The copper era., 1905-06-15
School District No. 3S.

The condition of affairs pertaining
 to district No. 3S-South Clifton
 becoming most interesting, as is evil denced by the large number of citi-
 zens who attend the meetings. On
 Tuesday night of last week motion
 carried to sell the school house
 which was damaged by flood, or to
 use the material in the erection of a
 new building provided it was worth
 more to the district than the cash
 which it would bring. An adjourn
 ment was then taken for one week
 ln order to give the trustees time to
 select sites for the new building, to
 be submitted to the people for their
 approval.
 The adjourned meeting held at the
 school house Tuesday night last was attended by not less than one hun-
 dred citizens of the district. among
 whom were many ladies. It was ex-
 pected that there would be a spirited
 contest over the selection of the To-
 cation of the new school buildinp.
 but during the week it was discov-
 cred that the north boundary line of
 the district, as recorded, takes in
 much more property than heretofore
 supposed. It has always been con- sidered that the north line of the
 district crossed the Frisco river at
 the point of rocks on the railroad,
 but the records show that the line strikes Chase creek at Rocky Smiths saloon, comes on down Chase creek taking in the A. c. store, the power house and postoffice, crosses the ing and passes on to the mountain, practically including all of old town. This new line also throws the ice plant, the new A. C.. office building, pany residences and Blinn lumber yard into the district. The taxable wealth added to the district by this discovery would not be less than SlO0,00O, and might be much more, as 1t includes both banks, as well as the A. c. store. If this north line stands school district No. 3S will be the wealthiest district in the county This matter was made known to the meeting and fully discussed, and as but few people in the territory as de- Scribed above had been advised that they were residing in the district, it was thought best to adjourn until Saturday night next, in order to com munlcate with Superintendent Moody in regard to the matter, and to ascertain if the records of his of- flee correspond with the records on file in the county clerks office The meeting to be held Saturday night will probably be attended by two hundred people.
 The discovery of this new line is a complete surprise to all residents of the district, and inaSmuch as the dis triCt is heavily in debt, and with no assests except a partially destroyed | building, the question is one of deep | the school trustees nor the residents of what has heretofore been consid- ] cred the district, would care to eX- tend the lines, but inasmuCh as bonds | have been issued on the district, it | would seem that the power to make any change from the recorded lines of the district would be impossible | the consent of the bondhold- CTS.
 The ERA is not advised as to whether the new line of the district | will be fought by the heavy tax pay CTS. In fact the discovery of the new line is so recent that even the lawyers have not had time to look up the legal status of the case. If the line stands as recorded then it is probable that all the property taken in by this new line will be subject to back taxes, which, while hard on the tax payer, will nevertheless be.a good thing for the district.