Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-06-21
TWO NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Ordered by the School BOard-One
at Chichester's to Cost Six
Hundred Dollars,
One at the Boston and Montana
SHELTERS to Cost About Two
Thousand DOllats.

The school board met Saturday in
regular session, all trustees except Hanks
being present.
Superintendent Largent presented his
annual report, and it was accepted and
ordered filed, and the thanks of the
board we're extended to the superin-
tendent.
The board unanimously adopted for
use in the schools the text books recon-
mended by the state board of education,
and which have been adopted by the
school boards of Helena, Anaconda, Mis-
soula, Bozeman, Miles City and other
towns.
The following shows the publishers,
the authors, the exchange price, intro
ductory price, and mailing price, in the
order given:
CHM & Co.-Stickney's first reader,
10, -, "a cents; second reader, II, 20, 80
cents: third reader, lG, %, 40 cents;
fourth reader, 20, 30, 80 cents; fifth
reader, q, SO, 60 cents.
Frye's primary geographical, 3G, 60
cents; advanced geography, 50 cents, so
cents, 5l.35; Montgomery's Beginners
U. S. history, "a, 3G, GO cents; advanced
history, 40 cents, GO cents, 81.
American Book Co.-Webster's New
Primary Dictionary introductory price
only, 48 cents; common school
dictionary, y cents; high school diction-
airy, 90 cents; academic dictionary, S1.5O;
condensed dictionary, s1.44; Mines ele-
mentary arithmetic, %, 80, 80 cents;
standard arithmetic, 40, So, G5 cents;
kellogg's first physiology, 80, 40, 40
cents; second physiology, 60, so, so cents;
Petermans civil government, 4S, GO, GO
cents; Hunts modern speller, 10, IL, 20
cents; S%toddard's intellectual arithmetic,
20. 81, 80 cents.
Maynard, Merrill ~ Co.-Reed's Ian
guage work, %, 40, 40 cents; Reed 4
Kellogg's English course, 80, 60. G3 cents
In this list Exchange price, means the
price nat will be paid pupils for books
now in use. "Introductory price is the
price that will be charged for books
during the next year. Every book in the
schools now ia thus thrown out.
Architect White WAS instructed tt
prepare plans and specifications anc
, working drawings for a school house il
South Great Falls (Chichester's), to cost
about 5000, and the clerk WAS ordered t.
advertise for bids for the erection of the
, same on a lot to be donated by the PEG
pie in that vicinity.
Gockstetter stated that Supt. kle
. petko of the B. and NJ. smelters hae
; agreed to lease an acre of land to the dis
) trlct for ninety-nine years, for a nomi
nal consideration, if the district woulC
build a school house there. There ar
ninety children of school age in that vi
cinity and Accommodations for only thir
= ty-five. Architect White was instructed
TO prepare plans for q school house il
, that vicinity, to cost about $1,000, ant
the clerk was instructed to advertise TO
bids for the construction Of the building
e Mckay Bros estimate for S580.95 wa
allowed, S526.95 to go to Joseph Bainee
= the stone and brick sub-contractor, an
S54 to go to J. II. Donlin, the carpente
0 sub contractor.
J., The American Exchange Nationa
g bank of Chicago, in a communication
offered to withdraw it's suit against tn
school district il the district would pa
e 81, and withdraw it's suit against tn
e bank, as the bank has made a propose
0 ton to Receiver Phelps of the Mel
y chants National bank to have him TAX
up the collateral held by the America
Exchange National, and desires to hav
it's title to the collateral cleared. Tn
board referred the matter to Cooper, an
e then adjourned.