Show county seat removal to be attempted parowan carowan pleads to no avail issue being forced by cedars young and rising generation mayor calls public meeting to determine sentiment here cedar city will make its second attempt to move the county seat of 0 iron county from parowan carowan in connection with the general election this fall it was announced in thursdays thursday day a iton county record deolson Dec lson to bring the matter to a vote the record says was wag reached alter after a series ot of investigation mee meetings tinge and discussions ii by groups from cedar and Par carowan parowan Pa rowan orwan and a committee will commence work immediately to secure the required number ot of sg natures to a petition to have the matter submitted qualified voter in number equal to fifty per cent of those who voted in the county at the last general election must sign the petition artion to bring it to a vote A actually the decision to go ahead was reached in spite of two appeals from parowan carowan representatives that no action be taken this year and iu in the face of anything but unanimous sentiment in cedar city tor for the attempt at this time the agitation seems to be coming chiefly from the younger men la cedar thoss those who were active in the previous attempt being not so en in a meeting of representatives ot of civic and municipal groups last friday evening sponsored by the cedar city chamber of commerce spokesmen ifor for the school district and the ithe branch agricultural college expressed fear that such a move might interfere with their programs and there was comment by bir others present from cedar city be interpreted as enthusiastically in favor of attempting removal at this time most moat outspoken of 0 the group which favored going ahead was reed money member and active head of the chambers investigating committee who said he thought the county seat could and should be moved and that in his hig opinion a majority of citizens of the county favored it thomas cardon carden president of the jun junior for chamber of commerce said he be wanted to make clear the of his organization that it was definitely not sponsoring the move but that it stood ready and anxious to help carry out any sponsored by the parent organization mayor it H lunt said the cites chief interest in ili the matter a in connection with her need ot of an administration building and jail facilities which they felt could better be provided in connection alt with a county building Pa rowans representatives at the meeting in pleaded that cedars galu gain through removal would be in no sense comparable with Pa rowans loss that it Is really a serious matter to parowan carowan Pa rowan and that economic conditions are not favorable at this time tor for such an undertaking they expressed doubt that an election on the tha matter this fall would result differently than did the one in 1930 a and nd gave figures from general elections since then ithen to ifo support their convictions conviction their statements statement 3 lit in this connection were in no sense threats nor attempts to bluff as have slice been intimated but mera ly their opinions frankly stated with a view to making their post known arid and avoiding it possible the unpleasantness of a scrap which apparently might prove tu fu after their appeal the represent stives from this end ot of the county withdrew in order that those from continued tn back parel COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL TO BE ATTEMPTED continued from FI first rat page cedar might feel more tree free to discuss the matter and while no definite at that thal reached decision was time it Is learned that a later meeting deci decided did to go ahead what action parowan carowan ma may ay take in the matter now that its have tailed failed will likely be decided at a public meeting which mayor hatch is calling for monday night leadership to a whether we give move OP posing opposing T removal so that those throughout gho ut the county count Y who do not lot favor it may act through organ iced effort or submit gracefully grace lully without a str struggle will probably depend on the attitude of people in ill this and neighboring communities reviewing the results ot of the 1930 eltion election it la is 6 recalled called that the cause of removal needed more votes to win more than ten per c cent ent more votes than were polled in the county that had cedar and kan arra voted solidly tor for remove removal I 1 the outcome of the election would have hav 1 been unchanged the number of votes cast in each district for and against in the 1930 election are as follows district Di yes no paragonah Para Fara gonah 2 parowan carowan no 1 1 parowan carowan no 2 0 summit 11 42 enoch 42 5 ce cedar dar no 1 16 cedar no 2 1034 57 67 61 48 newcastle 45 10 iron springs 16 4 beryl 15 14 modena 28 10 kami in valley 14 6 lund 6 17 totals 2014 1196 |