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Show imm . mil U.ILIIIL1 miltflW The board of directors of the Lehi JrriStUn compau and the city council met on Monday afternoon after-noon in joint meiiltng Id consider the advisabi"'v of the city taking jurisdictiou f the water in the city pront- TMs i 4.u .C that is frought with the most vital interest of anything the bosrd of directors 'friction com pany can have unacr consideration. consider-ation. They should and we believe they willguard well the right's df' ctery- stockholder They jrnust sbc tiiat iio rights' arc conce'ded ty tKc' city council be-cauYc be-cauYc every stockholder holds his or her certificate of Vvater stock nnd those rights cvmOt be given to any person or corporation. For litis reason every person interested can see at once the necessity of hibving with thb greatest caittion and consideration lest in an unguarded un-guarded moment a wrong may be lone which will cost' a vast ahi&unt of bad feeling and an unnecessary un-necessary expenditure of meanr. The people of Lchi have so far got, along as, we)! and( we flunk rfiuih better' thaH'soWe of thefr neighbors in regard to the control con-trol of the water. Their neighbors, neigh-bors, in cities where Jhe people have placed their water right in the control of the city government, art far from being satisfied for tiiey feel that their rights would be much better in their owrj hand?. VVc do notj wish" to,be understood that there cannot be any improvement improve-ment made' in 'the regulation of the water nnd its management. Such a thing would be presump-ttfoils presump-ttfoils on bur' part. ' What we Wani to do" l 16 call the'1 attention dtthe1bard'ana,lrtockholders of the Le"hl TrrgaUon Co. to be careful of what they arc doing Jest trouble shauld come i out of wiiat might al first thought appear ap-pear to be the proper thing to do. |