Show publio PUBLIC ECONOMY oin oie object carefully kept in view liy lis thom tho thom w who have hare been elected b by y the tile people in this thijs territory lias has been an economical administration of public aff lairs affairs so p that ule uie taxes might b be hb kept down to as low d a figure as possible thohas been a feature in the pre prevailing local politics from the first settlement of these there valleys t we n ty soven seyon years aak azo ago A great deal of public work such buch ai as making road roads in canyons and out i making canals building bridges and even watching feeding and gt guarding arding against indians has been dono done at private expense or by subscription year vear after year hundreds of sacks of flour nour besides jarge amounts of beef beed and more or less of blanketing clothing ete etc have been supplied to tie indians by the bishops and others in various parts of the territory and largely out of tithing g funds ilor iler besides ldes ides what individuals individual have given on their own mere private account litigation has been discouraged discourage das as a rule and the settlement of all ali vexed questions by friendly arbitration encouraged cou raged so thal that means menns public or private Fri private vate might not be thrown away in I 1 a foolish hurtful and e expensive lawsuits nor a swarm of pettifogging vampires be mainwal maintal ma maintained Intal ned at ai the public or private expense of the community in short the ibe constant aim has been to hav have e the taxes territorial count yand municipal as aa iov low lov as possible and in remote settlements payment in produce lias has been betin accepted in order to accommodate the people and render payment ai as easy ehy as aa could well weli be the result orthis of aliis prudent forethought and careful fateful management has been that the Terri territory torys tile tiie counties and the v vadious various aldus mu municipalities rifel pali pall ties llave been kept out of debt and the policy has been to llave have a balance of greater or less amount on hand in tho tile various treasuries whenever it has been beed reasonably practicable territorial county or city bonds are things un known to the community the necessity for bl hili bili high li taxes to p pay ly inhere interest t upon large largi debts incurred through unwise speculation extravagance ardd and wastefulness public officials has thus thiis been deen happily avold avoid avoided bd and the people have rejoiced in the fact that an undue portion or of theli their income hag has not been called for nor in the shape of ogenor enor ibus n bus taxes on the other othet hand hind the ring streaked ticket liberals while making wonderful professions of regard for public good are itching almost to their fingers at the peo peopled pie s ta taxes bep aud nud if those liberal fellows were to succeed in 10 getting their ite Itt itching liftig palms into the local public treasuries the tile liberality they would manifest in disbursing the peoples taxes and in call cali calling ug for ail and levy levying C more would vie lse asto astonishing to contemplate c and remarkably ovo ove y 0 opening and pock pocket et easing to the people wl ako 0 o have to pay tile the taxes under the rule of there these ring streaked liberals the various local governments would not remain long iong on in the sound condition of having baving out neither bond nor debt but in all probability they tiley woula would be soon foon swamped in it liabilities and an incubus of financial dues duea would press upon them ilke ilko a nightmare and arld weigh them down dow n until bankruptcy or repudiation would be the two horns horng of the before them |