The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-08-11
POISON INJECTED IN
LOAVES OF WAR BREAD
STATE AID FUNDS GONE TO
PAY FOR TINE CUHIFlCATIVN


SantaFe, N. NJ, August s.-An inter-
esting situation and one Involving SER
ious difficulties for many Of the needy
rural school districts OF the state. Is
oiseIosed In statement made public
mere today by State Superintendent of
Ed"cation ]. H. Wagner, dealing with
the status of the fund for State aid for
weak rural school districts
Applications are on file with the
department. of Education, and have
oeen approved. totalling S1s.45s. for
assistane from the state aid fund.
Ihese applications come from large
numbers OF districts in twenty out of
the states twenty-eight counties.
The books of the Department of
education show that there should he
balance in the state aid fund of 500
Soo'zl or more than enough to nav all
the approved applications Irnfor-
tuntely the books OF the state trao
surer show that there are less than S5
oOO In the fund and that SIS. 900 which
should be there are not there at ali
having been used to pay other state
oilis, notably the cost of the 1915 codi-
| fication.
| with the explanation that this state
rheht was not criticism of legislators
OF any one else responsible for this
drait on the state aid funas. Nand was
10 the end that only the position of the
state department of education might
not he misunderstood. Mr. Wagner
said: ei
NO one knows better than we in this
department the great need for state aid
III school building in many of our rural
districts. Because the failure of tLoso
districts to receive state aid funds N
whch they are entitled by law NAV lead
TO misunderstanding as to the co,so
OF the delay, we feel that stotar,ar,,
OF the facts is necessary. The Ioo;s
Iature in 1903 passed law md
which the residue from tho o,,..>..
school fund each year is convertad 49,
separate fund for the use of tba A.
| partmeht OF education in sunrI,.i
Si"te ana to weak school distrio,.
.n"t every school district mo,,
equipment and the sot,..,
su"iahteed in the ENABLING %. 'erh,
tuition. Under this ana
y uistrict makes Application .ne
t'neht OF education win a. tue
OF the county school suno,.ie "p-
III the department of al1,..e
IL i" t'torney General approve .''''on the
i'S"tloh the district thar "p-
I'm the state $500 for school h,,t,.,' ,es
~ f'o Tor furniture provided En-.
'io' Ia pay one-third of the ,otaI ~. tie
site. VI" furnish school
me wisdom of this law has -,
sunno.,SS agreed upon and 1t had heo,,
that the fund for its a,.s-.I
as 10 be held as sacredIv intaa.
Schoai other school purpose -
u'strlcts in almost every CO...
ana "e state have been helped h,. =,
tria, Sohe counties every scbooI a.,
rnr', % ''"S had help without il o',.
vanca0 10 system could not have ad :
u ..o 10 It's present status
fund st DUoAs show that the stnte ala
or me- -, nave balance Of S20.3e5 o.
nendi,s nan sunicient to pay All tha
p motte "nu approved applications A.
60O n, u luet there are less than 81
have - iunu because heavy drafts
purpose. II LOT other state
The law authorizing tho o,,o
non OF the law OF New Mexico 90 oSt,,c!- to,-
io''ued that payment for the co,,is,-' re o.
IN printing. etc. should be natd ~.
"hE FUNDS in the state trea am. ,,''' p"l
'"'n those for interest on 80
me- M ana sinking fund In othe, words
nc payment for the codifcot,on ,'.''.s Olus
b,",,n bann'r order against the treasury 80 II n
aid ipSmeS snnS unfortunately, that our state
80 luna was the only one a. ,.'''
~ was sufficient money 10 r,oa,
,ne eodlaeation bill The state ala aee' s,'nI
,au a balance or $4,000, The coli
hcation bin took out Ss7,5OO Of - TSi,
was wa on July 2s, 1915 Shortly after
, 80. - december, 80 1915. further draft wa,
maze on the fund OF $4,000 for tbe me-
OF the state Agricultural colIaa'e ua'
tension tension FUND. on August 15 1sIe
/ oaS'ooO oaS'o o. iRe money taken for m,
! SodiheaticitsWas paid back ana Wy ns
ssptenosr 20, 1916 further paymen,
snna |'"ue OK $4,000. The state ait
lsna Is still short $4,000 on aecona,
Vt the codincation borrowings o1'
! seaoo Tor the experiment station. ~. .
I total OF $1,000. ''o"' OF