Show ffitch SUPPLY application made to U S land commissioner for rights to tap lands the city of salina and the town of redmond are badly in need of culinary water and their at attorney orney henry r y E beal have made application ap li cation to the united states land commissioner william spry for allotment of a tract of land containing 1240 1241 acres situated about two miles north and east of salina as a site for getting the needed water from artesian wells to be drilled there the petitioners petition ers explained that geological research has proven the of land for to be a site of artesian wells of large capacity the two communities if they can permanently manent ly acquire the land will drill the well and construct a joint water system to care for the domestic needs of salina as well as redmond the two communities have appropriated P hated an amount of which will be used for drilling immediately in accordance with a special use permit issued to them by the fish lake forest office in whose territory the land is situated the special permit covers the use as well as a pipe line to be run from the wells to the respective towns until final arrangements can be made the committee in abar charge e of working out the particulars consists of mayor mavor C leo kerrill men ill and H C williams of salina and town president franklin T nelson of redmond |