The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-02
BOND ELECTION
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EVERY VOTER IN THE DISTRICT
SHOULD VOTE ON THIS I'M
PORTANT QUESTION
BUT VERY LITTLE OPPOSITION
HOWEVER, EVERY FRIEND OF
IMPROVEMENT SHOULD Do
HIS OR HER DUTY

If you believe that Sank Centre
should take long step forward by
erecting a modern grade school build
ing of sufficient size to meet the needs
OF the district for Is or 20 years to.
come, take enough interest in the mat
ter to get out and vote for the bond
issue to be considered at the special
election to be held Thursday, Sept. 9,
1915. The election will be held in the
Board room on the first floor of the
northwest corner of the new high
school building from 1 to 4 p. m.
The Herald believes the bonds will
carry. There does not appear to be,
any opposition to the proposition but
there may be an underground current
of opposition of sufficient strength to,
defeat the question if the friends of
the movement do not take interest
enough to get out and vote.
In the event that $4,000 bonds are
issued in the full amount asked for the
districts bonded Indebtedness will be,
$4,000. The assessed valuation of
the district in round numbers is one
million dollars. The present tax levy,
for school purposes is approximately,
1876 mills, while the average levy for
school purposes all over Minnesota is;
approximately rs mills, and in most
other states it considerably higher. Of
course the issuing of $4,000 more
bonds will raise the levy to some ex-
tent, but as the payment is spread
over period of 20 years the yearly
levy will still be under the average
in the state as a whole, while the en-
HANGED valuation of every foot of
property in the district will many
times pay for the small increased tax
alton. -
] The Herald editor had an oppor-
tunity in the past half-dozen years to
visit and inspect many of the schools
OF Minnesota. Sank Centres splen-
did high school is generally (and
rightly SOY looked upon as one of the
very best high schools in Mime
sofa. The grade building which the
board have practically decided upon
is none too large to care for the needs
of growing district. With this
building completed no city in Mime
sofa the size of Sank Centre, outside
of some of the towns on the Iron
Range, will be any better equipped for
school purposes than will this city,
and most of them not as good.
| Nothing creates as much favorable
comment for any community as the
completeness and efficiency of the
school system and the churches. They
are the magnets which draw desirable
people into any community to reside.
The State School Board are all pow
erful; they are demanding certain
things in the way of modern equip
ment, heat and ventilating systems
from all schools drawing state aid.
The more modern and complete a
school the more the district receives
from the state for maintenance.
The cut of the proposed new build
ing published herewith, together with
a detailed explanation of the building
will give Herald readers a pretty fair
idea of what the structure will look
like when completed. Architect Par
sons conferred with the Board Tues
day afternoon and few slight chang
es were made. The corrected drawing
will be on exhibition in the front win
dows of the Model Clothing Store on
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week, Sept. and 9.
| The plans as outlined by Mr.. Par
sons call for a building 115x139. The
building will face to the south and
will be 139 feet from east to west.
The whole building will be practically
the same height as the present high
school building. Menominee Colonial
sand mold brick harmonizing in color
land finish with the present building
with Bedford stone trimmings, is the
material proposed to be used in the
construction of the grade building.
| The little city of Appleton, over in
Swift county, with population of
less than half that of Sank Centre and
an assessed valuation of school dis
trict of not more than one-fourth that
of this district, has recently voted
$65, 900 bonds for the erection of
new building.
If the bonds are voted the money
will be secured from the Minnesota
Investment board and rate of inter-
est will be four per cent. None of
the outstanding bonds fall due for
two or three years yet, so that the.
only expense for few years will be
the interest. Before the last bond is
sue becomes due several thousand of
the present bond will have been paid,
lessening the interest quite materially.