Show LET US REASON TOGETHER at AE the request of a tey lew 0 it my friends I 1 take lake the liberty it I 1 write ou on the following subject aie I 1 ilia he peo cleof this county justified cuil r pres ent conditions in enlarging tile ba county court house tills this question has been agitated by the people of brig rig ham hain culty and vicinity anti anil bitterly opposed directly anti and indi netly by the people living in dear bear river kiver valley self ish riess wa was charged on lie hie one hadid li ill and ral brolis e ut ot coil onney rity affi affe s oi I 1 the be other one sid claim ing ac 1 l lie i an tibe to i expend a large sum of money at present while till need of good loads is sl f keenly felt on tile the other liand hand it appears from personal and unbiased investigation gat ion that the he need for more room in the county cobit house is unmistakably a long felt want wani A few years ago a i motion wa was S made us its shown by lie count county court our minutes by air valentine chairman of 0 the board of county commissioners that a fund be set apart for the purpose of enlarging the court house bu bit it never cai carried the motion ail and the hie very thought of enlarging it was assailed liy by the lie editor of the tremont times mr capwell however on writing an article on what I 1 have seen in Brig hi ighani hain city hall had to acknowledge c that them theiu wa was not ellough room for ole fhe le corder nor belk this was two bears ago the ilie office of the county ip corder is twenty four by eighteen reet feet excluding e id t the vault a miss bais s dilion dallon the ing ahe present e t incumbent cu i i t has one deputy and assistants whose salaries saU for foi the month of 0 january amounted to 2100 this office recci received ved for fees and compensations for january ending leaving it a balance lu linco of 11 in fit faor of tile the county it is colic conceded eded that I 1 the lie coun county ty I 1 ic ec corder orders s onice office is self sustaining this office is so small that by the ali ie tractors trac tois and their helps together with persons looking up the records are present there is not enough room for tile the recorder and assistants t to 0 prosecute the lie work with diligence and dispatch the vault of the county re is filled with records from tile uia treasurers treasur ers and cler clerks kik offices the county sur surveyor is an all officer of this county anti and entitled to an all office but behold ther is no room for him it at the inn let us its look at the county clerks department the abe clerk took in fit for fees for january ending there are employed two deputies who together with the be crem crek combined draw i L salary of 2137 per month the room itself Js tua loo small for itha th transacting of tile county and court business the vault ill hi this office IA a it at the he present time liziie filled with looks books ciul find and so small that many of the rewords must be el elte where every conceivable place in ia that little vault ts is taken ui on account of lick lack of mom the board of county loners hurt find to move upstairs and ami order the district dist t attorney to vacate his pre it is a filet that we have more court work woric in ill ills count county than ill ahr other two counties ot of tills this the first judicial district pineil at tit tin november teim or of cobit 1907 8 twenty six caws cases were on oil the trial calendar calen ilir anti and two wo on oil tile clini hial ale alemdar udar the court converted convened for six weeks lit at rt a cli ending january etli the Feb february teim began on oil february 1 ry ath 1908 with al Loller nii oiher twenty S six ix casts on oil the lie calendar those who have served on juries will bear out the vict fact that thai there Is no convenient place for jurors after the casa ba his abeen been submitted to them to lol dell berate upon their verdict in tile the past jurors have been taken to the little office of 0 the sheriff slie rift where eight or twelve men have no room the county attorneys office is so continued from page four |