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Show SOME MISTAKES MADE. HB " Twenty-the, tlfty years ago, men BH who could sec ahead advised and urged HB that the abnormally largo blocks in BH Logan city be cut in two with alley HB wajs, this giving access to tear lots Hh and making Is p ssiblu to iitlllc ibe HJ immense quantity of ground In the HA1 center now unavailable for any put- IHH pose. That change could have been made then with llltlo Inconvenience and piactlcallj no cost, but the men h who urged this were looked upon as SB?' fools and cranks. Today ttic clticns BH of Logan would give much if such ad- BH vice had been heeded, and If Logan BB ever becomes a city theso blocks will Bfl have alloy ways cut through them ic- Bfl gardlcss of the cost. A few ears ago BB sumo citizens advised against the Hh j placing of electric light and telephone HB I poles In the center of the streets, but HB their advice went unheeded, and to- HB day wohave In tho streets tluee un- HB sightly, Inconvenient strings of poles HB which might have been placed in tho HB alley vvajs had theso been opened HB when they should. For years the HB publlo of Logan has felt the necessity B of a sewerage system and a supply of HB water from mounttun springs rather BH than the river direct. Yet It was do- B. cided that a gicat sum of money BH could better be spent on a muulclpal H electric light plant, a proposition HB JaBVak Vhk bVhVhVhh, IIHbVhVhbIii which Logan could well have gotten along without, considering the fact that there was already a successful sjstcin In operation In tho city, giving giv-ing service at a reasonable rate. Tiik HiiruiiMCAN has no quarrel with the electric light plant, believing that It can, must and will eventually prove winner In the present situation, but we do say that many Important propositions propo-sitions have been handled In u "bass-ackward" "bass-ackward" manner In tho past, and that It's time these mistakes were teaching some lessons of value. Tiik Kki'Uiimuan believes that to not purchase pur-chase tho Hercules light system Is a far greater mistake than was made In not putting alleys through these blocks; It believes that tho expenditure expendi-ture of money on the roads of this county until specifications arc on Hie and every builder Is made to conform strictly to them Is not expended to the best advantage; it believes that It Is a sad mistake to not provldo more perfect lire protection In Logan; It believes be-lieves Logan should have better water and sewerage These are vital question ques-tion and as mistakes have been made In the past, so will mistakes be made In the futuie If these matters are not attended to at the earliest opportunity. opportuni-ty. In a minor way, the users of ditch wati'r In the city make a mistake mis-take in not getting together and making mak-ing a dellnltc lime schedule for the use of the water; the city Is making a mistake In not having some dellnltc plan In view and working to It In the removal of gravel from the temple hill: the water users of the county are making a mistake if they do not get together promptly and settle their dilleicnccs out of court. If jo" happen hap-pen to bo living In tlfty ears just call up these words. |