Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-02

dered along the road in an absent
minded way and missing the road
about dark fell into the spring, and
was drowned. a man passing that
way about dusk said he saw and heard
some object waIlowing In the spring.
but thinking hogs were In the spring
took no note OF it.
Besides his daughter here. he has two
children living In Salt Lake City, WAL
ter Thorpe and Mrs. Lizzie Stull The
funeral will probable be held Tuesday
in the Third ward hall.
co. SCHOOL COALITION.
a mass meeting was held in the Brig
ham Young college yesterday composed
of representative citizens from each
tchool district OF the county. Tho
meeting was called by the county COM
| missioners to have the matter of the
consolidation OF the Cache county
schools discussed and to ascertain
where the people stood on the matter.
| Supt. Ashton of the Granite district of
| the Snlt Lake county schools and ID
| G. Hubbard of the Boxelder county
| schools We're present at the request OF
| Supt. j. J., McCarrey and showed up
the BENEFITS Of consolidation from the
| experience OF their counties. They put
| forth some telling arguments.
| T. r. Cutler of Trenton took issue
! with those present who favored consoli-
| dation and in a masterpiece of oratory
| rallied down on the thought Of con-
| soldation. The only serious objection
| he had to the question was that each
| district should take care OF the educa-
| ton Of it's own children. He said he
| had studied the matter thoroughly and
! had talked against the matter in nearly
| every district in the northern part OF
| the county.
/
| mcr superintendent of the county
schools. told why he favored the move
| and compared some OF the outlying dis
! tricts with the larger districts and said
| that eloquencc did not satisfy the con-
ditions that now prevail, Some of the
districts In this county have but one
school with all the grades and as long
as they have been districts there has
not come single eighth grade gradu-
ate from them. He named several dis
| tricts in this condition
| Mr.. Cutler wanted II distinctly UNDER
stood, after Mr.. Oldham had finished.
that he had not come to make a talk
and consequently had left his facts
| and figures at home"
The general meeting adjourned and n
committee meeting was called to find
out where the districts stood on the
question, local meetings having been
held in nearly all the districts and a
| vote taken. Inc report showed the DIS
trtcts very much divided. OF those re-
porting the following favored consoli-
dalton: Richmond, Coveville Noun
tain Home, Riverside. Wheeler, Avon.
Paradise; Hyrum and Wellsville arc
divided, while the following districts
are against the proposition: Smithfield,
Charleston, Mendon, Petersboro, Green
vile, Trenton, Cornish, Lewiston and
| Stephenson.
Commissioner ]. c. Knowles mede II
emphatic that the county schools would
have to be either consolidated or the
districts readjusted. and the school
funds moro equttabiy divided. He holds
that the county wealth must go to
educate the county children, but as It
now is some districts get from the
county funds s3.oa while others through
the present distribution get over s42,
The commissioners meet Monday and
IL Is thought some action will then be
taken on the matter. considerable
amount OF sentiment is now worked up
In regard to the matter and the people
will watch with interest any action
that might be taken.