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Show School Trustees Moving.. A meeting' of the citizens- of this school district was held in tho District School honso last Thursday night for tho purpose of tatdug some action looking look-ing to tho securing of more school room This subject has been claiming the attention at-tention of our people for some timet, it is nearly ttro years since the need of more room became apparent,, and the attention of the citizens was called to the fact by tlie trustees. At tho meotlnr Thursday night, tno question of an assessment as-sessment of there fourths of one per cent to. build an addition to the present 6chool building Jvaa considered, but, it was finally decluedjto postpone action, on the ibatterYor ono week, and in Hhe,' meantime the trustees, were asked o mature a plan for the enlargement of tho school building, and furnish an cs-timato cs-timato of the cost of its erection. We find that although notices of the hold-of hold-of the mttting of Thursday had been posted according to law, a considerable number of our citizens had not seen them, and if it had not been for the forethought the trustees in having the matter given out in the school, it is probable that tho nttondanco would not have been as largo as it was by considerable; con-siderable; and as it was thero was not twenty per cent, of the taxpayers present pre-sent j ' ; j. : |