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Show Pay Higher Salaries, Says SupL NeSsoo Best Teachers Leave for Better Fields Biennial Beport of School Work. Advnnoi sheets of tho fifth biennial report re-port of the State Superintendent of Public Pub-lic Instruction were in print yesterday. It shows that thero'nre ($3 buildings used by tho public .schools of tho State, t05 of -which nro owned by the districts nnd S7 rented by tho school boards. The es-tlrnated es-tlrnated total value of ujl these Is S2.GOV -tn.a. Ono feature of tho report Is tho showing show-ing .of excellence attained by Grand county in the schools. Mr. Nelson has prepared n table showing the amount of monoy expended per capita for persons of school 'age. Grand' county Is far up In tho lead. Salt Lako City coming next. Wayne county brings, lip" the rear. The reason for Grntftl bounty's excellence is found In the fait that ih'tr population Is sjnall, while there is- a large mileage of railroad to assess. Some of the primary teachers In that county are paid as high as $115 per month, ono of them having been recently ' Imported from Boston. After Salt Lnko GIty Wasatch county comes next In the. list. The average salaries of teachers for Grand county tokos th lead even of Salt Lake City. In this respect, the city In followed fol-lowed by Carbon county, and Wayno Is again In tho rear. Tho following tablo shown the tax levies in tho different counties coun-ties and cities. U si ETC; P COUNTY. : : : I ' 1 '"'' 1 :2 ' I-5 1&03 1901 I 3903 1901 Beaver 3 3 2.S 0 Box Elder 2 2 CO & 8 Cacho K. 2 2 G.Ci 0 Carbon . Davis IVj 2',2 4.2 3.G Emory , 3 3 r,.7 s G:lrneld "3 -: '3 ' 0 1 7.5 Grand St4 314 3 o Iron V... 2 Or, Juab Htf 1 -2VS- Ti 3 Kline I 4. C I 4.C Millard 2& 3 3 G O Morgan .r.. 3 '-3- 4.G 4 I Pluto , ...w.., & , 3 3 14 2 Ulch ...v Snlt I-ako I:..;.... '1 1-5 'il-5 7 7.7 Son Juan I -I s'.C 2.5 Sanpete 2 '2 f.8 C 5 Sovior .. 2' 3 7.1 7 Summit .' 2 2 I 3.C Tooeio .'...v-.v 2- 2- 5.C C.7 TJlntah ..-.rtr.-r -3 Si 10 9.7 Utah .' 2 2 Cf. 8.4 Wawitch 3!4 ' 3',4 4.8 7 Washington 4 l 4.2 0.1 Wayne , 2 2 3 3 Wobcr li 1 4-5 5 3 f, I Salt Lake City '. I S S Ogden Provo 7 7 lxgan 7?i The salaries of the different County Superintendents Su-perintendents aro as follows: Beaver, $27); Box Elder. SS00; Cache. $SO0; Carbon. $nC50; Davis, S760; Emory. J400; Gnrlleld, $20; Grand, SSOO. Iron, $160; Juab, $275; Kane. $75; Millard. J200; Morgan, 5270; Piute, ?I50; Rich, $125; Salt Lake, S1C0O, San Juan, $100; Sanpeto, $722.50; Sevier, 5500.10; Summit. 5100; Tooele. $300; "Uintah, ?200: Utah. $1200, Wasatch, $250; Washington. Washing-ton. $225; Wayno, $150; Wobcr, $1200. Mr. Nelson ayn that tho financial condition con-dition of tho schools continues to Improve. Im-prove. Tho Stato-school fund is S&1.GS3.P5 moro titan it was for tho years 1&01 and 1002, whllo tho county fund Is 5200.E5i.17 more. Mr. Kolson reconmends that 1 mill of tho Stato tax bo set asldo for tho higher educational institutions. This tax should bo equitably divided between the University Univer-sity and the Agricultural college, nnd tho apportionment mado by tho State Superintendent. Su-perintendent. Tho work of the Stato School for tho Deaf. Dumb nnd Blind Ib commended Mr. NolHon recommends that nctlon ho taken to got sultablo llbrnrlcs into tho schools. Ho urges with great stress that teachers teach-ers be paid higher salaries. Every year loo largo a percentage of tho best teachers teach-ers leavo the profession. Tho average monthly salary of malp teachers in the county schools is $74.S5; of females, 551.03. In Snlt Iaka City tho average Is 5115 for males and $65 for womon. Mr. Xolson also urges that County Superintendents be. paid Ixsttor. having regard to tho hurd work thoy havo to do. |