Show ACUTE NEED FOR ADEQUATE SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN DUCHESNE COUNTY by J I 1 HOYT doneta boneta utah feb 20 1926 editor standard shall we longer suffer the acute need tor for adequate housing facilities for our school children is the question now challenging public attention from one end of this county to another the development of our alfalfa seed growing glowing so well called to notice in the local papers with other industries bringing in cash returns to the farmers and better industries to the commercial interests makes the time seem ripe for attacking the problem of belter beiter buildings in earnest the fal mers with the big families to educate and all the business concerns with the few or no children rento to benefit are seeing the advantage to the country of better schools for better schools will bring more settlers sett leis lets to our broad lands so much in need of 0 more farmers more peo bring more industries and more prosperity the results of a large meeting at boneta recently of representatives re presen tat ives from seven towns in the northwest division of the county and of meetings at roosevelt are typical of what other communities can be ex 1 to do when practical plans tor for coping with the problem are considered at the roosevelt meetings largely made up of business men the sentiment was strongly in favor of working out a definite program of building improvements at Bo bonieta rieta a resolution was unanimously adopted to request the county load board of education to call an early election to decide on a special tax tor for three to ficq five years to raise funds to carry out a definite building program to supply tile the urgent needs of all the towns A seven hoven milf spocia special tax would bring about per year on the present county valuation and in tour four or rive five years would it has been conservatively ively estimated provide the urgently needed buildings at neola Ced cedarview arview roosevelt duchesne loka ioka mt B Emi I timons talmage fruit land and a or home tor for a central high school in the do bo nota mt alt emmons section this ra is greatly needed for the th e rapidly graw growing high school there pr provides oxides secondary education within daily riding di distance for the seven towns in that region As the few settlements such as tabiona fabiona Ta biona mountain home and alton all ah have adequate buildings from a previous apportionment they should be willing villing now to help out to provide the fhe necessities for the other places arid and their sense of fair play will no doubt prevail the children are the count rys greatest asset the future prosperity and hairiness of the country depend upon their cioper education adequate facilities are vital to success in that direction parents are ready to do all in their power tor for their boys and girls when the large business concerns ate aie willing to shoulder a share of the burden all out of proportion to the direct benefits they receive can the aver ge ee citizens with large families if t sc bool afford to hold back for the sake of 20 or 30 taxes per year surely not |