Show A EDIT A UT all SUN N A 1 i article tu in last weeks a iskui of thu the ur IT NIA us i be ade boar city cou i cil ii ia so au unfair ad and mtr e that bat as a member of the lle council I 1 ekaut c jet it ii pia mr wo vo dhosse nor anc adv bi b ly jy elio el id hid mania mada a proposition to ahe council 0 o o their itu im pr a ai L like ke puffer ou au tua W thomp sun was apar a allied hed bv b myself as i whether driler certin cr tiiu ce they bould ell their to the city car mr fh ch lapson kad if his bis colic colleagues agues were be it hid id no objections bellat lie he would consult them and let we lue kno v lie called upon the council at their last meeting stated thir th ib ir proposition and said thit if the council would a committee to g gj to lake puffer pular ho he believed lie he aoud show the city w h hero ero it would los lie to louir advantage to 10 secure tile the property As a r of fact a majority t the council was opposed to 10 tile the I 1 ir r position thinking like we thit that they enaw all abut it i that to lu go c j lake cuffar was time thrown own drav anav we knew just as well and peili aps bentoi thau the that the were useless wileby tue toe draia from thu the lake aoud coui tic be al upped lut ant itter after listening list ning to 10 mi 31 thompson he dett lili of which he too toi lobig lou for this article the felt fell it to be their duty in the in interest of tho the ci c i 0 be beiver to lu make a thu thorough rough and aali eims tive exam iba lax payers f the city at a keenn t be called for i bat pur pua lue tue i hit bat all thi the facts aos rea re alivo tive to 10 luca ion capacity 0 the lika etc werd wera already iu iu posies jiuu eiju of the tha city aud thit BLO alo bar 1101 committee was not necessary now what facts did the joint committee of last year arriva at first that there was such a place as puffer lake that it v was as a grand body of water waier and ought to be utilized second that it would cost front from twenty tive live hundred to five dollars to make a cut ten feet feat deep and build a dam adam third that neither city nor county had any legal right to appropriate money for or any such purpose what were those facts worth in the light of what h hs has s been accomplished shed the legal status of course has lean changed by the last legislature As to the questions of t the be I 1 answer as follows let rhe fhe of the people in law are arc the people and are supposed aup posed to todo do that which in their judgement jud gement is for the best interests interests of the people lit in other words they should legislate for the greatest b good to the greatest number 2nd and when the tha people legally place wen men in office city council for instance in stanca the tha soverign Bove right is in such council until their successors are legally 0 elected and qualified 3rd ard A debt can be incurred within legal limits limit but should only be done for the tha best interests of the people butric city council can do it with impunity unless recreant to their fruit Is the prepared to say bay that the council of beaver C city it h ha as been false to the trust imposed in them that they haye have legislated the people peaple into burdensome debts can the point out a tingle single appropriation made by the present council that hats has not been elmost almost imperative with perhaps the single exception of the for firecrackers the th only one tile the is able to cite I 1 can trul say bay that with perhaps the exemption of Tny thyself self the council have been regular witch watch dogs does of tho the treasury particularly councillors councillor frazer grimshaw Grimi Grims haw bayr and bakes I 1 say this in justice to those gentlemen because I 1 often diffor differ from them as a to ihal constitutes truo true economy conomy hid had they leen been all like lika me I 1 am afraid the hair of the goo good 1 head would have tood stood straight uj ay at tho thi of debt that would have been piled upon the city then that pleasure trip to puffer pu f lake that nobody believes the members paid for and that the citizens tit izena may have to mortgage a their homes I 1 before it il is paid for what an extravagance let the lamabe asic any citizen acquainted with the t he mountains how much pleasure there is for old men to go to lake one day and comp come back the next a its we did and I 1 think it will w ill find fi na that the pleasure ed is all in printer 3 ink no matter who paid for r it the also wishes to know why all the council except the he mayor should go when aletho all tho facts acts were before it and why a sm smaller aller committee would not do a as well in the first place there were no facts before the council from which a true conclusion could be drawn second it was the desire odthe of the mayor that all should shoud go there being two of us myself included who particularly desired to be left off finally the 1 asks what benefit will it be to the city to increase increase the debt 1000 and if we wish to compel the citizens to bord bond the city and mortgage their homos homes to pay for excursions this thi is perfect twaddle in and d nobody knows it better than the salt lake city by consent pf af the legis legislature lature is about to bond tho the rity city for a quarter of million dollars mainly to supply its citizens with water waiter and had salt lake looked ahead as beaver has haa a chance to do now thousands of dollars could have been saved to that city and hey could have had plenty of water without the trouble they aie are liable to have by litigation beaver has as fine a chance for plenty of water as any place pl ace in Uta liand yet there is an uni vertal verial cry for water councils have been requested timo time and again to shut the water from parties whom other parties say it hac ae A a e no right to its use water is being ne allT the city and complaints to the council are loud and deep for a ren remedy iedy but what can we do we pay the alie water master the extravagant salary of 15 per month and yet the evil goes on in spite of his violence lence these are facts fact that had the attended the council meetings mealing and heard for itself that article would not have been writ ten and when the council try to find a solution they are condemned in advance and unheard by the which ought to be foremost in all that is for the welfare and advantage of its follow citizens again what has the council done ta cause such guch a change in the uto UTOPIAN ra i heretofore it has approved the actions of councils have they become wicked all at once or has tile tho only just found us out in conclusion I 1 would like to ask the a few questions viz viz does it believe that any citizen of salt lake will have to mortgage morte age his property to pay the interest on that quarter of a million does it know of any one that has had to do it for any purpose of legitimate taxation in utah Is it not a fact that with plinty of water the crops of beaver citizens would have been enhanced over one thousand dollars this atar alone lit lait it not a fact fac that with plenty of water beaver would double its po population in five y year earn 7 as Is it not a fae fact t that many of our best and hardiest handiest har diest citizens have left us in the last two or three years because more land is already taken up than there is water for will the tell us where the rising a generation is to get a sub si stAnce Is it desirable to ate families famili ei and for tho the fathers of young men to have to say bay with greely go ga west young man go west Is it for the want of land that they are compelled to g go 0 IS is there not plenty to be b had bad right here almost for the asking at liing then y why rhy not take it what is their an sw or no water and yet thero there is s enough water if properly stored to irrigate tho the whole valley and at very small email expense we investigated the matter well and the counsil corneil is id unanimous in in the belief that the city or the city and county combined should without delay proceed to secure the advantages to be gained by so doing with regard to mr Wood woodhouse bouse uso thompson co ce it is simply a question of legality if they can hald their entries by law and they claim they can I 1 would advise buying their improvements but when properly laid before the citizens they must decide this for themselves thra there is ia a first class opportunity for a larga amount of water at t trifling cost and it t remains to be ba teen seen whether the citizens desire to 0 grasp such opportunity or not yours dc GEO II if fr FEKE member fember of council |