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But the Mexican's special contribution was his meticulous attention to irrigation, for whenever Brumbaugh's turn came to draw water from the ditch, Tranquilino was on hand, inserting his canvas dams, cutting holes in the bank and leading the water onto all parts of the field.

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If one of the hawks uttered his peculiar cry, Jim would see by the change in Brumbaugh's face that the old man had heard.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

The Denver papers caught Brumbaugh's heroic image of a new agriculture on the plains, and they reported the theory, adding four learned explanations as to why it wouldn't work.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

Brumbaugh's right eye flashed with youthful exuberance.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

He saw tears come into Brumbaugh's right eye, matching the permanent ones in his left.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

It was Brumbaugh's idea to cut into the north bank of the Poudre, far to the west, and to build a major canal, Second Ditch, many miles long, that would follow the contours of the first bench, bringing millions of gallons of water to dry lands, including his own.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

If Takemoto said he would tend Brumbaugh's beets, he would, and after a while the Russian said to the banker, "Call Merv Wendell in here, " and in a few minutes the prosperous real estate broker joined them.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

Through the early years it was known as "Brumbaugh's Folly, " for it cost four times what the Russian had predicted, and some estimates for siphons and conduits had to be multiplied seven and eight times, so that the cost of throwing water upon an acre of land rose appallingly, and many advocated that the wasteful project be abandoned.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

Despite Brumbaugh's in ability to speak, the two farmers nevertheless managed to converse.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

From sunup to sundown they worked in Brumbaugh's fields, but they rose an hour early and in the darkness tended their vegetables, and in the moments after sunset they did not sit around resting after that day's work.

Centennial Michener, James 1974