Weekly journal-miner., 1916-03-01
DANGEROUS TO
 CROSS VERDE STREAMS
(From SrnGay's Daiiy.)

thS SANSllCht NOhuitiOll III HHlSH hS found all the county educational in stitutions i1 that district County Stu perintendent w. Curtis Miller has re- turned from a ten-day trip in the Middle and Lower Verde country.
 Oak creek, Beaver creek, Clear creek and the Verde river are still very high and it has only been in the last few days that any of them could be crossed, except at certain times i:l the day, according to Miller. The water from the melting snow during the day reaches the lower countries during the early morning and the streams are very high at that time, running down some towards evening. At the Oak creek school the attend ance record was light because many of the pupils who arc forced to cross the stream could not attend during the storms and for some time after because the cables on which they crossed in almost every instance were washed away.
 "Never during my terms of office have the schools of this part of the country as whole been so we'll taught and never has there been such large enrolment" said Superintend- cnt Miller.
 "When visiting a section of the country you hear the patrons of the different schools, claiming that they have the best school and the best teacher, and hear the pupils setting forth claims that their teacher is just a little bit better than any other teacher, then you can feel assured that there is a healthy spirit of rival ry to be found among the various schools.
 Nowhere else in the county have I found better school spirit than in this section.
 'I found at the West Verde scnool. with Mrs. Webster as teacher, good enrolment and a very good attend ance record. The pupils and patrons of this district are hoping to have a general renovating day on Arbor day to improve their building and grounds so as to keep up with the progress in the valley.
 The Middle Verde school has one of the best one-room buildings in the county and with two-acre school yard under an irrigation ditch it is the aim of this district to show to the rest of the county what can be done in the way of 3eautifying school grounds. A good attendance was also found at this school. Miss Sam mic Winchell, the teacher, seems to have the happy faculty oi getting work out of the pupils and they are learning 70 realize that however much they may play at work in the scnool = is criy when they arc willing to do some hard work themselves that they make any real progress.
 The Oak creek school under Mrs. Finney and Miss Beck has an excel lent new two-room school building and it is a misfortune that the pupils because of the storms and high water could not have attended better this year.
 ''Tne school on Beaver creek with Ruth Diamond as teacher has been strong in enrolment and attendance ihis year and patrons and pupils seemed well pleased with the work being done This district is very much in need of new school build ing and it is highly probable that by this time next year new structure will Have been completed
 Beyond question Camp Verde is having the best school this year in its history Cooperation nas never been better there. The town has q new thrce-room stone building well light cd and well furnished. Some ad- danced work is being done under a principal who has had much eXperi- cnce in such work and knows what can be expected. Manual training and domestic science work has been started and while the pupils arc moi, trying to do big things they are doing well that which is attempted.
 "A company of boy scouts has been organized and it is readily seen that this movement has already had great influence smong the boys of the com munity. A tramp will be taken to Squaw peak in the near future. The enrolment at Camp Verde has reach ed 100 pupils or 30 more than that Of last year. Camp Verde has been very fortunate this year in securing G. w. Derrick as principal, man of ability. experience and energy as we'll as his assistants, Misses Emerson and Rus sell. The playground is well organ