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The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23
REGARDING RURAL SCHOOLS.
Asst. Supt. Of Public Instruction Talks
About Them. III.

/ Assistant State Superintendent
q. G. Schultz, in speaking of the
agitation among ed ucatoEs8for better
rural schools, says:
s'The total public school popula-
tion of Minnesota to-day is 400, OOO, j
and of this number three-fourths
are enrolled in the rural schools.
The average length of school terms
in rural districts is seven and two
tenths months for each year. The
average length Of time which each
pupil has attended during the year
! is four months. The total number
Of teachers employed in the rural
schoolsis 5000, and our statistics
show that of this number less than
one-twelfth have been engaged to
teach in the same district continu-
ously for three years or more. Four
ffths of these teachers were EN-
pioyed for a single year only. The
average salary Of female teachers in
these schools was S31 and for male
teachers $3o per month.
Tn hegraded schools of the state
the average length of the school
year is nine mon tbs and the average
length of time each pupil attends is
six and one-half months. The total
number Of teachers in these schools
is 1000, of which number one third
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23

distance below, and ttlhi iss is 81 pipe,
four inches ia q diameter runs along
the river, curViing Will the course
Of il, to the power house. Atstwo|
places it is tapped BY 7 7 pipes tap-l
ping other springs, which assist ii
increasing the volume OF the water
II Where the pipe is laid on the3|
ground tits covered with earth. At
other places il is resting on trestles,
and when the work on the sBurmeis-
ter. dam is completed and the filing
of the lakes commences, the water
will be backed to such an extent
that this pipe will be from three to
Eve feet under ground The work
of calking the joints Of the pipe.
line, SO as to make the line abso-
5lutely water tight, comm menced early
last week and will be finished this
week. The expense to the city for
the pipe alone was in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000. and it gives to- the
people Of the city all the water they.
can use for years. to come. The wa
ter is of the very best
At one. time the council thought it
advisable to sink another cistern at
the power house for the storage Of
water, but it has been demonstrated
that the springs in the Immediate
nelghborhood of the power house
could not furnish a proper supply of
water, and that expense would have
been money thrown away. Mayor
Aune advised the tapping of the
new springs and the construc ction of
the pipeline, which cost but very
i little more, and it certainly has
thrown aside all doubts as to the
sufficiency OF the supply Of water
for the future.
The interior Of the power house
is being painted and otherwise
improved. The machinery is in
4 the best possible condition, Supt
i Parkhill giving it his persona,
] attention, and also made mum
Der Of improvements to the elec.
a trical and other devices.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23

a still further supply by sinking a
cistern near the power house and
having a seepage into the same
from the new artificial lake. The
seepage will give the water suffii-
cient purification for all purposes. :
The work carried on by the pres
ent administration, u order to give
the city. a new and much needed
water supply, needs to be seen in
order to be appreciated. This addi-
tional water capacity comes from
springs in a ravine on the Fosgate
farm. and it is piped for a distance
of nearly half a mile to the power
house before it is pumped into the
supply pipes OF the city, or before
1 it will be pumped into the water
tower now under course OF con-
struction, and a cut of which ac-
companies this article.
Four protected springs are tap
, ped at the head of the new supply.
The protection is furnished by boxes
properly constructed to keep out all
impurities, and at the same time to
allow the water to pass from the
springs into the basin aud out
through wooden pipes leading to
those Of iron. All Of these boxes
are covered with lids held down BY
padlocks. the keys TO which are
kept exclusively BY the superin-
tendent- One Of these springs IS
located undera tree at the foot Of
a hill. and the water fairly boils ont
Iof Il at the rate Of q number of gaI-
lons per minute a wooden boz
conducts the water from all these
four springs % the iron pipe soma
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23

have held their positions continu-
ously for three years, and over one
sixth for two years. showing small
fraction OF the total have been re-
tanned for one year only. The av-
erage salary of teachers in these
schools has been s57 for male aud
s42 for female teachers.
Comparing the statistics show
ing the professional preparation Of
the teacher in the two different
schools we find that OF those em-
ployed in rural schools less than
one-ffth are graduates of normal
schools, or have at any time attended
normal schools; one-half are high
school graduates, or have at some
time attended high schools; while
in the graded schools one-half are
either normal school gradu-
ates or have attended normal school,
and considerable number are either
college graduates or have had col
lege training.
These facts clearly indicate that
in respect to school attendance,
length of school term and the pro-
fessional qualification and prepare
ton of teachers and salaries paid,
the school IN the rural community is
placed at decided disadvantage
when compared with schools in more
thickly settled communities
How to change these conditions
and to give the boy and girl on the
farm the same opportunities and adj
vantages for school attendance and
to offer them instruction by equally
competent and professional trained
teachers is the problem which the
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23
PLENTY OF WATER.
.Supt. Parkhill Says There is Enough
for a City of 10000.

NWe will have sufficient water to
supply a city Of 10000 population, 1
remarked Supt Parkhill Whiles stand
ing at the source Of the new addi-
tional city water supply, recently.
ss:And when Redwood Falls gets a
population Of over that amount,
which we all hope to see. we can get
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23
TEACHERS CONFERENCE.

A joint session of the north
and south side teachers associa-
ton was held at Wabasso April
1lth and 18th. About 100 teach
ers were in attendance and many
more would have been present
had the weather been less disa-
greeable.
In spite of the bad weather a
most profitable and interesting
meeting was held. The associa-
tionshad with them Miss Geero OF
Minneapolis and Mr.. Lange of ST
Paul.
Miss Geer spoke on Reading"
and very ably illustrated her
ideas. Her class in sense train
ing was entertaining and instruct
i've.
Mr.. Lange spoke on geography.
He recommended field lessons es-
pecially for beginners. His ideas
relative to physical geography
were excellent. His illustrated
lecture Friday evening was large
" attended by the citizens Of Wa
bass. as well as by the teachers.
The question box occupied consid-
cradle time. This brought out many
phases of school life from the stand
point Of different teachers.
Mr.. Jones Of Redwood Falls had
charge of the music, andGread pa
per on the subject showing.the bene-
tit of it in the school, if rightly
taught. Mrs. Jones delighted the
teachers with solo.
The citizens OF Wabasso are to be
congratulated on their success as
entertainers.
The conference was success
from many points OF view and no
one left without being benefited in
some way. The meetings Of 1907
have been a success and the results
will be shown in the success OF the
teachers. REPORTED.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23

We offer for sale, Minnesota and
North Dakota First Mortgage loans
For interest rates or other information,
call on Gold, stabeck Land and Credit
CO. 28-tf.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23
Money at S per cent

To loan on Redwood Yellow Medi
cine and Lyon county farm lands. CaIl
81 write II you want 10 borrow money
on farm security
& THE REDWOOD CoUNTY LAND Co,
B lit Vests, Mimi.
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23
THE NEW STEEL WATER TOWER.

enabled
construction
completed will be 2 founda
the land
The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-23

Nine-room house, with four Soft.
lots, on corner of Washington and
Flynn streets. Good we'll, with city
water in front of all lots.
Make me an offer, as | am prepar
ing to leave for California as soon as
roperty is disposed OF.
Inquire of A. B. TRUESDELL.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17
THE FIRE CLAIMS CASES.

Just what we expected the result
would be in the two mandamus cases
against the Fire Claims Commission
was what the Supreme Court decided
ir its decision filed on Saturday. We
once said, over month ago, that no
judicial body, under the special act of
the Legislature creating the Commits
sion, has the legal right to pass in re-
view the work of that special creature
of the last Legislature in helping out
the poor sufferers of the health fires
instituted by the Health authorities"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

out to their rescue from shore. It was
fortunate for the people that no life
was lost, although endangered for a
time while bowling gale was furi-
ously blowing and a raging sea surg
ing. Thanks are due for their deliver
ance from the peril of the deep, al
though aid was near them on the
battleship oregon, but was not ex-
tended them.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17
to appeal.

The above excerpt is also in support
OF what we then said in the same ar.
ticle, that that body, not judicial
one, but only commission empowered
judicially to pass upon certain claims
and make awards therefor, is the
sole master of the situation, its judg-
ments being final" which is also fur
ther supported by the following: 1T
was competent for the Legislature to
provide that the awards of a special
Commission of this kind created for
adjudicating claims against the Gov
ernment should be final"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

Had Prince, now Delegate-elect, Gu
pid met with any serious result from
his accident yesterday, instead of the
day being natal celebration of his
late royal uncle and patron, 1t would
have been a day of mourning for Ha-
waii. Such catastrophe, In politi-
cal sense, might have necessitated the
holding of another election for Dele
gate to Congress. But we are more
than pleased that our young friend
has been saved to us, to Hawaii and to
its people, = i.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17
TOPICS OR THE DAY.

The Supreme Court, on Saturday,
filed another decision of much import
ance to the public. 1t is in regard to
the fisheries cases, which the Court de-
cides that there can be no private
rights in sea fishing. The outcome
of this decision will throw out all the
cases filed and the fisheries claimed
will now escheat to the United States
for the free use of her citizens.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

THE call of Governor Dole for a
special session of the Senate was we'll
timed and will meet with general ap-
proval. In fact 1t offers fortunate
loophole for the escape of the Terri
torial government from its unfortun-
ate dilemma with regard to untrust-
worthy officials. An extra session.
however, is supposed TO pe for q spe-
cific purpose, which should be clearly
and distinctly stated in the call, ana
in this instance, the wording of the
,all is quite indistinct and hazy."-
daui News.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

AS at present constituted, we mean
the Senate with its newly elected
members, the Governor surely feels
that his party is uppermost and will
follow his dictation, the present ma
jority being tantamount to support
of his governmental course and policy,
but of course that yet remains to be
seen. And further 1t Is still to be seen
whether the Senate, either the Home
Rule or Republican majorities, will en-
dorse and sustain Governor Dole and
Secretary Cooper. ~.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

In this connection, the question
again comes up which Senate is 1t that
has been called together for the pur-
pose of considering such public bust
ness as the Governor may bring for
ward before it?" We still hold to our
contention made in former issues that
it is the same one elected at the first
general election held under the Or.
ganic Act, the one composed of
Home Rule majority. 1t is that and
none other. The newly elected Sen
ate is unorganized, but the Governor
may hold that such is the legal body,
and if SO, we think he is mistaken
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

of the agreement, ten-round contest,
and the amount, while Manager Cohen
showed filled sack with the coin in
evidence of good faith. Billy Woods
was chosen referee and at 8: so the gong
was tapped for the first round,
Jimmie Fox manipulating the tocsin.
Round 1. Both men shook hands
and the appearance showed pigmy
and a giant. The Kid tented and in
duced Weday to lead wicked left
swing, the Kid ducking. Sparring
continued throughout this round and
the next three, the Kid giving evidence
of his quickness with his hands and
with his head. In the third the Kid
landed on Weday three times in sue
cession without return, but the blows
were without force on account of lack
of reach and the quickness necessary
to avoid return. Weday had his op-
ponent sized up and from this round
to the seventh he pliyed with Ken
nard, once in while in ais work pass
ing in left swing or upper cut.
Seventh round The ducking of the
kid" had saved him many an ear
him aggressive even though great
ly overmatched. In this round Weday
caught the Kid with a left swing that
Jared him, following soon after with
straight right that must have set
things rattling in the Kids" knowl-
edge box. The round was fast, the
kid" becoming tired.
Eighth round. In this round, the
first in which Weday really went after
his man, there was battle from first
to last, but the gameness of the kid"
winning him much applause. The
gong saved the boy.
The last rounds. In the ninth, al
though bit groggy, the Kid made a
brave showing, coming quickly to the
front and landing weak uppercut.
The lad was quite shifty and broke
ground quite often, Weday looking for
a quietus blow, but the round ended
with the lad on his feet, but bloody.
In the last round Weday went in for
business, landing his right swing many
times, without response. The Kid"
held his feet through to the end, but
Weday got the decision.
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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17
MONDAY. NOV. II. 1902
WHAT WILL THEY Dor
p. o. BOX 81.

Would Governor Dole dare to reap
point to office those of his appointees
who were turned down by the Senate
at its last session? We feel that he
will have the temerity and the impu-
dence to do so. Yes; he'll dare the
Senate soon to meet in extra session.
but the question is-will the members
thereof accept his dictation? Let us
wait, as only little while is yet left
and see whether he will dare 1T, or
whether the Senate will submit to him
or to his dictation.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

Now the Supreme Court, in the syl
labus of its decision, in support of the
above view made herein. says as fol-
lows; Even if the remedy by man
damus were as ample under our stat
ute as the remedy is usually else.
where by certiorari, still the award,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

1t was a kind Providence that saved
Prince Cupid and his companions
from an untimely watery grave yester-
day. After clinging TO swamped
sailing yacht, they were saved in due
course Of time by friends who went
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

Now that the limit of IAN endless
source of interminable litigation" has
been settled by the highest tribunal
In the land, we earnestly hope that no
further attempts will be made to re-
view any of the awards of the Com
mission and that these same awards
be accepted as final as the Legislature
had intended them to be under the spe-
cial act that created the Commission.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

The Governor may soon call for an
other revival with the business COM
munity composing of foreign consuls
and aliens, to see whether they will
uphold him on not. This revival pol
icy is an un-American course of action,
but it Is somewhat of relief to our
befogged, badly frightened and great
ly ratified Governor, who is at loss
as to what to do the matter, being
thereto led by his whiskers by the
great Pooh Bah, "the great diplomat.
who at one fell stroke of his diploma
ey cost the Territory $4,000"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

having been made by the Commission
acting within it's jurisdiction, cannot
be reviewed and corrected, since the
statute makes it final and not subject
to appeal"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17
wEDAY-KENNARD CONTEST.
The Manly Art of Self Defense as
Depicted by ProfessioDa ..


round glove contest between Jack We
day, the local lightweight champion.
and Jimmie Kennard, the "St. Paul
Kid" came off at the Orpheum on Sat
The contest was interesting as are ex
hibitions of the manly art and was
clean from start to finish. Kennard
was overmatched but put up game
contest. Weday was not over aggres-
sive and, by his permission, Kennard
stayed the ten rounds, the decision
going to Weday, the Kid being all
but knocked out at the finish.
The preliminaries consisted of first
four-round "go" between two colored
boxers, o. B. Ryan and Lowrie. After
series of fumbles falls and general
mixing. Lowrie was given the deci
sion. Referee Paddy Ryan then in
troduced two Japanese wrestlers who
after genuflexions to one another grap-
pied and after brief period Toni
Toni. for whose name Charlie Chill
ingworth stood sponsor, downed his
man and was declared winner of the
bout. Two other Japs then contested
and the victor of this bout was paired
with the winner of the previous one.
In the final Tomi-Tomi was victorious.
Jack Owens and Harry Richling,
two we'll developed Jack tars of the
cruiser New York, classed as heavy
weights, entered for four-round con-
test. Both spared we'll but Richling
was the most aggressive and in the
third round delivered a solar plexus
to Owens which put the receiver down
and out.
Considerable interest was evident in
the next match, between one Sailor"
Brown and a colored boxer named U.
S. Harris. On the appearance of the
pair and the announcement by Referee
Ryan that Brown had once obtained a
decision over Tom Sharkey (date and
place not named) the sailor lads in
the audience were all for Brown. On
the tap of the gong Brown made for
the center of the stage but refused to
do the customary shake hands" with
Harris instead he had vicious right
swing which Harris ducked. This was
Browns first and only blow for Har-
ris rushed him to the upper end of the
ropes and gave him jaw punches, rib
roasters, upper cuts, ETC., without a
single return from the befogged white
boxer. The referee stopped the contest
| and Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth
piloted the muddled Brown away from
| further interference in clean sport.
Harris got an easy decision.
The quickness in passing of these
preliminaries caused hiatus in the
continuance of the program but which
was partly filled in by the skylarking
of jolly pack tar, who between
speechmaking and dancing filled the
interval to cake-walk music by the
band
At 9:35 Weday made his entrance
and walked quietly to his corner. He
was in the pink of condition. 1t was
not until 9:45 that the kid" made en-
trance and some minutes were taken
up afterwards in NECESSARY prepara=
tion at the riRg-sideI l., II. Dee, the
backer OF WeQay. made announcement
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

Justice demands, and justice alone
is to be considered in the matter, that
these claims should be equitably pass
ed upon, and no review thereof should
follow, for if there was, equity and
justice would both miscarry and there
would be no end to litigations /" We
said the above in the same article, and
now it is seen that justice did demand
and has been vindicated. It is hoped
that all parties will accept the situa.
tion gracefully.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

We would here suggest to the lead
ers and advisers of the Home Rule par
ty, whoever they may be, to have all
the Home Rule Senators and turncoats
of the first body advised to take their
seats, and then let the question come
up and have it submitted to Washing
ton for an opinion. If Governor Dole
has really been taken to task in the
matter of presuming to remove GER
tain officials who were appointed un-
der the terms of the Organic Act with
out first having had the same "by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate" we feel that he will be ac-
corded the same treatment in the
matter of what shall constitute the
lawful advisory body, upon whose lad
vice and consent" he is to follow in
the letter and spirit of the fundamen-
tai law. Any other step and course
we hold to be disastrous and most
dangerous policy and precedent for
the future conduct of the functions Of
our Territorial government.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

1t may be held that those who were
turned down by the first Senate were
capable and efficient officials, and that
their turning down was due to body
of Senators already prejudiced politi-
cally against them, and still that was
the lawful advisory body of the Gov
ernor, pledged to turn down any Off
Ger distasteful to 1t as body and to
the majority of the members thereof,
and whose actions therefor were legal
and should now be. held binding. But
we must await for developments in a
few days and then We'll see how
things may go and turn out.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-11-17

But why reappoint those turned
down? Is it with view of having
them confirmed by the Senate, which
is soon to assemble ON Thursday, so
as to continue in office for the full
term of four years? This is now up
to the Senate to confirm or to reject,
which is now called "for the consider
alton of such public business as may
be brought before it," and not for any
specific purpose, as the wording of tna
call is indistinct as far as the business
to which it is called to consider. 1t
is only by inference that the specific
purpose for which it is called is under
stood, otherwise it is vague and hazy.
The daily sentinel., 1902-01-06
DRESS GOODS.

In all the late shades and designs.
II Pieces of imported tailor suit
ings in gray, tan, mode brown,
blue, red and castors. These
are exceptionally fine and are
worth from 2.25 to 800 per yd.
Sale price. $ 1.75
10 Pieces of Venetian all colors
regular 1.75 and 200 qualities
Sale price. .$1.374
20 Pieces of heavy cloths such as
SO to "a in. covert cloth, wheel
mans cloth, imported zebiline,
english kersey and genuine
scotch twseds for handsome
tailor gowns and skirts, regular
1.5O and LIS qualities.
Sale price. IS 1.a5
A choice line of mixtures 36 to
4S in. wide composed of covert
cloth, home spuns, canvas cloth,
venetian and camel's hair in all
the late shades, these are worth
from 85 cents to $1.25 per yd.
Sale price,. $ .5s|
The daily sentinel., 1902-01-06
TABLE LINENS.

This department is good any
time of the year, but we are
overstocked SO will include in
this sale 6O-inch bleached de-
mask the SOC kind
Sale price :. 36c
64-inch table damask, the Toe
kind,
Sale price. >. 55c
72-inch loom damask, dice pat
tern, good value at one dollar,
Sale price. >. TOO
72-inch Scotch dsmask, the best
table linen on the market, worth
1.5O the yard,
Sale price. 10
The daily sentinel., 1902-01-06
All Remnants at onc-half price.

Muslin Underwear.
Ladies muslin gowns, trimmed in
val lace and tucked 1.5O,
Sale price. =. LOS
Ladies muslin gowns, fancy, reg
ular 200
Sale price. -. LIT
Ladies cambria gowns, all trim
med with val lace. full yoke
and tucked, the 2.26 and $50
kind,
Sale price. ....1 .63
All our LOO gowns 60 at
Sale price $50
All 0.onanfs ~ on> h a1f ne;r>