centrifugal pump and at tho same time It Is Impossible for tho pump to get out of order, as thoro is not a valve or a plunger In tho wholo machine. Tho principle Is a slmplo Bcrow from top to bottom, whereby tho water winds Itself from tho bottom bot-tom to tho top wlh tho revolution ot tho barroll. At the discharge tho water flows from tho pump Into n stnndplpo, from which It IIowb by gravity and Is carried to any part of the land desired. It Is only ncccscnry to olovato it from two to three feet higher than tho highest point on tho land to bo watered. Tho closed plpo forms a siphon nnd tho only attontlon required in the wholo system, ntter tho pump 1b started, Is to see that tho power Is furnished tho pump. Sand and gravel havo no effect upon tho pump, as It will lift up to forty per cent solid matter without Interfering Inter-fering In any way with Its operation and with no apprcc ablo Inercaso ot power required This feature makes It especially dcslrablo whero the wa- "" 'HBI . , 'BJ 1 m 'iBBJ lr' . -IK 3; sTBOpvi?'. BB?wLTkVdfc.ii iv ' mims ft Showing flow of water which has been lift- H ed to considerable height by the H Spiral Lift Pump H tor carries solid mntter dur ng part of tho year. Another good featura ot tho Grimes Is that It will lift any amount of water furnished It from n cupful up to Kb maximum napnc-ity napnc-ity as long ns powor Is furn'shed to turn it, nnd tho speed from 27 to 35 revolutions por minute Is so bIow that It cannot possibly run hot ovon though It is carrying no water at all Tho only oiling necessary In to fill tho oil cups on tho head with hnrd oil and screw thorn down two or thiro times a wcok. A model ot tho Grimes pump wnn exhibited at tho rocont Roundup at Logan, and received tho unqualified endorsement of all who saw It. Thoro has not boon a slnglo objection objec-tion found with this pump and overy-thing overy-thing goes to show that It will fill a long felt want. |