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Show FLOODED ROADS. Almost everywhere we go we find the roads flooded with wnter from Irrigation Ir-rigation ditches. On the west tract, between Delta annf7nckley, and between be-tween Hinckley and Deseret, we 111 I ro.uls almost Impassable because the ftrmers allow their ditch banks to Overflow and the water t) run at Its own sweet will for rods along the roads There Is no excuse lor this, and water masters ought to compel , every farmer to keep his ditches In order. Koad Commissioner lienuett . ''Ai us that those who allow their; d.ti'hes to overflow Into a county road re subject to a flue, an I that com-plaints com-plaints will be made to the c:iunty at- . torney against some of these ..benders. (Nothing will more thoroughly dis- , Rust prospective settlers than Die con- . dittoa of some of our roads. If the roads were kept fife of mud and the ditches pnnierly bridged this would ' !' the finest country In tho world for automobiles, but these deslra'ile traveler trav-eler will never come through the ( country again after once trying to nivlgate our Hooded r.mds. Dr. liroaddiis say his auttomoblle has . bea si, I i led several times In the mud, and one can easily see that lives niiiht. be sacrificed by this condition if the roads. . it is useless to advertise the w ruler-fut ruler-fut resources of this country and bring (eople Into It and over such roads. Thy will conclude that If the people are too shlltloss to keep their roads from being flooded they are not a de-slra'ile de-slra'ile iwoplc to live among, and will took for a community with a little diiore public spirit. They might come to th same conclusion on seeing the fax tail luxurantly growing mi every riinal bauk J |