Show Go to polls Tuesday City Water Bond Election All Roosevelt voters who have paid a real estate or personal property tax during the preceding year will be qualified to vote in the approaching bond election to be held by Roosevelt City next Tuesday March announced Mayor Merlin Both Districts 1 and 2 will vote at the Roosevelt City polls to be open from a.m. to 8 p m THE BOND ELECTION pertains to acquiring an improved and permanent water system for the city and will sanction the city's use of receipts from the cent sales tax to be used for this In supporting the bond election favorable citizens will be voting for a project which is vitally important to solve the area's water problem and which will NOT increase taxes nor water THE PROPOSED project to be assumed jointly by the Ute Indian Tribe and Roosevelt City would take water from Uriah Heap Spring to serve four communities Fort Gusher and Randlett and consulting made a feasibility study for the Public Health department under the Indian Service last fall and determined that there are 7 second feet of water at the spring and that Roosevelt's allotment would be second feet At a peak season the city has never used more than 2 second feet of so the second feet would be more than ample to assure a permanent water the city council points THE WATER WILL BE delivered in a pipe to the head of the present main line at and will be carried in the present pipe If future population growth a parallel line would be Roosevelt City's cost of the project which will be known as the Ute Tribe is estimated at half of which will be supplied by the U S government through its Accelerated Public Works if application for the amount is Duchesne City recently received a grant of to improve Vote Vote for NEXT MARCH qualified voters of Roosevelt City who have paid real estate or personal property tax in the preceding will have the privilege of exercising their rights as American citizens by voting in an important bond election which has been set up by the City for the purpose of improving Roosevelt's water BY VOTING in the citizens will give the City permission to use funds received from the sales tax toward an improved and permanent water which is so vital to the area especially now that we face a serious drought THE BOND ELECTION SHOULD be acceptable to every voter inasmuch as it will NOT raise NOR increase water It will merely give the City authority to use funds already through the sales tax receipts to proceed with the SOURCE OF THE NEW WATER supply will be Uriah Heap located in the vicinity of the present water wells which now supply the City's The new system will lie jointly owned and operated by the Ute Indian Tribe and Roosevelt and will assure an ample and permanent water supply for Fort Gusher and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT things for you to do next is to go to the polls and VOTE in an election to assure your community's future It is important that YOU cast your Don't depend on your neighbor to put the election Many important issues have been just because voters took them for figuring that they would go over Be sure YOU do your part in supporting this v ital SEEMS THAT THIS IS THE thing we have been waiting for over a period of If we get our major water problem then our City officials can dwell on other projects necessary to our GIVE THIS BOND ELECTION YOUR Co to the ROOSEVELT CITY BUILDING next TUESDAY and VOTE Polls are open from a.m. to p.m. its water and as long as the funds are available they are being issued for like projects throughout the TO RAISE THE additional needed for the the City Council proposed that receipts from the cent sales tax be used This proposal was approved by a group of representative citizens who convened with the council several weeks ago to discuss the It is now being placed before the property owners for their approval in the forthcoming bond Money from the sales tax has previously been used for worthwhile such as building the million-gallon water storage enlarging the city hall and fire helping to purchase the Duchesne-Uintah county fire Inasmuch as the area is faced with a serious drought problem the council stressed that an adequate water supply is most certainly vital for the future growth of our and is of the opinion that the area has a golden opportunity to solve its long-time water problem once and for THE BOND if will give the city permission to use funds which they already have and will not increase taxes nor raise citizens' water rates It is hoped by city officials that voters will go to the polls and help pass this most important bond election next Although voters from both districts will vote at the City two judges from each district have been appointed to be at the including Tina Wilkins and Lora District and Chlorus Scholes and Thelma District |