The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1898-08-05
GOT new TEACHERS
The Vacancies on The Teach
er's Faculty Were Filled
Friday Evening.
Situation Of Unfortunate Lady
Who Lost Her Money
While Travelling.
MUST EXTEND HOSPITALITY
Mitchell People Will Have to
Open Their Homes to
Handle the Crowd.
EMPLOYED TWO NEW TEACHERS
The Vacancies on the Teachers Faculty
Were Filled by the Board.

The Vacancies on the Teachers Faculty
Were Filled by the Board
meeting of the board of education Fri
day evening, the following nem oers be-
ing present: E. B. NanAlstine, Mrs.
lane D. Chambers, jerome Wiltse, A.
=. Kings, q. L. Bras, S. T. Greene, W.
81. Helwig and j. T. Smith. The min
utes of the previous meeting were read
by Clerk Wallace and they stood ap-
proved. Toe designations of Misses
Grotewohl and Windle were read and
accepted. The annual report of the
secretary was read and it gives quite
terest to the public and we make some
extracts from it.
The seating capycity of the school
buildings is 900; number of volumes
in the library $50; total value of builG-
ings, sites and furniture $40, 900; amount
of wages paid to the II teachers Sc, PA;
persons Of school age, males, 400, fe-
males, 472; total pupils enrolled, 604;
total amount Of outstanding bonds,
$25 900; outstanding warrants, 1928. "a;
the indebtedness has heen reduced
S2,9S4.69; the miscellaneous expenses
we're 1929, 18; repairs, S99.64; supplies,
S195.84; tuel, S750.72; janitor salaries,
S590.50; interest on bonds, 81, 500; inter
est on registered warrants, Sl43.54.
The finance committee offered it's re-
port and recommendations which we're
accepted and adopted. The report is as
follows:
Your committee on finance would re-
spectfully submit the following report
on the financial condition of the inde-
pendent school district of Mitchell on
July 1st, 1898, with recommendations
which your committee think advisable
after thorough investigation of the
year.
For the year beginning July list, 1897,
to June Both, 1898, the following were
the expenses: Teachers wages, Sc. pa
81, janitore' wages, $590.50, interest an
s25, 1000 at per cent, $1,000, repairs,
supplies and miscellaneous expenses,
$3.50, fuel, $3.50, making a total OF
SO, ,665.47. The receipts were as follows:
City school tax collected, S9,831.72, ap-
portionment from superintendent, SO,
564.36, other sources, tuition, etc., 1928,
making total of S12,7 ,724.OS.
We had at the beginning of the year
S3,2l3.63 outstanding warrants which
have been nearly paid off, leaving only
1928. "a yet unpaid. BY adding the pres
ent outstanding warrants to the total
expenses and deducting the amount we
expect to receive from the apportion-
ment fund we have about what will be
necessary to raise by direct tax for the
coming year or sc, ,394.4l. The presen,
outlook is very favorable to the prompt
payment of taxes and we believe that
the board will be justified in fixing the
amount to be raised at 81, 500, which il
81, 500 less than year ago. This ought
to provide ample funds to defray al
necessary expenses and have sufhcien'
funds left to meet any unexpected ex
pense which may come up during the
year. Therefore, we your committee
would recommend that you fix the tota
amount to be raised for the current yea
at 81 800.
Respectfully submitted,
81. L. BRAS, Chm.
(. JAMES T.,SMITH.
/ A. J. KINGS.
i 1t will be noticed by reference to tn
report that the amount of money ap
propriated for the expenses of tn
schools for the coming year is 81, so
less than it was year ago, which vii
make some difference in the matter c
taxes.
There was quite spirited contest i
the election of teachers, althoug
everything passed off smoothly. Mis-
, Marie White, who lives several mile
east of town, was elected to the positio
in the intermediate department an
Miss Adelaide Turneaure was chose
for the position in the A grammar d.
partment. There was quite numbe
of applications for the vacancies and a
of the letters we're read. In the sele
tion of Miss White it required 13 ba
lots to reach a decision. In the case
Miss Turneaure l6 ballots were nece
sary for choice. The salary of the
grammar department was cut dow
from $50 to S45, and with the usual r
duction of S5 per month for new teacl
ers the salary of that department wi
be $40 month for the next year,