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Show nKI VTflAMPTH Superintendent Cliristensen Speaks for Himself. EEFUTES ENQUIRER LIES . Editor Glove Acknowledged. That What he had Writtem "WaBTJntruthful.Befbre it Was Published, butKafueod, to UMko Corrections- Other JTictB and Matters. Payson, Jov. 2. Oorrespondonce Dispatch. So many glaring misstatements mis-statements have recently been made by tliQ Enquirer that I feel it my duty to offer corrections. The resolutions presented at our recent meeting of teachers are charged to me, it says, on the ground that our committee is a unit in its deliberations. That is not very logical teasonlng in my estimation, estima-tion, because notwithstanding the fact that our "committee ib a unit" I never wrote or even suggested one word, I "Heard all of the resolutions for the first time when they W8re lead before the teachers and trustees. That they weie not intended for political elrect id evident from the fact that their warmest supporteis are members of the Eunuirer's own party. Mr, Eeee. is not the only member of his party in our committee. I call to mind thiee. The committee Is composed of the principals of our larger districts and Superintendent llawluigs nnd Mr. Eg gertseu of Pruvo. Is it 'nepotic?" I observe a number ot uures tur-porting tur-porting to be my Palary for stited periods. per-iods. They are v .!., mo Tiect The Enquirer has simply garbled together aggregate aporopr'ations made in my name for different county expenses, including in-cluding my salary. The remuneration for the superintendent's services in this county bas not b en excessive. In fact Eeveral count.es pay nearly twice as much, notwitustanUing this is the largest county in the tenitory. During Dur-ing the scLool year, beginning September Septem-ber 1894, and ending June 30, 1S95, my Balary makes an even average to the very cent of $70.00 per calendar month. Those wno are acquainted with ttie nature and quantity of my Hork will saj that the salary is not by any means an exborbitant one. All of my'accouirs have bfcn audited and approved by the county court. Trie Echool law makes it the duty of the supeiintendent to visit every district dis-trict at least twice a year. I have official y visited eeiy oue ir. this county coun-ty from two to sis times during each year. However, we ure told that "Sue county schools have been a'lowed to take care of themselves." This is so palpably wrong as to need no leluta-t leluta-t on. I challenge any one to point to a county in the territory whose schools have leceived official visits more frequently fre-quently than ours. It is true that I hold the position of principal of the Payson schools, but at the same time I am at perfect liberty to leave when and go where I desire for county school work. The Enquirer says 1 should devote mv "entire time" to the county. The truth Is that the county schools do re ceive the entire time of one person. Owing to the iact that our revenues are not euflicieut to run the schools the whole jear I have not charged the county for more thau three-fourths of the time actually deyoted to official work. tTheiaA a Iowa f jur doilors a day), .Further on I am ca'led a "Sanpete citizen." The title is an honorable one, but nevertheless it is untrue, ft is only fourteen yeais since 1 lived theid My home has been in Utah county wilere I am a taxpayer, tor the last five and one-half years, and will be tor future time so far as I can tell at present. Last Monday I called in the Enquirer office to chat with Mr. Clove and jhow my inendbhip i.forsucn feelings I certainly cer-tainly entertain for hioi) notwithstanding notwithstand-ing our political difference. In the course of our re marks he informed me that he intended to "skm" me ' alive" in that issue. On my request he submitted some ot the statements he intended to publish, which I have corrected cor-rected in ttria letter. He acknowledged acknowl-edged when I made expianat.on to him that tbey were incorrect, and when asked to change or eliminate ihem he said that he could not because they were set up in type. I then asked him if it would not ha juet to make correction in the next issue, when he kindly tola me to go to my own paper for corrections. Our friend says it has only assailed the superintendent. Those who chance to read true communication may judge for themse vea. Tne following is an excerct from an article that appeared September 20, 1895. "Utah couoty's schools need to get out of the slow going methods into which they have degenerated," Iu this county we uave a body of the most talented and progressive teachers to ba found in the tenitory, and the word "degenerated" doea'nt seem tn ave a veiy cheering effect on them, They can hardly Bee that this remark is merely "as ailinu the superintendent." superinten-dent." Tne so called Salt lake red tape is nonsense. The Enquirer can't point to a progressive teactier in the county that will endorse a word it utteis on that BubjecL In couCiU'ion, Mr, Editor, permit me to -say that 1 am unalterably opposed to bringing political influence ot any kind into contact gwith our public sibool work. So much am I opposed to this that I haye positively declined to take any part with campaign work. The cause of education In Utah county is Bafe in the hands of her professional pro-fessional teaching corps and her euer-eticand euer-eticand progressive sahool boards. 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