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Edinburg seems to have had no advantages over a dozen other places, save its central location. It manifested no signs of growth, and the people rapidly became dissatisfied. Other towns were growing up in the county, and it was but natural that the pioneers should prefer going to some settlement when they visited the county seat, instead of journeying out into the wilderness. No county officer made it his residence throughout the year. William Hutton, the clerk, lived at Farm Creek. The recorder was to be found at Fairview, and probate business received attention at Cascade. This state of affairs naturally bred discontent. Nobody was satisfied, not even the county officers themselves. Finally a petition was sent to the legislature for relief, and a bill was passed in that body, providing
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that the commissioners of Jones county should assemble and name two places to be voted upon by the citizens, deciding in that way their choice of a county seat.
February 28, 1846, the commissioners held a special meeting at the house of George G. Banghart for that purpose. By a species of playing into one another's hands, now commonly known as log-rolling, the commissioners arranged mat- ters to suit their individual preferences, and named the point now known as Newport, and a place adjoining Cascade, on the south side of the river, now lo- cally known as Dale's Ford. The latter was in the corner of the county. There were about a dozen votes cast at this farce election, and Newport received the majority of the votes. The result was viewed rather in the light of a joke. There was a solitary dwelling where Newport was to be laid out, the lone cabin of Adam Overacker.
May 11, 1846, the county commissioners held their first meeting at the new seat of justice. The ground on which Newport was located was given by Adam Overacker to the county, being a ten-acre tract described as lot 2, section 33, township 84, range 3 west. Here the town was duly platted under date of July 2, 1846, by G. G. Banghart, Adam Kramer and Adam Overacker, and in the same month, at sheriff's sale, twenty-eight lots were sold in behalf of the county. The proceeds of this sale aggregated three hundred dollars and twelve cents, or an average of less than eleven dollars per lot. The highest price paid was twenty- six dollars by Levi Cronkhite.
Preparations were made here for the erection of a log courthouse, and some of the timbers were placed on the ground, but nothing was ever done toward its completion. The commissioners rented a room from Adam Overacker for their meeting, and made arrangements with him to supply rooms to accommodate the court at the proper season.
When Judge Wilson reached the spot and found there was no place prepared for holding court, save in a room in a log shanty ; saw no other house in the vicin- ity. and naught in view save trees and waving prairie grass, he got into his buggy and drove back to his home in Dubuque. No term of court was held during the time the county seat was at Newport. The result of the election which fixed upon Newport as the seat of the county, was generally regarded as a joke. It satisfied no one except Adam Overacker, and was much less suited to the needs of the county than Edinburg. As soon as possible, the assistance of the legislature was again called in, and the privilege was granted by that body to vote for a county seat, according to their own inclinations. If this election should not show a ma- jority for any one point, a second election should be held, in which the two places having the greatest number of votes in the first election should be the only ones in the field.
In the first election held under this grant by the legislature, in the spring of 1847, five points were returned, viz .: Lexington, Newport, Rome, Monticello and Scotch Grove. No votes were given to Edinburg. Newport and Lexington stood highest, and in the second contest, about two weeks later, a victory resulted in favor of Lexington, whose name was afterward changed to Anamosa by au- thority of Judge Wilson, of the district court.
After the election, the commissioners met at Edinburg, June 10, 1847. They adjourned until 7 o'clock, June 11th, when they immediately took a recess to
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meet at I o'clock in the afternoon at Lexington. We might therefore say that this town became the county seat between 7 a. m. and I p. m., June 11, 1847. The house of G. H. Ford was temporarily secured for court purposes and the transac- tion of county business.
Lexington had been surveyed by R. J. Cleveland June 18, 1846, with Mahan & Crockwell as proprietors. It was replatted, with provision for a public square, in June, 1847, by H. Mahan, John D. Crockwell and G. H. Ford, who, in accor- dance with a previous pledge, donated to the county of Jones fifty lots of the new town and a public square. Of these lots, forty-eight were sold at the July term of the commissioners' board realizing to the county seven hundred and twenty-five dollars.
The contract for building a two-story frame courthouse was let to G. H. Ford at eight hundred dollars. This building was thirty by forty feet, and could not have been built at so low a price had it not been that most of the necessary ma- terial was already donated to the county. This courthouse was first occupied January 3, 1848.
Various attempts have been made in later years to remove the county seat from Anamosa to a more central locality.
In the vote of April 6, 1857, a contest was waged between Anamosa and Madison, with a result of one thousand and twenty-four to seven hundred and seventeen in favor of the former.
In the following year, an attempt to remove the seat of justice to the northeast quarter of section 1, Jackson township, failed by a majority of thirty-three votes. The ballot stood one thousand, two hundred and seventy-eight to one thousand, two hundred and forty-five.
In October, 1874, the people of the county were called upon to decide between Anamosa and Center Junction. The contest was a bitter one and not without some fear on the part of the friends of Anamosa. The latter, however, were successful by a vote of one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-three to one thou- sand five hundred and ninety-two. Center Junction had selected the site of the new courthouse which was to be where Dr. J. M. Young's residence now stands, north and east of the C. M. & St. P. depot.
About 1880 or a few years later, Wyoming was found with the county seat bee buzzing within her borders. Petitions were in active circulation, preparations were in progress for the erection of the new courthouse "on the brow of the hill, on the west side of the creek which runs through the center of the town." But this contest did not reach a vote.
There has been no further active contest for the removal of the county seat from the present county capital.
THE COURTHOUSE.
The courthouse at Lexington as above mentioned, built by G. H. Ford, was far in advance of any county structure up to that time. The building was completed according to the terms and accepted, and for the first time Jones county had a courthouse that could boast of more than one room. Here were installed the county offices, clerk, treasurer, recorder, sheriff and school commissioner, each
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in his own apartment; and people were no longer required to hunt up the clerk at Farm Creek, the recorder at Fairview, the sheriff at Bowen's Prairie, or the treasurer and school commissioner miles away in other townships.
And so it continued to be until January, 1864, when the building having grown old and needing repairs from time to time, the county having increased in popu- lation, and the county offices becoming cramped for room by the accumulation of books of record, and the danger of quick destruction in case of fire, which any evil-minded person might bring about, the board of supervisors accepted a prop- osition to remove the records and fixtures to the then new brick block up town belonging to H. C. Metcalf.
Though the old building did good service for the county for some eighteen years, yet it was not free from the gnawings of the "tooth of time." The action of the board at the January meeting, 1864, was as follows, and it will be seen that the report of the commissioners, Messrs. B. K. Bronson, F. M. Hicks and John Tallman, was in a somewhat humorous vein:
"Whereas, H. C. Metcalf has generously offered to Jones county suitable rooms for county offices and a commodious hall in which to hold the district court, for the term of two years free of rent, with the privilege of using the same three years longer for such rent as the board of supervisors may see fit to allow, and,
"Whereas, The ruinous and dilapidated condition of the building known as the Jones county courthouse, now only renders it a fit habitation for bats and owls, and as we, the representatives of Jones county, do not desire longer to dis- pute possession with a class of tenants whose claims are vastly superior to ours, therefore
"Resolved, That this board accept said proposition and order a removal of the public records as soon as said Metcalf shall make to the county the lease of the aforesaid rooms, in accordance with the conditions above stated."
This resolution was finally adopted on the sixth day of the term, January, 1864. The old courthouse was sold at auction, November 15, 1864, to Alderman & Williams for two hundred and fifty dollars and was moved up town.
On February 14, 1875, the career of this historic structure was ended by fire. It had been built when the county had less than two thousand population and in its limited way, it had served its purpose, and the flames were unkind in hiding from the view of the later population, the structure which in the early career of the county, had been accorded the name of "courthouse."
The rooms rented of Mr. Metcalf were occupied free of rent for two years, when they were leased at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per year. The county offices remained here until the fall of 1871, when they were removed to their present location in Shaw's new block. The courtroom was removed to Lehmkuhl's block in January, 1871, the hall in Metcalf's building being inade- quate to the needs of the county. For three years, the county rented the rooms occupied by the county. During the time of the contest for the county seat with Center Junction, in 1874, Anamosa in its corporate capacity appropriated three thousand dollars and private citizens subscribed two thousand dollars more, with which amount and one thousand dollars additional pledged, the entire second floor of Shaw's block and the auditor's office on the first floor were purchased and conveyed to the county of Jones, to belong to said county so long as they were
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occupied for county and court purposes. In the event that the county seat is re- moved from Anamosa, these rooms are to revert to their former owners, the city and citizens of Anamosa. Arrangements were later made for the occupancy of the second room on the lower floor for the county treasurer's office at an annual rental of three hundred dollars. This arrangement is yet in effect.
There have been no further changes in the apartments for the county and district court purposes. The building and rooms do not compare very favorably with the modern and commodious brick courthouses of some of the newer coun- ties of the state, though the building is serving its purpose without much expense to the taxpayers of the county. 1
SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
The offices are provided with fire-proof vaults for the security of the county records, and some of the offices, notably the clerk's office, have been equipped with modern cases to store the records. H. G. A. Harper, the present clerk, has sys- tematized the records of his office, and by so doing has made the records of the office of some practical value. Louis Gardner, the present auditor, has in a like manner, given to the routine work of his office, and to the records of his office, a much needed revision and systematizing. It must be admitted that the older county records are very incomplete and unsatisfactory. The present courthouse is not a "thing of beauty and a joy forever," though .the county officers are doing nobly in making it answer the needs of the county.
EDUCATIONAL.
V.
Jones county has maintained a good system of education during her years of settlement. The early settlers will yet speak in glowing terms of the advantages for education offered by the rural schools of the county It may seem strange, but it is nevertheless true that there were more pupils enrolled in the schools of Jones county thirty, forty or even fifty years ago, than there are at the present time. In the school census of 1867, there were nearly seven thousand children of school age in the county. At the present time there are about six thousand.
There are nine town schools with a total teaching force of sixty-three teachers and a total number of pupils of about two thousand, five hundred. There are about one hundred and thirty rural schools with a rural school population of over three thousand. Every rural school is now provided with a school library. All but one graded school has a library. Every spring, applicants for rural gradua- tion meet for the purpose of examination in the common branches .. Those who pass the examination are admitted to the high schools of the county without further examination. Uniform county text-books are used in the county.
The general assembly has shorn the county superintendent of many of the duties which formerly were required in the office. All examination papers are now passed upon by a state board of examiners, and the competency of the appli- cant for a teacher's certificate determined. This relieves the county superin- tendent of some onerous duties, but it adds to the complexity of the machinery required to grind out a teacher's certificate.
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The present county superintendent, Miss Kate Maurice, is the first lady to oc- cupy that office in Jones county. She is now serving her second term in that capacity, and to all intents and purposes, the schools of the county are receiving that careful attention necessary for educational development. Miss Maurice be- gan her teaching experience in the rural schools of Jones county, and later taught in the graded schools of Monticello, Ames, Des Moines and other points. She was born and raised in this county and makes a conscientious and painstaking official.
We give herewith a list of the rural and graded schools of the county, together with the number of pupils in the township or district, and also the number en -. rolled, and also other data. The school tax levy will be found under the title "The Tax Levies for 1909," on another page.
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RURAL AND GRADED SCHOOLS.
Name of School
No. of Pupils
No. At- tending
Names of Teachers
Salary
Director
Secretary
Treasurer
Valua- tion of Prop- erty
Valua- tion of Appar- atus
No. of
books in
Library
76
('ass 1
Florence Errickson. . Cola Monroe.
$35 fall. $40 winter
Tom Day.
Jennie Birk.
$35 fall, $40 winter
.
4.
Eunice Loggie ...
$35 fall, $40 winter
5.
Jennie Hale
$35 fall, $40 winter
6.
Ethel Cunningham ..
$35 fall, $40 winter
C. B. Darrow
7.
Margaret Spellman ...
$35 fall, $40 winter
E. H. Grimm.
E. Patnode
Ida Lake .
A. L. Fairbanks ..
$4,800
$1,050
629
8.
247
175
Castle Grove 1
Mary Evers.
P. J. Kehoe.
S. M. Hosford.
3
Bertha Locher.
$35 and $40
Jas. Lahey
J. A. Heiken.
5
Hazel Hubbard
$35 and $40
J. H. Lubben
7
(losed
$35 and $40
$35 and $40
Frank Foley
J. H. Deischer
Arthur McDonald ..
4,050
785
800
273
174
Average $28.20
Clay-
Clay Mills
25 20
16 Lizzie McMaster 14 ('losed
$31.87
Mrs. C. M. De Sarte
W. N. Lippett. .
Mr. C. M. De Sarte. .
400
20
61
Deflance Hill
0
May Leonard
$30.00
G. Dawes W. H. Orr ..
Eliza Orr . .. Patrick Hughes .....
D). .
H. Orr.
525 |
65
38
Pleasant Hill
17
Margaret Keating. ...
$32.14
Michael Hughes Thomas Keating
Thomas Kelly
Margaret Kelly
400 1 300 |
35
28
Leon Carpenter
R. A. Scroggie.
E. A. Horton.
1.000 1 400 |
40 25
60
Fairview
2.
$40.00
Geo. Thomas
.J. R. Wry.
Clayton Hartman
Maude Powers ..
$40.00
C. G. Peet .
Frank Parks
G. M. Calvert. J. L. Joslin.
Glenn Peet ..
T. W. Watters.
3.825
110
401
275
250
Greenfield township
8 Blanche Monroe.
$36.28
E. D. Barto ..
H. S. McConnaughy. Emerson Shotwell
W. B. Meeks
800
25 |
68
Center
22
Daisy M. Miller.
$40.00
W. H. Miller.
J. S. Armstrong. .
.
A. C. Burroughs.
Adam Kunnroy
800
40 |
51
Laurel H
13
Flora Fisher.
$35.62
E. F. Ellison
Mrs. Jas. McMurrin.
C. R. Hlester. .
500 1
10
45
No. 1 .
16
El-le Hester.
$37.35
J. I. Klinefelter
Michael McCann .
Andrew Baird
500 1
50
25
27
Jennie Manley
$38.00
Dan McCann
A. K. Burroughs. ..
F. M. Hempy .
200 1
12 1
23
Hale township 1
Matta Herrick.
$38.83
Wood.
$38.83
Lura Vaughn.
$38.83
Mattie Carson
$38.83
Ed. Simmons
Mina Brink. .
$38.83
D. L. Glick.
Birdie Carter.
$38.83
Joe Koranda
Lydia Bradley.
$38.83
Hattie Brink
$38.83
Amy Smith.
$38.88
G. H. Gardner ..
Henry Kruse .. . . . John Inglis
5,000 !
1,000 | 580
.
9
Pearl Orcutt.
$35 and $40
E. E. Orcutt.
A. K. McMaster ... .
B. W. Streeper.
800
300
80
Mineral Valley
.
100
26
South Temple Hill. Sutton
19 15
16
Gladys Bradley. .
$36.00
Thomas Moran W. A. Hicks.
$40.00
James Kennedy
J. D. Neelans. . M. D. English.
Mrs. Jas. Kennedy.
4.
$40.00
6.
8.
Rose Seely ..
$40.00
9.
Alnora Peet. . ..
$40.00
10
Ethel Thomas. . .
$40.00
$37.18
W. H. Kline.
Mrs. John Garret.
F. D. Holcomb.
800
150 |
16 24
West Corners White Oak
18
Agnes O'Mally Anna Ballard.
$36.87
D. C. Bowers
$38.83
O. Woodard
R. H. Russell. .. .
R. S. Russell. .
800 |
50
86
Bunker Hill
27
22
Herbert l'eet.
$37.50
Hazel Hill
12
15
Edith Ilsley .
G. A. Newman Uriah Barr
A. H. Newman
800
75
43
Cottage HI
18
19
Florynthe Pollock. ...
$40.00
.
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6 7
8.
9
284 258
.
17 Loretta Keating. .
$32.14
Victory
35
21
Ethel Hunt
$35.00
White Oak Grove .. 30
10 Alta Klinefelter. Ruby Bodenhofer. . Lillian Green. Alberta Conlin.
$40.00
Cherry Grove
10 21 |
E. G. Peet . . .
800
40 |
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Olive Cramer.
$35 and $40
S. C. Pfeil. . M. Cashman
8.
Kathryn Evers
$35 fall, $40 winter Average $37.50 $35 and $40
Florence Hubbard. ...
$35 and $40
4
Mabel Helsey.
$35 and $40
N. P. Gooley. Fred Husman W. A. Hale.
Mary Baum ..
$35 fall, $40 winter [Geo. Watt.
2.
3. ..
24 12
Mary Pealer ...
C. Wood. J. Rose. .
A. E. Christophersen. Ed. Lyon
30
Michael Lawless
350
4
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RURAL AND GRADED SCHOOLS.
Name of School
Pupils
No. At-
tending
Name of Teachers
Average Salary
Director
Secretary
Treasurer
Valua-
tion of Prop-
erty
Appar- Valua- tion of
atus
No. of
books in
Library
Jackson township --
Antioch
32 84
22
None Cavanaugh. ...
$37.50
; M. Byerly.
R. A. Russell
W. F. Strawman.
$1,200
$150
81 75
Black Oak
20
Mary Farragher.
$35.00
W. F. McNellly.
James Robertson .
Jas. Brown
600
50
Brush wood
17
0
No school house
Frank Blahney
Max Rohwedder
Lewis Byers
Center
13
15
Nora Spellman.
$35.00
John Brady ..
Con Brady
Nathan Carter
500
10
12 26
Hazel Green
15
15
Lillian Farragher. ..
$35.00
(. R. Grafft.
Ray Stivers
A. D. Lyons.
500
30
Pleasant HIIl
..
29 33
Herman Ericksen Kittie Whalen.
$37.65
F. E. Taylor. . W. G. Ristine
A. B. White
G. W. Johnson
1,000
5
48
Midland
21
10
Catherine Gavin Kate Hanlon. Mazie Collins.
$31.66
Andrew Ambuhl
Geo. Rienlets
G. L. Lovell.
700
50
90
Lovell 1
35
24
.
21 40
21 30
Frieda Hanssen ..
$37.50
D. E. Kehoe.
W. F. Hintz .
·
·
L. Lovell
500
100
100
6
33
20
Nellle Crilley . .
$36.00
R.
Gerdes
L. Darling
G.
L. Lovell.
425
50
71
8.
16
8
Elizabeth Schoenherr.
$35.00
Jno. Eden
R. Bohlen
II. M. Carpenter ..
700
53
9
30
24
Mabel Kness.
$37.22
Fred Reuter
J. W. Hoult
E. G. Hicks.
450
90
59
Madison-
Cornelius Martensen ..
Howard Brutsman
Emma Urban
1,200
30
22
Center
13
Lillian Urban.
$32.22
Charles Eye
Francis Woodworth
H. G. Manuel.
500
Village
26
Flossie Lyon.
$40.00
Maple Grove
20
10
Nelle Kellum.
$40.00
I. D. Story
G. W. James. N. French.
Smith James .
600
Niles
225
28 Olive Haddock
$32.91
A. G. Bender. .
Alphlus Le Master A.
E. Overly McDonald.
J. N. M. Thompson.
500
Pine Grove
29
15
Ethel Rice.
$35.00
George Andrews
A.
A. M. Kimball.
800
200
South Madison
24
11 Mildred Williamson ...
$32.22
C'has. Saxon
Oxford 1
23
18 Clara Sazma.
$37.50
29
18 | Katie Peckosh.
$40.00
Ed Shimerda
Geo. Norton
323
50
31
3
21
21 Alice O'Rourke.
$37.50
Frank Burda
:: A. Stroka
W. C. Field
700
2.5
24 33
26
15
Ada Fredlansky ..
$38.83
James Henak
Richland township-
No.
1
Loyola Lane.
$32.29
2
Sadie Conlin
$32.29
Joseph Strang
3
Sophia Collins.
$32.29
4 .
Emma Hein.
$32.29
4
Anna Boner.
$39
5.
Gertrude Sullivan
$32.29
6
Fannie O'Rourke.
$32.29
Will McGovern
Will Martin
Thomas McQuillen . . Geo. Rogers
.
3.100
7
Margaret Martin.
229
143
Rome township --
No.
2
Lovie M. Tedford
$48.88
W. D. Merritt
Marjorie White.
$43.88
Geo. Clay
4
Carrie Page.
$48.88
Cyrus Lamb
5.
Myra Cowan
$48.88
6.
Laura Arthur.
$43.88
Duane Rigby .
7
Altia Williams.
$43.88
J. C. Porter.
J.
R. Vernon.
1
237
203
Scotch Grove twp .-
No.
1.
Alice Green.
$35.00
2.
Margaret Sutherland.
$40.00
J. M. Eby . . Geo. Oltman
Nellie Sutherland
$35.00
Victoria Fowler. .
$40.00
Fred Otten
.
A. J. Lewis
500
Newport
31
20
Myrtle Hofacre ..
$33.57
J. F. Waggoner.
F. M. Glenn. ·
B
J. Switzer.
1,500
A. Houstman
1.000 600
20
43
Waggoner
17
$34.50
Milton Byerly
Lena Daly
HI. M. Carpenter.
1.500
300
199
5
39
27
Harriet Campbell.
$33.88
C. A. Schatz
Fred Smith
G. L. Lovell
600
100
70 93
.
25
19 Anna Wernimont
$32.50
R. Winkler
I. Wernimont
Emma Story
800
50
28 37
Oak Grove
12
9 Carolyn Schneider. ..
$32.05
5. F. Rohwedder.
Joseph Buresh
750
50
30
Ed. Dostal
A. J. Burda
Bert Nowachek
800
5
50
19
15 Lillie Klahn . . . ..
$35.00
F. F. Tyrrell.
Jno. Burda
1.400
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Lucy McCoy.
9
Nellie Clothier.
$43.88
P. J. Fagan ..
. W. L. Miller. ..
E. R. Fasteris .. . . . .
4,050
320
625
77
.
31
$36.87
15
Pleasant Valley. ..
46 22
Marie Bateman .
$35.00
Herman Harms
Mike Breene
G. L. Lovell
600
100
3
22 27
8
90
50
Geo. Dusanek
500
100 25
100
99
C. A. Schwab. B. J. Hanson.
Ira Schwab
.John Lane
F. H. Kurt ..
W. W. Yousee. .
W. W. Yousee.
Nick Monternach
265 | 520
$32.29
$48.88
I .. B. Williams
3. .
4 . . ..
No. of
:
Harry Witham
T. I. Platner
Jas. McCormick.
John Hanlon
50
16 25
..
$32.22
44
3.
W. A. Ladd.
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RURAL AND GRADED SCHOOLS.
Name of School
No. of
Pupils
to No. At- tending
Name of Teachers
Average Salary
Director
Secretary
Treasurer
Valua- tion of Prop- erty
Valua- tion of Appar- atus
No. of
Library
Scotch Grove twp .-
No. 5.
Hester Hutton.
$40.00
R. W. Brady
6.
Blanche Hamilton
$35.00
Paul Paulsen
7. .
Amy Streeper.
$35.00
Fred Hansen
8.
Alice Cowan. .
$35.00
G. H. Hanken. W. S. Pangburn
G. J. Hughes. . ...
. . D. A. Sutherland ...
$7,500
$720
758
Wayne
2.
3.
Nan Walsh.
$37.66
D. Dirks
Henry Harms
5
Mary Clark
$37.66
A. G. Bohlken. Will Siebels
Henry Gross
8.
Ietta Mosher.
$37.66
C. M. Soper. . . J. H. Hanken.
H. R. Jacobs. .
C. E. Bates. .
2,800
600 | 936
243
194
Elizabeth Lynch
$33.00
Patrick Callahan
1
Allce M. Dixon. ..
$33.00
Patrick Callahan James Dixon
3.
Sister M. Casilda.
$35.00
J. E. Flannigan
4
Mary Morrison ..
$33.00
Joseph Morrison
Geo. Klinkner
J. B. Skahill.
M. B. McQuillen.
2.400
190
193
176
139
Wyoming-
Baldwin
16
7
Hazel Robinson.
$35.00
Levi Mallicoat
Henry Wolfe
S. A. First
.
500
35
28
Beer's Creek
17
16
Inez Merritt. ..
$32.50
Reimer Von Sprecken.
Wm. Wilcox
Rachel Huffman
300
25
43
Pence Ridge
25
13
Tressa Lamey.
$32.50
John Bisinger
Jno. Benischek
Pleasant Ridge
15
10
Laura Elchhorn ..
$37.22
J. F. Tasker. .
Stanley Hopkins
South Prairie .
10
12
Elma Grelser. ..
$35.00
Edwin Wilcox
N. J. Paul. . .
S.
G. Hutton.
F. Allen . ...
450
30
95
Joint Schools-
Canton (Jackson). .
1
Dayton (Cedar) ..
10
Monmouth (Jackson).
26
West Cascade (Dubq.).
60
HISTORY OF JONES COUNTY
Digitized by
.
13
12
Inez Haddock. ..
$32.50
A. F. Tompkins. T. J. Corbit
Mrs. T. J. Corbit ....
W. P. Coburn. . ...
950
50
54
·
$37.66
Johnson Poppe
4
Ella Sieveka ..
$37.66
6
Nina S. Willison. .
$37.66
Nellie Doyle. ..
$37.66
9.
Margaret Liddy.
$37.66
Washington 1
5
Alice Finn.
$33.00
Spencerville Valley ..
42
25
Margaret Lamey ....
$35.00
R. H. White.
Ed. Becker .. Peter Elchorn
.
600
95
63 122
500
800
75 200
71
9.
Minnie Livingstone. . .
$35.00
258
174
Irene Beck.
Genevieve McNally.
$33.00
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RURAL AND GRADED SCHOOLS.
Towns
President of Board
Secretary
Treasurer
Supt. Salary
Asst. Average
Salary
No. Teachers
No. of Pupils
No. Pupils Enrolled
Anamosa
¡Dr. Erb
Earl F. Miller.
T. E. Watters.
$1,400.00
$49.89
18
898 65
586
Center Jct.
J. E. Coder
W'm. Stingley
N.
Leech .
585.00
40.00
2
Martelle
A. B. Coffee .
J. W. Brown.
F.
W. Hoffman
450.00
35.00
2
59
Monticello
Gen. Inglis
J. N. Petersen.
E
G. Hicks.
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