The Raymer enterprise., 1918-07-11

VI to0 CukiIe lOWubuiR al ovcto6s
distance of IL miles away from theiI
local schools II they do not believe In
centralized schools, when this one
school In the center Of the township
will require an average hawl Of ;
miles and every patron and taxpayer
In the Township have signed for 1t.
and every patron In this township
will forever after have to be satisfied
and forever hold his peace.
When we come to analixe the
boards stand and actions in this mat
ter, We find them In a peculiar posi-
tion Of opposing the Capitalization Of
schools WHEN such Capitalization is
for rural community, and not for
Raymer. The Raymer School district
spent $2S.O00.0O last year for school
purposes. they paid between $1,000
and $4,000 for trucks as permanent
investment. according to the Secre-
tsries report. The District voted
$4,000 for the running expenses of
the Raymer School next year, now
can the District afford to spend
$4,000 for school for the entire 36
square miles that will be an asset for
the District for 20 or 80 years to
come, that will be a social center for
the community and q credit for every
taxpayer whose money goes to help
build 1t. or shall the proposition be
voted down, and the Board issue war
rants to buy more trucks that as an
asset to the district and community,
they are of very little value and Of
short duration and not satisfactory
to the patrons this distance from the
Raymer School. The Board suggests
that they can for a few hundred dol
lars move the Clark school house over
to the center OF Town 9-5S.
This would require this proposition
to be voted down. and another spec
ial election calledsto get the consent
OF the District to mooye this building
and select a new site. The expense
OF mooving 1t and equipi12 1t II 1t
were feasible. would be temporary
makeshift and more expensive in the
long run and not acceptable to the
patrons in the Township
Now do the electors OF this school
district want to build us this school
asked for tbs year? or will you vote
II down to save expense and do as the
Board has promised, in year or two,
build us $1,000 or $4,000 school
building at this place and spend an
amount equal to what 1t will cost to
build this one. in putting up little
shacks over the T. P. that will be
worthless to the District when the
Board builds the 7 or 5 thousand dol
lar school house they have promised.
Respectfully,
II. II. Northup.
The above is Mr.. Northups argu-
ment for voting bonds at the special
election called for July goth.
Fortunately there was a good at
tendance at the Annual Meeting, and
those who heard Mr. Northup at that
time and read The Enterprise report
OF the meeting will be able to Judge
for themselves who did the "belitt-
ling"
That was meeting where there
was freedom OF speech, which we be-
lieve Mr.. Northup exercised quite full
ly. There was also freedom and
right to make any appropriate motion
and get the wishes Of the people by
vote, and Mr.. Northup did not exer-
else that right. We will leave him
to explain why he did not ask the
people to endorse his proposals.
Mr. Northup attempts to tell about
a conversation between the editor OF
this paper and Mr.. Deal. We would
suggest that Mr.. Deal would be bet
ter &Rhority than Mr.. Northup as
to what was said.
The same would be true az to the
things said to Mr.. Deal when the
board visited Mr.. Deal.
As to the petition which Mr.. Nor
thup claims the board ignored, we
again suggest that Mr.. Deal would be
better authority. We believe Mr..
Deal would say that he asked to with
draw the petition and that he still
has It. II Mr.. Deal feels that his
petition did not receive proper con-
sideration, he has never made the fact
known to the board.
The question to be decided July
goth. is whether the needs OF town.
ship s-6S require that the district
vote $1,000 in bonds for the purpose
of building = school building In the
geographical center Of the township.
The average voter will wonder why