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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.