Show getting clear water an elaborate filtering plant the first cf of its kind in iho the state lias has been luR by ty F al lyman jr jr antho in the now waterworks system at helper which was opened last tuesday s according to sir lyman who has just returned from helper tho the system Is working perfectly tho the system takes tho the water from the price river the liquid passes through four courses of gravel in the profil tois teis and then through a layer of sand and giaver coming coining out as clear as any spi pi ing water ul though it come from the muddy price river mr dir lyman asserts that freezing freez i ing weather does not inter interfere fero with the working u theyna th syna although tho price river is hardly fit for drinking purposes on account of the refuse dumped into it and its muddy condition after every storm the people of helper and the neighboring towns have been compelled to uso it last spring the city government of helper authorized tho the expenditure of 35 for a waterworks system including a filtering plant the entire plant coat cost about of aich which was spent for the filter herald re pub lican |