| Show ARE COUNTIES NECESSARY in the salt lake tribune of the 17 dinst appeared an edi editors edit tori oril it which corn fenced with this sentence cef za tion is dawning on thet the taxpayers ax payers of many mcany county governments are expensive unnecessary and oban lete the tribune mentioned tho the bein considered in many states and tact fact that consolidation of count counties leq Is I 1 thed that with good roads and rapid trans the adjustment to new condl condi tion s is demon demanded ded this is not new lit in itah such lucli lias has been considered for two iwo or three years and much dis discuss cust in many stites states the old system sull still prey prevails ails anany of 0 them havins having coun conn ties that are just townships and even in fit the western section consolidation of 0 counties may lie 16 best tor for certain areas in every even rut allt yie the not only that condoll ration Is right and proper but ahalt county governments overn ments in any form forin Is atit of date this is the his danger and vie record resistors registers its protest aina such sentiment utah has twenty nine counties A few may lie be best consolidated and the number reduced to tf fifteen or twenty lint iut in doing this while a some ome good food ma may be accomplished injury and actual ncy acy damage may ma y also result it 14 1 4 quite similar ito ho the school anil and consol dation plan now the law great bell fit was realized yet much injury to he be small communities was ans also done of schools were made use less ess as students were iii transported to arger centers nut but the small town its one or two teacher ten chers hall had nade lade more than the system deemed to recognize it it had become he community center AN when it waa closed the people went to the larger laiser lai ser own or as many still 10 lo do they remain d tit bome end and missed many a gen sl 1 I gathering ithe of their friends and net h OM lors rast east of tile the wasatch range rane ran e in utah t I 1 Is difficult to arrange counties coin ties to lo e operated and render the jie service equi enquired red more unless very tent c changes are made on the has bas s of compromise only thi may lie be oue one it if the voters volt ers have their say and icy hey will such compromise might bombine duchesne and uintah vittali coun tes les hut but loca locktin tinz the munty county seat at central point is a bilelio delicate ite issue to carlion carbon and finery might not lie ie so difficult down this way con ollila oli datin tinz grand and san isan juan looks simple enough hut but that me meins means ins the runty seat would not lie at inoa or t blanding and it might not be in Ir As serious as the important nature nf f such proposals really Is the matter lay be worked out and still provide frici ent government but it looks ather distant an important phase phae r this is not any more tile hie possible po nomy as it is the desire of the la lais r centers to control if coun counties councle tle 1114 may e made larger it belas the mager atles most anil and tit nil the expense of ill nail ng town and maily more than the county seats local sti lIll e removed and pride and effective ivic work are given blows from which only injury may result |
