Show THE COALVILLE AFFAIR aletter A lader from mr E dedge showing the methods method adopted at school election interesting tile following communication was reached last week but out we bladl gle it space tills ima week meek that our air loaders leaders may know of tile the till lim existing nt ILL tile list last election alt recently lital at coil coal i illo Co ahille utah july SO 20 0 ot 01 1 editor ricord please find lit horo re will a letter handed to the editor of the coalville alville co times alinea on oil the lath dinst after lie in looked tile llie contents orr oer llo lie to gle ghe it space in tit lb beks ks issue today to day al II if manning an employed of the time 9 and would be regula regulator regu latoi t 0 1 of arf ti lit in this locality notified t the 1 ie writer that tin this letter could not have iti in the paper unless the beconi section was vaa stricken out I 1 soon looked up mr Pet peterson eison the editor and asked if the letter as to be and to my surprise sui prise lie suited ih that it such waa mas the case unless certain portions were eliminated I 1 now take tile the liberty of writing you with a view to learn if you hane hae space tor for the letter in lour our alu ahli paper caper the letter editor times utah now that tile the election for school trustee for a term of ihre years front july 1109 Is oer might it UP be profitable to some extent at least to rl rei low few some of the incidents md anil events which preceded election di dd and po perc liane biefer to circumstances connected cherem therewith ith of a luen late fa date 11 in your itsue it sue of tile the bilth nil was found tho the conception of W it II mann ing as follows who shall the new member ot of the school board be we have a very weak point in our law that allows hie elie trubee trustees to lo hold the primary tile tho day of election if desired and it albov is ii desired if this bained would be educator know knew half as much about the law as he would have the people believe ile he would not have made himself ho be blatt school children might know that the law makes no pro pr islon for trustees to hold primaries then had he been as anxious to cite facts its cis lie ile was mas to publish falsehoods falbe hooda hoods ile he would not haie hae alleged that the llie tills lees held hu ld primaries because the tills ti us te never called nor hold held a primary school district no 2 summit county state slate of utah Is composed of Coal tille spring hollow chalk creek wid grabs grabb creek A containing tho the names of less llian hall forty persons was prepared that the caucus should be held by persons who should be prompted wholly by unselfish motives to nominate one or more candidates to bo be voted upon al at tile the school election to bo be held on oil tho the uth day of july 1909 that this magnanimous conception the following notice was prepared and boot to its respective destinations call till citizens of the coalville Co alville school district are hereby respect fully piled to caucus to lie be hild licud at tho the stake hoube of Co coalville alville ort ona th the e day of june 1309 1909 at 8 1 p lu ili tile tho citi of the said district to this call shall come should feel it an ail obligation they owe to the educational interests of tho the said school district to bo be present at the caucus this call Is prompted wholly by nil lilt motives and it to Is made w wholly holly for the purpose of nominating ono cue or more candidates dates preferably one to be voted upon at the hie school election to be held field on oil tile the ath atay or of july 1109 1909 it la Is again urged that every citizen he plesent pi at tills caucus submitted J li J L calderwood geo coo W young will Z terry you aill notice the thc of the said district to whom liolu this call shall come but whal about the of the said district to whom the call was not to I 1 I 1 come was wall any public or conspicuous I 1 pla place spring hollow chalk creek and gross grass creek were ere too insignificant a a factor to lo receive a special invitation the narine of a resident of any one of these localities mas found on oni the prepared list the caucus was us held and twenty four persons persona only attended our genlot genial mr john E F bettl t I 1 lifter after a sharp contest for the th lionor hono between hamik lf pim torry terry john it II salmon and james S calderwood m vas as made the candidate A committee was waa then appointed to conduct th campaign composed of win 2 terry george beard john it salmon J calderwood and john C pettit word soon noon spread throughout the lie district of the nature of tho the meet laid hg cl or 1 1 I chaps I 1 should say caucus unit p made to demon eliol tL iol UK tho supremacy or oc till iti twenty atah men with lilt light or of liberty lila aly borning lii II their abuls and posse possessed shed with tt lah a 1 love loto of educational interest for all concerned grasped the llie situa allua llon or and amr went venc ed work illien han criticism critic lani vaa aa offered roli rela five to tile private mo hoeting eting or ailts cus one of tin till promoters of tin tile caucus cancu ciu Cau cu cus camo came out in the coati Coat ille tille chikes of july ath with the follow folium ink ing e has been a I 1 minor it bior aboul abou I 1 the town circulated kiy IF nien men falio to ought to know better belter that it a primary called juno june was by a certain tit tin rumor Is false over 41 au of tho the leading ruen men of oc uie che town tow n were vere notified of I 1 ff c d by a writ written call were posted on the cool co op boards and nil an roade in the summit lt furniture ai ad mercantile store the m miltor I 1 iter of tills this article interview td ed each cadi of f the employees JH in sall said delao a ataio to e tive to tho the it t and each cach one stated slated that no such announcement aaa as mado made in his batore to his or her har knowledge know lodge hence hanco tills baing the be cime case would it lie be disc for the manager of said sto adoro atoro ro to inquire a 0 to how access s WAS h licul u to 0 ui HIP I 1 in 1 I 1 lailor of elie die for r the burp purpose use of milking making such announce now non as to iv tile the notice said to han haie been posted oil in the co oj of boards tile 1110 cueny is as aa to what aliat liat or which co 0 I 1 board ds TIO no notice was vas dis covered until tile the day after the call til its 1 sunday july lith 11 hi tile the following fol follow loIng co ropy py of a ticket tc kt il if we may call it it a ticket t bah as widely distributed and I 1 in 11 0 ono In instance sance t methods peculiar wole avio utilized for the purpose john R F pettit for school trustee Coal tille sum mil county utah for three yen year tern term to the public I 1 H eat hinr ing been non nominated is as school trustee for coal life school district I 1 promise that if elected I 1 till mill deione the ry ti time tile and attention Ulen lion to fulfill the duties of oc this office jolla john 1 B pettit pel tit at 7 sunday evening tile lle following ticket was launched and during tile the evening and next nio ining numerously circulated election july 13 12 1909 Alex alexander anderl light trustle for three year terni school c hool district no 2 coun county utah two thirty p m both parties had their mockers and carriages on oil hand galode tickets and onic lopa lopes more 11 ing about like snow flakes on a stormy abdich day tbt ali caucus compound should be complimented for the tenuous and unceasing efforts put into the earn campaign on the other liand land the ones who alto took up uie elie cause for fair play and just consideration for all people concerned won on out many lany persons remained after tile close cloie of the elie polls to witness tile the results all its aich was u AS as fol follow lols s alex aaker wright 12 john E pettit total yesterday a new neu question CO con fronted us to lo mit alt Is the church n in the minority my dry an was as no no but that tho the In consider ite and in some instances the hie unscrupulous more borc in the minority reb submit submitted tod ALMA chali illo utah july 14 loog |