Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-06-03

This question: % be dcciled BY the voters Of Noun
tain Home school Dis,fict next Monday, is one Of
vital importance 20 every y In the District AID
by the kndncs. Of the editor viii enacavor 10 give
through the columns Of the RuiurriS few Of the +
reasons Why think II should be answered IN the /
affirmative
We arr compelled % DO something for II Is I'm. /
possible to accommodate our school In the pressn.
building Il will properly accommodate but abou,
seventy 1--WE pupils, and last year thr cnrollnrn,
reNs he'd ono hundred aud thirty.hve. AMI from the
present outlook VIII be far greater this year The
school Beard has power 70 either build o. rent
school houses and whatever is done 70 provide iuT
the school for the must hc done now, and mast
be done quick. too TOR Il will keep US busy u have
building completed in time for shool Last year the
Gear, were In a dilena till Mr.. sprsgue kindIt
dered the Of his building, tree, II tbs Beard
wonld put IL In condition for school, hut wr de
pend e no such good fortune another year So thero
can be no argument on that question: and the only
question is what Is the best thing to do,
I There appears Ia be but two things that can be
done add to the present building build anew. II
We adopt the first plan IL will be unsafe to make
addition smaller than the present building, for the
prospects are that the number II pupils this year will
is than double the capacity o; the present
| building, and u we build less the hoard will nnd
were last year but with no one some 10 their aid.
To build such an addition would est 10, less than
81 600 t,ho present school house COS, about $1,000
would Ne only make shin for the present, would be
! unsighty in the extreme, ADD when finally
compelled 20 build right. viii have 10 de-,
be almost worthless for any purpose and the money
expended would be thrown away
n we build anew, the question arises ~ to hos
large a building should have. Some propose
four.room building and build Il so It can be added to
when needed 1t will be impossible to construct an
economical four. room building that Il can be adj
led 10 and make in the end convenient aud credit
able school building, aud think all who have had
an, experience In that way Of building houses of any
kind will hear out In the assertion ihst 10 blild
part OF building and add on afterwards - wastfa
expensive way and that 1, far satisfactory
build YOU want in the first instance and leave the
fitting Of the parts not nine lately needed till thcy
are needed, As Is proposed by the present call u
bonds To build the other way Is more costly in the
end and when We through have very poorly
arranged and unsightly school building But ~e need
not draw from reason alone in this, We have exam
piles right at home from which should take
ing. Hampa, Caldwell and weiser have lately built
four room school houses aud all are bitterly
GREETING It, and are warning us TO make the
mistake for grave mistake they 'oguise it
to be Caldwell has little more than got we'll settled
in its building and they will have 10 build again
this year NAmpa has hardly got running smoothly
In Its building when they and they will have to
build again next year. WeiseT in tie same condition
Aud any who will take pains to investigate the
growth Of school will that would have the
same experience. The year before last started In
with teacher and before the year past had TO
: increase TO two. Last We started Ia with two
teachers and had 10 increase 10 three This year ii
would be foy begin with less than three teachers
and, from the present outlook for the school. will
have TO increase four, and doubtless before the
next school year is past We would hnd our tour.roonl
school building too small and have TO build again and
would hnd Il difficult II not impossible TO float
second batch Of bonds right the heels Of the hrst
the rate Of interest compelled By the laws Of
State and, Il We could there would he the txpens,
: Of rcbonding, and the building when completed
would be costly and We would be far from being
proud Of
Then let US not be like the fool who will profit only
, by the misiOrtunes Of his own sad experience.
: Again: However We bnild will have u call on
those who live here in the future and get the benefit
Of the building to pay Tor It, let no, build IL
such way that they will say las they certainly viii
u We build by pircemealD: while they 1t wh,
did they not build a school house instead Of maxi n,
. us pay the price Of good school house and give Il,
. only thing Of which ashamed"
The bonds asked for will construct nice bull din,
Of eight rooms which can be easily converted into
twelye.room building by finishing up the basement
e and finish up the four lower aud the other.
can be finished needed very little cost. and tn,
q cast to us would not be great As 10 try d
add on worthless shells To the present building. be
SIDES the bonds do not begin fall due tor
e years, by which time the town will be wealthy
enough tina; IL will not feel II II the town Is gon
amount any thing aud then the bond. TALL due ii
i small amount. from time to time and in bulk =
il will be rasrr the tax payers, the last not tAlin
u due for twenty years. And when larger buildu.
n than that is needed the town will be amply able
afford TO build more have thus far presented th
"a matter only from tho stand point Of necessity
economy, but this is Of the least Of many weight
. rsasons why should vote these bonds.
Nothing builds upa town as much As = goo
v school, Boise Guy dates is prosperity AMI rapi
- growth from the builling Of their present magnn
cent school building, and the app5rt init
20 awaits the actions Of Mountain Home We will hav
no real Aal permanent prosperity till have
g, thorough public school and adequate. COZ
IL, yenlent and neat school buildings Many families
now anxious to come 10 Mountain Home and ar
deferred only by the poor public school facilities
and every family that moves % our town Increase
the value Of all the property In IL aud enrahes ever
r inhAbitAnt OF the town ami surrounding eoaatr,
Thereis no man Of family that will not hesitate ON
before. making his home in town with poor 0
~ eramped public school facilities and TO build such
OF school house Is contemplated will be adv eSs
G. nent for Mountain Homs worth many times u
. money IL costs.
These are but few Of the many weishty reason, VII