, 1907-05-01

| o.. ANOWSdotiS. IL 20 10
g.. Rawlins . 8 11-2 % rs
10. Rk. Springs $40 10 37-4O
IL. Sheridan.
IL. Wheatl'd. 10 1 80 294O
tThis includes / 7-1O mills county high
school tax.
Springs, and the special school tax is
rate for Laramie is less than that in
any other of these towns except Rock
Springs, and that the special tax is
less by IL mills than that of the next
lowest on the list except Rock
Springs. If our rate were raised to
this we should have $4,000 more an
nually to spend on our schools. But
if we take a more desirable compar
ison, and raise our az levy to that of
Cheyenne, we should have $4,000
more annually to spend on our schools.
That increase in expenditure would
go far towards making them first
class SO far as money is concerned,
and within fifteen years we could pay
for a $4,000 high school building, a
building in which the city could take
pride for years to come.
Can We Afford It?
Can we afford it? Let us see. The
man who pays taxes on $1,000 worth
of property would pay Of this in
creased taxation annually $3.50. His
total school tax levied and spent in
this district would be $12 per year.
Is there a taxpayer in this community
worth $1,000 who cannot afford to pay
that much towards the education of
his children or those of his neighbors ?
For every child he had in school last
year the school district and the state
paid $3.50. Is there a citizen in the
community worth $4,000 or 500, 900
who cannot afford to pay a proportion
ate amount to advance the educational
interests Of society and the state?
Gives Notice of Action.
Believing that the foregoing facts
call for action on the part of the tax
payers of this school district, and
that the school trustees and the uni
versity trustees will cordially coop
crate in making the movement a sue
cess, l desire to give notice that at
the annual school meeting, to be held
next Monday evening, l expect to pre-
sent some such resolutions as the fol.
lowing, as expressing the sense and
vote of the taxpayers of school district
No. l. Albany county, Wyoming:
Willingness of Taxpayers.
/. That we desire school facilities
equal to the best, and that, so far as
it may be practicable to secure them,
we are willing to pay the legitimate
cost of such advantages.
2. That this school district needs.
and, as soon as it may be practicable,
should have, the advantages of a first
class four-year high school, a kinder
garten, an ungraded school and man
ual training work.
To Submit Proposition.
3. That since the school rooms now
available are already crowded, and
one of them unfit for use; and, since
additional rooms are needed for the
use of a kindergarten, an ungraded
erhnp manual froipipr ,,,o,1 I'D
high school, the trustees of this school
district are hereby requested to sub
nit at once to the qualified electors
of the district the question of issuing
bonds for the erection of a building
which shall be planned to serve ulti-
mately as the home of the district
high school.
High School Building.
4. That the trustees of this school
district be requested to confer with
the trustees of the state university to
see whether a plan can be devised by
can profitably unite in the establish.
ment and maintenance of a first-class
four-year high school, said school to
serve as the public high school of this
district and the local preparatory
school of the state university; and, if
such a plan be deemed wise by the
trustees, they are instructed t. pro-
coed Immediately with its execution in
such manner as shall best serve the
educational interests of the taxpayers
of this school district.
Increase in Taxes.
5. That, since the best interests of
our schools require the expenditure of
considerable more money than is now
being used, and, since the special
school tax levy in this district is con
siderably less than that in any other
town of similar size in the state, the
taxpayers of this district 90 hereby