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Show m give) us room B Tho question of tho hour with tho fl peoplo of Iron Co. should bo tho HL I consideration of the best means for B ( storing tho wasto water. By waste B. water wo moan that whioh runs, HBt excepting for culinary purposes, B eight months in the yoar to 110 pur- m ' poses, through our wator sccte. p Iron county is, from tho very na Bv turo of things, bulind to becomo a r 1 populous county, and the old sut- Bv tiers, somo of thorn, look foiwurd B WM dread to that time. B There is a fooling that somebody B is going to rob somebody clso of a B littlo wator, B A uso can bo found now, during' BBJ tho summer months, for over drop B of water that oan bo got out. and to B I and to think that yet thousands B j of acres of lund more" ihun aro now B tilled, aro, within a comparatively B, , short time, to bo cultivated, causes H' 1 a feeling of uneasiness to rest upon B r somo for fear thoy may como short. B Yes, that is it, tho same old B feeling of selfishness and jealousy, fl jb'whoro you will, crops out. IBBBl 1 -The liberal mind huila tho day when tho wasto places of our fair Territory shall ho reclaimed and lhndo tq hour useful fruits, pj ' Hois tho man that loves his sons BBH so well that ho will exort himself H to have thorn stay near him and BH not be compeledl to eoek homes in BBfl other parts. Ho will not only B Bharowhat ho has, but will assert BVJ to increase those dd vantages . BBH Tho people of Iron county, as a B cooplo, are of this class. Thoy Bi ,. iiavc made off jrts in tho past, aro BBBBBBBA BBBt . 4 BBflBBBBBBBBHBBBHBBBBBBBim now willing to still furthor prosecute prosec-ute their labors towards reclaiming tho now barren places in tho county. coun-ty. Thoro is ono moans whioh would add greatly to the noblo end, it is the construction of suitable repositories re-positories for tho wator that now runs usolossly by our doors. It should bo stored up, it could oomado to yield a handsome profit. It will build homes for our sons and causo them to cling to tho old place and not seek an abiding place in other parts of tho county. It will build up tho communities by adding to their material wealth. It will be the precursor of great blessings to tho pc ople in many ways Is it worth tho while of the peoplo of Iron, county to think ot thoso things' Tho News doos not advocate tbo extravagant expenditure of means for wuter works, but on ap-Hcatlon ap-Hcatlon of sufficient judicious labor to build suitable rtBervoirs in those oast mountains, to hold back the wator, that it may bo applied in the duo season thoreof on not only the old, but now londb. Tho ory will soon resound through these vales. "Givo us room that .wo may dwell," How can wo do it? Build rosorvoirs. |