The Duluth rip-saw., 1920-03-06

years. The first year, he had a wife.
here. This year she did not return
with him and he arranged it 50 that
he and four of the women teachers
slept and boarded in the school build
ing, greatly to the scandal Of those in
the community who believe in follow
ing the conventional customs. Prin.
Dunlap is autocratic and aggressive !
and big new building would be to|
his advantage in more ways than one
Postmaster Hansen has been runninej
combined grocery and hardware
store. A short time ago, he unloaded|
his grocery department onto another.
man and, since then, he has been con-.
filming his energies to cancelling stamps:
and selling hardware. As an example,
of his skill in vending hardware, ha is|
asking ten cents a pound for spikes
where other dealers are content with
only six cents a pound. As postmaster
of course, Col. Axel Hansen is a much!
bigger man than the king of Denmark
1t is generally believed in the con-
solidated school district of Meadow
lands that Col. Hansen has expected td
look after the erection of the proposed
school house and auditorium, for a
consideration profitable to him. If the
people vote down the scheme, it may
spoil the Hansen plans and even break
the Hansen heart. -,---
AS previously stated, the present
school house occupies a site of ten
acres. In connection with the proposed
new building, the scheme calls for the
purchase of couple of acres addil
tional, said acres being in the form of
lots belonging to Col. Hansen.
There are tricks in all trades, I'd
seems.
Why the local land agent should
mourn and fear defeat of the heavyl
Indebtedness that the little ring .pro1
poses to load onto the district, no one
can understand. It is stated that he
recently bemOaned the fact that the
Rip-saw's review of the local situation
might defeat the authorization of the
proposed outlay of $4,000 and that
without the big new school house and
auditorium, it would be difficult to
interest settlers in lands
The facts are that a great MANI
land seekers are after good soil and a
ssood market, with low taxes and no,
unneeessarx or foolish expenditures for
school houses and auditoriums. While
they believe in good schools, they do
not favor wild and foolish extrava-.
gance.
The assessed valuation Of property.
in the district is only $225,O0O. The
proposed school house and auditorium.
will cost $4,000. The plan is to vote
bonds in the sum of $4,000 and tos
leave the remaining $4,000 in the
form OF a floating indebtedness. This
would mean the taxation of propertyI
for one-third of its valuation, in addi.'
tlon to state, county and regular school
taxes. There is a general belief that
such procedure would bankrupt the dis
trict and send its citizens flying to9
other localities.
Principal Dunlap was considerably
fused up over the article in the pre-
vious issue of the Rip-saw. He Isl
credited with offering $1Oo for infor-
nation as to the identity of any Mead
owlander who may have furnished the
facts to the Great Family Journal. To'
date, no one has claimed the princelyI
sum.
Some days ago, Hon. Mack McRay.
the village blacksmith, a member Of
the school board, and, presumably. in
sympathy with Prin. Dunlap, went to
Duluth with promise to bring back
the name Of the wretch who dared 90
against the plans of the ring and 20
spill the beans through the Rip-saw.
coy know the divil phat rooms the
Rip-saw," declared blacksmith Mack
McRay. '"Oy'll foind oot who put that
in the paper" But, when Col. Mack
McRay got back, he reported that he
could not find the journalistic sawmill.
One Of the teachers in Prin. Dun.
laps educational harem fell sick soon
after the last issue Of the Rip-saw came
out. Prin. Dunlap dismissed the first
grade pupils, put bed in the teachers
room and kept the girl there about a
week before her mother, came up to see
what was the matter. When the good
woman saw the girl condition, she
took her away on the train. The gem
eral public has not been informed an
to the nature of the young woman =
illness, but the pupils and parons do
know that there is new teacher in
that grade.
The next issue of the Rip-saw viii
contain a full account of the special /
election on March 6.