The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-29
/ TEUD AT HOUGHTON
n-..ts Out in Judge Layhue's
8 School District Court.
x,,e GIVEN AND RETURNED,
oga Receiver Decentralization
pssands His observation-disclosures
sace on the McCanns.

In the Houghtou school dis
go the c0ntenGing factions met
So IN County Superintendent Lay
ess.es ard made the atmosphere so
!. fheir discussions mat NJ. Lay nue.
..ssgrnsd court TO give II Chance u coon
g. ra~a,harg wanted 70 be transfer
= -, ne Houghton school district TO
re- q o,,t A the country. He claim
sta,sg nearer the school house IN dis
q ana that he had good road IN
". st-antior. but there was nothing but
ia ~ HoughtOn and II was too poor
"a s,srs, "a travel. Further, he claim
~ -. - - ree-fourths Of his property was
e 49, - q and most OF his taxes went
y -. sistriet. He wanted all his prop
st = ons district so that his children
e. ,$ y deriving ths benefit from the
,srss be paid. - ,.-,,,..
80 of Houghton. and Il. l. Norfhup,
.-ssr Of the Houghton school They
..ss,res that Fageraerg had not calcolated
$500 correctly. The fight waZed
ana II was finally decided by going
,ss assessors office, where the dis
...sss ssre computed. II was found
-. ragsrberg was seven chains further
-. tie school house IN district
!. fsan the Houghton school. 1gur-
s-r h. the road, but figuring by the path
- sv the children he was three chains
-, the schocl house In IS. Superin-
.s.ssss Tayffaie said that the discrepancies
= distance we're so email he could not
.s-sIaer them as grounds for a change.
cTheu The question OF the condition OF
90 rad 10 the Houghton school came
:. ara the interested parties commenced
esgIrz each other ffbbers. Northup. the
.ssebsy declared he Travelled the road five
.uss a week and IL was a very good one.
yaeerberg got greatly excited and, SHOW
- Is fist under Northup's nose, yelled
ryeatediy:
..Youre a liar; you're a liarP
ssueflntendent Layhue thought the
eosT; room was getting too hot and adj
sssrnea the proceedings until he could
q ever and walk the road himself.
psniaf1in Price and Thomas Campbell
ssstef 70 be changed from district Al 10
IA because they were too far from the
ltchool house. Charles Getehman appear
81 for the petitioners and insisted on the
sthange and Martin Gleason, a director OF
sdsfrtst "a, objected 10 changing Price.
holding that he was only a reasonable dis
isaes away. but conceded that Campbell
sAoa4 be changed. Superintendent L.ayhue
Campbell might be transferred.
william irr wanted 10 be transferred
from district % 10 26. Maple Valley. He
t.alnted he was tive miles from the school
r. 3 and only one mile from that In &c
Ms claim was opposed by Director Isaac
Clifford OF district -, who contended that
heEas actually nearer to the school house
/, his own district Then Clifford sprung
surprise by Introducing a petition from
he directors OF the dlctrict to which Irr
ranted TO BE transferred. asking that he
y kFpt where he was. xhe directors said
b vas one-fourth mile nearer his own
lehool house than the one In the district
y which he wanted 10 be transferred.
his petition was refused.
o James III. Graves petitioned to be
asangsi from district ia. near Maple VAL
~ 70 the Maple Valley school. district
In this case the same directors who
bad preferred TO see 1rr kept out said
Graves was all right and ought TO be
mastered, There being no objections,
ne petition was granted.