Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-04-21

at least one other project submitted,
district 112, Pine county rural schools
have at last made good start.
With Federal aid apparently avail
able in the near future, with relief
load of over $50 available and certi-
fed skilled and unskilled WPA work.
ers in Pine county, and with the 1887
state income tax law to cover the
school districts share of the project
as it becomes due, it seems that now
is the logical time to get those other
much needed new buildings in dozen
or more rural communities in Pine
county.
In fact, with the recent drop in
valuations, most of these same COM
munities will not be legally able to
raise the money necessary to replace
their worn out buildings without
some Federal and state assistance.
The State Executive council is
already helping certain schools to
finance the local share of the WPA
projects where needed and where
valuations are now so low that no
bonds can be issued Available funds
for this are at present all allotted.
The Willow River high school serves
a rural high school area of about
seven well settled townships and so
needs an addition of four classrooms
The state aids cover more than $12
out of every $13 needed and used to
maintain and operate this high and
graded school, But due to rapid drop
in valuations the past 10 years, the
bonded debt now exceeds the legal
maximum IS percent of the present
valuation. So the State Executive
council last fall gave Willow River
$4,000 to sponsor $4,000 WPA pro-
ject for the much needed classroom
addition. This project calls for nearly
$4,000 from the sponsors. So more
has been requested from the Execu-
tive council. The building addition
will cost the school district nothing
It will make it possible for the Will
low high school to handle the large
high school enrolment more effici-
emily and satisfactorily. There could
be no better way to use state and
Federal money than in absorbing
some of the relief labor. The Willow
River high school district and high
school area is or ought to be 100 per-
cent for it.
The Bruno high school district is
practically in the same financial sit
uation as Willow River. This school
and community serves a large area
and has no school or community gym
nasium, hall or auditorium. Efforts
are continuously being made to gel
money from the State Executive
council to sponsor a much needed
WPA project there. We hope fol
results within another year.
Sturgeon Lake districts 40 and II
may consolidate and replace their hall
century old frame buildings with {
modern four-room graded school
Efforts are being made to get abou
$4,000 from the State Executive coun-
Gil to help these two districts spon-
sor a $4,000 Federal project. The
two school districts would have t.
first consolidate and vote the lega
Is percent limit of $1,000 in bonds, bu
with over 100 children on the census
lists the $1,000 net income tax aid
from the state annually, would pay
off this debt in less than 10 year,
without any local levy for bonds. II
the meantime, the local levy on all thu
unplatted (agriculturaD lands, il
order to maintain and operate thu
school, would drop from 80 mills
now necessary to draw the supple
mental aids, to the average rate il
the county, which is now only 81:
mills, which is allowed in graded
school districts that are independent.
consolidated. So the plan is wise
one for them.