Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-21 | Page 10 | Will Clean Jordan River of Garbage

WILL CLEAN JORDAN RIVER OF GARBAGE Jordan river is to be flushed to clear away from it masses of accumulated refuse, which not only if unfavorable to fish prouasation, but is likely to become a menace to public health as soon as hot wca 1 her shall set in next summer, 'provided 'pro-vided the rubbish is allowed to clog the stream now and become scattered over the land at the mouth of the river by the high waters of spring. K. ! T. Snldoway. fitatefish and game commissioner, is arranging with Citv Engineer En-gineer Sylvester Cannon to have water wa-ter from the surplus canal and other s; reams fed by the river temporarily turned hack into the. main stream to ur..-n away the aecuniulations this fall. .m the headfiates used near the month -t i no Jui-drt.il to flood lands of the duck ciims has accumulated hundreds of ton's of ruhbish which In some places lies two ifet deep. A similar condition, only not to such an aggravated extent. Is alone 1 ,ie bunks of the stream here and there from Tenth Pnuth street to the mouth at :::e Grrat Kalr Inke. The rubbish, Mr. .-muowp v says, t-onsista in sugar beet oul P. oil and waste coal tar refuse. .-MiKar factories farther up the strea m. -;.ik works, railway (shops and freight varus and city drains are responsible for i;,is condition, the fish and game commissioner commis-sioner sa .