Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-04-02
ONCE MoRE-vOTe THE BONDS

r F some well known and responsible capitalist or
l. banker were to come to one Of you farmers and
say to you. Look here, John, your ranch needs
improving A lot more of this land should be broken
up the irrigation canals enlarged rabbit tight fence
run around it, good well put down, new house,
barn and feed yards constructed. know you cam
not afford to do all this at present without out
side assistance, but in order to see the country de-
veloped, built up and made more productive, here
is what am willing to do | will put up 80 per cent
of the money needed to make the improvements men
toned and make you present of it, if you will raise
the remaining ~ per cent. In addition to that with
the exception of the money paid out for materials
and machinery. the funds will be paid to you for the
work. which you may perform yourself, or as much
Of it you able, what would you do about IT'D
Would you say No. guess not This farm was good
enough for my old dad, and ! guess it will do me
very well; and besides, would have to borrow the
money and don't want to saddle a load of debt on
my children You just keep the 80 per cent. and |
will go along with the farm in its old dilapidated
inefficient condition to the end of my days" Or
would you accept gladly. joyousy. and forthwith
arrange for the carrying out of your part of the con-
tractp
This to all inents and purposes is the proposition
submitted by the State and Federal Government road
departments to the people of Iron county for the
improvement of our highways and which is to be
no on the bonds would be to put one in the position
OF the non-progressive farmer quoted above We
take it that the matter needs no further argument;
but ii it does then read the communication of County
Clerk Bentley in this issue of The Record which it
is shown that substantial portion of even the 70
per cent required to raise will be contributed
by the railroad and owners of mining properties
siding outside Of the county
| As to the $4,000 which is asked to be voted
for the erection of county hospital If any resident
of the county thinks less of his life and the lives and
health of his family than he does of the l0c. tax he
will be required to pay each year on each hundred
dollars of his assessed valuation. let him vote on
this item. We have been told that number of peo-
pie residing in the northern part of the county
going to vote no on the hospital proposition on ac-
count Of sectional jealousy. Because the hospital is
not located in their immediate locality. We refuse to
believe it. We don't for minute think that we have
people in our county so short-sighed and unreason-
able. The hospital cannot be located in every part
of the county. and the only thing to do is to locate
it as as possible to the center of population
where it will benefit the greatest number And while
Cedar City may receive slightly more benefit than
other communities it will be lot better to have the
convenience and protection of up-to-date little
hospital within twenty miles of them rather than to
be ESQ to 300 miles from one as at present.
We look to see the vote for the bonds practically
unanimous. But do not take too much for granted
and leave it to George Go to the polls yourself
week from tomorrow and make certain that the
election goes right.
BEGIN thinking about Cleanup, Paint-up cam
paign. Cedar City needs and good one. before
the tourist travel starts Let's make this the brightest
town on the Arrowhead Trail.