Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-08

hand once. Now let us look at thi
question from q good square common
sense and business standpoint, d,
we need new Court House?
We think any one looking at it from
an unselfish view viii saw no
We are going to admit for argument,
sake that the vaults in our old Cour
House are not safe but we are coins
to deny the statement Mr.. "a Citizen'
makes viz: that it will cost $1,000 fol
good new vaults. One of the county
supervisors in talking with the writel
a few days since said they could build
q new vault and repair the old one tc
be ABSOLUTELY safe from fire and suf
ficient room for the next forty years
for $1,000, or less. And the writer
heard responsible party say a few
days since that he would put up a
$4,000 bond to build as good and safe
9 vault as will be needed for the next
forty years and put a new roof on the
old Court House for $5OOOOO.
! Now word about the cost of the
new Court House. The Board of
Supervisors have said over their sig.
nature that they will build it for
$65, 600 but history will prove that not
one Court House out of hundred is
built with the first appropriation but
invariably cost one fourth to one half
more than first figured and we have
no reason to believe our supervisors
are an exception to the rule.
Again where are they going to build
the Court House? They cannot build
it where the old one is for there is not
enough room, besides they need the
old one until they get the new one
built.
One of the wealthiest and most in
f1uential men of Audubon is quoted
as saying "it would not be built in
their Park, at least not until after it
had been carried to the Supreme
Court" Some of the Court House
boosters will say that they will build
it in the Park but after the bonds are
voted III will be another thing and
the county will be called on to dig up
another $4,000 or 900 in addition
to the $65.000 to buy site.
Any good conservative business
man will admit that a Court House
cannot nor will not be built for less
than 100000 at the least.
Mr.. IA Citizen" asks why throw
away $4,000 fixing up the old Court
House? He does not seem to realize
that five per cent on 100000 is So 900.
Wecan pay out $1,000 every year for
the next twenty years for repairs for
the old Court House and than be
100000 ahead.
There is no doubt that new Court
House would be good thing for Au-
dubon, and vincinity. 1t would en-
nance the value OF their property
several hundred thousand dollars. AS
long as new Court House is such
boon to Audubon why not let her put
up part of the expense. Would it be
any more than fair and right? We
believe any other town in the county
would be willing to put up q good
bonus to have the Court House built
in their town. MIRA Citizen" says we
should have pride enough in us to
vote for it, but this pride he speaks OF
is often the ruination of people. 1t Of
ten causes them to run in debt for
things they do not need and could get
along just as we'll without, it even
causes them to sometimes commit
crimes.
Some people take great pride in
wearing fine clothes even though they
are never paid for. Others take great
pride in living in q fine house even
though it is mortgaged for more than
it is worth. For our part we would
rather have what we have paid for
even if it was not so fine.
The writer is personally acquainted
with parties in this county who own
property in Illinois that are still pay
ing taxes on bonds voted forty years
ago to build Court House and has
seem tax receipts where parties that
have property in Atlantic, Iowa, had
paid on first, second, third, and fourth
issue Of refunding bond to finish the
Court House in Cass Co. Now we
know they started out to build Court
House in Cass County for 10000 and
it is fact tney have paid $l15,00O to
date and it is not paid for yet.
Now why not fix up the old Court
House 80 it is safe and all right, Gt
is dead cinch that it can be done for
what the interest on the bonds would
be one year, pay off our old bridge
fund bond that has been running so
long, fix up our roards that need it SO
bad, build few iron bridges over our
larger streams. Spend our public
funds in way that will benefit all
the people of the county alike.
Voters of Audubon County don't
be misled by smooth lies told you by
hired henchmen of the Court House
booster when they tell you that it
won't cost us more than twenty-five
cents to one dollar each. Where are
they going to get the $4,000 interest
every year to say nothing of the princi-
pal if some one don't put it upF
We want to say to the tax
payers it is your duty to go to the
polls next Tuesday and vote against
the proposition. Don't stay at home
because your corn needs plowing
When this exception was called the
Court House booster knew it would
be time when the farmer would hate
to leave his corn field and they hoped
thereby to shut out lot of voters
that might be against them.
Why is 1t that with the election of
few Audubonites the men that are
pushing the Court House the hardest
are men that pay very little or no
taxes at alp
Again let me say let us tax payers
go to the polls next Tuesday and pre-