The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-05
THEY FIXED THE LEVY
District Will Have to Get Along
Without Book Money.
THE DISTRICT FINANCES
In Much Better Shape Than 1t Was q
Year Ago Sos Compromise
Offer Was Reiected-He
Wanted $4,000.

The school trustees at their meeting last
evening passed a resolution fixing the
levy for general school purposes at 5
mills. which is in addition TO the . mills
voted for building urposes last spring
and the y mill fixed by law for the sink
ing fund. The city superintendent and
the clerk Of the board thought that there
should be at least a y mill also for free
text books to provide for the loss Of books
during last year and the large increase in
the enrolment of pupils. but Chairman
Long said tho district would have to get
along without "A text book levy and none
will be asked for.
Clerk Richards submitted his monthly
financial report. showing the following
condition OF the districts finances:
Cash I'm county treasury July /. 81. g9l 81;
received from sale OF books July 3, s224 IS:
outstanding warrants July %, 1921 ~: out
standing warrants July /. Sass 81; warrants
issued during July, 1921 90; cash In county
treasury July 30. S3,057.14: statement OF
due bills: Due bills outstanding July !,
SO. 764. 50; j%anitors' salary for June, S5li.05
j. p. Hendricks. salary for June. 500;
teachers salaries for June, $40; miscella-
neous due bills. s120; total. ST. 16l "a.
The clerk stated that there would be
outstanding in due bills about $40. 900 by
the time the taxes begin TO come In,
which would be about the same amount
that was outstanding last year.
Mr.. Long said the district. however. was
in much better shape financially than IL
was a year ago, as IL had paid off ? 1000
on the High school building, and had also
erected a new $50,0 900 building during the
year. The clerk also stated that the coun-
ty superintendent had reported that she
had made an a"pportionment to the dis
trict of 7.445. which raised the districts
cssh in the treasury To about $4,000.
Mr.. Burke of the building committee
reported that they had met with Joseph
Soss, the High school building contrac-
tor. at his request. for the purpose Of com
promising his claim of s6.5 800 against the
district for extras, for which he has a
suit pending i'm the United States court.
Soss was not ready to talk business when
the committee met him and he was told
to make In writing any proposition he
had to submit, and he subsequently sent
a letter to Clerk Richards Offering to
take 81. 500 in fun settlement of all his
claims against the district.
on motion of Mr.. Burke the offer was
rejected. The district had once offered
him $500 in full for his alleged extras and
Chairman Long. to whom Soss first made
the plea for a compromise, denounced the
claim for extras as AN absolute steal. He
] did not think the district should be robbed
out of any more money. 1T is a piece Of
consummate gall TO make such a propo-
sition.'' said the chairman. lit is an insult
to the board"
At a meeting OF the board last week
Trustee Macdonald made a report on n
question as to the necessity of the board
sitting as a board of equalization. lie
said he made the report at the request of
Mr.. Clinton, who was absent, but he did
=; not agree with the majority report. and
!; complained because, as he claimed, he
had not been consulted before the report
was agreed on. MIR. Dorais, the other
member of the board, also claimed he
had not been consulted.
Last evening Mr.. clinton was present
and he asked to have the minutes OF the
/ previous meeting changed or corrected to
S show that there had been no majority
d report, and he denied that he had re-
Il quested Mr.. Macdonald TO make such a
q report. What he had requested him to dc
! was to inform the members of the board
q not I'm open meeting, as TO his opinion or
the subject and expressly did not wan
10 a report made as coming from the com
"A mittee.
- 1t appeared that there had been a mis-
- understanding on the matter and the min
utes were corrected as suggested by Mr.
clinton.
The teachers committee recommends,
- the election OF ]. +. 8. Bell as one of TIN
j. principals. subject to assignment by tn
superintendent and teachers committed
q and the recommendation was approved b!
the board.
W The text book committee recommended
ID the adoption Of four blank exercise book
and tablets. which was also approved.
The clerk reported that he had writer
is 10 w. A. Clark, relative to the purchas
IS of a site for a new school building, bu
had not yet received . reply.
he The supply committee reported havinI
ID purchased eight 2O-gallon barrels OF in
I'd at 60 cents per gallon.
The Superintendent reported having re
-. csiyed from the state superintendent
e list of books required to be purchase
for the school library and the matter wa
referred TO the text book committee.
% A number Of bills were allowed and oil
dered paid, including one for $500 fror
'o the county assessor for making an as
sessment list. Mr.. Macdonald vote
~ against the bill
Chairman Long observed that III
finance committee, consisting Of Clinton
d. Dorais and Morgan. had been lax In il
ar duties. as Mr.. Clinton was the only men
lie. Der OF the committee present, and he al
as pointed Mr.. Lane as another member
act with Mr.. Clinton.
til DR.. Craig, president Of the state un
IS versity. was present at the board meetin
Mt and in a few remarks addressed TO u
he board he c~omplimented the district on /
excellent corps OF teachers and their goo
oe work, with which. he said. he had bee
Oh familiar. He also spoke about the unive
sity work. and said IL was moving aloT
very satisfactorily. The first year the
was an enrolment, he said. of 135; n
a. second OF l7G. and this year the ter
" closed with 2n2. the students representa-
rs counties IN the state and seven dine
emit states. but he said there were not
many enrolled from Butte as the
or sborlJ 10 nr Craig said the uniyersI