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Show COAL CREEK I IE ALL RIGHT. I Member of Health Board Makes a M Careful Examination. NO DEAD ANIMALS FOUND THEREIN. H Crcmntion on the Water Shed as a H Precautionary flensurc Against H Further Contnmlnutlon. H Iu ordor to determine tho sanitary H condition of tho creek and thocharao- H tor of tho wator that wo woro drink- H ing, tho board of health decidod to H send at least ono of thoir number to H muko an OMunluuiou of tho crook bed M from tho mouth of tho canyon to tho H head wnors, so that they would know H just what tho people woro drinking. j Accordingly Hon. John Parry and H Constable Isnuo Hniglit started up tho H canyon hmt Tuesday. It took them H nearly threo days to ,mako tho trip. ,H and Mr. Purry says Unit ho would not H undertake uuothor such job for dou- ..' bio wugos. Thoy followed the creek H up us far as tho forks and from theio H followed tho right-hand canyon, H climbing up water-falls, crawling H through tho ovor-haugiug brusli and 'H willows, following tho courso that tha H wator tjikoH and closely examining H tho banks for dead sheep or other an- H imuls, but thoy found none, although H thoy wont up to Mlddleton's ranch iu 'H thoir detormiuatiou to bo thorough. tfll Thoy also followed up the Urlo hoi- fllH low and oxuminod that branch, but lH with tho samo results, and tho only 1.1 doad nuimal that they found on that I ! part of the wator shod was a stcor at '''i'H loast threo-ipiartors of a milo from 'Ipl tho wator. Fonrlug thut it might, however, in somo way in tlmo of (JKifflJB' I flood find its way into tho wator sup- vSSpj .k 'Jly mad.. viMWMnout to w&, jmjP(M r IvuXmWd, , y V - J .w. i-JS-j H Thoy also carofully eSilmTiYol'thnc- " x 'fM part of tho wator shed that fcods tint H branch of tho crook that comes down H tho gulch, together with tho crook H ' itself that comes from that direction, H 1 and they found no uurcussos in thut H r part of tho crook, although thoy did H find iu tho uoigliborhood of a dosertod H sheep camp that hud evidently boon H 1 vacant since tho Hoods began, threo H doad snoop, thut ill case of a big flood H ,' might 1)0 wusliod into tho crook. jH Thet-o thoy thoroughly cremated. H They woro also told of another animal H that had boon pulled out of a small B tributary thut iu tho time or liigli r m wntor finds its way into tho crook, r '"B which thoy oxumined und mudo arran- V-B goniouts to havo tho owner cromnto. " H This boing nil thut thoy could M either iuo or hear of, ulthough bosides H exploring thoy mudo diligent enipilry, H thoy roturiiod home. All of thoso H uulmals woro from eight to ton miles H abovo town. Mr. Parry, uftor vlow- H ing tho situutiou up there, was moro M thuu ever convlncod of tho bonoflts yB that will result from tho forest re- H sorvo, if it is ovro put into effect. M |