New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-15
TWO HAVE EXPIRED TERMS
Annual School Election Will be
Held Saturday.
G. B. Weiser and C. w. A. Krook
up For Reelection.
Both Are Efficient aud Deserve to
Succeed Themselves.

Voters of the New Jim school district
will be called uponS Saturday. to choose
two members of the board of education
for terms of thee years, The gentle
men whose terms expire are DR.. G. B.
Weiser and G.. w. A. Krook, but both
will doubtless be named to succeed
themselves. They will be nominated
at the caucus to be held tomorrow
evening and will have no opposition
at the polls. ...N
In consenting to again become candi-
dates Messrs. Weiser and Krook will
place in the hands of the voters the
power to reward service which has
been of an eminently satisfactory
nature. Both have acted as members
of the board since 1900 and in that
length of time have demonstrated their
willingness to sacrifice their time for
the interests of the district and to
serve it with efficiency. By their efforts,
coupled with those of their confreres,
the schools havegonef forward steadily,
the district has been brought to a very
prosperous condition and excellent re-
suits have been accomplished.
These results have been anything but
insignificant, as will be shown by the
report of Prof. A. F. Rein, secretary
of the board, which he will submit at
the meeting Saturday. Eleven years
ago the district was confronted with a
deficit of S25, 900 but in the time which
has elapsed $4,000 of this has been
cleared up and in addition a magnii-
cent high school building valued at
$4,000 has been erected and fully paid
for.
Careful fnanciering was absolutely
essential to bring this about but it was
done and that, too, without ever
making the tax levy higher than
sl3, 500, the figures in1902. Inthe prior
years it was usually $4,000 although
= upon three occasions it was reduced
below that figure, once going to
Sl1. 1000. Moreover, school taxes have
never been high here. Both Sleepy
Eye and Springfield make heavier
levy in proportion and there are only
a very few towns in the state where the
rate is lower. Last year l34 mills were
paid, as against 26 and 80 mills in
other cities. Citizens of New Ulm may
we'll feel proud of such a record and
it is one which should be particularly
pleasing to the members of the board.
However, a conserv ative administra-
ton is still a necessity as next year
the $4,000 bonds issued in 1894 will
fall due. This issue is a part of the
original $25, 900 debt, whose reduction
has been one of the principal aims of
the present board. This year they will
close their books with balance of
$13,31S.60 and they hope to be able to
take up at least $15, 900 when the bonds
mature. The entire amount could be
handled, but it would leave the school
without sufficient funds to cover run
ming expenses and for that reason it
has been considered best to get an ex-
tension upon $4,000.
For the reasons cited above it is
important that Messrs. Wieser and
Krook be returned to their present
stations. They have been instrument
tai in bringing about the districts
very gratifying condition; having
achieved their end without increasing
taxes and when the expenses of the
schoolwere yearly growing greater--the
item of a teaching staff alone being near
ly again as large as that of ten years
ago. They have worked we'll and con-
scientiously and for that reason the
Review would urge thatthe voters turn
out in force and make their election
unanimous. At the present rate they
will have all the Indebtedness removed
before their new terms end and they
will then be able to tighten the tax
payers load appreciably. .@ 4.
The Union hall has been designated
as the polling place and the polls vii
be open from O'Clock in the afternoon
until O'Clock in the evening.
Treasurer Shapekahm's annual re
port will as as follows: .e
RECEIPTS. ~
Balance on hand slls So,
Interest on deposits 1922
State aid for high school.........,.e g77O. o.
Special tax for teachers.-............ 13,51S.4
Special tax for buildings 81