The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-20
IDAHO CITY. SATURDA Y..oayU UNE CO. 1874
LETTER FROM ONEIDA COUNTY,

Ah1o, ONEIDA COUNTY, May 10, 1874.
EDIroR WORLD: :-Having no disposition to
quarrel with. or contradict any one, especially
when. there. is no beneft in view; I will say
very little in answer to. Mr. Perrault's letter Of
the lst.i did not ask his .'facts"I to- satisfy
myself, but for the satisfaction of the Idaho
public. wh0.has been misinf0rmed in regard to
the administration Of school affairs in this cOun-
ty. Mr.. Perraults~ informant lis inclined to
think" and of course we are guilty., And again,
our report Is entirely out of reason, Ito his no.
ton, land we are condemned! That inform
ant must be bold one, denying our report Of
the Juveniles OF our own city. (Paris). but then
hls strong reason is, because it seems Gerry
large" IT is no wonder Mr.. Perrault felt
somewhat offended with the Attorneys for not
taking the matter up. being prepared as he was
with such an array of "facts." They must
have favored the Oneida School Superintend-
ent and Census Marshals, when they could have
used them up with such strong testimony We
invite these said Attorneys to visit us that we
may make their personal acquaintance, and
that they may see our valleys and our numer.
Gus juveniles. and think to their notion, they
will believe the number reported to be here.
Mr.. Perrault finds at last some mistakes in
my letter published about six months ago, but
it is only "no,ion'' Of his, as quoted from
the Government Census Report for 1870, and
the result is. as have stated. gave the pop.
ulation of the towns added to Idaho ,rhere
School Districts wcre organized aud reported
from, leaving out two small settlements from
where no schools have been reported. as well
as heavy scattering population in this valley,
along Bear river and Cache valley all Of which
were received into Idaho at the time the towns
reported were. If Mr.. Perrault had noticed
my letter sufficiently he would also have seen
that the population given was that of 1870, and
possibly have concluded that in three years our
population must have increased considerably,
and agreed with me that tbs population of the
towns "t that date did, "by no means include
all ot the annexed population" mt date of my
letter. and would not surely have stated that he
kne,c that the population given. Of the School
Districts was "-very soul" that was added to
the population Of Idaho from Utah. and further
If the truth were known. many more than
was added" IL the truth was known, Mr..
Perrault must have been receving information
from some one inclined to think" or who had
motion I still say. that the 4o5 children
reported in 1872. were the children Of popu.
lation of 9S5 (inhabitants Of school districts
only). and not the children Of the entire county
as it was. have had M objection to an in.
vcstgation, or the proposal to make one, and
objection to an accusation of intended fraud.
when. as the pnblc has seen by Mr.. Perraults
letter. there we're no grounds for it, for even IL
Mr.. Perrault's informant had by accident Gin
clincd to think" the truth. or had motion"
that was correct; by what process OF reasoning
shonld be held responsible for wilful or ac-
cideutal mistake on the part Of Census Mar
shalg
have been informed by several School Trns-
tees of late, that in their respective districts.
there were several children OF proper age not
reported at all. and from what / do know.
a,n satisfied that the number Of children would
have been increased instead of diminished If
an investigation had taken place. '
Permit me to say word in regard to anoth-
er ..notion" to the effect that our schools (why
except Malad. as it is mostly Mormon)y are
sectarian, and that "all the books used are
Mormon books" Take my assurance that
there are no such books used in our schools. it
may save some writing It will not pay to
spend time in investigating that matter; unless
the legislature could be persuaded to appropr-
ate literally for the work
Respectfully. WM' buDIE.