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Show Box Elder County Still Up in the Air Over Improvement Improve-ment Program j BRIGHAM, April 23. The people of Box Elder county arc as much up In the air" as ever about road building in this county. Many of the taxpayers of tho county assembled at the court house Monday at the request of the county commissioners and discuss d the advisability of' bonding tho coun'y for $500,000 to build good roads. Some of tho farmors were in favor of the commissioners calling a bond election, providing tho money was to bo used or exponded in graveling aU the roads in the county. Others favored fa-vored a bond issuo to build substantial substan-tial highways in the valley west of Brigham, and some claimed they were in favor of good roads, but on account of tho high cost of everything were opposed to bonds of any kind at tho present time. Tho meeting adjourned -nd no . tion was taken, leaving It entirely with the commissioners to act as they think best. "What they propose to do with reference to "calling an election Is not known. Commissioner C. R. Ca-pener Ca-pener of Garland favors a bond issuu, while Commissioners Wright und Sweeten do not, unless they can bo convinced that a largo majority of the people are in favor of bonding, It is said. The commercial clubs of the county and the taxpayers out in tho va ,oy where there is mud a-plenty, are foi tho bond issue. The people -o'.ldlng north along the mounta-i side, eomo in Brigham City and those south where the roa'ds are generally good, are- against the bond Issue. Outside of Brigliam City, Potor M. Hanson of Bear River City and tho Commercial clubs of Tremonton, Garland Gar-land and Bear River City aro backing the proposition. Willard S. Hansen of Fielding and others along tho mountain side east of tho valley, where they have good roads nearly all the year, are opposing It. It is thought by many that tho bond election for good roads will carry if the election is called. |