Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-03-09

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the Bsard of Eaacsii"n- provided by the
ex-ellent school la~ nov In operation.
will speedily secure the adoption of n un-
iform series OF textbooks have securet
the county right t.' Use the Universal
Liquid Stating" which furnishes a black
board almost equal To an ordinary slate,
and have handed the recipe To Mr.. Mark
f. Hartsuck, Of Olympia, who will doubt
less furnish first-class black boards at
very reasonable rates. SO that no school
i'm the county need tie without this essen
tial article OF furniture.
Should a sufficient number of school
districts apply to me, l shall take steps to
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the most moderate rates possible, aud
charge them nothing for my trouble.
Our Board of County Commissioners
may be induced, next year, to levy aschool
tax of six, instead of the present tax Of
four mills, on the dollar. This regard
attended to iii the way suggested, and our
county authorities succeed IN collecting all
the delinquent taxes under the new reve-
nue. law, the appOrtiOnment of school mo-
ney next year will probably be about
nine dollars per capita OF all the children
able every district containing twenty
scholars to have their school carried on
six months in the year, which will be
great improvement over the present sys-
the districts to employ q higher class of
teachers, because they will he able to pay
better salaries. It is q great mistake to
cut down teachers wages to starvation
figures and expect the best talent at those
rates. Other counties in the Territory are
ahead Of Thurston county in this respect.
and consequently draw some of our best
teachers away from us. But in spite of
the drawbacks referred to above. marked
progress y visible in so1e Of the ., schools:
mendable zeal.
A laudable evidence of the progress of
Thurston county in the matter of popula-
ton Is found in the fact that one hundred
and thirty-One (l31) more school children
were reported last year than in the year
previous. Three-fourths Of this increase
is reported from the two Olympia dis
tricts. =
Five new districts have boon formed
during the year. There are now thirty in
having less than fifteen scholars.
JNO. r. THOMPSON.