The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-04-30
B HAVE WATER SYSTEM
he City Council Gets Busy
and Provides For a
Il Bond Issue.
IL COVER THE ENTIRE CITY
he Aim is to Construct a Reser-
voir on High Ground and
a Pumping Station.

There was cheerful and appl aud
e manifestation of the spirit of civic
de and progress; an awakening to
necessity of getting a move on if
Dville Is to take it's place among the
and growing town of the state "a
spicuous disposition to cut loose
m conservatism, commendable in
plication when not carried to that
reme that entirely clogs the wheels
advancement, checks every effort at
provemet, and leaves community
ging for the rear in this later-day
wing for supremacy; beautiful
commendable inclination to push
he front and get there Eli at the
ular meeting of the city council,
Thursday evening of last week.
council seemed to be touched off
hn electric spark that sometimes
Fanizes governing bodies and jars
m up to point of doing things, and
Who cannot applaud the new-found
a resolution of our solons, has not
best interests of the town at heart,
can he appreciate the right brand
emery appropriately applied. TO
DmpliSh there must be action, and
more 1usty the action the larger,
Re marked and satisfactory the re-
rs. Nothing can be gained by wait
for something to turn up; the way
have it turn up is to get together
60 after it. And the council has
uenJfy aTTtvvti- --titrv-7-- vvuei---;.44, ,,
IT the time is ripe for good, swift
|rformance.
The hearts of the members of the
)vcrning boad of this municipality
'e in the right place. They are good
en-, and true, tithe payers on proper
Dlding of considerable value. lndi
tlually they are men of progressive
eas, high ideals, honorable and up
ght in their relationship with their
llowmen, and srupulously honest as
nblic officials working for the com
lon veal. They possess keen pride in
le town they have selected for a
pine, and devoutly believe in the GER
Iinty Of its future. They have fully
,a1 thot IL nc a
orate body sometime to take steps to-
ard making required and indispensi-
le public improvements, but the
leans to meet the end has always been
he phantom that has caused hesstta-
On. Public utilities cannot be con-
lred out of an empty treasury. Pub
C works undertaken must be paid for,
nd that means there must be supply
I that commodity known as cash.
here there has always been shrink
X from going into debt, that proper
should be carefully avoided as rule
9th by the individual and community
individuals, that has held the coun-
il back in the Inauguration of i'm
The principle is all right,
ut if a town is too strict in the appli-
ion time will slip along indefinitely
ith nothing done in the way supply
~ public conveniences without which
o town can hope to expand. a rea-
m, ,a hlo AIT o1posc wbnro tbc uoppy
reating the obligation is applied for
urpoSes that enhances the value of
tends to make the town more
esireable as place of residence, and
rom which an income is to he derived
hat may be depended on in time to
meet that Indebtedness, is not only
wise, but an imperative duty. 1t is
nly for the present councilto act with
at the beginning, and leave
to similar honest and business-like
administrations in the future to make
he best of the city property the fall
leir to.
The basis for all this long windcd
preliminary introduction is the pro-
codings OF the meeting of the city
ouncil, held Thursday evening of last
week. Then and there the city attQr-
ley was advised instructed and order
ID to draw up an ordinance providing
or the issuance of bonds, in an amount
ct to be decided, for the purpose of
'aising the wherewithal to install a
complete water system throughout the
,lty, the ordnance to be submitted to
he voters of the city for ratification or
election, That was the principal bus.