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Show Iron County Commission Jail. garbage debated to meet with the Commission Com-mission to discuss his incarceration philosophy and its effect on the size of any new facility in the County. Basically, Burns has maintained, and reiterated at the meeting, that he would like to incarcerate some convicted con-victed felons locally rather than send them to-the to-the Utah State Penitentiary in Salt Lake City. He stated that such action seemed to help some .convicts toward rehabilitation, but he was also aware that it would require the County to pay lor the keeping of the prisoner, rather than the State of Utah. "I've found that it's more effective to keep a local control on some people, . . . rather than sending them up on a walk through," he said, alluding to the crowded conditions at the penitentiary and the need to release prisoners on parole much sooner than the judge would sometimes like. The commissioners seemed to generally agree with Burns' philosophy, but they were concerned upon the effect it would have on the proposed facility. "I don't disagree with your philosophy," said By BRUCE LEE Record Editor PAROWAN The possibility of a new jail lor Iron : County and garbage . collection in Cedar Valley were once again major topics of discussion at the regular Iron County Commission meeting July 8. ' S. , . Garth Jones, chairman ;.of the . Iron County - Jail Advisory Committee, and J. Harlan . ; Burns, ' Fifth District' Court judge, both met with the commission to . discuss the proposal for anew jail and hall of justice',: facility , for the County- .' Judge Burns was asked been billed every month for the cannister use, even though he has not used them. He said that the cannister can-nister near his home was over a mile away, and thus impractical to use. The conflict over the district has been brewing for some time now, and the commissioners have conducted a public hearing and a poll of residents of the area in an attempt to find out what the citizens want. Generally the response of residents has been to either provide door-to-door pickup or abolish the district entirely. No decisions have been made, but the commissioners com-missioners will probably hear more on the' issue in the future. In other business The commission heard a final report on the financial audit of the County recently conducted con-ducted by Kenneth Darby of Cedar City. Darby generally gave the County a very good report, with only minor suggestions as to how things could be done differently. The commissioners com-missioners can now take the audit under advisement ad-visement and may make changes in procedures if they feel it necessary. The commission approved a new step-grade step-grade salary program for full-time County employees, em-ployees, excluding elected officials. The judge agreed, but also noted that he Commissioner James L. Clark. "What we need to do is plan for that." . wouldn't sentence prisoners to the County jail simply because space was available. Instead, he said that his philosophy was one of common sense, applying the sentence to the individual in-dividual to do the most good for him and for society. "The question becomes have we done a better job shipping them out of the area than we have keeping them here," said Iron County Attorney James L. Shumate. Several figures were quoted from recently released Reports 3 and 4 of the Jail Advisory Committee which attempted to determine how many beds would be needed in a new jail. All involved agreed that incarceration philosphies of local judges would have a great effect on that number. In other business, the commission once again discussed the controversial con-troversial special garbage gar-bage district in Cedar Valley. Gary ' Tharpe, a resident of the valley, appeared to protest . the present system, which consists of a series of dump cannisters placed throughout the area for individuals to use. Tharpe noted that he has |