Clearwater Republican., 1922-04-14
ECHOOL AND BOND
ELECTION SATURDAY
.aooo NECESSARY TO RELIEVE
PRIVATE CITIZENS FROM
NOTES FOR HEAT PLANT

r.o question of whether the Trus-
of orofino School District No
~ shall be empowered to issue
..nds of the District in the amount
:, not exceeding Four Thousand
m.,,nrs " for the purpose of paying
y" Tho heating plant in the high
io Nc, building will be voted upon
,he annual school election to-
morrow, April 18TH.
'AV S;nce the matter does not seem
.,aor to some of the people, just a
I'D of explanation will, no doubt,
ss,n them to vote more wisely on
this question. - ,..
was erected all available funds were
"sad for that purpose and there
Soemsd to be no way to get heat
;us n,ant for the new building. The
n;etrct was bonded to its limit
vith only sufficient funds in the
General Fund to carry on the regu-
,ar school work.
special meeting Of the Orofino
citizens was called by the Board of
Vrugfoeg
ing plant for the new high school
Nuildiug was laid before them. 1t
was brought out that the time to
install a heating plant successfully
and economically Is while a build
ing is under construction and that
II would be an impOssibility to
properly heat and ventilate the new
building with common stoves. 1t
was the unanimous opinion Of all
present that the only sure way to
secure the much needed heating
plant was for the citizens to back
the proposition. Thereupon two
committees were appointed to in
terview the citizens of the town and
secure their signatures to two $4,000
notes The people readily respond
ed and in a very short time the sig
natures Of the following men were
obtained, namely:
Theo. Fohl, c. H. EIDE, Samson
Snyder, F. W.. Garrison, w. B.
Nnne, j. S. Ross, John T. Molloy,
|F. A. Jones, B. j. Kinne, e. w.
Horswill, w. A. Shaw, VIM. Chand-
Ter, Joseph Kaufman, U. s. Mix,
Fred D. Hammond, C. o. Portfors,
G. Dorothy. N. o. Helgeson, E. H.
Atherton, J. w. Merrill, w. H. Gil
lespie, j. P. Harlan, C. D. McEach-
ron, J. G. Bullock, o. H. Holmberg,
K. r. Richmond, Frank Zelenka, ].
s. Hogue, John Oud, B. R. Schmid,
". r. Affleck, j. M. Bryant, w. J.
Hannah, Oren d. Crockett, w. A.
Wellman, H. F. Hoesly, w. M.
Watson, C. w. Groves, J. N. Molloy.
.. r. Swantek and Oscar Austin.
The school board promised to
ake up these notes just as quickly
as sufficient funds could be obtained
tor that purpose and the first op-
portunity to do this has been pre-
sented, inasmuch as the school
BOARD has been able to pay off
sozo0 worth Of bonds which. with
me present assessed valuation OF the
uistrict will enable them to bond
ior $4,000 to pay off the two notes
lor the heating plant and still not
trict u s"e
Ihe board of trustees greatly ao-
v'eciated the hearty cooperation OF
Ne citizens In securing the heatins
pant ana now that the opportunity
nas presented itself whereby they
an pay off these notes and thus re-
sse tne signers from any further
baponsibility, they are anxious to
This Question W. "'' "po"
sav;,n evident that a considerable
tba 70 the District was made By
inc ~, Installation Of a modern heat
Son., S pant at the time the high
tbjs building was erected. II
otbo, "au not been done stoves or
nens;, temporary. inefficient and ex.
won,s ,e fuel consuming heating
wbioS necessarily have been used
whan would be almost a total loss
tod modern plant was substitu-
ian,.n nao stoves been used extra
oaaltor rna service would have been re-
notes A.. The men who signed the
jistri. s therefore actually saved ths
,red,t money by loaning 1t their
IN ~ ana II Is a moral obligation
list MY part OF the voters Of school
1rthea NO % to relieve them OF
bo responsibility IA security on
" hOteS,
3 Of -, VI these notes falls due June
'ide,i,'. .his year and Ia held by tho
o s rnn state bank, which cannot
q .ewed, NO. and in case the bonds
/, na, "u' carry the signers will have
rons n'ght be OF interest to the pa
,hilo %, this district to know that
,hno, 'he bid price for the new
"uliding, exclusive OF the
,onr s plant. was $17,50O, II ac-
,acto. @ cost about $23,000, the con
ew,o. surety, John Mccormick. OF
lt,nnaa'h having had to pay the ad-
,,ta"n ta so,bO0 SO that the district
,nd a'a'y my got value received for the
adi' forget the meeting OF the