| Show NOT while we have every reason to feel I 1 roud of the little city of beaver I 1 ver anti anil its effective corporate ot organization yet the fact that tu our r community is mainly composed of citizens of f moderate means lanners farmers and barter paid artisans who find it difficult indeed to obtain actual cash enough to buy tho the absolute necessaries of life let alone yay pay their city as well as courty and territorial taxes would certainly convey tile the implication that any measure tending to lessen their fi in a general way would be ar an act of charity charily that times are hard bard with liioi of our citizens Js is an undoubted fact that the prospects of a revival of trado trade are somewhat bome borrie what obscure is also ac the very fa t tile tho principal source of money isu supply aply is in the surrounding ruining mining camps ca lips most of which are unhappily under a cloud is ia our vicy allio enorah us far as it gt es ea las has really its ita most us useful stage of the anan passi passa d b bi 3 cat territorial nial legis i t 11 1 g to V u cheuces cieu ces jekely to 10 occur in the cf u beall town lown like ibis coup ed wit h this wo we need only to refer to the fact that tho the riot revenue at present cot col ly by the city is proving allo alio eiler eiber too small for the currert curr erit ex ceases or in plain lau language laug caga guage wo we us as that thai mhd tbd financial at the close af the present fiscal year no vember ber r next ext will show a net lef t edness of the city at least oue one third ill in excess of the gross amount ao bouat of the cites revenue forthe for tho succeeding ear with the expense es of that tb at ciar car to be met by a still further inc ic creise of the debt this is not that the city council is ext extras agana ant by no means but be revenue is is stA dily decreasing and ith no bo corresponding corrello cor reslo anding decrease iu expense hence it is i easy to be i ir berred that if matters continue to go on as thea are buta 0 o will elapse ere we will till be str u ling aling un ua der a municipal debt I 1 ce to the c cita 1 it ledger will fully bear at atit the laade above ind and now the reni remedy edyt and the only one we X know of would ha fe to 0 o tax boursell 1 4 enough to haida e it the prea en indebtedness of something over oter aud and then to tow al allo ow our to be laid aid aside if it can an bed bedich J ae without its ca compote com in I 1 iota lote ahr agioni until moro prosperous le arsand t I 1 siuea would permit of dofita its C resurrection S |
