Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-02-24
THE SCHOOL
TREASURER'S REPORT
This Famous Document Pub
lished in its original Com.
rlexitv.

Elsewhere in this issue of the
Leader will be found the school
treasurer'S report for Grand Rapids
for the year ending March l6 1904,
ordered published in the city papers
by vote of the electors at the school
meeting last spring. 1t will be re-
membered that the year before it was
for time intended to suppress this
valuable information until the school
officers engineering the matter were
smoked out by the Leader. This
year we had not intended to publish
the report until the committee ap-
pointed to check no the report had
accomplished it's work. We under
stand this cOmmitte does not intend
to have anything more to do with this
report for the reason that they were
unable to find all the papers and
records connected with the report and
they refused to make a perfunctory,
report on this work and could make
no other one We publish the report
as made by the treasurer to the
school meeting last spring. Those
who are capable of eliminating the ex-
traneOuS matter in this report may
be able to get an idea of how the
districts finances stood last spring.
The report is worth reading at all
events.-COOley s. Emmons Conglom-
Grafton
The above article is the second at
tempt of the authors to peSmear and
inSinuate that our eX-schOol treasurer
Guy Nash, and our present treasurer
TheO. A. Lipke are guilty of inaccur
acy, or malfeaSance in Office during
the year 1908. The authors know, and
everybody in the community is
aware of the fact that these two
gentlemen are above reprOach. The
writer's make no specific charges of
any particular offense in any item in
the treaSurer'S report that is in
correct, out simply jump at con-
clusions desirous of conveying the
impression to those who may not be
acquainted with either one of these
gentlemen that something is wrong
with This report. AS president of the
school board we know that the report
is accurate in every detail and the
papers on file at the superintendent's
office will convince anyone that is
deSirous of knowing the truth with
the accuracy Of our statement. The
authors of the above article appear, to
have no object in life except that of
tearing down and to destroy the ex-
cellent reputation of business men in
this community. Did you ever know
of anything that they commended?
Apparently everybody and everything
that is not in harmony with their
depraved condition is wrong and
going to the eternal ''bOw-wOWs."
Most people in this community have
a sufficient knowledge of their dis
position and makeup to understand
just why these things are done, but
some people living outside of the city
limits, who might by chance or other
wise read their paper may be miSled
by such articles as the one quoted
above. 1t will be noticed that they
do not make any specific charges or
point out wherein this report is in
correct, but simply make a general
charge that it contains 'eXtraneOus
matter" that cannot be understood.
1t is true that the committee to
whom this report was referred have
seen fit, or neglected, to make a
report. In talking with the chairman
we understand that he was unable to
obtain certain vouchers or evidence
for the receipt of four items, in all