| Show PERSONAL OPINION by elwyn blake KILL GOOSE THAT LAYS GOLDEN EGG at a recent sale of real estate for taxes held at the county court house more than worth of property was offered for sale most of this properio proper prope rip is definitely off the tax rolls for a long time if not permanently as there were nv few buyers and very few people were able to redeem their property this is one instance where the goose that laid the golden egg has been killed this is net an isolated case one utah county advertised six times as much property for sale as did san I 1 juan county if we dont need a drastic revision of our tax system what do we need and what an opportunity such conditions offer for communistic and socialistic policies to get a foothold to say nothing of new ideas but why be afraid of something new SHEEP OBSTRUCT HIGHWAYS why is it that sheep are arc allowed to obstruct the highways of san juan county monday of this week the writer her of this column was driving eastward fi aiom om monticello there was ample room in either barrow pit for the herd to travel but they were in the middle of the highway four herd ers were with the sheep and none of thern them made the least attempt to clear the way for the automobile this is only one of hundreds of like situations which occur in san juan county each year it arouses the he temper of the traveler and leaves a bad impression impi ossion of our part of the state of course the sheep men dont barei care what hat the file traveler thinks of this part of the state PLENTY OF candidates i it seems there will be plenty of f canaida candidates tes for foi the officer office of president t I 1 of the united states this fatt fall republicans public ans ang and may may well owell begin to fear bithe toi the ine P parties dr de townsend has a good following but I 1 wm D di pelley has hit upon the best beat title for his party it is the I 1 christian party if ahey can con coll vin vinc vincette ethe people of the united states that he is a good sincere christian christia n I 1 hi he yv ill control avast vast number of votes but are his ideas representative of ath the e christianity that is the great question the title chri christian fiand I 1 P party arty in these times has a tremendous appeal but there 15 is I 1 always the question of religious affiliation I 1 no man can represent I 1 I 1 catholic and protestant alike until a greater unity is attained among christians expressed ideals backed up by pi oven works should bo be our cur I 1 guide I 1 advertising AND AMU TOURISTS in ili 1935 the state of new mexico alerico i spent in advertising her tourist alst attractions this money was spent with 56 metropolitan newspapers newspapers and 1 15 national na magazines the result was that tourists visited the state and in so doing spent 51 in new Al mexico alerico exico iG the gasoline tax in new mexico increased 17 per cent the greatest increase of any state in ane union new mexico has for a number of years realized the importance of he tourist trade and has built excellent highways for their accommodation i advertising always pays when the right people are contacted ther thereby by and when the th e commodity to be sold is of good quality utah has scenery unsurpassed but the most spectacular scenery in the state iq i vety inadequately advertised without standard highways reaching I 1 it if our southeastern southeast scenic attract eions were as well advertised a as 3 those j in n the south central and southwestern part of the state our section would I 1 goon boon be known the world crar over I 1 now that the payment of the bonis is imminent we wonder if the big financial interests and the liberty league will have another bugaboo to foist on the lie public as propaganda some sort of smoke screen must always a be laid down to becloud the real issues it seems |
