Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-02
DEBATE At BLOOMFIELD.
High School Pupils of Both Towns
Talk on Railroads.

High School Pupils Of Both Towns
Talk on Railroads.
Bloomfield, jan 31.-As the time
draws near for the high school debate
between Bloomfield and Moul-
ton preparations and plans for en-
tertainment begin to assume definite
form. It is expected that Moulton will
be represented by at least fifty or one
hundred persons. The event will take
place Friday evening, February 8, and
the question under discussion will be
Resolved, that all trunk line railways
should be owned by the government
and all others known as feeders should
be owned by the state" The negative
side Of the question will be defended by
Bloomfield, represented by Reuben
Stafford, Walter Davis, Arthur Young
and Harry Wishard. The affirmative
speakers will be drawn from the Moul-
ton school. The judges will be Super
intendent Fulton Of Eldon and others
not yet named.
Other Interesting News.
Miss Fife Stevens the teach
er Of the pmirrya room of the
public school and her pupils, are very
happy in the possession of three hand
somely framed pictures, presented
S. Carruthers. The first Is picture
of the three martyrs, Presidents Nc
kinley, Garfield and Lincoln; the sec
ond is group of the ladies Of the
White House, and the third is fine
group Of the presidents. The children
gather around the pictures, the little
tots seated on the floor, and spend the
intermissions in looking at the pic-
lures, many Of the faces being readily
recognized and named by the little stu
dents. They will be hung low enough
to be within easy range of vision for
infant eyes.
A. L. Crawford is spending a week
in Kansas City attending the conven-
ton of the National Lumbermen's as
ISOLATION.
D. M. Wise has returned from a bus
mess trip to Allerton.
Mrs. Viola Harden Of Mt, Sterling is
spending week with her daughter,
Mrs. /. N. Thompson.
The Rosewood Camp of Royal
Neighbors held very enjoyable meet
ing Tuesday evening and initiated Miss
Belva Burdette, Argus Sturgeon, Ed
Shaw and Tom Tolbert At the close
Of the initiatory services social hour
was spent in which three course
luncheon was served.
John Duckworth who has been
spending six weeks with his mother.
Mrs. R. E. Duckworth, left Wednesday
was accompanied as far as Ottumwa
by his cousin, Henry Duckworth.
DR.. Martha Bledsoe of Lancaster
Mo-, who is visiting Or. Clara Cronk,
returned Wednesday from Eldon
where she was called Sunday by the
death Of relative.
Mrs. Maud Mccormack of Belknap
is a guest at the Cronk residence
A consultation with the primary
teachers was held Tuesday evening
for selecting better number work in
arithmetic for the primary grades. The
teachers now have plans which they
think will give satisfactory results.
Supplementary work in reading is al
so being made in the grades. The school
is doing much more work this year
than has been done for some time in
latin, mathematics. history and science.
In the laboratory a great deal of work
is being done. The botany class has a
number of miniature gardens in pro-
gress which will lead on to field work
In the spring.
Miss Carrie Davies. director of mu-
sic in the schools is quite sick with
tonsilitis.