The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-08-03

| by the county attorneys, who have
not enough county business to occupy
much of their time. So let the office
Of district attorney be abolished and
save the thousands of dollars which
are now being paid out for the little
! work they are performing.
Governor H.. M. Wells served the
people ably and only received 49,.
500 year for his services, but now
the governor is paid $4,000 per annum.
The first received too little, and the
present one altogether too much. Let
us split the difference and we will
then have more applicants for the po-
sition than we can accommodate.
The district judges have had their
salaries increased too much, and also
many others Of the officers, and they
should be reduced to just and rea.
sonable compensation, and we would
then have plenty OF the best material
who would be glad to serve the peo-
pie in that capacity. These are all
positions of honor and only honorable
people should be selected to fill them
The Fish and Game law is bad
one; 1t is causing the destruction Of
the game birds is decreasing the fish
in our rivers and would entirely an
,ibilota the n, uoro u not for tho Cou
tinued replenishment of the fish in
our streams. AS hunting is not al.
lowed during part of the year the
game gets so gentle that as soon as
the law is UP and allows people to
hunt, the game is nearly all killed Off
| within q few days-just slaughtered
for the amusement Of a few sports
who get most of it. The ducks, chick
ems, geese, and even our smaller
birds, are much scarcer now than
they were years ago before the pres
ent game law went into effect, and
, they are likely to become almost ex-
, tinct If something is not done to pre-
vent it.
Our public school system is unnec-
essarily expensive. We are employ
ing too many teachers. Years ago a
good teacher could and did handle
successfully from fifty to eighty stu.
dents in a mixed school, but now they
think that frcm 80 to 40 is all they
can handle in a graded school. When
the teacher only has from 80 to 40
pupils and graded school at that,
the old time teacher would wonder
now he spends his time. Neither are
these small schools superior, nor do
they accomplish more than was ac-
complshed in the old time schools
where there was a much larger num-
Der present. The students advanced
Just as rapidly then as they do now
in these small schools. This can be
proven. We do not think that the
teachers salaries are too high II they
were given the work to do, and would
do It.. We believe in paying teach
ers well for their work and then CIV
ing them enough to do; give them
larger and graded schools; for a
teacher who cannot handle from 60
to so pupils properly graded. had bet
ter find some other occupation for
which he Is better qualified.
The fnancier, the intelligent bust
ness man, makes his plans according
10 his finances, his ability to pay, so
our Legislatures should make intelli'
gent appropriations according to the
funds from which their aprropria'
lions are TO be met, and not appropri-
ate two or three times as much non
ey as the income of the state amounts
to. Our Legislators should be wise
men, business men, considerate men,
not men without ability or judgment,
but men who have minds and Wills
of their own, whose acts will be the
result of proper consideration, men
who take into consideration what the
results OF their acts will be. 1t has
been said that Fools will rush In
where angels hardly dare to tFead,
and that Is certainly true in politics
Voters, let US select our candidates,
tell them what We want them to do,
and pledge them to do 1t, and then
vote for none who are not qualified,
nor will not carry out our wishes.
We wish to live in Utah and do not
wish to be crowded out nor sold out
for taxes which We are unable to
pay. Let us throw off the unneces'
sary load Taxpayer.