The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-04
WANT SOIL SURVEY
DISTRICT SCHOOL TRUSTEES PASS
 RESOLUTION.
Government Representative in Charge Asked to Complete Work For Benefit of Alabama AgYicul-
 tural Stations.

l Resolutions expressive of the trus- tees desire to have soil survey of
 the lands belonging to the District Agricultural Schools made by the sur
 veyor of the Federal Government hay | ing in charge the work of surveying soils in Alabama, and to have the To-
 cal trustees of each school report to ; the general Board the needs of the | school were adopted by the trustees Of tn Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth District Schools at the first session since the advent of the Conner Admin istration.
 Almost without exception officers Of | themselves and, additionally to this.
 the main business transacted was tho | reception of annual reports. The ex-officio members of the Board. Hon. B. B. Conner, the Governor; Hon. J. A. Wilkinson. the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and Hon.
 Harry c. Gunnels. the Superintendent
 of Education: and W. F. Eagin, chief clerk to the. Department of Education and secretary to each of the Boards,
 were present with the trustees from the districts in which the schools are situated
 The Board of each school adopted the
 resolution requesting local trustees to inquire closely into the needs of the schools as regards buildings and equip
 ment. So. too. the Boards in order adopted the resolution In regard to soil surveys. which was introduced by MT. Wilkinson, and of which a copy fol- lows:
 "Inasmuch as the soil surveys of our agricultural lands have not all been finished, and as this work Is very im- portant and greatly needed in conduct ing to best advantage all agricultural experiments, therefore be It resolved by this Board:
 That Professor W. c. Smith, the National Government Soil Surveyor now in charge of this work for Ala bama, and now stationed at Atlanta. Ga, be and Is hereby invited and urged to complete me soil surveys of all the agricultural schools and ex- pertinent stations in our State. at as early date as possible"
 During the sessions of two schools Boards, the Seventh and the Ninth, Governor Conner was necessarily absent at the convention of the Assessment Board which met at the Capitol yester- day and was immersed in business all of the afternoon.
 Following Is a condensed report of the transactions of the Board of each school: Sixth District Agricultural School. at
 t1duulltOns IOCdi ITuolccS, W. II. SdA penter and James H. Johnson of Ham, iIton; Fl. D. Sargent reelected Presi- dent at salary of $1,500; J. A. Johnson. reelected first assistant at salary Of 800; J. A. York and Miss May Har- vey elected assistants to divide annual appropriation of $1,300.
 Seventh District, at Albertville: To- cal trustees, Judge w. w. Haralson of Fort Payne, and S. W. Riddle Of Albert vile; J. B. Hobdy reelected President at salary of $1700, which was raised from $1,200. Professor Hobdy, 1t was stated. had been asked to take other work at salary of $1,S00 a year; Syl- vester Greer reelected first assistant at salary of s1 900; Miss Myrtle Mer- Till and Miss Vida Jones were re- elected teachers. and they. with a third teacher to be chosen later. will divide an anual appropriation of $1,950.
 Eighth District School. at Athens; local trustees, Dr. Theo Westmoreland and N M Rowe, who was absent; elec- tion of officers and teachers was de- ferred.
 Ninth District School, at Blountsville; local trustee present A. E. Fields; F. A. Miller reelected President at sal ary of $1,500. which was increased from s1,200: B. L. Gipson reelected first as- sistant at salary of sl,000. and R. O. Dyke second assistant at salary of $760 Miss Nellie Chumley was elected a teacher at a salary of $540.
 The boards of the schools then ad- Journed to the next meeting.