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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 291 sen, M. D., instructor in physiology and hygiene; Ephraim Hansen, LL. B., instructor in commercial law; Endreas Olsen, instructor in mechanical drawing and carpentry; Alfred Doll, instructor in black smithing; Maud Bliss, instructor in dressmaking. The Academy is under the following stake Board of Education: Canute PeterHenry Beal, treasurer; John B. Maiben, William T. Reid, Christian A. Madsen, John W. Irons, James A. Allred, Christian N. Lund, Lewis Swensen. The executive committee consists of the following: Canute Peterson, president; Henry Beal, John B. Maiben, Annie Peterson Frost, secretary. son, president; • PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The present efficient school board consists of wellrepresentative citizens, who are deeply interested in educational affairs: J. P. Hansen, Jr., president; Peter Thompson, clerk, and J. P. Jensen, treasurer. The school teachers for 1898 are under the able guardianship of Prof. A. W. Jensen as principal and are as follows: Heber Xielson, D. W. Thompson, Bay Lund, Christian Larsen, Misses Callie Thorpe^ Julia Dorius, Matilda Rasmussen and Ida Peterson. According to the last report of the trustees, dated June 30, 1898, the school population consists of 719 pupils and 71 per cent were enrolled in the public schools during the school year. The average pay of teachers is $55 per month for males and $35 for females. School grounds, furniture and apparatus were valued at $2392.25. The Ephraim opera-house is without doubt the finest and neatest arranged amusement building south of Salt Lake City. It was begun about 1896 by a company of citizens and afterward assigned to Andrew Thorpe and Ezra Madsen, who completed and equipped the building. It is seventy-six and one-half feet in length and fifty feet in width, centrally located and an ornament to the city. The fact that such a building could be erected and kept in order is proof positive that this city surpasses all others as an amusement place. The owners have a fran- known and |
