The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-06

cents per acre or as Dan would ex-
lIrcas II, rs not uorth a D." All
is on the tobogan going sraight to
the devil" and the strange feature
Of II all is l.. A. J.. after 4S years Of
experience. still hanging on and not
SC much as pulling leather For
downright incons stency friend Jack
son is a jewell
Now Genes Attorne9 |. s. Griffin
from the Keota distric and gives US
a lefthanded solarplexis along with
Q solemn prophecy OF the early de-
mise OF the entire district OF east
Weld. Seeing thru a glass darkly"
he sees millions o. deadly microbes
In the shape OF public and private
debts. That phase OF his argument
is true. We are badly in debt, but
in all consistency that eminent at
tcrneF could have pointed out that
the whc!e human family is in the
same tx and not enough geld in the
Universe to pay che years interest
on what they owe.
The items Of debt and high taxa
tion cannot be ignored and the wri-
ter Of this has as good reason as any
man In the district to fear the spec
tor. But the case is we see 1t Is not
altogether hopeless so long as local
hard-headed business men like c. T..
Ahlsrand wants to loan us more
money. and any number OF bond buy
ers scramble over each other to se-
cure our municipal and school bond
issues at a closer margin to par than
millions Of United States liberty
bonds thrcwn on the market the last
few years. These liberty bonds
backed by all the credit of the rich
est and best Ration in the world.
and tax free. sold as low as so cents.
Who ever heard OF a bond issue In
Pawnee district selling at such low
hfure?
H. McClutshen's Indictment Of his
own locality is not so bad as 1t ap-
pears to the INITIATED. A large part
OF township In range so is not
adapted to diversified farming. and
knowing the locality referred to. we
are qualified to say.that IL families
are about all there should be In that
particuler place II they expect to
live and move and gain their living
thru diversified farming. Six Of
those twelve farmers, McClutcheon
included, have done more to demon
strate the possibilities OF dry land
farming by new methods Of cultiva-
tion AMI summer tillage than any
like number Of men. in the district.
AS TO the methods Of lowering tax
es, Dan and Bob are right in their
contention that lowering OF values
will not bring the relief prayed for,
but that we must cut down on ex-
penditures to get results. That Is
simplicity itself. But when and
where should we begin with the ak?
We cannot repudiate our bonded
debts contracted in builing our
schools and getting equipment in the
way OF trucks, etc. That phase Of
the matter is settled. Can we risk
losing efficiency by cutting down our
teachers salaries? don't know.
We came to this country when
there was nothing but cattle men
and a few other animals native to
the country. Our first one room
school was built with volunteer help
and head carpenter at 81 to So a
day OF ten hours. The average sal
ary paid the teachers was $40
month. Coal was delivered to the
school in the Buckingham district
at s5.25 ton. Other necessary err
penses were correspondingly low.
When we voted bonds and built
our modern consolidated school, we
were held up Tor as much as a 81 an
hour for labor and no volentary help
to cheaper It. We are paying at the
present an average teachers salary
Of $125 monht. We pay an aver
age freight rate OF $3.50 a ton on
coal, or IS cents more feight than
coal cost delivered at the school ten
years ago, or q net cost per ton Of
$12.50 to the taxpayers.
The writer has no children TO ed
ucate but has worked for and voted
yes" on every bond issue for schools
and their equipment In. the Buck
ingham district and at taxpaying
time has had to cough up" more
school tax than any individual In the
district. Notwithstanding all this /
am not in favor Of using the AK very
much in slashing expenses on edu-
cational lines In the effort TO lower