Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-10

VOTERS DECIDE ON $o0,03o HIGH
SCHOOL AT ANNUAL
MEETING
WORDEN-Av SITE is SELECTED
C. n. Sanders is Reelected Clerk at
an Increased Salary

The annual school meeting Monday
night was a very quiet affair com
pared with the special meeting held
a few months previously.
The proposition to build high
school not only was carried by a
comfortable majority, but the voters
adopted the resolution for the cree
ton of $50, 200 building, which was
recommended by the school board
but was voted down at the special
meeting and a $4,000 building sub
stituted The vote on the resolution
to bond the district for the erection
of the highschool was SO "for" and
66 against"
The first business Of the meeting
was the election of a temporary
chairman The names of D. w. Ma
loney and w. e. Thompson having
been nominated, Q ballot was taken,
resulting in a tie, each having go
votes. Or the second ballot, Mr..
Thompson was chosen by q vote of
81 to 81.
The reading of the minutes of the
special meeting and the preceding an
nual meeting was dispensed with and
the question of bonding was then ta
ken up, with the result above stated.
The question of the site then
came up Sites proposed were blocks
and 10 of the Menasha Wooden
Ware Co s Addition to Ladysmith
and a portion of the Phillips Bros.
farm in the southern part OF the city,
the latter being advocated by some
as it was by far the cheapest of the
three.
1t was generally admitted that
block was the best site, but it was
also the most expensive and the
property in this block had risen in
price SO that sentiment had been
created against it. There was also
some question as to whether the
district could get title to certain
property in this block without con-
siderable delay, and as the district
could not condemn property in case
that alternative seemed desirable ow-
ing to legal limitations, the school
board recommended that block 10
be selected. In this, also, the board
was sustained The first ballot re-
suited in "A votes being cast for
block 10, AZ for block 4 and 33 for
the Phillips site
A resolution to purchase block 10
for the site and bond the district for
600 for the erection of the build
ing on the same was then passed by
a vote of Ill to 26
A levy of $500 on the taxable
property of the district was voted
toward the purchase of block 10 and
the school board was authorized to
use the balance of $4,500 in the
treasury of the district for the same
purpose. The board was also author
lied to sell the buildings in block 10
after same shall have been acquired
by the district for the site of the
highschOol.
An appropriation of $4,000 was
voted on the recommendation Of the
board for general school expenses
during the coming school year,
A levy of $500 was voted for the
purpose of renting additional school
rooms for the coming year
Salaries OF the school board were
fixed as follows: Clerk, $500; treas
urer $50; director $50
Tie election of a clerk then en-
sued Mr.. Sanders was elected tc
succeed himself, defeating E. A. Kir
van by a vote of 81 to 49,
The board was authorized to Dor
row not to exceed $4,000 for tenn
porary needs during the coming year
A committee to audit the books O
the treasurer was appointed by the
chairman and the following wer,
named: 0. j. Falge, L. c. Streater
j. A. Michaelson.
The last business before adjourn
ment was the passing of a motion tx
have the next annual meeting com
meEce at s o'clock instead of Z q
provided by statute, unless a differ
ent hour is voted.