Show WATER WATER WATER the importance of a community situated as we are possessing an ample supply of 0 water cannot be overestimated it is to us a question of the most vital interest for our supply of the staff of life is main maln mainly y depan dependant dant upon it tae ground round may be carefully tilled the ahe seeds pla pia planted n ted and the practiced labor of the most skilled agriculturist expended in ili vain it if there ia Is not a sufficient water supply to moisten the earth and feed the tha growing crops until they fully developed dev elope we have 0 to o rely almost alto aito altogether ether on the supply obtained from the mountain streams to irrl irrigate ate 1 being deprived to a very great extent of the hearen heaven given iven ivea fertilizer that drops down its blessings in countries countr res fes more favored in th thin this respect these streams we have occasionally found to fall fail us in the hour of our need the large quantity of snow that fell during the latter part of last winter and the early part of the present spring seemed to prom promise lse ise i a plentiful supply of water throughout the season but the streams have diminished in volume very rapidly there not laving having been Buff auf icle icie t for iome kome some bome time tima past to irrigate t the land under cultivation in the city and contiguous to it the demand for water is li yearly in increasing creasing with iii u lots are being taken up fruit trees are being set out in some places in large numbers and the wants of a continually and rapidly increasing population have to be me met by increased produce of various kinds these facts point out the necessity of seeking an increased supply from boms some other source or sources than those now in ule uia use uve even if the fierce scorching of our sometimes intensified summer healt hea t did not no measurably dry up the streamy streams empl empi employed emp loye oyei for irrigation purposes under these considerations the tle mabs mass meeting noticed in another cloumn co dmn was held to take measures for increasing the tha supply and meeting doting tho the growing biec dosity two plans have been pio proposed posed either of which is perfectly feasible and bOth may be acted isted upon that action will be taken in the mitter w we e have bare no doubt that the hearty operation cooperation co of our citizens will facilitate in the rapidly development of that action requires no argument to prove what the benefit will ulti alti i ti be to to the community would be difficult to estimate if an arithmetical calculation were made based upon known facts and well estimated results of the amount in dollars that would be realized b by y the community through having a plentiful supply of water oyer the gross tot alof the produce of their labor in culli i bating the soil with a limited and imperfect bup sup p ly I 1 f the figures woud 9 beem seem almost falu lous ilous we have made a rough calculation taking 0 into consideration alone the probable quantity of land under cultivation bat but the amunt ament reached is BO so high that we would prefer ifer others working out the problem for them ise lse selves ves instead of reading our figures a 1 looked upon in the light of an investment of means alone it would be about the best paying one that our citizens could engage in but when we view the thousands of acres abraugh this valley that can be brought into cultivation now lying idly awaiting the wo wok ka nana lana yuta jula hand and the fertilizing element and andt consider the rapid increase to our OUT population it becomes a duty and a necessity of the most I 1 imperative nature to use the means meana within our reach for obtaining water to irrigate the cultivatable land where abere it can be done A walk through the city today to day would show i a serious falling olt off both in the quantity and quality of the fruits vegetables etc in the gardens from whai what the luxuriant prospect of two months ago led the owners to reasonably ex expect hect then with a plentiful supply of water everything looked most promising and indicated a more than average plenteousness now there are abundant evidences of immature ripening and consequent favure failure of ot de velo in the articles raised that mature late that thia this is caused by insufficient irrigation all know and one great reason for the scarcity of water should not be I 1 lost sight light of the water that will abundantly irrigate one lot ana and noi nor more will certainly be clent for two the quantity that sufficed for the city some years ap aga would now be too little even under the moat most favorable circumstances aul ani and in a season aserson the most humid of any we have ever had it has to be divided into a greater number of small stream streams 3 consequently the modicum to each lot is reduced in quantity tv er or the time of using it is less this will continue and every year the cause that necessitates the reduction of the quantity which each lot or block has the right to use will increase as our population increases and the actual city limits are extended this is the very thing that renders it a necessity to obtain a further water supply and this all our citizens arb are perfectly co cognisant cognizant 0 bisant of we hop bop therefore that all will feel interested enough in the mitter matter to take an active part in endeavoring to accomplish fhe the object ia in rhew view the boring of artesian wells wella will furnish copious and continuous streams ot of water these will divert a portion of city creek from i particular localities in the city to others thereby augmenting their thir th ir supply and they will also furnish material for tor embellishment and adornment in the erection of fountains by those who have hase taste and means keans ans to do so i the advantages of bringing out the jordan i are so obvious and so great that it needs no comment we will wait the rep rt artof of the committee appointed for the survey feeling I 1 assured that so ne necessary and laudable a project will before a great while become a fact the subject of artesian wells is an interesting one and we may recur to it again meantime we hope the people will energetically second the movement made that we may be speedily placed in possession of so necessary an element of prosperity |