White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-01

parts. for boys sod: girls. There will he
90 ou,.house for eseb division. built
spart. and separated 90 that there can BE-
no intrusion from oss side upon the
other. There will bs eissssns or wells
on the premises. to supply the wants OF
the school for drinking OF washing po''
poses. We believe that in this sge. q
majority Of people believe that their chill
drsn ought to be kept Is decentIy and
comfortably At school IS at home. snd'h
it will ror keep them back in their stables
to do so. This Is what the Board OF Dr.
recto.s believe. aud they ere aware that it
will cost more moaey thss it would to sena
children to school in . stsble. compel
them 20 pursns their studies 10 any 9Th
they may have picked up on the way.
aud, for want Of out.houses. mske uss Of
the brush. the fence corssrs. or the sides
Of the school -tou.s. Those Who prefer
the latter system. because perhaps they
and their ersndfs,hers enjoyed the bless
ing, will Of course. he borri6ed st the ex-
r.vsgsnt notions Of the Board. Bot
such is an outline Of the plsn contempl..
ted. 1.-THE people receive i, with favor.
they ere respectfully asked 10 vote for ths
bonds.
The next question is the locstion. o.
course, there can be no location decided
upon, until it is known whether We are te
h.ve . house. But if the proposition
carries, the Board will endesvor to secur,
as central . location ss possible. The.
have thought Of one location. that i
about % central % any 10 town. end will
be for some years to come. 1t is blocl
that 10 SET apart IN the city plat ss . pub
lie park. but which will never be requires
for that purpose. as the situation. size
snd lay Of the ground will not be suits
BILE, when the town needs park. Bu
il can be made one Of the bsnisomes
school grounds 10 the town. It is situ
Atsd on Main Street, Just beyond whs
was known ss the Bridge. near tho bot
tom of the bill through which the stree
mas been graded. Some claim that
cannot be diverted from its original pu'
pose. but that is bosh. 1t was set asid
. for the use Of the same public that wcul
own the school house. 1t is not probab
e that any considerable number Of the pee
I pie would ever demand the removal I
their school house, ip order to supply th
D public with . strawberry patch. crc
= quet ground. or los6ng place. If ii
' bonds carry. the Board propose to ss
the City Council to vscste that block
public park. which the law gives it ti
;; right to do. and 10 get it for school pul
= poses. II the Council is inclined
:; qnibble. or doubt its authority. they wi
Z be seked TO submit the matter to q vote
The people. Who. We are confident. vi
Q give their osssctsAnd then. II there
( s,ill any doubt upon the subject. we pr
!. pose to secure the passage Of sn act
the Legislature. next Winter. anthor'z n
. or leg"lizing oil proceedings for this oi
: j-ct. So there is no excuse for votin
r against the bonds On tha. score-snd b
sides. il the ground is 80 given by the Cit.
e some Of the money voted will he saved
9 We now come to the tax part Of Il
d question. We have procured the ofici
figures Of the valuation Of property 10 tn
e District. from 1864. when public scho'
n TAX wss FIRST levied, down to 1870.
Il will he seen there was heavy incres
}. every year except one. when the sssess'
o spent most Of bis time electioneering on Il
j County Seat question. and assessed as b
d happened to think of it. The followir
" are the figures: