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Show Officials Investigate Big CottonwoodCanyon Water Find Stream Is Subjected to Impurities From Roadway, Contamination Probably Within City's Territorial Jurisdiction OPEN season on unfnendly bacilli n B g Cottonwood canyon be gan yesterday Accordingly a score of Salt Lake citizens in eluding city county and state health officials and members of the city wa terworks department spent the day stalking malicious microbes in the mountan pass from which comes so large a part of Salt Lake s water sup ply Though bacteriological tests of the water by both the ciU and county bacteriologists bac-teriologists ndicated that the point o eontaminat on was probiblv below the forks of the cany on and w thin the ten mile I nut under c t jurisdict on the ; sanitary conditions of the entire can yon were subjected to close inspect on yesterday A dozen samples of water from the south fork of the canyon and from the main stream below tl e so ith fork were taken b Dr Samuel G t aul and Dr Hardie L nch These v 11 be teste 1 and the results are expected to reflect light upon tho source of ontVn nat on that has resulted in the presence in the water of the colon bacilli discovered In recent tests. The locations from which the water samples wero taken were noted and the testB will be continued ntil by process of el n nat on the exact so rce of the menacing germs is determined Dust Is Abundant The tl ng most persistently not ce able in the canvon vas tho dust It was th ck on the roadbed, on th f Hago and in the a r from the mouth of the canyon to the po nt where the ore teams turn into this south fork The movement of many teams dra ng hea ly loaded wagons and numeroi s auton ob les kept the powdery st ff astir until it was to the cred t of a chauffe r that he could d sting si 1 e t voen an oro wagon and a l tt ng ro k of tho can on after he had coll ded v th it Tho slow pacS made necessar b the roughness and crookedness of t) e road contribi ted to safety On the nay p the canyon n anv of the I arty notlcod and remarl elan i dy condition of the water in the creek at rec rrent intervals This was ns signed to flood g of the rood n an f fort to la t e d st When tl o a nr 1 rtel to tie heel r ts occasional fl nlel back to the creek t carr d with t m d thit colored the ent ro itronn nt I stopped whereupon t! o creek b cn p clear ngn n The res It was that the ro ly con 1 t on vas fo nl to bo a te orary rathor than a porma nent co 1 tion Is a New Didiculty Wl en tl e q est on v s raised as to the oss b tv of the i st as a so r e of cont ml at n vl en so waslol into th stre tl e rgume t was a 1 an ed that tl c I g o th 1 st in tho road forfp il I i, nl o t at on vl n al sho Id Tl at tl e I st m it 1 o In Ip v tl a lu -ge I etc tngo of 1 I ritlps Ip b f tl p t in tra el over tl ron 1 vas ge prall nlnttel h t It nas ain gonorallv ad itted to bo a nowly n co dltion n nco tl p oro tea s stn t I tr si g tl e ca yo to n 1 fr tl h lit" f no So ernl e I era of tl part wore nt th o o llil I g f tl p r I to a tl I st v 1 t I g it t he e I t f I to Howe hat n 1 I the ron t n I i r p l ows fl 1 s I 1st n n fl f n in thu opinion of at leuat au uo ot thuso who made vesterday s trip Indeed, a few perhaps envied the bacilli the pnvileges of the cool stream Brighton Is Improved Lpon the arrival of the party of in vestigators at Brighton a division was made into four by L B Hampton chair man of the Commercial club committee on sanitation which organization insti gated the dav s proceedings A com mittee consist ng of Mr Hampton C F Barrett, superintendent of the city waterworks and Joseph L. Weiler in spector of the county health depart u ent investigated cond tions at the construction camp mainta ned at the Lake Mary dam by Owen H Gray Mr Hampton reported th ngs in good con dltion with two minor exceptions that were possible of easy correction and ob tamed the promise of the camp foreman fore-man that the correction would be ef feeted immed atelv The camp of the Stewart Construction company at the Twin lakes dam was istted by a committee Including Dr A I err lce chairman of tha Commer clal club sanitation committee Ctt) Com missionary W H Shearman and R. P Morris and County Survejor R. E. L-Collier L-Collier No Menace Discovered T e report of Dr I err chairman of the mum ttee was that there nere no conril Ions fo nd that mtpht be a menace to he puiit of the water of the can on s reah Tl e ln ettgatlon In Brighton was made h Harry Coombs of the Com n ere a ub committee and Dr T B Bea ty secretary of the state board of hea th The reported cond Uons satis factor vlt the technical exception of one outhouse the condition of which tt s understood Is to be corrected Imme dlatelj Dr Beatty said that the lm provement of conditions at Brighton over those of tno ears ago nas most eatlafac tory Mr Hampton said also that the condition In Br ghton and vleln ty was satisfactory -nlth but three minor excep tlons. May Investigate Further The fourth con n tttee which under took the Inspection of the sou h fork and the ttclnlt of the Cardiff mine included Dr S O Paul, cltj healtt commissions Dr C C Snjaer count phvslclan, Dr Hardie Lynch city bacteriologist C F t llman county con m ss oner, J H heeler county ce-mm sa oner Shcr ff J S Corless Harold Stevens, ass stant ount attorney J E. Fljnn chief In spector of the clt boArd of health and Sanfo-d Hedges deputy sheriff The as no men ber of the Con merclal cl b san ta on co nm ttee nlth this delegation and Cl airman Hampto said last Ight tl at I e fel that a me ber of tl e con m tee vou d et ha e to n ake the trip 0 the south fork territory before a com I e o epo o Id be re dered by the sant tat o o nm t ee Th report ade by se eral nembera of tl e committee last nig t naa that ntlle condltlona at the mine and tie ml e boardl g house were very satlsta tory as to modern metl ods f sanltat o less satisfactory ondlt ons ere f unl n the ca on he nee the moutl of tt so t fork and t e mine To Demand Clemup V c P g gro n i I e bo ton of t e can o sen h teenses s na n o si le ed as being In a n os t san ta a e I la nne stood h t e cl IT olaln n 1 enforce an In e d n e ea Ing p of the camp si e It Is with e district under the city s J la II Ion lor o tl sea elon the forka were ond n ned hy M Ha p on a id Dr I err I eralola aonte nay do no T c e e o fou d to he e 1 a onl g sa tn eg la na r I c c o la as t a r c leg of In aetrs e arof n ato ln g g g a of a on rppMp e a a s n s n mn od 1 o party of u eat ga s |