OLSON ACCOMPLISHES MUCH DURING HIS T# FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE Miv Olson came tothis^coiinty in asprincipal of the Loman graded 'schools, which position he Veld for ^£two years. At the expiration of that ^|ttme the board of education elected sy?iim to the office of supervisor. Mr. Olson was approached by ^friends in 1918 to become a candidate ^against D. B. Jewell, who was at that -^•jtime 'county superintendent ii°f M|f$bcli©ols, but because/ of Mr. Olson's H"^,short'stliy in this county, and also as rf"'the did not wish to Vork against those who employed him, he refused. IJowerer, when it became known that Mr. -. Jewell, much totthe surprise of every one, had resigned prior to the time for filing, Olson, along with others, soaght the appointment Jor theunexpired term which he failed to recefro. IRKias ^.iwSWSr -J,W li '?"A ..i,E* .«?t. 's.fer -. C^wf •T- v".y However, favorable encouragements *j" f" &' received from the Tax Payers' League and many friends he was easily induced to file that same spring. y®. Perhaps no man who ever held »-t the office in the history of this county -•i-M ever filed and'won against such great fl odds as Mr. Olson. Although only a' i- president of this county for two and a ^^,/half years and with very few personal fe/gfSacquaiptances throughout the counwith the exception of the Rainy iRiver district where he had worked, ,'dson, through the hard work of this ^handful of friends, won in the fall .elections that year. The trying times/ during the early part oof Mr. Olson's administration, due to the war and influenza, not only At the International Lumber Company Stables made it difficult to secure teachers jibut labor iof any sort for general School repairs and upkeep was algmost impossible to get. During the V/influenza period school life almost Near Saw Mllt International Falls, ppft'v^ceased. jy yy,'-'y ll^y, Mr. Olson took office At the time $7* practically all the rural schools were & !¥'. f' !in a condition where they needed imw-- •.mediate attention in the matter of Beginning at 2 P. M. on fe: (repairs. During the past two sumiiners •Si schools that were worth repairt!u ^'3ng were painted and new hard maple floors installed. Wherever buildings Sy ilWere hot worth repairing Olson induced the board of education to erect jnew and substantial buildings, ex- te|ysamples of which are to be found at l^^iForsyth, Nett River, and other places ^•iKytoo numerous to mention. In the matyter of consolidation the progress has /been no less, having built a beautiful ... school known as the Harrigan consolidated school and an addition to ''jthe Birchdale school which has re-, -lieved the congested condition, there that had existed several years prior ito Mr. Olson's administration. Three me wconsolidated schools are to be built this summer, one at Silverdale, one at Border and one at Mizpah as /well as remodelling the old building there. It has justj been recently learned that a new high school building is vto be erected this year at Littlefork My |feyA.|at approximately a cost of $60,000, ^fe^n item regarding which appeared in jj^j^last week's issue of this paper 50 HEAD OF HORSES Rural public schools in both towns j+and remote parts of the county have 8K*ecn given considerable amount of ^t ^attention and still Mr. Olson Has never ^i^lost sight of the needs of the schools I'^fesVin the villages. ..'yyyy... :,: y'y:v:/y ^'"y?-,y""yVv ./y-yv :'y '-i most interesting part of Mr. I^V^Olson's administration to the tax will be sold to the highest bidder, without reserve |V!i,jpayer is the fact that when he took ^charge ?f the office the tax rate for -/^school purposes was 32 mill?. The IB*!rapid change of conditions brought about by the war made it absolutely necessary for the board to pay pracrw fj^tically twice as much for teachers, Six month's time will be given and bankable paper accepted y?%bus drivers, janitors, fuel and o^her necessary incidentals and this con[fijjk dition has not changed a particle in the last three years. In spite of this bearing 8 per cent interest ,7^' condition the school tax hps only increased 10 mills, the present rate being 42 mills. Right at this time when the county is in need of the most stringent econo •i*- This is an opportunity ,-s. to get a good a team for road work my is it hard to realize that a man -Who could keep the cost of his depart-yment down to less than a third increase i. when materials and labor had at your own pride. These are good serviceable horses, in jumped from one-half to twice as much more and still accomplish the .-•y work Mr Olson has, must be economical? good condition, just out of the woods and in shape for f- G. A. Olson filed last week for reelection |Sa to the office of county school 7 a superintndent. or farm work. '1 llllnl O. 6. SNYDER, D. O, R- O.. .. ,«*- &<"U. Registered Optometrist 3 4+f** aid Optician r^y ck n'y At Gledhill't Jewelry Store t' Fort Framces ff: Order Your Ne«di From the Nursery Farthest North jPNNEY,, Superintendent of Worses THE BELTRAMI NURSERY Otto Brpse, Proprietor. 17 years "a resident of Beltrami Q^n^y Bemidji, -MmnMOta.^ ,.%• 4 A trdeners, Nur«ery Me«, Florists Liao^of.:^