Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-11

the position of superintendent and
asked to give special attention to the
reducing of this deficit OF over $5.-
100000 Under his leadership and with
the faithful cooperation of the high
school board, the deficit was reduced
The f'ESt year to 81 lS3.S3 and last
year it was wiped out entirely. The
showing for the year ending i'll 1916
is as follows: Enrolment 237: teach
ers 10. cost of maintenance. s20,003.S2.
In this year was paid the last of the
Indebtedness and balance left of
S4,615.96. During the vacation period
of 1916 a considerable portion OF this
naiance was expended for manual
training shop building with equip
ment and additional equipment else
where, more teachers and increased
cost of supplies These expenses took
about $4,000 and the present estima Il
u a balance at the close of the pres
eht term of $500 The enrolment for
the present year in 296. or 1O6 more
than five years back, There are at
present twelve teachers and one as
sistant. Prof. W. NJ. Yeingst is the
principal of the high school, and is
an active and popular worker in the
advancement of the splendid institu
ton. In addition to attention to the
details of the various depaTtmn1tS of
the school work. Mr. Yeingst has en-
phaSiZed the atheletic feature and the
physical development of the pupils
under his care, so that it is indeed
fine healty lot of young people who
gather daily in the handsome siNt'
thousand dollar high school building.
The grade schools make an equally
good showing save that there has been
no hampering debt The enrolment
H.. fAv 1,A
last five years for the reason given in
the preceding portion of this article.
viz that the increase in population
has been rural rather than in town
and the splendid grade schools of
Alma. Lehi and Gilbert contain the
children of the many families who
have come into the community these
last five years. and it is from these
schools that the Mesa Union High
school draws a considerable portion
Of its increase. However, the Mesa
grade schools contain in the four
buildings. 969 pupils. with IS teachers
maintained at a cost Of s31 900. which
based on past estimates will leave a
balance of about $4,000 at the close
of the current term.
There are five grade school build
ings the most recently erected having
twenty rooms and costing $4,000. In
both. the high and grade schools.
music, manual training and domestic
science are taught and the agricul-
tural department of the former is con-
sidered the equal of any in the south
west. Mesa Union High school has its
credentials accepted by such univer-
sites as those of California and kin
dred states.
City Water Supply
Mesa has outgrown the original
plant provided by the city some seven
years ago at cost of s60, 900. Prior to
that time the water for daily use had
come from private wells. with all the
inconvenience and cases Of sickness
usual in the case of surface wells.
Then the town bonded itself for $780,
600 and put down a well with an
equipment of two pumps. one centri-
fugal the other a plunger These
pumps had each a capacity of $50
gallons to the minute and for awhile
supplied the demand. The reason for
their sufficiency in shown in the fact
that for the early months of the first
year, the number of water users aver
aged about 103 families and the in
come s23S.4S per month. January of
this present year showed 500 users
with a monthly income of Silica.
Up to the April 1916 statement made
by Superintendent W. F. Gollaher to
the city council. the towns investment
in water system had shown a profit
of $50. 236.46. About $1,000 of this had
been expended in extensions and
new engine. leaving a handsome bal
ance in the sinking fund. In fact the
system has been so carefully and
economically handled that it has
shown to be a splendid investment
and due credit should be given Water