The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-06-27

of the six teaching units of the
greater university and its auxil-
larry activities such as the farm
experiment station, soil survey,
grain laboratory and extension
work, and the other seeks author
ity for the legislature to expend
up to three million dollars for
construction and permanent i'm
provements at fourteen state in
situations including the university
units, insane asylum, state prison,
ETC., all over crowded.
Because of the experiment sta
tions, the extension service and
the Northern Montana college
part of the state is particularly
interested in the success of both
of these measures.
Old Levy Expiring
"Ten years ago you voted a
levy to support the four teach
ing units of the university, but
this expires by statutory limita-
ton December 81, this year. Since
that levy was voted the activities
of the university units have
doubled and the number of teach
ing institutions has been increased
so per cent. College attendance
in the state has more than dOu-
bled. Indications are that within
the next few days the percentage
of increase will be higher because
the percentage of annual increase
in college attendance in the ma
tion in general is higher and so
is the percentage of increase in
high school attendance in Mon
tana. The enrolment of the six
teaching units of the University
of Montana last year lowered
around the $500 mark. We gradu-
ated this spring more than $500
young men and young women
from our high schools. In 1916
we only graduated 1885.
I'VE all believe in education,
and more and more in higher ed
ucation. This is the day Of trained
minds. 1t is becoming more q.
The specialist is in demand, the
Jack of all trades" is sure out
Of luck. Every one of you mothers
and fathers wants his boys and
girls to 60 to college. The ques-
ton of providing the properly
equipped institution to which you
may send him comes before you
in these two referendum measures.
Tax Increase Slight
Education, like everything else
we must have, costs money. Yet
spread out over the taxpaying
public as a whole the cost to the
individual is small. If the assessor
places the valuation of your real
estate at one thousand dollars,
then under the two proposed stat
Utes you are asked to approve,
you will be asked to pay an IN
crease in taxes of only so cents
0 year. The cost of every thou
sand dollars worth of farm ma
chinery will be only 40 cents.
take an ordinary 800 acre
farm in Roosevelt county. Suppose
it contains 200 acres of farm land,
12O acres of grazing land, 500
worth of household goods, $1,000
in Improvements, four horses, six
cattle and 100 sheep, it will be
assessed for S6,446. If the levy is
the same as last year, with the
increased tax caused by the pro
posed measures the owner would
be asked to pay a total in taxes
Of only S145.44 of which $3.50
would be the increase. That isn't
such a high price to pay for pro
a better educated poster
.ty by giving our boys and our
girls the right kind of training.
Corporations Pay Heaviest
"The heaviest burden calls on
he great corporations the rail-
for instance. They approve
he measures. Just before leaving
or Russia on his present mission,
President Ralph Budd of the Great
Northern railroad gave his hearty
Endorsement to both the millage
ak and the bond issue.
Montana has billions in unde-
reloped wealth and in spite of
he visit of hard times and hard
hips her annual creation of new :
wealth runs into the hundred mil
ions. Our farms and factories
produced each year for the
five an average of 1906. 900. ;
100 in new wealth.
Sometimes we do feel pessi-
but as we look at the auto !
mobiles go fitting by and hear
he buzzing of airships, as we
isten to the marvellous radio by q
modern lighting, if we pause to
.oimpare now and two or even c
ne decade ago, we cannot but
aarvel at the wonders of the age {
n which we live and the things {
ye now enjoy. BY providing the a
light kind of higher education fer {
he boys and girls Of Montana g
oday you win prepare them to
i've in an age, probably even r
lore wonderful"