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Show j WATER FOR THE PROMONTORY DRYLANDS Officers of the Promontory Point! company are rejoicing over the sue cess attained in their efforts to goi j fresh water on their lands near Se lino, and they Bay that thre can bi no question but that there is an amph ; supply of frefdi water for culinary pur- j poses, at leaBt. and that In all like lihood a sufficient supply may be found to Irrigate large tracta oJ fruit ; lands The company has sunk a six-foot I shaft, three-quarters of a mile from ih- shore Hue of the lake and has diu oered a good flow The uhaft will bo sunk another ten feet Manager R C. Lundy states thnt he , is confident that by the use of pumps enough water can he raised to irrl j gate a good nereage of the dry lands in l he vicinity of Saline and Promontory Promon-tory Point. Peter Mattson has shipped teams and Implement to Promontory for clearing and plowing land, the com pany hn ing contracted for the pro-panng pro-panng of from 150 to 200 acres of the i land for cull ivation. |