Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
AS To Prisoners

doing.
AS To Prisoners
1t is decided that the county
clerk and county chairman inves
tigate the feasibility of, sending
prisoners from Sank county to the
Milwaukee house OF correction.
The Training School
r. P Perry Of the Training school
board stated the budget for next
year called for 11.975.OO and ask
ed for an appropriation Of $4,7oG.
The following is the source Of
income for the school:
From state ---------------5,5 10000
Book rent and tuition 10000
On hand --------------1,5 69 .33
Appropriation ----------- 4,7O0.00
$11,919.33
Principal ]. E. Phillips of the
training school stated there were
AZ pupils at the present time. He
spoke of the work of the pupils, Of
the faculty, of the work done in
the model room, of the excellent
cooperation within the school, that
all graduates have been placed ant
said that the real heart o. the
training school is in practice.I He
spoke for more practice on the
part of the pupils. Instead OF the
members of the county board visit
ing the school in a body, he hoped
that a committee would be appoint
ed to spend an entire day there
and make report.
Report of County Superintendent
Miss Essie Brooks, county SUI
perintendent of schools, reported
that the supervisors and herself had
visited every rural school but one
since the opening of the school
wear. The number of visits was
226. She reports excellent WORK
being done in the schools.
There are PA teachers in the
county and of that number 147 are
teaching in one room schools.
Teachers hold certificates as fol
lows:
Life certificate ------------ I
First grade ------------------7'
Second grade -------------65
Third grade =
The supply of teachers at ths
present time is greater than the
demand.
For every teacher retained by
a school board in the county, two
have be(n changed OF the 80
teachers who are new in the schools
this year, 35 have never taught
before.
A report of the receipts for the
proposed educational building at
the fair runs as follows:
Receipts from the pageant $81.31
Receipts from tag day --186.l7
Receipts from county com. 1923
Donated by districts ----390.54
Fair premium money -----213.75
Interest 81
Sale of milk ----- f.5O
Total ---------99l9 'f
Loganville is erecting a new
two room school and Hillpoint is
completing a new building
This is the first report to be
made by Miss Brooks.
Merrimack Ferry
The total cost of the Merrimack
ferry, including the cost of install
lation. was $10,9O5.70. Sank and
Columbia counties each appropria-
ted $4,000
Earnings in 1924 -------- $2,243.53
Cost Of operation ---l,0 6O.25
Balance on hand ------- 277.b0
1t will be noted s905.70 was paid
out of the earnings,
Cost of operation --$1,G6O.25
Part of original cost 1900 905.70
Balance on hand ---- 277.6O
Total earnings --------- z,Z45.5o
The county highway committee
reporter money spent as follows.
Machinery and repairs S20,902.30
Moving 1,120.33
State trunk patrol ----4l, lll.l :
State trunk work --17, 1880
County system patrol Id, 1920
| County system work - 4,534.22
Surveys 1,554.56
Insurance 1885,
Highway commissioner 2,612.33
Committee Il GAO. 40
Office 1,6o41S
The sums opposite the highway
commissioner and committee in
clude salary and expenses.