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Show Let us take a look at our present situation. The only placed VL ca:i jret water from for all purposes, i.-tho i.-tho water ditcle s. When we ;r out to get a bucket ol water fur cooking purposes, we take a lik at the ditch, and very ofu u tin water is muddy or dirty. n looking look-ing Up the ditch to see the calls-, we verv often sec one or more cows making a pasture out of it. Soi net lines they ha ve just conic from the hamyard with their, feel all covered with a few inches ol manure. Tln-y go into the water and wash oil' their fed. Jn the meantime nature takes a hand and the water reeei ves; a little 1 1 lore mixture. That water runs past your dooi-vard as well as mine, and we holh partake. Is the pie-lure pie-lure drawn too real ? No! i( is a common, everv day faef. .Mr. Observer, do you mean to say thai yon are willing to drink such water all the days of your life? If so, you are out of your latitude here in Urigham, because the pen ! pie of this t jwii are just awakening awaken-ing to and realizing their true position, and they will have a good system of water works notwit list li-st and ing al I the scarecrows you may build. The svslein can and will be put in for U'ss than 'i(l0i)D and Mon'l yau forget it." The How of liox IChler en-ek will noHic diminished either. rSrigham Oily will increase more in the next ten years than she has in the past twenty years. Vou do not believe that do you? Well, we did not expect vou to believe be-lieve it, but time will prove the : truthfulness of my words. Urigham City wnuld have been in a better condition than she occupies tnhiy, if it had not been for such croakers as you. JJe up and be doing or you will be crushed beneath the iron wheels of Progress, and your mangled corpse occupy an unknown un-known grave. Leave self behind; join hands with the throng ami put our City in its true position. Let us have a system of water works so that we will know that the water wo will use for private uses will be pure. We will not then plant the germs of disease in the steins of our dear ones. We will :ilso be safer from (ires. We will have something to light our deadly neiny with. Talk about people not being able , lo pay their taxes, it is not surprising, sur-prising, there are complaints when wa observe such schemes as that practiced by tin; school trustees of; the Second ward. It is such actions that throw obstacles in the way ol progress. Mr. Observer intimates lhat the fax payers will undoubtedly vote under restraint, but if allowed to vole as they please they will vote against it. If any one is going to restrain the people from voting for the pro posit ion, 1 should suspect Mr. Observer lirsl. lie also intimt'.tes that the proposition pro-position is a scheme to bcuclit a few at tin1 expense of the many, and winds up his argument with sophistry. Yes, you will be considered a kicker, hut if will be a kicker against all improvements that are for the general welfare oft he people of our City. 1 have in my wandering way tried to answer the si prominent points raised by Mr. Observer, retaking re-taking more space, eould have been more explicit , and gi ven more reasons why we should have water works. Common Sknsk. TICKLES "OBSERVER'S" EARS. "Common SeiiHtt" UoliH up nml Mil !( Uic uool I'ly. Kimtoii BtMU.Kii; I must say that 1 was greatly amused af'tlbserver'a" remarks in last Saturday's Bihilkk. Amused because of Ins Herculean Hlorls to make a mountain out of ft inole hill, and at the material he builds his scarecrow with. His Hcarecrow might frighten some of those who have not a clear conception concep-tion nf the subject, but those who have given the proposition any consideration will only laugh at his silly and puny ntte.-.ipts at forcible for-cible reasoning. We agree with your remarks on h's observation that the sum and substance is "that water work a will he an expense." No one with ordinary ordi-nary every day common sense will dispute that assertion. No improvements improve-ments of any kind either private or public can be made without expense. ex-pense. The main question is "Will the results to be obtained justify the expense?" In answer to which I emphatically say Yi:s; and those who have their own welfare, as well as that of the Oily itl heart, will answer the same. lie tries to connect the wildcat schemes of Ogden and Salt Lake cities with the intended improvements improve-ments in our own City. Mr. Ob-server, Ob-server, allow me to give you a few facts, and if your mind is not already too narrow-contracted to receive them, they will undoubtedly prove of some benelit to you. The "wildcat schemes" of the two towns referred to, c'id not have anything lo do with water works, but were originated by men who wanted to make fortunes without wtirking very hard for thcni. They found plenty of dupes to listen to their oily tongues, who helped them with their schemes. What was the result? People became excited ex-cited at the picture presented to their view, and tried to grayp too much. The conscuenees were, a great many went into debt, and V'hen the reaction came, they sold for what they eould gel in order to extricate themselves. So much property being thrown onto the market frightened otV the genuine, would-be purchasers. Sonic of those who had money were waiting wait-ing for this time to come, and bought nil the property they eould find at h'MH than ils actual value. Then came the stringency in the money market, and th s who wanted to buy, could not. because thev could not secure the money. That is the main reason why there i ( no one buying the properly yon refer lo, even with all the modern .conveniences". It did not have : anything to do with lb- real value .of the properly, but those improvements improve-ments increased the value ot property prop-erty and enabled llmse who can : sell to get more for llieir property ithan (hey would otherwise get. What is said about orchard and gardens is a fact: when it town commences to grow there is no room for a garden or orchard inside. Thev gradually begin to move hi the ou:-d.irts of town, he: .vis. that is the proper place. T.awm ami tin" dwelling houses lake then places. |