The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-09-04

o. E. Bailey, candidate for the re-
publican nomination for county
school superintendent, sold a
"Cooley" chart to school district No.
8, which cost the district in principal
and interest, over $44. Bankers will
please take notice that there is a
liberal discount and good rate OF
interest on such school orders. A
word to the wise is sufficient and a
boost at the primary election can be
reciprocated.
Omer E. Bailey, candidate for the
republican nomination for county
school superintendent sold Cooley"
chart to the treasurer of school dist
rict No. l, for 1925, cash. He did not
"divy" but went off with all the
money himself, leaving the treasurer
the experience and the fun of ''making
it right with the other members OF
the school board. Do the people OF
Popple want to be feeced again?
The School Chart Man sold one
"Cooley" chart to school district No.
4S, consideration $3.50. Then he
wanted to sell the district another and
offered one member of the board a
nice sum to help him make the deal,
but the unruly member in his honest
way blunderingly gave the thing away
and the board refused to buy. The
chart, however, was left in the school
house and the board notified the chart
man to take it away but he was
obdurate and the chart remains. Will
the electors of the town of Northern
please help elect the school chart man
county school superintendent that he
may officially bluff the board into
buying that valuable piece OF prop
erty?
O. E. Bailey, the school chart man,
and candidate for nomination for
superintendent of schools, republican
ticket, sold a "Cooley' chart to
school district No. %, consideration
$3.50. Will the voters of Bagley
kindly support him at the polls that
he may officially visit their village,
wipe the dust off the chart and in
struct the teachers what it is for and
how to use it?
O. E. Bailey, the school chart man,
and candidate for the republican
nomination county school superinten-
dent sold "Cooley" chart to school
district No. s, consideration $37 so,
without the formality of convening
the trustees as a school board. Can
not the voters of the town of Frohn
support him at the primary election
and get free advice from his brother,
lawyer L. H. Bailey, respecting the
duties of school trustees in the pur-
chase of school supplies.
o. E. Bailey, the school chart man,
and candidate for republican nomina-
ton for county school superintendent,
sold "Cooley" chart to school
district No. 21. consideration $3.50
in school orders. Will the economists
of Buena Vista and vicinity kindly
help elect him to office that he may
send them a cheap teacher thus assist
ing the district in getting out of debt,
In recent tour through the county
it came to the knowledge of County
Supt. Dunwoody that the ''school
chart man. has been quietly getting
in his graft and reaping golden
harvest of the school funds despite
the superintendents warning to the
school trustees over year ago. The
unlawful way of doing business is
tersely told in the following clipped
from a Minneapolis paper, exposing
the scheme in South Dakota:
The Office of the state educational
department is receiving numerous in
quiries as to the liabilities of school
districts in regard to the purchase of
what is known as the ''Cooley" chart
series, which agents are selling all
over the state. The scheme is to Sc
cure an endorsement of the chart from
the different county uperintendents
and to carry along an alleged in
dorsement from State Superintendent
Collins-which he brands as utterly
without warrant and not obtained
from him. With this as a basis the
agent visits the various school officials
and secures contracts from them in
dividually. These contracts bind the
signers, "both board and individ-
ually." to accept and pay to the
charts when shipped.
The school boards are prohibited
from authorizing the expenditure of
money except at regular or special
meeting, and most of the signatures
are secured from the members individ-
ually without the formality of a meet
ing.
Superintendent Dunwoody was al