Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-06
THE NEW COURT HOUSE-A MATTER OF BUSIN

"A purpose
ing suitable house edfce definitely before
the people of Imperial county will be decided by the
people Of the county on June L. Between now and rnaf
herself with the needs of the county this respect and
ns Se M else be per
mtted enter into the discussion If new court house
is not an IMMEDIATE NECESSITY for Imperial county,
then let the question be dismissed We not spending
100000 for the fun of these days 1t must repre-
sent actual need for the people Of the entire county
The answer to this question that everyone who has
taken occasion obtain first hand information on the
subject admits that court house. embracing adequate pro-
lection public records only actual need but
pressing need And it is not Ell Centre project Pro
paganda attempting to present the court house proposition
as an Ell Centre scheme with selfish local aspect
it has been the stumbling block in the way OF this enter
prise for number of years AS matter of fact the build
ING of proper Ell Centre affair
than is especial of Mountain Springs The
protection of public is matter of ordinary prud
ence and it should have attention whether the building
for that purpose be erected at Coyote Wells at Bard
AS matter of cold facts however which have
been lost sight of for the moment place erect
except at the county seat It there were
some other place could be used for that for
the the court house must at the county seat
That the law and until two thirds of the people OF I'M
peral county the county seat to other
location the court house will have to be In FL Centre
AS an attempt been made to confuse the issue by
intnatng that through the leverage OF privately raised
bonus house might possibly be erected at BraWe
this perhaps the time and the place to direct attention to
the facts e constitution of the state requires the court
house to be county seat To move the county
seat requires initiative petition signed by fifty one per-
then the thirds of the qualified voters OF the
county general election held for the purpose OF determ
lining the question AS matter OF practical politics pro-
position the county seat could not even get start
ed for would be only under the stress OF an absolute
landslide of public opinion that the signatures of more
than half of the voters at the general election could be
obtained Including the county jail and Its other real
estate interests the county PROBABLY ~ mas M
en time the tax payer does not take interest
enough in the ambitions OF any community TO Iee noer
temptaton to abandon investment OF that magnitude
And the the county seat question: II there
be on that the cold logic of the census shows that the
of majority of the people OF the
county served by having the county seat where s
However proposition to build court house is pre-
sented to the people its merits The court house is ne
cessy people of the county choose to move the
county seat to other city and erect the court house
there they may do The Press for new court house
anyway. e A..
county, is as sectional bias its opinions as it
possible for any body of to be- The grand jury has an
intimate acquaintance with facts and conditions that it
almost impossible for any other body of obtain.
The grand exists judicial atmosphere as Tree from
partsanshp is possible for representative men TO De-
Therefore means something when we nave the records
establishing the that grand ries have repeatedly de-
cared that invaluable records Impossible TO dupcate are
enaced every hour of the day and night by being kept in
such fire the county maintaining and call
ing court The people of the countythe tax
ers of the county-have hanging their heads liza
bility many times greater than the cost of suitable court
house. Ii they should be unfortunate to lose the
public records they would have to quidate their liability
build court house after ALL In other words it cost
the people the county day money not to have
court house than it will cost to have one.
There many sides to this question and from time to
time between today IL the Press will endeavor to
give the people the facts We shall do this newspaper
representing the entire counynot as an FL Centre paper
for we claim be than that But as preliminary
we urge everyone acquant himself with the facts at first
hand Let everyone base his Judgment not on what news
paper what anyone says but soey upon Wnat
he himself may find Read what the various grand Jur
les have said what the realty board has said Go to
the court house yourself where and how the
records kept and how the various offices housed
Visit the where the county library located and the
exn shop where the horticultural commissioner and the
farm bureau are housed. Sit for hour in the sweat
shops where Judge Cole and Judge Conklng hold forth
Seep in the attic chamber where urie confined while
considering the of those charged with capital ofenses
Call upon superintendent of schools in the old Jail
tanks and get atmosphere of scholarship and refine
ment that fingers about the spot Consult the county clerk
and secure him the data which rests every civil
and criminal that has before the people OF
the county but don't go the Red Front whose hospit
- aoor swings almost upon the same hinges and by