The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-09
HamilI, Roberts and WooIIey Are
Nominated TO Succeed Them
selves at Meeting Held
Last Night.
K1NN N IS STRONG
koepf VIII Make Race Again and
secman is Also Nominated for
Dictatorship Of
Schools.

room Friday night for the purpose OF
nominating candidates for the school.
board was attended by the smallest
crowd that has ever been known at a
similar meeting in Keckuk. Although
there seemed to be d great deal of
interest in the matter for several days
preceding the meeting. very few per,
sons took the trouble to go to the
court house
L. A. Hamill. ". j. Roberts and
William Woolley, the three old mem
bers, were nominated to succeed them
selves, and DIR. II. A. Kinnaman,
Curtis Koepf, and H, G.. Seeman, were
nominated as new candidates Koepf
was nominated at last years meet
Ing but was badly defeated by Jesse E..
Baker at the polls.
| The general opinion around the city
lis that the old board will be reelected,
although Roberts and Hamill have said
that they were not candidates. Friends
/ of these two men, say, however, that
| If they are elected they will serve.
Mr.. Roberts has been member of
the board for seventeen years and has
acted as legal advisor to the board, In
addition to the care of the Lincoln
school and committee work His
election is almost certain, as it is Inn
Ierative that the board contain a
member of the bar.
| Hamill is the leader on the board
for new school buildings and will no
doubt devote his time to efforts to
secure the bond issue for several new
Buildings, if he is elected.
DR.. H. A. Kinnaman is considered
| the strongest of the new candidates
and is bitter opponent Of new school
buildings, having been leader in the
recent tight against the issuance of
the $4,000 bond issue for a new
school to take the place of the Gar
| field building.
Koepf and Seeman are both strong
Union men and may poll big vote.
The former was turned down fatty
by a big vote last year, though, and
was defeated by Baker by a majority
OF almost two to one. Seeman is one
OF the publishers of the keoiuk Labor
Review and is probably the strongest
of the two.
| A majority Of the voters OF Keo-
kuk however, express the opinion
/ that the present board could not we'll
be Improved upon and they favor
the return of the three old members
/ Major W. B Collins read a report
from DR.. G.. Walter Barr, telling CT
/ the financial condition of the indepel.
dent district and offered a motion
that the board be empowered to order
TAX levy, sufficient to pay off the
floating debt of $4,000 in three years
The motion was carried unanimously
Following was DR.. Bars report:
March D, 1913
Major w B. Collins, Keokuk:
Following are answers to you,
questions in your letter of yesterday
as of March 1, 1913:
Bonded indebtedness, $4,000, Of
which $4,000 will be paid June L. 1918
and the rest in annual installment:
thereafter, the last being June /
1918: bond rate of interest, AZ pei
cent.
Floating debt. $4,000, at 6 per cent
payable at our option.
This date falls exactly IN the mids
of our financing, and the fiscal yea
ending June 80. At this time there j,
monthly pay roll in the hands o
teachers and employees, but not pait
By the treasurer. There is a consid
cradle balance Of cash on hand, bu
this will be depleted within day o
two by the payment ON presentation
Of the pay roll warrants. There Il
much money coming from the count.
treasurer before April Is, and part o
IT Is anticipated by ante-tax borrow
ed money which will be paid TO tn
lender by April Is. All these thing
simply confuse the actual financia
facts of the district, 1t seems appal
ent, and / omit them; but II you wa1
these details. shall be glad to fui
nish them to you, although they wi
be off the books in about month.
In addition to your question II ma
interest you to know that the finance
Of the district have been hampere
by three things during the past fe'
years.
One year lately, an error in the O
flee of the deputy auditor here at Ket
kuk caused US to receive $4,000 les
tax money than was levied by thi
board.
Just now We have to repay the Kec
kuk National bank $500 by cour
decree on account OF tax Illegally co
lected in the past, and the count.
treasurer IL taking this 81 500 fror
our normal receipts.
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