Show FACTS AND FIGURES ON BOND ELECTION DEC 6 By J. J P. P May 1 and Ray E. E Dillman December 6 the school election will willbe willbe be he held Everybody knows that on that date we not only elect our board of education Cor for five county dIstricts districts districts dis dIs- making five trustees but we weare are are to to vote yes or no on the question questIon question quest quest- ion of borrowing Ian 1 Many people may decide that we should not borrow the money as Myton 1 citizens have hav done and to correct correct correct cor cor- wrong Ideas so that the voters may form their decisions on facts we submit the following We now have enrolled within the schools of Duchesne county approximately approximately twenty-five twenty hundred students Because of the extensive territory cov covered red by our school district and andI the sparsely settled regions it embraces embraces embraces em em- I braces w we have 35 separate schools taught by seventy teachers not In In- In eluding the high school Out of the 35 schools so conducted conduct conduct- ted t- t ed 19 are aro run in the poorest of accommodations accommodations ac aG all of which h are rented rented rented rent rent- ed and do not belong to the school district The expense per capita under under un un- der Iler these inadequate conditions is at present At the time of creating this county county county coun coun- ty into a school district of or the first class by operation of ot law the district district district dis dis- dis- dis all was compelled to assume the indebtedness of a each clu ch of or the small smaller er or school districts of which the present present present pres pres- ent school district Is embodied There is now due by the present district district district dis dis- I or will be due duo before the fir first fiat t of this year which must be paid at once All of this amount Is drawing interest at the rate of 8 per pel cent per annum thus the Interest interest Interest Inter Inter- est of one year on that amount would be bo with no assurance that this credit can be extended beyond the first of ot the year ear at all or at the th above rate of Interest The Tho proposed bond Is fo for the he amount of which are torun to torun I run for twenty years at 6 5 per cent Interest Thus the interest on the bonds would be per annum annum an an- num or 01 per year more than we are paying at present The bonds are not refunding that Is no payment payment payment pay pay- ment need be made thereon before the twenty years Is up Now fellow voters the question which arises in the mind of most of ofus ofus ofus us is What Is going to be done with the money which Is obtained by the bonds What assurance have we that It will not be spent In the larger larg larg- er vicinities and leave the out-lying out districts in the same they now are for schools but with this thI increased burden to be met by taxation taxation taxa taxa- tion Some of us feel a little skeptical skeptical about leaving this amount of ofa ofal a al board oard of 5 men to spend as they i. i t b 90 rd think best But the me IDe in presen o a has outlined as best they can what will be e done with this fund if It voted First there is the present Indebtedness Indebtedness indebtedness edness of to be paid leaving to be spent for construction work throughout the county This present board has stated stated stat stat- ed cd that school buildings will be erected erected erected erect erect- ed iu ih in those places where the school district has no building bunding or 01 suitable place for holding schools Some ask about Roosevelt My Myton ton and Du Du- chesno chesne these towns now have school buildings which while not pretentious pretentious preten preten- good enough for forthe forthe forthe are plenty board the present and the school willbe will willbe willbe has stated that not one room be built bunt In anyone of the these towns You will then ask why should el either her of th these se towns favor the bonds now i their in indebtedness that they thoy have unloaded of of about 2500 upon the tho entire c co county o u n t y What they want is that all the schools of he entire county run for Continued on oa Page Page Four Fou |