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Show t THE CITIZEN ficient to pump the water 2,000 feet in height for the accommodation of hotel and guests, and to furnish light. Also a large telescope and searchlights are to be placed on the North Rim for the benefit of all tourists. with reds, browns, yellows, green and purples. Between them the Kaibab lies a stretch of desert tinted like a .rainbows arther to the south is the Kaibab forest and Grand Canyon ec ,d Be iti ft) PEOPLE IGNORED hi 10! A favorite contractor in any city or community is not good for the welfare and 'health of a city or community, but from general appearances that is just what we have in this city. Our city commission is carrying things with too high a hand and the people are entirely ignored in matters of big public im- i i that have become tame in their protected home in Yellow-iton- e Park, mingle with the tourists showing no fear of mankind. Tourists them and they are real pals,' only don't take a chance and get too Wild bears v U: feed dose. roi These two bean) were snapped on the highway near the Thumb, Yellowstone Lake. Photo, courtesy Union Pacific. mil rai ton Lti Jta hoi u ' nd National at Park remote from traveled ways. Kaibab is the largest most beautiful virgin forest in the United States. Words re of little avail to describe the Grand Canyon and its Jnd sur-oundin- gs. The Union Pacific takes the tourist to Cedar City, at the ery edge of the Grand Canyon wonderland, and from there side trips can conveniently be arranged to all points of aut-inobi- re nib le nterest. The Union Pacific System has spent on ; over $2,000,000 in a provements. The Citizen cites the Main street paving improvement as a shining example of commission form of government, high handed methods in awarding contracts, and entirely ignoring the people. The contract was let to Gibbons and Reed Thursday. Mind you, our city commission met in executive session to award that contract and the public was entirely excluded from that meeting. If it is not the pubilcs business when an expenditure of over $200,000 is involved, then we would like to know who the Mussolini is that has taken the bull by the horns and actually burning up our hard earned tax money! The Contractors Association asked severel questions of our city commission regarding this Main street paving job, but who are they that they should receive a hearing from our city dads? Then rumors came thick and fast. It was the common talk on the street that no one had a chance against Gibbons and Reed, no matter what they bid, and they got the contract, which was awarded in executive session of our city commission, notwithstanding the fact that there was a bid of $9000 lower than the Gibbons and Reed bid, which would make a difference of 57 cents per front foot to the taxpayers. The contract figure stands at $206,000, but who knows whether this is excessive or low? Our city engineer estimated the cost at $254,000, and why the big difference in cost we cannot figure, unless there is a nigger in the wood pile. There was a low bid of $197,000. 1 P clii 4 A bull bison, one of the surviving animals of the big herds that romped fa plains, and which animals have been nearly exterminated by the "detractive'' white man. This animal now finds a comfortable and protected wne in Yellowstone Park. Photo, courtesy Union Pacific. Utah to take care of the tourists who arc going to that tot of the state by the thousands. Fine hotels and excellent railed accommodations are all what one could desire, and every onvenience for the health and pleasure of the tourist is pro- Wtliern The company will spend $500,000 more at the Grand on, where also a perpetual motion plant is to he put into ration. The water is to be piped from roaring springs down e canyon a sufficient distance to create electric pow.cr suf ved. . The taxpayers of this city are being bamboozled and appear to have no say as to how their hard earned money shall be spent. We are glad that an election is coming in order that we may straighten out some of these big finance affairs. No wonder our taxes are high ! We arc absolutely against all executive sessions, especially when huge sums of money are awarded for contracts. We want commissioners that we can go to and talk to, and we want commissioners who do big business in the open and not behind locked doors. Many rumors have been coming from the city and county building of one thing or another and we really believe that a little investigating might correct many things which hearsay intimates are not quite right. One of the best authorities on cement and cement roads told the city commissioners the other day that there was no difference in strength or wearing qualitities between a gravel mixture and a crushed rock mixture. If that is true, then why the extra cost? Also this authority stated that there should be no difference in price between the two materials. The Citizen denmands a square deal for the public, as well as for the contractors. We want no favorites or padded public improvements. VICTORY FOR AMERICAN IDEALS This country never faced such a period of prosperity as appears to be ahead of it. And therein lies our greatest danger. Can we as a nation keep our head and not become soft and discontented? |