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Show r J iI v r a- i i Published Every Saturday GOODWINS WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO., INC. A. W. RAYBOULD, Manager,, Editor IK E. SCI' SFSKI, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: . in United the $2.50 per year, icluding p tage 'States, Canada Subscription, to all foreign countries, within the. Postal for six mo ths. . T T . , and-Mexic- i, $4.50 per year..;,. Payments should be made by Check, Money Order. ;Of Registered Letter, . payable to The Citizen. M Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919 , ait the postoffice at Salt Lake Act of under the March ?, 1879. j City, Utah, , Phone Wasatch 5409 Ness Bl.dg, Salt Lfeke City, Utah h j . ( : 311-12-- j . 13 : t KNOCKOUT STORM-SEWE- R r, shortest and best planned campaigns to defeat the. people went to bat under the coaching and leadership righam Clegg, a popular young attorney, and in less than ten days cred together sufficient forces to defeat the proposed storm sewer would have cost a segregated district of tax payers not less than of l lie one build. to 000 polit-powe- the city commissioners announced the proposed storm arand their intention to levy an assessment in limited districts, the cost of which was to be $350; 0C0, a majority of the people living prescribed district were dumbfounded and thought that a mis- Yhen made. Then when the outlines were carefully traced in escribed tax district, it was discovered that certain portions of the which would receive great benefits from the proposed sewer were eluded, ami it was also the opinion of the great majority that the sewer should be paid out of the. general fund. Everybody and decried the proposition, but there was no concerted action Brigham Clegg stepped into the limelight and organized the peo- t efficient work. Ilis task was Herculean and governed by the it law thought impossible. lut Mr. Clegg gathered around him ess men and together.thcy worked for over a week, day and night, secured nine out of every ten property owners approached who utterly opposed to the improvement at this time. hen it is considered that 25 per cent of the property owners are m the city, or have sold their homes on the installment plan and the say, but not the vote, which leaves a balance of 75 per cent to ?on, and of that 75 per cent the protestors must secure 66 per cent eat, then the individual can readily sec what the people were up It is then no wonder that Mr. Clegg is being showered with filiations and many of the people want him to run for city been had : st- - com-ione- r. "That s the kind of a man we want for city commissioner a fight-roa- n who can do things, a man that is for the classes, and a of men, can be heard from all sides. There is no doubt d there Was an election today that Mr. Clegg could be elected to ccm the gift of the people and, if such men were elected, what The jrcnt state of affairs we would have in our government. s ould mu. allow. Mr. j Clegg to escape. A committee of the tax-f- c should urp.c him to enter the race this fall for city commissioner nat-Jead- er UUld Let" a Ki - which K - nen who are for tor tbe people. But for tew of e people would 1 tax- r- 'cctciI early unanimously. 11 us elect Gcrk s the people. Mr. Clegg has shown his untiring efforts, time and money soon be called upon to pay a large lost of the people declare to be unfair and discrimi- - that the present law should be changed in order to pcop' s interests. The law should so read that if an im-'- d is do,. by the people they should petition for it, and not tt,lc 0 defe; ;i proposition at an expense to themselves. Under law. commission is authorized to propose any !,icy lrc and at whatever cost thev desire and if the peo "ie s ' i ple, do liot want it there must be at least 66 per cent opposed, to the proposed improvement. Such is government and should not be tolerated in this country. This is the first real taste the people" : have had of this law. After such discriminatory methods in attempting to tax a portion of the people for an improvement, when similar improvements were heretofore paid out of the general fund, the tax payer might well ask, Why should we support any member of the present city commission for and upon what record? Not one of them has suggested a remedy or made an effort at tax reduction, but yearly reach out for more money to spend. If the federal government was run like our local governments, and we allude to a majority all over the country, the United States would today be bankrupt. ' Wake up, citizens,- and demand your rights. Brigham Clegg has helped you win your first battle. Let us keep going until we inject moderation into our local municipal offices. Let us make the improvements that every progressive city must have, but let us do so without wasting the peoples money. Also dont forget that the politicians need big bond issues in election years. un-Americ- i an . re-electi- on - . ANGLING SEASON OPENS. ; The state game department has let a contract to dyke a large the salt flat the other side of Little Mountain, which will catch-al- l canal surplus and flood waters and form an artificial lake for wild ducks. This is a movement in the right direction and should have been started years ago. If all our slough and salt marshes were turned into duck feeding grounds, it would entice millions of ducks to nest and that would make the local shooting much better. The trout fishing season opens next Monday morning at 4 o'clock. As usual thousands of people will go to the various canyons. some for the day, some for two or three days, and others' for their summers vacation of two to three weeks. The opening of the fishing season is really the opening of the camping out season. The weather has become settled, the mountain breezes arc nice and cool, and the fresh mountain water adds tone to all its surroundings. ;No matter how warm in the city, the canyons are invariably cool and blankets feel comfortable during every night of the summer. There arc two places where fishing ought to be better than usual. When the Barievs canyon below the Mountain Dell reservoir. water was let out last fall most of the reservoir fish went down stream and as the water is clear, fly fishing ought to be at its best the first day of the season. The other place is East Canyon below the dam and the Weber river at Morgan, where the trout that escaped the mud when the East Canyon reservoir was emptied last summer, went down stream. Tt ought to make fishing in Lost creek better than for two or three years past. If it docs not rain, Provo river and the . . 1 |