Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-27
NEW TEXTBOOKS.
The Series Just Adopted for the Schools
OF Alturas County.

The Series Just Adopted for the Schools
OF Alturas County.
WHEREAS, in pursuance of section
Is Of an Act Of the Legislative AS
sembly of the Territory of Idaho, en-
titled "An Act to amend an Act en-
titled sAn Act to establish public
school system, and provide for the
maintenance and supervision of pub
lie schools approved February s,
1885," approved February z, 1885, V.
S. Anderson, the County School Su-
pe1intendent of Alturas County, in
vited the leading publishers of school
books in the U. S. to submit their
various publications of school books,
for examination and comparison, and
also bids for furnishing the same; and
WHEREAS, the following publish
ers, viz: A. l.. Bancroft & Co., of San
Francisco; lvison, Brakeman, Taylor
& Co., and A. S. Barnes & Co., of
New York and Chicago; Harper &
Brothers, and Clark & Maynard, Of
New York and d. Appleton & Co., Of
New York, Boston and Chicago, hav-
ing furnished samples of their school
books for examination and COMPARE
son, in reading, spelling, grammar,
arithmetic, geography, history, pen
manship, and book keeping, as pro-
vided by said Act, and also bids in
due form, together with guarantee
approved by the Commissioners that
should any of their books be adopted
they will maintain the quality and ex-
cellence of their books, and the price
shall not be increased during the term
for which they are adopted; and
WHEREAS, the said books submit
ted, having been most carefully and
critically examined and compared, in
order to select the very best and most
t approved text books:
Now, therefore, we, V. S. Ander-
son, County School Superintendent
. and Geo. H. Abbott, Y. w. Gillette
= and Geo. w. kohlepp, Commissioners
Of Alturas County, Idaho Territory
> do hereby adopt the following uniform
series of Text Books to be used in al
$ the public schools of this (Alturas
n county, to-wit:
d "Swinton's First, Second, Third
q Fourth and Fifth Readers;" "Spencer
. ian System of Penmanship;" "Nev
Bryant & Stratton Common Schoo
l. Book-kceping;" all published by lvl
d son, Brakeman, Taylor & Co.
l. Monteith's Independent Course, GEL
ementary' and "Comprehensive Geos
!, raphy," in two books; ga Brief His
l. tory of the United States; ""Watson'
Sc series of Independent Spoilers, Ora
n, and Written;" "Watson's Graph
Speller, Oral and Written;" publishe
y. by A. S. Barnes & Co.
80 Thompson's Arithmetical Series, i
~ two books; "First Lessons in Aritt
Ill metic" and "Complete Graded Aritl
he metic;" "Reed's Word Lessons" pull
Id lished by Clark & Maynard.
Harper's Language Series, by Swi'
~ ton, in three books, viz : "Swinton
IS. Language Primer, Beginners Lessor
Is in Speaking and Writing English
'st "New Language Lessons, Engh
n Grammar and Composition" "En
~ lish Grammar and Compositions" pu
~ lished by Harper & Brothers. "a.
lly Bancroft & Co., agents.)
nd "Swett's School Elocution;" pal
en- lished by A. l.. Bancroft & Co.
re- And it is hereby ordered, in purs
~ ance of said Act, that the use of sa
of named text books be enforced in
the the public schools OF Alturas coun
er. on and after the first day of Septe1
led her, A. d. 1885, and that they sh
' e not be changed for the period of 70
o:t wears thereafter.
We recommend that the said te