The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-18
INQUIRY or CONFESSION.
Trustee Lockey Says tho School
Board Must Investigate or
Admit Guilt.
He Il Ready to Resign When the
Committee Completes Its
Work.
Fixed Onoo M0rs-Ifigh school Com
tract-Othcr Business.

At yesterdays meeting OF tho school board
Trustee Richard Jockey handed tho follow
ing communication to President Fitzpatrick:
ut ID my intention to resign as a member
Of your HONORABLE body, but before ! do 70
/ desire that the investigation into the man
agemsnt of school affairs, as provided for in
tho resolution introduced by myself and
adopted by the board some time ago. tnke
place. ] will therefore consider IL q favor
il you will proceed with the investigation
with AZ little delay a. possible. My reasons
for ~rssigning will be fully set forth, and
ars, ! believe. fully justified by the con-
dition Of affairs. / believe that an carly
Investigation of school affairs is do
sirable and will result in much
good to the school district, a. we'll 90 place
the responsibility, il any, for mismanaRe-
msnt in school affairs, where it belongs,
and 90 far % / am personally concerned am
anxious that 4 full md exhaustive exAmi-
nation be had. ARrnnd jury would probe
bly, take the matter up. but would not
likely take the time necessary to thoroughly
examine into all the charges OF irregularity
that are being circulated. and which I be-
lieve it ID the duty of this board to meet or
confess. Kindly give this your early at
tention and oblige, ETC." Trustee Cans,
who was one OF the committee appointed to
investigate school board affairs, said the
committee would probably be able to take
the matter up after New Years, and the
letter Of resignation was referred to them.
The board had quite . struggle liking =
position for Ex-Superintendent r. g.
Young. Another opinion given by Attor-
ney-General Haskell to State Superintend-
emit Cannon was read. 1t recognized the
right Of the board to appoint a teacher
and define his duties. trustee Guthrie
offered 9 resolution to put the words "prln;,
.superintendcnt' occurred, and to employ
Prof. Young in that capacity for the bal
anc8 of the school year. Trustee Miller
commended that teacher was the proper
title under the attorney-general's opinion.
Trustee L~anQhorne said the board had not
for his opinion. He further vsntured the
remark that II was a very poor opinion.
Don't let's have any more HASKELL" ex-
claimed Trustee Guthrie. "If the board
don't know nothing, let's hire Haskell to
run It,"
dent Young aa principal teacher of the
public schools" ON a resolution of Trustee
Lnnghorne. Trustee Miller voted against
it. Trustee Jockey WAS excused. Tbs
others voted for it.
The board was notified that it had been
garnishesd in the case of J.T. Laferty
against Grant & Whalen, contractors for
the building Of the new high school. The
amount Of tho attachment 10 $3.50. The
clerk was ordered to mike return that the
contract was not completed and the
board did not owe anything to Grant d
Whalen until some estimates were fur
nished. The board was also notified by the
N-v1traOkoro fhnk thAv had aHQiuna1 fn EhA
Montana National bank $4,000 due them
on extras on the school house. Nothing
was lone with the notice. At the same
time the contractors wrote that they were
unable to proceed with certain extras until
tho superintendent Of construction fur
nished the plans. They were directed to
go ahead with the work specified in the
contract, and to do no more than that.
Trustee Miller remarked during the dis
cussion that he wished the board had some
architects who would get up plans that
would complete q building.
The result of the election to authorize
Che purchase Of lots for school buildings
In the Flower Garden and Broadwater nd
ditions were announced as favorable, TWEEN
ty-four out of thirty-ive votes being cast
for the proposition. Offers to sell we're re-
ceived and filed as follows: A.. j. Steele,
addition, ST., 900; II. A. Bell, block in same
addition, 5000 per foot, or about $4,000;
W. +. Cummings, two lots in Broadwater
addition, $1,5O0; DR.. 8. q. Baldwin. lots in
Flower Garden addition, 1877 feet 6 inches
by 141 feet. $1,000; Glass Il Fletcher, block
in Flower Garden addition, $6,350.
Miss Irene o. Young, one of the teachers
in the high school, resigned. to take effect
at the end of this month. The resignation
wss accepted with regrets.
II was decided to close the schools for the
holidays from Thursday. Dec. "a, to Mon
day, Jan. 4.