Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-02-19
SCHOOL COLUMN
Various Notes.

The Lincoln and Washington
program which was to have been
given last Friday evening, has been
postponed indefinitely.
Several Of the high school classes
have had examinations this week.
The seniors are studying Mil
toms paradise Lost"
The pupils of grade eight partici-
pated in their first debate Friday,
February 13. The question was:
Resolved, THAT the public school
of the United States should have
recess" The pupils who took part
We're Bernice Clark, Mable Monro,
Claude Woodward, Katie Suren on
the affirmative; Fred Suren, Curtis
Crawford, Emma Phillips, John
DeHaven, on the negative. The
Judges were Messrs. Hattabaugh,
Cassady and Phillips.
Mesdames Cassidy, Hendricks
and Duffy, were eighth grade visit
ors last week.
The eighth grade history class is
using the first of the series of the
Ivanhoe note book in connection
with their history review.
Last Friday, Feb. 13, the pupils
of the 9th and 7th grades had a
meeting to divide the grades into
two divisions and elect a program
committee. This committee ia pre-
pairing a program to be given by
the first division sometime in the
near future.
The seventh grade have COM
pleted the first of a series of notes
on the countries of Central Europe,
and begun the study of Southwes-
tern Europe.
The sixth grade have begun the
study of Hiawatha. One of the
features of the work is that each
member of the grade is required to
give quotation from the poem at
least every other day.
The first and second primary
rooms will have Washington's
birthday exercises together next
Friday afternoon, beginning at 80
Program will be given in Miss
| Fray's room Patrons are cordial
" invited to come and see what
the little folks can do.
| Close attention to details anC
careful inquiry into modern i'm
provements is what makes farming
as well as any other business, {
success. Every farmer must hav,
the best machinery to get the bes
results. The Grangeville Imple
ment Co, in their ad in this issue
calls your attention to the Monitor
Disc Drill, which is the best known
machine for the perfect distribution
and equal covering of small grain
The difference in the yield Of 81
acres sown with this machine owe
the same ground planted in the oil
fashioned way, will more than pa,
for drill. If you haven't one al
ready, don't plant your crop unit
you have investigated the superio
qualities of Monitor.
| Thursday, February 26, is Sc
lected for the annual inter-denom
national observance of day o
humiliation and prayer throughou
Home Missionary organization
that a spiritual blessing may b
poured out abundantly upon ou
land. The ladies of the Presbyter
ian of Grangeville- invite the ladie
of the different church societies t
Join them in this observance at tn
Presbyterian church at 2:30 p. m
VIM. Crandall came up from hi
placer mines on Salmon river yes
terday. He is doing lot of wor
on his properties this winter an
expects to take out a good quantit
of the yellow metal this spring.
i. We wish to extend our heartfeI
, thanks to the Masons friends an
relatives for the kindness shown j
. our recent bereavement in the los
, of our dear father, F. M. Davidson
Feb. Is, 1908. H1s CHILDREN.