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Show NEW SCHOOL BUILDING I IS SURE TO BE BUILT I The Board of Trustees Are Now Expediting I iB . Work Looking to The M Construction & - -v, . . - Dr. George Thomas Says: Just as Sure as The Sun I Shines That Building Will Be ftiilt. I Tho disposition of the $35,000 school bonds recently Issued litis been on tho lips of the peoplo pretty freely tho laBt tow days, and tho rumors that wero current hnvo been tho rausp of considerable discussion. It was stated, 'and oven published, that It was probable that tho now school building would not bo commenced com-menced this year. What . lent crcdenco to tho talk wns the fact that tho school board hail followed rather desultory tactics In commencing work. It was also stated that considerable tlmo would elapse beforo renl work would actually commence, nnd thnt when It did. It would take fully flvo months to complete, and that It would probably prob-ably bo sometime In November when tho building would bo ready for occupancy. oc-cupancy. This would mako It too late to hire satisfactory teachers, and tho schools would bo in tho samo condition condi-tion they havo been laboring undor the superintendent would bo seriously handicapped, nnd a largo number of scholars necessarily would havo to go without satisfactory facilities for work. Tho month, of Mny Is right nt our doors, and to preparo plnns for tho orectlon of tho building will probably consumo thirty days' time. After tho plans nro out, bids will bo called for which will probably tako until July to consider. Figuring pretty closely that the actual work might bo commenced on that date, It will still tako It Into In-to November nnd maybo December beforo tho work Is completed. People Want Building Erected. Now thatithe bonds haavo been voted for, and tho peoplo by tholr votes at tho polls said In no uncertain tones that thoy need tho building, It would not bo just to allov $35,000 to bo Idle In tho banks' until tho begtnnlg of another an-other year. True, tho city might get G per cent Interest on allowing that sum of money to stny there, but that would do thorn 4no good, ns thoy In turn would havo to render unto Caesar Cae-sar tho things that nro Caesar's, or In other words It would havo to bo paid over to tho bond holders nnyway, and the school district would be out and Injured by a year's loss of time. And not only that, tho slto has been practically prac-tically purchased, tho money has beon used, and this would bo idle bringing no intorest, and would bo doad until a bulldln could bo erected on It, Plenty of Labor. Now as to tho labor part of tbo proposition. pro-position. In talking with contractors, It Is found that thero Is considerable labor idlo at present In this city, and If work could be expedited, we see no reason, by putting a great numbor of men on tb job, why tho building could not be completed In four months. ' JThi School Board Mean Buslnes. In order that tho school board should know. 'the unrest of the people 'TMJ nepu'bllcan Interviewed ona' of two members' of tho board and asked utk jThoraaa as chairman; to kindly 'WtoflllW of eipur-aeekent eipur-aeekent :ftW&lHftlft4!pptf l .'.!ia?3B H what tho trustees Intend to accord JJJ ptlsh. Tho doctor told us how th J JJJ matter was being threshed out by the JJJ trustees ns a body, that rough pencil H sketches of tho building had been JH drafted by Architect Schaub, and tho ' H work attendant on tho erection thor- H oughly gono over.. One ot two nights H this week tho trustees have beon In H session discussing tho proposition, H and we nro happy to say they are tin- H nnmous In pushing tho matter to a ,i finish. He also informed us that the 'H complete architects plans. would bo iB ready In a very short while. And you !B can say for myself and tho rest ot the B board "That just as suro as the sun H shines tho new schol building would B bo built this year. And If it Is possible H they wjll push It through beforo No- ' B vcmher." iH With tho explanation nnd detlara- jH tlon wo feel to congratulate tho' board jH In their desire to carry out tho wishes !B ot tho peoplo as evidenced by their IB vu'to nt hto polls."" 'H |