Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-04
0R0F|N0 SCHOOLS
FROM ORGANIZATION Of DIS
TR|CT TO E---TGACH-
WHO HAVE TAUGHT


house at OrofinO. In November of that
year S. A. Dunlap and Tom Duffy took
their teams and went out to the Ramey
mill near Russell and got two loads OF
lumber which they brought to the top
of the hill where Peder Hansen now
lives, at that time occupied by Perry
Chandler as homestead.
There was no wagon road down the
hill, and the teamsters did not want to
tackle the hill with sleds in the icy con-
dition it was then in. They made big
Ago-devil' and loaded it with lumber
and started down the hill, but did not
go far before they gave up the idea of
bringing the lumber down in that man.
ner. Leaving their loads on the icy
hill they came back to the river and be-
gan figuring on how to get the lumber
down. But few men would 90 upon
the steep and icy hillside, but finally
w. M. Chandler was induced to UNDER
take the job of gathering up the lumber
and delivering it at Hollis old ferry,
which was located just below where
the Nebaho Lumber company's planning
mill now stands. Chandler tackled the
job and it took him three days to get
the lumber assembled and piled up at
the ferry, the job being finished on
Thanksgiving day, 1897. For the three
days work with team Chandler received
the munificent sum of IS. The lumber
was brought across the river and the
ice melted off it. A small box struct-
ure was erected, the roof being made
of shakes. This building served the
district as school house until the year
that the railroad reached Orofino, when
it was torn down and moved to Wright
& Small's addition, where larger
house was erected. The district got
along with the accommodations thus
provided until 1902 when another
room was rented in the old Reynolds
hotel which stood where the Cottage
hotel now stands. During 1902 new
two-story frame building was erected
which was supposed to be all that would
be needed for many years, but the
rooms being overcrowIed in 1903, the
woodshed was moved around by the
side of the main building and an addi-
tion built to it and the primary depart
ment placed therein. This served to
accommodate the pupils until 1908 when
the present brick building was erected.
THE SCHOOL LIBRARY
A school library was not started in
Orofino until the fall of 1902. The new
school building was nearing completion
that year and Charley Bradish went to
the contractors and got permission to
give dance in the building before it
was turned over to the district. Charley
got the permission Of everybody and
the dance was held, the proceeds Of
which were duly turned over to the
district and receipted for as follows:
Orofino Public Schools,
Orofino, Idaho, Aug. 30, 1902.
Received from C. f. Bradish eighteen
dollars and fifty cents ($lS.5O) for
school apparatus. ]. F. COUCH.
The first school taught within the
limits Of the present town Of Orofino
was taught in 1898 by Mrs. c. S. Moody.
The school had number OF Indian
children in attendance for which the
government allowed the district a tut
tion fee Of $40 each. The teachers who
have taught the schools in this district
and the years in which they have
served have been: Mrs. C. S. Moody,
1898; Miss Mary L. Tierney, 1889; Miss
Lillian Perciful, and Miss Nellie Perci.
ful, 1S99-19OO; Miss Ava Sweet, and
Miss Mona Condell, 19OO-19O1; Mrs.. Zoe
l.. Small, and r. ID. Osterhout, 1902
Isaac +. Couch and Miss Jessie Haver.
nicke, 1923; |. +. Couch, Miss Iinnie
Cannon, and Miss Madge Weseman,
1904; Jos. McGhee, Miss Emily Gull.
lian, l9O4-5; Joseph McGhee, Miss
Hattie Kirkpatrick and Miss Janey
NJ. Slocum, 1866; Perry L. Poole, Mrs
Mrs. Helen M. Poole, and Miss Janey
Slocum, 1867; Perry L. Poole, Mis-
Helen M. Poole and Miss RosalipG
Armstrong, 1908; Miss E. Maud Mix
Miss Rosalind Armstrong and Mis-.
Huldah Anderson, l9OS-9; Miss Maud
Mix, Miss Rosalind Armstrong, Mis-.
Ella Morehouse, and Miss Ruth Linn
19O9-l0; Miss Maud Mix, Miss Belle
Reid, Miss Bertha Hackett and Mis-.
Ruth Linn, and w. Raw Smith, 1901