The copper era., 1905-12-28
THE CLIFTON SCHOOLS.
A Remedy Suggested for the DeplOraDle
 Conditions Now Existing.


 addition to S43,OO0 already invested n in school houses, will soon vote bonds E for another building to cost S4O,OOo. O
 The public schools are the pride or T. every town in Arizona, with one eN- O eption-Clifton.
 Clifton is one of the oldest, and Ill P way one of the best, towns 1n the territory, but she has no schooi Duiic mos. About four years ago the All zona copper company built school h bonse in North Clifton which has since been used for school purposes l b,+ if is not owned by the district. l
 Two years ago the South Clifton district built school house at an ex- neuse of 5000, but it was so badly damaged by the flood January last that it has not since been used.
 When the school house was built Tn North Clifton it was sufficient at that l+ime for the needs of the community, hut the town has grown so rapidly
 since then that today it could not
 accommodate one quarter of the
 children. eI
 For several years the people of
 Chase creek, with hundreds or Chll-
 dren. have been begging for schoolS, . but their appeals were not needed | until this year, when it was dlscoV- f cred that that section of town was Ill J +be south district. The trustees or lg South Clifton started a school in that f1 section, which was followed Oy tne
 directors of North Clifton, doing the y same thing, and running school ID Lo what is legally South Clifton olstrlot'
 Tbis necessitates the renting ot two D. buildings, neither of which are prop IT, erlv furnished, and it is said that the 90. one being run by the trustees ol North Clifton has been dolng WILT
 ont fuel. which has caused the attend
 ance to drop off to nearly nothlng.
 Some months ago the people ol
 South Clifton voted bonds TOT cn' ip- erection of a new building, but owing eo +o the threatened fight over th' at boundary lines of the district ther' me has been no sale for these bonds' ant
 +he schools are in a most deplorapi rri- condition. though the directors nav cd, made an effort to make the sheds an nty +be tent. in which these schools ar t is held. as comfortable as possible
 With the hope of harmonizing COT of ditions it was proposed some time az 1sa to consolidate the two olstlct ,TN and the order was so made py u VIC hoard of supervisors, but thls d ranoement, it seems, was not saIi factory to the president or the Al
 zona copper company, resident enn' Enoland, who happened to be here nity one of his semi-annual Vlslts' al Fat through his interest in the matIei $ of is understood that the election " ten ca1l,d in the territory formerly Kno' enge las district No. 8, in order that an will nression might be had as to whetn ther the trustees should abide by the
 tion of the board of supervisors men contest the matter in the courIs' f+on this election several hundred vo' ,ris+- were cast by people who are or, in citizens of this country, and there1' is 2 not entitled to vote. Many Amt vbile cans who were in favor ot consoll de by +ion were so disgusted that they n ex- fused to vote- uo 7 will fore overWnelhllnsS ,,,;l m re- solidation, hence the question VII
 taken into the courts and Will pi
 ablv drag along several years, WI consul may deprive one halt ot the ChllO rs at o+ the town of the advantage Il last schooling.
 rom If must be remembered that ing of ,h1a between the districts sts or bronqht about by the lines ot grape new district not being where d. pr. were originally supposed to exist nat he M a;e+ric+ was bonded, and W jl1ton ,f+er two or three years 1t was
 covered that the district tooF in the more PI"P0'I ,.,;sed " ,o,n+v supposed, a howl was ralseo 70 . led up to the present condltlo ,ld and affairs.
 ,-,,er,s The natural inference to be d Ld from this is that the Arizona C r nl.nt company, after having erecte ny, and building at an expense fo ,,1er+ies does not wish to be taxed 10 lied his erection of other buildings.
 may not be the only reason, ds
 has been considerable trlctlo r of the tween the Shannon and the eturned con,nanies over the boundary a bride, orestion. However that may han, of whatever the cause, there IS n' my took solutely no possibility TOT Orndorf school conditions in Clifton, instant, reside one-quarter of the chllo r of the Graham county, as long as lg. The tricts are in litigation and pull ton and cross purposes. There are hu s, and is of children here who are 10 know school, and who of necessity III 7 months main out ot school until tn Id made over the boundary line is settle a hearty As a matter of fact the d return. have been consolidated, and .ulations, has it on good authority | Id happy hoard of supervisors will not
 themselves, as did the super d under ent of public instructloh' store. ouested the board to make LII
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