| Show THE STREETS THE streets of this city are in a deplorable condition traffic is impeded by mud in consequence much found with the city government political ial capital is being made of the mu mud d but a fair examination of ef the subject will show that such capital has only the strength and consistency of the material of which it is manufactured give any city located on prairie soil the precipitation of rain hail snow and sleet we have had since the middle of october and its streets would be mud y too unless they were all paved an ani 1 cleaned at frequent intervals the paving of the he streets reet of this city in a manner to obviate mud on them during sue such h weather as we have been having for weeks past would cost more than all a I 1 the buildings in town and nothing short of a pavement would resist the combined moisture and traffic we have lately had upon the streets the mud simply rant cant be helped the utmost that can be done is to somewhat obviate its inconveniences in the central part of the city main street is being macadam zed at a heavy expense but it is only an experiment in this soil and it is a forgone conclusion that the ni mud ud will have to be scraped scrape ii up and carted off the macadamized portion of the street at intervals even should experiment the be successful to the extent that can be reasonably expected citizens should possess their souls in patience get along with the mud the best way they can and not hold human beings responsible for forthe the results of natures actions and laws a s which man is unable to cope the more mud we have now the less dust we will wil I 1 have ha vein in some localities next summer because mud in our streets means snow in the mountains and the latter u usually qually plenty of water good crops and wealth for everybody |
