The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-18
AGAINST THE SCHOOLS.
The Good People of Box Elder
Sadly Lukewarm in the Matter
of Education.
,nrresnondence of THE HERALD:

Correspondence of THE HERALD:
Inasmuch as you have not heard from
our quiet burg for sometime, take
the present occasion to write briefly re-
latIye to school matters here.
Attracted by a number of citizens
vending their way towards the SCHOOL
house your correspondent also followed
and soon found himself among well
attended and earnest school meeting.
1t appears that the trustees had posted
notices apprising the tax payers of the
coming meeting, for the purpose OF
Ieyy1ng q tax of 2 per cent. for school
purposes-pr for the purpose
Vi erecting or of commencing the cree
tion of a fine brick schoolhouse. 1t was
plain to be seen at once that the
majority of those present were not in
faver of a new schoolhouse. The report
vi the trustees relative TO school pro-
perry was most diScouraging, only one
QUILTING being owned or controlled by
the trustees, and that very poor one
Tor schools, having been originally built
by NJ. d. RoSenbaum for mercantile
purposes and now valued at $500.
The report further showed that
there were about $50 children
III this district between the school ages,
only one hundred of whom could be
accommodated in the store school
house while the trustees paid from $35
to 500 rent per building, annually, for
three or four other houses.
1t appears that meeting was called
fvrys no nf
ing funds for school purposes, the
scnool-fund side receiving only one
vote; but the trustees were not easily
discouraged, and last year after long
debate In a preliminary meeting sue
ceeded, finally, in carrying the three
fourths of one per cent. Last night all
were in favor of the last mentioned per
cent. to defray expenses of running the
schools; and taxpayer who opposed
it bitterly last year now was the first
to rise and propose the "a per cent.
tax. And though the school-house
party were unable to carry this year,
they seem confident of winning in the
future, thinking by their untiring zeal
and constant agitation the people will
see after awhile the necessity of school
houses, and they hope that the ones
who were loudeSt in its accommodation
this year may be educated up to it and,
perchance, propose the tax next sea
son.
The principal speakers in favor of
the building were: e. A. Box, Judge
p. f. Madison, Z. H. Pierce and the
trustees, all of whom made forcible
arguments in its favor, while the OPP
position or no school-side was cham
pioned principally by0. G. Snow and the
irrepreSsible DIR. Darlington. Of course,
the last named gentlemen could not
possibly use argument against school
houses, but as those present did not
care to have their pockets touched,
their words were received with favor.
Not even the convincing argument was
brought forth, as | was informed, was
made use OF last year by one of the op-
posers to taxation, who said
With apostolic blows and knocks,
To prove his doctrine orthodox.
That he, the speaker, opposed it be-
cause others did VINO were hundred
times more capable OF thinking upon
such subjects than he was.
Yours respectfully.
Homo.
BRIGHAM CRY, September 16. 1885.