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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
Technical Training.

No boy should begin to learn trade,
unless poverty requires it, until he has
received a good common school edu-
cation; and, if possible, he should en-
ter some technical school to be scien-
tifcally trained for his work. Time
spent in a technical school is not
wasted. 1t pays. Perhaps not during
the first year of active work, but dur
ing the second year its advantages will
permanently appear The well-edu
Gated band-worker is sure to outstrip
the unframed workman. 1t is a fact
that few well-educated and we'll
trained mechanics remain in the rear
ranks, and that most of them are
either front-rank workmen, or are pro-
NOTED TO command.
Let rs take two boys of equal capaci-
" and Of equal trade opportunity. One
spends, say three years, in the tech
meal school. and the other enters the
shop Immediately after graduation
from the common school. The latter
boy has three years trade-start of the
other. At the end of three years the
first Doy, educated and school-trained
for his work. enters the same shop. In
shop experience he is three years be-
hind the other, and for one or two
years the unframed and unskilled boy
may be his superior; but at the end OF
i've years the boy especially trained
with a solid technical education back
Of him, will outstrip the unframed boy
TWO to one, all things being equal.
Education fits for experience. Elk
perience seldom takes the place of edu-
cation, and when it does. 1t does so al
the expense of the individual.
ones earlier years are, by nature
and by convenience. an absorbent and
educational period. in which it is nat,
ural and easy for one to enjoy school
study. and to acquire the knowledge
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
DEFIED THE COURTS ORDERS
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleve-
land, O., Cited for Contempt.
Refused to Let an Injunction Inter-
ferc With Work of Removing OBJ
nOxiOus street Car Tracks.

Cleveland, July 26.-The Municipal
Traction company recently organized
to construct and operate number OF
street car lines in this city on a three
cent fare basis, began a war on the
Cleveland Electric railway company
Wednesday by suddenly putting a
force of 500 men at work tearing up
the tracks of the latter company III
Fulton street Mayor Johnston who IS
credited with being largely Interested
in the Municipal Traction company
was personally on the ground, as was
also Chief of Police Kohler and large
number of officers. Within short
time more than quarter of mile OF
track had been torn up. Officials OF
the Cleveland Electric Railway COM
pany said they would apply for an in
junction at once.
Judge Ford, in common pleas court
granted an injunction restraining the
city and the Municipal Traction CON-
pany from further interfering with
the tracks of the Cleveland Electric
Railway company in Fulton street
The injunction was served upon
Mayor Johnson personally as he was
overseeing the work of tearing up the
tracks He acknowledged the service
and put the document in his pocket
but told the men to proceed with their
work and ignore the courts order
Quite a large amount of work re-
manned to be done when the injunc-
ton was served.
Judge Ford late Wednesday after
noon issued a citation against Mayor
Johnson requiring the latter to appear
in court Thursday morning to show
cause why he should not be punished
for contempt in violating the restrain.
ing order of the court.
Mayor Johnson Wednesday night, in
a formal statement, defends his own
action and that of his subordihates ii
the city administration in tearing
away the tracks of the Cleveland Elec'
trio railway. He says in part:
ION June II the city council by res
olution ordered the railway company
to move its single track on Fulton
street and directed the board of public
service to move the track unless the
company complied within 30 days.
That was six weeks ago and the order
has been utterly ignored by the COM
pany. The railway has been violating
the law all this time and has shown
no inclination to obey the city's order
which was a perfectly reasonable and
usual one"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
Finding a Level.

I am not unfamiliar with the criti-
cism, which is sometimes merited, that
the technical school-taught boy leaves
the institute with a head out of pro-
portion to his body, and considers
himself superior to manual labor. I'm
doubtedly this is the case in altogether
too many instances, but If the boy has
the right stuff in him this big-headed-
ness IS only a transient affection, and
will do but temporary harm. The tech
nical school never made wise man
out of a fool, never made mechanical
genius out of a boy who could not saw
a board straight, and never will. 1t
simply gives the boy of parts better
opportunity to use what is in him.
That is all it can do, and that is all
it should do. 1t is the boys business
to do the rest. The more thorough the
preparation, the greater the chance OF
success.
The rapid increase in manual train
ing schools in our cities and larger
towns has done much to properly fit
our boys, and especially our poor boys,
for lucrative positions School boards
all over the country, and even in some
of the smaller towns, are beginning to
appreciate the usefulness of the tech
nical school, and are establishing man
ual training schools or classes. Not a
few of our manufacturing establish
ments are supporting training schools,
where the sons of workmen are edu-
Gated free of charge. or at nominal
cost.
The future of American manufac-
lures is, to a large extent, vested in
the misunderstanding and technical
school of to-day. America cannot hold
the position she has worked so hard to
obtain, unless she does more than she
ever fas done before to educate the
young in technical matters. Within
the next few years expect to see a
technical OF Misunderstanding school
located in every country center as q
/ part of the educational system. What
we have to do, we must do; but let US
prepare for what we have to do. SC
that what we have to do may be ac-
complished at the minimum Of exhaus-
ton and at the maximum of effective
ness.
There's economy in preparation
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03

While shrewdness in business pays
better than skill in mechanics, and
while this business quality undoubted-
ly wins a greater money return than
does any work of hand or of intellect,
yet the skilled workman is not without
opportunity for rapid advancement. He
is in no sense second factor in clvlli-
cation. AS a matter of fact, he has
right to be really prouder of his at
tainment than has the man whose
wealth consists only Of money When
civilization advances another peg, the
skilled mechanic, the man of brain
and hand-action, will have the same
social recognition as does the rank and
file of our business and professional
men. The quality of skilled labor is
rapidly growing better, and is pro-
crossing by such gigantic strides that
it is only question of time when the
intelligent work of the hand will be
considered upon the same plane as is
the work of the brain, and there will
be no such thing as despised labor.
There will be little labor that involves
muscle alone.
Comparatively few educational au-
thoriries, or those who have given ed
ucational ways and means intelligent
thought, are in favor of classical col
,sse education for those who propose
70 enter a mechanical trade; but the
educational opinion is almost unani-
nous in advising, for anyone who in
tends to be more than common
laborer, a course in the technical
school of institute of technology, or, at
least, a course in manual training. The
boy who enters trade, without, at
least, a partial technical education, is
liable tc stay near the bottom, or to
rise ve:y slowly, while the technical
school-tralned boy usually makes rapid
advances after his first year at work.
OF course, experience teaches, but ex-
perience is often too far away to prop
erly instruct in the preliminaries. A
few years given to hard technical study
in a good trade school or institute Of
technology will pay better in the end
than can any amount of working eX-
perience But on the other hand tech
nical education without experience is
well-nigh worthless. ~.
Experience without technical educa-
ton is worth something. The COM
bination of the two wins success. A
thorough technical education, with ex-
perience, never allows its possessQr to
remain at standstill He must rise,
and generally rises rapidly.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
Chances to Rise.

The bright, capable workman, w1a
a fair education, does not permanently
remain at a standstill in any depart
ment Of mechanics, unless, in spite 81
his mechanical ingenuity and capacity
he completely lacks ambition, a con-
djtion which too often exists. Sooner
Or later, he may become a foreman or
superintendent, and possibly manu-
facturer.
The boy without pronounced bu5I-
ness or professional capacity stands
better chance OF success, both in the
present and for the future, by entering
some trade which allows his hand to
do his hands best, than by taking
chances with what he is probably un-
fitted for. If the bulk of his work IS
something which encourages and de-
velops his handicraft, he is reasonably
certain of rising from the ranks aud
of earning a comfortable livelihood.
The workman is almost certain OF per-
manent living wages.
If his mind takes little thought of
what his hand is doing, an ordinary
mechanic he will remain; but if the
work of his hand comes under the in-
teiligent direction of his brain, then
he will rise as high as his combination
of brain and hand will allow; which
may be only a few steps above the or
binary or to any height, even to that
of manufacturer and proprietor.
The ordinary mechanic, above the
laborer grade and beyond the appreu-
ticeship step, earns from $40 to $l2 a
week on an average, and up to seven
dollars day as maximum. The
skilled workman, who is able to do
something beyond mere hand-work.
seldom receives less than three dollars
a day, and from that up to five dollars
a day. The expert workman often
earns as much as $4,000 year. and
from that up to $1,000 year, although
comparatively few receive the latter
amount. His average income is prob
ably not in excess of $1,000, although
there are by no means a small number
earning as much as $500 year. The
FOREMAN anu superintendent, WIZ DIX
either skilled workmen or expert work.
ers, and who are disciplinarians as we'll
as mechanics, are seldom paid less
than $1,000 a year, the amximum be-
ing not far from $4,000. and the aver
age from $1,000 to $500 year.
The terms foreman and superintend-
ent are, to an extent, analogous, aud
frequently both Offices are vested in
one person; but the superintendent
outranks the foreman, the latter being
usually in charge of a department,
while the superintendent is manager
of several departments, and has gen.
eral oversight of the foreman.
Skilled workmen are usually in de-
znand. and are seldom out Of work for
more than a limited period. They are
not as likely to be affected by depres-
sions In business as are those Of or
binary capacity. Expert workmen rep
resent the highest class Of hand-work-
fng mechanics. and often grade with
foremen and superintendents.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03

The terms skilled or skillful may be
so broadly defined as to cover all hand
work requiring more than the exercise
of automatic action, and 1t may be so
narrowed as to eliminate any work
save that of extraordinary, or, at least,
of more than ordinary mechanical abil-
ity.
For the sake of convenience, I pro-
pose to consider in this article all
hand-workers whose employment de-
mands the use of their brain at the
same time that they exercise their
muscles. Such men may be classified
as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or as hand
and-Drain- workers, in the one case the
brain doing more than the hand; and
in the other, the hand accomplishing
more than half of the work.
The expert worker is commercially
one grade above the skilled mechanic;
by the combination of ability and ex-
perience, he does some particular kind
of work better than it can be executed
by the so-called skilled workman,
Neither the skilled mechanic, nor the
expert workman, nor anyone who en-
ploys both brain and hands, can be
classed as a laborer, or as a mechanic
in a purely mechanical sense. While
by the false ethics of an artificial socl-
ETY. the skilled mechanic and the ma
.jority of expert workmen are not con-
sidered the social equals of successful
workers in some other callings, they
are recognized at their full worth oy
the Representatives of civilized society.
And this recognition Is advancing IN
mighty strides, and sooner or later the
combination of brain and hand work
will rank so high that society will dare
file no exceptions to it.
The formation of gigantic monopo-
HES, the consultations of capital, and
THE fearful increase of business upon
paper, cannot but produce reaction
which will apprize work at work s
value, and render unto intelligent
werkmen the appreciation OF high
progress The skilled workman is a
product of civilization, and progress IN
no small measure depends upon the
work Of his brain and of his hand. He
is builder of something, a maker OF
the tangible. The institute of technol-
.ogy and the technical school are to-day
more vigorously pushing progress than
are many of our classical institutions
which teach less of the necessities than
the realities of life.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03

which should precede actual sxpen-
ence. The first few years Of technical
school training give foundation,
which the actual work in the shop
cannot afford. Experience needs edu-
cation for it's economical development.
The scientific or technical school dis
ciplines the boys mind, and gives him,
in the most economical way, the broad
principles of mechanics-the principles
which experience teaches more slowly.
Too much cannot be said to impress
the would-be skilled mechanic witt
the enormous advantage of technical
education, to be obtained in some high
grade institution, where the principles
of mechanics are broadly taught. The
graduate of the polytechnic institute,
or other technical school, will find his
diploma the key to position.
1t should be clearly understood that
education, in ITSELF will not produce
the skilled workman or expert hand
worker. Education, to be of any use,
must have something to work upon
some natural ability in the first place.
Without this basic material, the most
liberal education is worthless, and GER
tainly has no commercial value.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
To FumIgnte kansas school.

Topeka, July 26.-In the July bull
letins issued by the state board OF
health, DIR. S. ]. Crumbine, the secre-
tary. has an order instructing the
county health officers to see that every
schoolhouse in the county is fumigated
before the fall session of the schools
open. The order made last year by
the board was only partly observed
There was an epidemic of diphtheria
in the State last year, and it was
found that the disease was most pre-
valent and deadly in the counties In
which the order Of the board was not
observed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
Kansas city Ice Trust Inquiry.

Kansas City, Mo-, July N.-The
strongest evidence of the existence of
a. trust yet brought out in the Ice in
quiry was given Thursday. o. w.
Butt, formerly manager of the Kansas
City Ice. & Cold Storage company, one
of the original organizers of a COM
bine in Kansas City, told of an agree
ment to fix prices and regulate distri-
button, and quoted w. F. Lyons, pres
ident of the Central Ice company, as
saying that this agreement was still
in effect last spring. The testimony
of this witness was what Prosecutor
Kimbrell called "a home run on the
defense" and was vigorously objected
to by the attorneys for the ice COM
NAMES. .fa ftf ~
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
r,,-.. ,ton,b., Acc,dent..

washington, July 24.-The accident
bulletin which has just been issued
by the interstate commerce commission
for the three months ending March 81
1906. shows the total number of cas-
ualties to passengers and employees to
be 1926 n,126~kill and 1910 in
jured). The total number of collisions
and derailments was $3.50 Q.92l col
lisions and 1869 derailmeDts) of which
2s9 collisions and 1877 derailments af-
footed passenger trains. M
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
cave Rlrth 70 81. chIIdren.

Nashville, Tenn. July 27.-At Kings
ton, in Williamson county, this state.
a negress Wednesday gave birth to
six children. The children are well
formed and all were alive at last &C
counts.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
Aids to Success.

The boy Of natural capacity, with a
willingness to work, and an ambition
to amount to something, finds that his
education makes it much easier Tor
him 20 market his ability; and, fur-
Their, it enables him to develop much
more rapidly than he could hope to do
If he entered the shop directly from
the common school. The man is made
from the boy, not the boy from the
man. AS the crude boy is shaped, so IS
the man likely to be. Therefore, the
boys educational years will probably
be the most important ones of his
whole life.
The world needs more skilled work.
men and expert hand-workers. There
is room for many more than are now
available. These men, far more than
the business men, are the pushers OF
progress. They, with the farmer, are
producers of material commodities.
They actually do something, something
which contributes to the roundness
and Wilderness of life.
A. liberal technical education is an
asset: First, because it assists in de-
veloping ambition; second, because IT
broadens the mind and makes IL
adaptable to the work of both the
mind and the hand; third, it disci-
pines the mind that the mind may
the mere master the muscle; fourth, 1t
opens opportunity for advancement;
fifth, it is economical, because 1t ena-
bles the boy to accomplish more in
given time, after he is fairly started in
his work, than he could possibly effect
without this education; sixth, it fits
him ior proprietorship.
The blacksmith, unless he is self
taught, at an expense far greater in the
aggregate than is the cost of being
school-taught, is many times more
likely to remain journeyman black
smith than is his neighbor who has
had the advantage of some sort OF
technical education This trained man
will not long remain at the anvil. In
time, he will be master of many an
wills and of anvil men. True, he may
rise to proprietorship without the aid
of the technical school, but he will be
promoted quicker with this school
taught education, and can hold his own
better than he can hope to do other
wise. This argument applies to other
mechanical departments, much more
than it does to blacksmithing. 1t is
simply a question of going to-, ones
work before the mind and hand are
economically and practically trained,
or of going at it with mind and hand
especially trained and disciplined to do
that work in the most economical and
satisfactory manner.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
spaueh sentenced TO IS Years.

Centerville. No.. July 26.-Arthur
spaugh, convicted of second degree
murder for the killing Of the sheriff
of Iron county. Mo-. was Wednesday
sentenced to IS years n the peniten-
tiary.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
A northern PacIac wreck

Valley City. N. d.. July 26.-Twf
men were killed. one was fatally hurt
and three others seriously injured in y
Northern Pacific railroad freight wreck
three miles east Of here early wednes-
day
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03

There's economy in preparation
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
Ability in Demand.

locomotive.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-16
BOY LOST IN DOUGLAS.
Found By Mexican Guards and Re
 turned to His Parents.

DOUGLAS, Aug. 15--fSpecial(-
 Guard Garcia, employed at the GUS toms house in Agua -Prieta, this morning found little tow-headed. grey-eyed baby boy wandering aimless- ly about the mesquite brush across the line. seemingly not afraid and cer- tainly unconcerned. The little fellow wore a bluish sort of an outer gar ment, was bareheaded and barefoot ed.
 The guard said he would not talk to him because he didn't "sabe Espanol," ]" but later when the guard had tenderly cared for the little fellow and brought him over the line and into Justice No Donald's court, he didn't seem to want to talk. But some one gave him a glass of water and that brought forth a monosyllable from him. Then a piece of chewing gum was contributed and baby spoke a little more, but he did net become real talkatiye until Judge Mcdonald got him great slice of pie and a glass of milk.
 After he had consumed that he un- bosomed himself and almost told the judge the story of his past life. But he seemed to think that it was no ones business what his name is and he declined to tell.
 Later in the day it developed that the lost child is Attorney Dyer's boy. He must have wandered at least four teen blocks away from home.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-16
NEW STORE BUILDING
Will Be Erected in Douglas to Accom-
 rnodate Cailisher Bros

This morning arrangements were made by Joe CaSisher and Won Arnfm & Dixon. owners of the store building occupied by Mir Calisher at the cor ner of Ninth street and G avenue, by which the building is to be almos: doubled in size. This arrangement was necessary to retain Mir. Cahsher as a tenant of the building, as his business has grown beyond the limits of the present room
 The building has a front of 50 feet on G avenue and was originally built with a depth of 80 feet. It is to be extended back the entire length of the lot, making the building when completed 50x134 feet In addition a 25 foot gallery will be built in the rear and a wide stairway will be built from the center of the building lead 5 ing to it.
 The Calisher brothers were among the pioneer business men to arrive in Douglas soon after the townsite was Eplaced on sale; they first occupied a smaIl lumber room on Ninth street From there they went to lower Tenth street, but soon their business had grown until it was impossible to get any room in the city large enough to accommodate it. It was then divided and one store was put in the postof- flee building, across the street from the present store and the other under the management of Harry Calisher was put under the Roy hotel where it still remains.
 Work on the enlargement of the Calisher store, as agreed upon by MT. Calisher and its owners, will start in a few days and will be pushed to com pletion at the earliest possible time.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-16
J. Nj. o'CoNNEL, Secretary.
IN THE PROBATE COURT of the

IN THE PROBATE COURT of the County of Cochise, Territory of Arizona Notice of hearing petition in the mat
 ter of the estate of John B. Angius,
 deceased:
 Notice is hereby given that Mrs Jotn B. Angius, widow and one of the heirs of John B. Angius, deceased, has filed in this court her petition praying for the appointment of com missioners to segregate and assign to each of said heirs at law, his and her share of said property respectively. and that the same will be heard on Tuesday, the 18th day of August, A. D. 1906. at 10 o'clock in the fore noon of said day. at the courtroom of said court, in the city of Tombstone, County of Cochise, Territory of Ari: zCna. and all persons interested i'll said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause. if any they have. why the prayer of said petition e: should not be granted.
 Dated August 18th, 1906.
 J.E. JAMES. Clerk.