Show A PRIVILEGE NOT A RIGHT BIGHT WE are in receipt of a communication from A citizen citizens who wha complains bitterly of the la lack ek of water on the north bench of the ward while there is anabui an abundance for the people lower down in 1 1 the city he wants to know why one portion of the city can have plenty of water and another portion not any also whether or not the settlers ett lers in his vicinity when they made their locations were guaranteed the necessary water for irrigation and domestic purposes we do not think it wise to 0 publish the communication in full as it would give rise to a controversy likely to promote acrimonious feelings but we will answer our correspondents queries the reason tor for the difference he alludes to 1 ii simply thia thil one part of the city has water rights secured many years ago which are as valid as the right to the land the portion in which he lives was settled after those rights had accrued to the other portion ahr those se who settled in that upper country did so with the distinct understanding that the jand land had no right to water which belonged to the lower district those who chose to occupy the upper benches chanced obtaining ir g the water which our correspondent seems now to claim as a right this answers hl his quer query y in regard to guaranties guarantees guaran ties no such guaranty as he hw speaks of was ever given to the settlers settle s in ih liia his vicinity neither could it be he seems te to think this unjust but he might just as well claim a pa part rt of some sonia pers persona onla city lot on the ground that he has none and needs P a I alece piece as to lay jay claim to the tre tte water the use of which ia is one of the rights accruing to that lot by privilege and cou courtesy icesy it ia Is pbs possible sible sibie that the settlers above the water ditch may obtain a small supply of the irrigating fluid nuts but they cannot claim it as a right thelded rhe Th the eldea idea that new settlers can cau locate upon land outside ota ofa of a district entitled to water supply and compel those within it to yield their vested rights for the accommodation mo dation of the newcomers new comers is preposterous post erous at the bime sime bame same time all people should be willing to accod accommodate each other as far as consistent and the golden rule should prevail in jn irrigating matters just as much as in other affairs the municipal authorities also should endea endeavor or to obtain for the citizens as adequate a water supply as is possible under the circumstances and this we believe they have done and intend to do as time and opportunity shall permit and t they ney hey have shown lenity to the pe people op ae in the dry places by remitting taxes 1 thus proving a desire to assist them as faras far as consistent it is right for those who have plenty to assist others who are in need but it is not right for the needy to claim as a right that which they should only crave as a privilege |