Show 1 i i i Why Worry Torry About Water I E observe e with ith k kun n pain iden C evidences es of a l 1 W WE disposition on the thc part of or some thoughtless 3 I persons to criticise the tIle city government gO for foi forI L I its at partial responsibility for tho the present I. I water shortage These critics have havo given giyen tho the mattei L i I no care careful nl thought when the they do they will wilt certainly er- er thinly march in a body to the scat of local government govern go ment and make apolo apology The They should reflect that thai L. L an aft administration that is eo zo o strenuously engaged ii in I opening the fountain of will good od and anti flooding th the cit city with ith pence peace progress and prosperity can car 1 have hae no leisure to waste upon anything lIl thing so unimportant tant as a water supply Among those who con condemn mn the lo local al administration S I tion for its lack of forethought from which the people peo peo- f pIe arc are now suffering is the Salt Lake Tribune I which heretofore has been beert most abject in hi its fawning I subservience to tho commission That hat newspaper declares in glaring headlines that t streams cIo clog I with ice due to negligence and amplifies that tato state statement tatoI I ment meat with another that one Hone of the causes for the freezing of the water sources was the failure of the f waterworks to take tho the department proper q lor tile the protection or vi tuo canyon ut t WI against freezing It HIt has been the custom in the past recites tho the thor r aforetime organ of the cit city government go U to to have han men from the department patrolling the canyon streams keeping the ice broken up so that it it will J not form a jam jaIn at the entrance to the conduit and I stop the flow t J The mari manifest cst injustice of this complaint is is ap ap- ap- ap j palling The Tribune should realize that it is is most I uncomfortable along the canyon streams just now I that it it would be cruel to assign men to toI I such a n. task at a time timo when they are liable to contract a severe cold Anyway the cit city had hadt t plenty of water last spring and last summer and last ast fall faIl certainly a decent forbearance should impel impel im im- im- im pel us to be patient even if a supply is lacking for four or five days or e even cn a n week in the dead of winI winter win win- I ter when it is needed for far heating plants and for protection against fire Ab Absence makes mes the heart grow fonder and a do I at this period will iU inspire the proper mood to appreciate a n supply when it returns Undoubtedly t edly there will win be bean an ample supply when the sun sunI I shines an and 1 the birds sing and the tho flowers bloom in inthe inthe the spring and we can thus by contrast with our present unhappy condition esteem more fully the beneficence of oL- oLan an Providence that has endowed us liS with a pure city government I And while we can s sympathize with and admire the degree of di disgust that could the Tribune Trib Trib- une tine loose from its city go er government ment moorings we charitably Lid bid it pause and consider There may be bet t excuses for this administration dereliction the comI commission com corn mission plans a n public market and an emergency hospital the police uniforms perhaps need to be I changed the various departments are p preparing paring to take charge charge of the Legislature and tell it what to toI toj j I j do All these important projects require much time I and forethought and the Tribune should not expect i the e city government to dissipate energy upon a mere I w Although th gh tho the people are arc nn uncomfortable water aD anti and 1 in man many instances are arc without heat the can n at l bo be charitable All AU the great onward 4 movements DlO since the dawn of time have ha been accomplished act ac ac- ac- ac t with much travail and and suffering How lloc I can Salt Lake hope to be an exceptIon 7 The city has ha t been lifted from the slough of despond into the upper realms of peace and quiet i there arc no longer longcr long long- er cr factions of or any so 0 1 in m the municipality we arc are I all lik like hi brothers others peace peace progress and prosperity has ha I f been heen enthroned Suppose a u water famine does cause di discomfort comfort and ana suffering and perhaps disease from fron I lack of f sanitation let those thoc who are arc without a supply sup ply of water or heat who arc are performing their daily labor ill in cold and unhealthful surroundings get the thelast last report of the city press agent and read it We Ve cnn can personally guarantee that perusal of that glorious document will be bo instantly efficacious A A pleasurable glow will win permeate ones one's system and andrender render unnecessary the artificial heat supposed to be he I indispensable in zero weather that same glow will win light the office or the home and the impossibility of 7 4 the meal because of absence I of water will be he speedily forgotten I None can read that inspiring story of the tho corn com I sweetness that has been brought to Salt Lake I without becoming a better man or woman whom the I slings and md arrows of outrageous fortune lose their theli power to annoy What is a mere lack of water ever even I with ith all its concomitant danger of disease of holocaust holocaust holo hole caust and the possibility that the expected decrease de de- crease in fire insurance rates has gone gono where the thc woodbine compared to the beauty and light that pervades udes a city where once there was darkness and factional quarrels and water 1 Go to the ant thou thon sluggard 1 Consider his ways was and bo be wise I As an m afterthought we desire to caution threet three- three t fourths of the homes omes in Salt Lake in most of which i l I I there is no water not to open the faucets and let I I I the water run mn The rhe water vater department gave c that adI advice advice ad- ad vice late yesterday and we concur in it Anybody found wasting water from a 1 pipe in which there is no water deserves the penalty the department threatens threatens that that of his having supply of water sater precipitately precipitately pre pre- and thoroughly shut off I |