Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
CHANCE FOR MANY TEACHERS
All but Three Of the Counties in Nebraska
Report q Shortage in Supply.
MCPHERSON HAS NONE WHO QUALIFIED
Many from other states write 60
state superinteBdent-LittIe Girl
who was Accidentally
shot VIII Recover.
CFrom a stan correspondent.l

Nfium - oNtM correspondent
LINCOLN. Aug. 1s.-(Special.)-one Of
the strongest and most convincing proofs
Of the prosperity OF the people Of the
state, especially those of the rural com
munities, is the scarcity Of public school
teachers. A few years ago there was a
demand for practically every school posi-
ton in the state; now there is a demand
for cache in nearly every county. Even
In Lancaster county. the home Of the Uni
versity Of Nebraska and several other col
leges. there are not enough teachers to go
around. Frontier county has reported forty
vacancies in It's rural schools, and the SUI
perintendent Of Hamilton county has writ
ten the state superintendent that thirty
FIVE Of the best qualified teachers Of that
district have resigned. Mcpherson, Adams
and Box Butte have reported vacancies and
asked the state superintendent to assist in
finding teachers for their schools.
The publicity given the fact that there
is a scarcity Of teachers In Nebraska has
increased the correspondence of the SUI
perintendent's once, applications being re-
ceived daily from various other states. To
all OF these inquiries superintendent Fowler
replies:
81 am In receipt of your letter Of recent
date. There are vacancies in the rural
schools in nearly every county in the
state. with the exception of Cheyenne, Ne
maha and Saline. In the western counties
especially the demand for good teachers is
greater than the supply. l would suggest
that you correspond with the superintend-
ents Of the counties in which you would
be willing to teach"
The superintendent Of Mcpherson county
sends Mr.. Fowler the following appeal:
tT wrfta tNagor dfpn fAa situation In ans
county as to teachers. There are needed
In the county about eight teachers, count
ing the district intended to be organized,
and counting two each for the districts
containing two school houses. In the dis
tricts now organized there are four that
will have schools. as follows: One for nine
months. divided between two school houses,
pay $50 per month; one for three months,
cas-; one for four months. SIS; and one for
twelve months. divided between two school
houses, $50. AS you probably remember
there was not a teacher for this county to
attend the county institute, and as attend
ance at an institute is a necessary quail
hcation It leaves us without any teachers.
/ am writing to you to see u you can solve
the problem for US SIS to where we are
going to get teachers. Some teachers OBJ
ject to teaching In this county on account
Of the distance from town, as some OF the
sehss!s are t-cn twenty-five 20 thirty
miles away
New Telephone Company.
Articles Of Incorporation Of the FIRE.
mont Telephone company were recorded in
the secretary Of states office today. The
company is capitalized COR 5000, 900. It's in
corporators are: j. l.. Laird, B. w. Rey-
nolds. ]. R. Henry. w. e. Lee. w. ].
COPYRIGHT, W. ]. Davies and J. II. Will
liams.
Vella Glassman, the 11-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. e. F. Glassman, 2503 A
street. who was hit by a bullet while stand.
ing In an o street bakery Saturday night.
is recovering and will probably sustain no
permanent injury. The bullet came from
. gun in the hands Of Harry Davoll. who
was exhibiting 1t to a friend. He didn't
know 1t was loaded and happened to pull
the trigger just as the little girl came
in front OF its muzzle.
The city council is ordering the repay
ing OF sections OF streets in the business
district. o street will be paved from Six
teenth to Twenty-seventh n several
blocks on Ninth street be given similar
treatment. There are several other dis
tricts for which contracts will soon be
awarded.