Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-04-06
News, Note. from the vera, valley.

LovEs VERDE, April 3. Special correspondence. March Slst, 1892, will long be remembered for the
 pleasant time the people had at the
 closing of Miss Ida Williams school
 in the new school district, No. 25, on
 Lower Verde. Some two weeks since, word was given out that the parent. of the school childnn were
 going to give them treat in the
 way of an old-fs.hioned basket pie
 nic. At about II o'clock the people
 commenced to gather, and about
 noon the closing exercises com
 menced, which consisted of speak
 ing, reeitstions, declamations dia-
 logues end singing. After the
 closing exercises of the children
 were over, the benches and boxes which were used for furniture were
 arranged and long table made,
 which was laden with good things
 10 please the palate. The teacher
 and the ladies who vers 10 wait
 upon the youngsters al the table an
 nouneed that this was sn affair especially for the children, and that
 the old folks must wait until the children were through, when all were invited to partske. After all pres ent had enjoyed the fesst.pYepsred, the young folks engaged in games end plays of various knds. Co the greet delight of the older people who witnessed the sports. As there were several who came from the moro distant portions of the valley, sad arrived scc late Co witness the exercises of the school, Miss Will iams had the children to rcpest . portion of theis exercises, consist inG of dielogue, etc, for thei, es- cecisl benefit. The people are proud of tkei, sew district. and feel grateful Co ths probate judge end supervisors fos giving them the new district in order Co sehool theiv eAildpsa, without takins the sish of crossing the five,, which is often vvyy dangerous. The school has done scod woyk, there having been c total absence ci friction snd com pisints. Tho teaehe, and parents have wcrked together ina manner that b truly ecmmendsble. No naks special mention of the children ie hard to do. e ell performed theif parts most ercditsbly, snd showed that tAs teacher hsd done her csst 1 weil end taken great interest in her school tn teaching cur coming men end women. N{ss Williams wss raised i1 Ysvspai county, Arisons, and is . sYsdusts cf the Prescott high school, asd saide from her many good sccisl quaiities end generel recommendation, she earne {, to ue with . diploma from thst in stituticn and . county certificate ss her authority to teach. This wss our A.w sehool in the new district, l and key Arst experience ss . teacher, both of which have been . complete sueeeas OuY daily average attend snce for the term was ovey twelve. On Mis- Williams taking hev fsre vell of the children end parents, l ell erpreseed the hope she might come baek again ss our teacher Tor nert term.
 Mis- Williams goes from hero to I,yux cyeeh to teach . three months term, end from my experience is school matters. l feel ssfe in saying to the trustees of thst schcol dis tr;ct they Asvs made no mistake in their collection cf . teacher.
 It has been rsining for the psst .vesty-iour hours, the ground is thoroughly soaked and the valley i. one cold coat of gramma grsss and alhlcrea.
 The health of the valley is gen erally good. {
 The fumes on the great Verde ditch are completed, and there will be plenty of water for irrigsting this yeaY for the settle ments O. the lower Verde. The ditch, when properly graded in a few places vheye the ground has ,unk, win carry about b,000 inches ,f water and cover about that mum her of acres of land. The ditch i. IA miles long, and l2 feet wide on he bottom, and has grade of 3S to ! ,O inche. to the mile.
 Very truly, VERDE.