Fergus County argus., 1893-04-06
SCHOOL ELECTION.
Two Tickets in the Field Brings Out
Over Three Hundred Voters.
The Peoples Ticket Gets There
With Both Feet.
TIE NEW BOARD MEANS BUSINESS.

On Thursday evening of last week, pur
suant to published notice, about forty o
our citizens gathered at the old schoo
house for the purpose of selecting five can
didates to be voted for on the following
| Saturday for school trustees. The aim wa,
10 get an expression OF views from taxpay
dates There seemed to be no disposition
to discuss matters and the nomination o.
candidates were called for and proceeded
with. resulting in the choice of the fol
lowing gentlemen:
Three year term-Chas. NJ. Rogers. DR.
| Lapalme, Samuel Phillips.
Two year-R. Won TobeI.
One year-F. +. Wright.
There being no other business the meet.
ing adjourned.
1t became evident at the close OF the
meeting that there was some dissatisfac.
| ton with the result and that in all proba-
bility another ticket would be placed in the
race. This developed into "a certainty on
Friday when the opposition met and Sc.
lected the following ticket:
Three year term-W. w. Dewitt, II. p.
Brooks and Henry Butts.
Two years-Marshall jackson.
One years. II. Sherwood.
The former ticket was called the ''Citi.
zens' Ticket" while the latter was the
Peoples Ticket"
Under the banner OF the latter, the east
side, extending to the Judith mountains,
| and the Castle Butte section rallied with
their ballots. Teams were called into SER
vice and large number OF ladies took adj
vantage OF the elective franchise. A quiet
though determined fight was made and at
the close the count show ed that the Peoples
ticket entire was elected by an average ma
jority of fifty. AS the only object to be
attained was better school and from
what we can learn every member of the
new board is in favor OF a change, the re-
salt is perfectly satisfactory.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MIR. DE WITT.
In an interview with W. w. Dewitt Mon
day he said that he had talked with
several members of the newly elected board
and especially with III. p. Brooks, and that
he felt that the Others coincided largely
with him in the course to be pursued. Mr..
Dewitt said that their aim should be to do
right and fear no one, that the office ould
not be converted into private snap and
favoritism was to be completely done away
with. Their first move would be to obtain
competent, experienced principal, on
this proposition all were of one mind,
one who could maintain discipline and COM
mand respect. As to making a clean sweep
many citizens demanded it, but their aim
should not be to discharge teachers, but to
obtain competent instructors and If any on
the present staff desired to be retained and
were worthy of it, they should be coasid.
cred with other applicants. Mr.. Dewitt
expressed the belief that the present pri-
mary teacher, Miss Dwight had pleased
the patrons of the school and should she
be an applicant the chances we're that she
would be retained. Another change under
discussion by the new board is the moving
of the primary department to the old
school house, after the latter has been put
in condition, and separating the little chill
dren from the association of the older
scholars, also avoiding the necessity OF the
little ones climbing the hill in winter. The
school yard will he divided by high board
fence and the mixing Of boys and girls and
the use OF profane language and tobacco
on the grounds absolutely done away with.
new clerk will be employed and one COM
petent to fulfill the duties OF his office. The
next ianitor will also be expected to keep
the school house in different condition
from that in which it was found last Satur-
day. Mr.. Dewitt said that two families
that he knew of had left town this winter
because the school did not afford the adj
vautages expected. There is no reason
why good school as any IN the state
cannot be established here and it will be
the aim OF the new board to accomplish
that object regardless ofpersonal criticism.