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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
City AbsOrbS School Districts

Ill 1895 congestion in the High school was so that the Moriarty building, formerly the fac tory of the American Pin Co., on East Main street. hred for school purposes and the registration in that year was 5.IS0
 In 1885 the Center School district absorbed the Bucks Hill district by amendment to it's charter Another change took place 19UO, when by amendment to the city charter the Center School district abolished, the district committee was wiped out, the department of education became a part of the municipal government and the conduct of the school entrusted to d board of education of which the mayor is chairman, ex-ofticio.
 The first board of education elected under the order of things consisted of Dr John F. Hayes, pr Edward Goodenough, Dr Thomas J. Kilmartin: Dr George W. Russell, Charles s. Chapman, Judge George Fl. COwell and J. J. Mcdonald. The of the change the complex form of government there being three then existing, city, town and school government wheels within wheels.
 The amendment to the city charter gave to the city huge educational plant, consisting of a dozen large school buildings, a staff of employees of about 35O, and annual expense of about $2CO- 900. The amendment that brought this change pOpularly known the consolidation of the school districts.
 The final change, the last vcisstude in the public school took place in 1902 when by another amend ment to the city charter, the city lines tended far out into the suburbs, embracing every hamlet and every school building within the lines of the town of Waterbury. This amendment was known as consolidation of the city and town govern ments and it bitterly fought by committees from many of the rural school districts, large prop erty owners in the city and town beside business
 
 The act of consolidation was the stepping stone to a business man whose voice that period had scarcely been heard in the political arena Con ereSsnanat- Large George L. T1iey. At town neotine preceding the state election in 1900 Mir Ifnov's voice was heard for the first time in open meeting. It was the last town meeting and was the most exciting and stormy held in many years. NIr lil'ov Threatened to wipe out the town government on account of alleged extravaeance He was nomi- nated for representative the first time he ever ran for ofioo and he elected.
 I'D" Hhan"o was not neaSirc to many of the rural S"h0" dSf'"+S 1hov seemed to fear their personal- ifv was ondAn@nred in the great 1nachinerv of +he d"nH"fnent of odU"ation of which they had now h""0m" nart. but time has shown their fears were efn'''"t"SS. A great imnrovcment has taken Doca in "l' of tho rural district schools physically and c1ucatiOnallv
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22

The following colleges have enrolled twenty -one members of the class of 1905: Yale, B. Sheffield Scientific, l. Holy Cross, 4; Brown university, La fayette, l. Boston university, 1; University Mich igan, l; Worcester Polytechnic, 1; Auegany l.; Niagara university, l. Wellesley, l; Mt Holyoke, 4; Yale medical, 1. This is twenty seven per cent of the membership of the class of 1903.
 The High school grows yearly in efficiency. The courses it offers ali strong and varied enough appeal to individual tastes It is making meet best and most wisely the needs of it's pupils With corps of able and conscientious teachers amount of good done cannot be appreciated without reflection, or measured by commercial standards The aim of the school is not merely to cultivate the mind and heart-t is to strengthen and develop character to stimulate a love for good reading and with it good thinking and good living, to blend the ideal with the real in life, to make good citizens, who, from a knowledge of their country's history will more fully appreciate the rights and privileges they enjoy-in word to have them think for them selves and act for themselves thus honor them selves the city and their school by doing their whole duty.
 The building was in only few months when the present superintendent, Berlin w. Tinker was appointed, and almost immediately a new era of progress and development ushered in The growth of the department of education since has been very encouraging. Many of the old buildings have been enlarged and improved and the following schools built: Bank. 1880: Webster 1899: Barnard 1899; Drggs, 1000; RusseI 19O1 Walsh. 1901: NIul- cahy, 1903.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22

The history of public education in Waterbury be- gins about 1850, but not until century later was there any concentrated system attempted when 1t appears the town. which extended far into other
 mits divided itself into systems societies called the first and second society In 1749 the first society found it expedient to divide itself into four districts which controlled by board which was elected annually. The records of this society were destroy ed in a fire that consumed the school house. Mat in such confusion that committee consist ing of Anson SpeTy Elijah F. Merrill and Ashley Scott were appointed locate the boundaries of the respective school districts.
 The extraordinary demands for school facilities which have been apparent in the city during the past ten years began make themselves felt at that early me for became evident to the people in 1S49 that something absolutely necessary to relieve the pressing demands upon the very limited accom- modations of that time. Accordingly April Z6, 1849, committee consisting of Nelson Hail. Charles Fabrique. Lucius A. Thompson, J. P. Blake and B B. Cooke were appointed to investigate and find re- lief It is evident that this committee com prised very farsighted gentlemen for instead of de vsing plans that were more in tune with the times, they suggested concentrated form of school man. agement, which became known the Center school district of Waterbury, charter having been grant ed the people by the legislature. The dis ricts en- braced in the charter were known as North Center, Center, West Center Bridge and Gaylord Plain. All the districts outside of these continued to be conduct ed before the old lines and the society which controlled them became known the Center School district committee the board of school visitors. Consolidation has erased these bodies and created board of education in their place. Such the be ginning of a concentrated form of school govern ment in what destined to be of the greatest hardly vestge of the old manner of school govern ment left in the municipal system it exists to-day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
Vote to Replace Burned School

The district committee held special meeting ill May, 1871, and voted to build a school the site north of the burned building and the present Elm street school is the structure that put up. In September of the following year $45,000 voted for another High school and the present Crosby school built. The original found far from sufficient however, and $13.0OO more was Yot ed Meanwhile temporary and better provisions made for conducting the hIgh school.
 A factory was engaged, but after while a build ing Brook street, owned by a Mir Way se cured, and there the High school pupils studied until the school completed, which it in 1S73 From that time until 1892 this building was found adequate for its purposes: and more the high classes in grammar taught there Then the question of better accommodations begun to be agitated and various the sites suggested for modern High school. A special meeting of the dis trict held in the City hall May g. 1S95 and it was voted to exDend $100,000 a structure for High school purposes. The present building on East Main street is the result. It is necessary here to recite the predictions that made about that building It is enough to say that of them have been fulflled the structure is pride to the city fulfilling every requisite it intended for
 On July 16, 1891, the office of superintendent of schools, which up to that time embraced the office of High school principal was created, and M. S. Cros-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
First School on "Abrigador"

Records show that in 1852 the first school built on what formerly known the Abrgador at cost of $S5O Four years later the North center school moved to Hawkins street and used until about twenty years ago. The site which 1t stood is now owned by Attorney John O'Neill.
 school building North Main street moved to Bishop street and used until brick build ing which frequently enlarged was opened. This was in 1860.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22

by was promoted to the office, he at that time being principal of the High school. In the year manual training incorporated ill the school curriculum and in the Clay street building fitted up. But it survived only year or two.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
Flagpole on School Grounds

third event ill that year the erection of great fagpole the then High school grounds and the purchase of flag by the alumni of the sch col. The presentation conducted under the auspices Of Wadhams post, c. A. R.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01

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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01
Women ana JeweIS.

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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01
Looked Like Her Fathers Work.

4 certain surgeon had three leg am
mutation cases in a week. The unusual
number of serious and similar opera
tons naturally caused talk in the sur
geon's household, and his little daugh-
ter was greatly interested. A few days
after the last operation the surgeons
wife and daughter were rummasing in
the attic. Ia a trunk was found a
daguerreotype depicting girl Of about
eight years of age. The portrait
through a peculiarly Of pose showed
only one leg of the subject, the other
being doubled up under her in a man
ner truly feminine.
Whose picture is that, mammaT
asked the surgeons daughter.
Mine. 1t was taken when 1 was a
child not much older than you are
now
did you know papa them?
"No. dear. Why do you ask?
az thought maybe you did cause
you've only got one leg.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01
A Desperate Effort.

more desperate endeaVOr 10 SuS-
tain great industry than Is made
now by those who are concerned,
If the trade we're left to depend or
the old wells for a supply of oil
year would see ruin. A great In.
dustry would perish. This Is why
some IS new wells are drilled every
day In the Pennsylvania oil territory
involving an outlay of$1,4oo, 900,
month In the search. The Stand
ard OIL company must have
crude oil to keep up Its busl
ness and occupy Its plants
that represent hundreds of mil.
lions of investment. The pro-
ducers who have their money In
oil must maintain their production.
The world must have an illuminant.
Probably $4,000, 900 year Is going
into new development In Pennsyl.
vania. West Virginia and Eastern
Ohio alone In the hope of widening
the field for the production of
Illuminating oil, and that prodigal
expenditure Is not having the
slightest effect In increasing the
yield. On the contrary, the old
wells are steadily declining, while
the new wells are not big enough
to make up for the loss. The In.
creased activity has been extended
to the exploration of new fields. 1t
has also included the further
draught upon oil fields that still
retained a little oil. The result Is
that known territory has been
urged to greater endeavor, and
consequently to more complete ex-
haustion. The oil man has been
squeezing the sponge harder and
harder, and he has not been finding
anything promising for future re.
lief.
The Standard Oh company must
have oil. 1t cannot permit Its big
investments to 60 to ruin. In the
hope of getting that oil 1t has kept
the price up around 81. so for long
time. Ten years ago dollar oil
would have stimulated the drill.
Now crude at 1852 does not In
duce enough activity to bring the
needed supply. Men who are OBJ
servant say we have wasted a herr.
tage In riotous living.
Riches Given the Foreigner.
When oil was bringing Sc cents
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01
Confessions OF q Priest

Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark.
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disorder or general debility, get
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01
A Cnnrfct,s CARING.

Among the many presents received
by the car last Easter the offering OF
Siberian convict attracted specia! at
tention, and the car is said to have
derived extraordinary pleasure from
it. It consisted Of Eazelnut, the hol-
low Of which contained a chessboard,
with all the men artistically carved i'll
bone. The convict had worked on 1t
for many months.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01
DECLINING OIL WELLS


G0mftnuG0
months. The consumption of
this grade of oil, In spite of the
quantity of Ohio oil used, Is averag'
Ing about 2. 500, 900, barrels a year
greater than the production. In
consequence, when the pipe lines
had surplus of 1900, 900, barrels
of Pennsylvania oil three year ago
now they have less than half that
much. Another three years OF a
similar experience would wipe out
the accumulated surplus, and leave
the world dependent upon the daily
supply of the wells, This surplus
was piled up In the days of the
Bradford field, and helped In the
days of Mcdonald.
The Bradford Surplus.
In August 1884, when Bradford
was at Its livliest, the surplus &C.
cumulated exceeded $4,000, ooo
barrels OF Pennsylvania oil. This
fell of to less than 10000, 900 when
the Mcdonald boom brought 1t up
10 nearly 10 900, 900 In 1892. Then
the surplus started downward. The
boom that followed the extraordi'
nary effort commencing In 1895,
which secured every available cor
ner and cleaned out every available
old we'll to increase the production,
added slightly to the surplus again.
In the effort to hold the Weld OF
Pennsylvania oil about $4,000 new
wells have been drilled In the last
nine years. This Is twice as many
as were drille d In the whole Brad
ford field. yet Bradford has prob
ably produced about 200, ZOO, 900
barrels of oil.
The enormous number of new
wells that have been going down
steadily In the last nine years has
served to drill and redrill every rod
of ground that has been suspected
CT harboring drop of oil. This
exploration has been pushed all
through Western Pennsylvania
Ohio and West Virginia the search
extending from the top of the
Allegheny mountains clear to the
defined limestone regions of Ohio
In all the effort nothing of great
consequence has come to the
front. There have been extensions
like those In Butler county,
Gordon sand finds In West
Virginia, hopeful developments
like Sistersville, shallow sand pools
Scio discoveries and interminable
other things to increase the yield
few thousand barrels for a few weeks
or months. But the big things In
oil have been Bradford and Nc
Donald. Today there Is nothing In
sight, no matter where the wildcat
ter may turn. With the $4,000
new wells that have been added tc
the old ones the daily production Is
still In the class with the latter part
Of 1890. while consumption has In.
creased to such point as to use al
that Is produced, draw upon tn
surplus and also use 10000, barrel
daily of the inferior Ohio product.
A Desperate Effort.
The world has scarcely ever seer
a more desperate endeavor to sus,
tain a great industry than Is made
sor, ~, &Loeo ,ubo oro oopooyoo6
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-01

Tickets good 21 days from date
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Gilpin observer., 1903-02-26

ion. The treaty provides for six COM
missioners, three to be appointed by the
president OF the United States and three
by his Britsnic majesty, who are to ex-
anime into the claims Of Great Britain
and the refutation of those clmms ad-
vanced by the United States, and decide
as to the accuracy OF both and define the
boundary between the United States and
Canada. All questions must be decided
by q majority vote SO that it will, in
every instance Of difference of opinion,
be necessary to convince one of the jur-
lists of the opposing side. No seventh
jurjst is to be called in in the event Of
an irrecuncilable difference, and it is on
this point that Secretary Hay bases his
claim that the commission cannot be
considered an arbitration tribunal. If
no decision is reached, the present status
OF the case will not have been changed.
The opposition to the treaty is based on
the ground that the boundary was clear
ly defined in 1926 by treaty between
Great Britain and Russia and the sub
mission OF the dispute at this late date
is virtual admission of doubt in a. cit
uation where no doubt exists.
Gilpin observer., 1903-02-26
HuRsDAY,.FEBRuARY %. 1908.
A STUDY IN HISTORY.
the ELK.

the ELK.
A study OF the fauna Of different lands
brings MS to what is without doubt the
most interesting animal in the world,
viz: the Elk.
The elk is found mostly in America,
and are quite plentiful here; in fact, you
can hardly find place in this country
where they haven't home.
The biographies say that the elk is an
animal, but the majority Of those have
met with we're birds, and indeed were
very fly. Elks make very good baseball
players because, even in their natural,
unframed state they are accustomed to
handling high balls An elk is very
much like camel, because it can get
along without drink for some time; but
on the other hand it will take on board
two weeks supply in one night. The
elk has never been properly classified,
owing to the fact that whenever scient-
ist began to study it at close range in
order to note it's home life he was run
against q bar, and awoke next morning
With a headache and no recollection
whatever Of what happened tho evening
before.
The chief characteristic of the elk is
its button. Elks are usually afflicted
with peculiar disease, that Of worship
ing some dainty actress, with whom they
like 10 take supper after the perform
ance. This disease seems to be just as
prevalent in the married elks as in the
single ones.
The elks Of late have gotten craze
for charity work, which has developed
into the habit Of giving pink teas and
afternoon musicales for the benefit OF
the undiscovered tribe OF Hottentots be
yond the south pole. They recently
stopped wearing canes, and are now in-
Producing Baltimore clubs. Diamonds
affect elks like a bird affects cat. AS
soon as they see one they want it. You
never see an elk who doesn't wear n
sparkler. The prevailing style with it is
to have its heads and several teeth stud
ded with diamonds. This ls absolutely
necessary before it can be eligible for
the position of Exalted Ruler. When an
elk gets this job it is considered the spot.
ted pony in the center ring.
There are some tame elks, but these
are few and far between. Scientists try
to explain this by saying that as soon as
one shows signs Of becoming domesticat-
ed its friends get il out some evening
and give it touch Of high life. Not.
withstanding this great many girls
have tried to make household pets OF
elks, but very few have succeeded, as il
is almost impossible to train an elk to
stay around the house, especially after
dark.
Elks are supposed to go to bed at II
o'clock each night, but this is merely II
supposition, and has never been verified
in fact, there are a good many cases o,
record where elks have gotten no sleep
whatever for several nights, and it did mt
seem to hurt them in the least.
Eks often climb the ladder of fame
becoming prominent actors, lawyers
doctors, police commissioners, aldermen
and sometimes mayors. A great many
elks, however, become drummers.
1t seems to be part OF the nature OF the
elk to keep its habits secret, but the
observing person is compelled to admit
that the elk is a peculiar animal, and is
worthy OF good deal of study aud
thought.-1he Alabama Elk, by Sydney
+. Lazarus.
Gilpin observer., 1903-02-26

rhe presidents persistent refusal to
reopen tho postofllce at Indianola. Miss,
is making much trouble for tte postof-
flee authorities. The white people Of
the town have made an arrangement
with white carrier who brings them
their mail, but the negroes have no such
arrangement, and as conseq uence their
letters and numerous remittances are
accumulating in the postoffice 1T Greens.
burg where Indlanola mail now goes to
the prejudice Of the service and the in.
convenience OF the postmaster at that
place. The accumulation ls also making
trouble for the money order service as
many emplo, ers have sent mopey orders
to their negro employees. for small
amounts aud they are not being cashed,
as the negroes do not know that they are
there, The authorities have advertised
the fact bat the negroes do not read the
papers 80 they cannot be reached in that
way.
Gilpin observer., 1903-02-26

The terms of the Alaskan boundary
treaty have been made public and are
re,eiving commondalion and condemna.
Gilpin observer., 1903-02-26
Union Pacific is Always in the Lead

Union Pacific Is ALWAYS i n the Lead
For quick time and modern equipment
which assure satisfaction and solid com
fort saves you ten hours to Portland,
eight hours to San Francisco and makes
quickest time to Chicago and the East.
See your local agent or address e. r
Griffin, general agent, Denver
Gilpin observer., 1903-02-26

The scratch OF II pin may cause the loss
OF limb or even death when blood poi.
soning results from the injury. All dan
ger Of this may be avoided, however, by
promptly applying Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. Ii is an antiseptic and quick head
ing Iininent for cuts, bruises and burns
For sale by all druggists.