Show propose an bond Issue should be I 1 nothing will III Deve develop deveirl iol count muio limn good boado eions increase As intimated in ibe express last WOOK luo ure are being worked out preparatory to call calling ilig an diec tull ou on tile lud question of 01 bonding lor duus all the opinion of the county a it will bo be ioie lUie it the lu aavo at 0 the luuy tu iu feula buus and couy T LL uk k uy up wie me canlers ot of population lL lull I 1 ll li me lne various parts of the former inui indian a it reservation were connected etli vach other by good and a rudd rud train vernal across the count ry nonn cortil of the state road put in good bhame there is but littlee that duchesne county would i jul join n on the west ibis road touching Li lapoint point uennett bennett and hayden and branching to reach other places L could also be connected with the baale road at convenient places i A part ot at the county that is des iniba to grow is that lying to LU ino e soum ot at lit bt ducheane Duc beane hearte and at present there is practically no road bato that section alter leaving ouray vin enese now new parts ol at the country ilice alke roads and were inure is 13 no question that it it is done clone the valuation ot of the county connay win will increase so rapidly that the tax levy ne necessary Lessary to meet it will soon boon be reduced to a fraction of a mill I 1 an euort enort is being made to get the I 1 mountain load designated us as a bbate highway but it that should tail the commissioners would lalu it possible to dinish that work and diab e a good road all the way with wita that done dona the diamond mountain 1 win at once become an import imports ant wealth producer there are al k ready several thousand acres ot of land ellered there and dry farming experts have given it as their opinion that the country is ideal and the to farm there are sure to sue betsi J ral boci the birst the assessed valuation will increase on account of tuat country and will soon add a million ci dollars ollars to our tax roll it U it becomes possible tor lor home seekers bookers and investors to easily and quickly reach the now new parts or of the county where large and quick returns i may be secured train develop ment it will be much easier to attract men with money here increases in fluture valuations are difficult to calculate with any certainty but it Is very conservative to say that the valuation will double in ten tea years ut of course if a railroad came it would increase more than that thai there is litle doubt that the tha legislature will make it possible to lo taki care of the question of but it will always be out of the question to tax heavily enough to build roads to any great extent out of at car rent taxes the burden would sa ie too loo heavy chere is perhaps no other thing tor for which the borrowing of money la Is so fully justified as roads E egiy va y e who uses the highways lo 10 any et extent ent whatever will make an a c t jul baying that will nill more than pay hia share of the debt the cost of hauling with trucks and wagons amounts to a great maul maui times that of railroad transportation and it is a fair estimate that halt half ot of that cost could be eliminated with reasonably good roads an idea of our natural growth can be obtained from the following figures in 1909 the assessed kalua tion tion of the county was 1840 00 valuations have been increased and the levies reduced since that time and if the assessment had been made on the present basis the figures would have been 00 0 0 in 1918 it was a ittle more than more than double in nine ears with nothing but natural growth with the rapid im that will come with good roads it Is easy for each person to figure for himself how light the tax burden will really be in supplying the he most important of our needs |