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3 General ScKool News By County Superintendent N. C. Layton POLSON BROS THE VVILLIAAIS NEWS The News is in receipt of a letter this week from N. G. Layton, of Flagstaff, superintendent of Coco nino county public schools, contain ing bits of valuable information of the doings and progress of our edu cators. . The letter follows: To the News: I enclose you a small contribution in the way of school news for this week's issue of your interesting paper. It goes to show to the people the general con dition of matters pertaining to the public schools of this county. The present school year opens with bright prospects in all the dis tricts in Coconino county. Teach ers have been secured for all the districts, save one (Moen-Ava, No. 7), for the present term. In Flagstaff, school opened on Monday, September 9, with 112 pupils in attendance; an increase over hist year on the first day of school. The teachers who will pre side over the different grades, are: Prof. V. II. Russell, principal and teacher of the 7th and 8th grades; Miss Jessica Frazier, 5th and 6th grades; Mrs. Carolyn E. Austin, 3rd and 4th grades; Miss Margaret II. Wallace, 2nd grade, and Miss Mary Logie, 1st, or primary grade. With this efficient corps of teachers, a successful term is assured. The Williams school opened on Monday, September 2, with a good attendance, with Mr. Jno. R. llin ton, principal, assisted by Mr. L. K. Gifford, Miss Ethel Marine and Miss Alice Mclntyre. The school commences under very favorable auspices, and good results are an ticipated. Miss Frances Miller has just closed a summer term of school in Frisco (Oak Creek) district, No. 4, and lias proven herself a capable and competent teacher. The Tuba City school will com mence on Monday, September 16, with Mr. Thos. W. Brookbank as teacher. Mr. lirookbank's long ex erience as an educator insures Tuba a good school. The summer term will close in Summit district. No. 8, about Sep tember 20. Miss Jessica Frazier has done very satisfactory work in this district this summer, but re signed in order to accept a similar iosition in the Flagstaff school. Mis? Bessie Niedecken. a teacher of recognized merit, will teach the re mainder of the term. Miss Maude Williams,a graduate of the Northern Arizona Normal, has been employed to teach a sum mer and fall terra in Greenlaw dis trict, No. 10. Miss Williams has been very successful in her school work, and her record as a teacher is, "a splendid teacher." Miss Mabel Mattoon, formerly of Muskegon, Michigan, has been em ployed at the Rhodes school. While Miss Mattoon is a compara tive stranger in Arizona, she comes highly recommended as a lady possessing the qualifications neces sary to make a successful teacher. All the schools are in good con dition, financially, or at least, will be so, after the annual taxes are collected in December. The present school law raises the rate for school purposes the mini mum being 50 cents on the hun dred dollars of taxable projierty in the county an increase in the rate over last year of .08 cents, which, judging from collections in past years, insures us ample funds for school puriose8 this year. With proper economy, each district should be able to increase its credit balance every year and have some thing on hand for needed improve ments and necessary apparatus and supplies, and, last, but not by any means, least, a good school library. The law provides that the trus tees of a school may exjend each year a sum not to exceed fifty dol lars; which amount, if properly invested in well selected books each year, is money well sjent. A Valuable Help. The magazine issued by The Los Angeles Sunday Herald is becom ing a valuable aid to the progress of southern California. The Her ald's magazine presents a write-up of at least one of the industries of southern California each week, with superb illustrations and this one feature alone has done much al ready to make known the possibil ties of the section to the people all over the country. The Sunday edi tion of The Herald is a great paper and the person who does not read it is missing something. John ' C. Potts came in from Stockton Hill a few days ago. . He reports that everything in that country is looking remarkably pros perous. Mohave Miner. General Merchandise A Complete Line of Ladies' and Men's Shoes, and Gents' Furnishing Goods Just Arrived Store at WAREHOUSE i T POLSON BROS J. P. PARKER E. n. TWITTY Twitty & Parker DEALERS in a GENERAL flERCHANDISE. STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, GENTS FURNISHING GOODS j BOOTS AND SHOES are located temporarily In the lint story of ODD FELLOWS' MALL, when we will be pleased to wait on all of our old customers, and aa many new one as care to come, until our new building Is finished on Williams Avenue. Tbe best goods and courteous treatment guar leed all. FIRST-CLASS BAKERY IN CONNECTION STOVES STOVES A New and Complete Line of All Kinds STOVES WUIUms Hardware and Stationery Co. STOVES STOVES