Show city Cor council uncil in short session the city council met in regular se sion tuesday night with all members present but councilman horsley fred thomas made complaint of the way in which water ater from the street was flooding his property and inas as promised relief ns as soon as the weather permitted C F emery a deputy of the state board of health addressed the council on the water supply stating that conditions were bad and suggesting that it was up to the council to get a supply of pure water from another louice he ile failed to state however wh it was that the state beaw of health with unlimited cited authority was taking no steps to see that the present source of supply was not contaminated by the towns and camps above here it may be s slid ild in passing that price has plenty of water and the ater would be good if the state blaid of health gave his this city the pi election tion to which it is entitled it is apparent however to the most casual observer that where them thero is a chance of incurring tho the displeasure of a largo large corporation tho the state board can be discreetly silent R E caldwell of salt lake who just happened to drop into price coincident with mr appear anco ance here addressed the council offering to make mako a preliminary survey end estimate cst imato of the cost of bringing water from near colton to the town towns of price and helper the water committee was n as instructed to confer with mr caldwell in regard to the matter at some future dau datt tho the report of the electric light committee embodying a new scale of prices was read and placed on file pending an tin investigation aaion of a proposition by G 11 manson of scofield who wishes to take over tho the plant for a period of three years with a guarantee of perfect service and no increase inci ease case in the present schedule of prices Maor ma or gunderson wanted to know if the council wanted to continue paying the salary of a probation officer while the county gathered in the fines councilman Mel mckinon finnon explained that the chief duties of the probation officer were not to collect fines but to admonish and protect children of tender age from the pitfalls by which they were surrounded and after some discussion it was agreed to continue the present arrangement ran gement the council adjourned in ample time for the prize fight sammy williams and N ife returned saturday from a trip to denver Don vr where sam was a bitnes vit uit nebS nes in federal court against a jap charged wita ian white whit slavery tho the government failed to get enough evidence to convict and the jap was given his liberty while mr and mrs williams Willi tIms were away somebody broke into their home and carried away 50 worth of jewelry some clothing and provisions beside 9 spending a night in their bed the house is a doubly double one and mr bir and mrs G D wood who are 1 away on a visit occupy the other half which was also ransacked but I 1 mr williams is not able to tell whether an thing was stolen here |