The Western news., 1903-11-04
RAVALLl SCHOOL STATS TICS,
Sounty Superint endeDt Ostermeyer's
Report Contains Information
Of Interest.

VI Interest.
1he statistical report of the school
districts Of Ravalli county has just
oeep completed by Miss Ostermeyer,
county superintendent. The report
contains many facts Of interest to the
local public
Kayali county has total of 1888
chlioren between the ages of and 21,
l-94 OF the number being males and
l444 females. There are go children
IN the county who are under school
age, o1o OF them being boys and 457
girls. During the school year total
u 2OO2 pupils were enrolled in the 81
school districts Of the county, Hamil-
ton furnishing 519 of that number,
Stevensville POI, Corvallis 121, Victor
106 and Grantsdale SO. No other dis
trict approached the hundred marx.
The various schools of the county
give employment to 50 teachers, u
males and SO females. At the present
time it happens that every school in
the county is in session. The average
salary paid women teachers per month
is $3.50, while men receive an average
of $o5.9l per month
The school Libraries of the county
contain 1891 volumes valued at 81 pa.
IS. The Hamilton school library con-
tains 700 volumes valued at $500.
The school library in the
Robinson district is the second
largest in the county, containing III
volumes valued at $50. The Victor Ii
brary has 10 volumes valued at $50,
the Holden district has 81 volumes val
ued at $75, and the Fair Play district
80 volumes valued at $50. No other
district in the county approaches the
hundred mark
The county's school property is
given total valuation of $54,ol2.
Hamilton's school property is valued
at $4,000, Corvallis at &c, 700, Grants
dale and Victor each at So, 500, Stevens
vile at $4,000, Darby at ST ,22O, Wagner
81, 100, Baldwin 81 ,O2O and Etna $1,000.
No other district in the county exceeds
the 1000 mark.
The financial report of the schools
of the county also contains many in
teresting items. It is noticed that
total OF S42,S22.2o was paid into the
school fund during the past year. A
total Of So 2,656. 55 was paid out for
teachers salaries. There was total
OF I'll, ,771.o9 remaining in the treasury
at the beginning of the school wear.
September 1st.
Hamilton leads the list in the amount
OF it's school fund, 513, ,564.34, Stevens
vile second with S3,444 50, Victor has
S2,611.+5, Corvallis $2,4O7.25, Grants
dale $2, ,o4O.2S CANYON Greek 81 ,468. 20,
Burnt Fork ST. ,252 p, Fair Play 81 ,2Oo.-
10, Darby S1,1oO.OO, Wagner S1,O25.os
. No other district has fund reaching
the thousand mark.
The foregoing districts pay out the
following sums IN teachers salaries:
0 Hamilton, Sc, ,7O5; Stevensville, So, ,762,-
: 80; Corvallis, 5000; Victor, 81 ,O16;
: Darby, 5000; Grantsdale, 1888. Sc; Can
, yon Creek, $723,75; Wagner, S556.5o;
Fair Play, $425; Burnt Fork, $500.
The districts in the best financial
condition Judging merely by the SUR
plus in the treasury are: Hamilton
with s., ,562.5O; Victor with $1,O9S. S.21;
Burnt Fork with $597.72 and CANYON
Creek with S 568.S2. No other district
has as much as $500 in the treasury.
Henceforth the school districts of
the county will be required to expend
the money in the library fund for liz
brary purposes as the law provides.
The law specifies that library fund
shall be created by setting aside not
less than so per cent or more than 10
per cent of the school fund and that no
money shall be paid out of this fund
unless the warrant drawn on the treas
ury is accompanied by bill for the
books for which it is in payment.
Heretofore this provision of the school
law has been quite generally ignored.
Now the county superintendent in
tends setting aside per cent of the
funds of each district for library
fund and the money thus set aside
shall be expended for library purposes.
The yearly accumulation of books
thus purchased by each district will |
give each district in the county, in |
time, nice little school library.