Show ROUTE SECURE FROM FLOODS tho ciocho record in its issue of jan uses the account of the hoods in washington county as an argument against this route being selected for the main line of the silt lake route this argument would leold good if the railroad pro posed following along the lines af by hoods and washes but tho fact of the matter is that alie best and most feasible route for the main line of alio salt lake route through this country lies for the most part through territory not subject to hoods and where it would go through hood effected districts the natural course grade and everything else considered would run high above all danger on a good solid roadbed the main damage done by hoods in this county on dec was in part of the county lying north and west of st george the creek holts creek that carried away our mail hows out onto the escalante desert and lielas to swell the lake through winch the salt lake route now runs to the state line santa clara creek another one responsible for some damage also runs southwesterly on the west side of st george but the route offering the grades to a north and south road through tins county is not through the district affected by recent hoods it lies to the cast of st george and will afford a good secure roadbed all the way and in no place can it be touched by hoods the grade is easy too being only one and si tenths per cent oer its worst thirty miles not two and three per cent as has been so frequently stated from st george there is a nearly even grado to the virgin narrows winch for about three miles offers difficult work and after the narrows are passed a good grade can be secured cither to st thomas or moapa if it should be decided to avoid the narrows a grade less than one and one half per cent can can bo had from st george 01 er the jackson divide either way of these two routes a line can be run from thermo or lund or between these two places that will give a better grade and a shorter line than the old one through meadow valley wash nol hoods will not touch the main line of the salt lake route should it decide to run this way and besides it will run through profitable territory than it previously had and wll develop wonderfully rich territory that is only aw acting a railroad to unload its riches in this issue will bo found a communication muni cation from the city healtha board of st george in which the people are advised to take precautions against and hies by cleaning out corral and out bald and keeping them clean wo hope the people will act on the suggestions gest ions therein contained for they are wise and well timed much bickness can be avoided by exercising care and precaution and this la especially true in tho spring time the fly nuisance could be nearly if not quite done away with if the people would all work in a war of extermination of the little pests and this war should start now with their first appearance the children beier encouraged to kill every one they see flies are filthy insects and they carry disease germs they fly from the most messes and fifthe places onto clean food and contaminate it kill them off and start right now to do it the mulberry trees that line the sidewalks on some of our streets arc a nuisance nui since the fruit dropped bv them on the sidewalks and in alie ditches causes flies to congregate in immense and where they are to he they afford breeding places for the flies they should be cut down and clean shade trees planted in their place the barren mulberry the one that produces no fruit is one of the best for tins purpose it is a beautiful appearing tree with large glossy leaves quick of growt li does not harbor insects and has no faults that wo are aware of the poplar is another tree that is being extensively used for this purpose but it does not give the grateful shade that alie barren mulberry does trees of some kind bo planted to replace objectionable ones removed but they should not bo cot ton woods balm of gileadi gi leads silver maple or any of the that produce cotton for they are objectionable tio regard for the cites future should be had in this matter and only trees of a desirable kind planted wo are pleased to see that senator smoot has introduced a bill having for its object the annexation of the arizona strip to utah A telegraphic dispatch to the salt lake herald republican says that it is proposed to have it adach as an amendment to the arizona statehood bill in winch event there is a good chance of its going through the arizona belongs geographically to utah its natural boundary between utah and arizona is the colorado nver with the grand canyon an impassable barrier the inhabitants at the strip are separated from their county seat flagstaff by more miles of uninhabited acs and this distance they have to 50 in order to transact any legal business civil or criminal the austice of peace and constable of are the solo guardians of L domain of about thirty square rules to each inhabitant of the |