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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
Rheumat,sm oured IN : Day.

Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause ard the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cents.
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second
avenue, Rock Island; Gustave Schle-
gel & Son, 220 West Second street,
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

THERE are IS. 40 whites anu 2S,-
4S9 negroes in the concentration
camps in South Africa. yet the Boer
soldiers keep harassing the enemy
the same as if the concentrates were
on their farms. As an evidence of
British brutality the camps are a sue
cess. As war measure they are in
effective
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
sI3 TO Buralo and Return, 81

via the Nickel Plate road from Chi
cago for the Pan-American exposi-
ton. Tickets on sale daily, good
leaving Buffalo up to midnight OF
10th day from and including date of
sale. Also tickets on sale daily from
Chicago to Buffalo and return at $40
for the round trip, with Today limit,
including date of sale; $21 Chicago to
Buffalo and return, good for 80 days.
Tickets Chicago TO New York and
return at special reduced rates. Write
John Y. Callahan, general agent, Ill
Adams street, Chicago, for full par
ticulars and folder showing time OF
trains, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

s17.95 and $l9.45 for round trip
tickets to Buffalo, n. Y. good for 10
days; $22 90 and $24 90 for 15-day
tickets and $685. and $50. 20 for 80
day tickets via the c., K. l. e p. rail-
way. Eight through trains daily for
Chicago, making connections at that
point with all eastern lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
Eugene Scott
Mental Scientist
ard Spiritual Healer

Is now permanently located at 220
Gaines street, Davenport, one block
from terminus bridge car line. She
gives psychic treatment for success
in business, love affairs, chronic dis
eases, habits, poverty and harmony
at reasonable rates. Full life reading
so cents. Test readings 81. Salts
faction guaranteed. Hours 1 to 8
p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
Pan-American Exposition.

Special excursion tickets, good fol
10, Is and 80 days, on sale daily by
r. 1. & p. railway. Only one change
of cars and that in Peoria union sta,
ton. Choice of all rail. or combina
ton rail and lake trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

For the races, the c. b. X q. will
have on sale tickets to Clinton and
return, July 16. II. and rs, returning
to and including the 10Th. at one and
one third fare for the round trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

OUR army in the Philippines is to
be reduced to so, 900 men-just the
size of the entire regular army at the
beginning of the Spanish war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

$24 25 to Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo and Hot Springs. S. d. via
the Burlington. $3.50 to Dead
wood and Lead City Aug. to 10 in
elusive, good returning until Oct. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

king EDWARD has establishedIa new
decoration-the Conspicuous Service
Silver Cross-for warrant officers and
subordinate officers in the navy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

Takes one back to where pleasures
of happy childhood are blooming.
Kindles anew the pleasures of life.
That's what Rocky Mountain Tea
does. IS cents. L. II. Thomas phar
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

Beaumont oil fields. Low rates,
direct line, excellent train service via
Queen & Crescent route. w. G.
Rinearson, G.. p. p, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

Hon. w. j. BRYAN. who speaks at
the chautauqua assembly at Gales
burg next Monday, will be the guest
of Hon. Clark E. Carr during his stay
in that city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

Leave via the G.. K. l. & p. railway
at $50 p. m, arrive at Colorado
Springs at 4:30 or Denver at 4:45 the
next afternoon. Through chair car
and sleepers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

ElOR SALE-THE BUSINESS STOCK
II and good will of the George Sutclifie
wall paper store, at Fifteenth street and Sec
ond avenue. Rock Island. a thriving, well
established business together with q stock of
wall paper. paints, OILS mOlcings, tools and
other supplies that go with a business of this
character This is an exceptional opportunity
for parties to establish themselves in a good
business at very low figure. 1t must be
closed out at once, and will he sold at sur
prisingly low figure. Apply to Capt. j. NJ
Beardsley, administrator.
MANAGER WANTED-FOR A PROMO
M nent business enterprise. Not over mid
die age and of ripe business experience. Sal
ary al 500 to 81 600 per annum. Must become
financially Interested in the business, at least
in a moderate degree. State age and bust
ness experience. Address Manufacturer,
ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

IS % to St. Paul and Minneapolis
via the Burlington Aug. to 10 in
elusive, good returning until Oct. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
WANTED TO RENT.

UTANTED-TO RENT A HOUSE OF SEW
w en- or eight rooms between Seventeenth
and Twenty-fifth streets and Fifth and Fourth
avenues. Address sd, ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
Use Aliens Foot-Ease in Your Gloves.

A lady writes: 81 shake Aliens
Foot-Ease into my gloves and rub q
little on my hands. 1t saves my
gloves by absorbing perspiration. 1t
is most dainty toilet powder" We
invite the attention of physicians and
nurses to the absolute purity of AL
LENS Foot-Ease. DIR. ". G.. Abbott,
of the Chicago Clinic says: lit is a
grand preparation; 1 am using it con-
stantly in my practice. All drug
stores and shoe stores sell it, 2h cents.
Sample sent free. Address Allen
Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

To San Francisco and return via the
Burlington Aug. to IS inclusive,
$4S. Portland, Ore, Tacoma and
Seattle, Wash. and return $47.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS.

Low rate tickets to Buffalo on sale
via the c., r. 1. q p. railway. Your
choice OF eight Chicago trains and any
line east of that point.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

81 am indebted to One Minute
Cough Cure for my present good
health and life / was treated in vain
by doctors for lung trouble following
Ia grippe. took One Minute Cough
Cure and recovered my health Z
II. Wise, Madison, Ga. b. H. Biebe.
and Hartz q Uullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

ALTHOUGH the Porto R'cans were
reported to be greatly pleased with
the tariff they lost no time in moving
to get rid of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

ANOTHER rise In coal rates. Trusts
surely believe in preying in all kinds
of weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

Homeseekers' tickets to q number
of points north. west and southwest
on the first and third Tuesday in July
and August via the c.. r. L. & p. rail-
WaV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
Low Rates to BaffaIo Exposition.

via the Nickel Plate road. Also spec
ial reduced rates from Chicago to New
York and return. Three through
daily trains with vestibuled sleeping
cars and excellent dining car service.
meals being served on the American
club plan, ranging in price from So
cents to 81. Chicago depot, Van Blu
rem street and Pacific avenue, on the
elevated loop.
Write John Y. Callahan, general
agent, Ill Adams street, Chicago, for
full information and beautifully illus
trsted descriptive folder of the expo
sition building and grounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

EIOR SALE-TwO OF THE BEST AND
II most modern residences In the city by G
z Taylor, room l2, Mitchell s. Lynde building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

ENOR RENT-A HOUSE WITH SEVEN
II rooms and bath. 1923 sixth avenue, at SIS
per month. +. Ludolph
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
FOR SALE-PROPERTY.

DOR SALE-HOUSE WITH LOT 81 FEET
Il front, city water, sewer and furnace
Inquire on premises 9l4 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

UyoR RENT-HoUSEOFSIN ROOMS WITH
u modern conyeniences, corner Sixth ave-
nue. and Eleventh street. Apply to j. ID.
Beecher, 500 Seventeenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

NOR RENT-A 7-ROOM DWELLING WITH
T. bathroom and large attic, gas, electric
light, piped for hot and cold water, hinged
screens on all windows and doors, and storm
windows. s23 Thirty-eighth street Inquire
of J. S. Leas 549 Elm street. Telephone 1916
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

NOR RENT-FINE STORE ROOM IN IN
Il dustrial Home building. Apply to It. II.
Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

EIOR SALE-AN ATTRACTIVE NEW
II Groom house, latest design and built fol
all modern conveniences. Is now ready for
occupancy. Terrace lot 4Ox1I0 feet. apply
at $40 Twelfth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

nor RENT-A GROOM DWELLING WITH
Il bathroom, large attic, gas, electric light,
piped for hot and cold water. hinged screens
on all doors and windows. go Forty-Second
street. Inquire or j. :. LeaS 1i9 Elm street.
Telephone 1916
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

TOR SALE-BY @. Z. TAYLOR, ROOM L.
u Mitchell & Lynde building, two of the
best and most modern residences in the city
lots.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

ENOR SALE OR TRADE-HOUSE AMI
II lot on Sixteenth street between Second
and Third avenues For particulars address
or call on Cooke s Meyer, 1911 Second avenue
Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

7 OST-A PAIR OF GOLD RIMLESS
IL eyeglasses somewhere between Sixth
street and Second avenue and Twentieth
street and Sixth avenue. Finder please re-
turn to ARGUS and receive reward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

EIOR RENT-6-ROOM MODERN FLAT
II steam heat,at 1914 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
LOST AND FOUND.

T .OST-A LADY S GOLD WATCH AND
IL chain with Waltham movement Sunday
night about III O'Clock, on Twentieth street.
Finder please return to ARGUS once and re-
celve o liberal reward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

"ANTED-To LOAN MONEY ON DIA-
Wv monds, watches, jewelry, hardw a-eI
musical Instruments, bicycles, clothing, dry
goods, furniture, etc. Highest cash prices
paid for second hand goods of ell kinds also
The above goods for sale at half the usual
store prices. All business transactions strictly
confidential. His new number and location,
1923 Second avenue Don't forget IT, J. w.
Jones. Two rings on 1347
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES &c

DERMANEN T POSITION FOR THE RICH
i man to represent an old established com
psny having S2oO,OO0 capital 5000 per year and
expenses, payable direct from our Office: no
deception: absolutely straight salary, not
conditional on results. Chance for promo tion
and increase of salary. State age, reference
Manufacturing company, box sci, Philadel-
pnia, Pa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

NOR RENT-A FURNISHED ROOM OR
II suite of three rooms, well ventilated, with
bath, at 2733 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

ENOR RENT-NEW MODERN 7-ROOM
II house, bath, and furnace heat, Sixth ave
nue. east of Twenty eighth street. Inquire L.
j. Burns, room IL, Mitchell & Lynde building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

NOR RENT-A FURNISHEDROOMS UITA-
y BILE for two persons. CaQ At 1908 Second
avenue; second door.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

EyOR RENT Two FURNISHED FRONT
Il rooms. steam heat and bath. All modern
three blocks from postornce.
$40 Sixteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

NOR RENT-ONE OR TWO NIELY FUR
Il Eished rooms with every convenience at
11I6 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

NOR RENT-A FURNISHED ROOM WITH
u an outside entrance, fist floor, at $40
Thirty. first street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

NOR RENT - THREE UNPUBLISHED
Il rooms for light housek eepirg. Steam
heat; at 1918 Fifth avenue, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

NOR RENT-ONE LARGE ROOM. NICELY
= furnished, at 2s0S Fifth-and-a-half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
WANTED-MALE HELP.
Observation-Disclosures.

WTANTED-ABOCTI 800 SQUARE FEET
w of floor space on second or third floor.
centrally located Address &C. care OF
ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

no YOU WANT AGENTS. MANY
II years experience places us In a position
to give You valuable information along lines
that will assure you success. Ask for free
letters of information and bulletin of daily pa
pers that pay. We also start respons ible par
ties in the mail order and agency supply bus
mess. Lord & Carver. Racine, Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN-IN ANY AMOUNT,
IIl on any kind of security Also choice
property for sale and rent. w. L. Ooynei
$50 Seventeenth street, up stairs.
REONEY TO LOAN-CHATTEL MORT
U1 gage loans by W. Eastman, 1Tl2 SEQ
ond avenue, without publity or removal. He
also makrs collections-hArd ones . specially
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-SMALL FAMILY OR BUNDLE
w washiag to do home: 1920 Third
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

EIOR SALE-CHOICE BARGAINS IN
II property for sale in all parts of the city;
houses rented; rents collected; money to loan
In any amount on real estate security. Fire
insurance written in Oldest and most reliable
companies. Telephone 1913 Goldsmith s. Nc
kee, over Peoples National bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

IF YOU WANT TO BUY, SELL, TRADE
or rent anything, engage help or secure
situation, the Mall is the one paper In Moline
that can do It for you Mail wants are popu-
lar and Mall wants bring results. One-half cent
per wordxis the price to all alike, cash In sd
vance. 2-cent stamps win do. Evening an
Sunday Mail Moline III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

EIIoR SALE-LOTS IN McENIRY'S AID
II dltion by Z. J. Burns, room IL, Mitchell &
Lynde building. These lots are on Sixth ave.
streets. Convenient to Fifth avenue or Elm
street street. car lines. Terms to suit pur
chaser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
FOR RENT-ROOMS.

NOR RENT-THREE FURNISHED ROOMS
y at 230 Thirteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

WANTED - HUSTLING AGENTS TO
w sell rapid-selling article. Call before
$50 a m. or after p m. at 27l6 Fifth avenue,
Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

SATURDAY, July q.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

pAGS, RUBBERS, ETC.-SEND POSTAL
Id card or leave word at POS Fourth ave-
nue., or Fortietb street and Fifth avenue,
II you have any rags, rubber, etc., 70 sell.
VIII come to YOUR house and pay you from
so to as per hundred for rags, and rubbers from
to Sc a pound. An calls Will receive prompt
attention. b. T. Klugger-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-27

WA NTED - THREE OR Four UNFUR-
w njShed rooms suitable for light house
keeping. centrally located. Address C. p
ARGUS office.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-03-28
School Supervision.

Some reasons why you should
vote for County School Supervision
on the first Tuesday in April.
|. 1t will provide Il uniform
course of study and systematic the
entire school work of the county.
,. 1t will provide system of
graduation and graduation for the
country schools.
3. The Superintendent, being
in Il measure responsible for the
success or failure of the teachers,
will put forth his best efforts to
secure the best service to the pco-
pie,
1. 1t will in no way abridge the
rights of teachers, directors or pu-
pills as enjoyed under the present
law.
). \ definite plan and definite
end in view will prove great in
SpiratlOn to work i'll our rural
schools, which are now like ships
at sea without rudderS or charts.
e. The fact that Supervisor
is in the field, working among the
schools, advising and encouraging
teachers, pupils and patrons will
prove a healthy stimulus in our
schools.
I. The cost is Il mere trile.
s. The best counties are adopt
ing it,
Q. State Superintendent Car
rington says that the schools of the
nine counties now working under
Supervision are fifty per cent above
those of other counties.
10. Those who have taught un'
der Supervision in other States are
enthusiastically in favor of it, A.
mong these are some of our most
prominent teachers, such rs ProfS
ID. A. Mcmillan, ID. A. Murphy
Geo. p. Moore, b. W. Hale and
ID. NJ. Slonakcr.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-03-28
Food Value of Phosphorus

Walter Wellesley, writing in
Success for April contends
that mental and physical activity
important prerequisites of sue
cess winning, are manifested al
most in direct ratio to the amount
of organic phosphorus found in
natural foods. He says
Look at robin redbreast, him
of the fields of the North run
ming but short distance, and
then stopping with a clumsy jerk,
and flying on much the same plan;
his ideal food is an angleworm,
rich in carbon, poor in phospho-
rus. But watch n swallow circle
gracefully for hours. darting hith-
er and yon, but always in SYM
metrical curves, even when, on
weary wing, he skins low across Il
lake in the lighter air just before Il
storm; he is busy catching insects
for the phosphorus they contrib
ute. the chief secret of his won
derful evolutions. Observe the
kingbird, the monarch Of all other
birds living near him, even of
hawks and owls; his preference is
for bees, flies and hornets, all rich
in phosphorus. Birds which fly
long distances nOrthward i'll the
spring, and southwark in the fall,
are satisfied, for months after each
migration, with corn or worms,
rich in carbon; but for weeks be-
fore such a flight, they hunt foi
small seeds and active insects
which furnish phosphorus.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-03-28

THE Paris Appeal agrees with
the MESSAGE that people should
not lie too hasty in turning against
the Third Constitutional Amend
mcnt merely upon the threat of the
money loancrs to make the borrow
er bear the burden. Wait awhile
verify that matter. 1t is a just
law. As the MESSAGE said, if
the money loaners dare to carry
out their threat, then is the time
for decision; repeal the law, fol-
lowing it up with the assessor 5
stamp law.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-03-28
A Crushing Sorrow.

When a young man, rising to
fame as an author, Washington
Irving fell i'll love with Mathilda
Hoffman," writes William Pcrrinc,
in the April Ladies' Home Jour
nal. To bis eye she was such an
image of delicacy and purity that
his love for her grew into an idol
airy. In the midst of his dreams
of future happiness there came an
overwhelming blow from which he
never fully recovered. Mathilda
was taken sick with cold; it rap
idly turned into consumption, and
it was his agony to behold herfade
away in a single winter, but in his
sight beautiful and more beautiful
to the last. During the three
days and nights of her final suffer
ings he did not leave her house
and scarcely slept. He was at her
bedside when she died; his was
the last face that she looked upon,
and when the grave closed upon
her the world became blank to him
in hi. distraction. In the nights
of his first anguish after Mathilda's
death he would carry to his bed
her Bible and prayer book, and
place them tcnderly under his pill
low. Ever afterward he kept them
with him in all of his many wan
behring's and travels. When he
died at Sunnysidc he had reached
his thrcescore-and-ten, and his
cclibacy was still unbrOken. There
was then found little repository
of which he had always kept the
key 1t was opened. and there
lay il faded memorandum which
told the story of his sorrow, Il
miniature, Il braid of fair hair,
and a slip of paper on which he
had written Mathilda Hoffman.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-03-28
Scared Sauerburger.

st. Louis, March 20. Mrs. Car
RE Nation spent an hour in st.
Louis this morning enroute to Gin
cinnati. She visited the Nation
Liquor Store, near the Union Sta
ton, and badly frightened propri-
etor Sauerburger while demanding
an explanation of him for naming
his saloon after her.
"Td rather have my throat cut
than have saloon named after
me-" she declared. Thieves are
honorable compared to saloon
keepers, she shouted, opening a
caustic arraigument of Sauerburg-
cr. He called for police, but could
find none, and Mrs. Nation left to
catch her train, declaring she
would return.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-03-28
Central As the MESSAGE has
Schools. been telling you, the

Central As the MESSAGE has
Schools. been telling you, the
little school house is
gradually becoming thing OF the
past and in no State more rapidly
than i'm Iowa, where the centrallz-
alton idea has gained much ground
since its Inauguration. From all
parts of the State" says Supt.
Barrett, tive have assurances OF
an increased interest in the con-
solidation of schools and the trans
portation of children" He has
been called to many places i'll the
State to address patrons on the
subject of school consolidation,
the taxpayers realizing that 1t
means economy in school expendl-
ture. There are about fifty town
ships in Iowa now where trans
porting pupils at the public eX-
pense is in operation, and III some
of these districts the system has
been III use for the last five years.
There are about Il dozen districts
where the township high schools
are established. The system of
grading and centralizing the coun-
try schools. however, has only
been recently introduced. In one
township, that of Buffalo Center,
Winncbago county, the plan has
reached a high degree of pcrfec-
ton. Here the township system
was introduced several years ago
and Il $l7 900 high school has been
erected Children come from all
parts of the six-milc square town
ship by public convcyanccs, some
of them from II distance of five
miles. The drivers are paid from
$2j to $50 month for their SER
vices. Eight teachers are employ
ed aud it is possible to do much
better work than if they were seat
tered all over the township.
Whereas, tuition formerly cost
$J.03 a month, it is now reduced
to 81 81. An effort is to be made
to have this plan Of Capitalization
adopted in about fifty places in
Iowa this year. Supt. Barrett was
placed on Il committee appointed
at the meeting of national super
intendents in Chicago recently to
report on the subject at the next
annual meeting. There is no sub
iect in connection with schools
that is being watched with keener
interest than this one of absorbing
the individual school houses in the
country districts.