The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-21

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Letter from springdale.
ras 6PRINaDALE, March 18th, 1887.
MnssRs. EDITORS; The national CT
element In regard to reconstruction
i@ been hardly more intense than tn
local excitemsstof Springdale and VI
cinity over the new school house in con
Temptation Of erection during the com
inR season, for the accommodation o
the Independent District recentl.
formed.
The facts may be briefly stated rs fol
lows: Last fall number of the promi
nent citizens of the place thinking i
would be desirable object 10 have !
graded school, In the place of the two
small schools now In District No. ol
6pringdale and the District east OF il in
the adjoining township of Iowa. took
the necessary legal steps TO bring about
that result. The notice for the meeting
Of Organization was not 80 general - 10
call out many Of the votes In the district
and before some, vitality interested In
the matter, were aware of :t.hcsr school
house was to be removed three quarters
ola mile farther from them than IL Is AT
.pTgesne This was a matter q. rc small
moUc1t TO some As .aev sheas BIT that
tw0 miles was plenty far eaough for
children TO walk to school without
making il farther. The heavy expense
that would be incurred also formed =
serious objection with many Many
and various have been the discussions
during the winter, and as the day for
the annual meeting drew near the ex-
citenent became high. 1t eliminated
last Monday, the nth inst. which may
be considered the grand field day" of
the affair. AT an early hour the hall
was cnwded, many coming from out
side the limits of the district. The OPP
position to the big school, opened fire
and tried to have the old school houses
retained where they are for primary
schools and advocated the erection of
house in the center of the district for a
Higher Department, but it Was mo CO.
4 big scho0; house in the center WAS
what the majority wanted and what
they would have. One gentleman ar
gucd that 1t was not the intent and
meaning of the law to include so large
territory in an Independent District
but merely to include town of not less
than two hundred inhabitants; town
meaning village or city laid Off in a
scientific manner, whereas the town Of !
Springdale was not so laid off and the /
population amounted to only seven men
and a gentleman of color close by
Judging from the tenor Of his observa-
tons, your correspondent Is of opinion
that the speaker did not entertain very
high estimate of the Importance OF the
town Of springdale.
The meeting spent three hours in de-
Gliding the size of the building TO be
erected. Much "fillihusteringn was car
ried on during the time whir,, delayed
the proceedings. At one time il seemed
hardly probable that all would he likely
to be prepared for the President to put
the question, 50 many gentlemen hav-
ing STEW remarks" TO make, and hay
ing to make them over several times as
they did not seem 10 stay made. One
gentleman during the debate regretted
the fundamental rainciple of ou- gov
eminent which makes one mans vote
count As much as anothers. and thought
1t pity that those who couldn't judge
% well as some Others should have rs
loud voice in deciding the plan of the
new house. This favvFi;s aTis;vcTaiic
theory took so well with the audience
that they subsequently, elected its s4yo-
cate President Of the Board OF Directors.
The plan adopted consists of build
5sx5t, comprising four large school
rooms. with the necessary ante, recil<.-
ton and library rooms. The building
when completed will be All ornament 10
the "town," and when paid for will give
q deal of satisfaction 10 many anxious
inquiries The meeting then proceed
ed TO lay on the taxes. first voting TO
levy ten mills to the dollar for school
house purposes, five mills for teachers
fund, one mill for incidental expenses,
and your correspondent is unable 70 say
what further amounts were voted az he
left at this juncture.
1t has been said that contemr, Is the
last thing which mankind are disposed
to forgive OF forget. If 20, the gentle
man who sareastical!y alluded 10 the
town of springdale As being 'one-
horse and also as trying 10 rival the
State University at Iowa City, can lock .
for nothing else than 10 DC hGo,ad AT
when passing along the streets Of the !.
aforesaid "toNn" by the little Loys
thereof. Wu.L-
tE Hon. H. Price returned to his
home in this city on Monday morning,
at the close of three months Punishment
at Washington, unhroken by single
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