The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-01-15

Indiana is receding at a rapid rate"
says the letter. I'm some localities in
the last decade. the water has fallen
twenty to fifty feet Formerly in the
central part of the state, a we'll ten or
fifteen feet deep would furnish abund-
ant water for a family and its live
stock at all seasons. Now, wells must
be driven thirty to forty feet and are
apt to go dry in seasons of drought. In
the sections of the state where fiowin &
wells exist. many have ceased to flow
and all that are still flowing show a
decreased head.
All over the state II is observed
that springs, formerly unfailing, have
dried up or show marked reduced
flow. 1t is a common remark of even
our middie-aged people how our rivers
creeks and other branches have de-
creased in size.
The water supply problem becomes
acute in many counties during the sum-
mer. Water companies find 1t neces-
sary to issue warnings and request pa
irons to practice economy in the use
of water. The water problem is a Sc
rious one in the White river valley.
and when the slogan indianapolis and
100000 is uttered, 1t is pertinent to
ask-whence will water be obtained
for city of that size2 The ground
supply is near exhaustion and White
river must be depended upon. For
this purpose it must be conserved IN
all practical ways"
DR. King says the association does
not desire to cause alarm. but wishes
TO let the people know what a moment
Gus question must be solved in the near
future. The only step taken by the
state toward conserving the water sup
ply is the statute against the pollution
of streams. Nothing has been done ii
the matter of impounding or reforest.
ing
Mayors of all the cities in indiana
| have been asked to name delegates IL
| the convention. which will he addressed
| by leading experts of the country aIonf
the line of sanitary and water engi
neering.
| s&Dr. II. w. Wiley will deliver an ad
dress at the association banquet OF
Thursday evening. the other speaker.
being Prof. w. ]. MCGEE of the United
States department of agriculture: Prof
| Severance of Purdue. and DR.. J. n
| Hurry.
| Governor Marshall will be the prin
| cipal speaker at a luncheon Thursda,
noon. In the afternoon George II
Kessler. the KANSAS City landscape ar
fist, will speak on The Value to
| City of the Beautification of it
Streams" Charles w. Fairbanks viii
talk on Conservation of Human En-
ergy.''
| f. P. Newell, head of the Unite'
States redemption service, is on th'
| Friday morning program to discus
| The Necessity for Conservation of tn
Water supply" Haiford Erickson o
| the Wisconsin public utilities commits
sion. will tell the value of such a com
mission. At the same session E. I
Loomis, of the Valparaiso Water com
pany. will talk on the mana cement o
water plants in small cities, and Prot
r L. Sackett will discuss the econom
| of combined water and light plants l.
small cities.
The Thursday morning session vii
be largely takes up with a report b
H. E. Barnard, state food and dru
Il commissioner; DR.. s. c. Woods. Indi
annapolis city sanitarian, and III. "
KIausman, Indianapolis city engineel
on the condition of White river an
suggestions on sewage disposal. Fir
waste and fire protection win be dis
cussed by Richard Lieber of Indiana
polls.