Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1920 — WATER SITUATION CRITICAL AT REMINGTON [ARTICLE]

WATER SITUATION CRITICAL AT REMINGTON

The water situation fa Remington is so critical that it hag become very important that every OOe using water from the public mgfos, be just as conservative as poedble. If not the town is going to find itself some fine night without sufficient ..water to fteht a fire of any dimension. As the situation now stands, one of the three wells at the plant is ening will help that one. Another one lof the two remaining at times I throw no larger stream than a I broom handle,, and the third not nearly as large a volume as it should. The pumps are kept going I almost constantly night and day, now, but putoping on dry holes I vtmwXv* will withs water I Many person" will carelessly waste water never thinking of the necessity for saving it. hr drawing.* cup or glass they wih j gut a bucketful and in various I other ways use a targe aanocnt more _