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Show THE LBIII JUNCTION. Is the Place for the Leaching Works. AN APPEAL FOR WATER By the People in anil around that Locality. By what kind of reasoning does Mil Water Hoard claim the right to shut oh" tho water from this end of tho town without notlco of nny kind being given to tho resident tax-payers, land owners and owners of water rights. Undor tho incorporations, wo havo been treated to tills kind of business luoro or less, for tho past 15 or 10 years. Tho north end of Lchl would havo been to-day, n pleasant nnd beautiful place of residence with orchards nnd pleasant homes, If but a fair chauco had been conceded, or vnlno for our money nnd labor had accrued to us. Wo claim that In tho past 15 years, there has been ten or llftcen thousand dollars In wasted labor, and that is equal to eo much cash lost, leaving out of the question whnt might havo been tho increased valuation of proporly with the proper nnd Judicious uso of water. Had wo ns residents nnd land owners of Lchl, had the leant Idea fifteen or sixteen years ago that no chanco wl.atovcr would bo given us to make homes hero and help build the town, wo could hnvo decided upon some other placo to get wntcr, with half tho sum tho tost nnd ruined labor amounts to. Wo could hao put in pumps or sunk n number of wells nnd with tho waste water of tho old part of town nB n motor, could hnvo pumped wntcr from thrco to live miles taking in tho prciont location of tho Junction and surrounding lands, making of them n placo to bo desired. Hut wo havo struggled strug-gled on from year to year against great odds, hoping for better times nnd lacking lack-ing tho unity that should hao characterized charac-terized our InliorH during this past in years. Tho tax notlco tor water, City and Schools, County and poll taxes havo been placed undor our nose every year nnd when so poor from lack ot returns from our wasted laliors, ruined crops, and dead trees, the olllccrs linva been sent out to seo if tbero was anything left of valuo to secure, and sell to pny tho tax. How long is this kind of business busi-ness to continue to our detriment and loss, nleu tho loss to Lvlii ns n growing city? With tho possibility, thero is in lower l.cbi for flowing wells, and at times tho mud, slush, nnd great bodies of stagnant water giving oil death nnd diseaHo wo think it possible that water might bo employed to great advantage and increased wtmllh bv annlvins some tu (ho 1101th end of the town, or by allowing us to have what is our right. I.ebi Water Hoard and honorablo City Council : What do you think about this mnttcr? If you think for our good, please act promptly, for something must bo dono for our good or gieat loss will occur again to your fellow citizens in this part ot Lebi. In fact, is occuriug at present, for somo have been waiting two or three weeks for their turn to water, and it was shut ofT over n week ago, without any notlco whatever, and beforo thoy had watered through the cluba. Moreover, a mild and gentlemanly gentle-manly request was sent in some time ago, to the Water Board, by tho water-master water-master and acting board of this ditch for their kind consideration, but 110 action has been taken, and no aiiBwor received. The request or petition showed prompt action should bo taken to save loss and set this mnttcr at rest once for all. Humors of moro railroad this end of the valley. Lehl Junction and the surrounding sur-rounding locality should according to our reasoning, bo a good location for smelting, leaching, sampling nnd concentrating con-centrating works, alio brick making and limo burning. Intersected as at present bv three snlendld enuimied railroads. with rumors of other branches coming this way; opening up n naturally rich and fertile valley, to the east, west, north and south. Around this great railroad contrc Ho tho rich, but partially developed de-veloped mining camps of American Fork Canyon, Alpino Canyon j tho now mining min-ing district ot tho north-cast mountain, backed by Alia, Cottonwood and the mineral range running through to I'nrk city, tho Ophir, Dry Canyon, Lcwiston, Camp Floyd, lionton, llouldur, Sihor city and tho great camp of Kurcku, Also West Tintlc and further west and south-west to tho new camp of Deep Crock nnd Fish Spiings. Making in all, a grand array of milling camps, that should support such works as mentioned above, if, entered at this point with 11 certain and Bine supply of oro of oory grade. Tho roads are hero alt equipped and ready to bring in everything to build and equip such works. Why fhould the eyei of capitalists be turned to nny other point, or Influence used to that end, when right hero is tho place. Whero brick-clay fire-olay, sand and limo rock nndoreof every grade exists in immense, quantities, with roads hero to bring in tho oro to bo sampled smelted, leached, concentrated, or rctincd. The railroad laid out in such 11 manner with cheap hinds intervening, and nrleBian well water attainable in unlimited quantities: quan-tities: that should bring tbli locality to the front us thu placo ot business of tho character named. Mn. W. K. Hutciiinob the operator at the II. V. Junction cilice, is suffering from a voiy bad cold, nnd weak lungs, and is taking 11 much needed rest. We trust ho will toon recover nnd be at his post again. Mr. Hutching would do well to take a trip to tho mountains. Husiness seems tobe oxtrcmely good, on the U. 1 & B, L, W. roads, judging from tho nllrubei of Indus running through licic. On Wednesday night we bad quite a a number of the advance general of 'nit gieal body ( men moving over .lie cnrlh, tho "tramp." North I.chl wants water I Give us water ot wu perish. |