Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-15
Fairfield School Election.

Fairfield, March 1S.-Yesterday af-
ternoon the school election was held
in the supervisors room in the county
court house, for the school board of
the independent school district Of
Fairfield. The terms of BENZ. Black
and L. Gobble expire as directors, and
c. 7. Reynolds as treasurer. Forty
seven votes were cast and all for these
three. they being elected by unani-
nous vote.
Quiet at WapelIo.
Wapello, March 13.-The school
meeting which took place at the
school building yesterday, was a quiet
one, as there was no opposition to the
candidates in the field. S. j. Herrick
! was elected to succeed himself, and
w. A. Otto was elected to succeed G..
w. Hayden, who was not a candidate
for reelection G. A. Brown was also
reelected.
No Capitalization at conesville.
Conesville, March 13.-There was a
vote taken yesterday on the centrali-
cation of the schools of Orono town.
ship. Conesville, Iowa, which stood 70
against and % for. This question was
thoroughly debated before the vote
was taken The negative votes were
mostly cast by the younger men Of the
town and few taxpayers in district
No. 8, but almost everybody seemed
pleased over the result. n
The directors are. John Boggs,
John Hankins and w. Maxwell. Not
withstanding the women were allowed
/ to vote, only one took advantage of
the privilege.
One Ticket at Mt. Pleasant. -
Mt. Pleasant. March 13-The annu.
al school election was held yesterday
and Messrs. j. H. Jericho and W. B
Seeley were elected directors. Only
one ticket was in the field and light
vote was cast. H. j. Twinting was
reelected treasurer without opposi
ton. The annual business meeting
was held in the central school build
ing at 8 o'clock and was very lightly
attended.
4 Independents Win.
i Bloomfield, March 13-(SpeciaD-
u At the school election here yesterday
: the independent ticket defeated the
regular nominees of the non-partisa1
/ convention by large majority. The
!, following were elected by large ma
!, jority:. Directors, S. P. Traverse ant
!, Sherman Rowe; treasurer, John Bur
CESS.
School Election at Agency.
Agency. March 10. (SpeciaD r
Great interest was taken in the schoo
election here yesterday. There wer.
Z two tickets in the field. Joseph Lien
huiser and Fred Bell were elected TO
, three years and George Canny for tw,
years.
: School Election at Abba.
Abba, March 13-(SpeciaD-At tn
school election yesterday there wer
596 votes cast, which was the larges
5 vote ever cast in Abba at a schoo
: election. Geo. D. Miller had 26 me
jority; DR.. c. G. Hoover was electe
by majority of 8, and John T. CLARK
:. son was elected to fill the vacanc
caused by the removal of w. A. ,Koont
! from the district, by,a majority of 101
! S. 7. Craig was elected for schoo
. treasurer, he being the only candidate
Charlton Women Win.
Charlton. Mar. 13.-(Special.)- 9TH
g school election Monday afternoon wa
9 a hard fought one, the issue at stalk
r being the women candidates who car
ried off the honors of the day. Sew
eral tickets were in the field an
J. when the final count was added |
. stood as follows: Mrs. Kate Pencil
$ 313; Mrs. Edna Whitfield, 272; ]. f
L l'Curtis, ESQ; F. A. Stafford, III; D.
lYocum. 1903: Frank Hendrickson. s.