Show WHY old unprogressive ephraim is in the language of tho the street up against rn it tn a R flimsy article covering the entire first of tile enterprise Enter the tile hired scribe vainly lit to recite a few of the reasons why it is in the interest of oe L tile taip taxpayers ayers to have the county seat moved it is to bo regret regretted tod that the enterprise is not read by every voter in ill tile county the few reasons why is enough to con coil vinco vince every cilien of the utter titter folly and enormous expense of removal the first reason urged is that ephraim is nearer the tile center of population suppose the euter pris ing citizens of that to tonn ii petition to have tho the capitol of the united states moved nearer tile center of population when this is done have the state capitol in salt lake torn down and rebuilt nearer the center of population next nut have every county seat in utah with ith ann ho 0 exceptions wo mod wod d nearer alio cc center m of population convincing 66 reason that for plunging the county in heavy debt which will necessitate BONDING or burden some taxation keson renson no 2 is very significant because it will save sane the county money in witness and jurors mile age 11 it is not fair for ephraim to make inake such an unjust claim A witness or juror coming from front eph ebli aim to manti is paid so much per mile would not the tile manti anit it ness or juror off offset set the ephraim mileage taking for granted that ephraim is is hearer the center of population it v would but make that many more witnesses and jurors south of ephraim the tile result would be the same it is six of one and a half dozen of the other but reason no 3 is of paramount importance because with the county seat here ephraim all of tho people except from willow creek Cree kand and indianola could make the round trip in a day that all depends on the nature of the business for which people visit the county seat and their disposition to make the trip in a day or five days with present hotel accommodations iti it would be absolutely necessary for the tile people to make the trip in a day wo we know of numerous instances with the county seat seven miles away annay when ephraim people have not maje made the round trip in a day in conclusion the paid scribe wants the people of the tile county to believe that all that is is to vote for removal and that eph epli raim will do the rest the absolute absurdity of such a bold deception is a direct insult to the intelligent citizens of sanpete county it ie is so absurd that a wayfaring man though a fool will not believe it ephraim bas a record for making promises A few years ago there was a question of location of a certain public institution mt pleasant ant guaranteed for that building manti offered ephraim PROMISED great things and got the bid the outlay by lie nearly arly every citizen in the count county y is evidenced evidence that promises are more easily made than fulfilled let ns its bo be fair let us bo truthful in this matter the tho qu question is simple to move the county scat rat maans a burden on the taxpayers it means a heavy increase in ill taxes or bonding the tile county take your choice this is tho tile whole proposition in a nut shell and we chal lemro lengo the enterprise or anyone else to prove the tile contrary |