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Show people of ils usnfulni-gs. Every city in the Uniou has allowed allow-ed its citizons to maiutaiu a ces.- ool system until such time as the public could afford to build and maiulain a sswer system, Aud many of the leading lead-ing cities of this state are doing eo today. Which is the most dangerous to the public health, to m-iintain a well covered cov-ered cesspool where the refuse ia quietly qui-etly returned to mother earth, or have the slops and refuse on the ground surface in the backyard to create flie, perchance carry it away and empty in a dry channel to become a sickening nuisice aud a germ breeder like the private sewer already built in this city? Did the people consent to the contracting con-tracting of this great expense for a water system, to enjoy its usefulness? or have they put it in just for au ornament? orna-ment? Will the people submit to live as in the past, namely, without the convenience of hot and cold water in their homes, or bathroom accommodations? accommo-dations? No! Wa';e up, city council, and piss an ordiuauce regulating the proppr covering cov-ering aud maintaining, cleaneing and disiufecting, of cesspools. Give to the people the greatest opportunity possible to enjoy the usefulness of that beautiful water they are so dear ly paying for. City, Feb 8. OS. A CRITICISM Editor Gazette : -Lockout, plumbers! Be ready to leave town, for your business is curtailed cur-tailed to a minimum. No use for bath looms and bath tubs in Gunui eon so, in effect, aays the city board of health. Get out of town, all ihose who would build with a desire to enjoy en-joy the oraforU of a modern constructed con-structed home Is the city at this time" financially able to build and maintain a sewer system ? If so, get it in aud provide the necessary water to carry away the refuse. f the city is not ready to do this, then what? Let us see. The city authorities have, for the past two years, been using their beat influence to gtrt the people to obligate themselves to the extent of thirty thousand dollars to put in a most necessary ne-cessary water system for the upbuilding upbuild-ing of the city and tha betterment of all coQcerued, Now the water systsm is in, the city authorities seem to be striving their best to find some technical tech-nical point by which to deprive the |