The Dolores star., 1924-04-04

You say our high school graduates
cannot measure hay and similar things.
When did you learn it? How many of
them are going to need that knowledge?
The law of the land is the greatest
good for the greatest number. Does
that answer the question?
You say they make no use of their
schooling. How do you know? find
every day something l had in school
helps me even though am an ordinary
housewife. Besides that / know that
most of our graduates have wanted to
go on and make something worth while
of themselves but the short-sighted
selfish older generation prevented.
We have good school and have had
for some time. What will it be next
year? Mud throwing leaves stains
that time alone can remove Everyone
who honestly wants their children to
be something other than ditch diggers
and dish washers had better consider
the question sanely. True you cannot
make a silk purse out of sow's ear
but you can improve the condition of
the ear greatly; also, there are many
future silk purses in Dolores if they
only had a chance.
Enough for that side of the question.
You say the school board have spent
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penditure to the bottom and you will
find the interest of the district was
always considered.
You say no report has been made of
the business of the district. The law
requires an annual report every spring
Can you show one spring when that
report was not published in the local
paper?
You say who authorized the school
board to make those expenditures?
The voters of the district, and these
expenditures based on the last years
business is presented to the voters
itemized.
You say the expenditures were not
equally divided. To be sure two of the
stores received small portion, but the
following is true, Harris store re-
ceived $l373.7 in trade during the
last four years. Rust received for the
same time Sl532.S2. This does not
include the coal. The bids on the coal
were identical last year and the coal
purchased from Harris's has always
given satisfaction. The coal has
always been a problem. The Board
have tried different kinds of coal in the
furnaces and they have found that the
coal now being used holds fire longer,
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kindling than other kinds 1t is by far
the cheapest fuel, all things considered
Is that of any interest to the district?
You say furniture was bought from
store in which a member of the board is
interested. Sure! School opened and
there were not enough seats for the
pupils. Would it have been of value
to the district if the Board had waited
two or three weeks to ship in chairs
and pay from fifty cents to a dollar
more, each?
The same is true of all these pur-
chases. Every deal has been straight
honest bargain. The best has been
done every time for the district. That
member of the board interested, has
had nothing to do with the business
that has gone through that store. The
other two members have attended to
all even to deciding where the coal was
to be purchased.
For two years / ordered the equip
ment for the Domestic Science depart
ment Before ordering | wrote to
Durango, and consulted catalogs, and
| went to Rust's. Mr.. Rust was away
at the time and his clerk would not
come down one cent on the articles |
asked him about. Neither did he offer
W lain Will lhuol
found could get first class articles for
less money by ordering of a salesman
who came to Harris's and so gave him
the order. doubt if you could have
done better for yourself.
Someone said they wanted to prove
the secretary and the treasurer of the
Board to be criminals. Maybe that is
is the secret of the whole thing. Why
did they wish to do this? 1t must be
because they wish to make Dolores
better place in which to live. Don't
you think there is a chance for i'm
provement? If everything in Dolores
were as clean and above rottenness as
the business of the school district has
been, it would be wonderful place.
You say the secretary does not pay
taxes? Have you asked? How do you
know? Do you pay taxes on all your
property? Are your taxes paid up to
date? If not, go to mirror and cuss
the real waster of the districts money.
Many dollar has been paid for interest
on warrents because the taxes had not
been paid.
You say he should do the work for
nothing. Would you? You might for
month but when you found the
amount of work required you would
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Besides that he has taken the
census and made the report for nothing
and the law says he should be paid
extra for it; he has wheeled freight
from the depot in wheelbarrow; he
has used his car for the same purpose
and has made many trip in the interest
of the school to Cortez and other
places for nothing. He was paid for
three trips and then only enough to
cover extra expenses. That is more
than any other secretary has ever done.
Would you please name another person
in the district who would do as much
to save the districts money.
You find fault because a janitor is
retained during the summer. If you
will investigate you will find it would
cost the district more than one months
pay to hire someone to clean both
buildings as they must be every
summer before school opens. You
will also find that the cost of
shifting furniture, repair the same,