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Show I CITIZEN DISCUSSES CITY'S NEEDS H L m IM H Money Expended for Water Ex- M tensions not Benefitting City H Under Present Conditions H Under the Icadorship of the H lion. Mayor J. S. Woodbury, the H City Council oxtended our city H wnter works, and through their H cfTorts vc are enjoying the best H of mountain spring water and H under the management of this H enterprising council, permits H were secured and pipe lines ex- H ten Jed through the South and Hj West Held, one line commencing H south of the Normul grounds and H running west to Wm. Lunt'a, the H other connecting on First North Hj street, thence west to where the H creamery now stands, giving lot H frontages on both sides of cacti H extended pipe line. H It is now to bo hoped that one H of our greatest dreams of a H greater and bettor Cedar City H will bo realized. This most val- H uablo enterprise has mado itpos- H siblo to doublo tho population of H Cedar City in the near future. H At tho present time the bulk of H the frontage is owned by the H original owners and has not as H yot been placed on tho market. H On account of tho low rate of H taxation no doubt tho land can H bo farmed at u profit Every H foot of that land could bo sold H now in lot frontage, and in the H future tho city is bound to tax H lot frontage till it will bo un- H profitable for farming purposes, H then homeseekors will bo able to H - buy a city lot under ono of thu M Thero is a fall of 1800 feet to H ' our city wntor, but tho forco is H ' destroyed at present on account H of dofectivo pi re in tho city. H Thcso dofects will no doubt bo H ropaired in tho near future, and H then our proporty will be pro- H tccted against firo and drouth. H At present wo have a few citi- H zona with a bunch of city lots H milted down. This is usually the H term uapil when groups of lots H are withdrawn from tho market. H Somo of our citizens are desirous H of building restrictions, which H is a very good idea if you havo H other lots to dispose of, because H evory modern home that goes up H improves tho valuo of all proper- H ty adjoining it. Get your pro- H perty on the market; invite tho H stranger to como and help build H up our city; encoumgo an in- H crcaso in taxation, especially on H city proporty, and then we can B go to our tax list and readily dis- H tinguish whether we havo an H acre of Held land or a city lot. H We havo a number of citizens B who contend that our taxes are H too high; however, under oxist- H ing conditions and mto of taxa- H tion, people aro farming all H through our city, and no doubt H to a profit or they would sell and H give the home-seeker a chanco. j Taxation is necessary; it always H has existed and always will ox- H iat, and without it our inconven- H icnecs wuuld increase until our m present tranquility and safety M would be greatly abridged and H perhaps in timo lost. The re- WM duct ion of taxes reduces the terms of our schools, and retards H the progression of public im- M provements. The improvement m of a state, county or city aids the H machinery of our free govern- H inont, and without that life, IS property, and freedom would bo M lost. The reduction of our tnx- H es would blockade our present H progression. Taxes and death m are both certain, so stop howl- ing; pay up and look pleasant, because you are only paying a just debt you owe your country. A Tax Payer. |