The Coconino sun., September 28, 1901, Page 2, Image 2

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COCONINO SUN.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Superintendent Long's Annual Report
A Large Increase In the Value
of Public School Property.
A summary of school statistics re
cently issued by R. L. Long, superin
tendent of publlo Instruction, for gen
eral information, contains some inter
esting facts. Tho statistics are for the
year ending June 30, 1901, and show a
decided increase over tho preceding
year in nearly every department.
The number of childron between 6
and 21 years of age who attended last
year was 23,503, whilo for the preced
ing school period it was 20,833. The
total number who attended private
schools last year was 1,483. against 463
for the year before. There was but a
small increase last year over the pre
ceding in the number of children who
did nbt attend anj school. For 1901
the total was 5,996, and for 1900 it was
4.5S3. Last ear tho total emollment
in public schools was 17,817, against
16,504 for fhe preceding term.
The total number of school districts
in the territory for 1901 was 270, an in
crease of 13 over the year before. Dur
ing the year ending last June 18 new
sehoolhou-.es were built, which is but
one more than was built during the pre
ceding year. Tho total number of
grammar and primary schools at the
end of the year was 431, and for the
year before that .398. The number of
volumes in school libraries was 8,922,
against 8,160 for the previous year.
In the various schools 116 male and
315 female teachers were employed last
season, compared to 109 male and 290
female teachers for 1900. Of this num
ber 97 held normal school certificates
ljstiear and 85 the year preceding.
The uverage salary of male teachers
last year was $80.61, against $76.90 for
the previous sea-on. Female teachers
were paid $64.80, as against $63.40.
The receipts and expenditures for
school maintenance present some in
teresting facts. The largest source of
revenue was the county taxes, which
turned in $181,204.74 last year and $175,
864.29 the year preceding. The next
greatest source during the past two
jears has been from licenses and fines.
In this instance there has been a de
crease. Last year the amount received
was $44,118.98, against $48,849.48. Next
in otder was the poll tax, which con
tributed as its share lust year $11,553.
64, us against $29,817.68. Last year
$11,458.15 was apportioned from the
territorial school fund, and for tho year
preceding $11,100.88. The remaining
source of income, special taxes, gave
1 9,567.08 in 1901, and $12,898.36 in tho
year before. From the sale of bonds
only $8,041.95 was obtained last year,
against $40,798.33 the preceding y ear.
Of the receipts $56,544.47 was ex
pended last year for contingent ex
penses, fuel, etc., against $45,953.32 the
year before; for salaries, $208,008.92,
against $189,189.02; for libraries, $360.
46, against $477.59; for apparatus, $3,
335.48, against $3,053.73; for school fur
niture, $14,875.16, against $6,477.12; for
buildings, $17,301.28, against $54,580.
In the past seventeen years the value
of school property has advanced from
$212,389 to $581,860. The average dally
attendance has increased from 3,226 to
10,744. In every otherdepartment there
has been an increase equal to the two
mentlonet'.
University Row Settled.
From late reports from Tucson it ap
pears that the university row has been
settled and all litigation in connection
with the same dismissed at Parker's
expense. The Citizen of the 20th prints
the following:
About two weeks ago Professor M.
M. Parker, former president of theuni-
versity of Arizona, caused tho arrest of
O'Brien Moore, editor of the Citizen,
on a charge of criminal libel. A day
or two later Prof. Parker entered suit
in tho district court against tho Citizen
Printing and Publishing Company, de
manding $25,000 damages.
Tho cause for making the charge of
criminal libel against the editor of the
Citizen, and for bringing tho damage
suit tgainst tho Citizen Printing and
Publishing Company, was cortaln com
ments made by this paperon the causes
that led tho board of regents of the Uni
versity of Arizona to dismiss Professor
Parker from the chairmanship of the
faculty.
To-day tho criminal libel charge
against tho editor of the Citizen was
dismissed in Justice Lind's court for
want of prosecution and at the expense
of the complainant. The suit for dam
ages was also withdrawn in the district
court on motion of the plaintiff's attor
neys. Prof. Parker surrendered tho keys of
tho executive offices of the university
to Prof. F. Yule Adams and withdrew
tho injunction proceedings against the
board of regents which he began a few
days ago. It lb not known where Prof.
Parker will make his future home.
Prof. Adams, on the designation of
the board of regents will act as execu
tive officer o' the university for the
time being.
TOUGH FOR AN EMPIRE JVC.
Two Sports Knocked Out by an Arl
zona Pugilist Disguised as a Miner.
One of the most unique pugilistic
events ever drawn off in the Missouri
Kansas zinc and lead belt was pulled
off last week along a lonely road, near
a little mining camp known as Cave
Springs, midway between Joplln, Mo.,
and Galena, Kun. The battle royal was
participated in by two men In the prime
of life and health) vigor and u miner
who had every appearance of having
seen better duys.
William Harding and P. Simpson,
two Omaha sporting men, were driving
from Joplln to Galena, and as they
neared the little sleepy mining camp
of Cave Springs they met a rough-looking
miner, currying a jug. The miner
was covered with the clay of the earth
and wore a dilapidated straw hat, from
which his tangled hair fell in profu
sion around his shoulders. Harding
and Simpson sized up tho jug hastily
from the high-seated, rubber-tired
Stanhope.
A sharp command to the miner to
"hand up that jug at once, or I'll punch
your ugly face," was given. The
man with the jug came to a halt and a
pair of keen blue eyes surveyed the
commandant of tho Stanhope. The
challenge was Immediately taken up.
The jug was placed in a clump of
bushes and the fight began. When It
ended the miner had whipped both oc
cupants of the Stanhope, and as Simp
son was crawling up to his seat the
miner said:
"Well, old man, you don't know me,
do you? This is the third time I have
whipped you. The first time was in
Aspen, Colorado, for which I got $100;
the next time was in Omaha, when I
whipped you just to amuse the boys,
and this time I "
"Thunder and lightning," said Simp
son, "you are George Lewis, from ArU
zona; let's shake."
A hand-shaking contest was Indulged
In all around. Both referee and the
fighters decided the encounter a good
joke, and as Lewis picked up his jug
and turned away he called over his
shoulder: "This jug is empty, boys."
Lewis now lives in Empire, Kan.,
and modestly stated he was once a
fighter, but Is now a miner.
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