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Show IRRIGATE "BY EtECTRICITY." Brlgham Cit Sept. 12. The people peo-ple of Perry are beginning to utilize the subterranean flows of water that aro so fortunately near the surface in this part of the state. They are beginning to "Irrigate by eloctriclty, ' xis mnnv of the big orchnrdists In this olty have done for tho past four or five years by means of electric -wells. A With plenty of -electrical energy at their command it is an easy matter for a farmer to dig a well, strike a good flow of water and concrete the walls of tho wells to the surface and then attach the electric motor, for this is all that ,1s necessary to procure pro-cure a flow of .water that Is worth $150 to $300 an acre water right, and flows havo been encountered in some of the biggest wells that are capable cap-able of Irrigating from ten to twenty acres of orchard. The latest well to be set in operation, opera-tion, ono out of several In the town of Perry, is that of V F Davis This well was started up tho other day and lifted enough water to Irrigate thirtv-slx thirtv-slx rows of trees in newlv made ditches ditch-es at one time, which means that the stream was divided Into seventy-two dltcnes, for each row of trees has two irrigating ditches, ono on each side of the row. The people of. Perry gee their supply of electricity from f tho municipal plant of Brlgham, and' tho coming year or- iwo will see man more wells both in this clt'y and neighborhood. |