Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-07-08
DO WE NEED A NEW COURTHOUSE


This editorial particularly people OF Yava-
pal county who in Prescott enjoying the Frontier Days
festivities and with the hope that every them
will read it The subject of building the center
the plaza, by courtesy called, courthouse.
Structures which ravages and
sink into graceful old age called ruins The courthouse
could hardly be called that for while there dispute
having oulved its usefulness lacks everything which by
the greatest possible stretch of the imagination could be
ed artistic 1t like asylum decepit
body and than feeble in mind. More than that
disgrace the county eyesore the city and
the lives of the who forced work within its
ing walls.
Realizing urgent necessity of courthouse, the
Chamber OF Commerce aered late last for
bond and initiated election give the
opportunity whether bonds should be issued the
present and future and the dignity and wealth of Yavapai
y There question the legality of the which
hrehed out in the courts and the cleared OF all OBJ
sacles The election be held the 2st OF this month
and the JournaAner of the taxpayers of the county
urges that every and who goes the polls
in favor of the issue and progress.
If there is any the necessity OF courthouse
the holiday visitors the city make careful IN
specon which standing the plaza only by tie
grace God Glance the cracked brick walls on the east side
of the your judgment how long
that Then walk inside and go up the stairs to
the courtroom begin shake and quake beneath
weight do get alarmed for the effect is merely
psychological But day when trial session taking place
and there crowd of jurors those stairs the result will
walking around the building your chest swelling with pride
the progreesnss of your county, there will be odo
assail your nostri No. you mistaken is not what
thought but only sewerage stencil But why diate
subject? for yourself and be convinced After
inspection you believe the building conserving the purposes
which erected we'll and good If then there only
left open yo for the bonds the Dist
There vital part OF the subject to be discussed
that of cost enough talk public improvements but
are we able pay Will the for the
burden? The involved to each individual
will negligible To get down real figures the tax will be
about seventy cents thousand dollars year little
flee cents the great majority OF the taxpayers
YOU month, the price OF Owl
Just half you pay for shoehine You will agree that
our statement per individual will be light
rect the whole that 200 taxpayers OF
county pay per OF the and that the remain
ing eight per will be divided among the small taxpayers
200 United Verde will pay forty cent of the cost
visit here heartily project and when the tia
tive petitions calling bond election being circulated
Will L. Clark general manager United Verde among
very first sign Then there the Santa Fe, Target
taxpayer county, and there enthusiastic pro-
ponent courthouse than w. L. Drake the vcepresi
of the lines of the SYSTEM within the county The United
payers half the OF the
ty, other words willing dig deep their corporate
pockets the good county Are you willing pay
your widows mite The ournal-Mine believes that when the
thoroughly understood and the taxpayers realize the
will be nominal their attitude will be heartily accord
with the propaganda Tor this ongneeded public Improvement