Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-06 | Page 6 | Rawlins Votes to Have High School Teacher

RAWLINS VOTES TO HAVE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER Special to Tho Tribune. RAWLINS, Wyo.. May 5. Tho largest school meeting ever hold In Rawlins was that of last night, which voted additional addi-tional to the teachers" fund, to be used In employing nnothor high school teachor. giving three Instructors instead of two as heretofore. Tho superintendent was also raised to $125 a month, tho other two teachers for next year to reeolve $100 and iu, respectively, both of which positions are to bo filled next year. Tho total sum voted for tho coming year was J75O0, against $10,700 for tho year just closing. All of tho Finnish claims against the Union Pacific Coal company, occasioned by tho explosion at tho Hanna mine June SO of lat year, have boon nettled There were ninety Finns killed and tho total sum of claims will aggregate moro than $75,000. Tho strike situation among the sheep-shearers sheep-shearers hiiH been changed considerably during tho last few days. The shearers went out at tho Cow creek pens, but wero only otT duty a fow hours, when they went back to work at the tornis named by them. These and tho Medicine Bow pens are now paying the scalo. On the other hand, the association has fiuccoedod In sldpplng in more shearer than they cared to use, and every pen in tho county Is working full-handed. Both sides havo scored points In this respect and It seems that tho season will close in about this way. "Arizona" Miller, who was sent as a delegate to wait upon the Cow creek shearers and was refused the privilege at riding to town on tho stage, walked tho distance of sixty miles.