Show ft f T f wherein he lie corni comment the editor s column on or displease ali ins taint him please I 1 tell them what v hat you yo U want W ant la im thil this inui issue of the news appears a ri solution passed by b the county in which taxpayers are asked to meet meat with the tho commis next tuesday at the court house to ways and means of meeting ir billi bills long lon past due the resolution recites that the county has during the past two years redeemed warrant warrants issued dur ienir 1912 to the of 68 this action has left I 1 the he county tres treasury almost depleted and come some way must be devised to pay off of these warrants 1912 still outstanding int and aud also to pay off a loan made the county in 1912 by N S nielsen amounting to and other debts that bring the total up to there are two ways to caneel these debts the big majority of which were not contrasted by the present board or any of the be me member nabers alise of one way Is to make a ti postal tax levy on the taxable property and the other way is to vote and sell bonds of the county it is really too bad that the republican newspaper boy boys cant get along without scrapping john D rockefeller whose property holdings in cleveland are said to be has brought suit to prevent payment of 2730 ia in taxes have the working people of price found it an any y harder to mike rinke a living since tumbling gambling has ceased it should be easier with a lot of loafers leaving town the promoters of the panama pa ciale international exposition an bounos that all 11 buildings buil dingi have been completed ted and that the big show will the news believes that the bond issue is the easiest way out of the matter payment can be put off until more prosperous time times until the people recover somewhat from the present depression but it is not for the to make an argument for either plan at this time the thing the news wants to impress upon taxpayers at this time is that their servants the county commissioners sio siou ners ers have asked for their advice and cc operation opi ration and they are entitled to it these men on the county board are up against a proposition not of their own making and they want instruction instructions from their constituents come to the meeting you taxpayers and give your servants your opinion as to the beat best thing to be done under the circumstances it is tho thoughtful on the part of the commissioners to extend you this invitation and you should study it out during the next four days and come to the meeting prepared to give your views on the question positive lj stark start on time 9 on the morning of saturday feb 20 press reports st to that a e mine of epsom alts salts has been dia discovered covered near manti disgruntled carbon county politicians can probably get relief at reasonable prices after the mine is opened in accordance with an order issued by the interstate commerce commission a anum number berof of extern western railroads will be called upon to refund something like to shippers of packing house products in this state the th rebate rebates are due on carlota carlots shipped since november 11 1911 Th tho henvy now snow of friday and saturday burday is worth more to carbon and emery counties than can easily be estimated agricultural products pio ducts are going to be mighty high in price next fall on accorinti ac corint of the war and the news hope hopes to see a greater acreage planted in eastern utah mali it is certainly very kind of the members of the city council to allow tho the owners of the price electric elo otric light and power plant to vote on tho the leasing of aid said plant especially after two courts have said that is tho the only legal way statisticians live figured out that the european war is costing two million dollars an hour in money when we count the lives lost the widows and ard orphans that will have aye to be supported by those who survive and nd the mental suffering oring we ought to have little trouble in convincing ourselves that nations which engage in war are not half civilized the hoodlums have certainly enjoyed themselves during the past week pulling men women and children with snowballs and at least one V window w was as broken it I 1 is a a wonder some borne ono was not seriously erious ly injured or killed for severn persons have been knocked down with water soaked snowballs just why the police allow this form of disturbing the peace the news cannot understand emil S lund has introduced a bill which has been passed by the utah house of oi which will do much if passed by the senate and signed by the govern r to bring about more law enforcement in utah it looks is as though the man who drew up the bill had heard of conditions in carbon county where peace officers have winked at lawlessness the bill makes it compulsory on all pace officers cirs to swear to complaints in felony cases and in second offen offenses zes for misdemeanors sheriff tf chiefs of police marshal and other officers have hay e no discretion whatever under the bill in regard to prosecutions the bill require that sheriffs shall not leave the enforcement of law to police departments of cities but that the sheriff hall enforce not only state statutes but city ordinances lets rock the boat yon t the salt lake like dailies are advising our legislators to bo be conservative and not rock the boat some of the common people are beginning tobe lieve that certain men are occupying soft seats on the boat who really deserve to be dumped into lae tae water the papers gave gays the sune advice two years ago and nobody rocked the boat the ship of state hogged the shore and aud the dear people complain about high taxes and the haven of statewide state wide prohibition and she the harbor of equalization are but dimly visible in the distant offing lets rock the boat just little but enough to get got rid of soro some of the luggage that hampers our progress and does not serve as a ballast yes lets rock tho the boat ephraim Ephra ioa enterprise |