The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-13
WILL TRY IT AGAIN
Question of Voting Bonds for New
Court House will be Submitted
al the November Election.

The question of voting bonds for the
erection of a new court house is to be
again submitted to the voters of Deca-
tur county at the general election to be
held in November, the board of SUPER
visors having made the order to this
effect before adjourning last Saturday.
When it was decided last week to
again ask that the question be submitt-
ed petitions were sent to several of the
townships outside of the town of Leon
to secure signatures of taxpayers ask
ing the board to order the election, and
the names of several hundred of the
best men and largest taxpayers in the
county were presented to the board,
and after discussing the question the
board decided to again submit the
proposition at the general election as it
could be voted on at the general cleo
tion without additional expense, and
the last time that the question was sub
mitted at special election there was
some objection because it was submitt-
ed at a special instead of general
election.
! The proposition which will be voted
on is whether the board of supervisors
shall be empowered to issue bonds in
the sum of $4,000 for the purpose Of
erecting new court house in Leon, and
the proposition stipulates that this sum
shall cover all the cost of completing
and furnishing the court house, so that
in no case can the cost of the proposed
new court house exceed this sum. The
proposition should carry by handsome
vote, and we believe it will, for the
people of the county seem to have
wakened up to the necessity of provid-
ing suitable court house building and
safe protection to the valuable county
records which are the property of the
people in general.
In some parts of the county there has
been sentiment that Leon should make
a donation toward new court house in
addition to paying their share of the
tax, and several Of the largest property
owners of Leon have signified their
willingness to subscribe to such fund.
A public meeting has been called to
meet at the court house in Leon on Fri
day evening of this week at which time
it will be decided definitely just what
Leon will do in this matter. While
some people claim, and rightly so, we
4 think, that the citizens of Leon should
not be asked to subscribe individually
for the new court house, as the cou rt
house is not for the use of the citizens
of Leon but for all the people of the
county, it is probable that several
thousand dollars can be raised by popu
lar subscription, and within a short
time clear statement of just how much
will be donated should the court house
proposition carry, will be made public.
The time has arrived when something
must be done to place Decatur county
in the ranks of the progressive and up
to-date counties of the great state of
Iowa, and the present dilapidated
structure called a court house is dis
grace to the county. Let every person
who has the best interests of the coun-
ty at heart, go to work and assist in
securing public building which will
be credit to the county and the citi-
zens. The amount which the individual
taxpayer would pay each year would be
so small that it would never be noticed
and the new court house can be paid for
in few years and the cost never be
missed. Make up your mind right now
to vote for new court house.