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Show Roots Shut Oft City's Water Supply Superintendent of Waterworks W. J (lurney, with lto.su Roberts, Mario. Walker, Ford Iloboits, Mllo Johnsc and Less Zimmerman, returned Tiles day rrom a week's work cleaning root, out of tho water system at the Intak above Alpine They wore assisted b. several from Alpine. Forty rods of plpo was taken ii iniif biokeu to pieces beenuse of it having become ho choked up with roots that II was almost Impossible foi the water to gel through. The forl rods was replaced with new pipe. A hole la llic pipe the sle of a lead pet. cil will permit u loot lo enter that hi l year will grow so rapidly that it fill, tho plpo so tightly that no power cni pull It out. Many more feet will hnv to bo taken up In the spring. Mr (lurney says that cemented Joints are not imp'rvli root: gelling In the pipe. '1 i.v- lvtncd) will be to lay east Iron pipes will leaded Joints, or lo lay the plpo s: feet deep in Jhe ground nnd tuuu Into the hill to the water's source r, supply. The city has a filing with tho state engineer for iiiciv-nsliig (;. wuier by means or tunneling, ublc may he done In tho coming spring m summer |