The Springdale news., 1919-02-07

matter of common interest and com. mon welfare with our travelling i neighbors.
 Surely they must see these things! True, we have a first class spring branch which has in it for greater part of the year an adequate supply of water for bathing. But while the deep shady pool with it's over hanging branches has always been a favorite theme for pastoral poets. we cannot fail to notice that the songs are written from a summer-season viewpoint when the famous pool is most inviting. We have yet to hear of poets getting emotional over a picture of an obese coffee-drummer exhausted from a long day with ob- stinate grocers, dragging his work worn body down to hole in the creek bordered on three sides by fashion able resident district and breakino three inches of ice to secure water of just sufficient temperature to congeal , the dust of travel upon his long-suf- fering limbs, We may take the mat ter lightly and endeavor to make amusement of it, but it is a serious situation with the travelling man. To him he daily bath is vital factor in keeping fit. He thinks of it not as luxery, but as a necessity, and he justly demands it.
 It must needs occur to the minds of our chivalrous eitizenry the great assistance good water supply would be to our women in the performance of their daily household tasks. We are sure that chivalry is nowhere on higher plane of existence than among the men of our town. There is nothing too great for them to ac- complish if 1t makes for the alevia- tion of the difficulties under which their wives and daughters are Strug- gling. We are certain that they are not so blind that they fail to see that their wives and daughters have not the same comforts and opportunities for enjoyment of life that the women of other communities have simply on account of the absence of a water system. We know they are not going to allow these things to be They can be counted upon to secure for theirs the comforts and advantages that the women of other sections enjoy.
 As to the question of whether or not water system is good business proposition nothing need be said. The aeumen of business Judgement is too strong within our men for them to fail to see the higher property values resultant from the higher tesirability of residence property which is certain to follow the installation af a city water system Neither can they fail to observe that the employment of labor which the project would en- tail is an economic question of no small consequence.
 One of the most important phases of water supply is that of health. While Springdale as a community IS remarkably healthy, we have each year our share of epidemics that could be diminished or eliminated by a common water source. By analy ses of samples made from time to time the health officer could keep in touch with water conditions and keep those conditions corrected. As 1t now exists he cannot know the exact condition of the many ignorantly or carelessly kept wells in our town.
 Recognizing the efficacy of the ae- tion, what are we going to do about the installation of this much needed public improvement? Shall We merely agree that it is needed and con- tent ourselves with allowing things to rock along as usual? For the reason that the writer is comparative ly new in Springdale he believes that the leadership of the project should be assumed by persons who have longer been identified with the life of her people. He suggests that mass meetings be called and that the mat ter be taken up directly with the mayor and the council. For no req son should the question be allowed to drag; for delay is retrogression, and it is already too long delayed. Let every man and woman feel that it IS his or her personal duty to give i'm petus and assistance to the movement.
 Let us begin at once and prepare these things so that the government will find us worthy when it decides to place a $75,000 postoffice building in our little city.
 Yours for better town,
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