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Show correspondent of the Salt Lata Tribune layi. I hear nothing said among our people of the annexation of Utah loNevnda, No one here seems te have any thought of such capture. It would be somewhat like shrimp tackling and swallowing a full grown lobster, or a tail setting forth and capturing unto itself a deg. After the cepture of Utah, Nevada would occupy a position about as impertant as that which was held by the fly that lat on the chsriot wheel. For Nevada to capture Utah, would be about such a feat as for a fish to capture a man by seizing aud swallowing the hook held out to him I y the biped. Nevada is no "Jack the Giant Killer." BONDING, We see by the Salt Lake papei-g that the citizens voted down the proposition to issue 300. 000 worth wor-th of bonds for the county. There aie cases where bonding is i.ecessary while in other cases iti a temptati on to extravagance in public affairs. The public welfare it very much like that of the individual. There are times wheu the shrewd business man see? where it, will pay him to bonow money, but he borrow only what he needs, and payj as ooon as lie can' It woul I not be very good policy foi any one to e.o in debt iiut because they could. Debtislike'a miilstone, always pulling the debtor down in the mud and slush of poverty, his sleep is troubled, heis frightened at shadows, and pay day is hi nightmare. night-mare. Nearly all have tasted trie bitterness of being iu debt. Vi ben men can seo their way through, wheu they can make more then the interest of their borrowed money, and there is an absolute certainty lhat all will be right there can be no objection to goina" in debt. Sometimes, too. men are overtaken over-taken with misfortunes and cannot help themselves, and then their situation is one to cause pity. hut there ar? people who are Cii-Krs of const quences, and will go in debt just aj far as thev can, never ininking of ihe time when tlieir bills will come due. This ii dishonesty. I lure are occasions wheu public institutions can be benfitted by boi:d;nc, and ca.-es where it it absolutely necessary, but when, as appears to be. the case in Salt Lake- County, the nece.-sity for bending is caued through extrjva-fcHiice.it extrjva-fcHiice.it is vil for the tax-payers tv call a halt in the matter and Vute "Bonds Mo," There is no need of bonding just because the law allows it. When it is found that the taxes are inaufticant to m.ct the expendiLur it is better to fnduut where Jjs leaks are aud use :i little more economy. The craze that seems to have struck many chics should be sup-passed sup-passed and brought into its legitimate legi-timate channels or the future wiii bring theia trouble. Some people seem to be afraid that Utah will be united to .Nevada ty make a state, aud a Kevad? |