Show HALT ROAD PROGRAM S GALL CALL MASS t MEETING TO LEARN WISHES 1 OF I TAXPAYERS YEAS OF COUNTY TAXPAYERS NOTICE There will be a county convention convention convention conven conven- tion of taxpayers held in Manti Saturday January 22 1921 at 12 0 o'clock clock m. m to discuss the question question question ques ques- tion of continuing with our prec present present pre pre- c- c sent road building program m Si Signed ned P. P P. P Dyreng chairman of com commissioners r r. A movement which has been started with the ultimate purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of effecting a cancellation of t the contract for th the construction construction tion jot of the Manti Pigeon Hollow t paved road prompt prompted d a number of citizens and taxpayers from Ephraim and Manti 1 to go before r the Sanpete board of county commissioners last Tuesday afternoon afternoon afternoon af af- af- af to ascertain if possible where this movement originated P P. P. P Dyreng of M Manti chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the board of county commissioners commissioners com om- missioners addressed the delegate dele- dele gate es nd told th them m that the commissioners had been interrogated interrogated gat gated d by state officials s. s as to b t the sentiment f t the e people county was with reference reference ref ref ref- to proceeding proceeding- with the proposed road building program contract for which has already been let Mr Dyreng stated that thai the commissioners om informed the state state officials t that t they did didot not ot know now what the wishes of the people of this county were in thi regard but that they would call calla Il a mass meeting ta learn the desires of the people and nd report to the state I President Lewis Anderson of Ma Manti ti in addressing the board of commissioners stated that t the e pe people had already expressed express express- ed their desires in bond election i Thi hiss assertion was s supported bj by Christian tian of Ephraim who stated that never had a question been decisively decisively deci deci- and finally than at the road bond election in iI San Sanpete pete which carried by a 5 ato to 1 ihy Mayor of Ephraim in his talk characterized the proposed proposed pro pro- posed of the project pro pro- j ct a as absurd Lewis Larsen a attorney torney of Manti asked Mr Dyr ng of the board if he got the idea from state officials that t they eY would have Sanpete county comity breach their contract Mr Dyr Dyreng Dy Dy- r reng replied by stating that Sanpete Sanpete San San- p pete county was not a party to the contract contract which was replied to ve very fY y emphatically by Mr Larsen Lars- Lars en chat hat at the county was unquestionably unquestionably unquestionably un un- questionably a party to the contract con- con tract and that the movement on foot to abandon the project was absolutely absurd ridiculous and unfair I S. S l. l 1 P. P Peterson of Manti interrogate interrogated interrogated gate gated the chairman of the bo board rd of commissioners as follows Inasmuch In In m J mu h as 2000 people expressed their wishes at the road bond el election election el- el if people attended the mass mass meeting which the commissioners commissioners com com- missi missioners ners have called would override the PT q iF it i F t I 1 t ion rendered by the 2000 at the bond election 1 Mr Dyreng's reply to this was that it was not nota i ia a fair question Bishop Jacobsen expressed his opinion in the matter by asserting asserting asserting assert assert- ing that a mass meeting at this time was uncalled for and out of place J. J D. D Meyrick of Mt Pleasant a member of the board of commissioners com com- missioners missioners stated stated that the state was endeavoring to cut expenditures expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures as much as as' as possible end d concluded bv by saying Lets try and stop this road building program program program pro pro- gram J. J A. A Hougaard recently county county county coun coun- ty attorney pointed out to the commissioners that by abandoning abandoning abandoning abandon abandon- ing the road work no reduction in taxes would be made for the reason that the bonds have been sold and are n now w drawing inter inter- est This information was de- de cidely new to at least one member er of the board of commissioners commission commission- ers ers Mr Hougaard also emphasized emphasized emphasized sized the fact that this money can be used for no other purpose than that for which it was voted by the taxpayers of the county Mr M Meyrick was questioned as asto asto asto to where the idea of abandoning abandon abandon- ing the project originated a and d dhe he replied by stating that he believed believed believed be be- it originated with Mr Bailey of the state board of equalization equalization equalization eq eq- eq- eq and with Governor Mabey A. A W. W Jensen county attorney attorn attorn- ey stated their is no way out of the matter but to 19 stand upon the contract I IThe The meeting ended without changing the decision of the commissioners to h hold ld t the e mass meeting a call calI for for which is published published pub pub- above |