| Show TO THE TAXPAYERS OF SANPETE COUNTY In presenting these ar arguments in favor of tt the removal r of the county seat from Manti to io the people of this city believing believing ing ing that the question should be settled fairly fairy fair fair- ly y upon it merits made matle their sta statements asto as asto to to the bonus they were willing to give for forthe forthe the he removal of the tho county sent seat and the the ar arguments ara ar- ar a in favor of said aid removal openly and above board instead of meeting these propositions fairly fair y Manti has been makin making x a gum shoe shoo campaign n going from house to house t r threatening the people with higher I taxation belittling the bonus offered by Ephraim and nd stating that the building offered of- of feied was an old and l unfit unfit for for court courthouse courthouse house bonse purposes that it would cost all of oi the Six Thousand dollars and more to remodel the building for court hou house c purposes and remove the tho jail and records record Ephraim to tJ that k t the people of Ephraim were an unprogressive unprogressive 4 sive lot at Jt of Scandinavians and not entitled to any anY consideration otc etc In fact they have havea m made ie a campaign of ments entirely avoiding voiding t the ereal real issue yr c I t f j Now What Are The Facts t Ephraim offers a bonus of and a t deed deed leed to to the site which is valued at f This makes intakes s given direct to the county county coun coun- 1 ty w without any strings hiring s to it This money Bpd pd this deed are aie on 00 deposit in the Mt Pleas Pleas- 7 ant t bM n to the tha h b er the of oft this county county- c nty- nty In tU support of tillS this statement state- state w ment m nt read the following certificate of the theof A cashier a hier of the Mt ML Pleasant bank f KNOW ALL MEN lEN BY THESE PRESENTS PRESENTS PRES PRES- J ENT That H. H P. P Larsen chairman of the committee on the removal of the county seat from Manti lanti to Ephraim has deposited f in the Mt JIt Pleasant Commercial Savings Bank the sum um of Six Thousand Dollars Dol Dol- t. t sr i lars furs in cash for the use and ard benefit of Sanpete Sant Sanpete San San- t pete county provi providing ing the county seat seat is I rem removed ed to Ephraim city at the coming J election We Ve further certify that we have received 1 t. t a 3 warranty deed from the city of Ephraim to 1 t Sanpete county as grantee on a certain certain lot and building valued by the city of Ephraim at Five Thousand Dollars Said r lr deed Aced to to be delivered to tu the county c of Sanpete San San- it pete in case the county seat is removed to said city otherwise to be rate returned to the k grantor o i J MT Mr PLEASANT COUL SAVINGS BANK By O. O F. F WALL Cashier f nt Dated Sept 16 1904 1901 u In support of Ephraim's contention as aR to I f. f the value v lue of the property offered we submit submit submit sub sub- mit the opinion of the four men whose names are Ie subscribed to the following statement h These men are Judge Johnson Mayor H. H C. C Y Beauman of Mt Rasmus Anderson of If Mt Pleasant and Mayor John S. S Blain of Spring p n City T These e e m men men ar are all well known in lD Sanpete Sanpete te county T They eyare are men who ho are ae It J thoroughly u posted d o on on p property Y i in 5 T i II d iii k If 11 oA Ry Z e. t t 1 J J l I M 1 dJ L' L f Y f t 1 L h i A 1 Sanpete county they thoy are aro acquainted with the pr property perty ty offered by Ephraim and with the present court house honse at Manti and each of them speaking in for himself says says says- I 1 am somewhat acquainted with the building building building build build- ing and site offered by the tho people of Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim raim to Sanpete county for a court h house hone nse and in in-in in my in-my my judgment jud ment said building and site are are worth in their present condition between and I have examined the plans proposed for remodeling said building for a court house honse and aud in my lUy judgment it will make a 1 much more convenient court house tha-i tha the pres present present present I ent one at Manti lanti and will be he fully as suitable in in every way for court house purposes and that hat when so remodeled said property will willbe willbe willbe be worth more than I will further say that in my my judgment by the expenditure expendi expendi- ture of the cash offered by Ephraim in addin adding to the present building it could o ld be made into a Q c court house bouse that would answer answer all the purposes purposes of Sanpete county for the next twenty or thirty years JACOB JOHNSON H. H C. C BEAUMANN RASMUS A ANDERSON DERSON C C J JOHN JOliN OIIN S. S BLAIN BrAIN As on nn additional proof on this point we present the tho following statement of F. F C. C Jensen one me of the substantial busin business s men of Mt Pleasant who is also acquainted with the facts I 1 am acquainted with the bl building and site for tI a court courthouse house offered r tl by y the raim ph-raim people which I J consider worth easily easly in 10 its present condition The d ions of said building inside are in my judgment by expending th the cash bonus offered by Ephraim Ephr ln i in id building an annex on the south side sid pf Pi the present building and putting up tip 9 8 neat modern front to the building and running the hall gall along the south side of the present building using the tho present south wall for a partition wall the county would have a neat modern court he heuse use that would answer for f r man mun many years to come curne This arrangement would give large commodious rooms for all the officers of the tho I county a wide hallway and l stairway leading to the court rooms above and und all nIl of this could easily be he done with the cash bonus so 10 the county would have havo a splendid new now court hoose without any expense to the tho taxpayers F. F C. C JENSEN All of these gentlemen are men of stand standing standing in ing in this county and their judgment on this matter will not be questioned d by any taxpayer Will the be Used Up Now in regard to the statement statement that it will take all of the and more to remodel remodel remodel re re- model the building for a court house honse and move the jail and amI records to Ephraim This charge has been beon repeatedly made by Manti in spite of the fact that Ephraim has offer offered ed to bear these expenses What Ephraim will D DIn Do DoIn In addition to tu the cash and site we will pay al at expenses the the be expenses of remodeling remodel remodel- ing the tho building according to the plans submitted submitted sub sub- with lith this circular we will will- build ia a j 1 VI T J ft r 1 tIt J. J t f r. r I- I t i J. J T F Irk 47 V T 7 l I f 4 4 f s i fl t i t 5 1 t- t i l If R I. I f y no j jail il building as good or 01 better than than the r one in Manti Manti- we will take down the 1 c cages ig s in in the the- thep p j jail il and set them up in int inthe the fhe t hi ne tier nev v building at Ephraim we will remove ill i II i t h ho he county oU nty records and furniture to this city ir ih o of charge to the county countY I r short L l' l we ve MI l h Hear Fear ar all the expenses incident to the remo rellI d so that Sanpete county county- will get the ull 11 Out hones bonus and not be e out one cent In support t of this thiE pledge we herewith present pre ent the tot owing guarantee e signed by some of the must most mo t substantial l' l citizens citi ms of Ephraim men whose w hose guarantee on any business proposition proposition pro pro- position will be by the Manti bank r and nd business men in Manti or any citizen of I i Sanpete county I 1 Know all men by these thes presents That we f the undersigned hereby promise and agree to see that the county jail is rem removed ved td Ephraim and nd placed OO lu ili as good a building ing i as the present one and the building offered by Ephraim to Sanpete c will be re remodeled remodeled re- re mod modeled led in accordance with the plans submitted submitted submit submit- r ted by the Ephraim people p uple and that the records are aro also removed d to Ephraim all of which will he be done Jone without any expense f z on the p part rt of the county provided that the county seat is removed to Ephraim atthe at the coming ele election tion The cost to make said removal removal removal re re- moval shall be met DIet b by the people of Ephraim OVER AND AB vVE the Six Thousand dollars dol dolt lars now in the bank J t Witness our ur hands this day of Jf Novem November No Nov vem- vem m- m her ber A. A D. D 1904 H. H P. P Larsen Peter Peler Lund Lurid Joseph N. N N Hansen Peter Greaves Jr M Al F. F M Murray in ray S Ole Larsen R Rasmus s us Hansen Hunsen N. N O. O Andersnn Ander- Ander J Chris Larsen James James' JamesL L. L C. C J. J Fish Fisher r Andreas Olsen Adolph Hansen Hanen and many others From the facts and r statements te i rom foregoing a at the t of 1 l county 44 cou ty seat eat to Ephraim will not cause se tb the county t to bond for H q court house but on the Conti Con fon- ontI tI ary it will enable the taxpayers to get get- a aa acourt ti court house that will will be he sufficient for for the t e jl no needs ds of the cou coo ty fur for the next twenty or or t f thirty years free of ot charge U. U Now look at 1 Mantis Manti's proposition us Uti shown bown by their cir cir cir- 1 cular They say Manti Monti offered to give give give-a a a bonus of provided provide the tho county would build a new modern modern court house louse buy uy the the county block at its cast case value alne and und in in- lD addition addition addi addi- tion assist in di disposing of the old courthouse court courthouse o rt house honse to the best b s advantage Jt e Now mark murk j y this last proposition They bey I want to help the county to dispose ot of the old court house boase se That means that thov tho want the new one on a a. anew new site which the county on tY would have to o i buy It means that that thai t the jail would have i. i to to be torn down and removed ved to the new new site just the same as a if it it jt were vere moved to to Ephraim It means that the new site would 12 cost all nil that the present court co rt house would j sell for and all the county would have out ont of the deal would be the b bonus nl offered by Manti the cash value t- t of the tho county bl block k which would not not exceed exceed 1500 and no court hurt courthouse courthouse house or jail Tho The or 2000 nl necessary necessary essary to to add to tu Manti s bonus to build a anew new court house must be d by b bonding It can be raised in no other way than than than-by by taxing the th people 1 Ephraim Ephraim- offers a s 's site Bitt tf a 11 court house remodeled remodeled remodeled re- re modeled s so sd asto as to be HUM more inure e convenient nt tl than afi the present prese t. t one ne a jail equally as good as-good good as the he theone one one one-in in Manti Mantl of c st 1 to 5 Ui the county and and in cash bash addit additional The expenditure of tl this iS six i tho thousand 4 d doll irs l in- in adding in to the I I d d on on n-l n last list page pa a e. e F iIO I. I J i. I 1 1 l F J rl A f o i J V. V t on oil J f J. J i tI 0 f t i t J 1 i v. v l I R 2 r e z i- i c f tJ t. t s y To The Taxpayers of Sanpete County Continued from First page remodeled building offered by Ephraim will without question provide a 0 court house that will creditably serve Sanpete county for twenty or thirty years to come In view of all these facts who will force bonding Ephraim or Manti Mantil With the county seat seat- at at- at Ephraim the county will still remain emain in possession of th the Lc property at Manti l and the tho money from its sale will go into the county treasury t Ephraim gives from to to the tho county free tree c compels the county to be taxed to in in order to got get Mantis Manti's bonus Mantis Manti's claim tha it will cost the tho county to re resurvey survey and plat the county roads exclusive of marl re-marl marking re-marking ng the mile nule stones is ili is too silly to deserve answering but in m view of ot the fact tact that they have sc scattered the stat stat- ment broadcast over the county we have sought the opinion of Judge Jacob Johnson on Jon the necessity of any such work and und that opinion which appears herewith explodes that ar argument altogether Spring City Utah October 31 1904 GENTLEMEN Replying to your inquiry of recent a date will say should the tho county seat of Sanpete county be removed from Manti l to Ephraim I know of no law or necessity for surveying re or or re platting re-platting the county roads J of this thi county or 10 establishing ro-establishing the tho miler milestone milestones mile mile- r stones stone as us now placed upon said roads The law on this subject may he be found on page of the Revised Statutes of Utah 1898 t. t Sec 1135 reads as follows The county clerk f must keep a book hook in which must be recorded all fall the orders of the board of county comI commissioners commissioners com com- I missioners relative to each roa road district in eluding 01 orders deis for laying out opening and andt t altering roads a description of each earh road load I district the tho name of its supervisors roads highways contracts and all other matters matteis pertaining thereto And subdivision 5 of Sec 1134 reads as follows Each hoard of 0 county commissioners shall by proper re regulations regulations reo re- re o 5 3 cause to bo be erected and maintained main main- on such highways ways as they may may designate esig- esig I f Date nate milestones or 01 posts an and guide uhl posts l v properly ro erly inscribed and again in Sec 1122 on JJr oJ page pago 11 IN 7 laws of Utah 1889 provides It It f c shall be bo the duty of the board of county in each county immediately K to determine a all l public highways existing in yi its county and to prepare plats and specific I j descriptions of the same and of such other I highways as such h board ayd may from time to toG G r time tulle locate upon public lands which shall be he kept on file in the office of the tho county clerk t The The above is all the law of this state touching this subject I know of no law or f necessity requiring the county seat to be he the initiatory pom point for the surveying or platt platting plat plat- t t ting of roads or or highways The existing h i surveys and plats of the roads and highways of this county are as suitable for the county t feat e t in any o other her place in n t the e county as they are are f for r Manti l and no public funds nee need be spent for fr changing either said surveys or t plats l r l' l JACOB JOHNSON r t Si Size e of Office Rooms Booms r Manti insinuates that no office in the building offered by Ephraim will be bo more than feet Is this true I Hero Here are the Gron Ground d floor clerk r sheriff recorder treasurer 17 assessor Second floor Judges floor Judges Judge's 1 chamber jury room court courtroom If I room vault Does poes the Manti circular facts Examine the plans for for- forthe the proof r c Saving in Mileage A considerable amount of money will be bey y sayed saved aved to tho the county bounty on on 01 the he milea mileage e of jurors I and and- witnesses witnesses by locating the county seat at ace r scle selected tl in s jurors jurors are proportion r ld 7 Do t. t r J i I ft- ft f J. J 1 c J Y s K i Nit 7 1 0 Wk- Wk V 9 x s 1 1 r J a The building Ephraim proposes to give Sanpete county for a Court House to tH the Ephraim Ephraim i nI nd l Ia Manti ti provide practically the same number of jurors their registration being practically the same Tho The cost to the county so far as Ephraim and Manti are aro conc concerned rne will therefore therefore there there- fore be the same whether the county tout seat be located in Ephraim or 0 Manti The rhe question is simply imply this How many |
