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Show VOTE YOTE "YES YES " " ON THE BONDS . that about thr the thrgreatest thegreatest thegreatest No sane person can deny that a sewer system is greatest need of Moab IVloab today . The unsanitary condition condItlon of this thiston thistown thisto to\\n to n town \ \ n undoubtedly has had a gleat gieat deal to do with the many epI- epI epIdemics epidemics epi epidemics - demics of sickness slCI\.ness slCI.ness slCI .ness ness \ . that have swept the community in m iccenfc lecent iecent yeals yeais yealstakmg yeaistaking yeaistaking takmg taking their toll toU of valuable hves lives . If a sewer system is not author author.ized authorized . i ized ed at the special spreIaI election on October 10 , undoubtedly one "Ill Ill will "Illhave willnave " willhave have nave to be installed mstalled within withm the ne\t ne t net nett \ , few years . Our state board of ofhealth ofhealth of.health ofhealth health healthV1Il . \ will \V1Il V1Il demand it . If we build the sewer now , the government governmentwIll governmentwill government-will government will absolute gift and the re- re remaInder reniainder re remainder - - wIll - give 30 per cent of the cost as an , mainder niainder of the costull cost \ will \ull ull be loaned to the town at 4 per cent inter Inter- Interest interest interest - est , to be icpaid lepald iepaid over a penod pelIOd peiiod of 20 yeais yeals years . . If we wait Walt to build bU1ld the thesewer thesewer sewer , the town will have to finance fmance the whole undertaking undertakmg , and andthe andthe andthe the interest charges will wIII probably be 6 or 7 per cent . When Moab MoabmptaIIs Moabirpstalls Moabinstalls mptaIIs irpstalls a sewer system , now or later , water will WIn have to be provid provld provid- provided provided - ed for it . Under the plan now propose proposed , a , water vater system will also alsobe alsobe alsobe be installed instaIIed , and the leceipts- leceipts leceIpt receipt leceiptsfrom : - from the'vater the \ water \'vater 'vater vater ' system will pay [ " r1the "l l "lthe " 1the 1 ! the interest mterest and provide a sinking smlang fund for the payment of t 4 . .ebonds ebonds e ebonds bonds . The town board is positive that the water charges will fI- fI fInance finance fi finance - nance thehole the \ whole \\hole hole \ undeltakmg undeitaking undei taking , so that not one cent will wIII have to bE beiafsed belaised ' lalsed iafsed by taxation ta'atlOn taatlOn ' . THE SEWER-WATER SEWER WATER SE\VER-\VATER SE VER VATER \ - \ SYSTEMVJLL SYSTEM \ WJLL \VJLL VJLL WILL NOT NOTRAISE NOTRAISE RAISE TAXES . Furtheimore Furthelmore , when the bonds are paid off NOTI , the thewater thewater thewater I water rates can be reduced to the actual cost of main maintaining taming the thesystem thesystem thosystem beneIfIt system . The people of Moab will not only have the healthful bene-I bene I bene- bene benefit bene benefit - - fit of a sewer system and an adequate water system for all domes domes- domestIc domestic domestic - tic purposes , but the cost to them will be even less than they are aretoday aretoday aretoday today paying paymg for water 1 icntal iental en tal alone . In the name of common commonsense common commonsense commonsense sense , who can oppose this th'1s th1s th7s ' municipal mumcipal sewer and water pioposition PlOposltion ? Our \ Moab l\ioab l ioab schools are overcrowded , antiquated , dIlapIdated dilapidatedpoorly , poorly lighted and pooily poolly heated . The Central schoolIS school is actualbr actually actualbrunsafe actuallyunsafe actuallyunsafe unsafe , and undoubtedly will wili be condemned by the state educatIon educatIondepartment educationdepartment educationdepartment department unless it receives costly , extensive repairs . Even if ifIt ifit ifit It is repaned repalled repaired , , it " will 'III III " ' continue to be a menace to the eyesight and andhealth andhealth andhealth health of school children . . The high school is woefully woefuIIy over over- overcrowded overcrowded . - crowdedVIth crowded . . With \VIth VIth \ the present inadequate facilities , , it is impossible impossibleto to maintain mamtain an accredited high school in the tne he building . . Under the theplan theplan theplan plan now advancd by the board of education , a new building will be beerected beerected beerected erected to house both grade and high schools . The estimated cost costis costis costis is ; $ j$130,000 j130000 $130,000 130000 X130,000 X130000 $ , , of which 30 per cent will be donated by the federal federalgovernment federalgovernment federalgovernment government . The remainder remamder , or $91,000 91000 $ , , will wIII be borrowed from fromthe fromthe fromthe the government at 4 per cent interest . The board of education educationgives educationgives educationgives gives the absolute assurance assuranCB that for the first frst f rst five years , the pay pay- payments payments payments - ments on the bonds can be met without increasing mcreasing the tax rate at ata11 atall atall a11 all . After that period , if the assessed valuations resume normalproportIons normalproportions normal normalproportions \proportions proportions \ proportIons , no increase 1ncrease in taxation will be necessary to cairy ealry carry the thebond thebond thebond bond payments . But should it be necessaly necessary to levy a bond smkingfund sinkingfund sinking smking fund tax , this inpiease mC'lease mClease increase ' would not be more than one mill . . This one- one onemIll onemill one-mill one mill - ! mIll tax would not cost the aveiage avelage average taxpayer ta"payer tapayer } " 50 cents per year . If Ifyou Ifyou Ifyou you want to know exactly ex.actly : . what a one-mill one mill one-m111 m111 - - tax increase mcrease , would , ould cost costyou costyou costyou you , just dust divide the amount of your last year's years ' tax bill by thirty thh thhtyand ty , , and j'ou jou you ' ou will have the appioximate apPloximate cost to you of this new school schoolbUIldmgeven schoolbuildingeven schoolbuilding bUIldmg-even bUIldmg even building-even building - even assuming assum1ng that it will be necessary to levy a special specialtax specialtax specialtax tax at all . If Giand Gland Grand county expects ex.pects : . to see living lIvmg conditions icstoied lestoled restored , If Ifwe ifwe ifwe we expect e'pect epect ' to see prosperity once more , we will have to do some some- someth1ng something something - thing th1ng to bung it about . The federal government offers its publIc publicworks public\\oiks public oiks \\Olks Olks works ' \ \ \ piogram plogram program as a solution to the unemployment pioblem ploblem piobeem publIcII , and andm andin andin II m in order to induce mduce communities commumtIes , counties and school distnets dlStucts districts to do dotheIr dotheir dotheir theIr shaie shale share shaiein -in in 'In Zn ' - solving the depiession deplessIOn depression , Piesident PlesIdent Roosevelt offers offersto offersto offersto to give 30 per cent of the cost of piojccts PlOJCCts projects as an outright outnght gift . . Local Locallabor Locallabor Locallabor labor only can be used on these projects . If the voteis votels voters of l\Ioab l Ioab Moab lIoabtown Moabtown \ Moabtown town and Grand county vote wrote "yes yes " " on October 10 , we will wIII see a Ie re- re return le-turn le turn - . turn of prospenty prospellty prosperity . . Eveiy EvelY Every man in m the county who wants to WOlk work WOlkcan workcan woikcan can get steady employment at decent wages . ShalL Shall , we , by our ourown ourown ourown own efforts , cleate create employment for our men , or shall we go along alongcomplammg alongcomplaining alongcomplaining complammg complaining about eveiybody evelybody everybody and everything cverythm ? Let's Lets ' deteimine detelmme determine right fIght now to vote "yes yes "ye ye " " on October 10 and andsolve andsolve andsolve solve our own pioblems ploblems problems . . Let's Lets ' keep away from the dole . And when the bugaboo of higher taxes is whispeied whispeled whispered in 111 your yourear yourear yourear ear in m an effort to scale scare you , , just dust tell the whispeier whlspeler whisperer that he lie doesn't doesnt doesn'tI ' ' I , doesn'tknow doesntknow doesn'tl.now l\.now l.now l .now now know \ . what he is 1S talking talkmg about . . , I I II i |