Weekly journal-miner., 1920-10-13
SCHOOL COSTS IN COUNTY ARE
 HIGHER
(From Wednesdays Daily)

(From Wednesdays Daily)
 With the telephone ringing almost constantly in their office, County As sessor Charles E. Gentry and his as sistants have been kept busy since the mailing of tax cards recently, answering inquiries concerning the cause of the increase in county taxes for the year 1920. From data com piled and arranged by Assessor Gen try, and completed yesterday, 1t is now possible to make the situation
 clear to the taxpayers of Yavapai county. Assessor Gentry has worked diligently on this report in order that the people of Prescott and other dis
 tricts in the county might realize the advances in school requirements that have made an increase of 4 cents per hundred necessary at this time.
 For the past three yeurs," Mir. Gen try said yesterday, general county taxes have been lower in Yavapai than in any other county in the state. This year the general tax is one cent lower in Yavapai than it was last year, the present rate being 93 cents per hun drcd, as against 94 cents in 1919. The increase in total county taxes is due to a special school levy necessitated by changing conditions in the county schools"
 The valuations of city property in Prescott and other parts of he county have not been increased, Mr. Gentry stated The tax rate for Prescott, or school district No 1, has been increas- cd g per cent, or 47 cents on the hundred dollars of valuation, because of the special levy necessitated this year by school requirements. In other words, the Prescott school district has asked this year for a special levy of $89,4l6.30 in addition to the school fund raised under the general tax. 1. Jerome, or school district No. 9 has . asked for special levy of SI37, ,19I0O !
 It will be seen by the tabulation printed below, which has been prepar- cd by Assesse- Gentry in order to show thc county taxpayers just where ! the money they pay out for taxes is i going, that SI,6O9,047.76 must be raised by direct taxation this year, for all purposes. Of this amount $487,- | G49.45 is for school purposes; $189,- | 129.27, including assessments to cover the bond issue for county highways, ! for roads and highways; $268,SI625 for general county purposes, such as the support of county offices, etc, and S6I2,38l76 as the county's contribu- tion for state purposes.
 Of the $4S7O49.45 to be raised in the entire county for school purposes, $128.65L74 is taken from the general fund, and $35G,397.71 is to be raised by special levy. It can thus be readily seen that over a million dollars in taxes in Yavapai county, $1,250,65O.05. to be exact, goes for state and county and purposes. The addition of $558,397.71 in special school levys on the county brings this up to a total of SL609,04776
 
 The reason for the need if d spe- cial school levy at this time should be plain h Prescott, many school chil- dren have been forced through the lack of room, to gather for instruction in basement rooms, which are poor,y !. lighted and apt t3 be damp. Judl !, a special bond issue for more build ings should be passed, fl is necessary to rent buildings in order to remove the children from these basement !, rooms and accommodate them else where This is already being done in Prescott, two cottages having been built at the Washington school, and another planned for the Lincoln. Oyer a dozen school cottages are being rented by the Jerome school district.
 There has been a certain amount of increase in the school population in , Prescott, but the chief cause of the need for more money, according to County Superintendent of schools W. ; (. Miller, is the advance in teachers salaries necessitatcd by tho higher cost oi living. Although living costs | have increased over a hundred per .s cent since the prc-war period, Mr. Miller said yesterday the total in crosses to date in teachers salaries F in Yayapai county has not been over % per cent
 Tie analysis of the special school $ cvy to be made on the entire county il $ as follows: IT
 District | Prescott: Assessed val s ration. S5.634.5030o; Rate per 100, Sl- q 10 he raised. $894163O b Dist Cottonwood assessed v7lu1- -