Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-06-08

instructors in the Kearney county
institute, which begins Monday
next and holds for six weeks. Prof.
Vancil has closed his first year in
the Lewistown schools with great
credit, and is conceded to be as able
a principal and instructor as has
been placed in charge of our schools.
He is full of energy and with better
facilities afforded him by the new
school house and additional teachers,
will place the school on a very high
plane.
Down in Minnesota a new scheme
to rob farmers has bobbed up, as
follows: A couple of men drive on
the premises and present false papers
purporting to give state authority
for examination of wells and cisterns
under the pure food laws. They in
spect the water through a micro
scope and find all kinds of microbes,
bacteria, cholera germs and typhoid
fever bugs, permit the farmer and his
wife to look through the micro
scope, where of course, they see
the managerie that always has
been and always will be contained in
Il drop of water. The frightened
farm folks are then advised to apply
certain remedies, which the takers
sell to them at a high figure Ia little
plain soda and nothing more) and
then go on their swindling way.
Saturday next the taxpayers of
this school district will be called up
on to vote upon the question of
empowering the board of trustees to
sell to the highest bidder the school
property on Maine street, on which
the little old frame school house now
stands, for the purpose of obtaining
money to furnish the new building.
1t is a mistaken idea that when this
property was decided to the district
by Francis JuneauX a clause was in
serted in the deed to the effect that
if the property should to De
used for school purposes. it would re-
vert to the Juneaux estate. The
property is one of the most valuable
in town, and while it's value would
greatly increase as the town grew in
Importance, the citizens must take
into consideration that money for
furnishings is absolutely needed and
a good price can now be secured by
making the proposed sale. The
board desires a large vote SO that
the question may be decided by a
good majority of the taxpayers.
At a meeting of the school board
Saturday evening the contract for
the building of the new school house,
was let to James Sheridan of Lewis
town, at $14, 800. This was the only
bid submitted which came within
the prescribed limit of $4,000. The
contract will be signed in a few days,
at which time Mr.. Sheridan will be
required to file a bond in the sun OF
81, 800 for the faithful performance of
the contract and the date will then
be set at which the work must be
completed. AS long a time will be
given as possible, considering the
freezing weather OF the fall, as the
builder will work under many diff
%culties, owing to delays in receipt of
necessary material from the east and
west. Architect Donohue will have
the entire supervision of the work,
for which he will receive ) per cent of
the contract price, but all material
to be put in the building will be
subject to the approval of the board.
The contracts for the building of the
school houses in the Castle Butte and
in the Corbly divisions of the district
will be awarded later. Each of these
can be completed in thirty days.