The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-01
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va have already described tho act passed
at the last session of the Legislature, author
izine the trustees of school district No. 8 to
issue coupon bonds to the amount of $1,000,
this sum to be devoted to the building of a
new school house. To become operative this
act must be submitted to the qualified voters
Of the district, voted on by them and accepted.
Prior to the vote, though, must be the written
request from fifty of the taxpayers of the
district ~praying for the act to be thus submit
ted. A written form of this request will be
presented to some of our citizens next Non
dav by Mr.. Jacobs, chairman of the school
board. who is DESTROYS that a full understand
ing OF the subject may be had in advance, to
save him the necessity of imparting the same
information to each person interviewed.
There will not be the slightest difficulty in
procuring the necessary fifty names, or four
times that number, and since signing the re-
quest will not in the least commit the person
~afixing his signature to vote for the tax, it is
desirable that those interviewed consent, and
without unnecessary dely, to atlix their names
to the paper. BY so doing they will lighter,
the duties of a thankless task, and prevent
unnecessary loss of time, always valuable to a
business man.
Those who have felt sufficient interest in
the matter to read the articles on the subject
lately appearing in the MINER, fully under
stand, in the first place, that the school house
it Is proposed to build is urgently needed;
and in the next that to build it will cause a
scarcely noticeable increase in the taxation
we must in any event pay. This is surely
enough 10 induce anyone to vote eyes on
the school act. A still stronger inducement
is found in the fact that the investment of a
best employment of the money that could be
made, viewing the matter merely from a
business standpoint, and estimating the re-
turn, indirect, but certain to be made, in
increase Of value of town property. City
lots are worth much or little, not according
to the intrinsic value of the ground, but &C
cordins to their desirability as sites for
business purposes, a consideration depending
aim ost entirely upon the massinS Of popula
ton in the neighborlood Of where the
lots arc. The more we attract popula-
ton to Butte the more valuable will
city property become. While if we could
suppose a condition Of thinss equal to bring
ing about a diminution of our present mum
bers, \ great falling of in property values
would at once be looked for as the result sure
to follow. Anything then tending to increase
our city's population will also tend to increase
the money value of its property. Now we
have Only to consider the experience of oul
enterprisins and enlightened sister city, Hell
cna, to perceive that a most etlicarious methoc
Of attracting population is to provide ampl.
educational facilities. With Its rapid rate o
growth Helena may perhaps be beginning tt
feel the need of more school houses, but 70
several years past the spacious, well-iishtet
and differentiated buildings provided hav'
afforded abundant seating room not only TO
the resident pupils but for a considerable in
crease on their number through immigration
Through this advantage Helena long ago &C
CURED the reputation Of possessing e~xcellen
So'tNaIlol"i aotliIlCs, d ltpulAIloh W "iiCI
she is indebted for a good share Of her presen
population, and of the better class Of her POP
ulation at that. Men of family living else
where in Montana and following a busines
which could equally we'll be cultivated .
Helena, were sure to remove to that tow
Others coming into the Territory and undo
cided where TO settle, located their choice q
Helena because of its excellent schools. Be
sides these must be considered the large in
tlux every autumn of jewellers in Tie SUI
rounding country who move into town tia
their children may attend school during III
winter. SO considerable is this movement
that it has been common for rents to rise to
wards winter and for business to liveu IN. yer
much in the fashion OF a watering place a
the coming Of summer.
The Butte school Is all that we could desir
1t to be as far as concerns the ability au,
faithful services of the teachers, the range @
subjects taught, or the methods of instI uctio,
pursued. All it lacks is more room. Thj
: want we can supply only by building an
l other school house. BY so doing we will TAX
, a course sure to attract newcomers to Butte
By failing to do so we adopt a method euua.l
, sure of impelling ONE already here to seek
residence else whore.
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