MARKH AM GULCH FLOOD DANGER. MMMMI There is quite a little talk in Bingham at present over the possibility pos-sibility of another flood from Markham gulch when the spring weather opens up. The melting snow last spring caused floods which did much damage and cost the town of Bingham several thousand dollars. The question which now confronts the people is how to avoid the flood and where the expense of the necessary work should fall. , A . To begin with the origin of these floods are outside of the town, and as a matter of fact the expense of arranging to properly care for the excess water should fall on the county and certain in-' in-' dividuals. There are people and concerns who are using the water route up there as a place to dump waste material. Then some one builds a barn or house right over the stream so close to the bed of the stream that it takes but little melting snow to make it full to overflowing. Then what is the result when all this waste mater- ial, lumber, sand and melting snow all try to take the small channel at the same time ? There is an overflow. The water comes down the street or anywhere it can find a place. The people who dump sand there and the people who erect buildings over the stream should be compelled to make ample arrangements ar-rangements to care for the water during the flood season. As we stated, it is properly a county matter because it is outside of the town, but if nothing is done until the floods come then Bingham will be called upon again to spend her good money to protect individuals in-dividuals from losing their property. The county should investigate this matter without delay and do its part in hedging against the repetition of such a flood as occurred oc-curred in Markham gulch last spring. Also the people who are responsible re-sponsible for the condition which now exists should be called to task. A law as old as the hills provides that where anyone interferes inter-feres with the natural course or channel of a stream that he must use such precautionary measures as will prevent his action from causing injury to people and property owners who live below him. The town of Bingham is not responsible for the Markham; floods, and she ought not to have to bear the burden of protecting individual property owners.