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reservoir had sunk so that water could not be same, and strongly recommended a thorough consideration of the difficulty now confronting and urged that a thorough and permanent job be reservoir.
held in the and careful the Council, made on the
July 6 , 1905...Mayor reported that the settling tanks were now located and connected with the City water mains and urged that immediate steps be taken to repair the bottom of the reservoir. Council was to visit the premises. (Mayor ordered 60 barrels of cement for a floor 3" thick) Mayor reported t h a t , through a misunderstanding with the Portland Cement Co. of Salt Lake City in relation to the Railroad Freight charges, the teams sent out first ( t o Lund to pick up freight) by the City returned without the cement as the Railroad Agent would not deliver same until freight charge had been paid. When he learned of the condition, he immediately procured the necessary amount of money from the local bank, for which he gave his personal note on security, and forwarded the same, by Registered Letter, to the Railroad Agent at Lund. In consequence of there being no Post Office at Lund, the money did not arrive at the station in time to relieve the situation. The Mayor also phoned the Railroad Agent hut he refused to deliver the cement. July 1 7 , 1905.. . [Minutes of the County Court of Iron County at Parowan, Utah, Book No. 2 , Page 331, Archivist Note from: W . R. Palmer) Herbert Adams was appointed Justice of the Peace in and for Cedar precinct, and following is one of Justice Adams' notable cases: Dr. George W . Middleton. City Physician and Health Officer ( a s well as Mayor), instituted proceedings against certain sheep men who ranged their herds in Coal Creek Canyon for pollution of Cedar City's water supply. The whole case rested upon the germ theory of sanitary pollution, and the Doctor's expert evidence was wholly on this point. Suddenly Judge Adams broke in with the question, "Doc, what is a germ?" Answer: "Germs are minute living organisms of animal or insect Life of microscopic size." Judge: "Doctor, have you ever seen a germ with your own eyes?" Answer: "Yes, through a microscope, I have." Judge: "Why haven't you put some of those animals here before the Court as an exhibit in this case?" Doctor: "Your Honor, Judge, they are too small to be seen with the naked eye and the Court has no microscope. If your Honor desires, 1 can bring my microscope and slides from my office." Judge: "You mean, Doc, that they can't be seen by the naked eyes or with common reading glasses?" Doctor: "Yes, your honor, they are too small for t h a t . " Judge: "Anything that i s too small to be seen by the naked eye i s too small for this Court to waste i t s time on. Doc, you show me a germ and I will eat i t . Case Dismissed."
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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