Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-03-27
NOW, LET'S BE SENSIBLE.


\ Parowan are wrought up just now over the
movement that has been set on foot for the
creation of Iron county into one or more high
school districts, and all kinds of foolish talk is
being INDUCED in to the detriment of the best in
terests of the entire county and in direct opposi
tion to harmony and good fellowship which is be-
ing so earnestly sought and enc )uraged by the
progressive citizens of both towns. There are a
few radical agitators in both towns that could well
be spared and without whom Iron county could
progress much faster than it is doing at the pres
ent time Cedar and Parowan have pulled apart
need is get-to-gether policy, and the resultant
advantages will soon be apparent
Parowan is agitating for hign school at that
place, and while to the casual observer it would
certainly seem that the Branch of The Agricultural
College located at Cedar City amply supplied the
poses yet at the same time Parowan cannot be
censured for wanting the very hest educational
advantages obtanable for her young people.
From the standpoint of dollars and cents, it
would be far cheaper for Parowan to send her
young people to the B. A. c. than to undertake to
erect and maintain high school in that end of
the county Independently. But there is another
side to the question, and that is the advantage of
having the boys and girls at home under the par
entail protection during the first year or two of
high school work, and this is an argument that is
unanswerable, and the liberal minded people of
Cedar Citv do NOT blame Parowan for wanting q
high school, for this reason, and are willing to do
all in their power to assist them, so far as it can
be done without danger to the local institution.
But this is most delicate matter and one
which requires the most diplomatic handling
Unless Parowan uses diplomacy the people of that
place can easily make their situation worse Too
much silly agitation, and division of the county
easily result in the forfeiture of state support
for the B. A. c.. for there are numerous repre-
sentatives from other parts of the state who are
jealous already of the state patronage Iron county
is receiving, in which case Iron county would in all
probability be made present of the valuable
college buildings and left to paddle its own canoe
There is not enough wealth nor population in Iron
county to support two high schools giving work
that would entitle students to credit on entering
higher schools-scarcely enough for one. Where
then, would this school be located and how much
better off would Parowan be than at present
They would be taxed to support high school, and
that school would be in Cedar City. Again, there
would be no advantage to the people of Buckhorn
Summit possibly Paragonah to have high
school established in Parowan to help support
which they would have to be taxed at least -four
or five mills, If they have to send their children
away to school, they will want to send them to the
best school, and it would be unreasonable to argue
that with limited means available an isolated small
high school in Parowan could be placed on pan
with the Branch Agricultural College, which they
enjoy without special taxation. Therefore if the
people of Parowan were to urge this matter to an
issue, and having we will concede for argument
sake, the majority of the board of county COM
missioners in favor of division Of the county
when the educational board is formed with a
member from each precinct how much of tax
would this board levy for the support of the high
school in Parowan? We leave the people of Paro-
wan to answer this question for themselves.
From every solitary standpoint the division