Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-04-18
GARD FROM PROF HOWE.
His View of the School Eond
Question

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: your suggestion and the reques
) of others. / WI stale my senti
ments regarding the building of {
new school house in District No l
There should be no misunder-
standing in this community re-
garding my position. Since
the call for an election was first
published, | have frequently said
that | was emph;.tically opposed
to the erection OF such building
as contemplated On one block OF
ground-that would much pre-
Ter that two class rooms be ad-
| ded to the central brildinS-the
same made comfortable and Sc
cure, and that the adjacen, blocks
owned by Mis-. Fox and Mr. Yer
ington be purchased for recrea-
ton grounds for pupils.
| am of the same opinion still.
Mr.. Hanford, clerk OF the School
Board, at the recent mass meeting
publicly stated that the Board OF
Trustees would submit the ques-
ton as to location T. Il vote of the
district. So far as | am concern
ed, this action OF the Trustees re-
moved the onlv obstacle to my
support of the proposed measure,
and consequently, at the mass
meeting, [ expressed myself in
favor of il. From interviews
with various parties, / think but
few understand just how taxation
will be affected by a favorable
election.
During the past few months,
$4,000 acres o. school land be-
longing 10 the Safe OF Nevada,
have been sold at S125 per acre.
Twenty five cents per acre is now
in the Treasury, lying idle. One
dollar pc. ac,e, amounting to $780,
900, is brewing interest at 6 per
cent, and will continue to draw this
interes for twenty-five years
Six per cent. of S3S0,000 is S22,-
500 This sum, when apportioned |
to the various school districts Of !
the State, will place to the credit |
of District No. l, Ormsby county, !
ere,y year Jo, 25 gears, more than
81 800 in addition to what it has
received in the past. Fifteen hun
dred dollars will pay the yearly in
terest On $4,000 worth of bonds.
The interest on bonds will not
therefore increase the burden of /
taxation. The State of Nevada
owns over 100000 acres of land
not yet listed to the State, which
has been applied for at S1.25 per
acre. 1t is perfectly safe to say
that $4,000 acres more will be
listed to Nevada during the COM
ing year. This will place to the
credit of District No. 1, Ormsby
county. an additional 81 500 every
year for 25 years. Fifteen hun
dred dollars per year for % years,
to S37 800 At the end
of % years we shall have S37, 800
with which to pay $4,000 worth
of bonds.
Now, my dear reader, not one
cent of this interest from school
lands can legally be applied to the
OF these bonds or the in
terest thereon. But observe:
District No. /, Ormsby County, is
now paying 70, school purposes a
tax of so cents on the 800,
to over $1,000 per year.
Now then, place the $500 per
year, interest from the 100000 acres
listed 10 the State, into the
school fund, and take $500 per
year. from the the $1,000 County
tax, and pay the interest on the
bonds as it accrues. This will +
settle the interest question. Put
the second $500 per yea interest &
from school lends into the school I,
fund for support. tof the schools
and take culy $1,000 per year from
the remaining $4,000 County tax
and redeem the bonds.
Does the prospect Look appall-
ng? ! Nevada has magnificent
School Fund and her citizens
should contemplate the prospects
If her schools with great cheerful
ness. /,
Certainly, under the circumstan-
,es the best is none too good for
her children, the most precious OF
Ter treasures, whose health, COM {
ort and education should be of i
he first Importance. y
Various reports have been cir
,ulated that the School Trustees d
ire coniving among themselves I
md with others to defraud the
district in some way. / cannot1 q
,elieve that any such suspicion is
honestly held by any of the citizens
# Carson. / have taken special L
,ains to learn their sentiments on t
everal points with the following d
eSIllts.