The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-11

our faiths restored, our hopes made
good-the sunshine's here again; we
bask in Old Soils radi-
4 HAPPY ance and forget about
I AGAIN the rain; the farmer
Il opens up the shocks
the sun dispels his dread; the sun
shine seeks the apples out and pro-
cceds to paint them red; the PAYERS
quickly close the gaps remaining in
4 the street; the sunshine changes
i grouohiness to happiness complete; the
horses step with springy tread, re
sporsive to the SUM- last week they
| dragged on wearly, but now they want
to run; the automobiles surly chug,
which last week sounded mean. sounds
/ lcheery now and we don't mind the
smell of gasoline; the flower garden
springs anew, the sky is bright o'er-
head, the Indian halls his snlnmert
time and dons his blanket red, we call
upnn the weather man and to him
apologize we roasted him on rainy
days, but now we have blue skies. the
weather man can hold his job-right
here wen let him stay--if he'll keep
the clouds turned inside out with the
lining bright this way.
| Yesterday morning the long look ed for
flusher arrived in the city and Com
missioner Price put
| TRIAL is some men to work get
| MADE ting the tank on it's
wheels Shortly after
room the work was done and it was
taken to a blacksmith shop where
| enu,a ponpactianc ,uara t.tt nm ap1 the
machine was announced as ready to
operate. The first trial was made on
West Front street before an audience,
which included the city council and
everyone who happened to be around
there. The trial was disappointing. 1t
seemed impossible to get sufficient
pressure on the water and the wagon
did little flushing. 1t was more of q
sprinkle. The machine was hauled
back to the barn after having created
n very poor impression on the audi
| ence. However, Commissioner Price
gave the machine a thorough inspec-
ton and reported that one of the
valves and a plate leaked and allowed
the air to escape. Il think that the
machine win be all right in the morn
ing" said Commissioner Price "The
escaping air made it Impossible to get
any pressure on the water. The ma
chine seems to me to be substantially
built and | believe that it will give
the city excellent service. 1t is un-
donhtedlN a much more sanitary meth
Cd of cleaning the streets than doing
II with brooms. ! expect to put on a
man or so with carts but the main
cleaning win be done with the flnsher.
The brooms stir up the germs that col
leet In the dust and dirt, but the
flushor washes them down the sewer"
| The city council made a trip down to
| Railroad street yesterday morning for
the purpose of s'srvev-
PARKING ing the park site. which
LAID OVER it was proposed to put
in at a point a little
east of the owens street Intersection
with Toolc avenue and Railroad street,
| There is strip OF ground there about
| 80 feet wide and 1870 feet long which
will probably be parked After the
council had looked the proposition over
Yesterday morning it was decided not
to do anything with this during the
present season and it will be laid over
until spring There is a doubt in the
minds of some Of the councilmen MS
to the aavisahility of putting in a park
OF any Kind at this point. This win
be decided definitely when the matter
comes up for action next spring.
| Fhe engineering department is doing n
great deal of work on the city streets