The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27
SCHOOL MATTERS.
brigham City i'm Peck of Trouble
Over Them.

Brigham City i'm n Peck of Trouble
Over Them.
BRIGHAM CITY, Sept. 26.-And now
Brigham is in q peck of trouble over
school matters
Two weeks ago. petition signed by
over 800 citizens of Brigham, asking that
the four school districts be reunited, was
presented to the county court After due
elaboration, the court granted this long
looked-for relief. and made one school
district of the town. Three of the old
districts S were Indebted in various sums.
The court decided that an equitable adj
lustment OF these amounts owing would
be TO levy certain school taxes on the
TOUR former districts. SO that in the
debtedneSS would have been paid off and
all the school real estate and school
buildings, etc, turned in to the one dis
trict newly created, that all the citizens
will have paid the same tax rate.
This adjustment seemed to give general
satisfaction. But, 10 and behold a GER
tain chronic pessimist in town got TO fig
uring on the business. He figured and fig
ured until he finally got an array of fig
ures that said in their mighty silence:
They are imposing on our ward We are
head ominously. Citizens saw it and
wondered.
People were called in to see these mod
ern BostOn-tea- party unjust-taxation fig
started, and ii has spread like wildfire
all over the town. But, strange to say,
now the people of each of the old dis
tricts think their particular district is
the one that is not receiving justice The
Firstwarders think they are getting a
little the worst of the bargain; the Sec
ondwarders think they have not been
given the square shake and want to dis
unite again: the Thirdwarders think they
are not being fairly dealt with, while the
Fourthwarders imagine their pockets are
being touched too heavily. And so it
goes.
Mass meeting have been called in every
ward. Many infiammable speeches were
made. These meetings only stirred up
the fire and caused il 10 spread. At these
meetings committees were appointed to
meet with the county court next Monday.
Many people now think a great burden
has been thrust upon them and they cry
out Tor relief. Scores, nay, hundreds
want something better done for their par
ticular corner of the town or they de-
mand disunion, resulting in the town
again being thrust back into its medieval
darkness in educational matters.
And thus the Town stands boiling over
the matter today. More strife. discord
and contention have been aroused than
for many a long day.
Lead a man to think that his pocket
book is being touched and he is up and
at you like a game cock. This is the i'm
preston most OF the people of the city
have been WORKING UP to. And all over
what? Practically nothing.
The most capable men of the city have
thoroughly investigated and studied over
the matter and with a few trifiinS
changes, which might have been rectified
without working up all this hellibaloo,
they declare the action of the county
court and superintendent OF schools was
just and equitable.
But thus great oaks of strife and con-
tention from little meddlesone acorns
grow.
Thursday of this week, Lars Jensen,
father of County Prosecuting Attorney
Neis Jensen of this city, died very sud-
denly at his home in Bear River City.
The old gentleman was past 70 years OF
age He died shortly after a severe at
in Bear River this afternoon The de-
ceased was one OF the oldest ana most
highly respected citizens of that place.
CONVENTIONS.
Brigham people were exceedingly
amused on reading in this mornings Her
aid the racy account of the Republican
Senatorial convention of Box Elder and
Tooele counties, held in Salt Lake Thurs
DAY.
Jones, Holmgren. Page and Pitt are
making history for the party in Box
There these Box Elder county repre-
sentativeS unitedly vote for and nomi-
nate a gold Mckinley man for state SEN
ator against a silver man. Tooele solidly
voted for Mcbride tsilver), while our Box
Elder men chose Sharp (gold)
James I. Pitt of CoTinne, the man the
Box Elder Republicans honored this week
by unanimously selecting him for repre-
sentative to the legislature thus puts
himself on record as an out and out gold
where are you? Brother Pitt, you are