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Show SCHOOLS FLOURISH IN DISTANT COUNTIES "At Moab 98 per eent of the school population is already enrolled, a re markably high percentage ao early in the school year anywhere," said A. (' Nelson, superintendent of puhlie instruction, in-struction, who, with Prof.- Howard itriggs of the University of Utah, hat just returned from a trip to Grand and bait .Juan eounties. These counties sre probably the most inaccessible of any under tho state superintendent jur-V diction and tho speakers at the institute insti-tute had to travel 230 miles by stage. The teachers' institute waa held t Mnntiecllo for Kan Juan ,founty and the record was made of bavtngevery teacher in the county schools in at tendance. Superintendent Nelson and Professor Priggs also held four puhlie meetings, three at Monticello and one it Mnab, where a public library, R.vm nasiutn and high school work were discussed. dis-cussed. At one of these lesn Cum inings of the I'niversity of I'tah gave an interesting talk on prehistoric, man. Mr. Nelson found that the dry farming farm-ing hee is buzzing strong in MonvceMo, and at a banquet in honor of the visitors visi-tors the room was decorated with sheaves of wheat fully as good as any produced on the irrigated farms of Haft Lake vallev. A farmers' institute was starting when Superintendent Nelson left, and was arousing much interest. ( There ia confiderable promise of oil in Pan .luan eouotv," said Mr. Nelson, 'and it ia attracting many jierenos. One man told me on the wav out that age and had the money to develop tbem already available. At anv rate, peopie are going there, and I met several on their way to the district around Bluff." |