The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-01
A REAL RED HOT TIME
The Board of School Trustees In
dulge in a Say-What-l You
Please Meeting.
Hon. Ira Myers Expresses His Opinion
on Certain Crooked
Transactions.

Inc ScnOOl trustees heIQ an interest
irgmeeting Tuesday night. Those present
we're Mrs. Ladd and Messrs. Wright
Gockstetter, Atkinson and Kellison
Absent-Messrs. Hanks and Cooper.
The bill of Architect White for plans
and specifications for Improvements on
the west side school building, amounting
TO $50 was rejected.
j. j. Gallagher's bill for extra plumb
ing was ordered paid, subject to a dis
count OF ten per cent. The bill amount
ed to S151.S5.
The clerk reported that nothing had
been heard from Mr.. Cooper since he
arrived in Chicago relative to the school
bonds IN hook.
Mr.. Kellison stated that there should
be contracts made made out and signed
by the board and school teachers so that
there would be no misunderstanding
between them as to pay and time.
Mr.. kellison then read a series of res
olutions setting forth that last spring
Chairman Hanks appointed Mr.. Prentiss
a member Of "all the standing and
special committees and made him chair
man OF all but one for an evident pur-
pose," and that one trustee was left off
of all committees; that certain members
Of the board drew a warrant for $3.50
without the vote or knowledge Of the
school board; that the county attorney
had rendered an opinion setting forth
that certain members of the board
should be sued for the amount of the
alleged illegal warrant; that the public
press had cast serious reflections upon
the school board as a whole because of
the wrongful acts Of it's officers; that the
school law requires that an annual re-
port should be made out by the clerk of
the board and sent to the county super
intendent during the month of Septem-
Der and that sucn report had not been
made out this year, and that the law
provides that five dollars per day shall be
taken from the district fund for each
lays delay after September, and that
the delinquent fine now amounts TO
$500; that the law requires the
school census to be taken on or before
November 80. and that a copy of the
same must be filed with the county
superintendent on or before Dec. |, or
that he shall apportion no money to the
school district; that in order to put the
board on a business footing that a new
president and clerk be elected to succeed
the present officials.
Mr.. Atkinson moved to proceed to re-
organize the board.
Mr.. Gockstetter wanted to know for
What purpose the reorganization of the
board was for.
Mr.. Atkinson replied that the %contin.
led absence of Mr.. Hanks from the
meetings Of the board made it necessary
70 have a new chairman.
Messrs. Wright. Atkinson and Mrs.
LAID were each in turn nominated for
chairman but declined Finally Mr.,
atkinson was unanimously elected.
The clerk explained why the report,
vas not made out and handed to the
county superintendent as required by
.aw-ald the board exhonorated him
from all blame.
By this time the discussion became
Xcitlng by Mr.. Kellison making personal
relative to the $3.50 school
bond deal. At one time it looked as if
: knock-down would take place but the
excitement cooled down.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Kelli-
son instructing the county attorney to
commence criminal action against ali the
members OF the board who were present
the midnight" meeting at which the
'i,2co deal was put through. This res
1lution was the case OF considerable de-
bate and several amendments were
'fiered and defeated, as was also the
resolution.
Mr.. Wright then offered a resolution
nstructlng the county attorney to
1rirg criminal action against those
implicated in the 1920 deal and to use