Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1894 — A River at the Bottom of His Well. [ARTICLE]

A River at the Bottom of His Well.

While digging a well on the farm of John Walters, near Hartline, Douglas county, Wash., the workmen at a depth of seventy-six feet detected a hollow, answering sound to the blows of the pick. Tapping the side of the wall, they broke into a cavern, with a good-sized stream of water flowing along its bed. They entered the space for ten or twelve feet, but declined to explore the subterranean hall any further. The stream was easily diverted into the veil, and Mr. Walters will have an inexhaustible supply of. pure running water. The course of the stream was not parallel with the ravine in which the well was being sunk, but crossed it at almost right angles. Morning Oregonian. The golden-crested wren is the smallest English bird.