Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-04-28
WILL ELECT TEACHERS
School Board Will Soon Go Over List
of Candidates.

GrangevilIe. April 27.-The city
..school board will meet next Monday to
cake up the matter of employing teach
IRIS for the coming year. The principal
Professor Hartzell Cobbs, OF Genesee.
has been engaged. but the grade teach
.ers have not yet been engaged. The
schools have gone along very success
fully the past year and 1t may be ex-
pected that the board will look with
.gavor on at least the majority of the
present teachers II all put in their
applications. While only the present
number of teachers will be employed,
1T is expected that by fall the number
.nf school children will have increased
so largely that one new teacher may
be necessary to teach in the old pri-
mary building, now used as a literary
4 szah and library.
Within few years. as soon as the
. people hare can get their land into
= orchards after the railroad comes with
good transportation, Idaho county will
> oe one Of the best fruit growing coun-
tries in the United States" said Cy
Overman. Of Tolo, one of the best
xnown orchardists and general farmers
ISf the county. Mr.. Overman secured
the grand prize for apples at the street
fair a year ago. over the Salmon river
exhibits, an honor that speaks high
for his ability as fruit grower. 1.-The
climate here is just right for profita-
bic fruit growing. We do not at least
here on the prairie, have late frosts
that are the terror of the fruit grower.
1t is so seldom that we have a late
frost heavy enough to damage, that
1t may almost be dismissed from the
possibilities. The fruit is as sound as
any in the world. There are fewer
dnsect pests than anywhere else. The
soil is all that can be desired for fruit
growing and the dry falls make a
sound. solid fruit that will keep almost
indefinitely. Transportation facilities
would allow of shipping fruit without
INJURY, and care In selecting and car
ing for orchards. SO as to be able to
build up and keep the good name the
country deserves, would make this sec
zion one vast orchard. for norting else
would pay SO we'll"
The exhibit Of public school work,
which was shown at Superintendent
carpenters office. Saturday, was a
.credit to this or any other county.
Work was shown from Whitebird, Mt.
Idaho. Cottonwood and the Grange
Vile schools. The time has been too
short for Professor Carpenter to carry
~out all his ideas on the natter since
he was inaugurated into office. It
would be necessary to see all the teach
ers and go over with them the details
Of what was wanted explaining the
method of preparing the exhibit, the
= size OF paper to use so as to have it
uniform. and the arrangement of the
snatter to make the right kind of a
showing. However. with the assist
-ance OF few Of the teachers who were
sncst easily reached he succeeded ad :
mirab1y. The exhibit will be sent to
Boise. from where 1t will go to the
kPortland fsir.
Tom Johnson went down TO Stites
Monday to meet Mr.. W. S. Yeardley.
OF Coifax. his partner in the big placer
proposition in Little Slate creek, near
Florence. Mr.. Yearsley was here hut
a few hours. finishing his business in
time to leave Tuesday afternoon.