Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

District No. GA of Hitchcock County and
No. So of Hayes County. The plalnun was
one of the teachers employed to instruct
the youth Of the districts named and the
defense says, among other cefenses, that
she was unreasonable in her demands when
she insisted that the defendants should
maintain three departments in the school
and that she might be allowed to teach one
NJ these departments and attend to her
millinery business during the morning and
evening hours.
prior TO 1900 there had been three depart
ments maintained and three teachers em-
ployed at Palisade. Prior to the animal
meeting in 1900 the board concluded to con-
tinue as in the past and entered into con-
tracts with three different teachers, one or
whom was the plaintiff. She was to teach
the primary department and one Miss
Crews the intermediate. Owing to flnan-
cial embarrassments the board later de-
cided to run but two schools. This con-
solidation would eliminate one teacher,
and either Miss Crews or the plaintiff must
go. These two agreed between themselves
that they would stand on their agreement
and neither would teach under the new ar
rangement, but II they taught there should
be three departments, as in the previous
year
rhe hoard says It requested the plaintiff
IN teach the lower department under the
rew arrangement. This she refused unless
she was paid IS a month more than the
original agreement, and further insisted on
not teaching at all unless Miss Crews was
given a position. The board then made ar
rangements with Miss Crews. During the
preyious years the primary department,
| where plaintiff had taught, was held in
church, the schoolhouse not being suitable
for all the attendance. The defendants.
therefore, insist that the plaintiff, on her
| own motion, annulled the contract and that
she was at no time ready and willing to
teach in accordance with the spirit and
| terms Of the contract She thought DIFF
ferently. however. and sued the board for
the salary she would have received under
the agreement
The principal defense relied upon is that
the old board had no power to contract
before the annual meeting, as this deprived
the new one OF its proper functions. 1t
also contends that the plaintiff had other
chances to teach. but she did not take
them because they were not so convenient
TO her home and she could not carry on her
millinery business at Palisade II she ac-
cepted them. 1t insists, therefore, that she
was not damaged by the boards action.
OIL Inspector Reports.
The monthly report Of OIL Inspector
Church shows that there were no barrels
of oil rejected during May, and the record
of tests indicates that none of the oil re-
ceived has fallen below the legal require
ments. The receipts during May which
were inspected were 1883 barrels netting
the state fees of $l.SSs.9O, OF the amount
the Standard oil companys Omaha ONCE
paid 81 l0l. 90 and its once at Sioux City
see The Republic OIL companys Omaha
ofice paid SlSS6O and its Sioux City office So
The Mutual oil Tank Line company al
Omaha paid $672O the Iowa Tank Line
/ company at Sioux City $50 and two mer-
chants OF Blair contributed 80 cents.
The expense reports filed are as follows:
Chief Inspector Church. personal expense.
| $40, and ONCE expense, $3.50. with $l66 &C
salary. Deputy Hull has an expense bin
of s5l p In addition 70 his 500 salary; w.
G. Templeton has an expense account OF
1850. of which SO is for once rent. some
thing hitherto unknown among deputy oil
inspectors. Deputy Hoyt's expense account
Is S2T.45 and that Of S. ]. johnson OF
Minden is t22.57. Deputy sonnenschein had
some 81 of his claim cut out. as it was
for postage and printing done before In
spector Church took command.
knocks Out Many Claims.
Attorney General Prout has handed down
an opinion TO the state auditor TO the ef-
feet that all wolf bounty claims are In
valid unless presented within two years
Of the time OF the killing and the certify
ing OF the same TO and by the county clerk