Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-01-09
MORE ROOM WANTED.

We notice IN the cOlumna OF our cou,
ntry contemporaries, that there are
number of very meritorious claims for
esta blishment of public institutions in
various parts of the state that will
probably be presented to the Legislat-
ure this session, and we presume 1t
will be simply question of funds in
most cases rs TO whether they will be
granted or not ms IN the instances that
have came to our notice there can be no
question as to the justice Of the request,
or the utility of the institutions asked
for. The legislators will find as their
predecessors have done, that we are all
much more ready to receive than to
give.
There are few IL any Of the taxpayers
who will say that the taxes are too low,
and that they ought TO be increased,
yet this is the only safe way of meeting
the petitions of the various applicants,
The expedient OF borrowing might be
resorted to, but it is reasonable to
conclude that this should be done only
when absolutely necessary.
AS far as reducing the expenses by
cutting down the salaries of any Of the
public officials, is concerned, there is
not the least Likelihood Of any thing Of
the kind being done, but on the con.
trary, as is customary it 10 quite prob
able that raise will be given in this
branch of the public service.
With this situation confronting us
nothing but strict sense of the duty
we owe to this part of the state,
could induce us TO present to our read
ers the need of a request on the part of
the friends and patrons of the southern
branch Of the state university, for an
additional building in which to meet
the growing demand for higher eduoa.
ton which that institution has devel-
pped among our citizens. Before the
advent of the Branoh Normal, it was be
ynnd the reach Of the sons and daugh.
tors Of the ordinary working man to gel
any education beyond that of the dis
trict school, and it has taken three OF
four years to convince our people that
the benefits OF the Higher education SO
easily to be obtained by the urban pop
rlatiou. is actually within their reach,
but they are becoming awake to the
fact at such rate that they bid fair
TO Guido their city cousins in the effort
for thebenefits extended, and II we can
Judge the future by the present, there
will be at least four hundred young men
and women clamoriug for admission
the next school year to little building
that is taxed far beyond its capacity to
accommodate the two hundred and TWEEN.
ty or thirty young people that are now
being daily packed within its walls.
We are informed that the Branch Nor
mal faculty recently made an estimate
of the probable cost of the erection of a
suitable building for the accommodation
Of this growing demand for knowledge,
and that the University Board basing
their estimate upon the idea that this
part of the country had reached its
growth, and that the cost of building
would be less than in Salt Lake
City, declined to indorse the esti-
mates of the Faculty and estimated
that $25ooO would be ample to supply
the needs of country such as ours, ad-
ding that the present building cost but
$4,000 to build il, when 1t is well
known fact that the 81 $1,000 referedto by
the Board Of regents, was only the fifty
three or four percent Of the cost that
that the state paid, and that the people
of this city bore the rest of the expense.
The idea that this part of the country
has reached its growth in population
seems TO those who have seen the won'
derful mineral deposits in this and
the surrounding counties, and the in.
terest that is being taken In the devel-
opment Of them, ridiculous, but admit
ting the statement TO be fact. the
country contains thousands Of school
children. and many of them are now
attending institutions of learning
farther North, owing to the lacl
OK suitable Accommodations nearel
home. And those who are now
attending this school will, unless
suitable facilities are secured, have u
60 TO the parent institution to com
plete the course: which will involve al
expense that many of them will be un
able to meet.
1HIs is the last number of the RRcoRl