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Show DEVELOPING WATER SOURCES. v A visit to the property of Mrs. Emma Briggs will icvial the fifel that some good work is being be-ing doiif by the water ,lxard. which we Indicve should have been done by our city fathers. The water boa id by paying a small amount to Mrs. Briggs has obtained pcYmission to make some e. eriments and also atcer-tuiu atcer-tuiu what can be done in the way of obtaining an inereae water supply fir at least a part ofouriity. Pies. Evans of the Lehi Irrigation Co. has, Aith the aid of live men, dug some sixty or more rods of tiench on tho south side of the San Pedro railroad rail-road track and by so doing have alieady obtained a half-second fool of water. If Mr. Evans is succcfcbful in his endeavors, wo aie satisliod ho will wondorfully increas. tho Mow ho has already obtained, which we think he can dei, lor there is no doubt but what the water is thoie only awaiting to lx bremghl to the surface. It is a known fact that a csnsider-ablo csnsider-ablo amount of water could bo obtained by going noith of the Briggs .larm. It the present development'' de-velopment'' piovo a succosb, i there will bo no trouble in obtaining ob-taining tho necessary means to ' make fuilher developments. Wo ( believe our city should not be asleep to what is going on in the i matter. |