The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-30
SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEET
Regular Business Session of the
Board.
CENSUS REPORT ACCEPTED
Bids for a Retaining Wall at the At
lantic School-An Increase Is
Shown in the Census
Returns.

The board of education transacted
regular weekly business last night.
The census report was accepted, and
bids for the construction of a retain
ing wall at the Atlantic school building
We're received. All members except Mr..
Macdonald were present
A communication was received from
the Standard School Furnishing COM
pany with reference to the bond and
contract entered into between this dis
trict and the company for the supply
of desks for the ensuing year. Further
action in the matter was deferred for
one week
Clerk Richards submitted the follow
ing census report:
Total number of children in the dis
trict between 6 and 14y 6,313, of which
$3.50 are males and 1853 females; to-
tai number of children in the district
between IA and Is, 1926, of which 907
are males and 1,019 females; total num-
Der of children in the district between
Is and 81, 1,10S of which 5b6 are males
and 542 females; total number of chill
dren between the ages of and 81, 9,347,
of which 4,623 are males and 4,124 fe-
males; total number of children under
6. 5,415, making grond total of persons
| in this district under q years of age
| 1862
Last years census showed total
over and under q of S.440 and a
| grand total of 13,6SS. Thus it will be
seen that the increase of children shown
| by this years census is: Between i
and 81, 907 under q, 1,074 Another
| striking comparison is sthe number of
males with that of females. OF the
| number of children of school age be-
tween 6 and q, 9,347, there is a differ
| ence of only 10l, and this shows the
| balance of power to be in favor of the
| boys
The janitors and supply committee
| recommended the purchase of certain
| window blinds. 1t was also recon-
fnended that all material possible be
purchased in open market.
The clerk was instructed to purchase
number of music charts at $500 per
dozen f. o. b. Butte.
| B. j. Stearns was appointed janitor
of the Washington school house.
The gymnasium, principals room and
other rooms in the High school will be
| kalsomined in accordance with the rec
concentrations of the building commit
tee. The teachers committee recon-
mended the election of ISIS Julia Earle
as a substitute teacher and that Misses
! Nora A. Sullivan and Katie p. Harring-
ton be elected as members of the cadet
class in addition to others formerly
named.
The board adopted the revised rules
submitted by the laws, rules and regu-
lations committee with amendments.
Bids for the construction of the re-
tanning wall at the Atlantic school
| building were received as follows:
Thomas Rowan $2,915, Tracey & Far
rell $1,000, Alexander Scott S2,0S9. A
bid without the requisite certified check
was thrown out.
Architect O'Brien regarded the bids
a little too high, explaining, however,
| that the stone mason contractors of the
city were busily engaged and that prob
ably the bidders made their figures
| high because of the fact 1t is difficult
! to secure masons. The bids were re-
ferred to the building committee.
The contract for printing the rules of
the school, a pamphlet of 125 pages, was
awarded to the Miner Publishing COM
| pany for $15750 for 1900 copies Other
| bidders We're the Inter Mountain, the
Montana Journal, Montana Advertising
company and the Charles Heilbronner
| company.
The clerk was instructed to communi-
| cate with the county surveyor in re-
gard to Little Basin to determine
whether or not it is in this district.
There are about IS school children out
there without any school facilities. A
conference will also be had with the
county superintendent of schools with
| reference TO the matter of providing
| facilities.