The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-10-24
BOARD APPOINTS
TRUANT OFFICERS
Parents Liable to Fine and lmpriSon-
ment II Their Children Don't
Attend School.


made the following appointments OF
truant officers under the new compul-
sorry schoolNattendance law:
A. A. Greer for Wallowa and surroun-
ding districts, including districts l, l2.
16, 80, 81, 40, Al, 81, So, 60 and 26.
John A. Doud for Promise country,
including dist riots 3S. 43, 40, 46, 40, 81
81 and 60.
VIM. Fleenor, Lostine, Districts 7, 10,
II, "a and 4.
L. F. McAnulty, Enterprise. Dis
tricts 81, 2S, 81, Is, so. SO, l5, IL, 33, 25,
2, 90, SO and Al.
w. c. Moore of Flora. Districts 10,
81, 90, 80, 35. 80; AZ, ~, 4s, 54, So, SO
and &C.
A. NJ. Johnson of Joseph. Districts
8, 5, 6, l3, 20, %, 9, 8 and 65.
The truant officers receive So daV
for time employed Teachers are re-
quired to report to them the absence of
any child between the ages of 8 a nd IA,
also between the ages of IA and 16
unless the boy or girl is employed. The
truant officer notifies the parents, who
" are liable to fine of from $5 20 $25 or
or Imprisonment from two to ten days
in county Jail or both. All school
officers must assist in the enforcement
of the law under penalty of heavy
= fine.
> County School Notes
The, boundary board will meet during
.e the next session of the county court.
Is Two petitions will come before it. One
a for a new district, No. 67, at Elk
d Mountain, changing the boundaries OF
h No. 81 and 8; the other to change the
id boundaries of Nos. 80. So and 66.
r. S. r. Landers of the north country
II, was in town Monday. They want {
{ teacher in his district. Joe Beach ant
be Charles Kuhn of Paradise were her
at Saturday, also in search Of teacher,
ey Miss Jessie Matlock, teacher in tn
(. Lostine school, and Mrs. Daisley wer
rk callers at Superintendent Kerns' offic
nd Saturday also Max Wilson, teacher a
as In naha bridge.
he Perry Fostel of Prairie Creek was il
to see Mr. Kerns about teaching.
- County High School
The work OF the county high schoc
is moving along very nicely. The frs
three years work is being taught an
the fourth year will be added as 500
as there is any one ready for it.
At a meeting of the county hig
school board Saturday arrangement
we're made for ordering Grove
cabinet for the science department
This cabinet will contain all Il
apparatus necessary to perform abo
400 experiments in physics. The wol
in the physics class will not be 6
y theory but instead each pupil will
required to do laboratory work. II
board also authorized the purchase OF
set of the Century dictionary al
cyclopedia and other reference boo
for the library.
The high school boys and girls ha
- decided to take hold OF debating al
enter the State Inter-Hish Sch'
league. The team that will repres'
the high school will be ready
work by the middle OF November.
A special effort is being made to ge
collection of speci mems for use in
geology and physical classes. Any
having good specimens or know
where some may be found will do
school a favor by reporting to
Rudd. Good care will be taken
specimens loanod to the school.
Arthur II. Radd, graduate of
Colorado School of Mines, has b
employed to teach mathematics I
some OF the sciences. He began "
Monday morning.
Vernon Corkins entered the eleve
grade Monday. From all indicat
the high SCI! ool will have an enrollrr
of o. bv the first of the wear,