The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-20
Frederic Applied to Thirteen
Teachers for Loans.
THE COMMITTEES REPORT
The Money Was Not Repaid Until an
Investigation Was Begun by the
Board = Frederic Refuses
to Resign.

tCdcneTs. Inc DuiiuinS cOuit..'ts-S re-
ported in favor of a i2-ro m bu:..iins -
take the place of the PART ant Wash
ington annex.
superintendent Hendricks called at
tention to the receipt Of the Main, Inc
mortal circular and asked whether the
children should be allowed to contribute
IL they desired. The board decided to
give the necessary permission to the
teachers to receive contribution from
children who desired to contribute.
Bids were received fo- lots on which
to erect new school buildings on the east
side, as follows: j. A. Lewis, hve lots,
block 10, Foster & Leggat addition.
s., 900; same five lots. block IL, Leggat
Il Foster addition, $4,000: F. +. w. Pat
ten. four lots in block 10, Foster 4 Leg
gat addition. "a, 500: same, nine lots, Leg
gat 4 Foster addition, $4,000; Silas
King and John Ducre offer land on Hes
perus addition at 500 per front foot. The
bids were referred to the building COM
mittee. The supervising architect was
given until next meeting to present en-
larged plans for the proposed new school
house.
A letter was received from John Crit
fin of the Meagher guards, asking that
the board loan the rifles OF the High
school cadets two nights per week for
uIHl DoI os~s
discussed and during IL The statement
was made that the company OF Captain
Yoder a applied for the loan OF the
guns. Mr.. Clinton, Thomas Morgan ana
Mr.. Lane We're appointed a committee
to inquire into the matter and report
at the next meeting.
A letter of explanation IND apology
from Miss Beckwith was read n placed
on file, though Mr.. Morgan sought to
have 1t referred to the tel ,Ec-s' COM
mittee.
The special committee appointed to
investigate the loan made by the
teachers to Trustee Frederic submitted
the following report:
We. the undersigned, a special COM
mittee of the board of trustees OF school
district No. 1 of Silver Bow county,
Montana. appointed to investigate GER
tain charges of official misconduct MADE
against ]. b. Frederic, n of the MEM
bers of said board, do hereby report as
follows:
"First-we find that Mr.. Frederic has
applied to 13 of the teachers ana other
employees of the public schools for loans
Of money and we believe he mas mace
one other application OF a similar ma
ture.
.Second-Of such applications. we
find that Mr.. Frederic succeeded in OBJ
tanning loans from the following per-
sons. Miss Maggie Kelly, $50; Miss
Annie Mason, 500; T. e. Speer, 800;
Trip, SO; Thomas Richards
so.
..Tbird-Of the moneys so borrowed.
we find some has been repaid. but we
further find that none of such moneys
we're repaid until the teachers COM
mjttee commenced to take action in the
matter.
'Fourth-with one or two exceptions.
A. 40
applied for money were comparative
strangers to him., only meeting him oc-
in an official capacity.
I'VE further report that Mr. Fred
cries statement to us that L made eff
forts to obtain money from other
sources. but when / found ] was un-
able to do so. | concluded I would go
where 7 couId get IL Further. Mr..
Frederic made the statement at the
last board meeting that he had not sue
ceeded i'm borrowing in more than two
stances-fro Miss Kelly and Miss
Mason. When confronted with evil
dence on Saturday that he had bor-
for not mentioning Mr.. Speer at Mon
DAYS DENOMINATIONS nv stating that no
not renaid until last Saturday the
SATURDAY. f~oJIowinp the meeting Eron,
these statements we conclude that Mr.
rederic was conscious Of the wrong
af tho start and xInG nCha mad IF ~
during the invest;eatiop As oU;darno
that Mr. Eraderic relied ,non his nasco
en- oh,ain;no s,oh ioans ma. IT,
horrou.,ny from cor ,,,.a &c.
ranort a .,.,ar,nn, 80 AZ. D's'
that rber NJ Erador,o 90 ~.
a ,oan he srs, ste,aa ~, nv
h.a 49, rnaan a.. ~. ns ,."nses
mittao "a H., ~ ~ ~. neIs r"rn.
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aanhar. al honk ,nat n
their nos;,,on. ~, u's.uIoeu IN
H. p.u,, nd, nv 'nen mentioned
saoye'. a Ioah' ana sne con-
en-, ~. " an sur way tnat
~. ~ mus, 'oan MN .ne money. she
- ~ n1ahe 'he ioan az another
M - peIors so dcing the matter
in,eIrup'eo oy the investigation
u MI oIaru.
MISS L'iiian Paschal is not included
noons me 10 ABOVE mentioned. for the
n .ndt her entire statement was
ps " upon WHAT her brother had told