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Show EDI TORIAL JOTS. to r.oxn on not to bond. The taxpayers of Manti, "ill be x.alh-d loi to vole on the (pustion o! . :oitd ins tl'O scl.oo! d .strict to-nior-:i ( evening, ami every vole, should 1. able lo vote itiMligenily on the . ul.j,-. i. Tber.-, is a greet d -a! to n onsi-h r and like all ot ht r que ! ioris First nr ,-idiool s are dc- xnh-ii'y ii.l'eiior to c sir wants, the .iistriet doe.: M,t at pr snt c.wn a lesptctriliie school Ikh:.-', and such se have ale inadequate to ;;c-eonicdate ;;c-eonicdate the sd;o, 1 j.e.u'Ht.t. "id e trus'e.s aie lo d.-v p,m, g a yearly rental of O ai.d sliil the .aceoDiodations are a.vay iielp'.v the sictua rieeils of Vlie coiuiiiuiiity. To build a school house, that will 'Jn any way be equal to our wants, would require abeiit 1 5.OU0. At present the people are unable to tuppcrt the burden of tuxa inn jacrs.-ary to raist' tlr's anioti.'it. Tt v.'i idd require a tsx of 2 per cent tv ) years to raise the amount, and fur that length of time we would be no better off than we ate noiv. !y bonding, the amount i! oan ha raised at once, and the bonds can be made payable in twenty years. It is not unreasonable, to believe the money can be obtained on bonds at an annua! interest of 5 per cent which would make the inter '.-t amount lo about fToO per year. One fourdi of o;,e per cent, the i'liiouiit of tax provided by law for contingent expenses, amounts in this district to nearly 200O, so that after j.nyh.g the inleiest, about si-'loO:1 would be left for fuel etc, Iu the mean tim.j we would have toe tise of a a first class school house 'J lie other side of the picture s-liov.s us Manti with a depleted treasury caused through the action of floods, and heavy tax on account 1 inipioveiiienis mat were ausc-uteiy ausc-uteiy necessary, the city bonded for the water woks, and some of the residents feeling blue about the scarcity of Money. These are abo.it the only objections that can lie urged against tho issuing of school bond-, but they are vf ighty enough to demand more than a pns-sine; pns-sine; thought. Whatever the people tlo should I e done undeistandiiiglv the suualion is one that demands serious and consideration. One thing tin. t should be Innvnrd down liont-ver. is a uasie of means m tnii t) i t 1 i , (1 i i t u ' II e i t I cut t fl r t ) I u 1 1 iioou school Lou-es. inev can lar Jcmj aiiiaj io throw nioiiev away in jii to iuai;e. out worn out it 1 1 i i ' ' t IJVU n 'llili iiu.-o iia ie i.; .0 mar!:,'! ;,,r , . r I 1 1 111 r till 1 l t i i t 11 , , t J ill , i t i i i , (I t at11. i u t l' 1 lit 'o w nal is a' ..(,-( nt : .r. , ,! it l.-i M.'v :. ,'. i- . :' . . cmn e - ;i,e I , ;., 10 I.-: i.e.- ei li.e (el;li- 1 ' r 'I !.e 1 , ; , , VJ '' til" ;:, , .. , ( ill 1 1 u I 1 , , 1 r 1 i 11 1 I ve: TS -i l,v. ' 1 1 ' 1 1 11 11 1 -It t i 1 Vi-t.cui a line of anvtliin hut i |