The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-10-21

poasnts Of this amssddnsut susssstt
Raising the local limit viii po< hsl1
such district. Its valuation is tod
rnAll. Bssidss. II certainly IL an N,
justice TOR one man In one section OF
this state 70 be forced to pay three
and four times ~ much school tax al
MS fellow citizen In an adjoining
school district. especially nince he
child educated ID to be citizen ot
the whole state. and not restricted ia
his school district.
! us) An imaginary techn.cality In
this bill has been pointed out, through
which opponents are vividly picturins
TO the voters what might happen II
the legislature decided TO abuse the
until otherwise provided for" phrase,
school funds are now distributed b.
the state (t2.24 for 1920) on q Pei
capita scholastic enumeration basis.
The only other known plan. that used
In some states. is to base the distribu,
tion on the average attendance n
stead OF on the enumeration.
When the constitution was adopted
In 1907. II was left to our legislature
TO vitalixe Its general provisions,
There has never been any other way
In national or state government,
There Is no hope for our citizenship
when our legislature can not be trust.
Ell To make our laws. That has evsi
been the scheme OF our operation. II
has stood the test for ages. Suspicion
and distrust breeds socialism and
makes bolsheviks. To say that va
yn nd L.. "A =
cause the legislature might abuse It.
Is equal to saying man should not
marry wife because she might burn
down their house while he was away
from home
ls) II has been suggested by op,
,ponents of this bill that two or three
sparsely populated counties of the
Northwest would lose heavily. In
heir estimates they have not taken
INTO account the ad valorem tax on
five hundred million dollars worth OF
Oil properties included under this
amendment. to be added TO the pres.
ent assessed valuations in estimating
The returns TO each county.
t2O The tuition OF ten cents paid
for Indian children by the Federal
government to some school districts
IN lieu OF their non-taxable Indian
lands, is practically nothing. On ac
count of the irregularity of attend.
ance, and spare enrolment OF those
OF the Indian children who come
strictly within the prescribed regula.
tons OF the Department, very little
aid results. Some districts do not
even apply for 1t.
Voters in general are prone to leave
the Constitution as It was first writ
ten. Amendments are often obnoxious
simply because they are amendments
But where the public good warrants
IL. and the advantages to be gained
Tor our common schools justify II, let
not this stand in the way Of our prog
ress. In 1907 Oklahoma had the best
constitution yet written. But since
then many states have rewritten their
constitutions. amended them. and
made wise improvements. some even
copying Oklahoma's best provisions
Let us again lead the wey, thirteen
years later. for more and better com
mon school education by liberal state
aid. When the roll Is called again
Oklahoma should not be found seth
In the list OF states. We can easily
afford this since the State Auditor has
recently shown that our Golfers are
full on other items OF state govern
ment
Let us vote for the BETTEF
SCHOOLS AMENDMENT November