The citizens of Sweet, Canyon County, Idaho, have a novel way of
obtaining water for domestic and irrigation purposes. The water is dug
out of the hillside, with wells run like tunnels, and not down into the
earth as ordinary wells are dug. East of the town, there is a bluff out
of which sparkling mountain water can be procured almost anywhere by
merely running a tunnel in from twenty to forty feet.
At one point in town, a stream sufficient to irrigate a fine orchard
and garden, besides an ample supply for domestic use and for watering
all the teams that pass that way, comes pouring out of the 40-foot
tunnel. Neither the spring freshets nor the summer drouths affect its
flow.