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There is considerable talk in favor of a modern new stone or brick courthouse and jail for Handall county. Such things. When needed if libuidt of proper capacity and substantially are a road investment for all time. The courthouse we need now, not only because, as some truth fully say, the present one is un- Lpcoming when compared to oth er improvements about the town, but because the present struct ure is inadequate, unsafe and be cause further—if we fail to grasp the opportunities now presented, we may never get it. The jail we could, perhaps, dispense with right at present, but we will want that too as soon as our Ilinois friend, who was in The News office the other day, gets enough of his Republicans down here to out vote as Democrats. Lots of need for a jail then and as these Republicans are “dead sure to come in force enough to take all the offices—so said our Illinois now, why not have the jail also now and be ready for ‘em? In discussing this courthouse question The News editor wants to do it from the standpoint of a citizen—one of those who will foot the bill. He has, at present no other intention save that of making Randall county, in town or country one, his home so long as he may live and when he dies be buried within its confines. He favors the building of the court house as soon as possible for several reasons and among them the following: Finst—The vaults are insuffi cient in size and unsafe even as they are. In case of fire the chances are about nine out of ten that all the county records would be lost. Just think for one mo ment what this would mean to the small real estate owners of the county. How would we show title when we wanted to sell? And if we did not want to sell, how could we show title in our selves if the same were properly made in issue in court? A satis factory answer to this question will be thankfully published by this paper. SECOND--As under the present final majority vote of property taxpayers will be required as au thority upon which to issue the bonds if Amarillo continues to swan over the line as she is now doing. Where and how are we go ing to secure that favorable ma jority’ when we Must have a courthouse and jail? Surely there is no one among us so fool ish as to believe that Amarillo citizens will vote a tax on them selves for the benefit of Randall county. THird—By an offset of credits against liabilities Randall county is practically out of debt and therefore abundantly able to build the courthouse. Fourth—An issue of bonds, running say thirty years at five per cent, can easily be floated at par and as we MUST have a court house in a few years and in wait ing for then patch the old one now, why not go the whole hog at once so that those of us who are here to stay can enjoy the thing as we go along? Amarillo, in a county not half as good as Randall in quality, can and does point out her magnifi cent courthouse and jail to all comers as an evidence of county thrift, county pride and county progressiveness. Can we do it, and if not why not? “It benefits the town most,” said a county ranch owner in the presence of The Newsman last week. The News denies this in a general way, but say that it does, is it not a fact that at the present time Canyon City, like Ararillo and Hereford, is about the whole thing as compared to their counties when votes are counted? This courthouse and jail mat ter, as The News now conscien tiously sees it, is a golden oppor tunity -not likely to Come again soon-for Canyon City, and a good thing for Randall county, and the right time to go after it is now. The News is not unmindful of the fact that some excellent Ran dall county citizens oppose its views on this question. To such it would say, in all kindness, come enter our columns over your own signatures and let us reason together.
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Canyon City News
Canyon, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 01, 1907
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