The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-02-11
ANOTHER VERSION
OF COUNTY WIT
tContinued from Page One. :,

erty This same injustice Is continued
In Section .. which PROVIDES that on
a vote OF the people Of the county dis
to district Of the third class. In this
case each district seems to be given
the property within 1t but must pay
th spSivea county OF sSe district and this
would be levied in proportion to the
taxable wealth.
Now, ladies and gentlemen. am sure
niljar with the long bitter fight that
the people Of this section made to seq
regate Themselves from District No. /,
~. You are also familiar with the
fact that at the last the board of ,i,-
rect"rs of District No. l advised ana
se 9at nt each s
not properly administer schools at
SUCH a distance from them. Are we
again place our school affairs in the
hand; of people who do not live IN
the community and are not familiar
the community pride and enterrrise
that is building up community CEN
ters' The spirit to give time and
meles to aid their own local schoo''
Are we going to return to the long
distance system again where many
charge just as much for a load Of
But, let us consider the arguments
Ter this proposition. ! have heara
them say that some school boards
were not competent to handle the bust
ness OF the. district but / do no. be-
iieve that there is a school district in
nowder River county but what has
1hr nJ men EN- WhG are amply ply. able TO
ably and conscientious1y. Before ! so
farther l wish to state, lest you mis-
understand me-, that l believe every
a Ind ant
Sfacuate from the common schools at
least and sincerely hope that every
child in Powder River county viii
through high school also 1t rs not to
oppose the child having the benefits Of
school to- which all are entitled at
PUBLIC expense that | am opposing thi.
law but it is the manner Of proceed
ing to reach that end.
In, star argument the proponents Of
this law advance is that ii would
raj children. This is being done par
tally by the six mill levy which is
apprrtioned per capita to each child
enough, why not raise it to ten mills
and let the present districts furnish
da AZ o"'aiis o, necessary as they are nov
levy was only four mills. ] was one
Of the committee that asked that this
b" raised to six mills and it passed
without any opposition. whatever. This
liy II demand is made for it.
Fat again they will say this is aot
enough that school houses will he
YOU believe for one moment that tic
people CT sub districts that built sehoo.
houses and paid for them themselves
viii vote to tax themselves again to
build school houses for people they
do not know. have never met. perhaps
never heard Of: people who never
h. nplptd them pay for their schol houses?
any manner. 1t will not help to builI
up their community or increase the
value Of their land. No, my f,ienrs.
We arg not that near the millennium
the county district would vote on th'.
bond issue and it's failure to obtain a
majority vote would leave the situa-
DEPT elton of livestock and the rapi,.
patenting of land. taxes and school
funds are being rapidly equalized all
tricts which have been hardest press
eu Tor school funds are, and will be-
tnc Wcal'hiest in the county and see
ne reason why another Year or two
position I" offer equal schotl facii,-
ties with amy other in the county.
Ni,h"nt breaking NJ the splendid or
and with so much for the community
spirit in each distri t. The nearer tic
GtN. fhment is ~ the governed III,
viz satisfactory II - to demo.
cratic people. and there seems to rnt.
70 De Il, warrant to pa! fiSe men. who
can not know personally the ccndi-
tons IN all uh-districts, d salary and
expenses to do what the superintena-
ent OF schools, the county commissions
efs and local school boards are now
doing. 1t would increase taxes in pro-
portion to the results obtained, COM
pHcate authority. breed coHtention i'll
vii and dissatisfa ton and lasting
hatred IN the minds # Il majority of
the people of tn" county for those
who initiated auHn supported it, il
would throw the distribution Of schoo1
funds into contest Of personal and
political pull aud influence. Make it
distance from the county seat to send
representatives to meet with the coun-
" school board To protect their inter
..sts and in Il word bring Us back &c
the same unsatisfactory conditions
mat obtained when We Weir all in
There are many other omissions ana
antiquities in this law that would
max. it almost impossible Of admin.
lstration. easily taken advantage CT
by INSCRIPTIONS persons. and a men.
ace to our educational system. If the
general ideas embodied in this meas
ure We're thought worthy Of adoption
it certainly should be amended for as
1t stands en- our statute books it is a
monument of Legislative blundcr.
While ON the other hand raising tho
s!N-mill levy equalizes the taAes over
tn. entire county and would, in my
opinion, prove far more satisfactory
even to the weakest district, and does
net disturb the tried and familiar sSs-
tenn that has made Americas rura,
population the best educated ~ any
on earth.
The same people aud intlut nr. shat
secured the passage of this law tos.
tered the proposed passae- Of the
teachers retirement fund 81 teachers
pension law. They requested a law
pre- vdinS proper machinery /, admin
lister a fund collected solely from the
teachers themselves which should he
use" as Il teachers retirement fund
They stated that 81 per muGth from
each teacher in the state Would be
ample and that they lid nui ask and
would not ask any other taxation
This law was passed I'wL wars ago
many of the same persons cum" back
ana asked the passage Of a law di-
Vclt5ns thousands of dollars from tho
school funds of the state t. pay these
teachers retirement pensions. That Is.
u pay To any teacher Whc hai taught
20 years. Is years al least being in
tle state OF Montana. fraaion Of
s5' per month, regardless a. whether
he or she had ample prup.rtV 10 sup