The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
Written for the Sdbutes Edition County

A day TO so ago, as the writer sat
contemplating writing this article,
her eye fell upon a booster booklet
from another county. She picked it
up and glanced through it, thinking
she might find something there
which would serve as an inspiration
in the development of her own
theme. She was disappointed for
while there was a lot said about hogs
and turkeys and wheat and mines
and waterpower and business enter
prises-abOut educational institu-
lions there was not one word at all.
In Sheridan county it is different.
Here our educational institutions
our public schools and public library
are our pride, and of first import
ance in the consideration Of our
people There is a continually grow
ing interest in the erection of modern
buildings, in furnishing modern e
quipment, and in securing the ser
vices of well trained teachers.
NEVER BONDED DISTRICT
In many instances in new districts
practically all the labor necessary in
building new schoolhouses has been
donated by school patrons, in order
that the future of the district might
not be clouded by debt In this way
all school monies have been kept free
to be spent for the maintenance of
schools rather than necessarily hav-
ing to be spent for interest. This is
following the practice of older dis
tricts, for instance, No. A where all
five school houses were built by do
nation of the people. Speaking of
No. A the same spirit of careful man.
agement and cheerful cooperation
has marked practically all the opera
tiOns of this district from it's begin
ming. Salaries of teachers have not
always been the highest here, but
teachers board has always been
comparatively low. The district has
never had a bonded indebtedness.
ENROLMENT GROWING
Our schools are steadily growing
in enrolment and regularity of at
tendance, partly due to increased
numbers IN beginning classes and
partly due to the enforcement of the
compulsory education law, resulting
in older pupils remaining in school
until graduation from the eighth
grade. School boards are kept busy
planning to care for these increased
numbers. Until new school houses
can be built, shacks and other build
ings are rented to care for the over
flow. In District No. "a the Evan
gelical Lutheran church has gener-
ously donated the use of its church
basement for this purpose. Here a
young man has charge of Is eager,
young people who are making quite
as diligent progress as tho the build
ing had been built expressly for
them.
81 DISTRICTS IN SHERIDAN
In District No. rs, near Daleview,
they are keeping school in a mere
setback until more adequate provi-
sion can be made for them. One of
the children remarked when the
County Superintendent visited, 81
think it is coy in here" And it was.
There are fifty-four school dis
tricts in Sheridan county, all third
class except the Plentywood district,
which is second class. These dis
tTicts employ from one to six teach
ers each in the country and from 3
to IA teachers each in town. There
are 146 teachers in all, an increase of
eleven over the number employed
when the present county superin-
tendnt came into office four years
ago.
SALARIES
The lowest salary paid any rural
teacher is $3.50 per month; the
highest is $40 per month. This
highest salary is paid by the Archer
district to Miss Otness whose salary
was raised as a reward of merit after
a years service in the district.
Grade teachers receive from S11O to
$40 per month. High school salar-