The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-05-15
hot no SCHOOL FIGHT.
The County Commissioners Listen to
Hot Scrap Over New School
District in Greenbush.
Several School and Road Petitions
for Considerations Other Mat
tiers for the Board.

W whitney, had quite budget of bills,
communications, school and road peti-
lions, petitions for abatement of taxes.
etc, That will give the board plenty of
WORK ORR Tor at least two days, and It will
do well it it gets through with its work
IN that time. Most all of yesterday
was consumed by the board in listen
ing 60 school matters and petitions of
various kinds. ~..T
The board granted the application
OF ~ L. Trask for the purchase of the
eastshalf OF the northwest quarter of
section seven, in town 1926, on which
parcel OF land Mr.. Trask was confronted
on the records with a tax, penalties
and costs from 1878 to 1880 of s173. S1.
The matter stood in the way of per-
fectlng title to the property and Trask
offered the board $50 in settlement Of
the claim, or rather for the land itself.
and the board accepted the tender.
After dinner the board found a big
delegation of Green bush citizens who
are Interested in school petition for
the creation of a new district made up
from portions of districts No. 2. 4. 5
and 10. The petition was signed by
Carl Beto, VIM. Heruth, and a host of
others who are not satisfied with the
present condition of affairs and the
facilities that district No. 4 offers at
the present time. Messrs Shaw and
Vernon, members of the school board
IN said district, were present, as we'll
as others and objected to the formation
OF the new district as outlined in the
petition. Mr.. Shaw addressed the board
on the merits of the petition and stated
that II the new district was formed
that it would work great injustice to
the present district No. 4 because of
the fact that it would take off large
portion of one side Of the district and
make trouble in the near future. The
district had the best rural school in
the county, with two rooms and two
teachers and with accommodations for
over 100 pupils. But the new district
fellows were strong and noisy, sand
while the delegation was before the
board there was plenty of amusement
for while. There was that proud as
sertion of American independence and
taxation without representation of
children at school. One of the delega-
ton said that his boy had to occupy
seat at school with two other pupils
and had to sit right next to a stove
and came nearly being cooked alive.
Another one said he would sell his
farm and start high school in the
district before he would give up. "You
are talking Through your hat' said
another to one Of the No. regulars.
1.-The teacher told my boy to go home
and come some other time when she
could hear him recite as there were
too many scholars for her to look
after" And this is the way it went
for some time. The reformation"
fellows all wanted to talk at the same
time, and they did. The board listened
very patiently to the tales of school
district woe, and took the matter un-
der advisement. Some suggestions
were made. to the leaders of the two
factions and in all probability the diff
cult proposition can be adjusted salts
factorily.
> The people up in Page have petit
toned the board for school district
out of sections Is, 26,t27, "a, IS and SO
in that township and small fraction
of land in Milaca township, and Louis
Rust and Others have fled petition
for new district to be formed from
portions of districts one and three in
Mile Laos county and 80, AZ and SO in
Isanti county.
There is a petition for an appropria-
ton for a bridge across the Rum on
the judicial road leading into Sher-
burne county, the bridge to cross the
river at a point below the Cravens'
farm. E+@s esz
There is a petition for a county road
up in Borgholm signed by Axel Berg,
Alfred F. Johnson and others, and also
for road running from section s in
Princeton township and terminating in
the northeast corner of section 80 in
Bogus Brook. ~ IL. .:.,.~ 80. .~sz1.
Senator Barker appeared before the
board as attorney for Olive r. Barker,
and asked the board for an abatement
of the interest, penalties and costs that
have accumulated on the taxes on the
lots in Ross Mere" since 1896. The
taxes with penalties, costs and interest
amount to over $500 at the present
time and the faYas a0ainst tho nronor.