Show DREDGING THE JORDAN RIVER I I Force of l Men and Teams Put l to Workby the City to Lower the Bed of f the Stream I 1 1 II I I When the appropriations of addlllon al water rights in Utah lake were made by the City Enslncer last winter on behalf of the city a largo force of men and teams was put to Avork lo enlarge the outlet from the lake Into the Jordan Jor-dan and a few have been kept steadily at work ever since In order to pre j i I serve the rights acquired by I the cIty it lo necessary that the work requisite lo enable the city to use the water be pursued with due diligence so that I the municipality may not be found sleeping on Its rights City Engineer I KeLspy some lime ago called the attention at-tention of tin Council to thai fact and I last Wednesday by orders of lie Mayor and the Finance committee fifteen teams with the requislle number of men were sent to the upper dam on thc Jordan to dredge the river so as to lowci the bed sufficiently to permit the additional water appropriated by the city to be drawn from the lake Jt will be necessary to either cut a new channel or dredge the praent course for a distance of ten miles from the upper dam toward the lake Thai por tion of the river Is very circuitous and I I for a pun of the distance it will bo more economical to cut a new channel than to dredge out the present course I The men and teams are now at work and I l will remain there It is expectpd until that portion of thc work IK completed com-pleted BEFOULING CITYS WATER Warrants for Arrest of Four Alleged Violators of the Law On the complaint Land ami Water I Commissioner WesterfielU J i warrants were yesterday Issued from Justice I TlmmonyB court for the arrest of twp parlies on the charge of befouling theaters the-aters of City creek and for the arrest ar-rest of two others for befouling Parleys Par-leys creek The alleged offenders In City creek are Adam Spelrs J1 and Ei nest Sptiir and In Parleys Huns I Hansen and John Eckman It Is 1 S charged that they allowed their cattle to wade and stand In the olreams for hours at a time and Mr Westerficld says they refused to do otherwIse when warned |