Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-02-22 | Page 13 | Uinta County will Vote School Bonds

UIII1 COUNTY WILL VOTE SCHOOL BONDS Report Is That Citizens Are Favorable to Issue of , $130,000. Facts about - the ?1"0.000 school bond issue of X'inta county, which will be voted- on March 6, have come to the attention at-tention of the state board of education. 'the sentiment in the county is said to be favorable to an affirmative decision. The $130,000 must serve the needs of I thirty schools, varying in size from ten j departments down to one. 1 These schools are scattered over the fifth largest county in the state. It hns an area of 3,3:29.000 acres of land. The 1 assessed valuation in 1.916 was $5,3S1, I 624. The schools of the county must ; serve a total population of lii.OoO- people. Several new buildings must 1e erected j and most of the old ones need remodeling remodel-ing and repairing. All are in need of some improvement in the heating and ventilating systems. Provision must be made in practtcalh-'T'rery cae for pure di-inkinar water. Where tiie ground is available - at reasonable prices, it is recommended rec-ommended that the sites be increased. AU schools, it is said, are lacking in essential es-sential modern equipment. On condition they are voted, the bonds have been sold above par at 5 per cent interest. This is said to be the best price pai'3 for any district school bonds in the state. To pay both interest and into the sinking sink-ing fund on the issue only means an assessment of $1.6:' on each $1000 assessed as-sessed valuation. The bonds are to run twenty years.