The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-09-07
THE sCH0OLHOUsES
WHAT THEY MEAN TO THE PEo-
PIE or The COMMUNITY.
AND HOW THEY ARE BUILT
II 10 the Money That stays at Home
Which Makes Good Ones Possible
"A Simple System That
Works.

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fricts. You know what they mean to
you and to your children.
They Sreseh. the difference be-
tween ignorance and enlightenment
They mean 10 your children the differ.
ence between signing their names
with mark or In writing. They
represent the difference between the
civilization OF the twentieth century.
as this country knows IL. and the bar
barism OF benighted Asia or Africa.
You want the schoolhouse, do you
not?
You would willingly make sacrifices
10 keep II, would you notg
You glory in the free educational
system of this country. do you not?
But. Mr. Citizen. did you ever sit
down and consider carefully what
II is that makes possible the school.
houses OF this country; the school
houses that stand as beacon lights on
the tops OF a thousand hills; the
schoolhouses that carry cheer and en-
lightenment 20 the hearthstones OF
the homes OF a thousand yalleysl
II is the taxes that you and your
neighbor, and your neighbor's neigh
Dor pay into the school fund year after
year. is IL not?
And why do you pay IL?
Because you own property-real es.
tate, bonds and mortgages-and be-
cause that property is valuable.
What makes your real estate val
liable?
II is the prosperity OF the commu-
nifty AS the community grows and
prospers the value OF your property
increases. AS your property increases
in value and you wsite your wealth
in thousands instead OF hundreds, the
amount you pay into the school fund
increases. When the school fund In
creases the old building gives place to
a new and more modern structure. in
which your children and your neigh
bor's children secure their instruc
ton. And. again. the erection OF the
new building but adds more 10 the
value OF your property
II Is an endless chain system that
builds villages out OF cross roads.
and cities out OF villages.
Who are you. Mr.. Citizen. and who
is your neighbor and your neighbours
neighbor. whose contributions 10 the
school fund make the schoolhouses
possible? You. and your neighbor.
and your neighbors neighbor, are the
farmers, the merchants. the doctors,
the blacksmiths You are each and
every man who go 10 make up the
community IN which you live. and II is
only when you work collectively that
YOU accomplish results that you build
up new schoolhouses
And how shall You work collec
lively?
BY n simple system Of boosting ono
another You, we will say. have
oats 70 soll-your neighbor buys them
OF you He you will say. has dry
goods 10 sell-you buy them OF him
II is this system OF mutual help that
makes the town grow into the city.
that increases the price OF real estate
In the town and IN the community sur
rounding e. that builds new school
houses
The dollar that Is unnecessarily sent
away from home never bought SO
much as nail for a schoolhouse. never
put a shingle on It's roof
But the dollars that are unneccs
saglly sent away from home send back
TO the community which they left
only ruin II Is these dollars that
prevent the replacing OF the leaking
roof the broken door hinge OF the
worn out desk
II Is the dollars that are unneces
sarily sent away from home BY you.
and your neighbor. and your neigh
boris neighbor that decrease the value
Of your. and your nelghbors. and
yonr neighbor's neighbors real es.
tate That makes the school fund
grow less year after year That forces
the discharge u the competent teach
er for less competent one That re-.
duces the standing OF your schools
In the educational system Of the coun
try
Work Il backwards, send your
money for the things you need away
from home instead of spending II nj
home and the system that builds VII
lagos out OF cross roads. and cities out
ot villages that increases the value Of
your real estate and permits you 20
write your wealth In four figures
where previously three figures were
enough and YOU Will make OF the
thriving little city but village. and
OF the village but cross roads
DO You not believe. Mr. Citizen. and
do you think your neighbor and your
neighbor's netghbcr should believe.
that II pays best 10 keep tho dollars
w tho home community Keep the
system moving forwards. help 70
make a city o. your village Boost
your towns interests and YOU boost
your own
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON