The morning call., 1892-06-13
NOTES FROM NILES.
A Successful Public school-The Fruit
Season.


The success of the Union High School,
which has been established in Centerville.
in this township, under the law passed at
the last Legislature, should prove of gen.
eral interest. No less than % such schools
have been established throughout the State
within the year. and of these Union High
School No 2. situated at Centeryille. Ala
media County, is so far as can be learned,
the largest and most successful. Thirteen
school districts have united IL establishing
it. Twenty pupils have been enrolled during
the year, and two teachers are employed,
Professor w. ii. Wentworth and Miss
Guilemine Crocker 1t is almost impossible
to over estimate the great value of these
schools to the country people.
AThe Caminetti course, which had been
adopted in many sections of the State, gave
another years course after the regular
grammar course, gain of year more at
home even If they wished to continue fur
ther elsewhere, and quite an addition to the
grammar course if they could go no further.
From these high schools pupils can enter
the universities. The public schools gen.
orally are of high standard throughout
the State, ana the very desirable thing which
has been aimed at and worked for for so
many years by earnest educators, has finally
! been accomplished, and a complete and
graduated course Of instruction or educa-
tiOnal training from the lowest or primary
grades Of the public schools to the finish Of
the two great universities is now possible to
all who wish it, all OF which can be obtained
| at home by the poorest country boy or girl,
but the university course.
The canyon is rapidly filling up with
| campers. Dozens of tents are already along
the stream, and very many more wildoubt-
less come in the next week or so. The hills
are full Of good game, the creeks are we'll
stocked with fish. the bathing is fne and
| the scenery romantic and beautiful enough
to suit the most eXacting.
The outlook for the fruit season Is fair
| The crop is not nearly so large as last sea-
son, and the prices as yet are not much in
advance of those Of last year The trees
are this season generally free from scale.
and the fruit as consequence is fine and
| large Orchardlsts are just now busy in
the cherry orchards, and the long summers
work has begun, to last until October.
Our roads are fine. attracting large num-
bers of bicyelists every week.
The EpiseOpalans in and about town
| have organIZed, and funds will be raised as
sueedily as possible to purchase lot and
build church. Services are held at present
! every other Sunday evening in the First
| Congregational Church by Rev. T. e.
| Crump, who has charge of the church in
| CenteTYille.
! A sx-acre tract in orcharding just in
! town was sold last week to a gentleman
from San francisco. 1t is reported that he
intends to cut it up and sell it in town lots
as soon a the present lease expires.
Each year the State Fish Commissioners
| stock the headwaters of the Alameda Greek
and its many tributaries with trout Fine
fish can be caught and speckled beauties 10
and IL inches long are not rare. However,
early In the seasCn the waters Of the main
creek were diverted from their own channel
for irrigatiBg purposes and thousands upon
thousands of the young fish destroyed
Many city people are attracted to our IT.
tie town and spend the pleasant summer
davs in our midst.
The electrician lire from Haywards 10
Oakland is proving such a snccess that peo-
pie all along the line are looking for its ex-
tension ia the near future, when Niles will
be but another pleasant suburb of the city
Niles, June II. L. L. T.