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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
2
An article by Edward B. Kientz in the California Cultivator argues irrigation is essential to western development. Deep well pumping enables irrigation where gravity systems fail, transforming arid lands into productive gardens and expanding water access from 50 to 600 gallons per minute with large cylinder wells.
The article explains how deep well pumps raise water supply and land productivity, noting California groves yielding up to 1000 per acre in exceptional cases. It argues irrigation via deep wells has reshaped western development, while advertising DeWitt’s remedies and framing public sentiment on figures like J. J. Hill and Dr. Cook.
Miss Alice Beck will host school Christmas entertainment Thursday. Rincon school and Rincon Country Club plan a Friday evening program. Mrs. N C Burbank remains ill. Sheriff Lacy heads to San Diego to fetch Rosario Saiz amid murder cases linked to Prado. New arrivals Driver and Barton move into Prado homes as locals travel to Santa Ana and Los Angeles for Christmas.
Youngsters are engaged in holiday letters to Santa Claus amid the season. The scene captures a festive mood as children compose requests and share hopeful wishes.
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