Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

IoptASo OF Rises In the market.
They are Q great saving Of horses,
lasnses and conyeyances.
They would 10 . long way towards
olvinS the rural district problems.
Among them the consolidation Of orr
,ountIy schools and free mall delivery.
Thsy ought to sdyanes the values Of
lasms.
Itsssms,te ne Il " would take into
sonsideIation. the small loads, the
ITeatsr time, the tear and wear Of our
1olsss, our vshaclss and our tempers
Md st times our almost total inability
10 1T anywhere or take advantAge Of
D sudden saeo In values, and the losses
resulting thsfoffom, and Ill directly
70 ouI present system Of |
reed making. ssy if " would only
give these fScts oar earnest study, No
uouiu I'll willingly give our help and
OpI monsy toward any feasible plan
Of getting permanent fosds and that ct
The earliest possible moment.
WEB. Robinson rave ~ IN estimate
OF The cost Of matchmaking the 1000
miles Of Deaawale county roads, - one
ihs;piineipai reads 0s5O, OoO. and bis sum
would have to Do raised py taxation.
Theffasmess are generally against 90
vaShAn outlay for permanent road
making. Mr.. Robinson's sxpsrience in
this line Of work also hes tended to
chow maeadamizlng 10 mot practical In
thi1county. He thought Il unfai. too
thee one peSt OF tho county should be
taxed for the benefit Of any other sec
sion, and favored the sevelsion Of the
taxes 70! road building % the townehip
from which they had been c0llected.
He also susRested In place OF the
presDdt system and with the amount
ct road tax levied plan whereby ct
ieaet three time q much work would
6Adone - under the present system
It:is consolidate the 8 districts Of tho
toHnehip Into one road district; let the
Tq1nahip Trustees appoint . Town
ship Superintendent q roads, TO 0vofeee.
Al road worn, svbjest to the direction
OF the beard and 20 dismissal By them
at az time. the Teusteee % direct, tho
expeoditule Of I'll road funds eithes
0fwoek done OF material furnished.
Tho ststute lsws Of Iowa provide thst
ank tovnship may adopt this plan ct
tte'opston.
Misc Mary Ink gave highly enter
eaintns paper entitled Looking Back
wsyd.: Misc Link 10 . woman OF I'M
eozhlaon ability and her paper Was
thoughtful. bright and interesting.
AA n. j. Yoran chained The audi
encS With A4,r rendition Of "There Little
Grit Dea'e Cry" Q song made mora
bsadtifal By the sweet voics II. the
singer.
"ShAn We have Graded schools In
he&sosntry", wss answered in tho at
fismative BY Mrs. LiSxie Irmscher In
her pspsr. And In Q studtously written
aIlieae, the author sums up . the reason
why. that bstter work can b done BY
teacher and pupil. There Was much
QuotAhls material Ia Mrs.. Irnscher's
papefs She hes bad practical experiences
10 the, 1chool rooms and hex paper was
valuable - coming from one Whose
opinion 10 TO be needed.
Our English friend, Geo. 81. Willard
sent his paper on this subject. no NOT
bsing able 10 attend In person. We
doubt not but that the worthy gentle
han Wss looking for trouble when he
Wiots the article, which was, however,
good one, and evidently written from
the fuliness Of his heart. Il. j. SchWeit-
eIt took up the further discussion OF
this subject and gave . scholarly and
practical resume Of the question.
A song solo By A. d. Brown, sThey
All Love Jack" delighted tho audfence
and won hearty applause for the sinEeE.
Following this, State Superintendent
Of Schools, Richard q. Barrett Wss In
lroduced. Nj. Barrett spoke on Rat.
ionsl Problems Relating to Rural
schools Of lows In which he de-
plored the feet that though in 1880 the
Federal Census gave Iowa the lowest
percentage Of illlteIacy, the census Of
1880 placed % third, Nebraska and Wy
oming standing ahead Of u. and which
condition exists todsy. There are 333
schools In the state whose average,
daily attendance 10 less than FIVE: 1857
With an average daily attendance Of
less than ten, 900 les than fifteen; and
$500 lees than twenty. Bringing this
matter homo, he Illustrated from Bre-
men township, In this county. In 1880,
Bremen had . population Of 393, average
attendance IN schools, l07, number Of
teachers employed, 6. In 1900, popula-
ton 968, decrease Of IS; average daily
attendance In schools, s., OF less than
one half Whist It Vas In 1850; same num-
her Of teachers. A number Of other
illustrations, from Cofin's Grove, Man
chester and from Cedar County, went
to show the stuS Of the state schools
- to illlteracy, etc. Mr.. Barrett advO-
Gated the consolidation Of tho country
schools. A map illustrating the buff
faio Center system Of county schools
IVES exhibited and explained. Mr..
Barrett stating that this method was .
lessening Of the cost Per pupil In the
running Of the school. In edition to