| Show h I L ITTLE C COUNTY ClAIMS GREAT WEAlTH B Bank ank Deposits and Road Improvements Cited in Davis Davis county count now claim claims to be behe bethe bethe t the he richest cou county ty In the world k When epen en population is considered and I com compiled t the he figures which have been p pied piled by tIle tn Davis Reflex I Iare a are re said paid to bear the statement out out- out T The he year ten-year period 1913 to 1924 sh shows a h ws that the deposits In the commercial com corn comi i mercial mercIa banks have jumped from to while a a. s similar increase Is shown in savings deposits deposits d which In 1913 amounted to and now amount to toab a bout about t ab In I It t thede days of high taxes It Is i Indeed pleasing to know that the l little ittle kingdom of Davis now county is growing richer and richer notwithstanding notwithstanding s standing the high tax lax reg regime me which i Is ls s upon us says the article artcle CLAIMS HOAD nOAD Since 1913 the entire state slate road has been hard surfaced through Davis county the first county county Inthe In Jn t the he state to have such a road t through its entire length and It Il is entre must be remembered that the road was built without federal aid Almost buIt the entire entre school giant h s been built buit since th that t date with new and modern school buildings at Bountiful Woods Cross Coss Centerville Center- Center yule ville Kaysville Lay Layton top Cle Clearfield Syracuse Roy and Sout South Weber and the high school building at Kaysville Davis county's share of ot the East Canyon reservoir has been built and several miles lot bf the canal and laterals been lined with concrete and several bad breaks In Inthe Inthe the canal repaired at great expense Five storage reservoirs hare haye been built east of Layton and Kaysville and expensive betterments made in musical water supply systems The two miles of concrete highway west and northwest of Layton have been built and several miles of concrete sidewalk have been laid In iii tIle mu municipalities nu- nu of the county The people have Invested heavily in canning factories sugar factories factories fac fac- tories ward buildings and In home buildings They spent a million dollars in automobiles and automobile antonio automo I bile accessories which have been worn out and again Invested another million in the same necessities and extravagances They have sub subscribed subscribed sub sub- scribed to the Red Cross and other charitable funds besides taking nearly a million dollars dollars' worth or Liberty bonds WEALTH INCREASE During the eleven years from 1913 to the end of 1924 the ten to twelve thousand people of Davis county have expended for or better better- meats ments Investments and charities millions of dollars and today the statement of the seven banks of the county shows that the people have increased their cash wealth money In the bank Of this amount which Includes both open and savings deposits Is savings deposits an amount about equal to for every man woman wo woman wo- wo man and child in the county In 1913 the population was approximately The per capita savings saT sav ings deposits In the banks then amounted to face of these cap can say that the people have not spent Judiciously Invested judiciously When a a community more than doubles its open bank deposits and its savings deposits In a period often ot of otten ten or eleven years can It complain that taxes are too high especially where there has been no boom of any nature whatsoever It Is doubtful of any In the United States of like population can make such a showing and until it is proven we contend that Davis with Its assessed valuation and added wealth of cash in the bank water and other stocks is the richest county per capita an in the United States which means in the world |
