Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-11
saloon Idrenaes and the schools.

Two ideas have been persistently
set forth In the public press. First
that the term Of school IN Occur
d'Aiene must be shortened for want
OF funds In case Of prohibition Of the
liquor trafiic In this county. Second,
the lmprobablIity OF enforcing prohi-
bition under the local option law.
The sources from which The school
fund Ii derived are al follows: County
levy by commissioners Of from FIVE
to ten mills on the assessed yaiua-
ton of the county Special levy an-
thorized. twenty mills IL Independent
districts The fines and forfeitures
or the police justice ana probate
courts 81 the county. Interest on the
state school fund amounting to about
$3.50 per capita Of school children In
the county. The commissioners levy,
IN this county. ut present. n the mini
mum of five mills. The assessed val
uation ok the county III s8.O51 .6s5.;
the amount derived from the commits
eionera levy being. for the whole
county s43,25s.42. This ID distrib-
nted among the various districts 81
abe county AZ follows: One-tnird d.
vlded equally among the several dis
tricts of the county. the remaining
two-thirdn apportloned per capita
among the several districts IN pro-
portion 10 the number oI school chill
dren i'll each. The entire school pop
ulation OF the county IL 5342. OF the
Independent district OF Occur d'Alene
1876, This gives 10 the independent
district Or Occur d'Alene out Of said
amount derived from commissioners
levy ss,ass.22.
the assessed valuation or the prop
eFtg III the independent district Oh
Occur d'Aiane Is Oil 800. 900. and the
special levy ii III mills, which gives
saR,50
The fines and forfailurea In the
county going into the general school
fund last year amounted Ia S1.437,a5,
of this the independent district or
Occur d'Alene received s32s,7O.
From the interest on the state school
fund the amount derived Ii about
$50 per capita for the school chill
dran. giving independent school dis
trict 81 Occur a'Alene s2.445 From
saloon licenses the independent school
district Of Coear .Alene receives. ae.
cordlng % hlgh license authority,
$4,000. The total amount received
BY the district being ,Ss7.0s.
The commissioners levy III present
iathe minimum and may be- increased
tive mills. An increase of ave mills
would raise Al additional amount for
che independent district of Occur
d'Alene 81 sa.sss.2a. This alone
would more than offset the amount
received from saloon licenses for
school purposes IN Coeur d,Alene.
Without Increasing the special levy In
Occur d'Alene at all But the special
isyy. II necessary, might atm be In
creased three mills,
The general levy II present being
me minimum authorized nv law, II
II very evident the school fund can
not snffer
The repeated claim that prohibit
tion Will not be enforced ought MOI
to need refutation ii Ii an arraign-
ment Of every officer 81 the city aud
county entrusted with the enfroce-
nent Of the law. To insist that law
will not be enforced is to advocate
nullineation or the law. Any man
who believes qualification possible
must BE- elassed with the law break.
era.
Il IA universally recognised that
the saloon Ii an evil. The tendency
Of the saloon Il IL produce moral and
physical degenerates, II Is not nee.
essary for the county TO compound the
evil, It's days are numbered. The
people win not tolerate such an Ia,
stitutioa any longer.
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