Show b J THE PROPOSED COURTHOUSE I Local sentiment in ill regard toc to c the proposal to bond the county for for the erection and furnishing of a county courthouse courthouse courthouse court- court house is not easil easily gauged There r I. I is little so public conversation oil on the lC subject that we wc cannot t avoid noting the contrast with t the fever heat hent that prevailed i t when it was proposed to move 4 the county seat to Ephraim several several sev sev- 4 eral years ears ago Many of the citizens cit cit- who took part in that mem mein memorable contest have not yet recovered recovered re re- re c covered vered from the an anI and d 1 I w we have been expecting them t to 0 offer some suggestions that would serve to bring the present question question ques tion prominently before beford the Eph Ephraim k raim public At present The Enterprise is ii 3 wi waiting for the citizens of Ephraim Eph Eph- Ir rail raim im to get together and plan plat platt t some concerted action for we d do donot o t not Wish IS 1 1 t to 0 ma make k e any frt frt- tr t 6 that would not be approved approved 1 b by the the people and yet this i is s 4 wi without doubt a case that re requires re- re I quires i. prompt attention it it is a f fi question J that means so much to toi tot fife taxpayers of the county an and d t v o the fut future re interests of its people peo i pl that the election should not be permitted to td go by default defaultS S 'S The people people should first of all decide deride de de- t. t ride c cide c whether hethe r the county needs F. S' S r a new new courthouse at the presentS presentS' present time then they should determine deter deter- 1 f mine whether the proposed 70 b bond ond issue is within their d ra range and finally they must t decide whether the county seat is to remain at Manti or whether i it will ill serve the interests of the county r better to remove the county seat to Ephraim If the V election lecHon carries it will settle i once e for r all the question of the tle 4 location of Sanpete's county 7 s seat t and nd if it does not carry it wi will l indicate that the taxpayers fi are either not prepared to erect w a new courthouse at Manti according according ac ac- ac cording to the proposed plan or r that 1 at they will entertain n a proposal pro pro- 3 t osal to remove the county seat scat r to i thi city What is done in iu this matter tin n will depend largely on the action S' S of the taxpayers of Ephraim for if they do not show a great in interest iu test tel terest st in inthe the election we have a aright aright right to expect still less inter interest st k die part of all the tho other towns with aril i h the exception of Manti And lid in that case we will venture t t the thc assertion that Manti ant will vill yil se see seeto to it lt that the election cu carries ies Per Personally t we would not like tos to s the question set at rest rest at atthe ti the present time for we believe tl tJ Ephraim now has a better pt of securing the county 80 slat t than ever before and in inc incase zv S c case se of a deciding ad adverse verse vote at the election we would consider consider con con- s sider sider it an indication that the tune time has arrived for Ephraim to tom tomake y tit Y 9 f r m make ke a second attempt Howe How- How ti e er r we are not so bellicose 4 that we would suggest a a. a ar 5 qu n of war that would be dista dis- dis ta rul to a majority of the k elors el ors of this city J.- J. |