Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-05
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case is practically an exact parallel
of the bridge case and it is up to
the VOTER of Grant County to see
to it that this disgraceful deal is not
saddled on them. The proper step
in this case would be to recall the
two men responsible by an over
whelming vote. 1t is reported by
some who seem to think that Grant
Couny is settled by suckers, that
the court house is to be built with
money that is owing to his county
by Douglas county-a matter of a.
bout $4,000. Well that little amo-
unit has been coming to Grant Cou-
nty for the past nine years and if
the future is to be judged by the
past successes in getting it, or any
part thereof, Gabriel will blow the
horn before we get chance to fig
ure up the interest.
The frame-up experts In Ephrata
claim the need of a new court
house. Let us look carefully into
this claim. First of all the county
population at the present time is
not as large as it was when the
court house was built nine years
ago, yet there is an emergency call
ing for new court house. An add
ition was built four years ago dou-
bling the capacity of the old court
house and still with the population
decreasing, with double capacity,
we need a new court house? Is
the county population growing SO
rapidly that we need new court
house at Ephrata?
Second, the majority of the Grant
County taxpayers who pay the
wages of these servants of the cou-
nty-these hired men-who are
clamoring for a new and more COM
Portable quarters, do not now live
in as comfortable or as convenient
buildings as these hired men. Does
the farmer build a better house for
his hired men than he does for his
own family? HE DOES NOT.
Then remember Mr.. Voter that
these of Ephrata who are so dis
satisfied with their work benches
are your hired men-hired for the
purpose of attending to the bust
ness that you have not time to at
tend to yourself. If they are so
dissatisfied and finicky that they
are not satisfied with their SURF
oundings-better than you and l
have-who hire them, should we
not remind them that this is a free
country where men that are not
satisfied with their working quart
ers may find satisfactory solu-
ton of their difficulties in a poll
tely written notice or resignation.
Too many of our county officials
get the idea that they are the ones
to be most considered. We believe
the time is near in Grant County
when certain county officials will
experience rude awakening that
will reveal the conditions as they
are rather than as some would
have them.
Third, it is manifestly unwise to
build at the present time by reason
of the present exorbitant prices on
building material. The material
required for the new court house
is more than one third higher than
at normal times. We believe that
at the close of the war a court
house sufficient for this county
can be built for $4,000 less money
than at this time. Would it not be
good business then 10 sign the recall
and stop all proceedings thus saving
this great sum of money? Think
we'll Mr.. Voter.
Fourth, our present court house
in Ephrata is better than those in
majority of the counties in the
State of Washington of the same
class. Why then are the Ephrata
frame-up artists so anxious to have
this court house built now? Why
are they so anxious to push this
thing in the face of greater ex-
pense for material and men? Is
there not Niger in their wood
pile? The last legislature passed
law to take effect in June Of this
year that no county may build any
kind of public buildings without
the majority vote of the voters of
the county. Behold the niger. Do
you see why they are so anxious
to put this court house proposition
through before June? If you can't
see that you are hopelessly blind.
They know that the tremendous
majority of the voters in Grant TO-
uuy will kill that project so dead
that a politician wouldn't dare to
whisper court house for the next
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