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Show AN IMPORTANT MOVE, Ctl7.ct-8 of Cedar fleet n Jijss Atcot-iiiR Atcot-iiiR to takq Into Consideration the Best gleans of Prdtcctliig t'-9-r Water Slje,-! (rqm )amng0 frqm fitocW. ' Last Monday ovenlng tj maw Meeting-of tho citizens, of this city mot in 'tho Tabornaclo fpr tho purpose of deviling somo means of prqtcctlng tho w.ter shed of Coal crock from the damage which is being done to ltr by thopasturipg of herds of pattlo apd shoop thereon. ' Hon. John Parry was olected chair-man chair-man and Joseph T. WHkinBQn waq chosen cho-sen secretary. Tljp chairman explained ex-plained the object of thq meeting, stating that recent ruling of Judgo Marshall pf tlm U. 0. circuit court, had defeatpd our hopes of getting the needed protection from tho Forest Re-servo Re-servo remedy, and that some other means wcro ln-poratlvo to avoid tho waste and the befouling ot-ourwatpr supply. Tho need of Eoiilq measure being taken with this and in view was too apparent to rcqulro debate and therefor no tlmo was spent in that line, but a resolution was presented, nnd and with unanimous consent adopted, to tho effect that wo petition tho com gross of tho United States, to cfcdo to to tho water owners of Coal creel:, (ho watershed of that Btream and its- tributaries; trib-utaries; and If this ponccssbn cannot bo obtained, that wo ask that tho said water shed bo set aside as a Forest reserve, nnd that Cedar city bo glvou control thereof. A commllteo of three consisting of Chairman Parry, William Houchcn and Panial S. Mac-farlano, Mac-farlano, woro chosen to formulato tho petition, mako a map or otherwlso do's-crlbo do's-crlbo tho country wanted, and forward for-ward them to our represontativo in congress con-gress a3 soon as possible |