Show And Still We Have More ore s With school reopening with cooler weather and with a declining use of irrigation irrigation irn- irn gation water the drowning season in inthis inthis inthis this intermountain country ought to be just about over But another drowning this time of a year six-year-old boy in Box BoxElder BoxElder BoxElder Elder count county proves it As long as streams canals and ditches in this laced channel-laced country run full of water the hazard remains The annual toll of death by drowning in Utah is appalling According to the Utah Safety councils council's records last year there were 41 i drowning deaths 25 of the victims being children During the first half of this year the record shows 20 11 of them children With July August Augu t and September generally months of more vacation activity and out-of-doors out play we do not doubt the final record for 1950 will be at least equal to that tragic toll of 44 last year We Ve cannot of course prevent all Even under the best of circumstances cir circumstances circumstances cir cir- accidents will happen But just a little precaution on the part of fishermen swimmers and boaters and a little extra watchfulness on the part of parents will prevent many a drowning fatality The problem of preventing the drowning drowning drowning drown drown- ing of small children in our thousands of irrigation ditches and canals is particularly particularly particularly important here in Utah Utah and and it is isa isa isa a problem which can only be met by greater parental care We Ve cannot possibly pos pos- sibly cover over ver or fence off all of these hazardous water channels The only answer answer answer an an- is to fence the children away from the peril or watch them constantly The latter is extremely difficult for a busy housewife so the former fonner is the only practical solution in most cases |