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Show Jones Elected Clerk. At a special meeting of the Logan Hoard of Education Mpnday evenhiB'. Cyrus E. Jones was elected clerk of the Hoard at a salary of $03 a month. Hiis clerkship has been hanging H&groVor sevciai months, owing to a Icadlock In tho Board. W. V. McLaughlin, Mc-Laughlin, one of tho board members, and Its president, Interested In the Govormcnt irilgation sorvlec, found It necessary to bo away from Logan frequently fre-quently and at arlous board meetings was unable to bo present. This left the boaid equally divided politically, two Dcmoeiatsand two Republicans, Mr. McLaughlin being a republican. The Demociatlc minority, Instead of assisting in the election of a Republican, Repub-lican, piefened to block the business of the board In this respect and thus H give the Demociatlc organ an oppor- B tunlty to howl about tho partisanship H of the Republican members etc., etc. the Republicans felt that they H were legitlnatcly entitled to JJic clerk- H ship on political giounds, and as Mr. H W, II. Thaln, the former clllcient H clcrk,contlnued to act in that capacity, B thus relieving any Inconvenience of a H 11011-910011011, decided to hold out until JM Mr. McLaughlin's return. That gent- H leman's return lcsultcd In thoelectlon H of a republican of course, a fact that should have been foreseen by the. Democratic minority. Had they been H vas anxious to transact business as tho MM 'Wtbeinoeratlc organ has over .Insisted IB they would have anticipated tills re- IK suit and acquiesced. HMk At tho Monday tenlng meeting four names were presented. Frank Thatcher presented the name or Miss Josephine Thatcher; Jacques named C. C. Jensen; Benson named Joseph E. Wilson. At tills time It appeared as though Wllsoh would probably be sleeted hut Mr Jacques raised the point that Mr. Wilson was still Tithing Tith-ing clerk, and would be nnable to attend at-tend to the business pioperly. A tele-plume tele-plume message confirmed Hie first part of the statement at least, and then Mr. Benson withdrew Wilson's name and substituted thatofCrus E Jones. The vote resulted: Jones :i Miss Thatcher . 1 Jcnson l Some niiitlne business was then transacted. The matter of selecting a Superintendent of Schools was left to the Committee on Tcacheis and School Woik, tu Investigate and re-poit. re-poit. The selection of Mr. Jones as clerk came moie fios,VJji,.tUposltlon to help a man who Is slightly broken In health and needed tho position. Mr. Jones is capable of transacting the business properly and will, no doubt, serve tho boaid well. |