The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
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supreme court puDHShed IN an
other column, that Custer county
will receive its money from the
defunct Bunting bank, less the
two 1O-cent dividends received a
year or more ago, the total sum
now amounts to S12,241.02. The
receiver, G. E. Thum, has delay
ed payment of the counties as
long as possible without any
valid excuse whatever for so do
ing, and his actions in this mat
ter has caused the Court to rep.
rimand him in a fitting manner,
and there will probably be no
more uncalled for delay in get
ting the money due the counties.
Out of this $12, 241.02 due Gus
ter county, some 500 or $500 of
it belongs to School District No.
l, which at the time of the bank
failure was reserved by the Trus-
tees at that time Office, for i'm
provements to the school prop
erty and for other purposes.
Now some few of our people ap-
pear to be of the opinion that it
would be best to use a portion of
this money when it is received,
to continue our present term of
school at this place, but we do
not believe it is the wish of the
majority of the taxpayers of
District No. 1. When the pres
ent contract for a z months term
has expired. which, by the way,
is a longer contract term than is
usually held here, it would be
well for our Hon. Board cf Trus-
tees to consider the matter care
fully, and see if it would not be
better to use this money for 9TH
er purposes, as from what we
can learn. our school rs not max
ing the progress this winter that
it should, for certain reasons
too much of everything but
actual school work, it is said,
appears to be introduced, which
is foreign to advancement. These
reports may be rumors, and we
hope they are, but they SAVIOR of
facts quite strongly-at least
some of them, and appear to be
quite universal from the scholars
and all children are not un-
truthful. Every taxpayer of
this district is in interested in
the welfare of our public school,
whether married or unmarried.
whether a head of a family or
not, and we claim it is their busi-
ness as to how the school is con-
Quoted, regardless of what any
one may say.
There was talk at one time, not
very long ago, of the school get
ting up an entertainment or two
for the purpose of securing funds
for an extra month of school, but
whether this project has been
dismissed or not we are unin'
formed. Our experience in these
entertainments has been that in
order to prepare the scholars fol
such an event, their minds are
detracted from their schoo-
books in preparing in such &
manner that they are unable tc
devote the time that they should
to their studies, and it matter no'
whether they are trained in
school or outside of schoo
hours, the result is the same,
Give child a part to perform
before the public aud they are
intent on performing that part
| SO as to not make q failure, ant
during this time their schoo
books are neglected-their minds
are not on their books-these are
too common, but upon the part
that they are to perform in th'
entertainment or literary. Thus
little is gained, for a month o
schooling is virtually lost to gain
an extra month. and the revenue
is about the only gain.
TIE money that we are to re
ceive from the Bunting bank es