The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
CHEAPEST GOVERNMENT

legally issued. The city council pur-
chased a lot and put it into the hands
or former mayor. as trustee. who Dor
rowed money from a local building as
ISOLATION 10 erect d suitable city hall,
with assem- ably or council room. magis-
trates' and clerks offices, committee
rooms. free public library rooms. city
Jail and rooms for the fire department.
The council committee on buildings and
grounds superintendent the construc-
ton of the building and the association
dues are laid from the city treasury.
The structure is now nearly paid for
ana Is municipal ornament as well
as a municipal utility.
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An example of the spirit that has
made Hoopeston what it is was shown
carly in its history When the time
came for the first school house TO be
built. some OF the people wanted lit
Tie one-rOom, or at most a two-rOom
oulldlng put up for the accommodation
OF present needs. William Moore, who
Is now member of the city council
and viii propably be the next mayor.
was member of the school board when
the question came up. He wanted a
Dulldlng large enough to accommodate
the needs of the city for years to come.
ana many Of the public spirited citizens
agreed with him. The assessed valua-
ton of the school district was not suf-
fcient to legally issue bonds to cover
nat the cost of the proposed building.
new valuation had to be made Ly-
Iofd Marston was elected assessor. and
ne assessed every bit of property both
real and personal at fully three times
It's actual value, and a sufficiently high
valuation was recorded to allow the
Issue OF enough bonds to build the sort
OF school house wanted. Accordingly
erected, with twelve rooms. Only two
rooms on the lower floor were finished
UP the first year, and they were not
MED Tor two or three years.
AfterWard, when the increase in pop
Glatlon filled all the big building, and
rooms mad TO be rented outside to ae-
commodate the rapidly growing school.
the wisdom of Mr.. Moore and his CO.
conspirators became apparent Now
three large buildings are required to
accommodate the schools. The people
VINO were acquainted with the scheme
Tor increasing the assessed valuation
paid their consequently enormous taxes
Tor that year without a murmur.
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Those who were not in the secret
raised terrific howl, but they had TO
pay anyhow. They took their revenge
on the assessor by electing some other
Fellow at next spring. who assessed the
property at about one-half its actual
value But when the true inwardness
of the matter finally came to the sur
face. and its far seeing wisdom be-
came apparent, Mr.. MarstOn was re-
Warded Tor his high assessment by be
ing sent to the state legisla ture as a
representative of the district
That HoOpestOn's unique form of gov
eminent furnishes a valuable example
to other cities cannot be successfully
questioned The city's healthy condi-
ton proves its success. There are 10
Gated within the corporate limits of the
city five of the largest factories of their
kind in the United States The en-
ployes IN these factories receive good
wages. and in hundreds of instances
the workingmen have paid for their
homes, which they would have probably
been unable to do had there been sa-
1 looms IN the town. One of the chief
characteristics of the men who have
aided in building up the town is their
constant disposition to work together