Show BOARD OF EDUCATION the board ot of education met last friday in regular all members excepting mr air seely were present member wheatley report reported cd that he had bad visited most of the schools in his district and had made arrangement tor for the storing of coal for the coming year architect wells reported that the tha state advisory architect had told him to go ahead with the advertising tor for bids for the erection of the portage school member fishburn and clerk horsley were instructed to make inquiries as to what the old emerson school house in the third ward could be sold for and report at the next meeting member shumway reported that lie was doing what he could to see that coal wll wit be provided for the schools of his district tor for the coming season supt bupt jensen was authorized authorized to pay pay the fare of boy and girl to attend tile the state fair for demonstration work 1 with I th the understanding that the agricultural college would pay pair tile tha expense pen e while they elley are in attendance at the fair supt bupt jensen reported efforts he ha had made to secure free lady assistance in the girls bottling club woi for this year supt bupt jensen read letter from the state superintendent relative to the use ot of school houses for registration purposes 1 e to make it possible to comply with tile the draft measure just adopted by congress for the raising of the U S army and that the superintendent in suggested that the teachers offer their services in the registration work approved by the board john F conley orf of portage was present and discussed the matter of a new school house to be built at portage said t they hey the people of portage would sell the new lot tor for tile the school house for a very reasonable price and that they would make bid for the old building advised that the school board could erect the bundling bu idling and could depend upon getting the deed for the lot at a satisfactory price A J munns was was appointed janitor for the box elder high school tor for tile the coming year at the same salary paid lost last season james W sheffield was appointed janitor for the central and george R freeman for the lincoln school both to receive same salary as last season clerk was instructed to return mon ey to the state that had been returned to us for the teachers retirement fund board decided to make trip of inspection spec tion tiou of the schools commencing may alay treasurers Treasur ers report was read accepted and ordered filed attorney W E davis was called in and asked to make investigation of at tile the Work mens compensation act and report at the next meeting supt bupt jensen reported that he had signed up teachers tor for the coming season and that lie he had but ten more to be signed |