Show pi s of court last week weak wo vo published tho first report of county court proceedings 0 over printed in uintah county tho the people express groat great satisfaction at this now new and wo 0 o believe that tho taxpayers tax payers will never again bo content to rest in total and profound i igno 0 ianco of tho the actions of tho the public servants no ono one is ablo and an officer office sl should h laced all criticisms and consider well their weight 0 any j man inan who is too thin skinned to stand such criticism should keep 11 his i s fe feelings al in a band box bos and avoid an office 0 as 13 lie would a pestilence i in one sense the country newspaper is is the representative and should be the mouthpiece of the people it is the duty of the paper to protect the interests of the public and so long D as it exercises its privileges gos with decency and moderation any attempt to in in 1 with them looks like an attempt at bulldozing 1 or a tive si spirit irit our readers will be gratified ratified to see that thero there lias has been no great gre at pro profligacy flig a in the expenditure of county money and although so somo no of the expenses may lie bo un unjustified justified yet the financial condition of the county is not nob such as to c excite much alarm taxes are i very cry low liere compared with those of our no neighbors ebors 15 miles beyond green river and wo we are suro sure no one wishes to affairs conducted in a so seu s o the county ms miserly orly manner wo like to seq sea efficient measures adopted onla ac d for the protection of lifo and property and county leal estate improved prove d public highways 0 should be bridged 0 and graded to properly drain off stagnant 0 water these improvements involve the expenditure of money but it is well spent per for example tako take good roads and est estimate imato how much they save the alie people in time horses vehicles and convenience and the iho result is surprising such expenses as those these will never call forth a proto protect t from any son sensible tax pay er cr this brings us to tho subject of county officers A county official should be a financier a man whose was such stich that the salary of hi his office would bo no inducement for accepting t it ho he should bo be a man m n who lias has proven himself progressive public spirited and unselfish who w 10 holds holda tho public woal weal abobo ilia interests lot our voters bor this during tho the coming conventions and election and ask themselves if their candidates aro are so BO qualified flod |