The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-13

whose condition is serious.
Miss Hattie Goodwin.s school, Lis
bon No. s, has been closed for two
weeks, commencing Thursday. March
5, on account Of scarlet fever. -..---
The large number of school enter
sainments Eeld throughout the !
by, last week. were all successful.
The graduation examination ques-
tions were NAILED out this week. The
questions used in this county have
been adopted by those in authority
for use in the entire state.
Iowa bachelors who bought land in
Hand county and moved onto ii DUR
ing the winter months are marrying
Hand county school ma'ams so rapid
~ that the Argus-Leader reports a
panic.
Teachers meeting passed off
smoothly at the court house last SAT-
urday. The entire lesson was gone
over hastily. No special features were
introduced Meeting at Mt. Vernon
this week.
Eighteen wrote for certificates at
the recent examination. 1t was a
good hard one. Those who waited
ALL the installation of a new state
superintendent to take the ~csaraina-
ton. thinking the questions might
he easier, got sadly fooled. The
questions were none too hard. This
ahire hopes that hereafter they will
be still harder. These rigid exami-
nations are doing more to help weed
out our poor teachers and...raise the
standard of our schools than any 9TH
er one feature.
Certificates of Award have been Is-
sued during the week to Mary and
Oral 8romwall, Grace Buss and Ber-f
nice Brown, Miss Gertrude Bromwell
teacher also to Walter Riggert, Miss
Maud Hofstetter teacher; to Howard
Browne. Miss Alice Doyle teacher:
TO Ina and Burton Barnard, Miss
Laura Watson, teacher; and to Ward
lambert. Ray Eager and Leta NJ.
Clark. Miss Mae Lewis teacher.
Justice Triumphs. Practically ey-
erybody nowadays is familiar with
the story Of the two frogs: how the
old man whose eyesight was poor. in
dipping up rain water from a pool
with which to dilute his milk before
selling 1t. accidentally scooped up two
frogs and put them into his can: and
now when they beheld their predi ca
ment. the one gave up in despair and
drowned, while the other possessed
with a courage born to surmount Diff
fulties. said: 81 am not dead: there
may be a way out of this YETI and
straightway began to paddle and soon
ehurned a lump Of butter upon Which
ne rode in safety till the can wa
opened and he was released. This is
abe fix the superintendent was in aft
ter the last election as regards his
salary which was cut 5000 by the light
vote. However, he is an avoWed be-
aever in the maxim, .t'Goo helps
those who help themselves - there
fore, he Lesan to paddle and has now
ehurned Ii lump of financial butter
out of the pool Of justice upon which
he will be able to live for the next
two years. No man has a right TO
the ballot who is too Indifferent to
use 1t. The right within itself i'm
plies its sacred use. If those who
failed to vote at the last election in
this county had their political rights
aenied them as Il punishment for
their failure to use them. they would
0 0 be in open rebellion. There were
1877 voters registered in the county
but only 1889 votes cast for governor
Ia difference Of 1913 votes. This null
fIpiiei By five. as provided by law.
mac 2l90 inhabitants in this n n
apon whom the superintendent drew
no salary. but was compelled to serve:
consequently he ''began to paddle.
and help himself.n A note was sent
TO his excellency, Governor Charles
~ ilcilSih' dShlllR INN 10 rccOulmend
IN his Forthcoming message to the
state legislature that the law be
changed from the centre Vote to
ahc ''registration list: He agreed
10 do it, provided the State Educa-
ilonal Association which convened in
this city the last three days in the
year, would pass a resolution to that
erect, The resolution was introduced
and prevailed unanimously. 1t was
immediately telegraphed to the gov
arnor. The superintendent Of this
county was elected as a special rep
fcsentati'e by the general association
&c steer the measure through. The]
matter was explained ia full to SEM