The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-24

be credited to the teachers salary
fund.
Chairman Pingree stated that by
giving this fund TO the teachers sal
ary fund there would be ample means
with which to pay teachers salaries
up 10 June 18th anI still have $500
left
In the matter OF the claim of C G.
Richards for $4,000, attorney fees
which was referred TO the finance
committee last week, Chairman Pin
gree reported that the committee rec
commended that the fee be paid, but
that the office of attorney for the
board be abolished and the board be
left free to employ legal counsel at
such times as It might be needed,
which would give the board the oppor-
tunlty Of selecting whoever they might
desire TO attend 10 the legal business,
Mr.. Farr thought the board should re-
tain regular attorney but when the
vote came on the adoption of the re-
port. he was the only member OF the
board voting mo"
Chairman Farr OF the building COM
mittee reported that the committee
was in favor of carrying $4,000 insur.
ance on each of the grade school
houses and $4,000 on the high school
and that the insurance be taken out
pro rata with all the insurance com
panies. The report was adopted ex-
cept that IL Was decided that the com
pany-that would carry the insurance
on the new high school free of charge
while Ii Is in course of construction
should be the preferred company after
il,1 xrlz tH ht,l
The building committee also recon-
mended that the city schools mako
an exhibit at the FourStatc Fair to
be held in Ogden next September, and
that $3.50 be appropriated for that pub
pose Before the report was voted
upon superintendent Mills stated that
he was in favor of the exhibit and
thought reasonably fair showing
could be made with $50. providing
the place for the exhibit be furnished
free of charge, DR. Coulter stated that
he understood that an effort would be
made to have the city council and the
county board of education make aDpro-
priations for this purpose and that 1t
was quite certain that few hun
dred dollars for the school exhibit
on the part of both the city and the
county schools would be raised, which
amount in connection with the $3.50
from the city board would raise the ap-
preparation to $500 or s400. Under this
view of the situation the report was
adopted and the amount designated
in the report appropriated.
A letter from the board OF education
of San Jose. Cal. regarding the en-
ployment there of |. Z. Steele who re-
signed from the history department OF
the Ogden high school a few weeks
ago was read. The communication
stated that the San Jose board did
not know Mr.. Steele had left the Og-
den schools In such an unceremonious
manner, else they would not have CIV
en- him employment in their schools,
that he had been hired until July 1st
of this year and they could do nothing
in the matter until that time, but that
the matter would receive careful con
sideration at that time. The San Jose
board stated in their communication
that they considered the action of
Steele quite reprehensible.
The board adjourned to meet again
next Thursday at noon when 1t Will
convene to consider the bids for the
electrical wiring Of the new high
school 1t is expected that at that meet
Ing the contract for the wiring OF the
building will be given.