Show OUR CITY WATER i something should be done without unnecessary delay to give us better drinking water our water supply la is a reproach to us and we should not rest until improvement Is made the past two weeks it has been unusual ly bad and the editor was told that part of this time the water was being drawn from the reservoir it if such was the case it would account for the bad flavor of it this city should have a much greater population than it has it has wonderful attractions but it has detractions too and chief among the latter Is the poor quality of its water no purer or sweeter water can be found on earth than the water that supplies this city when it first issues from the face of pine valley mountain but in ft it long run over open ground it becomes contaminated and comes to us as something entirely different to the original when former mayor A B andrus proposed a filter system tor for our city water it was opposed because it was felt that the money required for such a system had better be spent tor for piping the water as a permanent measure the editor at that time felt the same about it that it would be beter to put all the money obtained from bonding into the pipe line since then however we have changed our mind and now low believe d 11 filter system would be the best tor for us as we would the quicker obtain clean water about filter systems in some use and from what we learn they are giving entire satisfaction if there was any prospect in the near future of material nat erial changes without putting in a filtering system we would not be in favor of the latter but it appears to us that it will be years before we are assured good drinking water vater with the amount og 0 money that can be raised for the purpose and we wedo do not feel that we should wait that long when a filter system will solve the trouble in the meantime the utmost care and vigilance should be exercised to see that what we do get Is as pure as possible and further we feel that the best interests of the city from a health standpoint will be served by not using the water from the reservoir at any time |