Show 1 c THE STRAWBERRY RIVER The Tle Strawberry river has been higher high high- er during the past week than it has been since the opening of the reservation It has its it's banks at places in inthe inthe inthe the city and c caused used some damage The fhe bridge at the east cast end of Duchesne city is unsafe and is liable Hable to collapse at an any anytime tim time There are two principal causes of this thi overflow one is the crooked course of the river wherein it runs abo about t three- three quarters of a mile to get a distance of ol thirty five rods the other is that the j government instead of letting the surplus surplus sur sur- plus water out of the Strawberry reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir when the river is low and then closing the gates when it is high keeps the reservoir full wh when n the river is low and thus the high wa water ter has to run over tI M th the spillway when the J river Jer er ii is high and it be be beheld held in the reservoir The city council should bay buy a right of of- way for or the short off cut then with witt r th tho suggested remedy at the reservoir f r would never nc again agnin be any over N N. N 0 0 |