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Show JOINT CITY-1M I BUILDING MEETS I WITH FftVOR I Sanitary Inspector George Shorten, L when Informed today of the unsanitary V condition of the count courthouse, it gave assurances he will carefully in- jj, Bpect (he building as soon as he can spart the time. Three years .no, he said, he found the building In a deplorable condition. ai that time he n commended that it I be condemned If conditions are now I as bad as reported, he said, condom- t I nation is probable to safeguard public j I health. The city calaboose also is a munlci- f pal horror. Maximum efforts are re- I I quired to overcome the anthropopha- gous insectivori, but despite all ef- f for S the antiquated facilities at both . the city aDd county jails are highly It favorable to a pediculous condition 1 among the prisoners and tbe corps de guard, On all sides today, among business men and farmers, liters is a demand for immediate activity toward the sub- I mission of a bond issue for the build- j ing ot an adequate city and county building i The commissioners of both county 1 ; and city say the time is ripe for ac- I it ion; that the people of the city and ount recogni.H the need and gladly will vote the necessary bonds. The f county is practically out of debt, they say, and the city can well afford to make tb- ui - i in' in W. H. Wat i is. president of the We- j ber club, expressed the consensus of f i opinion, in reply to an inquiry for his opinion. The building Is imperatively j necessary, he said, and now is the time to get busy. Phi 1919 exposition looms ahead, with its enormous requisition for con- i structive development. There's no time to lose, he said. The city and county authorities should get togeth-er togeth-er without delay and plan the im-provemenf im-provemenf for submission to the peo- I Many citizens are remarking that ihe courthouse properly will make an I ideal site for a first-class hotel. Com- I I missioner Moroni Skeen estimates ground would sell in the cash market mar-ket for more than $50,000. j With the new building seriously pro- i posed, there is general opposition to the expenditure of any considerable sum in a futile effort to make the courthouse habitable for another five |
