The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-03-23
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Official Records Do Not Bear Out
Charges Made Against County
Commissioners

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pursuant to adjournment. Commits
s%ioners j. B. Bale, Alex Fraser inc Otis
Fulton, the District Attorney and Cleik
were present, and the following bust
ness was transacted:
Commissions Fraser stated to the
Board that he had received a Post OF.
fee money order for the SUN of 800
from one, John Doe, Of Seattle, Wash
%ingtou, to be applied to the benefit of
The County Hospital. The donation
was accepted by the Board and the
money was ordered to be turned over to
the County Treasurer.
IL was ordered that q vote Of thanks
be rendered by the Board to the said
John Doe for the said 500.
Board of Educafion,s Communication
Comes Up
After concluding the above mentioned
matter. all the members Of the Board
aud District Attorney McParlin entered
into q full discussion Of the controversy
that has arisen between the Commits
sioners and the County Board of Educa-
ton over the amount of money the latter
asked for, and that allowed it by the
former body for conducting the Eureka
County High School for the ensuing fis-
cal year.
In reply to the preamble and resolu.
tions Of the Commissioners setting forth
the reasons of the Board for cutting
down the amount asked for by the
County Board Of Education, a communi-
cation covering over a column and a
half appeared ia last Saturdays SEN
rISEL signed by the County Board Of
Education.
While all the Commissioners and the
District Attorney stated that as public
officials their actions were proper mat
tiers for discussion and fair criticism. the
nisstatements of facts and the venom
displayed 10 the County Board of Edu.
cations communication were strongly
resented, aud all agreed that action
looking to the punishment Of those re-
sponsible for the uncalled for attack
upon the Board Of County Commission.
ers aud District Attorney should be
taken.
All the members of the Board ex.
pressed themselves freely regarding the
matter. but were undecided at this time
as to just what sction should be taken
towards those responsible for the un-
warranted attack that had been made.
The District Attorney spoke at con-
siderable length. Besides taking mp
the charges made against the Board, he
fully reviewed the work he had done in
he cases upon which reflections had
been cast by the County Board of Edu.
cation in its communication. He stated
that in his opinion the whole matter
should be brought before the Grand
Jury, and that he intended doing so.
After a further discussion Of the
and when it was shown by the minutes
Of the Board that certain statements
made in the communication were false,
and the records would not bear out the
CONVENTIONS Of the County Board of
Education, the members Of the Board Of
County Commissioners were apparently
agreed, and the District Attorney, also,
II he was properly understood, that a
public %retraction by the County Board
Of Education would be satisfactory.
The Board adjourned without taking
any further official action.
The "SentineI's" Position
Learning that the SENTINEL was being
censured by the members of the Board
of County Commissioner for permitting
certain statements to be made in the
communication signed by the County
Board Of Education published last Sat
urday, E. A. Skillman, the publisher.
was present at Wednesdays meeting of
the Commissioners, and upon being
recognized by Chairman Biale. stated
that he wished to make a statement
before the Board with regard to the
SENTINEL's connection in this matter.
He said in substance that the com
munication of the County Board Of
Education, covering over q column and
u half of reading matter. was not
handed in at the office until 1890 o'clock
on Friday forenoon. and to handle this
and other matter that hai to 60, made
lt necessary to rush the work.
As the matter was handed in by o
member of. and signed by the County
Board of Education. he wen through it
hurriedly to mark capitalization aud
punctuation to conform to the SENTI-
NEL's "style," and never gave a thought
to looking for any misstatements-it
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