Arizona republican., 1911-06-24
Chairman of School Meet
 ing Unequal to Task NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED
Electors of District No. 1 Had No Opportunity to Express Themselves on the Issue Before Them and So Adjourned.

The most largely attended meeting 1 of the electors of school district No
 that ever assembled to discuss a
 question of concern to the district l gathered last night at the Central 1 school building. After an abortive at tempt to transact business, through parliamentary entanglementS that it did not appear could be otherwise strengthened out, the meeting ad-
 jouned without reaching a discussion
 of the matter for which it was call ed. or taking any vote that could be construed as the sentiment of the electors on the main question.
 The matter the meeting had been called to pass upon was whether the
 trustees should be empowered to sell
 the Central school property, block 91.
 for not less than sI50OOO <
 It was apparent from the begin
 ming that there was a small coterie
 of men present who would vigorously
 oppose any such instructions IL. was
 equally apparent that there were
 present also a number who fla
 vored the instructions and who
 were aware that an effort would be
 made by the first named to secure
 control of the meeting. The discus
 sions that followed were engaged in
 chiefly by these two factions, though
 nine -tenths of the assemblage of per
 haps a thousand people were allied
 with neither, and came only to hear
 and pass judgment on a question in
 which they are much interested. Un-I
 doubtedly the board will call another
 meeting at an early day. IL was the opinion of many after the meeting that
 came to it with open minds as to the main question the methods of the chairman had the effect of aligning
 them with those who favor the sell ing of the property.
 The meeting was held just west of the school house, in the open air, the open pavilion where the children ca { their lunches being well lighted and used as a speaking stand or platform. Seats had been provided for the cleo tors to the north side of the pavilion. | The arrangements were decidedly | comfortable and provided accommo- | dations for as large a number of peo- pie as might desire to attend.
 The meeting was called to order by | Sims Ely, the only member of the | school board in the city. He an nounced that the only extravaganza ! in which he had indulged since he had been in office was the expense | of lighting the grounds for last nights l meeting and he believed the electors | would agree that the conditions war ranted t Mir. Ely stated the | object of the meeting. as mentioned | above, aad. speaking in behalf of him. self and 9he absent trustees, Dr Dam eron ard w. C. Tolleson, said that they had no program ito offer. except that if it seemed wise to the electors to sell the property they believed the price that should be accept ed would be s150.000. or as much more as could be obtained. The matter. he said. would be in the hands of the meeting just as soon as a chair man was selected. whereupon he call eG for pominations for that office.
 Someone Immediately nominated Barney Kersting, and though Mir. Ely waited a moment for other nomina- tions none was made. and motion to close the nominations was acted upon. and Mir. Kersting was elected The vote for him was not large one. though it was quite unanimous Loper. by virtue of his position, served as secretary of the meeting.
 MT. Loper read a long resolution that had been prepared embodying in structions to the trustees to sell the property on the terms indicated above, md embracing numerous details ne ,essary to carry out such a program, which are now neither pertinent nor Until the conclusion of he reading the meeting had been as ,rosaic as a Sunday school session. though it was seen by the animated of many in the audience, md if was as representative a gath 1; ,ring es one could wish, that the time br action was about to arrive.
 The chairman asked the pleasure I ,f the meeting. J. l.. B. Alexanderl l moved that the resolution be indefi 1 litely postponed. J. w. Walker sec ( ,nded the motion. and the chairman 1 put it. There was an emphatic vote. l both aye and nay. such a vote as ,ither side might claim to be in its avor. though to the disinterested it | appeared that the nay votes were { nore numerous. From that moment Z intil the meeting adjourned. only the I most improved moving picture appa- atus and the most perfect grapho-