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Show 1 Is the tlm to record an effective protest. flees of the state officials and the archives of the state government are to be located, and if Salt Lake is not equally willing to make a secriflce of that kind for the privilege of being the capital of Utah, then nil' Utah should turn down Salt Lake and demand de-mand an opportunity to vote on an amendment to the constitution, removing re-moving the seat of government to Ogden Og-den or some other city centrally located. lo-cated. It Is proposed to assess the taxpayers taxpay-ers of Utah one mill each year for fifteen years to build a magnificent structure in Salt Lake City. All the benefits from this tax will go to Salt Lake. With Ogdcn prepared to bid for an opportunity to win the right to erect a capitol and reap the benefits bene-fits which must follow, Salt Lake should be made to compete with this city or forfeit It3 right. The taxpayers are not in the humor of submitting to over-increasing taxation. taxa-tion. Within the last ten years the taxable property of Utah h?s nearly doubled, and there has been a proportionate pro-portionate Increase in revenues derived de-rived by the state, but notwithstanding notwithstand-ing this- growth in the revenues. Utah's treasury falls to accumulate a surplus for any extraordinary outlay. The citizens should check the extravagances ex-travagances wfiich must account for this depletion of the treasury and now OGDEN WILL PAY FOR THE STATE CAPITOL. The members of the Weber Club of Ogden are out after the State capitol. , The business men of this city have I challenged Salt Lakers to-be equally 1 as gcncious as they in volunteering to bnild a slate capitol; and. ,ln case of failure on their part to respond, tho Salt Lakers are to relinquish their city's right to longer remain the cap-i cap-i ital of Utah. That is a fair proposition. proposi-tion. If Ogdcn is willing to build a structure struc-ture of imposing dimensions and architectural beauty, in which the of- |