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Show (By C. D. McNeeley) . BINGHAM SHOULD BE A COUNTY 5 The latest thing ot a material nature which hasbeen sug-' sug-' gested'here is the formation of anew county with Bingham as the county seat, A business man in discussing this matter . -a few days ago said that there was no reason why this community . should not have a c5unty,of its own and he is preparing to ?inrt some agitation along that line. " He contends that a new county is an absolute necessity to the convenience of the enormous busi-" busi-" ness of this section. " . ; , , There is no doubt but what there is plenty of room here for a new county and such a county would be one of the richest, if not the richest in the state.' It is twenty-eight miles from here, to the county seat and there untold business that has to be transacted tran-sacted at the county, seat and generally necessitates a trip to Salt Lake. Therefore, it would be a great saving in time and money to have a new county laid out with Bingham as the county seat. It could be made up from portions of Salt Lake, Tooele and Utah counties, and this would afford convenience to a great number of people. But it must be remembered that it will take a hard fight to get the new county because Salt Lake City will fight the proposition pro-position to the last ditch as the proposed new county would lop off an immense amount of wealth from the old county. It will take time and quite a bit of money to get the new county, but it will be worth all the cost. It will take time because Bingham at present has absolutely no recognition in the county affairs. With her large population and great wealth she does not have a single county officer. Therefore, the matter could hardly be presented to the next legislature, because Bingham has no representative , in that body and it is not likely that she Will have. . r . Bingham is a revenue feeder for Salt Lake. She pays a big portion of the taxes and all the county sees in this camp is the money it can get from it, and the amount is something enormous. ) It would help the town immensely to have a county seat. It would stimulate business in every line and would have the effect of making this a central community and a trading point for a large section of territory. There is at present a constant stream ' of money flowing from Bingham to Salt Lake which ought to be kept right at home. If Bingham had a county of her own she would have money to build roads and make many other improvements. improve-ments. I naddition to the great amount of money in tax and license li-cense fees going to Salt Lake the fines and forfeitures here in the county court amounted to over $G00 in one week. Then what - does Salt Iiake County do for Bingham? How much money - . does she spend in this community? The money is taken -from Bingham find used in other communities. And of course, this will continue as long as the people here do not demand anything. And there is perhaps nothing better to ask for than anew county. . It will take some years to get it, but it can be had , if we bnly go after it strong enough and keep up the fight. |