Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-09

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Possible to Irrigate 10000 Acres.
Mr.. Isaachson said: BY the en-
larging of the three present reser-
voirs. which is possible to be done,
and by enlarging Of the present ca
nails. which are too small, I believe
it would be possible to irrigate 4O,-
600 acres of the rich lands in this vi
entity. The present main canal is
only . feet wide and three feet deep
on an average. This canal should be
% feet wide and should run 6 feet of
waters The reservoirs can be enlarg-
ed and new ones constructed to ir-
rigate the 10000 acres referred
to-"
There is a prevalent feeling here
that the moneyed men who put in
the Twin Falls irrigation system,
have their eyes turned on Mountain
Home with view Of irrigating the
big area of rich land with water Sc
cured from the Snake river Should
this be done and the present system
be enlarged as per Mr.. Isaachson's
statement Mountain Home would
quickly jump into prominence and
would in time become one of the
thriving cities Of Southern Idaho.
Some of the very finest soil in the
state is in this vicinity subject to ir-
rigation.
Greatly Improved Schools
Mt Home bears the distinction
of having one of the best public
schools in the state Last year an
eight room addition was built to the
school at a cost Of $4,000 The
building is entirely plumbed and has
modern heating equipment.
This year the school opens Sep
TENDER 10, and will have an enroll
ment to begin with of about 500.
which is Is more than the beginning
of last year
The school will have several new
features AIDED this year which viii
place it at the forefront among the
best schools in Idaho
Last year there were ten teachers
here This year there win be IA
teachers to begin with, and perhaps
one more teacher will be added be-
fore the term has gone very far a.
long This year there will be one
more high school teacher. added
grade teachers and a drawing and
music teacher This later is a dis
tinctly new feature for this city
and is one that no doubt will be
much appreciated.
Master Stroke by superintendent.
Professor I. b. Warner. the very
efficient superintendent of the Noun
tain Home school, who has been
here since 1905, is to be greatly
commended for his well directed
and energetic efforts in securing for
this town a most excellent corps Of
teachers for this term of school
Every one of the IA teachers is a
graduate of a normal school and sew
eral are graduates of both normal
and collegiate schools
A master stroke was made in Sc
curing Miss Lillian Wallace of Syr-
acuse. ~ Y, for the teacher in draw
ing and music. 1t is quiet unusual
for any one person TO be efficient
in the teaching of both drawing and
music. This is Miss Wallace's ac-
complishment She had charge of
both these branches in the Syracuse
schools She was DESTROYS Of coming
west and through the energy OF
Prof Warner. backed by an efficient
school board. Miss Wallace was In
duced to come to this community
She comes with the very best OF
credentials.
Efficient Corps of Teachers .
All Of the teachers are we'll c.
qulped for their respective positions
They are as follows: For the high
school Professor S. O. Dye. rrin-
/ clpal graduate OF the University OF
Ohio; Rose Skineer, graduate of the
Indiana State Normal and State u
University; Grace Terrell, Iowa, Grad.
uate of Iowa State Normal and State
University
For the grades Eighth grade
Edna Russell graduate Warrens
burg, Mo, normal; seventh grade
Pearl Hebron, graduate North Dako
ia Normal sixth grade Lillial
Hearse, graduate Iowa Normal
fifth grade, Katie Brady, graduate
Lewiston, Idaho. Normal; NTH grad,
Hollie Holmesley, graduate War
renshurg Normal; fourth grade Ma
bel Geer graduate Warensburg Nor
NAL; fourth grade, George Cox, grad
uate Warensburg Normal; thir,
Pearl stephens, graduate State Nor