Show A windy subject editor times there is a vast amount of energy going to waste every day of our lives which is able and willing to do any an amount of hard work for us but some how the farmers of iron county have little or no it now there is much money and time spent in employing electricity to do lots of our hard work and it is a great help to the women folks in their domestic affairs but remember this force is very dangerous even eren experts lose their lives by ditc itc it four faur men killed in utah during the last week even iron court cour tvr has furnished some victims to say nothing about two expensive motors that were utterly ruined during the week I 1 with loss los s of valuable time when the crop needed the water badly and for all I 1 know the farmer may have to pay for the power whether he used it or not and again we have sometimes ti sent to salt lake for fifteen dollar a day men to put things in in running order which they do and their blunders had to be corrected by our local mechanics so much by way of keeping up my reputation of being a knocker and now being something of an old fashioned millwright I 1 want to say a good word for that faithful old servant the windmill there are a great many good thing to its credit and nothing of the trad gedy that follows in the wake of the juice 10 one objection to the windmill is that it does not run always true but many farmers have reservoirs that could be filled when the wind is blowing and then the water would be on hand when needed another serious objection to the modern windmill is that it is too easily blown down true again but the manufacturer wants to sell vou a high tower on which to place his mill and the higher the tower the more liable to destruction but it is a great waste of money and utterly at variance with common sense on our open bottom lands in iron county there is no need for high towers plenty high enough when the sails would not knock 5 our hat off in passing piLl sing under it possibly there are more objections to windmills but I 1 will let the other fellow attend to them there is plenty of local talent to build substantial mills that would last ladt a lifetime and abundance good lumber the initial expense would not be great A suitable pump and piping of couise couche would be necessary as well as some hardi hardware thereby keeping money at home and reducing the high cost of living and giving employment to workers here at home ose the wind then thee the e is plenty and it is willing to work for nothing and board itself the windmill is not an experiment it has been in use hundreds of years doing much good and little harm the agricultural department at washington wallsend will send you instructions on windmill building free for asking in conclusion let me say that I 1 am not an agent or salesman for windmills yours for progress ALEX MATHESON |