Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
TERM IF SCHOOL
Can Be Heightened BY Vel
unt2ry Gifts
OF AMOUNT OF THE TAXES
That Would Rave to be Paid If the
Law Was Not Repealed by
the Supreme Court.
OF AMOUNT OF THE TAXES

The best advice on the school situa-
ton was advanced this morning by d.
r. McRea. the East Park venue mer-
chant, VINO has always taken a deep in
terest in educational matters. To an
Inter Mountain reporter Mr.. McRaa
said:
Il understand the Anaconda Copper
Mining company is willing to pay It's
share of the school taxes. as now shoWn
by the county treasurer's books for the
special tax of four mills, which has been
declared null and void by the supreme
..rt. \ great many other taxpayers
ale also willing to pay their special tax
n order to create a fund sufficient to
conduct the schools for eight or nine
months. a collector can be appointed,
whose duty it shall be to procure from
the county treasurer's office a list of the
names of all the taxpayers and the
amoun of their taxes under the 4-mill
SPECIAL tax which has been declared void,
and collect the same from the several
persons as a voluntary gift for the ben
eft Of the schools. Any person who was
not willing to pay would nave the privi-
iese of refusing verbally. and that is all
there would be to it. The money collected
voluntarily would be turned into a spe-
cial fund and applied to the actual school
expenses. My taxes under the special
4-lni' school tax would amount to about
$l9. | am willing to pay that amount
over any day for the benefit of the
schools. and | am sure there are a couple
of hundred other taxpayers willing to do
the same
The amount of school money which was
to have hsen raised in the Anaconda
school district by the special tax was
$19,1f5.7l, of which the Anaconda Copper
Mining company's portion was 9 1897 .6S.
This leaves a balance of $10.46S. 03. Of
which more han one-half, or 81, 234. O11a,
cOlI)6 SJIrpiV he raised hpSiloc tho oor,
pany's portion, by the plan suggested by
Mr.. McRea. At a safe estimate fully
12.Cco could be raised by voluntary sub
scriptions. and each one pay according
to what their taxes would be if the spe-
cial tax was operative.
The plan of Mr.. McRea was spoken Of
to several today and all who LAY heard
OF it consider It a wise one, which will
no doubt take some definite form in the
near future.
At District No. I. at Dempsey, the re-
peal Of the special tax strikes very Sc
verely. for the reason that a new school
house is being erected to AXE the place
of the old one, which was Aurned down.
The specltl tax would create a school
fund of S116.96, of which N. j. Bielen-
berg would pay 1913; w. r. Elliott. SRI; G.
ID. Joslyn. SAG, and A. j. Power. Sal. 1t
is more than probable that the majority
OF the taxpayers at Dempsey will APP
point an agent and pay the amounts of
what their special school taxes would
be had the law held good, for by so doing
they can complete their school house and
employ a teacher for a short term at
least, with no more cost than if the law
was in effect.
At Stuart the special tax would create
N1l 10, of which the Montana Union
Railway company would have to pay
SIS: the r., a.. & P. $40: w. Norton.
$2".42, and Parrot & Notes.-The, SIS. SO.
The conditions for collecting the appor-