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is the greatest privilege of life. When we are gone, probably none of us will
have public monuments erected to our memories. But, we can each help
build good public schools that will endure to the benefit of several genera-
tions.
Since the 1953 bond issue we have paid enough taxes to retire $140,000
of high school bonds and we will continue to retire them at the rate of al-
most $50,000 a year.
For both elementary and high school bond and interest Sundance is now pay-
ing 5.781 mills, the rest of the county mills. Compared with other
places, Newcastle and Upton are each payin g Gillette 6.000,
Casper 6.340, Sheridan 6.586, and Cheyenne 9.670.
.... Adding bond and interest levies to all other school district levies, Sundance
has a total of 17.801 mills, Moorcr0ft and Hulett each )9.226, and the
Of the county varies from 16"226 to 19.226. This compares with 18.104 in
Newcastle and 26.500 in Gillette.
The proposed bonds should sell between 2½ pct. and 3 pct. This will mean
five to six thousand dollars a year interest, about one-half mill on present
county total valuation, but county valuation should increase next year by
adding the pipe line and other things which will result in a smaller levy. If
school levies were not reduced next year, a family in Sundance which is
now paying $112 a year in total taxes would pay $1 more next year. A rural
family now paying a year would pay$1 more. This would be relatively
insignificant, but the high school board says the levy for current expense
should go down a mill or so next year, which will definitely result in lower
school taxes.
We pay plenty of taxes for which it is impossible to measure or see direct
results. When we build or add to school buildings, we can see and enjoy the
benefits we create. Personally we would be glad to pay five or six mills all
our lives to have and keep good school buildings.
