The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-03-25

day minimum and the ninety (90) day
maximum (Sec. 662 G. S. 1919. 1t
would then be up to the county board
to get an architect to submit plans and
estimates of the cost of the building
and all necessary equipment. After
all this delay and unwinding of the Of
fetal red tape that goes with one Of
these deals, let us suppose that the
county board finally agrees on some
plan for the new-plant. The next step
is ito reduce the estimated costs to a
bond proposition that will stand at
least a fair chance of being carried by
majority vote Of the people Of the
county. If the first proposition fails
to carry the board must necessarily
back up, rcarrange it's plan, attempt to
cut down the cost and size of the pro-
posed building, and submit smaller
issue of bonds to the voters. Who
knows where the whole thing will
eventually end up? OneE may readily
see where any voter might sign a
petition for the removal Of the coun-
ty seat and, not understanding the
situation thoroughly, vote for the
same, and then when 4 bond issue of,
say $375,000., was submitted to him
to build and equip new buolding and
purchase a desirable site for same,
kick over the traces on any such at
tempt to saddle this white elephant
onto him.
While this bond war is going merrily
on-and anyone familiar with bond is
sues of this size will admit that it may
go on-the county seat is changed
with no court house to move the whole
outfit into; in other words we have
got the cart before the horse. The
natural result is that we get the coun-
ty books, records, files, and documents,
both new and old, scattered all over
forty acre lot. No adequate vault ia
cllities, no convenience or comfort for
the men in charge or the taxpayers
with business at the county seat.
County officials scattered all over
town, in every conceivable and some
inconceivable places. No system of
co-ordine ton between the officers who
should, as matter of fact, be in ad-
joining offices in order to handle ef-
ficiently and economically the compli-
Gated business of county the size of
Mile Laos. No court room, no COM
missioners' room and everything in
chaotic tumble. And all this, mind
you, when Mile Laos county is ex-
periencing one of the biggest real
estate booms of its history, with land
changing hands so rapidly that it is
almost impossible to make out the pa
pers> and'abstracts as fast as the vari-
GUS deals are made; when the men in
the court house are working night and
day to keep up their end of this large
increase in business so that no person
will lose an advantageous sale or pur-
chase because he couldn't get his neces-
sary paperssor abstracts in time to
close the deal. Do we want to move
and attempt to set up the complicated
machinery that is necessary to run the
affairs ofathe county at this critical and
inopportune time? cts poor time to
swap hors's when crossing q stream"
Let's wait until we get to Ahe other
side, wait until this great readjust-
ment scramble is over, wait until the
abnormal prices come down, wait I'M
til IVES have supplied the actual neces-
saries, then go after our share of the
luxuries and get them. An expensive
and palatiM court house at this time is
surely a luxury.
R. u. A. Taxpayer.