Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-05-10
At the School Board Meeting Last
Night-C0oper and Hanks
Dandy Compliments.
M'KAY Bros BOND VALID?
Hanks Claims Blandin Il Rice's Claim
Is IA just One-An Amusing
Meeting.

commencement reported that 1T had ar
ranged for all details except the hall.
Cooper had been empowered to see Man
eyer Hartley of the opera house, but had
been unable to sec him. Hanks suggested
that a motion be made that the commit
tee be discharged and d new one ap-
pointed. Cooper eaid that if Hanks ia
situation referred to him, he desired to
say chat he had made every attempt to
SEE Hartley, but could not do go. Hanks
discluimed any reference to Cooper.
Gockstetter stated that the outside
closets at the South side school building
were "A dotriment to health and should
be removed. Hanks moved that a com
mittee be appointed to investigate the
matter. He suggested that Cooper be
made chairman Of the committee. The
motion was unanimously carried and
Holmes a%nnouced that he would appoint
on the committee on water closets Cooper
and Gockstetter. Gockstetter declined
because the work WAS below-"Ground,'
interpolated Lucket. Cooper accepted
the trust and SAID that he would guaran,
tee to makethe committee as respectable
as the building committee, and without
any $1,000 jobs. Gockstetter objected
to this statement, and Cooper said he
made no reference to GoCkstetter.
Chairman Cooper of the auditing com
=.
mittee reported the following bills which
were allowed: Teachers salaries fol
April, SOIL; Leader Publishing com.
pany, 5l135; ianitors' wages for April
SD; Butte and Montana Commercial.
company, S12; Churchill a. Webster, 81
salary and Office rent of the clerk, SAG.
Hanks called attention to the fact tina
the claims were not signed by the audit
ing committee. lie moved that Char.
man Cooper De Instructed To sign them
The motion was carried. Cooper sane
that he would ne pleased to sign the
claims, and did SO. Hanks moved that
hereafter the auditing committee bt
given reasonable lime to sign claims
There was no second.
The clerk rrad the suminons in the
suit of Blaudln a. i;ice Of Cleveland VI
the district. to recover S::}G:}S3 tor lega
services. alleged to nave been rendered
in June, 1893, in An attempt TO sell the
$4,000 bonds. Cooper stated that TIT
summons was aerved April ~. AnsWeI
was necessary to be made within ter
days. He had, therefore, assumed til,
responsibility of interpreting d demurre.
in order to prevent Judgment by default
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matter. The latter said that he went t
Helena May %, 1893. While there h'
received "A telegram from the clerk of th'
board Henry Prentlse, Jr. to 90 t.
Cleveland and attempt to sell the bonds
lie went to Cleveland and engaged
Blandin * Rice, acting, as he presumed
with authority from the board. He pai(
all expenses incurred by Hlandin a. Rice
and thought they we're entitled tothe fee
they now claim. Hanks said he had beef
accused Of stealing and everything else
land when it came to a showdown
didn't steal nothing"
Cooper said that he had gone over thu
entire correspondence and found tina
Hanks was not authorized to secur,
services in au attempt to sell the bonds
Hanks wired TO a member Of the boar
10 Ett tio dutlio!ltS but tlc SOdih ic
fused it.
Hanks said he presumed that he ha'
authority. He had it from tho clerk
Looking at A. }. Shores he said that h
presumed the clerk was %hypnotizeG
Shores smiled.
Hanks moved that the claim of Blandl
& Rice be allowed. There was no SET
ond.
IN~,,r ,,",.n,t $Lpt :. Iaf,trn b., ~
tered in the suit. ltaban seconded tn
the negative.
A garnlshment was read which ha
, been served on the board in the suit c
Leuchars a. Mckenzie vs. Dan McKa
to recover 52l2.
, Hanks, who had been looking over tn
=. claims allowed, called attention to tn
, fact that the claim of the Butte an
Montana Commercial company did nc
+, had SO. K.'d" it.
Cooper said that he did so under il
n %structions from the board.
On motion the bill was unanimousl
. referred to the maker for correction.
t Cooper said that the bond of McKa
Bros. was void. At the time the contra,
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=. preme court had declared the SSC
5 600 bonds invalid. There ha
been no acknowledgement of II
bonds, and the bondsmen could not /
held. He asked to hear the opinion
Attorneys w. II. Pigott, and A. J. Shore
Pigott said that with the fall Of II
q bonds the contract necessarily fell. RI
n contract being void, McKay's bond W,
q void.
Luckett said that j. Il. EARL had r
fused to act on the investigating con
mittee. He nominated G. II. Rephat
to fill the vacancy. Gockstetter secon'
ed the nomination, and Rephath W,
|. unanimously elected.
Cooper moved that Mckay Bros.
required to furnish a good and s%utiiciel
/; bond in the sum OF $4,000. Raba
l. seconded tho motion. Luckett mo
!. cd that Cooper's motion lie on II
S table for one week. He thought thu
a the board should investigate the matte
}, Gockstetter seconded the motion. Coop
said that il the desire WAS to inve