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After closing tile ‘interrogetorles It. Hadley mid-ed the Board u fol- low: “I do not believe any of your and he sends his tax levy to the county clerk but there is nothing said about the certificate which should ac- company it. Mr. Simonson’s letter which he says was sent did not come to our notice. therefore when receiv- ing the tax levy for that year show- ing an increase the spread was made by the process of reduction. We as- sumed that you had asked for more money than you were entitled to and reduced it to the proper mount.” SCHOOL BOARD I STATEMENT RE- GARDING FUNDS Unless Downem Grove nstablishes a high school district immediately. they will be forced to close the local high school within two years because of lack of funds. There is no middle course that we can see. It is either the high school district or no high‘ school at all. Talk this over with any member of the Board of Education and get some figures that will surprise you. There is. howovvr, a law under which this can be accomplished. It is the one whr-mh) a "Community Hixh School District" man be r-stah- “shod. In this way a tat ran ho lov- ied for the grade and one for the high school. Both of thorn together being but slightly higher than tho one alone. l'mkr tho law a school Ilistn'rt is: IMO, to miw mono)- by taxation fur educatinnnl purposes up to a crrtain per cent. No matter if the expanses of the district are twire what their "avenue would be under the luv. [My cannot get more mom-y hy direct taxâ€" ation. meat of In": Hu- old and new Roan]; nlnnling (Ow shortage Hwy nrv far‘ in: for Pdurllhmnl ["an H will pay ew‘rynm' inn-mm! m the srhm" to mad We flow-U lhsl hwy may in advised of the truth of "v- maltnr and mu.- a In: of the man) mmom that haw been finding (ho rillngn A COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL bo. The flu“ liq-x in 0»- “alum mnflnz this particular rm. filwwhrw in (his ismo is a «atr- A npmnulivr or The nopomr Attended the hearing at "u- lune ave. uhool sown] wacky ago to «la-- tannin if pouiblo. who aw: in Mum for the Martin. Testimony m Mg ha {mm everyone interested and Ihr‘ Name- ‘1- not that u it could M. The [loan] of Valuation of School} District No. 68 nu- fuiug n Mon-nu. of fund: "ml-bk- lo run the local. school- totaling mrly “0.000. It. in! through no hull 0! their» or of Illa old Bonn! whkln lus- junl Mn replic- (Continued from page one) THE SIIUIITMH'I IN SCHOOL FINDS Entered at the Downers Grove Post Oflice as second class mail matter. Advertising rates made known upon application. Subscription rates $2.00 per year. Single copies 6c. mars time Monet lined every Friday morning (mm the once of the Downers Grove Publish- hg Company, 37 North Mnin street, Mrs GrOVe. Illinois. C. H. STAATS. EDITOR MICKIE SAYS 5' Han situation having now been rlar- Icacnonx‘ ”mane" 3‘” to “i, “63’” dial it is the «losin- ol‘ the Board as , _ ’nnvr constitute-«l to inform the peoplo fetal """""""" "44260"! of School District 58, and "'9 Villagv On ivgular motion tho bills were ‘0' Downers Grove. 9,“ the tax pay- onlorwl paid . Voting Aye: Mrs. M. 0"! wt" "0‘ ”fin, by reason of our H. Prim. “'. R. (‘Ifl'h’sv H. I: Tank. failurn to meive tho inrrmsn nor will F- F2. "0“?- the standard of our schools lie imâ€" Tho svrwtary wpoflod that ho had waived or allowed to retrograde» W:- wnt a certified statonwnt nf Sporial nuut maintain tho highest idmls that Election hclcl an August 2. I919, tni HARDWARE 36 8. Melt: Street Telephone No. 29 MERTZ (3 MOCHEL The above is a digest of the state- ments, remarks and testimony of the parties having knowledge of the facts end they urc self evident that no res- ponsibility can be placed at the doors of the Board 0! Education as it was constituted in 1919 with reference toi the tax levy and its spread. No one individual or oflicial, either collective- ly or otherwise can be charged with the neglect of his or their duty. The present Board. it in conceded. will have difficulties perhaps when meet ing the roquircmentu o! the school and not retard the educational pro- gress o! the children. but tho finan- cial xtrinkom'y can doubtlt-M be over- como and thix i.~ explained in a com- munication from ”w Honorable F. (l. lllair. State Superintvmlc-nt of Public ‘ lnutmrtinn, who in the chief legal ml- p'imr of the iionnlu of Education of I this mate. "0- makes it clear that ‘ while it may h4- omharruinx ,thc lnw I provides for I method of copin; with oiflicultim such an the». "in lottvr slut" in manm an fallout: "While the whool ilixtrirt that in- nml" the city of Downers- Grow ha: a tuning power 0! only 2 [m- ( cont. it hu 1 rmllt, or borrowing pawn of inner cont. That in to pay. onion: may he isâ€"m-«l {or the mum of teuhern. inrludinx existing in- clrhtedmsn. to tho amount of 5 par- mnt of the equalized umml vnl- l‘ notion of all tho pmpcrty oi‘ tin-(r: tlintrirt, Will not this power ovmhlo‘.‘J you to Mill” tlw clill'lrnlty "twirl, I? If I limo not made myaelf Itlmfl-Hti antly cloar. plcmw lot rm- hour from you again” t .1 ll G Announces a Benefill Eenterlainment under the auspices of the W omans Guild Dicke Theatre, Tuesday, May Eleventh a! Eight o’clock P. M. Mr. Bowman: "The position taken ‘ by Mr. Hadley is well taken. It is a. new nevenue law and nothing said about notice of an election or any- thing at all. the supposition being i there was. no further notice conveyed to the county clerk that there was an election and the county clerk has done that and there 'you are. If you want any good excuse to explain to your people that it is not going to war- mnt any justification for condemna- tion upon any one individual the ex- planation can be that it was through the lack of explicit instruction on the 5.1m of the law as to the notification of the increase that the extra tax was not spread. Some formal state- ment of that kind ix. within the absoâ€" lute fact and does no injustice to any- one and is the best rational explana- tion to the public. It is not trying to co\'er anything. It is a fact. FINEST MIXTURE OF LAWN SEED POULTRY WIRE AND POULTRY FEED omeinls are open to censure, Mr. Si- monson or anyone else. it is simply a thing that is liable to happen. The school law began years ago, and then it was a simple thing. but now we have the most complicated thing im- aginable. The statute was to blame. The statute should designate someone to notify the county clerk. There is‘ ‘not a blessed thing in that statute‘ ‘to tell you just how the county clerk‘ is going to know there is or has been an election, and your case is just like hundreds of other cases." S. Andrew’s Church Sinn‘wly. Siml. P. (3. "hair. Supt'n'nlomk-nl Garden and Field Seeds GARDEN TOOLS SPADES, SPADING FORKS HOES AND RAKES DOWNERS GROVE REPORTER. Dom GIOVE,‘ pod-m- ................. Lonl Lumber Co,. Mlpplirl. John C. Winston (‘0‘. "-54ka ISumlxml Oil Co. flour dru. 'Thm. (‘hmlin (0.. puppiim '(Snnlt-n ('it,‘ Hal (‘1'. .Iu'). . lv'm'vorsuy l'ub. Pu. bank-1.. J. H. F'mnkmfivld, wpairs“ E. l DuPont (‘0‘, nupplirs.. l‘mlorwnotl T‘ W, (70.. u-null [7.50 9.9! II“! 14.“! 22 2!- "3.60 1.33 53.” ’IJG 4““) ‘Mertv. Morlwl. (‘ml A Rup. 232.6!) Tcachonx' Salaries‘ 3-8 to 4-” 3468.80 to": ............... G. C. Butler. imklrnuls Ford [-2. Down non-8c: electric "(M .......... Gm: C0,. ll)! .............. Chicano Trl‘ ('0‘. rv-nlnl and § for Much ............ “Us! Johnna" nnnw ..... Joy, WIN. .«mr ......... Villngc of [Iowans Crm'r The following billy wow pmnlnl. having ham upon-oval by the flaunt-e rommitln-z PM! (3. Wm. Janitor non-ire Tho minulm or lhc- rn-Kular union 0! march 9th More mud and approved. April 13th, 1920. The Board 0! Education met in re- gular session at the Maple avenue building. President James R. Sha!‘ fl-r presiding. Members preuent: MN. M N l'rintv W R. Curtis, H. F.1‘nnk.l~‘. F me Almont-wfl. B. lhumwilc- -r F. R. Dowe‘ The meeting thus hold and test}: mony given exonoratns the cntinlg Board of I-Iilucntiun of our district; frnm any responsibility for tho unforâ€"F tunato situation, aml the ontim pro- ceedings and testimony haveing been taken down verbatum in shorthand and transcribed by a reporter. the': Boanl imites public inspection of the transcript which i~l a part of the re- 1' TONS of the Board of Education and;' in the hands of MLI' . E. Dams. the‘i secwtnry. i J. R. Shaffer. M. H. Prince ' R .E. Ramweiler A. c. Mlskelly, H. E. Tank. [ Should anticipation warrants be an- thorized and issued to meet the deficit in the 1919.20 budget. such warrants. will carry an obligation of six per cont interest. School District 58 voted to increase the revenue for the purpose of main- taining our education facilities in Au- gust. 1919. and the Board would now have this additional revenue had the levy been spread. but on the con- trary. the people of this district ea- caped payment of this additional tax against their property for 1919 and are that much ahead. The levy how- ever has now been properly certified and entered of record in the office cf the county clerk', thus assuring us that the financial benefits (lerivedl 1from the election will act-n. to the‘ Board and be payable out of the tax- es paid by the people in the spring of 1921. I tend. to promote éfliciency and quali- ty in our educational institution. and therefore the Board will leave no stone unturned to obtain this result. ()licinl Proceedings. M. H. Prince W. R. Curtis C. A. Carlson N. R. l-‘eanley. C. W. VanBeynum 3 ”6.00 l2. ‘1! ”.40 22 2!- "3.60 1.31! 4| 89 i m u-lurnu u'nowing that C. W. M‘VuMk-ynum had mph-ml lin- majori- Oolly of the \ou‘u “at it «In mmwl and OO‘wromll-d that be In vlm-tnl an mm- 3'" of (M Bonn! for two war-5‘ .n 33 S. Main Street Downers Grove, Ill. They are well made, their materials are the best ob- tainable, and their styles the newest and prettiest of the accepted fashions. Ample Measurements, Careful seaming and stitching, and accurate fitting are all factors in the wonderful service which all ‘FITRITE’ purchasers have learned to expect. Come in and make your selections from our newly replenished stock of Silk Jerseys, Messalines, Taffe- tas, Heatherblooms and Satine, you will find pleas- ing "colors in all materials. $2.00 to $9.50 ! The retain-s showing that C. A. :(‘nrluon and N. R. Feulvy had N- crivml the majority of the vows can! it mu mowed and seconded that thv)’ be tlt‘t‘lln'tl «It-cm! nu members: of the Bonnl (or full term 0! three years rnrh. Motion cuninl and so doclan'd. ‘ The returns showing that Mr. A. C. Miskclly hul waived all the votes cast it was moved and waded that he be declared elected as pnxklent of the Board (or the ennuing year. Motion curriul and no derlnrml. These modes are good looking and serviceable because their fabrics are easy to launder and long wearing. Prices range from The poll sheet of the annual elec- tion held on Saturday. April 17th. was then madvshowing that Mr. A. 1C. Miukelly had meivul 92 votes for President; C. A. Carlson. 80 votes for full term; N. R. Faulty. 85 votes for full term; C. W. VunBeynum. 86 for 2 year term. I’msitlonl J. R. Shnfl'or- pmsiding. Members present: Mrs. M. H. Prince, W. R. Curtis. H. E. Tank, I". E. Dowe. Absentâ€"R. E. Raasweiler. Both for yourself and the children. We suggest an early visit to the store. for, as the weather grows warmer, you will want to be wearing wash (lothes more and more. Every model we are showing, whether it's Voile, Gingham, or Per- cale, is smartly and carefully fashioned. After a trip to the tub they look just as good as new. Among the other warm weather needs we are now offering in especially fine assortments, are aprons in a number of styles and sizes and silk and cotton petticoats. § Fred H. Dowe. Sec. l April 19th .1919. ' The Board met in Special Soxsion at the Maple avenue schgol building for the purpose of canvassing we re- turns of election held on April ”lb and organization of the new Board. upon investigation they find flint the increased tax levy authorized by the special election held on August 2nd, 1919. had not been made, and had in- vited the Township Treasurer, Coun- ‘ty Clerk and County Supt. of Schools to meet with the Board on Friday evening, April 16th. Moved and seconded that the Board adjourn to Friday. April 16th. Motion .carried. I The finance committee reports that Mr. G. C. Butler and C. B. Blod-' gem were appointed as Judges and W. J. Stunts as Clerk of election to be held on April 17th. The finance committee reported that the High School teachers had requested a meeting of the commit- tee and protested the aetionvtaken by the committee in reference to salar- ies and after a general discussion of the existing condition expressed themselves as satisfied with the re- commendation made by the commit- the County Clerk and had received» an acknowledgement. Tub frocks [01 All occasions (Continual on pan 8) H. E. McAllisler Co. $5.00 to $17 .50 ‘titrite’ Petticoats tor Satistaction’s Sake R81“) ALI. Till". ADS. IT PAYS T 0 RIM!) TIN-2M. DO IT ALWAYS. It is almost a certainty that the price of Puri‘ ty Coal will advance month by month. The wise householder is he who places his order now for delivery during the summer. In this way, and in this way only, can you protect yourself and be assured of an adequate supply of this free burnâ€" ing PURITY. It is the best of the lllinois coals and has more satisfied users than any other. Prices to Rise In order to insure your supply of Purity Coal for next winter, place your order for your entire supply NOW. Do not be caught during the ex- treme cold Weather with an empty bin as you have been in previous winters. Phone Day 20 Lord Lum‘b er- Company They are simple yet very attractive in style. At their moderate mark- ings you will find it profitable to choose more than one. Kiddies Wash Dresses $1.95 to $3.50 here are Many , Pletty Styles in V Tub Frocks T to Choose me Here. Phone after 6 P. M. 12 J Telephone 190