| Show merger of i and da gaw posed A wibb tile the fort formal nal tho bridge across oreon green iziver pea ago darn damacto sIte reducing the distance dis tono between vernal dutch john and manila ila thero there lias has been bonio biome speculation eta aa to tho ability of combining aagott county with Uin uintah talt idu was suggested by senator 13 B 11 II String liam during the of oc the bridge when lie bo said bald thoro there mah dit not be p daggett county today had it not been 60 60 the pot past to vornal jn 14 on the lio proposal tile salt lake tribune said aard editorially senator was wal not aUng a nier iner ger of oy bagett aia uintah counties but ho be was cor i reet in saying that the inaccessibility to vernal and other population centra centers gave acason for the creation of daggett bount county in 1912 daggett Dog gott county has been suffering buffering from growing pains sinco since work began in 1956 on the 29 million dollar F flaming gorge reclamation project and ro in the corner of tile the state th 0 1950 official census showed a total population of in the county mostly ranch families dutch john reclamation project village in ill tile county haa bas grown to loo 1200 hy by last and i 14 OX ex pecked to boast residents later this year when tho the dam dain and power project is completed in a few years ears john Is expected to settle back to 0 o a population of a few hundred permanent rosi rest dents daggett Dog gott county officials have struggled with mounting problems leins of furnishing needed governmental mental aerY aericob cOB including schools for iho tho growing grow population a proportional increase in county tax resources counties in utah its as in other states wore were created for the service and konvent convenience enco of it a horse and aid buggy society t most communities tire are now served by hard sur faced au all season roads which greatly lesson tile traveling time to tha county courthouse moreover e expanded state and local services plus good tolo communications ions tile the flo quenoy of such trips tho of connecticut has assumed leadership in tilts till field by voting to abolish viat that states eight counties as nit an outworn outmoded and wasteful ful t k of government tills this to say that utah and other saya should full fall in uno hino and abolish county government ut irely but thero are anre several instances chero this 1101 of could bo be improved by reorganization and merger utah mail has haa 29 g counties ranging in population from A few hundred and assessed valuation of about in a million dollars to several hundred thousand people and assessed val nations of more than llian half a billion dollars 4 14 in ill now never lenvi performer perform eI tile iho functions they havo have lit in other parts of the iho country liven so BO abolishing vestigial government lit in connect out cut Is ie of or it ft triumph and ana for or other 1111 every very county Is ft a heavy enter eater of tax money wa all maintain salar palace jed i clata who are luell bated in all direct lona within brief traveling time x by th set of officials going through tile tho ammo till motions it tho the of tho legislature abild the local rosI residents dents to not net to combino school districts in ill the state or to td isola metropolitan problems does pot not reiso may hows hopes for reducing ilie humber of oot fontley font antlee leg to lin alo lie near future A great deal ot of seuay might well be 10 put imi into rue A vernal la is ft a logical geographical center for both count counties lesi with iho vast st part of tAll county lou lity being tile extensive orange grange lands landa in ill tile the along willow and bitter reeks |
