Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — Artesian Wells In Sahara. [ARTICLE]

Artesian Wells In Sahara.

Artesian wells have been opened recently by the French in the Algerian Sahara with remarkable success. Several tribes have already settled down around these welhs, constructed villages, planted date palms and entirely renounced their previous wandering existence.