Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-30
The Bond Issue.

The levy for all school purposes at
present for the support of the IrOnton
Public Schools is 65c on the $780, 90
assessed valuation. This includes the
levy for the incidental expenses and
teachers salaries. This levy is less
than a be found i'm most other
towns of the State supporting a first
class High School. While our levy
is less than that of most other towns
in Missouri supporting a first class
High School, our assessed valuation
is greater than for any town Of like
size in Missouri.
The assessed valuation of the IRON
ton school district is more than $780,
900. To erect a SIS 900 school build
ing will require only Is or 90 cents in
crease per 500 assessed valuation.
This will not work hardship on any
one. For example, if your property
is assessed at S1000lyour totaI,increase
OF tax will be about $3.50. Surely you
cannot object to contributing a few
cents toward the education of your
own or some other parents boys and
girls.
The following represents the as
sessed valuation of some Missouri
towns; also their tax levy as given in
State Superintendent Howard A.
Gass's report:
(Here is given the rate of taxation
for school purposes in other towns,
which showing we are compelled to
omit for lack of space. The rate in
those districts runs from $1.00 to S1.75
on the one hundred dollars valuation.
I-ED.)
OF the ISL first class High Schools
of Missouri the average levy is 99.5
cents on the 500 valuation; so if Iron
ton does build a new High School the
levy will still be below the average.
The average wealth of each of the
seven towns is less than the wealth of
the Ironton school district, so it can
be plainly seen that the district is one
of the richest in Missouri for its size.
In fact, it can be proven conclusively
that lronton is the richest in taxable
wealth of any small town in Missouri
without a single exception. At the
same time, while the wealth of this
district is greater than that of other
districts of the same size, its tax is
much lower, as seen from the above
figures.
The building of this High School
will not take the money out of the
community, for both labor and ma
terial can be supplied by this COM
munity. 1t will be built "by the peo-
pie and for the people" for there isn't
a resident in Ironton who will not, in
some way, derive some benefit from
it.
We realize that it will soon be a
choice between two things. We must
either provide room, or refuse to
enter pupils, for the rooms are very
crowded this term.
Four years ago, when we were
Freshmen, the enrolment of the High
School wa IS; now it is 70. We think
that the State Superintendent was
right when he told us to provide more
room if we wished to be retained upon
the first class list.
You may ask "What are the ad-
vantages of being a first class High
SCHOOL," We are glad TO tell you
what it has done for us. We are soon
to be graduates of the Teachers
Training Course, holding first grade
certificates. This means that we are
prepared to enter a useful profession
without the expense of going away ty
school. We believe that our parents
would rather spend a few dollars and
keep US at home during our school
days than spend 5000 90 in some other
community for the same school priv.
ileges.
We will finish school this year az
graduates of a first class High School,
but it would be very selfish anc
narrow for us to say that we didn't
care whether the future graduates
had the same advantages or not. We
are the future citizens of Ironton, anC
we believe that a new High Schoo.
will increase the value of property
and encourage the best class of people
to make lronton their home. Hence.
we trust that every a who is in,
terested in the welfare of Ironton anC
Arcadia will vote in favor of the bono
issue April 4th.
CATHERINE ANDERSON,
VIRGINIA COLLINS,
LOUISE NJ. GROSS,
GLADYS e. BISHOP,
MABEL @. dixie,
CAMILLE MARI,
RUSSELL w. FARRAR,
JAMES BUTCHER.
, Graduating Glass 1916.