The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-09-23
BOND ELECTION
HELD TOMORROW
Voters TO- Decide Whether Bonds in
the Sum of $56,O00.00 Shall
he Issued
RAPID PROGRESS ON BUILDING
High School Boys Make Good Showing
Against Lidgerwood

Tomorrow is the day of the bond
election. The question at issue is
whether there shall be authorized the
issuance of $4,000 in bonds for the
purpose of continuing the construction
of the new school building. This is
the amount made available under the
new debt limit voted in the last spe-
cial election, and will be needed to en-
close the building next spring.
Work on the new building is pro-
ceeding rapidly. Some of the con-
crete foundation walls have been fin
ished, and the forms for the others
are being erected and filled as fast as
the large crew of men that Mr.. Peter
son has on the job can do the work.
1t is expected that the brick layers
will be starting operations during the
early part Of next month.
The high school enrolment has
reached new record. 1t is now, in
cluding four special students who en-
rolled for work in one or two subjects,
116. The total for last year was 112.
Three years ago the enrolment was
only 85.
Coach De La Hunts pigskin chasers
made an auto tour of Sargent county
and parts of Dickey and Richland last
Saturday. Their objective was Lid
gerwood, where they were one of the
exhibits that contributed to the sue
cess of the harvest festival. One of
the main attractions of the afternoon
was the football game between the
Oakes boys and the Lidgerwood team.
The latter were all men past high
school age, and considerably outweigh
ed the locals. Because of the poor
condition and lack of training of some
of the Lidgerwood players, only 2
minute quarters were played The
Oakes boys had had but one week of
practice.
Considering the earliness Of the sea-
son and the advantage that the Lid
gerwood team had in size and
strength, the game was hard-fought
and we'll PLAYED. II was conceded be-
fore the game that the Oakes boys
only chance of winning was to wear
out their opponents and then by su-
perior condition to run rings around
them. With the quarters cut to less
than half the regulation length, this
possibility was removed.
The final score was ID to o, Lidger-
wood having made one touchdown in
each half, successfully kicking goal
each time. Most of Lidgerwood's
gains were made by smashing through
the lighter Oakes line for yard or
two at time. with an occasional end
run for variety.
On the offensive, Oakes made first
down three times, but the backfield
men were so slow in getting away that
several times they were thrown for
losses. During the last quarter the
few Oakes rooters in the crowd had a
chance to exercise their lungs when
Nepstad carried the ball through the
Lidgerwood line for 9-yard gain, but
Oakes was unable to keep up the good
work far enough to endanger the Lid
gerwood goal line.
Wegner, at left tackle for Oakes,
played strong game. After several
tries at that side of the line, the Lid
gerwood captain decided that there
was nothing to be gained there, and
started to hammer away at Oakes'
right wing. Several times Wegner
broke through the heavy Lidgerwood
line and nailed the man with the ball
for a considerable loss. On the
strength of his showing Saturday, he
is pretty sure Of regular berth on
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