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Am not related but may be of interest to some one who is. I have no further info but some may be found in extracts from old newspapers at URL:
<http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php>
Vern D
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoch <deesar@frontiernet.net>
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Stockton Daily Argus
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>Thursday, 14 Mar 1861<<
A NEW DITCHER FOR THE TULES -- A steam ditching
machine, for cutting ditches on tule lands, is on
exhibition in Sacramento city. It was invented by
J.A. FLETCHER, of Yreka. The cost is $8,000. It is adjusted at present to cut a ditch 46 inches wide at the top, 26 wide at the bottom and 36 inches deep. It is calculated by the inventor that it will cut about 3 miles per day when in complete order and fairly started.
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