The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-12

| hou To oShoOl ulStilC thdt
~ teachers at an average monthly |
salary of $55.11 for term averag
ing 6.8 months. Now there are SO |
districts with 1872 teachers receiving |
an average salary of $69.75 for a
term averaging 73 months.
Canyon county has four independ-
ent school districts-Caldwell, Nam
pa, Payette and Emmett--each hay
Ing a well equipped high school with
a full four years course. AS rule
only university graduates are en-
ployed to teach In these high schools,
and this has so raised the standing
OF the schools that our graduates are
admitted to the State university.
Four years ago these schools employ
Der Is 66.
Next in rank are the excellent
graded rural schools. twelve of them
with from two to four teachers each.
Four years ago there were three ru-
raj schools that had two teachers
each. These were Middleton, New
Plymouth and Pleasant View. The
object in establishing these graded
districts is to insure thorough work
in the common branches. Toward
the end of the term a uniform State
examination is given to pupils of the
eighth grade. Those passing this
examination are admitted to any high
school or academy in the State. 1t
: is a great injustice to a pupil to al
low him to take up advanced work
before he has a good understanding
: of the common branches. 1t never
pays to build without a foundation.
Last spring 62 in the rural schools
alone passed this examination. This
shows a great improvement, and re-
: fleets credit on the teachers. Speak
ing of teachers. Canyon county has a
corps of teachers that can not be out
ranked. A majority of them have
had excellent educational advantages.
: Only Ave now employed hold third
= grade certificates.
During the past four years all but
IA of the districts have either had
new school houses built or have en-
larged the old ones, There are now
six districts that need new buildings
before another term opens.
: In 1908 there were 1888 children
| nf dahnnl IN ha
: there are $685.. Total value of all
school property including furniture
: and apparatus was $115,53O: now II
Is $259, 01S. The bonded Indebted.
ness in 1908 was $6S.S47; now 1t Is
n $15S,000. Canyon county Is better
II equipped with school houses than
n any other county in the State, and II
n still building more
8 Assessors Office.
The work in the assessors CO
has assumed such proportions, by
reason of the rapid growth of the
county, that 1t now requires the
!. work of from four to six men, in
order that the property OF the coun.
ty be listed, between the second Mon.
day In January and the second Mon.
day in July.
n Canyon county now has 2O4,35t
"a Ia acres of patented lands, with 9
10 valuation of $1,574.1OS; in 1905 the
a valuation was $1.44O.312. The val
"a ne of town and city lots in 1906 wa,
n $29S,O22; now 1t is S369.l4S. I'm
q provements in 1905 were $56S,775;
q now $632,395. The value of per
!. sonal property In 1905 was SLIGO,
!, 22S; 1t Is now $1,274.76S.25. There
O Is now 100 miles OF railroads II
o the county, with a valuation o.
, 1905. The total value of all prop
y erty In 1905 was $4,635,6 Il
10 now reaches the sum of $4,963,7l5
"a 81. The valuation for 1907, will ex
ia coed the above figures many thous
snds OF dollars, as but few of the
f" many improvements of last veal
% were assessable, but will be added
!. this year.
The Probate Judge has been doinf
II business the past two years. It Il
Ii found that 60 estates have been pro
s. bated; twenty-five guardianship act
l. ed upon; three adoptions have beer
o legalized. and % persons committed
J. to the county poor farm. Seventy
70 six civil and 81 criminal cases hav,
been disposed Of during the term
Judge Hagelin, the present incum
d bent. will succeed himself In tn,
L Office