Show SCHOOL GYM IS FAVORED BY MANY CITIZENS splendid structure could b be erected for would cost annually for each 1000 of oo assessed valuation v the splendid progress being made mada in athletics at the grand county high school and the strong school spirit which has resulted from athletics and which hu has made possible better at and better result results I 1 in genet gene al school work works have shown the pre press ing need for a school gymnasium at moab many prominent taxpayer who have witched watched with interest ana and gratification gratin catlon the improvement in school attendance and morale are en advocating the con st I ruction ot of a gymnasium which it is declared would prove the greatest factor that could be devised for main school spirit and keeping the students interested in wholesome and andi helpful athletics in view of tile the strong sentiment for the construction of a gymnasium which by the way is not confined to moab abal it t is not unit unlikely kely that the pro mo eject W t will be undertaken this coming summer and carried to completion many heavy taxpayers in all parts of the county who have been interview ed on the subject subjects have expressed themselves favorably and it is not believed that there will be any a aerial opposition throughout the county the board of education while not advocating the matter 1 known to favor the installation of a gym and there is little doubt that if the er demand is shown the board will WW call a bond election to submit the proposition to the people people about four years ago the board bad a the he matter under consideration and estimates were secured as to the cost it was found that the most molt economical build ing w would uld cost around at that t time the board favored a bond Is sue to raise the needed funds as a special tax to be collected in one year would be b too heavy on the basis of a building budding it was figured that the a sum of 2000 would have to be raised each year one half of which would go into a sinking fund to retire the issue and the other half used to pay interest the valuation of the county D u n t at tit that time as now was be tween v e n t and those a advocating the construction of the buil building d ing have compiled figures on this b basis asis which show that to fl fi nance the gym under the bond plan would necessitate a tax levy of 0 four tenths of a mill this would mean that the taxpayer who is taxed on an assessed valuation of would pay 12 a year jon account of the gymnasium the taxpayer who Is taxed on valuation would pay 4 for the gymnasium w while py ile the taxpayer whose property is listed at 1000 would be taxed only 40 cents a year the advocates of a gymnasium point out that the taxpayers are each year paying for criminal and for or the of our jails perhaps three time times what the this annual cost of the gymnasium would be and tbt the benta ts to bo b derived irm fro it would do more MOS to itte b ani ams bettu saw ar wt U |