The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-18
w CoURr HOUSE NATTER

TIE COUET House NATTER
A.lv ne seem EY HSGnsg 10
D5Eics ct eaeex5oa- which appears u
o. Another paz-- the pe0f1esf bi
esGEEE are required to vote Epsn Oh.
rfspGsi-E.sa sS prEI the count,
eznE5@sszeE ID borrow 9FEn d,
ers.i5E Of the eg0asy tine Eam Of @,
a8Essrsf -h1G&Aai dollars 70 erees AHs
cEEpAEe . ecgs5 house and Jail kar &c,
ea9aEE- IL L ee1saiHIy . very 9nE1r
sIaaEe eoHd4sas1 Of IaIzE whieE
s5reE the people Of this csGasy II
vuce zessa i prvpua1isa o. ths eaar
Ats.E THERE has eesa . mistake
made ssme1hers- Ths people hzvs
aesa ed ta he{Teye EaAz the ee1r,
house and Jail wuuE5 De completed .:
4 ecsG % the county o. s. M and
certainly aa1 60 exceed SOL, aNNf a.
ealai There aAve seea already ex.
pended n ve understand, nearly
s; atNE- a1.S al tai there Are % &c
.cssEu b9E this 4nss0cE are 4 tex
aG- = AvSaft All tie faG1iasaar fss
ea1lT a1ltIS7E- Nov the S2eS-
tea Naturally Z L Gusts $a9x-
IN r1 Az the ss19s1-5eE eta build
ing VEAL VIII tie Complete slr zcsure
essl- Dies ANY sae Knew Can any
. tel. Wa Lais sas estimates In
the EsG P1.ss aaI Is the eoIlaisS
neEc< G~3assr.esed Aee11ruEax 10 the
ealAA. Viii SIssE,NN eourkss
the o0zsa5EEx. These ar pertinent
g1esEIeCS- gEs 1lSE0 20 Ehisa d.
rseLy escessn the 2Ipave IL the
CErsy-
Il 1eeLt hAvs aesa az better for
the e:oafy Il the CanntsoEea Lad
p1scaazed either oIhe5Eo hoIsiiaz
ef=.sd them on West Park rees tx
encutF hGIEdEns- Thsy voai have
Answered al Purposes and a3ad nave
oeea paid a5r without distress
20 the taxpayers The erEnsy could
have been kept oct Of DEBT ia rate
OF EAIasisl es1Ii have teen LETT II =
low figure and capital would lave
besn ene,1arzxed 30 remain And e.
ter into new enterprises But It
>eem the Commissioners e1o1Ij nfs
take tlE view Of the matter. 6a1
preferred To bald upon q scale which
L DoE Justified 81 any rule saas gov
erls . nan IN the cr5ai4eG Of Ms pr
vate b1sin&s- This i 4 mining
es1Gnry- aud No mining county cal
zf1rd 30 run In debt The history o:
mining enantiA in California and
NsTafs shows that vEer- they have
perui-rsi themselves ro inear 4 Arxe
Indebtedness they have Fever paid
out and a-s bankrupt ts-5av. Cogn-
ties hacked up oy 4 Iarzs ARA Of az
cultural AEGs OF that ARE commercial
or manufacturing esnte= mzy nose
safely To- . large Indebtedness.
ILsir resources ars nevsr exhausted
TLey have = stable future. Bat the
case i different With . mining epan-
y. EEeC thousand dollars taken
Eron is mines mzk& i. jus. one
thousand dollars poorer. I. never
grows richer il its resources. These
Truths should De taken into consider
at5on in the management Of county
!
WhiIe the Miner Is net disposed
20 csE=Urs the county commissioners
their iLI-advi-ed ACTON in the
matter 81 es,gnty buildings it canRos
deny they are epen TO severe crit
cL-m- /. seenS a. though they had
gone into this business. 81 ere-ting
Z curt house and jail without due
consideration that they have over-
=!zed the purse o. the county: that
did not know where they were
10 CONE o1t. and, in fact, have taken
larger bite than they can swallow.
TIE questions Eos fol- each taxpayer
Esr ARE these: Is it expedient,
: it wise. l. it safe toH them to vote
bis SUM? Have they any a.suraIee
hat they will let be called upon to
7ote for another loan Of $4,000 OF
'lG1. 900 before the building can be
With due difference to
bose Who may disagree with it and
q the fare o. the very special and
'.uzy p.sadIago o. the Inter Aountatn
he MINER has 10 hesitancy in an
*ering no to the questions It is
MATERIALLY opposed to running Sill
e. Bow County in deht to the
.mosns named. We hold it would
& far better for the county to stop
work On the court house Just
Ehere il Is rather than to incur an
adeb-edne-s o. sI90,GsU Or sI15.nU
q conpIeting it. We hold that the
cannot afJrd 20 assum. the
l-k. 4 few p ain truths may con-
iace the skepfical Of the ssundnes
the MINERS position. /,
In the frs place it cannot be de-
ied that ZEAL estate in this city il de-
reciaEinz in value: that the assess
lent roll will fall short OF reaching
. last years footings, and that the
OF Il mills Oh the dollar a.
Is mills last year will not
ield more than enough to meet the =
lrTent expenses OF the county for ,
le ensuing fiscal year. This loan. if ,
fected, call. fox the payment OF ST. .
. annual interest money until il is
ken up. Aside from this a sinking
md mu>c b. created for final redeup
On OF the bonds. These contingea- {
6 will INCREASE the rate Of taxation |
an oneEous degree, and instead of a
=ing able to publish to the world
We have q county free from debt /
it'll q low rate Of taxation thus in I