The Arizona sentinel., 1904-08-17
The School Meeting.

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 The meeting called for Thursday
 evening August II, to instruct the school trustees in regard to selling the
 lot where the school house now stands,
 building a new school house and mov- ing the school into it when that should
 have been done, was not so we'll attend ed as it would have been had not a severe wind storm come up at just the time of starting for the place. How ever, goodly number were in attend ance, and they made up in interest what they lacked in numbers.
 The meeting was called to order by MT. ". H. Elliot, chairman of the board. The first business was the election of a chairman. Dr. F. B. Ketcherside was chosen to preside, Mir. J. F.. Devine, the clerk of the board, acting as secretary.
 Mir. c. L. Brown then offered the following resolution:
 Resolved, that the board of trustees of school district No. l, of Yuma coun- ty, Arizona Territory, be and they are hereby authorized and instructed to sell and convey, for not less than seven teen thousand five hundred dollars, the following property belonging to said school district No. l, to-wit: Lot 6, in block 14, in the town of Yuma, Yuma county, Arizona Territory, and all the improvements thereon, except the two small school rooms on the south side of the lot, all apparatus belonging to said school district No. 1. Said sale shall be made at private sale by sealed bids for cash, to the highest and best bid der, and no bid of less than seventeen thousand five hundred dollars shall be received.
 After some discussion an amendment was offered but the amendment was lost, and the bill finally passed unani- mously as at first drawn.
 The next resolution was as follows: Resolved, that the board of trustees of school district No. 1, of Yuma county, Arizona Territory, be and they are hereby instructed, to erect, or cause to be erected, when lot 6, in block IA, in the town of Yuma shall have been sold by them, on block 114 in the town of Yuma, such school building or build ings, as in their judgment the public welfare and the needs of the district may require or demand; provided, however, that the cost thereof to the school district shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
 This resolution provoked considera- ble discussion, developing the fact that all present had such strong faith in the immediate future prosperity of Yuma, that they felt it incumbent upon them to authorize a larger sum for the school building than provided for in the resolution. An amendment was offered changing the amount from twenty-five thousand to thirty-five thousand. This amendment was carried 
 The third resolution follows as a matter of course from the other two.
 Resolved, that the board of trustees of school district No. l, of Yuma coun- ty Arizona Territory, be, and they are hereby, instructed to change the loca- tion of the school house from it's pres ent location on lot 8, block l4 to block 1l4 in the town of Yuma Gin said school district No. l. Yuma county, Arizona Territory, when in their judgment they deem such action advisable.
 This resolution was approved unani- mously and without discussion.
 By keeping the two small school rooms, and placing them on q lot east of the track, and having primary de- partment in the new building on block IA, all necessity for small children crossing the track going to, and com ing from school will be avoided, and that is the only objection that has ever been urged against building on the new lot up on the mesa.
 May we soon see building up there that will be adequate to all our needs, so beautifully proportioned and so fit for the purpose for which it is intend ed as to be the pride of every public spirited citizen and a decided step in real education of every child who even looks upon its walls.