Show CONDUIT TAPPED AND MUCH Complaint of Shortage Brings VALVE LOCK BROKEN Farmers Deny Know Knowledge edg i of Incident I Complaint to the the- Salt Lake Lake CIt City I water waler department that there was was a a. alack alack I lack of water In the seventh Twenty I South street distributing system led led i to the discovery Monday by y SuperIntendent Superintendent Superintendent Super Super- II H. r. r K Burton urton that someone someone some some- one has been stealing large quantities quan quan- titles of ot water from the city's Big Cottonwood conduit which feeds the the system The lock of ot a a. large valve between Big DIg Cottonwood and Mill Creek had hall been broken the valve had been opened and the water had been turned down upon farms In that vi vicinity cJ n It 3 The water department officials of officials ot- ot are investigating in an effort 1 to learn fearn the Identity of ot the person or persons who opened the valve alve with a view to prosecuting them Saturday the superintendent received re received re- re complaint that there was lack of water In the T seventh TWenty South street system and was at it u a loss to account for tor It as he lie knew the conduit to be running full rull from Big Cottonwood An Inspection was made with the result that the open valve was found Farmers In jn the vicinity vicinity- were were questioned questioned ques ques- but said they knew nothing about how the valve came t to be opened Superintendent Burton Burlon announced that any person caught tampering with a valve will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law |