The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-12-31
THAT PRIMARY
SCHOOL MONEY.
L'Anse Township Will Receive a
Certain Amount for the Year
10000, in the Semi-Annual
AppOrtionment Next May-An
Official Letter From Lansing e
Explains the Matter Fully.

Regarding L 'Anse township having
been deprived Of its share Of the pri'
mary school interest money for the
year 1903 04, OF which there has been
considerable talk and speculation,
the following official letter, from
Delos Fall, OF lansing, Superintend.
ent Of Public Instruction, explains
the matter fully:
"The township of L 'Anse has been
deprived Of its share OF the primary
school interest fund during the year
1904 because of failure of the town
ship board of education to make
proper reports to this Office. | fird
upon investigation OF the subject
that James Mcmahon, acting com
missioner OF schools. filed the annual
reports of the several townships in
Baraga county, except L 'Anse town
ship, on or about the first of Novem-
Der, 1908. On November 5, 1908,
we received a letter from said
Mcmahon, stating that he bad sent
all the reports except that OF L'Anse
township, which was not ready.
"2. That we wrote said Mcmahon
on January 6, 1904, asking for the
L'Anse report, which communica.
tion he answered on January 18th,
stating that the secretary Of the
board said the report had been sent.
We wrote him again on January 14th
that the report had not been re
ceived, and received no answer to
our communication.
SO. This department sent tele-
gram to Mr.. Philip Voetsch about
February 18th, calling for the re-
port. Another telegram was sent
on March 18th, and another on April
18th. No reply received from any
OF these communications. In the
meantime the department had sent
several letters to Mr.. Voetsch, none
of which were answered.
"a. On April 25th, Mr.. Voetsch
telephoned the department and asked
il the reports could yet be received.
We informed him that they could,
but they were not filed in the Office
until about the middle OF May.
THE INVESTIGATION FURTHER SHOWS:
II. That the cash book of the
treasurer OF the district gives the
record of a cash order to Mr.. Philip
Voetsch for SIS, dated September
A, 1903, for taking the school census,
and on date Of September 10Th an
other order for $25 for the same
purpose.
''2. Several residents Of the dis
trict testified to the fact that Mr..
Voetsch was known by them to have
taken the census of their family on
or about the first of September,
1903.
"3. Mr.. Voetsch admits that he
did not make a complete house to
house canvass of the district, but
that part Of the school census finally
filed was made up from former
records.
"a. The records OF the telegraph
operator at L'Anse show that Mr.
Voetsch received kilograms from
this Office, for which he personally
receipted on the dates OF March 17tt
and April 18th, 1904. These are the
kilograms which Mr.. Voetsch stated
to the department he never received
The records Of the operator alst
show that Mr.. Voetsch sent tele
gram to the Secretary Of State or
March 28th that the reports had
been sent, also that he sent tele
gram to this department on Apri
18th that the reports had been sent
these dates being about one month
prior to the actual date Of the re
ceipt OF the reports at the depart
ment.
"5. The teachers records Of the
township OF L'Anse give the names
Of 4O4 children in actual attendance
at school in L'Anse township during
the year 1904. Not all the names
appearing in the school records ap
pear in the school census purportina
y be taken by Mr.. voetsch in Sep
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