Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-02-24
no AFRICAN IN THE WOODPILE.
4 School Trustee Kicks Back at the
kEkers in Carey District.
CAREY, Idaho, Feb. -, IS

~ AL'l1oR VI IAT |
There appeared in the TIMES of
the | lth an article entitled ga Mig
ger In It," or some such epithet. Or,
perhaps it was the $50 pile OF rotten
logs that drew my attention in
which some unknown and injured
parent gave vent to his jealous feel
ings, which have been swelling for
some time, and have finally exploded.
am glad | was not there, just then,
for the shock would have been disas-
trous. He allowed the school trustees
of Carey had paid $40 per cord for
rotten wood, when the people were
willing to furnish good limb wood
free OF charge.
In the first place, there is not tim
Der enough growing on the river to
make a dozen cords of limb wood.
In the second place, when the peo-
pie we're notified to haul wood for the
school, they would not. l, as clerk
of the board, and J. NJ. Stackpole,
teacher who taught the fall term,
gave notice to them either personally
or through their children who were
going to school, for each one 10 haul
load before it was too late; but to no
avail. There was scarcely enough
received to do the fall term, and so
{ the trustees had to furnish the wood or
close the school for the winter.
He also stated that wood was sell
, ing for IS per cord. think he is
{ mistaken there, for don't know Of a
, cord being sold at any price. The
people in this nei ghborhood are not
. energetic enough to haul wood 10
, or - miles and sell it for IS per cord,
$ and again, they are not able to pay
that for it if they could get it so low.
Last winter the trustees paid $3.50
8 per cord for what they got. Then the
: wood was hauled on wagons and the
r roads good; (they kicked at i). This
winter it was hauled through two feet
: Of snow and only cost 1925 per cord
| land still they kick-bccause they
). did not get the money and some one
else do the work.
He again stated that there were nc
notices out inviting proposals for g
G contract. There again he is mistaken
g for | put out three, in different place,
h in the district, one of them being al
the Postoifice. What else? suppos.
X he thought the trustees ought to pin I
If notice on every mans back, or whis
per it in his ear; and because the con
a tract was awarded to the partner o
: one of the trustees, is the reason III
thought there was no notice out. The
in think ten days is ample time to g:v
,r notice; but during that time there wa
" but one bid received, and 1926 va
70 the lowest bid.
to About a year and half ago, whe
i'll the schoolhouse was first built, the
~ kicked because it was not built som
IN place else; eacl, one wanted it nes
rb his own place. They also (some {
~ them) kicked because they could nc
;e, board the schoolmaster, aud becaus
he boarded with one of the trustee
who lived near the schoolhouse. On
liberal. minded matron declared if |
had gene to her, she would ha,
boarded him free Of charge, and ;
rs long as he did not she kept her chi
dreu at home, and would not ser
them to such dead head teacher; ar
), another took his out of school, aft
- attending but a Jew days,and propose
to stop the school when there was ;
}, average daily attendance of II.
y, Last winter and summer they h,
the teacher to kick at; this whit
they have the wood. Its good THU
nd they have something to do or TIN
ia would spoil. Its good job that IL
r M is not the only district that is kickin
VS. fit was we would be black. balled t
EN- all eternity.
de. The poor trustees are nothing b
I ,S peones for the people. They get
W. 7. the abuse and no money.
OH. There is considerable more ! cot
res write about, but as my letter is alrea
ces too long, l will close. Hoping tt
GU you will tiud place for it in Va
II, most valuable paper, l remain,
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