Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-22
Correspondence

correspondence.
FRANKFORT, Feb. 18th, 1872.
E7i'or Morsr County T.a..c,;p.:
AS your Frankford correspondent, in
his letter Of the 3Oth ult., in abiding
to affairs in School District No. II,
says that the attempts which have been
made to remedy them have all proved
Intellectual, allow me. us resident tax.
payer Of that District, u little room in
your paper to explain matters.
Our first special mestinA for the pur.
pose Of locating a sita and voting bonds
TO- build schml house was held on the
18th day of last November. The site
was located, the bonds voted aud cou,.
m:ttce elected to oversee the building
Of the hnnsc. Tho arrangements for
building the house was immediately
taken ont "f the committees hands b.,
the District officers and clerk posted up
notices for receiving sealed bids to
build the house, rcservins the right to
reject any or all bids Iput in a bid to
build tho house for $3.50 aud Mr.. S.
Bostwick put in bid to do the work
for the same amount. The officers re
jectcd my bid aud let the job to Bost-
wick, saying they were afraid that the
old Norwegian could not find bail" bu,
afterwards told NE that if they had
only known that Mr.. Walker was going
to do the job with me they should GER
tainly have let me had it. l then em-
ployed u lawyer and broke up oil Of
their proceedings. The movement
made the officers mud and they swo-e
vengeance on the audacious Norske
who dared to thus assert his rights 49,
They Immediately commenced calling;
additional meetings, and, after posting
notices Of meetings to be held ut all
hours Of the day and night, succeeded
in getting one that suited them on the
22d day Of last month. At this meet
ing the site was moved from the center
Of the District and located on one side
Of it, for the purpose Of deprivi"g my
children of an English education Or to
compel them to travel two and one-half
miles if they are permitted to attend
school in the District at all.
1t was decided best to try again to
build a school house and money and
bonds we're voted to do it with. The
Clerk posted up notices for receiving
sealed bids for building the house,
rescrvi"g the right to reject any or all
bids as before. These bids we're to BE
handed 10 at l o'clock on the 31st dag
Of last month. As I had learned by
past experience that these school officers
we're very tendcr-hearted on the subject
Of my poverty and responsibility that
they thought no responsible man woald
go my bail, I made arrangements to'
one Of the wealthiest men in Mower
county to back me, and also made ar
Engagements to build the house with
out asking the District for any Of thei'
money or bonds until the house va:
built and accepted. Before tho day
came around for handing in the bids,
made out q bid Of $500 aud handed il
to the officers at the hour advertised
for receiving them. The bids wer.
opened by the officers, and, after they
had secretly examined them and fount
mine to be the lowest, they told MI
that they would not givs their decision
until the last of the week, but in'u'e
diatcly after l LETT the room they de-
cided to let one Of their officers by the
name Of Wilson have the job for $1,000
which is a clean steal Of 500 out d
the Woodworking taxpayers Of the Dis
trict.
Since the contract was thus taker
from mo the officer which said 'th'
drunken old Norwegian" as he sees Fl
to cali me, "should not have the job i
he could prevent it," has sent NE wore
that he was ready for me 10 com
mence suit for my rights in this matter
which shall do at an early day i
there is any law for furnishing schoo
officers who use pnblic money fol
!, satisfying their personal animosity.-
The slurs that they choose to cast upo'
my character and nationality I can bea
in silence, aud my children which the.
wish to deprive Of educational advan
tagc, ! can continue to educate in
manner independent OF the District a
l am compelled TO do at the prcsen
time. NoRsKE.
GRAND MEADOW, Feb. IA, 1872.
Editor Ao,cer County Transcript.
+ SIR:-After few days Of very ple'
SAINT weather, it came suddenly to a
u end. On Monday night the mercur
q commenced going down lower and Low
Z er until my thermometer failed to ind
cate how cold it really was. Tucsda
morning the weather was as cold as an
we have had this winter, I think.
" was not the cold weather that I intcne
ed to write to you about, but it was
q tell you something that interests tn
r side of the county more than anythin
else. 1t is new road, known as I'll