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Show I COUNTY BUILDING IS CONDEMNED. Again opening bis batteries on the Weber county jail, Pr. T. B. Beultv, state health commissioner. sas: "It will be noted that the only part ' of my remarks which was mentioned OT criticised was the brief reference j T had made concerning the method" employed in financing tic recently constructed fSO.000 county Infirmary from funds derived from direct UtXfe-j lion for the purpose of rarini for the county poor. Tt Is clearly the purpose of the county commissioners to ere-1 ute confusion and to divert attention J from the real point at issue, which la the condition of the jail and county court house. The health authorities lo not presume tn dictate or adrise as to the methods of raising funds to correct cor-rect the said condition, but it is their duty to insist that such correction be :made. No language can be too 'drastic' 'dras-tic' In describing the uncivilized and I 'disgrace nil condition existing m tin1 jail and county court hoiif-, which were thoroughly investigated by my-welf my-welf and the sanitary engineer of the etato board of health. The commissioners commis-sioners took special pains to avoid any reference to or defense "i their dereliction of duty in having pi ted such conditions to continue The condemnation covers even more than the Jail. Dr. Beatty says 1he court house as a whole is not ssni-tary. ssni-tary. The remedy is a joint, city and county coun-ty building. Five years ago the city voted $250,000 in bonds and those bonds are available for a new structure. struc-ture. If the county will Join with the city, a beautiful, modern structure can i bo erected on the square where the dty hall now stands. For a number 1 of years extensive improvements have not been made to th- city hall, as the city administration has been looking forward to the time when a now building build-ing would be erected to be occupied by city and county. |