The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-21
IT IS NOT YET SETTLED
More Trouble Over the New
School Building.
THE UNION WANTS 1T ALL
The Board OF School Trustees Not Quite
Prepared to Make an Uncon-
ditional Surrender Basin
School House Burned.

The difficulty which the hoo board
encountered with the Bricklayers' union
on account of the new East Butte school
building is yet a long ways from settle
ment. At a meeting OF the board Of
trustees last evening a communication
was read from the Bricklayers' union
in answer to application made by the
board last week that the trustees
would take the contract off Whiteside's
hands. employ a foreman and put up
the building by days labor. The Brick
layers. in their communication. said
they agreed to the proposition provided
Whditeside would have nothing TO do
with the brick and stone work and, pro-
vided further. that a member of the
union be appointed foreman and not one
of the men who worked for Whiteside.
The trustees had not bargained for
quite a complete surrender of every
thing to the bricklayers, and especially
did they not want TO be compelled 10
appoint a member of the union as fore
man. Trustee Burke said he, for one,
would not agree to any such PROPOSE
ton. He was opposed to turning every
thing over to ar irresponsible ~organiza-
ton and said he would rather nave the
u VII NilS mum SAOpRO0 ~ 800"
II simply meant that the union should
run things as it saw At, and Mr.. Burke
thought the district might just as well
turn the entire building fund over TO
the union and permit it to dispose of
the money as it saw fit. Chairman Long
thought the foreman would be under the
direction of the supervising architect,
but Burke did not believe that that
would be satisfactory. 1t was finally
decided TO postpone action on the com
munication until there was a full at
tendance of the board-Dorais, McDon-
aid and Morgan being absent.
A letter was received from Miss c. l..
Turnkey, teacher of the school at Basin.
stating that the Basin school building
had almost been destroyed by fire a few
days ago. The building caught fire
from a spark from the stove during the
noon recess and before the flames were
e~xtinguished the building had been bad
ly damaged and a number of text books
were destroyed. Miss TURNKEY said the
boys in school, assisted by a sheep
herder. put out the fire. and she then
removed her effects to a building near
by and resumed school. The clerk was
instructed to have the burned building
repaired.
Mr.. Clinton Of the committee on law
and regulations that he had examined
the abstract Of the Pfouts property and
FOUND several ul~SCGtDdltl' III Nv lN'-
ord n several judgments against the
property. He recommended that the
property be accepted and paid for as
soon as the record was made complete.
The report was adopted and the clerk
instructed to carry 1t out.
Superintendent Hendricks mad a re-
port. showing a total Of 5,054 pupils en-
rolled yesterday, an increase of 464 in
one week. He estimated that there viii
be a further increase Of 200 to 300 by the
end of the month. At the end of the
first month in 1897 the enrolment was
4.7g9, which indicates an increase this
year at the end of the first week OF
755. Mr.. Hendricks said the pupils
had been pretty we'll provided with
room. He also reported that there was
some trouble encountered by parents
and others who had complaints TO make
and he recommended that a circular
letter be printed and furnished all pa
rents for their guidance in such mat
tiers. The superintendent was author
lied to print all he needed. Among
other matters the letter will contain
these extracts from the boards rules
and regulations:
ANY person feeling aggrieved In any
matter connected with the schools
should apply at once to the superintend-
ent. If the city superintendent IL un-
able to adjust the matter satisfactorily
he shall refer the complaint to the
board.
Complaints must be filed in writing.
No complaint against any particular
person or persons shal be considered
bv the board unless filed in writing,
clearly specifying the matter OF com
plaint, and signed by the complaining
party.
IAN complaints should be referred TO
the city SUPERINTENDENT, whose office is
in the Central High school building,
corner Idaho and Park streets. Parents
are invited to visit the schools and con-
fer with the teachers and principals
Clerk Richards reported that he had
rented the Lutheran church at so a
month for use az a school room.
Architect O'Brien submitted plans for
a fve-room, one-story school building,
which it Is proposed TO erect on the
Pfouts property on the Single Tax lode.
The plans were approved and the clerk
was instructed to advertise for bids.
DisIocated His Hip.