Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-01-20
CORRESPONDENTS.

PAGIsADE. New. Jan. II, 1894.
EDIroR SENTINEL: l would like 10 know.
and / think il would be q great sssisfAo-
ton TO 9 large number Of others also.
what the difference is In the school laws OF
Eureka county and those Of Elko county,
as there is such q difference in the way
the school moneys are handledi Iunder-
stand in Elko county the Superintendent
allows children, who reside too far away
from the school 10 attend it. 10 draw their
proportion OF the funds and use IL IN 9
separate school for the children's benefit.
/ want 10 know IL the difference is In the
laws or the Superintendent I think the
difference lies in The superintendents. Am
l right? / think the superintendent IN
Elko county has an interest In the schools
and the Eureka County superintendent
has not. / think with the Elko Supefin-
tsndent, tina, every child should have the
benefit Of its share OF the school moneys,
and ID looks TO me as though the Eureka
superintendent has some great spite
against MS children and wants Us 10 grow
up in Ignorance, or else does be not un'
derstand the meaning OF the W Ac-
cording to the school law Of 1889, p. Is,
section 8, I claim that where there are
children residing six or seven miles from
any school they should be entitled 10 draw
their portion Of school money,
1 will state the case Of this district and
leave IL 10 the intelligent readers to decide
il / am not right. In 1890 Pine Mountain
School District had ss64 to the credit OF
the district, and seven or eight children,
and Mr.. Breen would not let Us use one
dollar Of the money. and be gave Palissde
District the money for part of the chill
dren and that left us with four children in
his district and 1854 10 It's credit, and as
Mr.. Breen would not let rs use the money
we consolidated with Pslisade District,
the trustees agreeing at the time to let us
have three or four months school each
Winter as long as there was money enough
in the school fund Of Palissde District
Last Winter the trustees agreed to let my
father have 800 to help pay . teacher to
come and teach the school and he would
paw the balance himself, but Mr.. Breen
would not let but SIS be apportioned and
said that would be the last.
would like TO know what changed
Mr.. Breen's mind so suddenly,
unless 1t was because my father
did not vote for him at the last election, as
he told q party In Beowawe a few days be.
fore election that he had ordered the trus'
tees OF Pslissde to give my father a school
and he would see that my father got IL.
Now I want to know what il 10 TO Mr..
Breen, if the trustees in Palissde District
are willing to let my father have part to
help him pay for a school for us children
three or four months each year, and he
TO pay the balance himself? We live In
Pslissds District sbou. seven miles from
PaJisade, and Palissde has about nine or
ten months school each year, and my
father psys more taxes than the whole
town Of Palisade, and Mr.. Breen refuses to
allow one dollar to help school ourselves.
Now do the readers think this is q square
dealp
Now. IL they can be allowed to divide the
money in Eiko county, why can't il be di-
vided in Eureka county as IL has been done
Mr.. Breen said the reason be did
not ALLOW us tc draw any Of the school
money Of hat 1894. is that thore we're only
four children in the district, and the law
five. Now, il he could not let US
on four how was il that Miss Lind
taught the school in Union the Sum-
ner following the Winter she taught in
and there were only two children
q that district, and he made no kick about
he number of children? / have been told
he taught there until the school money Of
hat district was all used mp, tsome 5000,
md this district with four children and
1864 could not have any school. My
ather has just received a letter from the
rustees Of Palissde stating that they were
TO do anything for us in the
chool matter a. Mr.. Breen said he would
Tot allow IL. So the fault is In Mr.. Breen.
g the trustees are willing to do what they
hink Is right. Mr.. Breen is very liberal
o his educational views; he refuses to al
ow Us any school money, but he offered
ne q drink Of whisky one time In Palissds
when 1 was under 18 years Of age, too.
respectfully. VIM. 8. RArsE.
Pslisade, Eureka county. Nevada.