This water was being piped by gravity to the house, and was a matter of greatest satisfaction to Hoyle, for he claimed that it would never freeze in winter, and would be cold and abundant during the hottest and driest of summers.

This assurance solved the most difficult and serious problem of ranch life in the desert.
Next Hoyle led Carley down off the knoll to the wide cedar valley adjacent to the lake.

He was enthusiastic over its possibilities.

Two small corrals and a large one had been erected, the latter having a low flat barn connected with it.

Ground was already being cleared along the lake where alfalfa and hay were to be raised.