, 1922-11-02
SMOKE OUT THE MossBACKs!

SMOKE OUT THE MOSSBACKS!
s sdop Ssd0 by the only Bop pnst of Tr infeemf td o on ths d st this, Of 1at the d5 plans ms
4nna supply supply OF clear, pure, soft and potable domestic water on
public improvement a profitable ab Investment nTi instead &c of an e expense
1 it is scarcely conceivable that there should be the slightest oppo-
or ra ast; to ses tas ster je9 i sh bs as1 of e few tT, non 3n progressive 70 f, e ,s i, citizens 5hses;
but probably ineponsequential extent; There are a very few
more Or less eove ri this great n t9 forwsrd step ON %d the a part ep Of RaW,,
n 1msf 30 Thsse are hi as a rule dea the same people who have during the
P %sse e t5s Ss ~ou! s'f hays s fSssS ssGs Ere sFoxt %o sf tS xh tay s ta an been sa,
ts a @%aen plain ae aA tru ahse w mny t ony eo oe sqnmise these 1t s is high time f%e
s sSs 'ee mar" which has been done in the past by the "ntedi'uvian
way a Of pfesres ma in t Sf t asssen xh ins ss sgp are ds;n standing % essi in the
iously and with the best of motives. They point to the many mis-
good ss j. faith sth. on ways and means Of bringing water to RawiIins:F So
i ing { eS h k Present tn watd is s nD9 q single or eed jnssdnss f Of any fS sit d;S def defend ID
need w at T better quality and in larger quantity. The trouble
plan which has been submitted to the people by the Mayor and the
One of the specious objections which have been made is that
me reo eng gn"ient &c company which reported favorably on the Sage
source; pu1s $ of supply, the impljeation being, in ali probability, that
trustees. This TliHi Statement nrupAf is evidence idene on ignorance s9aeraon % or insin o : fe
of the ah %o Me eo%ae Ensf" nsd rsIi sS%p ia {be w nsi3s By s ths way yn is o ons
which has installed sewers, water works and other pubic p% S Utilities les
in hundreds naTmd;re of cities and supervised the expenditure of hundreds
of the time for two months searching every possible source of wa
ton were submitted to the Board of Trustees at a public hearing
Furthermore, this report went into details and in each case
FIRST the present source was examined and dismissed for the rea-
son that the water contains an enormous amount of solids, which
would require chemical treatment, the cost of which would be-
p pr ao@abrsd leaving fa ii sro out of t consideration ,s;as or? ntthhe.hhdjsgh 4, cost Of pumping
Then the wells at the State Penitentiary were considered full
y but rejected on account of the insufficient quantity which could
be secured from that geological formation. although analysis
showed the quality to be excellent.
Platte River was gone into exhaustiveiy by the Weland report and
covered from every standpoint. The two "Ox-bow' projects were
considered at some length as was the Canyon" project further
down the river. Nothing was overlooked, and the man or men
who make this preposterous claim either know it will or should
become informed before attempting to keep pure water out of
Rawlins.
AS regards water from Platte river, which has been seriously
studied for some time as the logical place from which to draw for
this city, there is much to be said, which will explain to any open
minded man or woman why the Platte was finally abandoned as
point on the Platte the water is taken it must be lifted by power
of some kind, not for one day or month, but for all time. This
involves a perpetual outlay for wages and expensive pumping
plants which deteriorate and must be replaced and repaired. all
OF which will be avoided in a gravity flow, such as is afforded by
Sage Greek.
But the objection to the Platte river does not end here. The
waters of this stream are to a large extent appropriated by the
water users of Nebraska and are impounded by the Pathfinder
dam. A second reclamation project has been reported upon favor
ably, known as the Saratoga project, where approximately 10000
acres of land will be irrigated from the waters of the Platte and
at least one other is contemplated.
There are three contingencies injected into the proposition
for Rawlins to get its water from the Platte river - none of them
may ever arise, but any one Of them is sufficient to warrant the
reclamation projects, having prior rights, might restrict the
quantity available for Rawlins, in which case there would in
evtably be friction between this city and a department of the
Federal government. () The water taken out for irrigation
will drain back into the river bringing with it large quantities Of
alkali and other impurities, and CD the river might fall so low
in a succession of dry years that the city of Rawlins would be
forced to take the "1eavings," which at low water would be nothing