Show what has become ot of Illum mesa esa has it gore from the tact fact of the earth NO NO blumena Is still alive and always will be you may not have hoard heard much of her for some time but Is Is because other places have been howling so BO loudly that you hear bear anything but their voices the correct way to spell somo some spell it D au L U ame E M B S A others B L E W M E S A etc but 7 letters are all that aro are needed to it which are B L U M E S A listen we shall I 1 no more look i like dry land blizzards Itz liz why bo cause we have water water WATER yes water yes water not the filthy water from a frog pond laden with typhoid fever germs but pure well water pure as snow and tain rain water from the tops of the mountains can be after running miles and miles thru a filter under ground some people laughed and said it was impossible to get water in a well at blumena but we dont stop atop at the tsik talk of blusterers bluster Iuster ers ere so hav bave a had bad a well drilled by an expert well driller a mr staley who has drilled a holo 19 6 feet and struck a very abundant supply of pure cool water good enough tor for a king to drink A di of the formation of the bench follows the first 2 feet from tho the surface was a sandy loam the next 10 feet was a white hard clay then 10 or 12 feet of cobble rocks next a thin layer of sand stone after that clay of different colors was passed thru with now and then a layer of sand stone when within 18 feet of the water another sandstone ledge was encountered with a crevice running thru it which made drilling difficult after afier the crevice was passed which was 5 teet feet the drill worked its way thru 13 feet more rock and struck water which immediately raised until it came to the brevee at the top of the ledge and stopped apparently running glnn ng out making a depth ot of water of bf 13 teet feet A test was made by hauling out 40 gallons with a 6 5 gallon bucket as fast as it could be worked with the engine and it wa was a found that tho the water could not be lowered one inch when you want a nice cool drink come to blumena Blume aa A pump will be put on the well so that water can be lifted to supply the town after a while a windmill and tank will be ba installed nearly all of the people in or near blumena assembled thanksgiving night and had an enjoyable time aime dancing and hearing the program ot of songs recitations etc et we have a school hero here in ili blumena with an enrollment of 20 sand and which is s making marked progress we have had our first ecclesiastical meeting which was a latter day saints meeting nov 29 with an attendance of 48 and all present voted that they would do their utmost in making sunday school a success as soon as one is established which was assured by bishop G V billings to be in the near future |