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Show . Struck Lots of Water. Captain; Eansford Smith and Moroni Skeen are in great luck, says the Ogden News. For some weeks they have -been ' experimenting on their lands, near the mouth of Weber- river, nine miles from Ogden, in the expectation of finding : water. Two wells have been sunk of one and one-fourth inch diameter, and they are yielding, together, 2,160 gallons per hour. One yields 1,200 gallons, and the other 900 gallons per hour- This demon- ' strates the fact that the sagebrush lands ' can be used for farming and adds ,' greatly to the value of these gentlemen's possessions. posses-sions. We heartily congratulate both. |