Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-06-08

states. Mr.. Whitehouse was here Sat
urday to attend the conference of the
school board and to help them with
suggestions
IL the bond issue carries work will
be started at once upon the new build
ing. The school board anticipates that
in the near future the state board of
education will prohibit the conducting
OF public schools in frame buildings.
1t is therefore proposed, as soon as
feasible, to use the present high school
for grade building. Even with the
new high school building, however, it
would not be possible to discard the
present frame grade building although
1t is firetrap, to a certain extent.
is not properly ventilated or lighted
and cannot be properly heated in cold
est weather
For several weeks past there has
been considerable discussion among
the people of Independent School Dis
trict No concerning the proposed
building of a new school house. Prac-
tically every individual is acquainted
with the actual need of more room to
take care of the students of the dis
trict. No one seems to have any So
luton to offer other than the con-
struction of new school.
The same condition that confronts
Bonners Ferry is being met in many
other towns of the Inland Empire in
the same manner as proposed here
providing a new building, one large
enough to take care of future needs
too. In Standpoint the school board
has called for a bond election in the
sum of $150000 to provide for the
erection of a large high school build
ing. At Avery, Idaho, the school board
is calling for bond issue of $4,000
The Avery school has only about 40
pupils, all told. At Libby, Mont, a
new building is being contemplated
despite the fact that in 1917 a building
was put up that is larger than the one
planned for Bonners Ferry under the
proposed bond issue. A new school
building was erected at Troy, Mont
in 1918 and the people there are fac
ing the need of building an addition
this year At Colfax, Wash, in the
year 1909 building was constructed
of about the size planned for Bonners
Ferry and this year the people are
voting to spend S105,0 for an addi-
tion to it. AT Rockford, Wash, it is
understood that 100000 building is
to be constructed this summer. In
Spokane several hundred thousand
dollars will be spent this year in con-
structing additions to four of the
schoolhouses of the city.
This record of school building is un-
doubtedly only about a fourth of the
building being done and being contem-
plated in all the towns of the Inland
Empire as it is taken from only one
construction firms data. 1t goes to
show, however, that school building is
going on and will continue despite the
high cost of materials. Most people
figure that building costs will not de-
crease for years to come. In fact
many dealers claim that the costs of
building materials will advance fur
ther yet. At any rate, when it comes
to the matter of providing proper
schools and proper equipment for the
education of the children and young
men and young women, the matter of
dollars and cents should not defer
advancement.
There is no disputing the fact that
we have outgrown our present housing
and there is nothing to be gained by
postponing the inevitable as building
costs will not decline and will prob