Show VE RM I 1 L ahn 11 RESERVOIR suit to have it declared nuisance rocky ford irrigation Coir pany to be made defendant in case to be filled by the state attorney general breeden ha hia been in RILl ifield the past few das dabs looking into the matter of the condition 0 ot the vermilion i re servon and p all pr Dared to begin suit to have the reser reservoir Noir put out of exist ance as a menace to public health I 1 for a ion time the matter has been under discus discussion bion the residents of sigurd made a vigorous vig irous kick lat last year against the continuance of the reservoir on the ground that the backing of the water from the dam clear up into sigurd made hf life a burden to the people of that town the county health authorities were cited and they said that there was nas no grounds for attributing the ill health that prevailed around sigurd to the water of the reservoir failing to get succor from that source the state board of health was appealed to and dr beatty dispatched an assistant to the site of the reservoir to investigate he unhesitatingly pronounced against the reservoir and said that with the storing of the waters in the reservoir laige quantities of decaying animal and vegetable matter were deposited and as the waters were drawn off during the irrigation season this decaying matter was exposed to the sun and foul effluvia was nas given off integ the atmosphere atmo shere contaminating earit to that extent that disease was sure to result it is a fact that sigurd has had a larze laree share share of sickness and the mot prevalent in the past has been typhoid fever which lends color to the decision dee ision of the health boards expert epert that the sickness arie ane it from the miasma from the stagnant waters left nhun ihen the reser re senoir Noir i ia lowered in the summer time there is however hoever another side to the case the people who built the reservoir say thit that the same conditions prevailed at sigurd before the reservoir was in exi ex istance sance and they point to the fact that the river at that point has eaten a channel which aich stretches almo almot t across the valley near sigurd and vermilion that the high in the toie part of the seaon oer flowed this large area and when the water receded tle the hollows hollos and places scooped out by eddies were left filled with aith water and during the summer these became staga int and were ere a worse orse menace to the health of the people thin the conditions bertain it is ib that there were nere and ponds in the old river bed years before the construct constructor on of the vermilion reservoir and these were mere the abiding places of frogs thit made night hideous with their croaking if the attorney general finds conditions to justify the contention of the people of sigurd backed by the health board lie he will institute proceedings ce to have the declared a nuisance the rhe case will be entitled the board of health of the state of utah c rel vs the rocky ford irrigation company in th compoint as now dow made out after reciting the allegations of decaying matter being deposited under the backed up waters of the reservoir and that the lo lowering nering of the waters exposes tbs abs to the sun and disease results from the impregnated atmosphere the plaintiff asks for an order of ii the court restraining the defendant continued on eighth page VERMILION RESERVOIR continued from first page company from drawing off any an of the mater irom the reservoir or lowering it in any ray may until a final hearing of 0 the cass case is had and a decision rendered in the case should such an order le ie made it is easy to see the finish of a great number of the farmers of salina redmond and aurora there are thousands of acres with bountiful crops promised for this season which will be a wilderness of waste and destruction in fact the farms of this most prosperous community will be ruined and all the work of 3 ears swept away it has cost untold wealth to dev develops elope these farms and by irrigation methods to wash wah wa sh the soil boil clan chan of mil ann e als and turn this large area of formerly useless land into boil of the most product ie kind it will p py ir these f farmers to buy out the town of sigurd rather than to abandon t e source of their irrigation water the obliteration of that reservoir v fiill all be a lamity calamity ca to the north half of sevier county and the men behind the suit should be eure aure they are right before such extreme measures are resorted to here is another chase of the ease case that is being urged it is pointed out that the town has been located in the wrong place from the very be ginning the place has been noted for its swampy location men who are in a position to know whereof they speak say that it m i ill be but a matter of nf a few years until the town of sigurd will be moved up on to the bench and with the coming of the big scheme of the rese voir and canal state there will be a mo moie e toward the Ina tinn of nf the town on the high lands under the new canal there is IB said to be an abundance of pure water obtainable from mountain springs just west of sigurd which will avoid the difficulty of the miasma an aasma of the bottom lands landa these things thinas should be carefully looked into before an attempt is made to destroy an enterprise ter prise of such proportions as the vermilion reservoir coulty commissioners meet the county commissioners were in session last monday but there was little business of any importance to transact some routine matters and claims for salaries for the month occupied the attention of the board mrs annie julander and annie M christensen were added to the indigent list the former to be paid 5 and the latter 3 per month mrs libbie iv 0 applied assistance for tho the care of a crippled child which prevented her from earning a livelihood the aepli cation was accompanied by a letter from the attending physician and after due consideration the board granted her relief in the sum of 10 per month A new flag was ordered for the courthouse and it will be d I 1 large one and vv will all be flung to the breeze on national holidays A supply of antitoxins for indigent eases cases was oraf ordered red in accordance with the circular of the state board of health this will be under the I 1 al mediate direction of dr mcgregor A committee from monroe appeared before the commissioners to aak as to their attitude in the proposed change in of road tt 0 rough the fields f fion on O n monroe to central there is a legal question involved ib as to tho tha right of the commissioners to enter condemnation proceedings s tor for the ind which the new road will tr iverie the matter vaa R as laid over until legal aan adieh ic can be obtained the monroe people are anxious to have this change made in the rold roid and they are arc of 0 the opinion it will be an advantage to all having to travel between heie an and monroe chich it undoubtedly will be there being no further business the commissioners adjourned |