Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-02-08

ountcrparts in size and weight fo
20 to $50. You say, 1T is a good bust
less proposition; it will pay out in th,
nd, Is 1t not Il better proposition t,
'ay Il good price for II good teacher foi
our children? Will that not pay ou,
we'll i'll the end?
If it is good business procedur,
v pay SO to be cured of Il disease OF
reed from legal taagle it is surely
'etter business procedure to pay 50.
y be taught how to prevent the dis
Use or avoid the legal tangle. W.
.eed better talent for teachers than fo.
'octors or lawyers. Where Ignorance
$ rife doctors and lawyers are i'll d,
s.and. 1t is better to prevent than t.
IRE.
You know we'll that it is better t
Guy good seed grain at one two. thre
even five dollars per bushel than t.
ret poor seed or weed seed for nothin.
1er SO good but still without goo,
ed you cannot raise Il crop. You los
price of your labor the rent of YOU
md and the profit you might hav
lade
Some teachers are dear at any pric,
have known Il few instances wher
would have been better to hav
cked up the school house than t.
ave hired the teacher that was st
.cted
If farmer takes high grade stoc
market and is offered the price
.rllbs. he will naturally conclude tha
might better raise scrub
go where high grades an
.oroughbreds are appreciated, ant
while teachers are offeret
ne price of unskilled labor b,
III the majority of them will be III
skilled teachers Those who have goo
,alent and ambition will devote thei
| Anergies to other callngs which pa
)etter returns.
| Did it ever occur to you that the II
| al school and other schools which pa
| small salaries are the experiment ST
tions and the pupils of those schoo.
| ehe experiment material for the tow
nd city schools and others which pa
| nigh salaries. / know of no town O..
ity which selects teachers who have
not had at least one years successfu
experience. lust as, soon as a teachet
| ,las proved herself fairly capable an,
| successful she is elected to n positio1
in a town or city school and salary
and surroundings being better am
| work less hard, of course, she accepts.
leaving her place to be filed by the IN.
experienced. non-progressive or unsuc
cessful teacher.
4 You will naturally say. 'But how
can we help it?' You can help it i
you are willing to pay for the help.
it is worth $40 or $50 per month t,
Z, leach one or two grades in n tow
chool with light, pleasant rooms; Jan
Il or work all done and social ad
; . SO per month to teach eight grade
Il n (oftem dingy rural school and d
81 he janitor work. etc But you will sa
Immediately, We can't pay $50 to 81
!, for teachers You do itmore easil
than the towns can pay $40 or $50.
RI The average school tax paid by th
(: towns of Turner county is 1851 mill,
FL md that of the rural districts is 5.
! mills. Consequently. the rural school
ould pay three times the saIarie
81 3aid by the towns and still be escapin
: ment.
81 The farmer who offers the highes
:: wages will have the best hired hel
) or lie will have the best from which t
ii .hoose, and the school which offers til
5 highest salaries will consequent
/ nave the best teachers / know
chool which one year elected to pc
. iition threerdifferent applicants who's
'redentials showed beyond a doubt tlla
they would fill the position satisfactor
iy. and in each ease when the applican
earned the highest salary that woul
be paid they refused to accept. becaus
hey could get better salaries else
where The school was finally CON
PEELED to accept an applicant who's
fitness was questionable
After all it is dollars and cents tina
/ influence most by far the greater De
; cent of people. You have toiled In tn
heat of summer and the cold of winter
you have toiled in rain and shine an
! have thus been good farmers. But yo
, were good farmers because good farm
/ ing brought YOU the dollars and cent
t with which to buy the comforts an
luXuries of life. If yon would hay
: good teachers make the condition
( such that good teaching will brin
them the money to buy the comfort
and luXuries of life.
a You are willing to buy your childre