The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-10

tai and is so disastrous in it's results
on the moral fibre of. our people and
the stamina Of our citizenship that all
educational forces, including the pull
pit and the press, should Join in a
campaign so extensive and intensive
as to make every man feel the dis
grace Of violating or disregarding the
law, no matter what the law, or what
his education or station in life"
The bridges in the city are getting
in @ery bad condition, nearly all Of
item needing re.planking. The APP
proaches to these bridges are also in
bad condition, it being necessary to
jump up several inches to get onto
any of them. Why cannot these
bridges be fixed up? There may be
some reason why the bridges in the
city cannot be repaired by laying a
course of concrete instead of The
planks ordinarily used but if there is
we do not know it. This wou;c seem
to us to be much better way to re-
pair them than to be laying new
planks every year or two. The bridge
at east Main street is particularly
bad, there being several holes in the
plank and the approach on the west
side being undermined until there is
little, if any support, at the ends of
the plank. All Of that is for the at
tention of The city administration.
For the board Of county commission
ers we might draw attention to tile
fact that the road to the 500 Line
depot could not be much worse and
still be passable. We do not believe
there is poorer stretch OF road in
the state than this short trip. South
of the bridge it is almost impossible to
stay in a car going more than six
miles an hour while on the north low
gear is plenty fast enough for safety.
Also, to get onto the bridge from the
north it is necessary to drive against
a six inch jump where the dir has
worked away from the plank. Why
cannot this short stretch or road be
fixed up so that it is passable with
some degree Of safety? Possibly the
reason why these repairs are not
made is because the need Of them has
never been brought to the attention
of the proper officials but they are
the most needed repairs in or about
the city and should be looked after at
once.
While we were sitting on the porch
last night trying to keep cool our
residence phone woke us up out Of a
sort of reverie and when we answered
:. a sweeney voice said 1--WE are choking
to DEATH" We replied that was too
bad, but before you finally pass out
tell us what is doing the choking.
Well, said this victim, the dust up this
avenue is fierce occasioned by so many
automobiles, so that we can hardly
live up here. Well, how can I help
that, asked the quill pusher. GLOW
can you help it, Of course you can
:, help it, what are we subscribing for
the Times-Record for? It's your
business to see that our avenue is
sprinkled sufficiently to keep this d.,
excuse me, I nearly swore, dust
down." Why can't the street sprink.
Ter be worked after supper instead Of
before supper, asked this irate citizen
; Well, we are not running the city anc
, we Cannot say. But we have noticed
; that the fellow operating the waite,
: wagon, that he does work after sup.
, per, but the real trouble is it is moi
; the fault of the water wagon drive,
at all. Valley~City has water wa.
, gon, just one Of them, and it has toe
, big a territory to cover and it cannot
, be done by just one outfit. Their
;, again not only Fifth avenue is dusty
but Fourth Avenue, Normal Avenue
! Euclid Avenue and every avenue il
!, the city where there is much traffic, is
dusty, very dusty, where other people
are choking to death from the dust
In these days when so many automo
biles are out they stir up lot of dust
!, and everybody gets out after supper
in the cool of the evening, consequent.
~ the air is filled with dust and it is
lightly unpleasant. But the city ad.
, ministration is not to blame for that
It cannot afford to put water wagon
on every street. Of course the city
could buy another more up-to-date
sprinkler, that would cover wider
space and do better service and use
that evenings on the main thorough
fare Of the city in the evenings, hir-
, ing man for evening work, and we
think this might give relief. The ex-
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