Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-11-23

pay reasonable price for the publication of the
delinquent tax list when, by the old law, they as
sessed penalty Of 25c. per name of each delin-
quent, and in counties where there was but one
paper published it received this amount, just as
the paper in this county always did so long there
was only one The new law provides penalty of
go of the amount of taxes becoming delinquent
to take care Of this expense which on the average
will yield quite as much more than the old slip
end of 25c. per name. The taxpayers have to pay
sufficient to defray the publication of the names
at reasonable figure, and if their names must be
printed would prefer to see them in presentabe
form, and not like they had been fshed from the
"he-boX." If had no linotype machine and
another paper in the county had one, we would not
have the nerve to enter bid for this work. We
would consider the tax list something that we
were not prepared to do jusice to, and would de-
vote ourselves to more profitable and satisfying
work. that we were equipped to handle.
The clerk makes great show of the reported
fact that Beaver county got its list printed last
year for 10 cents per name and description. He
does not go on to tell us, however, that the pub
Usher who took the job made failure of his bus
mess and was glad to sell out to a man who had
some knowledge of the publishing business and
could figure cost of printing with more accuracy.
And had it not been for the fact that this same
publisher knew good deal more about the build
he would in all probability have been out of the
race long before he was. Printing with him was
more or less of side line If the legitimate fol-
lowers of any line of business were to be guided
and controlled by the freak acts of certain nd-
viduals not really acquainted with the calling they
are trying to follow, it would be q sad spectacle,
surely.
A Word of Advice to the Clerk.
And now, Mr.. Clerk, we have a word of advice
for you. If you will devote yourself to taking
of the legitimate duties of your office and give less
time to trying to scheme living for the Parowan
paper out of the county funds, you may be able to
get the financial report of the county, due July
first, ready for publication before the following
December-we note that it has not yet made it's
appearance for the present year, and the Com
missioners were calling for it again at their last
meeting-and you may also get caught up with
some of the other routine work of your office We
will remind you that if the financial report fails
of publication this year, it will be the third time
since you have held the Office Of county clerk and
that it never happened with any of your predeces-
sors in office since statehood The voters have the
right to demand the performance of the duties of
your important Office, and if you are unable to
manage them it is up to the people to find a man
who can, even if we have to send one up from Ce-
dar City. We have an abundance of good timber
for county clerks down this way and you cannot
hope to always be elected out of sympathy. Any
way, it is very poor policy on the part of county
official to allow personal favorteism to influence
in the performance of his public duties.
In conclusion, we wish to say that the manage
ment of this paper tries to maintain prices that
are fair and equitable to all parties concerned
We do not try to rob people, and neither do we
profess or aim to do work at less than fair and
reasonable price The man who turns his job over
to us without asking the price, frequently gets it
cheaper than the who insists on price in
advance; and the fact that job is to be let on
comparative bids does not induce us to bid less
than it is actually worth. We do not attempt
work that we are not equipped to do, and we make
Service" the first consideration.
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