The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-03-06
THE SCHOOL MEETING
The Boards Report EminentIY Satisfac-
tory All Around.
THE EAST END SCHOOL HOUSE
S. B. Adams Reelected Director, Des-
pite His Protest. and E. Jacob
sen for Clerk.

1AS upper IOOIu OF tIl0 Drlck SCuOOl
house was filed with citizens this after
noon at the meeting to elect school
clerk and director, and to listen to the
report of the board. 8. B. Adams,
chairman of the board, made a verbal
report eminently satisfactory in all re-
spects. He began by saying: '1The
board have done all we could do, and
that is all there is of it. We have not
only been able to pay off the note held
by Mr.. French to the amount of $2,5O0,
but have reduced the Indebtedness from
81, 900 to $16lo.D5. There have also been!
unusual expenses, the fire of 1891 de-
stroying much school property. We
have been under the necessity of taking
up considerable pips and connecting
with the new water mains, a cost
amounting to $1e7 .o5. We have re-:
placed all the trees burned, or nearly so.,
The committee have been enabled To-
make rate of z per cent. interest "a
very low rate1 on the remaining debt Of
the district, amounting only to 81 eco.
We believe that three-mil tax levied
the coming year will be amply sufficient
to pay all Indebtedness for the year..
unless some unexpected Indebtedness
occurs of which the committee now has
no knowledge, or a vote is made on some
additional indebtedness"
Replying to the question of new,
school house in the East End. Mr..
Adams said cat the last session moth
ing was done except to refer the matter
back to the committee. 1 have read the
law in regard to this matter and it ex-
pressly states that the directors have no
power to act in the matter unless sane
toned by a vote at the meeting. They
must not only determine as to having a.
school house, but must say Just how
much money shall be expended for same /;
if you are to build must say how much
and levy a particular tax. have heard
that some of the children
could not attend school on account of
the distance, and to these have said if
they would procure list of such chill
dren and raise enough funds to employ
a teacher, would take it upon myself
to furnish school house for them"
Election of officers being announced
next in order, Ernest Jacobsen, L. I.
Burget, A.C. Sanford and j. N. Hunt 4
ington were placed in nomination for
clerk. The vote resulted in the election
of Jacobsen, who received Al votes.
For director Mr.. S. B. Adams was
elected by unanimous vote, and over
his own vigorous protest. A motion was
then put by Mr.. Jack Elton that the
clerk be Instructed to call special meet
ing for the purpose of levying a tax for
building new school house for the East
End; amended by Mr.. Mays that the
meeting be called to consider the pro-
priety of doing same. The amendment
carried but the motion was lost.
A motion then prevailed to levy a
3-mill tax to meet the expenses of the
coming year.
Ruch introduced a resolution empow
ering the directors to borrow money to
meet expenses of maintaining schools if
necessary. Adopted on motion of
Bayard.
On motion of Mays, decided to have
nine months school for the coming year.
The following is the report of the
clerk for the year:
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