Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-12

advantages afforded to students of
this locality and to the county.
State School Money.
OF the state school money and the
apportionment by counties, the follow
ing will give and idea of the amounts
received in Idaho and neighboring
counties.
State Treasurer Eagleson reports
available in the state common school
fund, the sum of $3.50, 16l.43, and the
department of education Immediately
apportioned this sum. In 1914 the com
mon school fund amounted to $230T a.
33. The per capita was figured at
$2.017315 For 1915 the per capita will
be $2.0S645. The apportionment was
figured with the 1914 census as basis.
That census placed the school popula-
tion of the state at ll9,S98.
Nez Perez county, with 5,3l9 children
receives $ll ,097. s3; Latah county, with
6,757, gets $14,09S.14; Lewis county,
2,204, $4,59s.53; Clearwater, 1,247, 49,
60l.s0; Idaho, 4,0sl, $s,614.s0. Ada
county has the largest number of
school children, 9,74S, and will receive
$20,34o.S0. Custer county, with only
800 children, receive the smallest
amount, $3.50.
There is one fault to be found with
per capita apportionment. The coun-
fiav xybi.b baya tho frraafaSt tayabla
valuation and the greatest population
require this money less but receive the
largest share. The sparser the popu
lation the greater difficulty in main
tanning schools for the minimum time
required by law.
Schools in idaho County.
Idaho county presents an interesting
subject in school matters. 1t has an
immense area and sparsely settled re-
gion remote from communication which
present great difficulties in school or
ganization, and also by reason of both
small population and the small taxable
valuation in proportion to the area
covered. There should be school ad-
vantages afforded every community
which has children of school age. 1t
used to be that schools followed the
people but today people go where there
are schools.
To give an idea of the schools of the
county recent statement made by
Superintendent j. j. Staley win give a
more definite idea than possible to OBJ
tain from any other source. There
are SO organized districts in the county
and school population of 403l, the
figures 443l are used in figuring schoo
apportionment All these school dis
tricts but No. rs, which is the biggest
district, have notified Mr.. Staley OF
their intention to hold terms of school
during the coming school year.
Mr.. staley's Work.
Since Mr., Staley assumed the duties
of his office the first of the year
close application to the problems OF
the position and visits to nearly every
school district in the county has giver
him much information valuable to the
proper and effective administration OF
his office. In connection with the work
of his office he makes the following
statement:
Il have had the pleasure of seeing
some of the schools at work, and in
many instances was greatly pleased by
the splendid evidences seen of good
work being done. Since taking up the
work of the SUPPLEMENTARY | have
been very anxious to help with the
work of the boys and girls gardens
and other clubs. In the Grangeville
schools they are doing very good work
in the domestic science department
Some work also is being undertaken in
theoretical agriculture and also in
stock production and Judging. | have
confidence that the work of vocational
teaching will widen in scope constantly
hereafter.
School Gardens in Two Districts.
"Two of the schools that | visited
late in June were unusually interest
ing to me. One of these was what is
called the Yellow Pine school. This
is located on Joseph plains and is
about four miles the other side of the
Boles postoffice. The building is OF
logs, yellow pine, and the land in all
directions is covered with a growth OF
yellow pines. The building though
small, had been made singulariy at
traetiye both inside and out by the
neatness with which everything was
kept. The interior of the school was
bower like from the beautiful flower
ing shrubs. On the outside there were
many flowers growing and also splen.
did garden of early vegetables, each