Show the water question the water question is now being 1 3 considered consider edby by the city fathers and we think the CLIPPER should be fall of suggestions from the residents let those whom we have chosen to do our bidding know our minds give them to understand that we are or are not willing for them to bond the city to put in a system of wates works and by sound reasoning 8 show how the benefits of such a course while to go into debt i is s bad policy yet it if we could get water enough to pay the interest onabe on the bond five times over and besides put in a system of water works that would be the means of protect protecting ing us in our rights and keep usurpers usurp ers from coming in and making us as trouble in the way the end of which we might still have much of our valuable land left high and dry would it not ho be better for us to bond the city let us tell the council to do the work they do well even though they may not make more than one rod of ditch each year let us as express our ideas as to what kind of pipes would be the best to convey the water whether iron ron clay or wooden pipes are desired the committee on irrigation is men interested in the water and are undoubtedly men of push an and d on energy ergy but they need the encouragement of the people whom they represent and whose money they will spend people from all parts of the territory look upon this strip of land with eye and all we need is water which there is no trouble comparatively ively speaking to get all we want in union there is strength if there is no 0 ther other way we can go to the western portion of town where flowing wells can be had in abundance and put down a great number and put in a steam plant by means of which we could force the water anywhere we please it means money of courso but the receipts would amply pay ten dollars per day would run a plant that would throw water ono enough ugh to supply a number of gardeners and w would only have to bo be used a few months at the last of the season |