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Show jL GOOD ROADS. HFA" . Tho opinions of bohio of tho lcnd- mw ing mon of this county, fl jF It will tnko between $26 nnd $30,- lj 000.00 to remodel 'tho county court sj . houso nt Drldlmm City. Any renson- ; 'i nblo citizen, after a thorough lnvcstl- ii Ration, will concedo that there Is not If onouRh room for tho handling of tho M , district and county business. Thero fj ' Is no question but what It will be '3 1 built at nn early date. Thero are J I; many miles of Impassible roads that V 'f . need draining and grading in order a ' to bo of any uso to the public dur- Jf I' ing tho wot season. Thero has been 'Jf ' '., nn lmnionso Iobs to tho farmers north m;r, of Qnrland and elsowhoro In being l unablo Jto reach tho whoat market J( during tho meteoric rlso of wheat this 31 4', wlntor. Two years ago tho Hon. W. fi & S. Hansen of Fielding lost threo cars II of onions on account of bolng unablo j to got them to tho railroad stnion at i t Colllnston. fl Pcoplo living1 In Drighnm, north Jj L and south along tho cast mountains j i' have no concoptlon whntover of what .? r- impa8slblo roads aro in Bear River i Vnlloy. I jf Tho pcoplo on tho flat nro willing T to co-operate with tho peoplo of Brig- i (j p ham City and vicinity nnd mnko Box Ik I Elder county one of tho banner coun- , it j tics in tho Stnto of Utah. fl i , Tho tax payers of tho east side I i hnvo no moro right to say to tho 'It pcoplo of tho lint, "you can got nlong j! ; a fow moro years without ronds" as fl I, tho peoplo of tho Bonr Rlvor Valley H f? , should dictate to tho people of Brlg- jjij ' Ijnra City when to remodel and en- M ;. largo tho county court houso. How- J fry ever tho pcoplo of Boar Itlvor Valley ij ft. aro heart and soul In tho good road i mf movement. True, wo havo our teni- ffi W- per ruilied by tho Inconvenlonco nnd I J -1 Iosb wo havo sustained by reason of "no roads."' Tho people on the lint K !-, are nnd will bo a factor to bo reckoned Jf: with In politics and Business, soclnlly I i and otherwise in tho future A l stondy growth has marked the dovel- I L' opmont of Bear Itlvor Vnlloy. We S f - - havo homes for hundreds of families r ninny would hnvo Invested if it ft had not beon for tho impasslblo roads, ij " Tho $20,000.00 moro or less in tho U '. colmty treasury Is not sumclont to 1 ' meot tho domnnds of tho taxpayers I i' ' for good roads and remodeling of tho jf! r court houso. Even should thero bo jli (t 1t2 of n mill advance In our taxes all V tor rnd purposes.wo still would havo t L tho Inconvenlonco of splnshlng j around In mud for sovoral years Hl it Howovor wo will not despair. The ifl W fame of tho productiveness of tho soil M h In Bear Itlvor Valley hns reached be- OH ' yond tho borders of this county. Tnko M f tho npplo Industry for lnstanco: we m can prove hoyond n shadow of n ; f doubt that tho not profits of one fftW ncro of 10 year old bearing orchurdr ML havo been from $600.00 to $1100.00 "slSs, We havo now many ncres of bearing orchards and hundreds of ncres of JlR' young orchards three to flvo years ii, old. It is necessary to got our pro- raJE duco to market. Aro you going to j help us? Or, will you, that have tflay ' good passlblo roads sit Idly by and i JiJpJ calmly rojolco In our misery? No, loff1 i ' wo ue"ovo tho taxpayers on tho east jMiT B,llc w'11 1,e,p U8 mn,0 Ilox Elder I'll. county what It Is destined to be one .Km of the foremost agricultural nnd hor- iSM. tlculturnl vnlloys in tho arid west. iflLw'- ' ' Tlie PePlo o' tno Dcnr River Val- jjff ley nro proud to point to Brlgham tmm City as tho cleanest residence town wl ' In Utah. Its municipal light and gift- wnter system; Its mercantile estab- mm lishmonts and banking Institutions Jffl , nro ornaments to thnt city. It is re- il ' markablo, yet truo, that bonding of 'Ww K tno clty brought about tho water IjK works and tho municipal light nys- Ilf terns. Good roads aro avenues of Km' communication and to havo theso ;li L modern conveniences it Is necessary ;K I to sacrlflco selfishness, territorial L clnnlshncss nnd work for tho good of m f ' tho whole. To bring about tho do- M I sred result in road-building boud- tw-B Ing of the county to tho full extent imW of tho law will bo necessary. The rM value of tho toxablo property of Box S4 Elder county bordors nn to the $10, Sja. 000,000.00 mnrk, which will make 'fflfl Box Eldor county n county of tho 9 third class In 1910. gilJ . Artlclo 14 of the Constitution of Sm Utah, provides: "No debt In excess , . of tho taxes for tho current year shall Um h6 created by any county or subdlvl- I : nlon thereof, or by any school dls- SljE : trlct thoroln, or by any city, town or ftil i . village, or any subdivision theeof In m this State; unless the proposition to gJI; i create such debt, shall have been sub- lit) 5 mltted to a voto of such quallflcd electors as shall havo paid n, proporty K'll 1 tax therein, in the year preceding ft' In J such election, nnd n majority of those lull f voting thereon shall havo voted In 1 If, j favor of incuring such debt," S Kff The wisdom of tho organic act Is m( clearly shown In tho above article Sv rffi giving to tho majority tho right to say whnt Is needed for tho bettorment of condllons In their respcctlvo counties. coun-ties. Artlclo 4, Section 4, of tho Constitution Con-stitution of Utah, provides: "When authorized to crcato Indebtedness ns provided in Section 3, of this article, no county shall become Indebted to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in-debtedness, exccadlng two perccntum; provided, thnt no pnrt of tho indebtedness indebt-edness allowed In this section, shall bo Incurred for othor than strictly county purposes." It Is not tho Intention of tho writer writ-er to discuss how tho bonds should bo floated; how taxes should bo levied to pay Interest and principal on bonds nor any question pertaining to tho sinking fund. Tho county commissioners commis-sioners nro governed by the laws of tho State of Utah in such cases, mado and provided. Tho first step Is to get tho money for road purposes; how to proporly spend It will bo tho next stop. Much of this work can bo dono by our own cltlzons. All members of tho board of governors gover-nors of tho commorclnl club of Bear Itlvor Valley, who havo been Interviewed Inter-viewed nro In favor of bonding' tho county for tho construction of highways. high-ways. Bead what some of our leading citizens hnvo to say: Hon. John P. Holmgron snyB: "1 am In favor of bonding the county to Its lawful capacity for road purposes." pur-poses." Jos. Jcnson, ox-county clerk, snld: "Put mo down In favor of bonding tho county for $200,000.00 for the construction of highways. I shall use my Influence to bring nbout the desired result." Moroni Mortonscn, president of the B. It. V. V. O. Ass'n, snld: "I am In favor of good roads and I cannot sec how this result can bo obtained without with-out Indebtedness." Hon. W. S. Hansen said: "I am certainly In favor of good roads but hnvo not ns yet framed nn opinion how tho money should bo rnlscd for road purposes." Alma Nelson, ono of the directors of the First National Bank or Brig hnm City, said: "Sure, I nm in favor of bonding the county for roads. Wc certainly have a remedy In bonding.' P. M. Hnnson, chairman of tho Co school board, said: "I am of tho un quallfled opinion thnt Box Elder coun. ty should bo bonded two per centum of Its assessed valuation of taxable property for road purposes." Below is a statement of David Holmgren, mannger Farmers' Cash Union: "In nnBWor to tho question, "Are you In fnvor of bonding tho county for tho construction of high-ways?" Will sny that an affirmative answer Is strictly In keeping with present day progress and developments. Bad roads have been a direct cause of loss to 'us In our shipments by reason of Inability to load cars at specified times, thus violating contracts and agreements, besides an unmercifully lot of demurrage to pay for detention of cars. Respectfully, DAVID HOLMGREN, Mgr. Farmers' Cash Union." Walter Green, tho Bannna Apple man, said: "I am In favor of bonding bond-ing for tho renson thnt It brings business busi-ness nnd capital Into a country. Without good roads capital will not bo invested In any community, besides be-sides bnd roads bIiow a non-progressive spirit." Milton H. Wolllng. president of tho Bear Itlver Stake, said: "Quote mo ns heart and soul in tho move-1 ment of good roads.' Good roads mean progress and prosperity, n bono-flt bono-flt to tho peoplo who live In tho cities, cit-ies, nn advnntngo to the peoplo who live In tho country nnd It will help J ovory section of our county." j Tho peoplo of Bear Itlvor Valley will agitate this move both In Brig-hnm Brig-hnm City and In Bear Itlvor Valley Tho report of tho "Country lAvo Commltteo" nppolntod by President Itoosevolt recommended thlofly nmong thor recommendntlons hotter means of communication especlnlly "good roads." A meeting under tho nusplces of tho Bear Itlvor Valloy Commercial Club will bo hold Immediately and a commltteo will bo appointed to meot tho county commissioners and mem hers of tho Box Eldor Commercial Club for tho purposo of talking up tho question of good roads, bonding of tho county nnd tho remodeling oi building of a now:ounty court house. HENRY SEEGER. |