The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-04-12
FILL VACANCY
in SCHOOL BOARD
FOUR MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED
TO BOARD or EDUCATION ON
NEXT TUESDAY - UNExPiRED o
TERN or Mr.. AMEs MUST BE
FILLED.

In the election Of members Of the |
board Of education. to be held next
Tuesday, some care will have to be |
exercised 1t is not generally thought |
Of by the average citizen, but this year |
there Is vacancy TO fill in addition |
to electing successors OF the three
members who retire pursuant to the. |
expiration OF their term OF three yeafssl
The vacancy was caused by the resig- |
nation Of Mr.. Afnes, who Withdrew |
from the board before the expiration |
of his term, and nearly at the end Of
his first year. leaving two years to be |
provided for.
The situation before the voters is |
this. There are three members Of the !!
board OF education to elect for the full |
term Of three years and there are six |
candidates for the three places: Fred |
E. Ball, dentist; George A. Carpenter.
physician; Bartholomew l. Heating, |
banker; Mrs II. L. Bolley. wife Of the
head of the botanical department of
the state Agricultural college,; Newton
G. Young, attorney and ex-associate
justice of the state supreme court, and
Conrad Green carpenter and builder
. VI lAlC NdIdIICy Oh lKC DDdIQ II1GIH
Is one member of the board OF eduea-
tion to elect for two years, and for this
place there are two candidates VIII
liam Ballou dealer lii china and glass
ware, and Henry j. Rusch, who retired
from the meat market business a few
years ago. In other words there are
four members to elect, three for three
years and one for two years. OF the
six candidates. in the three year group,
men and women electors may mark
three Of the six as their selection and
one of the two candidates in the two
year group--if more than four are
voted for the ballot viii be thrown out
as there would be no way for the
judges of election to decide as to the
intention of the elector
The candidates as they appear on
the official ballot, in rotation, are as
follows
Fred 4. Ball, is resident Of the
south side, Third street and Ninth ave-
nucs a retiring member of the board
and one Of the firm of Ball & Graves.
dentists. He has been long resident
of Fargo and is a man of family and
directly interested in the efficiency of
the city's educational system as a
father and taxpayer.
George A. Carpenter, physician and
surgeon, resides on the south side,
Eleventh street and Third avenue. He
is an old resident of the city and is dl-
rectly interested in the public school
system and has at least one graduate
of the high school in his family.
Bartholomew 1. Heating is banker,
and secretary of the Northern Trust
Co. He lives on the north side, Sew
enth street and Tenth avenue, has been
resident of the city for several years
and has always been actively interest
cd In the general advancement or the
city and not least, the public schools.
Mrs. H. L. Bolley Is completing her
second term as a member of the board
of education and on various commit
tees has demonstrated peculiar value
along different lines, especially on tho
teachers and visiting committee. She
is the wife of Professor BelIey of the
agricultural college, and d woman of
education and culture and her judg-
ment of the work in the school or
recitation room was generally respect
ed by her associates on the board.
Newton c. Young an attorney, is
member of the law firm of Ball, Wat
son, Young & Hardy and former
member of the supreme court of the
state and took his turn as chief JUS
tice. He is a man of family and both
he and Mrs. Young have for number
of years taken a deep interest in gem
eral lines of education and both are
in close touch with the work OF the
public schools as we'll as the state ed
ucational institutions-th have
thorough knowledge of the work, aims
and needs and how one entwines with
the other. Judge Young lives on the
southside
Conrad s. Green Is an old time resi-
dent Of Fargo. a resident of the south
side Second street and First avenue.
He Is carpenter and well known to
the electors, man OF practical ideas
along the lines of common educationsl
William Ballou came to Fargo, years
ago. as minister of the Unitarian
church. He is man of high educa-
tion, Is an authority in art and litera-
ture and has been a student for years
OF the common system of public
schools He is now a dealer in high
grade crockery and glassware.
Henry J. Rusch Is a retiring member
OF the board, who has shown his fit-
ness along practical lines and has been
valuable member of the building.
teachers and finance committees. He
was always stickler for securing the
best for everything. always deeming
that the best and most economical poll
icy in public affairs. Some years ago
he retired from the meat market BUSH
ness. He had public service as menT
Der Of the board of trustees Of the
agricultural college board He has all
ways been an advocate Of the best ef-
ficiency In every department OF the
city's public school system He is al
resident Of the northside.
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