The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-10-21
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
GIVEN BY COLORED MAID
MRS. CARMAN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER OF MRS.
BAILEY SEEN WITH REVOLVER
WOMAN SAID 81 SHOT HIM"
Maid Asserts the Defendant Had Her Sign State
ment to the Effect That She Had Not Seen
Her in Kitchen Night of Murder

Since the amount received by state
aportionment did not increase, the
iamount needed, had to be raised by
lcounty apportionment and special taA
lin the various districts. Note the in
Icrease in these items: County appor-
tionment, 19O9-191O, $39,521.62; spe-
cial tax, $4S.234.12; county apportion-
ment in 1913-1914, $50, 6,1S399; special
tax, $9S,5173O
Small Bonded Debt
In regard to the bonded Indebtedness
of the county an interesting fact was
brought out The people of Latah coun-
ty are strongly opposed to bonding
hence out of the Sc districts in the
county, only IL are bonded, seven
towns and four rural districts. The
rural districts prefer to raise the neces-
sary amounts for building purposes
by special tax in from two to five
years. The entire bonded indebted
ness of the county is $4,000.
1t was also discovered that of the
two smallest districts in square miles,
the one (Potlatch1 had the highest
valuation (outside of Moscow and
the other (No. 81, known as the Pine
Creek DISTRICT had the lowest. Each
district contains less than three square
miles. The largest district in the
county is No. 81, known as Woodfell,
which contains II ga square miles.
Bovill comes second with 51A square
miles.
Women Teachers Prevail
OF the ITS teachers employed last
year, 40 were men, 195 were women.
The average salary paid men was
$S0.S1; women, $67.47. OF these teach
ers, is held life diplomas, 3S state
certificates, provisional state certif-
icates, 8 high school certificates, "a
normal first grade, 8 normal second
grade, 1 normal third grade, 10 first
grade county, 46 second grade county,
and II third grade county.
A few years ago, the majority held
only second and third grade county
certificates
Five years ago. there was only one
two-room school in the county and
only six employing more than two
teachers. Now there are seven two
room schools and eight employing |
three or more teachers.
Enrolment Has Increased
Comparisons as to school population,
and attendance are inter-
esting. The school population, en-
rollment and attendance are interest
ng. The school population of the
county last year was 6574 which is
the same as it has been for
he last five years. For the school
rear 1909-1910 the census showed that
here was 662 children in the county
between the ages of and 18. Or
oss of4S children While the census
las remained the same or nearly SO,
1et the enrolment has steadily in
reased. The enrolment for the year
909-191O was 4851 as against 5189 for
he school year just closed. The same
hing is true with regard to the aver
.ge daily attendance only to more
marked degree. The average daily
ttendance has increased from 3265,
which it was in 19O9-1910 to 1886 the
verage daily attendance for the year
913-1914. Thus we see that there was
21 more children in school every day
\ Latah county during the school
ear 191S-1s14 tha3 there was in 1909
91O, and this in spite of the fact
hat there were more eighth grade
raduates in the county last year who
O not have to attend school. This
lcrease in enrolment and average
ally attendance can be traced to the
act that the county now has a proba-
on officer.