"The Oregonian's Handbook of the Pacific Northwest." Portland, OR: Oregonian
Publishing Co., 1894.  pg. 428.

H. N. MARTIN

     The educational facilities of Sprague are superior to those enjoyed by most
cities of the same population.  In addition to an excellent public school,
Sprague possesses a large Catholic seminary and several private schools.  Every
township of Lincoln county is supplied with a small public school house.
Including the schools maintained in the incorporated towns, 112 public schools
are maintained in the county.  The average daily attendance at these schools is
3,600, and they are liberally supported.
     The present excellent condition of the public schools of Lincoln county is
due to the efforts of Mr. H. N. Martin, the county superintendent of schools,
who has successfully endeavored to employ only experienced teachers.  It has
been through the efforts of Mr. Martin that a number of new schools in the
county have been established.  Mr. Martin is a native of Ohio.  He attended the
Normal School of West Virginia, and subsequently read law and taught school in
his native state.  In 1890 he came west and located at Sprague, where he was
admitted to the bar in 1891.  When Mr. Martin was 24 years of age, he was
elected county superintendent of schools for Lincoln county, and he is now
filling his second term in that important office.  In addition to performing the
duties of his official position, Mr. Martin also devotes considerable time to
attending to his large law practice.
 
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