The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-01

| ty, and to the music of hammer and
saw and the crash and jar of the
| stamp mills the town of Jardine is
| forging ahead with marvellous strides
The fire department made a test of
| the water works Friday. A pressure
OF 100 pounds to the square inch was
| developed and water was thrown fully
80 feet over the top of the Miles block,
| one of the highest buildings in the
| city. During the progress of the test
made Friday an accident occurred
which rendered Frank Bender insensi-
BILE for time. In company with an
| other member of the department Mr..
Bender was handling the nozzle of the
| hose, and the force Of the stream jerk
| ed the hose from their grasp. The
| nozzle struck Mr. Bender on the head
and rendered him unconscious. He
soon recovered, however, and no i'll ef-
fects followed the accident.
A. E. Owen and j. l.. Holmes have
opened up a coal mine in the hills just
west of this city, and appear to have
struck a very good thing. They have
sunk shaft 80 feet in the vein and
have uncovered a six-foot body of cox
ing coal They are going ahead with
the development, and are fully conf
dent that they have a paying PROPOSE
ton.
The Park county teachers insti-
tute closed last evening after
a most successful session or
five days. large majority of the
teachers of the county We're present
and the institute was daily patronized
by numerous people other than the
educators The instructors of the insti-
tute were E. A. Carleton, state super
intendent of public instruction: Miss
Annie L. HARDWOOD, superintendent Of
the training department of the state
normal school at Dillon. and Professor
J. M. Hamilton, city superintendent OF
schools at Missoula.
The institute opened Monday morn
ing. Forty-one teachers We're present
at the opening exercises. The singing
of America" by all present was the
best thing on the program, following
which prayer was offered by Rev. Rob
inson. The daily program, arranged
by Miss Alma E. Evans, county super
intendent was one calculated to best
employ the time, and was gotten up
with a view to crowding all the work
possible into the time allotted each
days session. At 9 a. m. opening eXer-
cises were held, at 9:2O Professor Ham
ilton took up the subject Of numbers,
at 10 correlation of reading, writing
and spelling was discussed by Miss
HARDWOOD, at IL geography and his
tory occupied the attention of the
teachers, and at 1880 English was
| handled by Miss Harwood. After the
| noon intermission the institute con-
| vened at Ills for opening exercises, and
the hours between that time and
| o'clock were occupied by a discussion
| Of correia ton, civil government, peda-
gogy and school management and edu-
| cational questions and problems. This
| program was carried out every day,
| and the work done was most thorough.
Monday evening the teachers were
| rendered a reception in the Baptist
.,f MD
| tations served to enliven the evening,
| and an address of welcome to those
| teachers from outside the city was de-
| livered by Professor j. M. Monical. He
said Livingston had always been noted
for it's hospitality and remarked that
the citys reputation in that line would
be fully sustained in the present in
stance He welcomed the educators to
the city and made a really excellent
address. Professor J. NJ. Hamilton re-
sponded to the welcoming talk and Gre
ated considerable merriment by the joe
uiar tone of his remarks. He finally
grew more serious and expressed his
qualification at the reception and ms
appreciation of the spirit of the people
of this city in the entertainment they
provided for the teachers.
Tuesday evening exercises were held
in the Congregational church. MISS
Harriet Mallon rendered piano sofo
entitled "A Spring Song and DR.. X.
NJ. Leslie favored the audience with
vocal solo Anecdotes of Jay Could
was the title of a recitation by Miss
Mabel Mortimer. The feature CT the
evenings entertainment was lecture
by Superintendent f. A. Carleton, who
took for his subject THE School in
Politics and Other Questions. He
thought the school was in politics, or
or rather politics was in the school, al
together too much. He cited numerous
incidents where thoroughly competent
teachers had been dismissed or mad
failed to secure employment simply be-
| cause they were not in line with the
| politics Of members of the school board,
| and that men and women, very much
| inferior in qualification, secured po-
| sitons as teachers because they had
| political pull with members Of the
| board of trustees. The lecture was
evidently carefully prepared. 1t was
| we'll delivered, contained a varied fund
| of information on educational matters
and was highly interesting. He hit
| politicians some pretty hard blows, and
| criticised the press of the country IN
| rather severe language for its alleged
| failure to publish the truth under any
| and all circumstances.
| Thursday afternoon the institute mot
| with the board of trustees for the dis
| trict at the court house. This was
| considered as an institute for trustees
| and is a new idea, which originated in
Park county All the members of the
| school board were present except one,
| who was unable to attend. Superin-
| tendent f. A. Carleton addressed :he
| board taking for his subject THE Ideal
| Trustee" He prefaced his address
| proper with few remarks on the ex-
| cellency of the institute, stating that
| he had never since his election to the
| office of state superintendent attended
a more successful meeting than the one
| held here this year, and said that the
| people of Livingston evnced a lively
| interest in the cause of education.
He remarked that the excellent school
| buildings and the court house here
were evidences of progressive spirit
among the residents of the city and
was quite eloquent in his compliment
airy remarks concerning the town.
When he reached the body of his ad-
| dress he began by showing the differ
ence that existed between the schools
of to-day and those of 20 years ago
| He said that the office of trustee was
an important one, and that the most
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