Siphons must, however, be soldered promptly when careless handling punctures them or tears seem, and the outlet canvas must be replaced when torn or rotten. The ditch bank must be so built that it will fit the siphon. The great objection to siphons is the labor of handling them. Just as in other things there is a knack to this.
Wooden gates or flashboards are good but they leak around the edges making it necessary for the Irrigator to hank up in front of the closed gate with mud or manure to insure water tightness. Wood is so expensive nowadays that both first cost and replacement cost is quite an item.
Where concrete pipe can be obtained cheaply, as it frequently can, concrete pipe capped with a manufactured metal slide sate of simple type makes an inexpensive turnout or tap box, last indefinitely and does not leak. In stiff retentive soils it is only necessary to paddle the back fill around the pipe through the bank. In loose soils it is usually necessary to build a concrete collar wall to prevent the water following the outside of the pipe through the bank.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
The Standard Lumber Co. have lumber they are offering for $18.00 and $120.00 per thousand delivered anywhere in Moscow.
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CLAIM AGAINST PERU
Seek Reward for Discovery of Nitrates and Guano.
Original Claim of $100,000 in 1844 Has Grown to Nearly $100,000,000— Recognized, but Never Paid. 