Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-04-04
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE TAXPAYERS
OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6.

efforts to get a statement of hoy
our tax money was being spent, W
were causing discord in the school,
We have been extremely careful t,
avoid making any discord or il
leellng between the trustees, tn,
teachers, or the pupils, for tn
very good and sufficient reason
chat no possible good could come O
| it, and it could only result in harm
| by lessening the efficiency of tn,
work done in the school. How
ever, we want to protest that i
IS not what we have done that has
caused discord, but rather it is tht
talk Of Prof. Warner and some Of his
subordinates that is responsible Fol
example; one of his teachers, IL
oriticising a pupils writing as being
TOO heavily lined, said: "The trustees
won't stand for such a waste of ink y
1t is doubtful if there was a child in
the room who d not tLoIo ghy under
stand that the Slap was at the new
member of the board, and while the
statement might show insubordination
on that teachers part, the worst
feature was the knowledge conveyed
to the pupils that discord existed.
Mr.. Warner may believe it will re-
dound to his credit to say that they
are going to give the graduates this
year fifty cent diplomas; that they
are good enough, will last jusl as
lsng as a $3.50 diploma, and are so
much more economical, as they must
economize; and that they are not
going to get a speaker this year, etc.
When asked if he thought that would
be right, he said; No, | do not, and
We are going to do just as we have
been doing. l would just as soon
ask the graduates to come to COM
mencement in calico and oyeralls as
to give them fifty cent diploma" !"
ETC." The only inference 10 be
drawn from such talk is too obvious
to need elucidation. BY the way. di-
plomas costing $3.50 each had al
ready been decided on.
Now, don't believe there is a tax
payer in the district who is not only
willing but anxious that every boy
and girl graduating from the school
should have a suitable diploma evil
dencing the fact that they have sue
cessfully completed the school course.
Penuriousness is not economy, and
any attempt to SO construe it by
Prof. Warner is very much out of
place. OF course, making the state
ment gave the professor an oppor
tunity to tell what a great man War
ner is, and indulge in some flights
of oratory with calico and overalls, )"
and, If he repeats the remark TO his I
PuphoJ AS uIdy dnId5OlIA6 6OIut VI
them against the move that is be-
ing made for fair accounting of |
the peoples money in the interest of
economy, and possibly mislead~ some
of the younger ones into the erron-
eous belief that economy means pc
nur-ousness, and that the taxpayers
of the district, who are paying for
their education, are doing so grudg
ingly, instead of freely and gladly,
only asking for fair statement OF
to whom and for what the taxes are
spent; and it is quite possible THAI
he might make some of the quite
young ones believe that if it were
not for his (Warner's) Herculean ef
,orts, there would be no school at all.
Prof. Warmers over-zealousness IS, in
lis efforts to perpetuate the old or
Ter of things that their right
spend the tax money without report
ng it, should be unqlestioned, leads
aim in.o some ra her awkward pos
ions, which may be taken up later,
1tt at this time, | wish to point out
% the taxpayers the difference b
.ween what b. Warner would
lave them believe, and the facts as
hey exist, and to show why we are
asking for economy.
On page l0S of the book in w ich
Mr. B. L. Williams posted vouche or
bills submitted TO him, land for
which the Board paid him $500 of
he district money, although tina
work was the clerk work, and Gov
red by her salary as clerk, OF $4,000
'er year,, you will find the following:
Jhildrens names - - --17360
'afents names - - - - 8490s
jhlldrens ages - - - - $3.50
dale--Female - - - --12ls
At 20 cents per folio --46214
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