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Newspaper Page TextST. Johns review IT'S NOW UP TO YOU GET IN THE HABIT Tiratxcrlfc for THIS Piper. AH the ntwi white H Is newt U oar motto. Cell la and enroll 01 admtlilnj In THIS Paper J and you'll never rtret It. H- D- Of a, a j lln at once and keep flilit Devoted to the Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL,. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DHCHMBKR n. 1908. NO. 5 TELLS HOW HE STANDS DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL A VISIT TOOUR SCHOOLS Good and Efficient Work Being Done by the Var ious Instructors in This City Councilman Davis in a Position on the Editor Rovlow: I notlco nn article hi tho Telegram which quotes mo as saying my ron tons for voting for tho repeal of Or dlnanco No, 183 aro Btibstnni.nlly ns follows: "Account of parties going to I'ortlnnd, gottlng drunk, coming back lilt ko to bo taken caro of by tho city of St. Johns." This Is not correct I mndo no such statement. What 1 did Bay wan thin: "That liquor Is La I UK sold in St. Johns Illegally and In no smalt quantities. Deer wagons ana liquor wagons aro making deliveries two or thrco times n week and pay ing tho city of Portland for tho privilege St, Johns gets tho results nnd effects minus tho revenue nnd has no volco In tho regulations and conditions." I am fulty awnro of tho fact that tho city went "dry" by vote In June, but tho city Is not dry now, nor tins It been at any tltno since tho eloc.on nor la there any prospect of belli? ho. I will ntlmlt Hint there Is lameness somowhetobut whore Is It It Is none tho less truo that theso contmious do exist and that itotli 1 effective has been done to check li Thu police department linn not fount iiuy one wining to. swonr to a com plaint against tho offenders, ovoi when they havo tho facts In then possessions, claiming they do noi wish to bo mixed up In It. 1 voted dry In tho Juno election, but I did not vote for tho kind of drj wo have been Retting up to date. If wo have to hnvo this traffic and cannot mnko a belter Hhowlmr than wo hnvo to check It, I think It the bost plan to have tho truffle under tho city's regulation nnd restrictions nnd keep tho revenue In St. Johns, rather than to hnvo It go to tho placos around us. bumming up the situation, I was forced to tho conclu sion and so voted. Whore nil ovll exist- there should bo n remedy, and If 011 remedy Is not effectle, It Is proper to find 0110 that I". I would like to montlon right hero, that It Is a very unpleasant thing to do by the avorago councilman to have to decide on such matters, but nt the same tlmo their duty Is plain, thnt Is, to chooso tho lesser or two ovll. Tho) will bo damned It they do nnd Ik damned If thoy don't, nnd nro u Give Us the News Wo aro undor many obligations to Mrs, N, J. Dalley for a fine lot of news notes, if our Rood friends know how highly wo prlzo theso poo sonals nnd news notes, and how thoy add to tho vnluo of the Review thoy would tuko particular pains to give them to us. It Is this moro than any tiling elso that makes tno paper readnblo, 'iho editorials aro simply tho opinion of ono man, usually, and he Is Just as apt to bo wrong In his conclusions as aro you, but these uows notes and porsonai Items aro facts of history our citizens nro rank lag, In which ovory 0110 In the city takes an interest and every ono wishes to know; thoreforo, if wo can get theso items wo can make the paper the most useful and most readable and Interesting, Now, can't we interest every ono to tell us all the news If you will make a note of tho happenings In your vicinity and will write them down for us wo win be glad to furnish you with tho necessary stationary, here arc other things which we can do for our friends who will thus assist us If they will call we will be glad to ex plain. Come In and talk the matter 1 over with us, and we think we can -Interest you. Fraternal Brotherhood The Fraternal Brotherhood elected the following officiere at wie.r meet ing Friday night: Louis Hopflnger, president; Ina Kingsbury, vice president; James II. Gee, secretary; Ed I 8tocktoi tieasurer; . W, Vincent, pbys.clan; Katberlne.quay. chaplain; Elgin liar ton, sfrfBanH; "Susan Galloway, mis tress at arms; Wesley Heck, Inner dcor keeper J. E. Kilkenny, outer door keeper; N. A. Gee, past presl dent. The loogo meets at the M. W. A. hall every Friday evening and re ports the most enjoyable social times. Visiting members of the order aro always made welcome. Lucid Manner Gives His Liquor Question J against n preudlco In either enso mat is n nnuuicap. more is piouiy of work to do without this and ought not to bo In their hnnds. I w..i nntlclpnto tho question that will likely nrlsc from this suggestion "Why didn't tho council stand by the vote of tho Juno e.octlon " In the first placo tho city attorney's opinion makes this election superfluous anil Irrcgulnr, hail the charter been tin dorstood tuo natno as now, and In that event would bo of no more value than n straw vote. Tho moth udo resorted to by both sides were quostionnule. Men wcro voted from transient .gangs thnt had no Interest whatever in thu town nnd paid no tnxes, but they were "legal" voters, Tho other side lacked Portsmouth precinct on to us, which also proved legal, but every fair minded man on earth knows this was unfair, nonort aro oven. Tho transients hnvo gone ahd thu result Is In tioubt as to tho real bonl fldo vote of tho nctunl cltl xcus of 81, Johns, An emergency existed on account of theso condl Hons nnd It wns up to tho council to do something o tmprovo matters. 'i do moral question was not In volved for thu reason mat the town wns wut In fact, no matter If It was voted dry. Neither was ll n nuas.ion of money, but to put tho traffic tin lor the control of the rlty, as there I, no denying thu fact thnt wo do hitvo It. This procecduru comes rurtly from suggestions nnd Inform at 1011 from good tax paying citizens who voted dry In Juno. Tho restrictions oxneted will be binding nnd nmplu nnd contumplnto protection nnd good behavior, nnd subjocts tho party taking out n II ceiti" to n monetary loss In case of n bienk In tho rulos, Jersey street vll bo exempt from their presence. No back rooms nnd no back doors. tUnn gloss front, ect. Also there Is raise In llconso. 'I ho councllmou who voted for the (peal of tho oruiiianco did so be (loving they wcro doing tho best for thu city nnd no personal prejudices wtno mixed In It, or considered with ait object of rovorslng tho will of tho peoplo; but only to cope with n exatloun question nnd apply tho bost remedy. A. W. Davis. May Get Better It has been thought tlio Homo Tclephono Company was doad so far n,t St. Johns was concerned, but we havo hoard that this company re cently bought and paid for lot 2, block S In Chlpmau'H addition for tho purposo of put ng In nn ex change Hero Is hoping It Is truo. Tho Pacific StnteB Is anything but satisfactory In their sorvlco. When )ou call tho lino Is busy, or it not, it .night as well bo becauso of tho dif ficulty of carrying on a conversa tion most of tho time. Ihen again while they claim to havo supplied thu demand for phones as promptly aw ono could reasonably expect, a to complaints .ike that of Leroy II. Smith to tho city council this week would Indicate that they are about as good in substantiating this claim, as tbey aro In giving good service where they have phones. Wo sin cerely hope tho Homo phono will soon establish connections with St. Johns and put In a system here. Given a Big Boost The "Three Nights of Big Fun,' which the K. of P. folks pulled off wns the kind of success that usually niter ds the operations of this enter prlklug bunch. Everybody was in a good burner and every body blowed his money: consequently there was about $175 to the good In the ex chequer of tho two lodges. There was one feature that we failed U mention In our write-up of the oc casion, and that was the Telegram booth on the east side of the hall, There were several representatives of this evening paper present, all working for the Alaska excursion, and succeeded In securing about 20, OvJ votes for our candluate. That is a good boost and snould make every friend of Mrs. Valentine get in and bustle for her. We must not fail to send her on this excursion. could make no better advertise irrnt for St. Johns, Net the label on your paper. The City Dads Convene and Transact Their Usual Budget of Municipal Business in a Satisfactory Manner Tho city fathers, Bnlaamtts Uqutit annus, nnd n number of other cltl zons of St. Johns met In the conn ell chamber Tuesday ovculng In their 35th weekly session, all mem btrB being present, Tom Cochran presented request for nn cxtcntlon of time for 30 TJnys to ennblo him to complete the work 011 North Hayes Btrect, which was granted on motion of Doblo. All ye. Petition for nro light at. vio Inter section of Chicago street and Port lend boulevard wan road and on ino tlou of Doblo petition was accepted Mid placed on file to bo acted upon when nvnllnu.o funds were nt hand. All yes. Communlc-u.on from J.oroy II. Smith asking thnt the city council lend Its aid to Indtico thu telephone company to glvo him n phone, slat' ng thrt ho hail been trying for tnrce years to get tho Pacific States tele phono company to put n phono In for him nnd for the past six months hud eimer written or phoned that company asking thorn to Install a phono for him, but thu only thing o hud been nble to securo wns n lot of broken promises. On motion of Doblo thu communication was re ceived and placed on file, nnd tho ro cordor Instructed to take tno matter up with thu telephone company. Thnt old chestnut, Tho St, Johns inn Light nnd llent company bobbed up again, but thlH time It appears to hnvo n llu.o ginger In It. Mr. C. It. Donnell, representing tho present alleged owner of the frnuchlsu in his ccmmtinlcntlon Informed the council tl.r.t active operations woul- boglu In a very short tlmo and that n do nslt of n cash bond would bu depos ited with tho city to bo released when the machinery was on the Kioutid. No action wns taken nt this tlmo but lator, on motion of Da- 1 4 the recorder was Instructed to In Ite tho writer of tho communica tion, Mr. Garrlgues tho attorney for ho company mid any othors Interest ed to meet tho council nt their next regular mooting nnu discuss tho nutter. All yes. Tho city engineer asked 1. uny ctnor roofing would bo accepted by the council than ant spoclflou in tho contract, since thu rooting com pany refuses to glvo tho guarantee that tho contract required. Tho mat tor was roforrod to Johnson to con atronize Home Industry 'ihero has been much said nnd there Is being much said about trad lug at homo, patronise homo Indus. trios, etc., but tho truo Inwardness of tho proposition waa uover moro fclrly prosentod than in an exchange some tlmo slnco in practically tho ullowing story: Going down town tho other morn ing I over hoard a eading merchant nnd bis good wifo In conversation which ran like tills; "Now, dear, bo at re and don't forgot to send to tho city today for that now Stanhope, so that wo can havo Sun jay. lou know o e old buggy is gottlng so .nt U is not fit to bo seen.' Just a few blocks away tho mer chant who hunuied vehicles was sit t'ng at breakfast with u.s family. he conversation oritied around to tho near approach of school, '..ud that reminds me, John," said the la dy who sat at tho head of tho table, J must bo going to tho city not lat 1 than next week. I must get goods for tho children's school clothes nnd 'ten to see about a fall suit for my self, and whllo I am tfiere perhaps I ha better seo about a new rug for the parlor and some lace curtains for the front wlnuow. ' An hour or two later one of the leudinc grnrerb stepped Into tho bank to buy u drift which bo was going to bend to a catalogue bouse for t "fcwelt bearoora suite." "How's usi.-iPSsV iiskcfl the banker. "Oh, net very good,' replied the coffee and tea merchant. "Things are a little dull Just now." Before the banker fin Ithed writing the draft, a dapper young man with a grip stepped in and asked how every body was. Iho banker seemed glad to see him. He wns hn representative ot a large piln'ir.p; establishment in another city. Ho and tho banker chatted tloaecmly for u few minutes r.lter which tho joung man Inquired for with tho'contrnctors nnd to report nt the next meeting of the council. In the matter of n pctdtlon to es tnbllsh grade on Now York street; resolution wns rend requiring .110 city engineer to furnish profile ot thu snnio on motion of imvla. All yes. Resolution Instructing the city en u'ueer to present ti.o council with profile, estimates for thu Improve' ment of South lvittihoo streot from Polk to Idn stroot showing sub grade and five-foot cement si-ownlk. Reso lution was adopted on motion of Do bio. All yes. On motion of Dnv s, Mr. Tullinnn wns permitted to construct 11 six foot cement sldu walk with U-foot curb along his property abutting on South liny os street, All yes. On motion of Hunter, thu gas com munlcntlnu was ncco-lted and placed on file nnd tho writer Invited to nice the council next Tticsuny evening. Ordinance accepting the profllu no presented by tho engineer for the Improvement of South Hayes street wns accepted. All yen. Ordinance authorising tho ferry election came up for (Uscursloii nnd pnssed to thu third ronulug, but nfle. consldurnblo discussion It wns lull on mo tnblc for an indefinite time. It soouiod tho hciiho of tho council thnt ll would bo thu moro cconnmlcn wny to nwnu thu action of tho leg islature ns to thu county operating n freo ferry here, if the measure mot tho approval of thu legislature nnd boenmo 11 lnw then this ordln nucu could bo pnssed nnd the bonds voted It tho citizens ho wished. Tho city onglnoor roportod for the second payment on tho dock thu fol lowing, P'SIng driven, H,3St feet at 110 (outs, jlfiCS.W, I'Z.ibor for auportttruciurii furnlohcd, .177,880 at S eel In, Jjjl 17.25, tola JGS15.S0, ol which 00 percent, or $0131.22 Ih due and payable. On motion of Davis the report wns accepted and warrant or Jrred drawn for the amount. On motion of Ilouham the coun cil went Into a star chnmbor session 011 lr.u liquor question. After about 1111 hour's hard work tuoy returned and tho mayor returned thu ormii nucu roponllng ordinance No. 183 with Ida veto, stating us his reasons for not approving thu ordinance that tho ordinance as it stood was noc sary. Ho showed the duforenco In tho wording of tho new charter from tho old ns nn ovldouco thnt oven If tiall of hla frlond behind thu win daw if he wanted anything, "Well, yea, "replied tho other good nnturud I.', "I bollovo I do, Print us C0.00O cb-f.ks, 5000 drafts and a couplu ot tt.ihiot.ud letter heads.' Tho young man tluukod htm cordially for tho order nnd hustled out. Just ns I turnod tho cornor "yo adltor" i.ine out ot his humble cot and ri tared to go to his dally grind nnd his good wlfo admonished him 1 hat ho should "go over to tho city Hid get him a bettor suit of collies, that ho was getting really s'liibby, and whllo there ho might as well got Johnnie a now hat, and you cur get throo moro pounds of sugar fur a dollar than wo can ut homo and beef is a cent a pound chuapor, whllo you have to go anyway, got there other things and you will moro than save car fare." "Not on your t'jiijpo, Sally, I got my bread and rid tor from tho boys In business here, I cannot afford to throw them down for tho sako of a few cents, It is a dirty Irish trick to expect tho boys to patronlzo our groat moral I-ervarlcator and then go to another town to buy our provondor, and no genteel son of tho ould sod llko me sllf will bo guilty of It, at all." That night tho local business men ha 1 a meeting In the town hall to discuss tho growth of the mall order evil. All of theso gentlemen, ex cept yo editor, delivered a short talk. Thoy all agreed that tho far mers and laborers woro guilty of tieason to the homo morchant when they persisted in buying their goous ot mall order houses, and the meet ing closed by auoptlng strong reso lutions on trading away from homo. The poor devil of an eultor went homo wondering why the good ox ample of Ananias and Saphlra of old c uld not havo been kept up, and al wondered why tho merchants could blamo the laborers and farmers for doing Just what they were thorn tclvea uolng. Verily, wo believe If vt would reform the people, we cas-8Uould first reform ourselves. thu city attorney's opinion wns good that under tho old charter It wns doubtful If tho council had authority to license thu sale of liquors, That as ngalnst tho opinion of tho city attorney there wns tho decision of the circuit Judgo and others declaring the city dry, the cntlro proceedings which were regular nnd ho bulluved the council Incked the power nnd nil thorlty to mnko these cuniigcH, On motion of llonhnm tho ordinance was laid on mu table unu week, because It cotitd nut bu ncled upon nt the present session. wimiio reported turn i..ero wns some friction being engendered In the matter of the Improvement of toilnmettu buulovnrd, south of Rich mond street. Somu ot thu residents claim that the street Is but 80 feel wiue, while others contend thnt It U nn 100-foot street. Somu think there were dedications nnd others Insist that there were none. If tho Improve incut cuts 20 feet off thu loin there Aiii bu some objection to thu Im provement. This section of St Johns wns n part of tho city of Port- -mid and 11 will bo necessary to ex amine thu records ot thu county and thu city of Portland before the exact status of tho situation can be ml veil at. ' On motion of Wimlk the city attorney who asked to mitl.'o thu necessary examination nnd mnku 11 willtoii report to thu coimc.'l. ill yen, J, F. iluud'lcks roquented permis sion to t.M the city hall for n card party fir tho file department and thu bund boys, Monday night, next. Thu object being to glvu thu organ ization such social features as will korp up an Interest among tlio mom- hots and thus prevent their dropping out. Ho also asked authority to tisu hall on future occasions when do sired by tho boys 011 permission by tho mayor. All yes. After nn extended discussion re garding tho driving of extra piling ho as to reinforce thu foundations of thu city dock to support wheat bins, 011 motion of Davis thu cuy engineer wns Instructed to hnvo tiiu nerusHiiry piling driven, All yes. Doblo reported Hint thorn were still two proporty holders on Pittsburg w-o had not signed thu waiver mid It was returned to ,..r. Douglass with 1111 urgent request for these property ownern to sign thu waiver so as to mnko It iinnlmnus, Locates in St. Johns Kd I.. Cox Is 11 now comer from tho East who has located nt 102! Star ft i d street, 'ihoro nro about a mil lion families In the east, who, If they knew how much hotter, pleas nnter, moro comfortable and huppler lite Is In Oregon than It possibly can bo In tho land of cyclones nnd bllz rards, would hlko to Orogon by the first train. Rut they havo niways lived there, many of them novor have teen out of their natlvo stato, and they think they havo a cinch an tho best spot on earth , Possibly, where Ignoranco Is bliss It is folly to bu wlso, but wo always thought that Buying was a He, pure auu , simple, all wool and a yard, wluo, nnd wo think wo can provo It. Commercial Club Meet A meeting ot tho St. Johns Com martial Club will bo hold In uu as bnmhly room In tho New Holbrook Building Wednosday ovenlng, Dec. l'i 7:30 o'clock, Tho subject of con Mtuctlng a sultablo roadway between St Johns and tho Swift plant will bo discussed. Also sovorul othor highly important matters nro to bo taken up and discussed. Tho citizens of St. Jehus and vicinity, whether mombors of tho club or not, who havo tho In terest of tho city at heart aro urged to attend. New momberu of the club will bo admitted. George J, t or kins, Secretary, Work is progressing nicely in tho now addition M. L. Holbrook Is open ing up east of St. Johns. Ho Is clearing tho land, opening streets, etc-, so that ho will havo room for a city by tho. tlmo tho now saw mill la Installed at Macgloy Junction, and tho employes of tho mill will como In and build it. Last week wo told our rendern I'u.iicthlng ot tho conditions wu iotitut in thu grammar, or Central school building, Friday morning wo lotted tho Bchool where wo were met by Mlsg Rubs, nnd very graciously given tho freedom of tho building. Wo first listened to the recitation of tho class In hntln, who were rend Ing Caesar's wnrs, lit which they hnd proceeded to thu 1 St It chapter. We du nut know 11 more Interesting stud) than thu languages, nnd whllo it has been bo long since we studied I.atln Mint wo could not mnko nil lutulllg Ihlu translation, It was very Interest Ing to 'follow thu pupils In their tntri.latlon of thu subject, thu mean In,; cf ti.u original coming to mi ,m they prereseetl; nnd ugiilii, to note the tllffeit nt shades ot moaning thnt could be given thu sumo passage by tul(iti different views of It, from the construction of other Huntences, where thu snuiu or similar ex pros tloiiB w?ru used; thus bringing out t lie cxtrunia difficulty of making nn tMUi translation of n In, of literu tt.ro written In n tleitd language. Miss Unas Is particularly well versed In thu l.ntln ami brought out clearly and forcibly thu flno points of expression of tho historian In Is Its account of Cnosnr'a transactions, it mndo u wish again for thu uld school days, If pvoii for no other reason than to brighten up 011 I.atln. Ono reason, wo suppose, why tho I.ntitn Is bo nt tractive to us Is thnt our own Inn gunge has roculvud so many of Its words from that language. From Miss Bosh' room wo went In to that occupied by Miss Jaiiuey, 11 very bright llttlo lady, who was en gaged with thu class In zoology, and tho brunch Known as entomology. Thu class hud for Ita subject tho common flsh-wonn. They had In tholi paraflnu puns artificial ami enlarged subjects, but during thu study they brought In live specimens of thu liimbrlciis terruHtrls ns they cull nils much abused "reptile". The school Is supplied with 11 number of cheap magnifying glasses of n power 11s thosu lured for thu detection of coun terfeit money, nnd hnvo ono micro scope which Ih very good for a small school, having a power cnpnblu of showl." trichina In pork, tho scales 011 tho wlngH of uiittortllcs and Htich mlcroscoplo objects. Of course our board cannot furnish thu school with nil tho facilities that could bu found In tho larger cities of Portland, San Francisco and other cities of llko sUo; but thoru nro n fuw addi tions wo would llku to hoo put Into tho high school equipment. Just as soon as tho district can afford It wu would Pku very much to sou show cases placed In tho building to car for geological, botanical nnd zn-olugb cu spoclmons gathered by tho pupils in tho course of their Htudles f theso sciences. !f this can bo done and tho spoclmons mounted, bearing tho nnmo of tho specimen, nuiuo of pupil placing them 11111I tho ditto, In n fow years thoro will havo been placed in tho building n collection that thousands of dollars would nut hi!)' fiom tho district. It would be valuable not only fur thu collection ot thu flora, fauna, mineral and other specimens, but for it living record of tho work of tho pupils of tho differ ent years, luero Is space In tne cloak room to Miss Juunoy'u room for Just such u cusu sufficiently largo to accommodate tho class until tho tehool building la onlargcd which Mill bo but n ory fow yours, fur even this year thoro will bo n crowed condition before tho year Is cloned. Wo uoxt visited Miss Rtiudall's oom wiiero tlio pupllu woro Hluuy- Ittg tiugllsh Literature, tho ptirtlctilai work being Sir Wultor Scott's Quon tin Durmund, Tho method ot study If ivdmlrublu nnd Miss Randall Is a clear, forcible Instructor, her style being n combination of Inquisitorial and expository. Tho traits of char actor of tho hero woro brought out and discussed, the language of tho work, the stylo of spoiling having boon held to the old Kugllsli more or loss. Theso woro all mudo so plain that tho pupils could almost set Quon tin as ho waa supposed to ex ist at tho tlmo of tho writing of tho work ot fiction, Thoro Is a feature in this work wo havo not noticed in thorn. It is that tho profune ex pression which wcro as common In that day as our slang Is toduy, per hups more general, Is expressed In tho French language in tho printed work, which removes much of tho objoctlouublo foaturcu of tho older writings to those who do not under stand tbo French, Following tho Bnmo lino of action, ono would sup poso that In n French edition thoy would use (Jroolc for tnu swear words. .Miss Humphreys' room wiw the next plnco visited. Hero whb found a flno class of pupils of the Cth grade. Ono of them, n natlvo of Kussln re counted boiiio of his ndvontttros, toll lug how his father nnd family woro driven from their homo when ho wns n little child, Ilia fnthor coming to America, IiIh mother nnd children be coming separated after smuggling themselves from Russia Into tlermanj finally how his father sending money to them, his mother gathered up the oh 1 1 tl ron nnd enino to America, They spent somu tlmo In t'astlo Harden nnd then went to Citimda whurti Ills father worked constructing olovntom. A bad fall delayed his father from fending fur them nnd nfler they onint over, another bud full crippled him up for n time nnd then he quit Hint kind of work. The reason given by thu lad, who Is 11 bright lntlu fellow, for his father not going to tlerinnuy, was Hint It was Just thu tlmo that the father would havo to go soldlr lug If ho went there. To osetipe this service hu camo lo America. Hla account of their escape from RiiHela wns very Interesting. They hud little or 110 money but hid nwtiy umonjc thu farmers, who foil them nnd niiitiKs.ld (hum through thu lines. They hud to walk 20 miles, nnd when It Is remembered Hint nnu Russian mllu equnlH seven of our miles tho ills- tnnco looms up big, 1 10 miles. Thu family has been In Canada twlou since coming across tho big pond nnd have coiuu to the conclusion Hint there Is no country better than ximlo Pain's domain. In thu next room visited, thnt of Miss Htuvuus, weru found III, lltlls ones In tho first grade, limy re pealed the story of thu chipmunk nut snug tnu song of Hie H.nrs, little Miss llnldwlii singing 11 mdu Mint the entire class Joining In thu ithonw. Their Instructor Ih of 11 most cliuim , lug personality mid 1I10 little) nutM t ill nl- tho world of her, hence their wonderful success In their work. Their painting Is simply wonderful f.)r Hitch Iittlo miles, nnd compart favorably with Hint of older pupil.. Wu Just stopped n moment with Miss Roach, who has thu wkmimI grade. They woro laboring with their spelling lesson and were deeply In terested, but as our tlmo whh almost gouo uiitl several moro claseH to visit wu woro obliged to hurry 011, The next room was that of Mix. Dunn who keeps tho Hnd mid aril grade pupils busy, It whh tttttlr ending hour and the little one rettil very nicely, having good command of thu subject nnd giving very good ox pritsloii Indeed. MIhh deiillluykur'H room, where her ptplls were wrestling with the my tnles of plane geometry, was next vlt-lted. O110 pretty Ills whh nt lite board explaining why the side of a square were equal to onuIi other nnd how to provo It. R wan n very Inter esting procoH, bouauee the yuuiif lady know Just exactly nil about it but wns not nhlt) to get the wortlH together Just In tho order In wMeh thoy should coiuo. It seeum to tie that higher niittlieinatlea la Juet a llttlo hardor for girls than fur lM)e and yet wo know 11 young Indy who bad nil tho boys guessing who would loud tho cIiish In mnthemntlca during lior last collogu year, mid ut the Btiinu tlmu conoiiou 1 11 roe hoys through thu lust term, Wo then returned to Misu Rim diill's room whuro alio was hoHriiig class in book keeping. Thoru are tt ituuibor of bright young pupits In this class mid Miss Ktiudul! wild If i.i:y of our inorehants weru behind with their books she could furnish two or throo pupils who were nble to do good work outsluu of Mhogl hours, iiBslstlng thoui to catch up, She would llko to hoar from any mer chant who uoedu nsslstnnco on hla books, tiH It would glvo the pupils moro practice 111 tholr work and nt tho snmo tlmo provo bonuflclal to tho morchuuts. Thoro nro 217 enrolled In the high school building 60 of thoui talc Ing tho hlglischool course. In this cshool, too, as In tho grnmmor school wo find bottor order, brighter, moro cheerful domonnor than was mailt fosted last year. Miss Ross luformod us that thoy woro making hotter pro. grcss than they did Inst year, nnd thut thoro would soon bo two nioro classes added which would crowd their llttlo building to tho utmost. This would Indlcuto thnt nnoThor addition will soonbo necessary. Net the It be I en yaur paper.