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Show the Countv Seat for 30 years and our town will show that she has the light kind of eneigy to nore than d uble t lie great iinpiovemenis made hv Manti, 5th. We ate as near the mineral deposits ol the West mountains, and whiie we may j not have as much coal, saleratus, etc., as our sister town, Manti, we have as uleasant a lo:atiou tor a town, and our wells supply us with heller water for ciihnaiy puiposes that: M mi can secure without water woiks, costing thousands oldoll.ns. 6'.h. When the mo proposed railroads tiaveises our comity liom I Tnistle and Nephi. Ephraim will he the 1 junction town; and all mail Horn l ouu-it. ouu-it. on Green and Moroni, going to the ! Comity Seat, il it were located at Mount I Pleasant, would have to come to Eph-raim Eph-raim and then hack on the R. G. W. to Mount Pleasant. All the mail troll) the S iutli would also have to pass through Ephraim. On the other hand if Mauti weie the favored place then all mail fiotu I the entiie nurth would have to pass thioii ;h Ephraim, and this I claim, would be a loss of time and would tend to re-taid re-taid business of the court that would be ifaeil.ated hv the rjvervse. Theie ate other reasons hut it will take us time to present these six leasous to your readers in a clear and concise manner. To be candid Mr. Editor, f dont think that thete is any necessity for but one argument, and that is w hich is the greatest great-est good to the greatest number, and Heel certain that I can show to any and every uupiedjudiced mind that the location of the County Seat in Ephiam would do that. Id not deshe to take up all'votir Di.e but w IHeave v ur leaders toi e P. er on these question for one week, when 1 m.iv, with your consent, trouble you again, "N- Kickei". EPHRAI.M'S CLAIMS. Editor Ri-gistfr: -Ephraim has some claim 011 the County Seat, as well as Manti; although, forsooth, sha has not yet issued one inch of a circular. Since you have invhed a discussion of this question in the RKGisi liR, I will lay beloie vou a few of our claims. I know, though I am not one of the committee, Jf neither am I ;,"schemii.g politician, "ihat Ephiaim can bring more logical arguments argu-ments into one squaie inch, or in one line of type, than the whole Manti circular circu-lar contains, lint, Air. Editor, it is only the one w ho has the weak end of Ihe debate de-bate that pulls down hisadversaiy iather than advance arguments ol his ow n; and that is not my position, s I shall s ,y no moie about Alanti, or her circular, but go right into the matier in hand. These are a lew ol my arguments: 1st. The saving of lime and money by the County Seat being cenlially located. (I expect to pr-jve, by igures, that the County Seat at Ephiaim, would save the county thousands of dollars more than at any other point,) 2d. Being centially located there could be a more equita'jle destitution of county" officers among the various towns. 3id. Ueingonly6i miles from the Temple.it woluld be a coi.-venient coi.-venient point to issue marriage licenses. 4th. Ephraim is the second town, only in papulation, in the county; and give us |