Show Hoyt Says Says- School Board Was Ext Extravagant and Meddlesome J J. J F. F Hoyt secretary of ot the Dry gulch Irrigation co company pany and formerly form torm- formerly erly principal of or the Duchesne high school wrote an article for tor the Free Press favoring the bond ejection voted on December 6 The communication communication communication cation came camo too late for tor publication in last weeks week's issue But a few sentences in that communication were so very interesting that they are worth reproducing Mr Hoyt Hot says MYS in port part In my taking this stand In favor favorat of at voting the bond issue a a. word of explanation is needed Last spring I opposed a a. special five mill tax which the citizens voted down byan byan by byan an overwhelming majority That special tax meant nearly twice the tax we now pay for school purposes If voted in I opposed It on two grounds One was that it meant too I heavy a burden on the already over over- loaded taxpayer The Tho other was wu that a a. check was needed on the school boards board's extravagance and The former was waa manifested in their raising the count county county coun coun- t ty salary from 1000 per year which he told me he waa was to have and more per year year than he ever r received elved as a teacher to 1560 per year Technically I was In error in ill Implying in circulars I wrote that they were going to raise his salary I found that they the had already raised his salary to arate a arate arate rate of more per year than he told me he was to receive The two other objections to the boards board's policy were exemplified in their installing at a cost of ot HO or a a. bell and tower and a hundred arm chairs inthe in ill inthe the high school in opposition to to the tho recommendation of ot the principal |