Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-11-18
THE HIGH SCHOOL QUESTION.

THE HIGH SCHOOL QUESTION.
 Considerable opposition has develop ed during the past few days to the pro posed bond issue of $5o,0oo for erect ing a high school building in Globe.
 This is an important question for the taxpayers to decide. It should not be answered with the statement that taxes are high enough at present but 1t should be intelHgently and periodically set tied.
 Gum shoe tactics should not be countenanced.
 The Silver Belt wants to be right on tlis question, and for that reason 1t Is asking for light.
 If high school building is an abso- lute necessity it should be built The matter of cost should be the only ques- ton to decide. The school trustees are undoubtedly good business men. It is their business to know the educational necessities of the city. They are, or should be, in touch with the teachers and the pupils. They have said that a high school building is one of the urgent necessities of the present Globe and are asking the property owners for s5o,000 with which to erect a build. ing.
 On Saturday, November 2s, the peo- pie will file their answer. Those who are interested in this matter-and ev. cry mother and father should be-will want to cast an intelligent vote, and for that reason the Silver Belt would like to have the subject widely and intelligently discussed. We want tc hear from those who favor such an i'm provement and an expression from those opposed is equally desirable. Give good solid reasons, pro and con. Gc right to the point in clear and con else manner. The columns of the silve, Belt are open to the people for thi: discussion.
 The bonded indebtedness of tho school district at present is s59,0oo Ten thousand dollars worth of thes; bonds will fall due in four years. The balance will mature, for the most part in punches of s1o,OOO, in nine, ten eleven, fourteen and nineteen years The total amount of interest still to bt collected on these bond issues is S35, S2o, making a total indebtedness on the school district of Ss4, ,S20. So far, fl the Silver Belt has been correctly in formed, there has been no sinking fund provided for the payment of any DOT ton of the principal and the taxpayers naturally have not felt the real weigh, of this indebtedness. During the mex, four years, however, s10,00o in addition to the usual interest must be takct from the pockets of the taxpayers.
 But the matter should not bs consid cred altogether from a standpoint of dollars and cents. Globe should have just as good educational facilities as any city of like size in the country We are all willing to make great sac rifices for the education of the cbil dren. In fact it is a very importan, consideration in every home where chil dren exist. And, in this matter, wt must look into the future. Globe is growing rapidly. We have population today of between 10000 and 12,ooo. Ii there are not 10000 people in Globe ono year from today, the Silver Belt will badly miss its guess. A building. fl one Is to Do erected, should be bull, for the future needs of the city.
 It has been suggested that if tho grammar school rooms arc crowded that additions should be made. Ina, would be capital idea if room wert the only consideration.
 Another good suggestion has beer made. Union high school buildings art quite popular throughout the country They are at present working on one ot this character over at Mesa. Three O, four school districts combine and issue bonds sufficient to build the desired school This is not an impossibility ir the Globe district. Miami and Coppe, Hill ara rapidly growing towns. Rapit transit between Globe and these place.