Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-05-28


particulars concerning any transact
ion of the school trustees from any
one of the board. AS a matter of
fact he has attended scarcely any of
the trustees meetings and has asked
for no information. The sewing
machines he referred to were purchas-
ed while Collins was superintendent
of schools. They were paid for at
the wholesale rate of S2S.75 each. And
it is rather singular to note that Mr..
Collins, knowing the contract price
paid by the school board, wrote a per-
sonal letter to the Singer Sewing
Machine Company, asking what their
best price was. 1t is singular that
the impressions of Collins and editor
Mcintyre concerning the business alb
ility of the school board are so nearly
! identical and one cannot help being
reminded of that adage about glass
houses.
The Times also failed to enlighten
itself concerning the fact that the
school trustees planned this year to
make the Boomers Ferry high school
one of the accredited high schools of
the state and to do so must have five
university graduates on the staff Supt
Kent was advised of this fact before
he was elected and if he is not a grad
uate of an accredited college he GER
tainly could not have hoped to start
out the coming school year without
being found out.
AS to the matter of a school catalog
or any unusual printing of any kind
: every member of the school board has
denied any knowledge Nothing of the
kind has been discussed at the school
trustees meetings or in private by
any school trustee member. This is
deliberate, malicious misrepresen-
tation, utterly without grounds of any
sort
The Times asks if the people
would not be interested in knowing
why a member of the school board in
company with a local printer visited
the superintendent and insisted that
he was not using enough printed mat
ter and that the district ought to
spend more money for printing"
Maybe Editor Mcintyre refers to
himself when he speaks of a local
printer If he does not and means any
member of the Herald force then the
above is another deliberate, willfull
malicious misrepresentation Absolute
" groundless. The Herald is satisfied
that no school trustee ever approached
any superintendent and insisted that
he was not using enough printed mat
ter and that the district ought to
spend any more money for print
ing. The Times knows that
it deliberately made a misrepresenta-
ton here. 1t is fact, however which
the Times knows but which was not
to its purpose to publish, that mem
Der of the school board asked Supt.
Collins, in open meeting, if he was
sending out of town to get school
printing done without going to the
local printing offices to see if the work
could be done as cheaply here in Bon
ners Ferry and Collins admitted that
he had.
The Times is certainly displaying
a peevish disposition because the
school trustees have ignored its at
lacks for so long. But the public is
back of the school trustees and a
majority of the people feel that the
school trustees have been subjected
to unwarranted criticism and mali
cious insinuations, lately, to satisfy
the revengeful spite of some person
or group of persons over some fan
cied wrong. The people believe that
the Times would have proven its con-
Germ for the welfare of our schools
had it brought its alleged informa-
ton against Supt. Kent before the
school board first, for investigation.
The people will not believe that
the school trustees have been neglect
full or that they have connived with
any person or persons in any business
transaction in which the school funds
were placed in jeopardy or in which
ON OF
an advantage over others. The peo-
pie acquainted with the facts in the
case will readily admit that former
Supt Collins was relieved here in the
most courteous manner possible and
that the trustees were justified in
making a change. The people know
that the school trustees will make a
thorough and complete investigation
of the charges against Supt. Kent and
if there is sufficient proof, his resig-
: nation will be accepted. For the ben
eft of the Times it may be said that
Supt. Kent rendered his resignation
to the board at it's last meeting, stat
ing that he was ready to prove his
innocence at any time but felt that
for the best interests of the school
another superintendent should be
hired.
And now after the Times has had
it's say the people are asking Whats
, the reason?" and Whose axe is being
ground?" No one is giving the Times
credit for an unselfish motive in its
attitude in regard to the school mat
ters on account of the way in which
it was given publicity. The Times
has been so Jealous and anxious in
its efforts to belittle the school board
/, that It has in several instances del
/, liberately misrepresented and garb-
/, led facts. If the Times is right why
must it go to such extremes? What
can the Times expect to gain by
malicious misrepresentation in re-
, gard to the business dealings of the