| Show the school bond issue tile the taxpayers of duchesne county are confronted with a big problem at the election to be held on wednesday december 6 1916 the question to be submitted is shall duchesne school district bond in the sum of 11 it sounds like a big amount for a county that has enly 9 little over ux taxable property but the question to look at it is how and for what this money will be purpose pose used we understand from the members of the board of education that will be used to pay off the floating bonded indebtedness which will save about 1800 interest per year the bal ance of the money will be used to build new school houses repairing some of the old ones employing teachers leathens arid in fu future t have an eight months term terin of school all teachers employed this year signed a contract to teach five fife months and if the bond issue carried the school term was to bs be of seven or eight months dura tim the same being the case with the high school teachers the only difference is is in in the high school the citizens of roosevelt have guaranteed enough money to make up the deficiency and run the sch school ool the full nine months so if the bond issue is defeated we will have only five months graded school this year and four or live five months next year now these are the facts in the case you argue thit that it will increase your tow taxes which i Is s a fact but it worth it to io adu educate ate your children the writer pays only 1500 taxes in duchesne county f nd any children to educate but if we are able to get I 1 to the he polls on en election day it will bi be a big VES on the bond issue i another good reason in favor of the ilic boid boad avnia this is a new county wanting settlers and they hrs coming b by gie score will the icv con continue contin rie if they im have four or fa nv of school ask 1 anest I 1 L ion androu and you will vote zips if you L are re at the liea heair 4 of a family and are ara looking for a row location one of the first questions you ask is what i land of schools have yan in this county parents pie 10 always thinking of the future for their children and they realise nealise that it is impo impossible ible to educate them on a four or five months term of school they cant afford to s send their children to a boarding school but are anxious to give them the next best which is the common graded school aduca i 1 inn binn devou do vou think the new corn com er would locate in duchesne county where we only have four or five months of scho school 19 wh why Y not therefore vote for of t the le bond issue the myton free press of the last issue reported a mass meeting held by the citizens of myton in which they unanimously decided to vote and work against the bond issue because the boundary line between uintah and duchesne counties was not settled why those broadminded people of myton that attended that mass meeting give as their reason that they would oppose the bond issue until after peace was declared in europe one is about as good an ar argument ament as the other we do not propose to vote money for the building of school houses and paying for running schools in uintah county de dared the myton voters at their big mass meeting the facts are there a new school house to be built in the disputed strip A new school house is badly needed at neola and one at redcap at bluebell at alto nah at boneta at mt home at talmage Tal mago at tabby and numerous other localities that we can recall the school building at duehesne duchesne is badly in need of repairs those arc the places the money will be spent and not at roosevelt or in the disputed strip we can recall an item that appeared in the free press columns last summer the substance of the local was that a man inan with a 1 family came in the basin to locate but after being in in f formed that the school term only lasted five months lie he think of locating in duchesne Du chesno county the voters voters who atten attended dod that mass convention at myton admitted that bonds are badly needed to pay off the floating indebtedness debt edness but they would do all in their power to defeat the issue e until the boundary dispute was vas settled in other worda they are going to make the innocent child children reft suffer just because the boundary bohunil uy u y line souad tiled ire tz we sincerely hope that all the tn of myton wont take the same saine view of this important question and on election day so go to the polls and vote in favor of the children we are anxious for the taxpayer to study this question from all sides for instance would it be cheaper to send your children to school in provo or salt aake L ako where you have to pay their board or keep them at home and pay a few etera dollars in taxes vote YES Y ES on the bond issue |
