Show WE MUST JUST PAY tite THE FIDDLER time was when this section enjoyed excellent transportation service from one railroad the rates were within reason and the service was excellent but apparently that was not enovich so BO another railroad was constructed constructed and its construction construction received our almost unanimous and hearty support the new road offered additional con benle ces in the way ot of service but the remarkable thing about it was that very shortly after railroad competition was introduced the freight and passenger rates began to mount but that was not all we demanded a paved highway connecting up the country districts with the state capital and so now we have an elegant highway which makes it possible to run down to salt lake from this city in id two hours with safety wonderful convenience and it adds matei materially to the joy ol of living then there Is another item to be considered box elder county residents own 1811 1814 automobiles and estimating the average cost of those machines at say the total investment in motor cars by this county amounts to to this must be added the investment in gas gaa mr air and mrs airs poster foster simonsen Sl returned irom from salt lake city sunday allne aud and oil tor for the operation of the cars and in one year that item would certainly be a surprise it it could be 10 cornec correctly aly ascertained now anybody will admit that an automobile makes life more joyful to the owner in tact fact it la Is a real feces sity in many instances and its place in the commercial world is fixed forever more but it costs money to purchase aud and operate an automobile and wonderful too as in the case of the railroad rates instead of I 1 gasoline asoline and oil and parts becoming cheaper as the sale of cars increases those essentials have advanced in price just one more thought box elder county boasts of some of the finest school buildings churches and homes that can be found anywhere in the land and who does not appreciate a fine modern school building church or home the man who does not very vory very likely has not yet been born and lwe we all rejoice to see these edifices springing up all over the land but did it ever hocur to you that they post cost money and a great deal of 0 money at that and who pays the bills this line of argument might be continued but enough has been set forth for the purpose of this article our taxes have increased and we are all groaning under the burdens WHICH WE HAVE HEAPED UPON OURSELVES SEL ES we ive need not be disillusioned in the matter tor for we ourselves have prayed and worked to secure all these splendid conveniences and though we may have done so without remembering that the bill would have to be paid the tact fact remains nevertheless t hat you dont get something for nothing mr common citizen Is the most important contributor in the payment of all these bills and he it is who Is groaning most under the present load the one sure way to get relief whether that be the wise way or not is to quit spending tor for you cannot make purchases without paying tor for them sometime |