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Show B' I -C THE WATER QUESTION. : . ) It is coitululy timo'ouv city fathers flH Nero considering Uui water question, B alul tlmt seriously. On Monday tho HHE wator was off nil day, there not being flB ! ho much as enough, to get a drink in Hlj i largo portion of the town. This Is n flBVj . serious iiuestloii confronting a city flflfl) i , , ; of eight thousand people. And too. It K ' m V i Is nothing now. Wo remcinbcr tho flflflji . same nnnunl occurence for yoars v iiH . back, nnd annually tho same roar HHHS ! ' goes out. Think of tho damagOH a flflfl riro would do lu tho business distilct HHHr B on a day when tho wator is all turned j off. Tho property that would go up flflflj lu .smolto would pay for n dneti can- flfl nlsi'itud leservnlrs. ; ' Tho water master Is not to blame. flflBi It Isjils duty to clean tho canal and Bflfli p resorvoh and see that both aro kept r i Bi' as nearly sanitary as possible. Tho flBfl 4 city council, too, pel haps does not BBb ' ' know Just whole to get tho money to BBV ;j make tho noccssary lni)roomout. Hut H it is up to them to get It. Hut where flB 4 f and how? Well, wu don't know but wo flflj I ' havu heat (I It mentioned that several flB '" thousand dollais were going to ho flB , ! sent for sidewalk crosslngh, etc., flfla' nnd wo say better forego finpiovo- BflV.v meiits or this kind anil put the money flB u" tho water system. Aside from tho IBs-', necessity of tho water In case of flro BflJI wo hna tho sewer nuostlon. What flfla'- sense Is thoro In forcing peoplo to HBs' , connect with tho sewer, nnd then HB leave thum without water for a whole flfll; 'ly. Tlirow down the otlior Improve- B' ments and take euro of tho water Hji ' "rst-l-et's havo water. Mako the town B -V et with wnter. H, fe ,l l tniu KI. tho ruBortoIr must Bj ' bu cleaned, but u. few tliouMiiml dot. flflfl hirs will build auotlmr. Tho city needs Ht' , lw1 "y way. Then ono can be used flSF i tt ' when tho otlior Is being cleaned and Bk undei going repairs. Thoro Is no oo- Hfi caslou fur this condition of affnlss to BBv. occur again. HBV l Hulld a new icsouolr and cmul, it flBVJ7 necessiuy this fall, so It will bo HB J i ly tor use next spring. Tho pies- PEM j cnt administration can do nothing Kl " tlult wl11 ',0 more uulvursallj appiov- VI ed than to bring tho wator system up- BB. |