Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-04-12
WATER MAKES
ANOs IL 'i'ii:;i;;, s.,%,.spURT
Fowler Spring Water Proposition Up Fol
Debate
THECOUNCIL CHAMBERPACKED
The Booster and "Knoekers Have Lively Interchange
Of Opinions as to Who's Who

The Fowler water. We had good ar
,esian water free from deietefiou-
| matter. and he did not sec where We
would gain anything by taxing our.
selves ior Fowler wafer. lie said
analysis showed that the aFiesian wat
CT VIC had was idrniiealiy the same
as the wonderful curative waters o!
the Clark mineral springs in Pueblo
Mr.. Kennedy asked why We hadn',
got reputation on our wafer and
DR.. Van said IL was because o! ru'
NOR started few years ago by 4
doctor OF the town that our astesian
water was bad and was causing sick.
ness. That was why VIC had not a
better reputation on our water.
Mr.. Kennedy again urged the i'm.
pos,ancc OF getting the Fowler water
as \ card TO boost the town.
Alderman Mcpherson asked " any.
body. knew II Fowler water kept well
when placed in eisierns. He had
heard Of citizen who paid 81 for !
tank for water from Fowler which
was very good when first placed in
tho eis;crn but IL had spoiled and had
TO be thrown out.
Mr.. Fosdiek was present and being
asked abou, this said he was aston.
ishcd. as he had never heard such a
rcpor, before. They had used this
spring water from their eisiernS in
Fowler for the las; seven years and
| he had never known of any OF II spoil.
ing in the cis;crn. lie though, II
possible that something in the tank
or the cis,cfn had affected this par
,ieular tank OF water referred To.
A man from Nebraska was. ON sug'
scstion OF Mr.. Kennedy. asked 10
speak aud was very pronounced IN
bis views abou, ar,esian water. He
disiiNcd IL.
Col. Paul North was also suggest
ed by Mr.. X. and he cited what Ft
Collins aud Greeley had done in the
matter Of bonding to get good wafer,
and further how those towns had
grown under the impetus OF good
water supply. He. as newcomer.
was willing to be taxed for Fowler
water.
Alderman Mcpherson said he had
Just had phone report from Mr..
Hunt. the man who had used Fowler
water in his cistcrn and Mr.. Hunt
said the water had been all right un-
I'll !, got low in the cistcrn and was
probably stale.
w. c. Scanland was suggested by
Mr.. X. and he spoke Of the bad rep.
u,a,ion of Rocky Ford for water and
said he was in favor OF the Fowler
water.
Mayor Pollock said we were all in
favor of Fowler water, but the 1ucs..
ton was how much we could afford
to pay for it.
DR.. Van Buskirk intimated that he
was opposed to Mr.. Kennedy packing
the meeting and calling on those
whose views he knew beforehand.
He referred to the epidemic OF ty-
phoid in Fl. Collins and claimed the
record was in favor Of Rocky Ford's
artcsian water. He was strongly op-
posed to the city saddling this water
cost of 5000 a year additional on
the people. The tax burden was al
ready heavy and great drawback to
the town.
Mr.. Kennedy objected to at least
a part of DR.. Van Buskirk's remarks.
It was easy for man to get on his
high horse and throw cold water, so
to speak, on any project intended to
build I'D the town. He had boosted
for Rocky Ford for the last seven
wears and intended to continue to do
so. He believed that by having the
Fowler water we could build up the
population of the town rs per cent
in the next five years. He cited what:
had been done by the Boards, OF
Trade in towns on the western slope
and intimated that the Rocky Ford
Board of Trade could do more in that
line by greater activity.
The mayor reviewed the water sit
uation, emphasizing the Importance
of towns reputation for good wat
er, but he was of opinion that on the
proposition now before them, the
town would not, at first at least, pay
out on it.
Aid. Reifel was called for, and he
"waded" into the subject so to speak.
He said he came here for his health,
and a good while ago, and he thrived
on the alkali ditch when it was prop
erly taken care Of A good many
people who "knocked" about Rocky
Ford water, did so because they
would rather do the knocking" than
give the necessary attention to the
care of their water supply. The ar
tesian water was all right. He then
proceeded to round up the "knock-
ers', as he defined them, who had
done all they could in opposition to
the councils efforts to get supply
of good water for the town and to
otherwise improve the reputation of