The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-09-25
That is the Talk in Reference
to the Boss Trustee.
REPORT BUT NO SCHOOL
s. B. Wright Tries to Pull the Wool
Over the Peoples Eyes but Makes a
Sorry Failure. Trying to Divert At
tention From his own Conduct.

>. Is. Wrlgnt mas asked Tor only
4 columns of space in the HERALD
to air his grievances against hum
anity in general and the editor of
the HERALD in particular. Lack
of type settlers compels us to print
his balderdash in installments.
His installment this week is
again devoted to the books and re-
cords of the district.
The gentleman who has great
records and no school would have
the public believe that S. D. Taylor
was clerk during the school year
1867. Such was not the case.
Other persons were entirely respon-
sible for the keeping of the books
and records during that time. So
far as Mr.. Wrights communication
effects the editor of this paper, it
would be sufficient reply to close
here-but we shall not. The man
of records and no school says the
people want the facts and we shall
endeavor to supply them with
some.
1t would appear that Mr.. Wright
has made a very critical examina-
ton into the records and has ask
ed for several columns of space in
which to say the worst he could
about his predecessors in Office,
and yet he has ne, shown and can
not show, where the district lost a
single cent by what he complains
of. He has made as big a failure
in trying to make a mountain
out of this mole hill as he has in
trying to provide district No. II
with school. The truth is it was
only written to divert attention
from his own shortcomings.
We may repeat again that the
trustees make all disbursements by
warrant of which there is a com
plete record at Rathdrum on the
county records. This is shown by
Mr.. Wright himself, in speaking OF
the report furnished him by the
county treasurer, Mr.. Frank o. Hill.
In fact Mr.. Wright has simply
set up a straw man to knock out,
as we never said the district records
were good, bad or Indifferent, but
do say that the district is none the
loser, and Mr.. Wright's researches
proves the assertion.
AS to that report in 1896, we
assumed that Mr.. Wright referred
to report usually made tn the
taxpayers at the annual meeting
because he was addressing his re.
marks to the taxpayers, while the
September report is addressed tc
the county superintendent only
If Mr.. Wright referred to the for
mer his statement was absolutely
false, and, if the latter, we woulc
have to see the records, as We
would be afraid Mr.. Wright was
running SANDY" on us, as he die
on the two young ladies to whom
he held up his hands in piouI
gravity and said, 81 am for thes,
two girls for the school before any
on else," and then went back OF
his word. We know the gentle
man who was clerk in September
1896, Rev. M. NJ. Marshall, wa
preparing the report and we sup
pose he sent it in, but even if h
did not, he assisted in conducting
the affairs of the district in ia
more satisfactory manner than a
present under S. B. Wright
system of bookkeeping and n
school.
Another statement that was falls
in Mr.. Wright's report" is tina
the books had not been balance,
since Feb. "a, 1895. The book
were balanced to Feb. "a, 1896. A
that time no one on the boar
wanted to be clerk, so it was agree
to provide some compensation. S
per quarter was agreed upon. Th
: writer hereof was selected as CLERK