The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-24
seat-on on the board as long as he
Quitting school Work.

Quitting school Work.
Supt. ]. f. Hettler. County Supt. of
Schools of Trail county, N. D., has
made a splendid record as an educator
In this state and has introduced plan
for interesting the young people of
his county that deserves to go down
in history as The Hettler Idea. Mr..
Hettler will engage in market-garden-
ing quite extensively at Crookston,
Mimi. at the close of his present term
of Office. Possibly the genial professor
is taking this plan of developing ma
ture study.
The Court Decides Against Prof.SinclaIr
The case of Prof. Sinclair against
the st. John school district for wages
alleged to be due for two weeks vaca-
ton during the Christmas holidays,
was tried in Justice Hunts court re-
Gently and decision given in favor Of
the school board. An appeal will
probably be taken to the district court.
The written contract did not specify
any vacation, hence the teacher con-
strued 1t to mean nine months of con-
tinuous service. The school board
contended that vacations were general
at this time and the contract should
be so construed. Testimony, intro
duced, showed that vacations were not
sufficiently regular to establish prec-
edent. Who will win in the district
court?
Farm Young Folks.
We are in receipt of the first issue
of a 16-page, by 10 monthly, edited
by Aunt Clara" Aberdeen, S. d. 1t is
a decidedly unique little paper, de-
voted to the interests of yopng people
on the farm. The modest charge of is
cents per annum will not fill Aunt
Clara's Golfer very fast.
She says nice things to the children
and should receive a large patronage.
In her greetings she says: ut is de-
signed to help and entertain the young
people on the farm; to show them the
beauty of life in the country; to teach
them to love and take pride in their
own homes; and to aid in making in
telligent, patriotic citizens of them"
This is a noble mission, and we bid
you welcome to our exchange table,
Auntie, and will assist you and your
nephews and nieces all we can.
Girl Money-Maker.
Eat the age of 16 Miss Mary Clark,
of Galien. Mich, bought forty acre
farm adjoining her mothers, and went
to work to run both farms. She does
all her own work, miiks ten COWS.
making $50 a month with them, and
$25 month from her hens. Besides
this, she raises hay and pigs and pep
ermint and fruits, and is making
money and health for herself
Young Folks.
Now will you be good? How many
boys and girls who read Home and
School," are doing anything towards
laying up bank account? Tell us
all about it and how you did it. 1t en-
courages others to go and do likewise.
Why do you suppose Mary raised pep
ehmint? If you have any friends from
Michigan, they can tell you all about
it. l don't think this is the proverbial
Mary who had little lamb that fol-
lowed her to school one day, because
the writer has said nothing about her
raising sheep.
A school mate of ours started with
a calf that his father gave him and
when he grew up to be twenty-one
years of age he owned most of the
stock about the place. He owned very
prosperous man and the last heard
from. about year ago, was located
in Portland. Ore, and was wealthy:
1t Is these small beginnings that
make the boys and girls take an inter-
est In home surroundings. Try it with
your boy or girl, but don't let it be
Mary's cafe and "daddy's cow"
Hints.
Plan some cheerful, pleasant work
for the winter months. If practicable.
organize reading circle. Much bene-
ut may be derived from this. l have
known cases where regular meetings
did not seem advisable, owing to dis
lance and the presence of small chill.
dren in the. family, where the circle
was organized for the purpose of ex-
changing reading matter. Where
even three or four families can ex-
change periodicals, the results may be
found very satisfactory. Especially
would this be the case, If the families
talked the matter over before the sub.
scrlptions were sent in, so that no two
families took the same magazines. By
this helpful mode of exchange, our
farm women might have the benefit of
several magazines and be to the ex-
pense of only one or two. And while
on this subject, let me say word for
the woman who has no reading matter.
or at best but very little, Who woulc
be so very thankful for reading mat
ter of almost any kind. When through
with your magazines, do not destroy
them, or let them accumulate in I'M
slightly piles in your home, but give
them to some one who has none.
know it has been said that there is no
one too poor to have the current pc
riodicals, at the greatly reduced price
at which they now come. But l know
by experience what it means to begin
at the bottom, and work ones way to
independence. When there is a farm
to improve, or perhaps to be paid for.
machinery to buy and bills of all kinds
coming In and family of small chill
dren to clothe and keep in school,
there is a place for every dollar, and
every dollar must be looked after and
spent to the best advantage. And
while most heartily approve of the
best reading matter In the home, I