The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-06-08
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.


Clerk of Supreme Court Grace F. Kaercher
Primary Election, June 10.
DON'T LET THEM CROWD YOU.
It has been reported that the people
of Milaca who are especially interest
ed in the court house bond issue are
to conduct a whirlwind campaign next
week. We have been informed that
they have man selected in every
township in the county to assist in
this intensive campaign which evident
ly is expected to sweep the voters off
their feet.
All that the Union or anyone who is
opposed to the bond issue will attempt
to do is to present the facts to the
voters and then let them decide for
themselves if they wish to assume the
extra financial burden at this time.
There is no question but what Mile
Laos county will some day need new
court house, but why select the very
worst time in & whole decade for this
expensive building program? Build
ing materials are not particularly
cheap now. Anyone who has had
occasion to do any building within
the last few months knows this is a
fact. The farmers in this country,
as whole, are in more straitened
financial circumstances than they have
been for many years. In most of the
townships the taxes are extremely
high and many a man, for the first
time in his life, was this year COM
PEELED to borrow money to pay his
taxes. Now, in spite of every argu-
ment that may be presented, the voters
know that building a court house
which is to cost $4,000 is going to
raise their taxes. The loan can not
be paid until from Is to 20 years from
the date it is issued, but some pro-
vision will have to be made for raising
the money. Then the interest on that
loan for one year amounts to $5,328
more than the rent now paid for the
county offices during one year. In
addition there would be the insurance
on the building and the cost Of main
tanning it. Moreover nothing has
been said about the cost of furnish
ing this big building. The site
should of course be donated by the
village in which the court house is
built. We understand sheriff's resi-
dence is to be included in this build
ing program and nothing has been
said about the cost Of that.
There are people in Mile Laos coun-
ty who do honestly believe this is not
the time for the taxpayers to saddle
themselves with this heavy burden.
Any man who is of this opinion should
unhesitatingly cast his vote against
the court house bond issue regardless
of all pressure brought to bear on
him.
No taxpayer should allow anyone to
crowd him into voting for this bond
issue by telling him it is absolutely
necessary to build new court house
now. 1t is not. Able attorneys who
are thoroughly familiar with all the
details of the matter state that the
Milaca school board has as much au-
thority now to lease rooms in the
school building for county offices as
it ever had.
The people of Milaca who took such
a prominent part in the removal of
the county seat two years ago used
as their principal argument that the
vaults in the court house in Princeton
were not safe. They promised vaults
would be provided in Milaca absolutely
free of cost. The official records
show that those vaults which the
county had to build in the Milaca
school house cost the taxpayers over
$4,000, more than twice the amount
that would have been necessary to put
the vaults in the court house in Prince
ton in first class condition. The vot-
ers were told there were any number
of buildings in Milaca where suitable
county offices could be obtained and
the taxpayers Of the county would not
be required to erect new court house
within five years unless they wished
to.
Now it is up to the taxpayers, the
men and women who are compelled to
pay the bills for carrying out the
ideas of these county seat removalists
and new court house enthusiasts. Do
you wish to enter into this big build
ing project now or do you not? If
you do not, go to the polls on June 10
and cast your vote against the bond
issue. Remember that the taxpayers
of this county do own fairly good
court house that can be put in suitable
condition for small amount of ex-
pense. If suitable quarters are not
available in Milaca, the county officials
can move back to the court house in
Princeton.
Every man and women should con
slider this proposition, think it over
carefully and then vote according tx
his or her own judgment. Our voter!
are independent men and women capa
BILE of doing their own thinking AM
they do not wish to he crowded int,