The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-03-14
NyMORE Rr"'0ENTS
ASK CITY >VC|L
TO Be Ab$* I'd
Annexation of Village to Bemids
Dicussed at Special
Meeting.
NYMORE VILLAGE
COUNCIL PRESENT
Action Necessary; Village School is
Condemned; Favored by
Many.


Condemned; Favored by
Many.
Members of the Nymore village
council and number Of residents
of Nymore appeared before the Be-
midi city council at meeting held
last evening at the city hall and asked
the Bemidji council to take into con-
sideration the annexation of the viii
lage of Nymore to Bemidji.
Favored by Many.
Members of the Nymore delegation
stated that they believed that an
nexation was favored by majority
of the, residents and that action
would be taken Immediately.
The members of the Nymore coun-
Gil present were H. G. Blackburn,
president of the council and men,
ber of the school board, J. W. Smith,
trustee of the council and president
of the school board, J. T. Kutchera,
I. E. Joanis and Fred Hammond, re-
corder.
School Condemned.
H. G.. Blackburn in a short talk
brought out the fact that the an
nexation problem had been brought
to a head through condemnation Of
the Nymore school, The Nymore
school was condemned several weeks
ago by state authorities and the
building will not be able to be used
after this semester.
1--WE come to Bemidji tonight to
get the sentiment of the Bemidji
council on the consolidation Of N.Y.
more and Bemidji," said Mr.. Black
burn. Were doing this mostly on
account of the school proposition. In
my estimation annexation will be
beneficial to both corporations. be-
lieve that the sentiment of the peo-
of annexation"
Favors Annexation.
J. w. Smith, president of the N.Y.
more school board, told Of the situa-
tion relative to the school. He stated
that the Nymore school could be run
the balance of the term but from that
time on the school will be unfit for
use.
Alderman J. P. Lahr, who is a
member of the Bemidji school board,
stated that the Bemidji board would
do all in it's power to help consOli-
date. He pointed to the fact that
ifsthree other school districts consoli-
date with Bemidji $4,000 could
be secured from the state for trans
portation purposes. There are sew
eral districts south of Nymore which,
it is believed, would be willing to be-
come annexed if Nymoro was an
nexed
1uUcUCcUucSS O1SCuSScu.
The question of the indebtedness
of Bemidji and Nymore was discussed.
It was stated by members Of the
council that Bemidji has an indebted
ness of $1O5,OO0, including both
floating and bonded Indebtedness. N.Y.
more is bonded to the sum Of $1,000
and has a floating Indebtedness Of
$4,000.
City Attorney P. J. Russell in dis
cussing the legal phase of the an
nexation, stated:
"In the consideration of the prob
lem last fall it was found that petit
tions are not considered in the mat
ter. There is to be an election,
which will dissolve Nymore, if affir-
native, if not the matter is dropped.
When the plan is accepted, by such
an election, Nymore would have six
months to clear up it's Indebtedness.
With Clean Hands.
, anymore will not accept any of
HBemidji's Indebtedness, but will come
with clean hands. Bonded indebted
ness will be treated in the same way
that the school Indebtedness will be,
that is the public property will be
sold for the dispensation of the debt.
AFTER six months as an unorgan-
lied town, during which time the
debts of the village will be attended
to, an election for annexation will
be held. If the result is in the af-
firmative, it will be reported to the
council, which will not have been
dissolved. If the council accepts the
reports by three-fourths vote, the
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