The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

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teaching of the finnish Language
Ii our schoo ls. Thls seemed To- be
theeunanimousfee ceiling on the part OF
the board and the following motion
was entertained by the chair. Moved
by Mitchell Stewart, seconded by
g. E. Hendrick that the pstition re-.
questing that the Finnish language
be introduced IN our schools, instead
Of the German, be referred to the.
committee on Courses Of Study .5s5s
Carried. " 3 :s# - ~.
Communications from Mellis. Pr.
RE 3 Co. stating that they had COM
pleted the audit of the rDeo1s OF the
Board Of Education up to- July 3 ! st..
1912, was then read and the clerk
stated that the report had been re-.
ceived. It was suggested that the.
board not act upon the report but
that they examine it individually be-:
tween now and the next meeting and
then discuss the matter, 80 there
was no motion made. z$.Zs . ; *. &:
Mr.. Frank Macki appeared before
the board and made application to
haul the pupils to the Farmstead
school and stated that he would do
this work for forty-five dollars
($45.O0) per month. MIR, Macki:
stated that this would accommodate
about twenty-five pupils, who had to
walk about two miles; that is that
they would gather at a certain point,
which was located about two miles
fro nd ho a al
them the balance of the distance.
Mr.. Macki presented a written ap-
plication and the same was placed
on file. ": -
Mr.. Shand, the architect for the
new Homestead school building,
presented plans for the new build
ing. After a general discussion and
correction the chairman entertained
the following motion. Moved by
J. H. Fleming, seconded by r. J.
McGhee that the plans as corrected,
be accepted and that as soon as they
we're complete the clerk be author
lied to advertise for bids for the
construction of this building.
Carried.
The bills were then introduced as
follows:
Bills Allowed August II, 1912.
Resolution introduced by Mitchell
Stewart. -.
Resolved: By the Board of Educa-
ton of the Independent School Dis
trict of Virginia, Minnesota, that the
following bills, audited by the
Finance Committee and the Salary
Schedule for July 1912, be allowed
and that the Clerk be and Is hereby
instructed to draw orders on the
Treasurer in payment of the same:
Am. Trust & Savings Bank,
paying & cane. bond of
Aug. /, 'l2 .....~..'....$ 400
Duluth Missabe & N. Ry.>
. Co., freight on school
furn., Roosevelt :...... 71.5S
Eaton Dray Line, school
supplies :..:...::... 40
Standard Oil Co., Floor
dressing ............. 1926
Terrell & Stevens, New
Buildings, bldg. material,
Roosevelt Annex ...... 1926
NJ. L. Matheson, labor and
building material ...... 1905
Herbert Burchell, School
Carpenter, July 1912 -. 84.0(
Amos Olson, labor on
grounds and bldgs, Tech
and Roosevelt ......... 5000
John Hamberg, labor on
grounds and bldgs. Tech. !:
and Roosevelt. ~. 5000
Richard Ola. labor on
grounds and bldgs. Tech.
and Roosevelt ........ 6O.O(
Albert Burchell, labor on
grounds and bldgs. Tech.
and Roosevelt ........ 1000
Macleod & Smith, End pay
ment, Gen. Con. work N.
side school 1851. 0l
Scott Paper Co., school
supplies ............. $500
Sodergren Drug store,
school supplies ........ $50
The Virginian, publishing. Also
e. M. Tredway, school sup
plies 1.4I
Vir. Plbg. & Heating Co.,
school sites, Material for
Tennis courts ......... SAC
Vir. Hdwe. Co., Bldg. ma
terial for Roosevelt 49,. 1910
Alexander Reid & Co.,,
school supplies ........ 1891
Vir. Trfr. & Fuel Co., Bldg.
material for Roosevelt 1851
Mesaba TEL. Co., telephone
service & toll, July, 1912 1855
The Virginia Enterprise,
printing and publishing. 1850
The Vir. & Rainy Lake Co.,
School sites, Rental of
horse ....... $3.50
Vir. Elec. Power e Water
Co., light for July ..... 21.0O
Johnson & Sundberg, new
bldgs. sand for const,,
Tech and Roosevelt -. 4.5O