The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-15
Standard School
Transportation Bill
Passed By House
CONTINUED from paee ons.1

1T IS an injustice the minimum dis
tanec for which transportation is
granted from one and half to two
miles. The bill would result in
preventing the little ones in having
a fair chance in life. he said, and
charged that the state could spend
its money to better advantage on
the common schools, pupils of which
remain on the farms, than on the
higher institutions of learning
(which only train them to do work
WHICH will take them out Of the state
and which never sends them back to
the farm
ben .Fedje. Williams county, de-
clared the bill was an attack on the
American school system which he de
clared to be the cornerstone Of the
republic, and urged its defeat for
that reason.
Twichell averred that the bill
would in no way tear down the pub
lie school system, which, he said,
had not been built on transportation.
Most states don't have it and we
should never have had it. 1t was
foisted upon us" he said. Twichell
said the bill represented a sane,
sincere effort to solve the school
transported problem which he
averred to be acute in many dis
tricts.
George Aljets, Wells county, ex-
pressed the view that the bill would
not work out well and declared the
next step would be to take the vote
on school matters from non land
owners with the eventual result that
no provision whatever would be made
for proper transportation of the
children.
School Taxes Too High
ID. l.. Peters, Pierce county, said
the school districts of the state are
paying more than Sl,00O.O00 an
nually for transportation of stu.
dents. In some districts, he said
the taxes are as high as dollar an
acre or more and expressed the view
that the legislature should do what
it can to relieve taxpayers of this
burden.
In most districts, he said, the chill
dren drive a pony to school them
selves and payments to their parents
under the present system is often
pure velvet"
j. NJ. Thompson, Burleigh county
said he sent his children to school
90 years ago when school houses
were fewer than now and never
thought of collecting transportation
money. He doesn't object to trans
pOrtation, he said, but believes i,
can be carried too far and that many
people are now apparently more in.
terested in collecting money for TAX.
ing their children to school than they
are in giving the children an edu
cation.
@. +. Anderson, Divide county
said that farmers who had gone into
consolidated school districts Z wer,
informed, when they voted to do so
that arrangements would be made
for free transportation or to pay
transportation costs and that Ntht
bill represented breach Of faith.
Under the present law, the maxi
mum amount payable for schoo
transportation is $3.50 day. The
proposed law would make the maxi
mum $3.50 a day.
Burberry Appropriation Killed
!. Although it voted recently to place
a $4,000 appropriation for BARBER!
the house Monday reversed Itself
Fred Ferris, Nelson county, ex
planned that although he previousl!
had supported the bill, he had decid
ed that the county agents could d.
the work cheaper and better. There
was no other argument.
The house also killed Representa-
tive Guy Elkcn's bill to appoint al
I'D interim legislative committee tt
Investigate state departments to SCI
if the work could not be CONSOLIDATED
so as to save money. Minnesota j:
saving 100000 a year as result
of reorganizing it's state depart
nlents, he said, and proportiona
saving might be made in this state
He commended that the legislature
having the welfare of the peopl
most at heart, is the proper place
to instigate such action.
William Watt, Cass county, appro
priations committee chairman, sal
the bill had been recommended TO
defeat because the committee fel
tbat its recommendation might b
! ignored at the next session and tn
money would be wasted.
C. v. Freeman, Grand Forks coun
~. pointed out that other states ha,
done the same thing but that som
supreme courts had held that sucl
committees were powerless to &C
after the legislatures had adjourned
Fonr Year Term Bill Killed
Other bills killed included one t
submit to the people proposal t.
change the terms Of elective stat
officers from two to four years an
one providing that insurance agent
living in other states may DO bust
ness in North Dakota provided tina
. nv 1870. ~, wh;nh they live accO or