Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-10-18

who had two children, and we put /
them in the census and sent the roll
off with Oddle. Now, as you all know,
Stone Cabin is firty-five miles from
Tonopah. and it was no nearer then,
but we took in Stone Cabin and got
school district.
PAYING THE TEACHER.
"The first year we had $50 to pay
the teacher, but we had no school
house. The first board was composed
Of McQuillan, Cutting and myself,
and the first thing We decided to do
was TO establish schoolhouse. We
passed the list around and raised
$500 in two weeks and secured the
lots that are now occupied by the
domestic science class. Miss Patter-
son was the first teacher, but she
had a time collecting her money or,
rather, the trustees had the time, for
she got her money, all right Every
new building, when it was finished,
was used to raise money, and we had
sociables, lemonade parties and all
kinds of devices to get the building
fund started / remember one in
/ yestment that brought in $40. That
was 81 worth of sugar and lemons.
We paid the teacher SS5. The sec
ond teacher was Miss Hicks, and this
4 gave us more trouble raising her sal
airy. but we did, and the schools
grew. Without any Boosting, | win
say the directors often gave their
notes TO the bank TO get money to
pay salaries.
OLD SCHOOL ON THE HILL.
Il have often been asked why we
ever built high school out on top
of the big hill so far away from town
that the small ones could not get
there in bad weather can answer
that question. Real estate was held
at gilt-edge prices. You could not
look at a lot anywhere inside the
regular residence district, and to
touch one would have called for at
lease $4,000. We didn't have the
money if we wanted to pay these
prices. Finally the Jim Butler Min
ing company donated the lot We
raised the money on the suggestion
of Senator Oddie that we get au-
thority from the legislature to issue
100000 in bonds for a high school,
The bill passed and we found we
had the right to issue SIS, 900. When
we got through we had $1,000 left
which we put in furniture From
that day to this we have had to con
tend with many difficulties and, as
you all know, Tonopah was on the
slump until a year and a half ago
and since then we have not known
what to do with the demands TO
school room. Now Tonopah is goinl
ahead at a rate that promises to LIANT
one end at Stone Cabin and TIL
other at Sodaville, and we are al
ready taxed to accommodate thos
who apply. We have not the builC
ings today to house our students
When the present building wa
preached we were told it would b
too large for the town. Erickson an
Douglass were associated with me &
that time and there was strenuou
opposition to the suggestion that
suitable building be erected to brin
our schools up to date. ! don't wal
any more, for if We had anotht
10 building like this to erect woul
be in the insane asylum fe,
A proud to stand here in this elegan
: spacious room and realize that fro
our modest beginning on June 1
thirteen years ago, with one teache
we now have a staff of twenty teac
ers. all of whom are proficient al
enthusiastic in their several branches
In conclusion, President Boo
thanked the members of the Tonop;
band for contributing so much TO Il
entertainment of the guests and pa
a compliment to their public spir
He also said the contractors, Kel
her & Kuhlman, had lived up
every detail of the specifications
doing an excellent job, with viii
he had no fault to find.
a The Tonopah Woman's Club Chor
ps society sang lullaby which was w
us received, and then the chair int
duced Henry c. Schmidt, clerk
the board of trustees
lp' THE FINANCIAL END.
ue Mr.. Schmidt apologized for \
ie coming prepared for a speech, as
nut
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