| Show TAXPAYERS VOTE TODAY final reasons from taxpayer who wants the schools to keep open instructions from the board to education to the judges of election what will the harvest be beard the proposition of our board discussed pro and con mostly con fortunately I 1 wish to express a few plain and common truthe for the consideration of the tax payers of bogde who vote on this question today the board of education does not wish to iesue any new bonds nor saddle any more burdens upon the tax payer thin have already been assumed the plain proposition is this A certain amount of tax was assessed and collected this year for the maintenance of our city ec bools and of the whole sum the county two mill tax amoun tice to about 2100 was declared illegal and must be returned to the tax payers tiova we have the word and resolutions of oar county commissioners that as as the large and necessary amount of clerical work in connection with the tax certificates can ie dene the two mill tax will be ready to be returned to the tax payers of weber county ot course this leaves the board of education short of funds to the above amount I 1 have yet to find any large taxpayers who have ever objected to paying the amount assessed this year for the maintenance of our schools and if the board now ask permission to borrow a portion of the amount returned to be aeed to finish the school year as per estimate I 1 can not understand why any one should object how will it be next year you may ask if we raise the same tax next year as this for the schools the board will be able to run the schools and pay off the borrowed let us see heretofore iu the distribution of the whole amount of county tax to the districts of the county the districts outside of ogden not only received the full amount of money they paid into the treasury but from to more out of the part raised by ogden city thus the city not only supported its own schools but a portion of the county schools the above sum will be saved to the taxpayers thie year and next and the city able to pay off all indebtedness without increase of taxation and also be better off each succeeding year As a strictly business proposition what business man laborer or citizen would not feel the depression and caused by the cutting off of the amount of money disbursed each month by the school board would the clasine of the schools do jou think have any effect upon people with capital coming hire to educato their children as is now being done in many instances greater goad by tar is the running of the public schools for the welfare of ogden than all the great plans and schemes which have been formulated by busy brains for the sudden rise and greatness ere atness of this city let ue what it will cost to get boar children of the streets and into the schoolroom for the next few months it will cost from 1 to par worth of property please remember the old adage if you do not and something for your children to do the devil will if other cases arise requiring the bending of some boys to the reform school who will be responsible but those who vote to close the schools on account of the email eum of money asked for and that too having been once raised without a murmur under any consideration our bood ays tern of schools will be upset and the town will get a black eye if we have no running the very best proof of the good work being done is the fact that practically all the pupils themselves are in great for that they will not be able to continue in school these are somi of the reasons why we should to a man be in favor of the proposition and I 1 am sura that the good sense of the people will not allow any such to befall themselves and their children while there may soine opposition to the pan before us I 1 fully believe that the vote will be yes four to one it these interested codio out to vole and do not slay at home thinking that it is eure to carry all turn out and show by your vote that the major part of our people are willing to sacrifice anything to the maintenance and fuller development of that greatest humanizing and civilizing institution ever established by an en lighted people free education rt |
