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WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for January 1900WWU Board of
Trustees meeting minutes for January 1900
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1900-01-15 Special. The board met pursuant to agreement in chairman
Neterer's office at 3:30PM present the chairman and trustees Teck. The
clerk reported having reveived three bids for furnishing the school with
wood pursuant to the published call. They were opened and found to be as
follows. Bid of John Nygren - Mr. Nygreu offered to furnish 75 cords of
live body fir, 4 foot wood, at $3.70 per cord, 75 cords of second growth
fir at $3.40 per cord. Bid of Nels Dalquist - Mr. Dalquist offered to
furnish 75 cords of live body fir 4 feet in length for $3.75 per cord and
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1900-01-15 fir at $3.25 per cord. Bid of Morgan Wheeler for B.B. Imp. Co.
Mr. Wheeler offered to furnish 500 ricks of 16 (?) slat wood at $1.00 per
rick. The following order was made after a due deliberation of the bids
that Nels Dalquist be awarded the contract for furnishing the school with
75 cords of second growth fir at $3.25 and that Morgan Wheeler for the B.B.
Imp. Co. be awarded the contract for furnishing the school with 250 ricks
of 16 inch wood at #1.00 per rich. The chairman and Clerk were authorized
to execute the contracts. The clerk reported having received a rebates
check from the Northern Pacific Ry. Co. for $14.46 as the result of their
having (?) in transit a carboy of sulphuric acid; also a letter from the
auditor stating that he had refused to issue a warrant in payment of the
voucher of J.C. Parker for $24.00 for the (?) that it was either for
printing or binding which in either case would be done by the state
printer. Mr. Parker was ordered paid out of the Odd and End fund. It was
ordered that the parties to whom the contract for furnishing the school
with wood had (?) should be required to give a bond in the sum of $300 for
the faithful performance of their contract. Board adjourned. Record
approved. L.H. Darwin, clerk. Jere Neterer, chairman. 1900-01-26 The board
met in regular session at the school building at 3:30PM; present chairman
Neterer and trustee Teck absent trustee Edens. The minutes of the meetings-


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1900-01-26 of Dec. 7th 13th 18th 30th and Jan 15th were read and approved.
The chairman reported that in instruction he had conferred with two
carpenters relative to the construction of a bookcase for the storage of
the unused text books of the school and had awarded the contract to Mr.
G.U. Korthauer for $9.00 his bid being $1.00 cheaper than the other. The
following bouchers were allowed from the library fund special. Voucher No.
12 - favor A.F. Lannagan $4.34 for books furnished the library bill Jan
2nd. Voucher No. 11 - favor Doubleday and McClure $187 for 1 life of Grant
furnished library bill. The following bills were allowed to be paid by the
chairman from the odds and ends fund: B.B. Gas Co. $7.50 gas fixtures for
building; John Larson $4.06 cartage; E.R. Croft $4.73 cartage day of
students reception; Caldwell and Calvert $5.00 invitations for students
reception. The following vouchers were ordered certified to the state
auditor that warrants might issue. Voucher No. 184 - favor L.H. Darwin
$25.00 salary as clerk board of trustees from Dec. 15th to Jan 15th.
Maintenance. Coucher No. 185 - favor L.H. Darwin $18.55 expense acct as
clerk board of trustees for month ending Jan 25th. Maintenance. Voucher No.
186 - favor Sunset Tel. and Tel. Co. $4.00 telephone rental - 1 phone
school bldg. - for month of Jan 1900. Maintenance. Voucher No. 187 - favor
Henry Heel and Co. $15.28 for supplies furnished the school laboratory bill
Dec. 9th 1899. Laboratory supplies fund. Voucher No. 188 - favor D.H. Evans
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1900-01-26 supplies furnished laboratory bill Jan. 24th. Laboratory
supplies. Voucher No. 189 - favor Cunningham Curtiss and Welch $44.55 for
text books furnished the school bill Jan 2nd. Library fund. Voucher No. 190
- favor Henry Halb and Co. $36.00 for text books furnished school bill Jan
15th. Library fund. Voucher No. 191 - favor American Book Co. $56.70 for
text books furnished school bill Jan 11th. Library fund. Voucher No. 192 -
favor G.W. Kothauer $9.00 1 set book shelves furnished school bill Jan 22.
Library fund. The board passed resolutions of thanks on their own behalf.
And also on behalf of the faculty and students to Mr. Frederick Warde for
his Kindness in delivering a lecture to the school on the morning of Jan
26th. They are appended and form a part of these (?). Janitor McBride was
allowed $2.50 extra compensation for watching the school building in
Halloween night. A communication was read from Larson and Son relative to
the purchase by the board of their piano which is at present in the school
building. The chairman was instructed and authorized to execute an
acknowledgement that the title was to remain vested in Larson and Son and
to assure them that the school would hold two (?) a year and the proceeds
of these would go to pay the purchase price of the piano. Board adjourned.
Record approved. L.H. Darwin, clerk. Jere Neterer, chairman.


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