Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1888-03-08
school townships Is as follows:
Total valuation as returned by school
townships to county clerk by AS
SCISSOR ESpie. July. 1887, 81.


Total valuation as returned by school
townships to county clerk by AS
SCISSOR Espie, July. 1887, Sl.0jG,l0S
Now" Hard Working Granger( p 9S-
54( p, l do not remember having argued
or rung that chestnut" before, but
am your "kid" on that line of argu-
ment. Now do you not see that even
the assessor puts up job on the gran.
gers and tax payers in the county
(Which, by the way, is very praise
worthy object, and l am not kicking
on our school revenue)? Don't you see
that Mr.. Espie discriminates in favor
Of the schools, and let us see how much:
School township valuation as returned
by assessor 1885. .10s
AS returned by tax book 1,70O,1l0
Difference. in favor of schools 255.99s
Now, 9S-54(?), if this difference was
only divided up between us two, you
might get a corner on Bacon without
the aid Of Z. d. Armour. and rs have
already corner on Bacon, would try
my hand at some other corneI.
Well, since the county has to derive
its revenue from the official statement
of Mr. Espie, which is for the county
Sl,70O,ll0, and the total levy, territorial
and otherwise, is 20 G-1O mills, which
makes our income for territory, county,
and to help swell the school fund, is
grand total, $35,O22.26. From which
we have to take: Territorial tax 6-10
mills-S7, ,S2O.50; General school fund
mills 3,400.22: leaving $23,S0l.54 to
be "squandered Gas you say by the
county commissioners. And, Granger
9S-54(?) the foregoing statement taken
from the records, will show you how
they have "squandered the county
revenue. AS for myself 1 will leave 1T
with you and the other Taxpayers in
the county to pass upon. But now for
our school system and its revenue. We
find by the returns that the assessor has
been doing his part IN educational mat
| ters by swelling the school township
aggregate $255,998 more than he gave
the total valuation of the county, or
$l,956, ,lOS for the school townships to
draw their revenue from. And as you
will readily see by the foregoing levy
made by the different school township
officers, that the total aggregate OF
mills is 1903 and there are l3 school
townships, including the village of Par
ker, which gives l3 1926 mills. or a
trihe over 1894 mills as an average per
school township-but l will give you
the benefit of the tritie. Now the total
revenue derived from Sl,956,l0S is
$26, 6,S99.4S; to which add county school
tax mills on 81, l,70O.llO-$3,40O.22 .22
and S2,2OO.OO for school poll and we
have So, ,496G0. Taking you at your
word, Mr.. Granger( p the school levy
is annually growing less. And since
every (or nearly every school TOWNSHIP
has a bonded Indebtedness of from
$l,5O0up, we must count that in, too
AS | do not know the exact bonded in
debtedness of the sceools in the county
will give you the benefit and will I ak,
the lowest of any which has come tt
my knowledge, which is $500, which
multiplied by IL gives Sl9,500; to whicf
add your yearly revenue Of S32, ,4B.6t
and you have S5l .996.6O, for which yol
say you shave S3 good school houses al
furnished inside, ut value of from
$3.50 to $1,000. or a total value of $50,
7l3." Now, Granger(?), Just subtrac
SOL ,996.90 from S50,7l3, and leave
balance to the schools. But YOU sa.
!, you cannot do that. will take it tn
other way and get $l,28.0 still
against the schools. And, finally, Gran
ger( p, / will give the school the bene