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Show j LEGAL BATTLE LOOMS OVER HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION Bids were advertised for the first of this week on the construction construc-tion of the proposed new high 1 school building to be erected at 1 Copperton.. This was the opening f signal for action by the opposition to moving the high school from 5 Bingham- A group of citizens and taxpayers of Bingham have I organized and employed legal - counsel and will contest the ac-jf ac-jf tion of the school board in author-v author-v izing the new building at Copper-ton, Copper-ton, at every point. Christensen and Waters have i been employed to represent the opposition. Since securing a copy , of the notice calling for bids and . also plans and specifications for the proposed new building, they f are preparing a petition for pros' pro-s' sentation to the Third District Court asking that a writ of pro-; pro-; hibition be issued enjoining the s Jordan Scho 1 Board from pro- V ceeding further with plans under way for the lew buildiing. This j petition will be filed, we under-s under-s stand, Ihe last part of this week, f Should the court .sustain the petition and enjoin the school ? board it will man that all activ-ities activ-ities along the lines of building the new high school will cease at least until all legal phases of the case have been thoroughly thresh-. thresh-. i: ed out. ; ' The situation winch here arises is most unfortunate. Regardless of the merits of the case or where v the high school should be located, ' any delay in pre iding the much needed high school facilities for - the large number of boys and girls of the west end of the district is bound to be harmful. |