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Show NORTON DESCRIBES SCHOOL CONDITIONS 1 "Schools In the districts of Oarflsld. Iron. Washington. Kane and Piute oounUea are In good condition. aald C. J. Norton, assistant atate superintendent, superin-tendent, who today returned from a trip through that part of tha state. Moat of the districts are handicapped financially on account of the large proportion pro-portion of delinquent taxes and the consequent failure of hoards of education educa-tion to realise the funds expected. Tha shortage has In some cases materially shortened tha school year. "A special situation which moat or these districts face," continued Mr. Norton, "la that of having to find so many new teachers each year. To a great extent, the remote communities serve as training places for the teachers, teach-ers, many of wnom look forward to positions In the larger cent era. Theae , teachera, though they remain but a , year or two Tn the remote echoole. are doing splendid work and thHr ef -! forta are appreciated hy the patrons I "I took a horseback ride with a number num-ber of teachera through the hills from I Mt. t'armel to Hunan and visited a 1 home of tha cliff dwellers, aand dunes, sand lakes and other places of unususl 1 Interest, snd also paid a visit to .he Indian school on the Kaloab Indian reservation in Arlmna. where twenty children are enrolled la the first three '"while tha roads are In fair condition, condi-tion, tha late aprtng rains have prevented pre-vented their clearing up and tha road over the divide between Ordervllle and Hatch la tn very poor condition." |