The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-23
THE HVDRoPHosE.

The HNDRoPHo6E.
1t takes a good memory and presence
of mind to make q successful liar; and
The Daily Adullamite has neither OF
these attributes of success in It's
chosen vocation, as witness its attitude
ON the water question. on September
3 1902. Ezra Thompson. who was then
mayor of Salt Lake. issued a proclama-
ton limiting sprinkling OF lawns 10
two days OF the week. Conditions then
were much as they are now, and COM
rnenting on them our esteemed subur-
ban contemporary said. editorislly:
In view of the apparent need that
lawn Hprinl1ling be restricted on ac-
count OF the scarcity of water, we pre-
sumo that the people generally viii
acquiesce gracefully. IL unwillingly, in
the resolution of the city council and
the proclamation Of the mayor limit
ing such sprinkling to two days of
the week.
That was three years ago when the
city had about 10000 fewer users of
water than it has today, but the same
eminent authority which counseIIed
'acquiescencs' in the mayors procla-
nation now advises citizens TO violate
exactly the same proclamation, word
for word, issued by Mayor Morris, and
TO ciuch its advice It says;
The people all understand that the
so-called water famine Is q pretense,
a. political and personal intrigue; that
II is neither necessary nor actual, and
ters who have not the courage to carry
out their own intrigue. but who refuse
to prosecute high-up church violators
Of the proclamation while threatening
vengeance on the public in general who
might commit the same violations that
the church officials actually do COM
NIT with impunity."
A recent story tells of a man who
was picked I'D in cyclone and landed
in a preachers yard some miles away.
The good man picked up the stranger
felt OF his bones. discovered he was
alive, revived him and then asked him
where he was from. When the preacher
had heard the story. he said solemnly,
The Lord was with you, my brother
We'll" the stranger replied, the
Lord may have been with me. but if
he was he was going some"
This water famine may be a "politi-
cal and personal intrigue" but if it is
the Lord has been with it. and he has
been going some" in the way OF
weather. None but three-ply, post
graduate member of the feeble-ninded
school would charge the present water
intrigue" when the weather records
show that this is the first August in
twenty years that has had no rains:
particularly is the charge foolish when
the measurements OF water supply in
the canyons show a remarkable short
age IN primary sources OF supply.
The simple truth is that no matter
what the city administration does or
does not do, the Adullamites, like
David's companions In the historic
cave, would have "a kick coming. -
They object to the Big Cottonwood
water plan which will settle the city's
water problem for years to come; they
object to a four-eent car fare, they
object to cheaper lights They kick
because there is little water and kick
because there is a prospect OF more.
Before they get through they'll be
kicking because they have to live.
Naturally, when a man gets in such a
mood his vision is opaque and his
ability to tell the truth is seriously
impaired and his Judgment of other
mems motives is worth about two
cents on the dollar
Fortunately for salt Lake, the num-
Der of atrabilious Adullamites in
town is limited and growing more
limited every day. The obstruetionists
are going TO have water and plenty Of
it whether they want it or not: the
people already have their four-cent car
fare and seem to take 10 it kindly: the
cost OF electric light is lower than il
ever has been and the contract for the
Big Cottonwood conduit win be let in
less than two weeks, and construction
viii be under way Immediately.
II the Adullamites want to kick no.
body can stop them, but the rest of us
are feeling pretty cheerful about the
outlook for Salt Lake. The Western
Pacific contracts have been let and be-
fore we know It. the Gould people viii
be scratching gravel across the Jordan
river No city in the west, and very
few in the country, has as much cause
10 expect a period OF solid and rapid
growth as Salt Lake Wherefore, The
prospect for the kicker and obstruc-
ZIONIST is gloomy. Perhaps that is why
he kicks.