Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-24
NO NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Beard Fails to Include Question in Gall for
Annual Election.
REGULAR FUNDS HARDLY SUFFICIENT
Considerable Speculation Being In
duIRed I'm us TO who VIII BE
the Republican Candidates
for Board Members.

| II the Board of Education decides to
| build an addition to one of the two schools
! in the Sixth ward to meet the constantly
increasing demands of that portion OF the
! city, or TO complete tho addition recently
I erected to tho Pierce street building, it
! will be compelled to defray the expense
out Of the school house fund. The board
/ had contemplated asking the people to
| vote on propositions for special levies for
! these buildings, and It was understood at
! the last meeting OF the school directors
that as soon as the finance committee had
made its report the matter would be con-
sidered. The board. however. has failed
to take any action and the election notice
has been published without any mention
| of these propositions, consequently they
cannot be brought before the voters at the
! election next month.
! Whether the school house fund will be
| sufficient to enable the board to meet the
| demand for additional facilities in the
| Sixth ward and complete the addition re-.
! Gently constructed at the Pierce street
| school, is said to be very doubtful. The
| board, It is said, would have taken the
| necessary steps at its last meeting to
bring these propositions before the voters
at the coming election but for tue objec-
tions of Director German, who insisted
| that no action be taken until the france
committee had made its report.
| The school election will be held Monday,
March 3, and the voters of the Independent
School district of Council Bluffs will be
called upon to elect two members of the
Board Of Education who shall serve for
three years.
Polling Places Named.
| For the purpose of this election the dis
| trict has been divided into six districts
the extent and polling places being as fol-
| lows:
! The First precinct consists of the First
! ward of the city of Council Bluffs Ia, and
all territory of the school district contigu
Gus to said ward and lying without the
! limits of said city. The polling place will
! be at the Wheeler & Hereld building, 1874
! East Broadway.
The Second precinct consists of the Sec
ond ward of said city, and the polling place
will be at 5S6 West Broadway.
! The Third precinct consists of the Third
ward of said city and all territory of the
school district contiguous to said ward and
| lying without the limits of said city, and
street.
The Fourth precinct. consists of the
place will be at SOP South Main street.
The Fifth precinct consists Of the Fifth
ward of said city. and the polling place
OF Fifth avenue and Twelfth street.
The Sixth precinct consists of the Sixth
f, ward of said city, and the polling place
will be at the voting house on the corner
of Avenue B and Twenty-fourth street.
The polls will be open at a. m. and
close at Z p. m.
The republican school convention to
nominate two candidates for the Board Of
Education will be held Wednesday evening
at o'clock in the county court house. AS
the time draws closer interest in the pos
sible action of the convention increases.
While 1t is generally believed that Colonel
Davenport will be accorded one Of the nom
nations. friends of B. M Sargent, president
OF the board, whose term of three years
expires this spring, insist that he is en-
titled to denomination without having to
make a fight for it. Mr.. Sargent, while he
has male no effort to secure a renomina-
tion, is understood to be willing to accept
It. He has told his friends that II his
record on the board for the last three years
did not entitle him to a denomination with
out having to seek II, he was willing to
withdraw. Mr.. Sargent is one of the busi-
ness men OF this city who believe that the
school board should be removed as far as
possible from politics, and being of this
belief, he has steadfastly refused to make
a campaign for denomination. II the people
desire that he should serve another term
on the board he says he is willing, but he
will not seek the office.
Without any special levies the ensuing
| year the finances OF the school district will
have to be most economically administered.
| The report OF the finances for the year Just
| closing, made public according to law,
shows that all Of the funds are overdrawn.
The contingent fund is overdrawn sS,171.s9,
being about $4,000 less than it was over
drawn a year previously. The teachers
! fund is overdrawn SS76S91. being nearly
50 900 less than 1t was in February, 1902
! The schoohouse fund is overdrawn a little
over $1,000. whereas in February, 1902. 1t
had a balance on hand OF about $1,000.
Democrats Select Delegates.
At the democratic caucuses last night
| these delegates we're selected to attend the
school convention to be held Thursday
/ night at the county court house:
! First ward-First precinct; Victor Jen-
nings, c. H. Huber John Green, ST., w
! II. Barghausen, f. II. Shoemaker, b. y.
H. Bradley, oscar Younkerman, Second
precinct; James Wiekham, 1; A. Deevine'
2%es Sa@es M j. R nMePhe
son, Jesse Caldwell, William Plunkett,
Second, Ward--First precinct; George s:
Petersen. w. IL, Schurz, NJ, F. Rohrer,
| c. b. Ruffcorn. w. b, Reed, r. II. Hunt
ington, r. n. Whittlesey. Second pre-
Cinct: Louis Grell, l.. L. Serviss. Charles
Bishop, j. C. Martin, NJ. +. sutton,
Charles Crum, ]. ID. Austin w. ]. Purcell
NJ Kildare
Third Ward-First precinct: L. Eur
muehlen, jr., A. c. Graham, NJ. 3. Brown,
n, H Martin, J. r. Macrae,, DIR. Matt
FINLEY. l.. {. Larson. Second precinct:
Eugene sullivan, j. y; Connor, chris
Johnson, Ed Stimson, Ed Pierce, George
F. Hughes, John r. Toller, Henry
Brugenhemke.
Fourth Ward-First precinct: Emmet
Tinley, Ed Gilbert, A. T. Elwel! James
O'Neili, DR. c. II. Bowers, o. p. Wickham.
II. c. Atkins. Second precinct: George
l. Tinley, j. T. Mulqueen, Chris Petersen,
T. l.. smith, s. j. II. Boysen. Frank
! Beebe Fay Bolin.
Fifth Ward-second precinct: R. /. Gal
lagher, A. s Wesley Il. Bothers, Andy
Howard, J. A. PaschaL b. Nelson, p.
jacobson.
Sixth Ward-First precinct: Clinton
| Mercer D. l.. Weir, Frank Fauble, w. C.
Boyer, c. c, Graves, Q. Withrow. Miles
scoheld D. McCanrey. William Evans P.
Giving NAwRS stoves.
The second heating stove given by VIII
/ liam Welch IN his coal customers was