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Show II IIA ! \ A Word Nord to Grand County Taxpayers I 1 I I I I Moab , Utah , Oct 17 , 1933I 1933On 1933On 1933 1933On On Tuesday , October 24th , the taxpayers of ofGrand ofGrand ofGrand I Grand county will determine , by their votes voteswhether , wheth whether r or not we will borrow government money moneyI moneywith moneywith moneywith with which to erect a new combination combmatlOn Central Centraland Centraland Centraland and High school building bwldmg at Moab On account or of orthe ofthe ofthe the prevailing prevalling financial conditions one's ones ' first im- im impul'5e impulse Im Impulse - pulse pul'5e pul5e ' is to oppose any issue which has a possIbility possibilityof of raising his or her taxes If there thcre is not a good goodreason goodreason goodreason reason foi for this undertaking undertakmg at this time , then t11en It Itshould itshould itshould should cerUmly certamly certainly bi be b ? > defeated It is , however , D a . avery avery very serious matter and while there is a possibility possibilityof of incasing mrreasing increasing taxes to a very small extent , aftci aitcI a aI afiveyear afiveyear afive-year afive year five-year five year - period , there is the assurance , if the elec- elec election election elec election - tion carries , that Grand county's countys countv's countvs ' citIzens111 citizens will \\111 111 Sill ' \ help helpthemselves helpthemselves helpthemselves themselves out of this depression By furnishmg furnishing furnishmgemploment furnishingemployment furnishingemployment emploment employment } for those in the county who care to toI towork towork towork work , a great amount of money \ . will v.111 v111 ill be e"Cpended eCpended cpended e"Cpendedfor e expendedfor " cpendedfor for labor and ma/ ma ma/3rlal ma 3rlal marlal malarial / rlal within the co coanty county nty and the thebuymg thebuying thebuying buymg buying power of practically every citizen will witl be besubstantially besubstantially besubstantially substantially increasedOUr increasedOur increased increasedOur Our state and federal authorities authonties have warned warnedus us that relief funds are rapidly being bemg depleted and andthat andthat andthat that the people people'are peopleare people-are people are ' - are expected to help themse1\es themse1 es themselves themse1eswherever themselveswherever thcmseheswherever \ wherever it is possible for them to do so We have haveno haveno haveno no excuse , because . we v.e ve ye are in a position to help 01.lr- 01.lr our- our 01.lrI 01.lrselves ourselves our ourselves . - selves We can , if we choose to do so , fall in line linewith linewith linewith I with the t"1e t1e Vie " president's presidents ' program and our men can canearn canearn canearn earn the money with v . which hlCh to purchase the neces neces- necessities necessities necessities - - sities of life me We can eliminate eUminate recipients of relief relieffunds relieffunds relieffunds funds just as ns fast as we are able to furnish tnem them tnememployment thememployment tnememployment tnememploymentShall employment employmentShall Shall we , by our own efforts , create employ employ- employment employment employment - ment for our men , or shall we go along complain complain- complaining complaining complaining - ing about everybody everybod } and everything9 everythmg everything everything9President ? " President Roosevelt has done his part Congress Congress Con- Con - has appropriated $3,300,000,000 3300000000 $ , , , and called it ita ita gress " of this thismoney thismoney ' Public Works Fund A large portion a is available for public improvements in incities incities money I cities and counties at an interest rate of four per percent percent . amount advanced for forsuch forsuch cent Thirty per cent of any such proJects is an outright gift , by the govern- govern government government - ment and the remaming remaining seventy per cent is to b8 be b8repaid berepaid , of oftwenty oftwenty concerned over a period by the taxpayers repaid twenty years If ye ' \ e fail to take advantage of this thisoffer thisoffer of the improve- improve - in nced need vitally offer , when \ \ hen we are ments contemplated , can we expect to continue to toleceive toreceive toicceive leceive receive relief funds in m Grand county9 county ? ' State and andnational andnational andnational national authorities have their eyes on us They Theyexpect Theyexpect Theyexpect expect us to do all within our power to start bUsi- bUsi bUsiness business busi business - ness back to normal So far as Grand county is isconcerned isconcerned isconcerned concerned , we can . , to a very great extent , over over- overcome overcome overcome - come this depression Give the working man an anoi'Portumty anopportunity anopportunity oi'Portumty oiPortumty opportunity ' to earn a fair wage and buying po\\ po poer power poweris po \ er eris eris is restored With restored buying buymg power , business businessWIll businesswill businesswill WIll go forward with an acceleration we have not notknown notknown notknown known for many yearsBesides years yearsBesides Besides cooperiting cooper\ting cooper ting cooperating ' \ with the president in hIS hISgreat hisgreat hisgreat great recovery program , we can ran provide ourselves ourselveswith ourselveswith ourselveswith with a much reeded school building buildmg Our present presentbUildIngs presentbuildings presentbuildings bUildIngs have served us \ well yell ell for many years They Theyare Theyare Theyare are no longer adequate for our needs We Wf ' not only onlyrequire onlyrequire onlyrequire require more room , but our Central school build build- building building building - ing is in a very dilapidated condition It is decid decid- decidedly decidedly decidedly - edly uns unsife ife fe for our children We must rebuild rebuildwJthin rebuildwithin rebuildwithin wJthin within a very few years-three years three years - - three or four at the most mostWe mostWe mostWe We cannot escape this responsibility responsIbIhty It will cost costus costus costus us much less now than if we \ wait gait ait for a few yearsUnder yearsUnder years yearsUnder Under the pioposed ploposed proposed plan for the new building bulldmg the the51st thesist thesisfc 51st sist in blocking blockmg this make-work make work - program ? This Is Iscost iscost iscost cost for the first five years will w1lI be $3600 3600 $ per year year.We yearWe . We can and will carry this load without IncreasIng IncreasIngthe increasingthe Increasingthe the tax To reject the plan means that the board boardof boardof boardof of education must payout pay out tor for repairs to old build buIld- buIldIngs buildings buildings - ings as much , and perhaps more , each year , th\n th n than thnthe thanthe thinthe ' \ the $3600 3600 $ To repair these old buildings is 1s like likethlowing likethrowing likethi thlowing throwing owing money away . Such an investment is not notand notand notand and cannot be of permanent value to the cItizens citizensof of Grand co countyYour county countyYour nty ntyYour Your children and those of your neighbors wilJ will willin , in all probability , at some time , attend the Grand GrandCounty GrandCounty GrandCounty County High school , at Moab With new buildings buildingsand buildingsand buildingsand and proper equipment your boys and a'1d a1d acrd ' girls enn can ennhave canhave canhave have the advantages they are entitled to We want wantour wantour wantour our Grand County High school to prepare its stu- stu students students stu students - - dents to enter any college in the landW1th landWith land landWith With W1th all the advantages to be gained and little littleit , If 1f anything , t to be lost lo < : t , there should not be a acl1s.c.cntmg adissenting adissenting cl1s.c.cntmg cl1sc.cntmg cl1sccntmg dissenting . : . vote vole recorded in the bond election to be beheld beheld beheld held on Tuesday , October 24th We should be beu'11tedly beuvitedly beunitedly u'11t-edly u'11t u11t edly uvitedly ' - behind this most excellent program . , . Should iL it become necessary to increase the - - - - taxes after the fiveear flve-ear flve ear five-year five year five- five - } ear period mentioned above above.it aboveit . , it is certain certam that this increase will wlll not be more morethan morethan morethan than one mill milt Assuming Assummg that this might be the thecate thecase thecase cate case , what would it cost you you9 ? " Foi For each $1000 1000 $ of ofassessed ofassessed ofassessed assessed valuation , your ta tax " ' ! : is now about $30 30 $3000 3000 $3000Wth $ $3000Wth 3000Wth $ Q ( ) Wth an increase mcrease of one mill mm , you would add just just$100 just100 $100 100 $ or in other wolds words your extra tax would be bejust bejust bejust just one-thirtieth one thirtieth - of your present ta"CIt ta"cIt tax ta"C taC " " It is almost almo.t almot . certain that this whole program programcan programcan programcan can be handled without increasing increasmg the tax , as sug- sug suggested suggested sug suggested - - gested abo\ abo abo\e abo e aboe above \ e But if it should become ne necessary necessaryto ssary ssaryto to add one mill , for the sake of saving savmg a few cents centsor centsor centsor or a f few w dollars as the cave ca < : e may be , v . would ould you as- as asnot asnot as-nofc as nofc - not a program for normal times hmes but bu + < - one for an anemergency anemergency anemergency emergency It is to meet a condition and not a atheory atheory atheory theory It is l lirgely hrgely orgely a fight against the depre depression depressionIt . ion ionIt It is a gigantic glgantic effort to get out and go forward forwardto forwardtovard forwardtovard to\ to toard tovard \ ' ard h'lt'lul hltlul h"rnie hrnie h ' " ' ' rin'e rine ' ( ' , . " c1a cias c i } ? 'sir's sirs ' T ' ' = : st'ioglo stioglo st-u st u t ' " ' ' - , glo . ; . : in m plogre progress progressall piogressall s sall all over o er the land Every little hamlet can help Th Th"unite-i Th"unite Thunite i " unitei united - effort of millions of loyal Americans cannot cannotfail cannotfail cannotfail fail Let us at least , . cirry cury cony our own load Let r im \ . improve . ' prove our loyalty to the president by approving approvmg ard and andworking ardwork1ng ardworking work1ng working for his recovery program progl-am progl am - This 1 is ; : on once oncewhen oncewhen , ( . when we work for ourselves It is of no more ad advantage advantage advantage vantage to the : . rc&moers rcmoers D.EmOefS DEmOefS menioers & : of the school boaid boald board than thanto thanto thanto to any other average citizen of Grand county . It Itis Itis Itis is , however , of decided advantage to every parent parentIt It is of advantage to every working man in the thecounty thecounty thecounty county It should be a distinct benefit bencht to every everybu.siness everybusiness everybusiness bu.siness business . man It < should 3hould assist in ill hr raising raismg prll prices C3 of offarm offarm offarm farm products which would be of unnustakable unmistakable unnustakablebenefit unmistakablebenefit unmistakablebenefit benefit to our farmers fanners Everybody would buy more moremeat moremeat moremeat meat , prices would be boosted along , and the stock steck- steck stock- stockman steckman stockman - man could smile again Just think thinh of what could couldhappen couldhappen couldhappen happen hi In inn a very short time if e\ e everybody erybody \ rybody would wouldsay wouldsay wouldsay say "Let's Lets " ' go " Nothing could stop . us 1.1S 11S pis We coull could couldhave coullhave couldhave ( have what we want most PROSPERITY PROSPIJRITY PROSPIHtITY . Somebody asks ' "What What 'What " can we do to complY complYwith complywith complywith with the N . , R A ? ' We c . : can n vote "Yes Yes " " at the thebond thebond thebond bond election on Tuesday , October 24th , and start startthe startthe startthe the wheels of Industry moving so far as Gl"3.nd Gl3.nd Gl3nd Grand Gl"3.ndcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty " . county is concernedVe concerned \ We \Ve Ve can put an Imaginary Imaginary"BLUE imaginary"BLUE Imaginary"BLUE ImaginaryBLUE " "BLUE BLUE " EAGLE ' on our very selves , and say by byword byword byword word : and md action " ' 'WE WE ' WE DO OUR . PART "Very Very " Very truly } souis yours OUlS , , W D HAMMOND HAMMONDPresident , President Board of Education- Education Educabon- Educabon - . - - - - |