Payette County ID Archives News.....Town Should Control Water July 14, 1898
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Payette Independent July 14, 1898
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, July 14, 1898

Town Should Control Water.

We have heard considerable complaint this summer from town dwellers on account 
of unsatisfactory water service for trees, lawns and gardens.  When we look 
east towards the foothills and remember that an abundance of water is running 
along there to supply all requirements, the thought occurs that possibly our 
village is a few years behind the times in the management of this most 
important public concernment.  All will admit that Payette should have the 
finest gardens, the grandest lawns and the most delightfully embowered dwelling 
places of any town in Idaho.  Then where is the trouble, is it because one man 
depends upon another to maintain ditches and keep them full of water without 
reasonable compensation, or what is the matter?  Wouldn’t it be a good deal 
better for the town to own and control enough water for all present and future 
requirements, construct laterals as public improvements, add to the duties of 
the village marshal that of water-master and have some system about the thing?  
This is worth thinking about and we should like to see it made an issue for the 
present town council to wrestle with.


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