The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-04-27

yearly interest on same, $3.50. Out
side rentals $625. II we do not builc
this year that amount will be doubled
We receive $500 from outside tuition.
IL we can.hold that amount and save
approximately $1,000 on rentals, that
means total saving to our taxpayers
of 5000 per year. Deduct $3.50 foI
interest on bonds and you have. $375C
to apply yearly on the bond issue. In
20 years that wouldDamount TO SIS, 900.
Our bond issue calls for $4,000. Why
not have the buildings and let them
pay for themselves?"
Says Prof. ]. u. Mclaughlin:
'This is an important issue. If steps
are not taken this year to provide sddi.
tional room the schools can hardly be
held at their present efficiency, and we
ought to do better work each year.
Both the grades and the high school
must be taken care of. Each is as i'm
portant and needy as the other. The
school enrolment has increased each
year even In these times. The school
board and the various committees have
spent much time in studying these con-
ditions and ! believe that they have
arrived at the best plan of meeting our
needs and II the taxpayers will study
the situation one-tenth as long, they
will support the board.
Beyond our actual needs, am also
firm believer in the future of Hood
River. This northwest is now an agri.
cultural section, but the waterpower
will make IL second New England in
manufacturing. In natural endowments
Hood River is second to none. II any
one has lost faith In our future, let him
visit other sections of the United
States. While providing for present
needs, the school board has always kept
the future In mind.
81 have also q great deal of faith In
the good people OF Hood River. They
have always supported the schools well
and will do 90 this time il they under.
stand the real situation. The only OBJ.
jection ] have heard is the one of tax.
es, and that 10 easy to meet this time.
Every opponent have talked with has
not seen the figures In this issue"
Mrs. Alma Howe says:
"Were | to answer the question in a
few words, why favor the bond issue
OF $45. 900, It would be that we need
more room, better equipment and q
segregation of the pupils. Especially
to get the primary grades removed
from the older ones; also to get the
grades from the high school pupils.
The latter condition has long been re.
gretted by the board and the instruct
ors as we'll as by the parents. They
are at an age that is hard to control al
best and this condition does not helI
any.
"As we all know. Park street school
has been overcrowded for years with
too heavy classes, as we'll as being q
dangerous place. Especially is it &C
for little folks. BY taking them to q
separate location where they have only
one street instead Of three, as at Park
street. those coming from above car
come at an easy grade.
The four rooms for the primary pu.
pills will relieve the grades until such q
time as an up-to-date school can be
built for Park.
As to the high school, it is well
known how inadequate the facilities are
there and If we want 70 hold and in.
crease our income from all outside
sources, we must prepare for them.
We feel that we are asking only fol
what we need, both in land and build
ings. to carry on school that will be
worthy of our wonderful country, which
is attracting so many people of educa.
ton and talent to become one of US.
: The world is divided into classes, the
"Lifters" and the Learners. Come
on Friday, April 28, at 2 p.m., at Park
street school, and be a LITTER"
The most convincing argument in op-
position to the bond issue is advanced
by E. L. Smith. who says:
Taxation, as was shown just a day
or two ago at the State Tax League in
session in Portland, will eventually lead
to eonfiscation of property. IL it Is not
stopped. At this league meeting il
was shown that up in Umatilla county
taxation has increased more than 40(
per cent in ten yearsa. 0regon's taxes
have become the highest Of any state
in the Union.
"Now with regard to school needs
and taxes. Let us look at the State
Normal school. In former days, wher
the buildings were small the institution
had an attendance of 500. With mul
tiplicity Of buildings the attendance
has dwindled to 260. This shows that
an increased number of buildings doei
not mean an increased number of stu
dents. according to estimates made al
the above mentioned tax meeting.
Conditions in Hood River have
changed since the time when we votet
a school bond issue of $43, 200. Ther
the song of the saw and hammer wal
heard over the town. Today they ar,
rusting In the tool chests of builders
Then our population was increasing
Today people are moving away from
Hood River In numbers.
"Let Us consider our present bont
interest, the sums of which must b,
annually raised by taxation. On tn,
outstanding $43. 600 school bonds ",
are paying annually. at 81 per cent
S2,4l5. On our Columbia river bigh
way bond issue of SIS, 900, in addition
to paying each year a sum for sink
| lux tut0 VIC iuuot AdioC pf taAdetou III,
interest charge of approximately $500
for in school district No. 3. it must bs
remembered. is approximately one-fiftl
of the entire assessable property OF tn,
county. To these figures must be addet
various other taxes for special roa'
fund, a library fund Of approximatel,
81, 900 per annum. Can we afford &
add to these existing burdens that o.
the interest on the proposed S45, 90
school bonds?
"Our school board members are tell
ing Us that nothing more than school
will make our city desirable home 10
cation. Will anything 30 repel settle
ment and investment as heavy bond
ed indebtedness?
~ have heard a great deal of tall
about the loss of this 81, SEQ which !
paid as tuition to our city district b.
country students. Let me ask IL thi
sum has been profit. Have we no
furnished these children their educa
tion at cost? Have we made anything
by it? If new buildings are going {
be constructed, should not these coun