Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-13
WILL Be
{ ENL|GHTENED0N|
SCHOOL NEEDS
Weeks Campaign Planned
to Explain Bond Issue
for New Structure
WARD COMMITTEES
CHOSEN FOR SERVICE

CHOSEN FOR SERVICE
Belief General That Peopl& =
Have Misunderstood
the Proposition
Some thirty representative citisones
VINO attended public meeting 1t The
ballingall hotel Tuesday evening. deS
cioed to make an organized campaigr
during the coming week. to got before
the voters OF the school districts. Tie
real facts IN connection with the prcI3
posal to issue bonds In the amount 0<
$lZe,oOO to enlarge the high schoota
me whole purpose of the campaiG6
Will Dc to present the matter SO thaf
all may understand 1t. The belief i
general that the recent defeat Of th
oono Issue was due entirely to i natS
understanding both as to the actu6
needs or the school and as to tt
amount 1t would increase taxes.
The organization effected Tue ~ =
nient Is headed by w. T. Harper o1(
chairman and Q. A. Hasberg a. socr1s
tary. committee in evsry ward
the city VIII endeavor to get the fActG
perore me voters In THAR true light
The committees will work In uniao
and under the direction Of the genera18
organization. Following are the war3
committees: an
First ward-Mnest Manns. W. r.
Ramsell, James Trenoman. Hanr3ia
Glew, DR.. Leroy Hammer, A. OdeS8 I
walder. 5gS
Second ward-Chase Bannistor
X. Dysart, Walter McNett, J.sF. He11s
rick. Allen Weir, DR.. E. T. NdxAriy ma
Third ward-G. F. spry, John NJ
hon. DR.. s. A. Spilman, s. c.. Turner
J. G. Jordan.
Fourth ward. ", Curran, waltSi
McElroy, w. w. Epps, G. r. Tower
G. Y. Smith, Henry Warren.
Fifth ward-Henry King, Thoma
Chance, John Rupe, G. W. Mathew
Frank Pickett.
Sixth ward-Dr. e. A. sheaSs
Noses Jones. Walter Minnick. r. 0as
Cook, A. Ershne. IL
Seventh ward--Owen Bradford.
T. Crisman, Tom Pallister, d. ~
Hand, John Wormhoudt. y ID
Need 10 Outlined.
M. B. Hutchison, president Of t.
school board. called the meeting t11
order and explained its purposes. HI
reviewed briefly, the high school si6s
uat1on as outlined In the recent statG
ment OF the board which was publisH
ed last Saturday. This statemenx
showed conclusively that the presel1
high school Is crowded to double IT,
intended capacity and that somethin6
must be done II the rating Of the o.
tumwa high school Is to be kept up
the standard that has been accorded f&z
by educational authorities. M
He explained that the building plala
Is no pet scheme Of tho boards, anI2
that the problem is in reality one f0lS
the whole community. The bond issu(
contemplated by the board. he said
will permit Of an increase in the car
acity OF the high school to p0inf5
where 1t will not only take care 0lG$
present conditions, but will provide foaz
ten or twelve years to come. The
cost is negligible, according to figurSG
which the speaker submitted. The
bonds would not begin to mature until
ten years had passed and during that
time, only interest would have TO III
paid. To raise this interest, Z taA3
that would add from twenty-five t0a
seventy-fve cents per year to the tex
Of the average citizen, would be adGS'
quate. Putting It more exactly, thS|
citizen who now pays taxes amountin1aB II
to one hundred dollars year, would
add one dollar and half thereto. Th1S
citizen who now pays fifty dollars
yearly tax. would have to pay msrclyS3
an additional seventy-hve cents. Thia3
small levy, said Mr.. Hutchison. wiz
pay the interest charges and pres senfs
levies, now being collected yearly
can be used at the end OF ten year,
to begin retiring the new bond issue. ia
Mr.. Hutchison then commented uuys
on the recent defeat Of the proposS1N
and charged that 1t was due entireI1a
to misunderstanding Of the proposfa|gg
tion. He suggested that the men ofN
the community who have the interestS3
of the city at heart, take hold OF ttSs
proposition and see that 1t Is put Be-
fore the public.
A Community Problem.
The selection Of W. T. Harper e.
chairman OF the meeting followed and
those present entered into discussion
which resulted in the formation Of the
ward organization.
Mr.. Harper referred to the unselnsh3
devotion of school boards Of Ottumwasa
to their work in past years, and com
plimented the members Of the present.
board for their courage in bringing the
bond issue right back before the people
so soon after its defeat He said tho
board had done right and that 1t nowS
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