Show american ame AuE rican nICAN eore FORK december rth d th 69 editor deseret news sir sin lasic lam I 1 week we had a very interesting meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration whether it would be better to pay a tax to raise means to pay our school teachers and thereby keep our schools running in a manner that all our children rich or poor bobr may be provided with an education becoming that of latter day saints and notwithstanding that some thought they had no right to be taxed for such a purpose a sufficient number of votes were gained to set the thing in motion and now our school trustees are determined that no pains shall be spared on their part to see th that atgood good and efficient teachers are provided the common rudiments of education are not the only things occupying the minds odthe of the people he rebut everything they believe they have a right to know they are striving to make themselves acquainted with colonel washburne chipman has opened a military school which is renning tinning in very good order and bids fair to be a benefit to the mil litia of orthis this place music is receiving considerable attention here our brass band under the leadership of bro william Willi ihm lim grant isa ilia credit to this or any other country our choir choin numbers about twenty members nearly all music readers so that with them there is no difficulty in keeping pace with the times there is another class of juveniles numbering fort forty yo whose ages range from eight to eighteen who have been under the care of ebenezer hunter leader of the choir meeting once a week for four months nd now are able to take ordinary hymn tunes and sing at first sight they are taught free of charge in aadi addition tion to this every effort is used by our enterprising and energetic bishop to provide them with books free of cost so that nothing may stand in the way of this place being ande ma debreto de able uble bleto to cope with any other settlement in the mountains BASSO |