The Raymer enterprise., 1920-04-29

ready agrees upon is as high as one
third. In Greeley. the tota. in
crease for the district will bs about
$4,000. Raymer has paid better
than most most districts o: the third
class In the state, hut no. many
third class districts have ATTEMPTED
TO maintain a complete high school
course
Theb beard has not taken any de-
mite action on this matter. II has
been their custom in the past to
wait until after the annual elec-
tion before making contracts with
teachers.
Weather conditions have prevent
ed the board from consulting yery
much the past two or three weeks,
Hence We are not certain that We
can voice the sentiment of the board
entirely In hhat We say. We do
Know that some increase in salac-
les OF teachers will have to be made.
we believe that people are pretty
well satisfied that our schools are
now the most efficient in their his
tory The teachers we now have can
command higher salaries elsew here.
In our own private judgement to
maintain the present efficiently, we
should add not less than rs percent
to the estimate for teachers salaries
without increasing the number of
teachers.
This would bring our estimate up
another $4,000.
The experience Of the past WIN
ter makes 1t seem advisable to pro-
vide additional room for the storage
OF coal. All available storage room
was used last June, and still we have
been twice without coal during the
year.
Storage of an entire years supply
at the lowest price for coal, usually
In the spring and early summer,
seems most advisable. To provide
such capacity would make another
charge Of from $500 to $1,000.
When the water works are built.
We should arrange to use city water
as matter of economy. Some ex-
pense would attach to this.
Again, the matter touched upon
in recent issue OF The Enterprise
is before u.s. Would II be wise to
hire special teacher Of agriculture
for he entire IL months to teach this
Important branch In the months Of
school and to have general superyis-
ION of boys and girls club work dur
ing the summer months?
Speaking without authority OF the
balance OF the board. Lut giving our
own views only we would like TO
ee such a step taken, provided We
iould get man % the right sort
tor the work. We would probably
lave to pay such man not less than
$4,000. We hesitate to advocate
uch a movemet, because we had
ioped to see the district be able to
ieep within the limit OF Its right
vote a tax without the sanction
II the Tax Commission this year,
nd because the short crops have re-
luced the tax paying power OF the
eople- AT the same time, we would
aher pay man who would make
ne thing go, $4,000 ner year, than
0 get man for half that amount
Yho would allow the work to flzzle.
However, 1t wJu'I seem TO us that
'tct a man, c1 extend his is.-
illness to a'de~ territory than
us one schoo' d.,trict II we should
y our county II flwnea. VIZ wanli
~ In fa2ot oi a ,)in,v agent to
1Nar the :ouiit. - that work We
'anlot expect thit Of Mr. KNAPP
ith a county the size of Weld. II
are to remain a part OF Weld
Dounty. the county shuld give Mr..
'enapp an assistant for this section,
lth headquarters at some point
ong the Burlington, and devote all
q his time to that kind OF work.
Failing in making that sort OF an
arrangement, the sensible thing to
ID is to combine with as many dis
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