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Show The County Seat, The Question is Sprung by One Interested. V. A. I,, of Munti Tires the First Shot. ; I 'Mant i's Address to t!ie Peo- ' pie of San Pete. j We are quite willing to print the "Address to the People of San Pete" forwarded us by V. A. I,., but do; not wish to be understood as en- i dorsing all there may be in the arti-1 cle. We are quite satisfied with j our paper and with all connected with it, and are grateful for the ap-; prcciation expressed; but request all our friends to curb their disgust of private people, or public enterprise in writing to us, as we are not in the 'Yahoo" business. Editor Register: The copy of your V paper which you so kindly sent me, although al-though traversing hut seven miles, was i three weeks in reaching me. Your face j is bright and clean, and the matter con- j taiued in vour columns is of the ri;;iit ! tone, and vour general appearance is j very attractive. ! I wish you well, and am truly fc'lad that the pioneers of literature in this county (the editor and contributors of your journal,) will reap the honors and emoluments of ollice;i.ilher than another, anoth-er, though I regret that Manti is not y tir location. '1 he causes that have lea 'to The Records show that from June 22d, iSss, to December atstli, liiSy, there were 91 1 marriage recorded, and that 53") of these weie 1 eifoimed in the Temple. The Temple grounds will soon be male vtiy attractive. The Temple committee having engaged the service ol a skilled lloitieuluitist to layout grounds and gardens, uliich will be supplied with ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, and living fountains, which, when c jmpleted . will present one f the most lovely sights to be witnessed anywhere in t rail Territory, and all must adm.t, will l e an ornament to the Countv Seat which no other tjwn possesses. Our cemeteiy dioining, this Temple site is a credit to the enterprise and taste of tlit people, being beautifully laid out and adorned with evergreens and other ui na-niental na-niental trees. There arc tlier attractive places in our vicinity, which are visited and enjoyed by tiie inhabitants of this and adjoining Counties, which make ; pleasant resorts in the hot summer mouths, places where money and labor have been expended to conduce to our happiness. W'e have reference to Funk's Artiikial bake, a beautiful body ol pure water, well stocked with fish for the amusement ol the angler and the coml -it t ot those seeking health and pleasure; and the canyons and beautiful scenery adjacent adjac-ent thereto;thete is no other place in the County possessing these attractions. The recent discovery of immense beds of coal in the immediate vicinity of Manti City, is a strong argument that might be used in lav r ol Mann's claim, did we j need other, or stronger reasons than ! those already adduced, to retain the ' County Seat, as this insures to the j County Seat, cheap fuel in great abund- i ance. The Southern part of this Count is susceptible ol greater development than the noith. The enterprising people of Gunnison have in course of construction, reservoirs, which, when completed, will j iiiovide water sufficient to nitrate all ; arable land south of Manti tolhe line of; Sevier County. This will maleri..lly in-' crease the population and wealth of the j south end of the Couiry. Tile ouly route : by which peopie can travel to and fro . Iroui Emery County ill the winter season , is tluo-jgh Salma canyon, and then buis-1 ness is geueiallyat tiie Temple and the I County Seat So far as tiie buildii'g of the neV Coutt House is concerned, that wiil he submitted to contractors, and hk to Lie lowest responsible bidder; and one town will have an equal chance with the other, and there will be an opportunity oppor-tunity for all efficient workmen in Sau Pete County to secure employment; as you are aware San Pete labor was well represented on the Juab Court House at Neplli. .Manti certainly has the best claim to the county seat, as she is the oldest town in the county, and all must admit that her people fornred Ihe bulwark of delense in the most trying times of San Pete. County and is therefore justly entitled to tins favor bv rigut of conquest 1 icatiou of the County Seat, which however, how-ever, wa do not admit, d )cs it not occur to eieiy unprejudiced mind that she is justly, and rightlully entitled, to at least a share ol tlitm, in view of tiie fact that she has, in the last fourteen yeais, paid into the County Treasuiy the sum of $555357moie tiinn Ephraim and S7332.73 more tn.111 Alt. Pleasant, which fact places her justly and properly in from of any other place in Sail Pete Cotiuiy But this will not satisfy the agitator who would tear down every.landm.uk, and every established right, in order to satiate his own avarice. Hut the people, the pion tieers of Manti and Sau Pete County, are not aft aid the County Seat will be removed: but we desire to call the at- the removal of the learning and literary ; centre from here are worth locking into. ' Also why so much :f our local trade goes to your town. ( )li! Ephraim. T.iis ' brings me to Ihe eotiniy seat question; with a little p ing of anxiety I wonder if that, too, will be lost, and ov the force j of an unseen influence gravitating north- ' ward. It is said that "those whom the i Gods would destroy tiny lost make mad," but it seems fatal to be lulled to sleep by prosperity. The "Address tc the People of Sin Pete County" was signed by two new, comparative y new, citizens, while our old sagebiusn stock held their peace. There was no medium . of communicating that document to the public in our midst, except through circulars. cir-culars. Main' people have asid why, in so important a matter, our shadow of a newspaper from which Ihe substance vanished last 1. 1!! could not find space, but ihe answer is not slow in .coining; thev could not do it for in event of the Couijy Court being removed re-moved they exiLled also to migrate inn, , ' 1, 4,1,1, d. y,i.inr, l.,r4.a.ri .ga.uly.tQ'd.i'.i,.- r.toofl policy, I feel fiee to at;k you To publish the address referred to, thai San Pete cou ity mr,' b;CJine acquainted with its contents. 1 have heard nothing but kindly ex pressions about your enterprise, an I hope that private sentiments publicly expressed by a set of nin-com;) oops will trouble you as little as they are n ied j by any body above feather-brained intellect. in-tellect. 1 on't forget, amoirg your deeper deep-er medinti. ms, that thev who out-strip mankind must Uk k down on the hate of those below. I shall take pleasure in sending you any thing that falls in may way. and may vour career be onward and upward, V. A. L. Manti, June 22, 1S90. tenlion of the people to these facts lest they be nude the victims of unscrupulous agitators who do not study the best interests inter-ests of the County, and we ask the peo pie to be with us 111 bringing the County Seat to that state of perfection, and beauty, that all Sanpete's sons and daughters dau-ghters may be proud of, instead of trying to weaken by experimenting on some other spot for rro other causes than selfishness. self-ishness. We claim that the records of San Tete County are second to none in the Terr itory, i-tory, are kept in a good and eilicent manner man-ner and are a credit to the county. We recognize the right of the people to elect whom they choose, which they have done in the past; we also recognize the fact that qualified electors ate elig ble to hol County offices, no matter in what part of the county they may reside; so that the change of officers does not, as some asser t nessilate the removal of the County Seat Manti City, Feb, r, 1890. Joseph Jndd, Chairman of Commttttee W W. Billings, Secretary. MANTl's CIRCULAR . An address to tiie people of San Pete County; , An attempt is n w being made, as you are doubtless aware, to move the county seat from Manti, its present location, to some place north of Manti; and while we concede t'.e legal right ol the people to make such change if desirable, we protest against such change being made without good and sufficient reason being set forth therefor. there-for. We bold that 110 plausible reason can be given tor such change, and the only . asori that occurs to tiie mind ol an impartial public, is, that it is the ctilm nation ot envy, and a desire f ir agitation on the part of :t few, men who, to gratify their indivdual interests, are willing to sacrifice the public goud. The people o! this county cannot afford to yield to the whims and caprices of a few ,dis-aiif lied agitators, and spend thousands of dollars of the public money simply to gratify them. The public interests are the first to beconsidered, and subserved, and should, under no circumstances whatever, be made second to individual or local interests, the county as, at present organized is in a htalthy condition, condi-tion, out of debt, and a sutplnsin the Treasury; and it being deemed necessary to erect a more commodious building than the one now owned by the county, and oye more in keeping with the tims, the people of Manti City generously bought, and will present to the countv , a suitable building spot for such building, which is contiguous to the building, with all the rock necessaiy lor foundation and other purposes, that may be required, requir-ed, on the ground. Another advantage to be considered is, that the preser t , building can ne used for all eotiniy puiposes, while the new bu Iding 6 Den g erected, w aeieas, if the county seat I e removed to some other locality, the present building would be cf no practical use whatever. And further, the County some two years ago, erected at considerable consider-able expense a Fire Proof Vault in w hich the records o: the Countv, from its oigani zation to thepresent time are kept secure from anv accident of flood or fne, which is a consideration not to be lost sight of. The Records of the County are of such great value lo the people, and the interests inter-ests involved in them is of such a nature, na-ture, that the loss of them would be ine-paiable. ine-paiable. The people will find, by consulting the. map of Utah that Manti City is nearer tire center ol San l'etc County than is any otner County Seat in the Territory, with, perhaps, one or two exceptions. ' Our natural sanitary advantages are unexcelled un-excelled in the country. Our natural res mrces are unexcelled, and the conveniences con-veniences we are able to offer to the .public, the most reliable and best water supply in the County, We h ive other advantages over our ne'ghboring towns which should be considered. The major part of the people visit the Temple; and as ail must procure a license who come there for the pin poser of being married, public Convenience lequiies that the County Office should not be distant from the Temple, that being the only place where license can be procured. |