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The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12
The HERALD

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The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12
SCHOOL NEWS
Bys. Conner JONES. County Superintendent.

: CLOVIS down the wished Ideal,
And Longing moulds in day what
| Life
Carves in the marble real;
| To let the new life in, we know
/ Desire must open the portal;
Perhaps the longing to be so
Helps make the soul immortal.
Lowell.
Be such a man, live such life, that
if every man was such as you, and
every life like yours; the earth would
be Gods paradise.
Philip Brooks.
9ES
Teachers examination next
Thursday and Friday.
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We expect to give the eighth
grade examination this month.
Date will be announced later.
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Wanda and Myrtle McAdam,
Ester and Francis Wallis were
neither absent nor tardy for the
last school month at the Sand ar
roya school.
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Miss Nellie Watson, who grad
uated in the eighth grade two
years ago and is now student
in the Granada union high
school, was to lead in the affirm
ative in debate between Holly
and Granada last Saturday on
the question, Resolved, That
the enfranchisement of the
negro was a mistake:
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A number of school bills have
been introduced in the legisla-
ture. We are very anxious for
the passage 6f some Of them,
particularly house bills 422, 424
and 425. They relate to third
class districts, to provide better
support and better form for bus
mess. There is also bill to
provide for transportation in
rural schools, that we should
like to see pass.
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Edith Kelley, of the Carrie
school, was neither absent nor
tardy for the month ending
March 9TH. Those not tardy
were: Elma Kelley, Gertrude
and Alice Davis. Visitors at
school recently were' C. 1. Davis
and Buelah Davis. Melvin Tan
ner; who attended the Spring
field school for some time, is now
at home With his father and at
attending school at Carrizo.
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Mr.. Forrest Hall closed school
in district number 20 last, Friday
with program that night, and
not week before as we stated in
last paper, Mr.. Hall and his
little girl Sylvia were visitors at
our school Tuesday of this week.
He came to stay for the greater
part of the day, taught, assisted
in other things, examined spec
linens of pupils work, criticizing
and commencing, and made an
interesting talk to the school.
His visit was enjoyable and help
full to us.
Following is from Rose w.
Tully, deputy state superintend-
ent, regarding grades for read
ing ST. R. c." books: "The ad-
ditional five per cent for the
reading of the Reading Circle
books will not be allowed on the
general average. Mrs. Cook,
state superintendent, intends to
recognize the Reading Circle
books in so far as to ask one or
possibly two questions in each
examination, but she does not in
tend to base all of her questions
in reading on the Reading Circle
books.
The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12

Any person who desires to To-
cate near a good Rail Road Town
would do well to write to O. j.
Cole of Redpoint, Ok. who would
exchange land for decided land
near Springfield.
The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12

FOR SALE: A good barber
chair, glass, hot water heater
and some supplies. For prices
address or call and see John
Yokum, Villas, Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12

FOR SALE OR TRADE-One
good 4 h. p., Orient blackboard,
automobile. In good condition.
Will trade for a good tract Of
tax title land. For particulars
call on w. M. Stewart, SPRING
field, Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12
LOCAL ITEMS


trip to the Boston neighborhood
Wednesday.
Jim Haggap was up from the
Cottonwood ranch Wednesday
looking after9 business matters
here.
Mr.. McKeller n was in from the
Wight ranch, On the west line of
the county, trading with our
merchants.
! Word has jl.st been received
here of the birth Of a son to Mr..
and Mrs. r. i. Trivett, OF Es-
kridge, Kans.
| Mrs. Mile, formerly Mrs.
Clauson, cane down from La
Junta Wednesday and will look
after her claim east Of town.
Messrs. Rail and Robinson,
two young men who have home
steads east of Villas, were pass
engers from Lamar Wednesday.
Will Spurgeon is the possessor
of a new buggy which is a dan
dy. 1t reached here Friday and
he was very much occupied Sum
day breaking it to ride.
Mr.. Lewis and wife came up
from Carrizo and have been
spending a few days in town.
Mrs. Lewis will leave in a few
days to visit in California.
H. E. Homsher was caught in
the Sunday storm in the Bostsn
neighborhood, but experienced
no inconvenience and arrived
home safely Monday evening.
A phone message from the
south informs us that the horse
thieves, which the Garden City
officers We're pursuing, were cap
tured this morning near Clay
ton, N. M.
John H. Poyner came up from
Boston Wednesday and made
final proof on his homestead.
He was accompanied by T. R.
Villers and Emil Lerel who act
ed as his witnesses
A new windmill is this week
being erected over the town well.
1t is a steel mill and tower and
will add much to the public con-
venience. W. H. Denney and
Roy are doing the work.
C. F. Wheeler, the Villas mer-
chant, through an order from
the wholesale house, loaded out
200 sacks of sugar from the La
mar factory last week for his re-
tail trade in This county.
Married Wednesday, March
10th, at the Methodist parsonage
in Springfield, Ry Rev. D. A.
MacLean, Miss Leona M. Davis,
age Ia, and David R. Rupe, age
"a, both of Stonington, Colo.
Rev. Z. W. Hazel came up
from Texhoma Tuesday to look
after his homestead north of
town. He was accompanied by
two other gentlemen who came
to look at the country with a
view of locating.
M. J. Cook, of Villas, ordered
the Herald sent to his friend,
Fred Kruger: of Ellenwood,
Kans. Mr.. Cook has recently
completed his, new lunchroom
and restaurant which is quite an
addition to the town.
A very disastrous fire broke
out in Granada Tuesday morn
ing which totally destroyed the
First national bank, Boggs' store,
Ervin's store and badly damaged
the store of Dickinson. The
cause of the fire is unknown and
the loss was about $4,000.
L. w. Collins and Nh. Down
ing were over from the eastern
part of the county Saturday, the
last named gentleman having
Roy Denney's interest in the
well drilling business and he and
Mr.. Collins are putting down
wells in the konantz country.
The mail for Lamar did not
leave Thursday owing to the big
snow which continued to fall
The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12

Quality job printing is a
hobby of ours. We have large
stock to select from and are pre-
pared to turn out your work at a
moments notice.
The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12

Covers best field for ad-
vertisers. Rates for display, so
cents per inch, per month; read
ers, Sc per line. Legal notices at
prescribed rates.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
NfWS0f LOUISIANA
Louisiana Items Of State interest,"
From Al Over Our Common
wealth.
One Dead as Result Of Quarrel.

Homer.-Robert J. Miller shot ana
killed T. A. Madry in the western
portion OF this parish. 1t appears
that there existed an old quarrel De-
tween VIII and John Arthur and MIL
Ter on one side, and Madry on the
other. The quarrel having its origin
in regard to some farm hands. 1t Is
reported that Madry passed along 'he
road through John Arthur's held ana
the quarrel was renewed between
them, this being in the forenoon. Id
ter. about 2 o'clock, it is stated, Ma
dry passed along again, in the mean-
time Arthur having invited his Drolh-
or and Miller to come over and assist
him in protecting his hands. Inc
quarrel was again renewed, and 'he
four men participated in genera
shooting ARRAY, Madry using reFol-
yer and the two Arthurs taking turns
with a shotgun, while Miller, VINO
fred the fatal shot, used 22-callpei
rife. The bullet from the rife struck
Madry in the left side and passed
into the lung. The report IS that as
this fatal shot was fired, Madry re-
marked that he would see them again,
and turned presumably to go and
get help, and the other three men
also left the scene. An hour or SO
later B. H. Langneldt, who heard OF
the killing, started TO the scene and
found Madry lying in the road dead.
His pistol was lying by his side, ana
his left hand placed over the wound
The coroner and jury visited the
scene and reported that Madry came
to his death from a shot fired by
Miller. The Arthur boys have not
vet been arrested as no charge was
made against them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04


A writer in the New York Sun pro-
tests vigorously against the attack
upon the split infinitive"-this put
ting an adVerb between the sign to-
and the verb. All the grammars are,
of course, against it, but practice,
which makes grammar, is quite the
other way. Nearly everybody uses the
split infinitive," and though Byron Is
charged with being the originator Of 1t
Ito slowly trace the forests shady
scene"-stiii Macaufay, Ruskin, Burns,
Johnson, Lamb, Burke, and even that
literary worthy, Shakespeare, seem, at
some time or other, to have fallen into
the same careless habit; If so it may
be called. The fact about this I'M
grammatical form Of expression Is,
that It SENS to be very natural and
effective way of arranging ones words,
says the Ohio State Journal. 1t seems
almost as natural to place the adverb
before the verb it modifies as to place
an adjective before the noun, It seems
to make the modification more exact
and emphatic. So it Is late in the day
to be kicking against the split infini.
tive.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
The shade trees have been expose

The shade trees have been exposed
to great peril through the ravages of
insects, and now come the unhappy
tidings that the chestnut trees are
falling victims to disease for which
no cure appears to have been found.
The trouble is particularly notable on
Long Island, the fine specimens OF
chestnuts on the estates of wealthy
men owning summer homes In that 10.
cality being among the victims. The
ailment is believed to be communi.
Gated through the sap, and the most
determined effort has failed to dis.
cover the real cause or find a remedy.
The chestnut tree stands for highly
useful purpose, and If 1t must "go'
great will be the loss involved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
Lecture on "Child HYGIENE"

Franklin.-Mrs. Alice X. St Mar.
tin of New Orleans addressed a large
and appreciative audience in the
court house here on the subject OF
Child Hygiene" The meeting was
under the auspices Of the board OF
health. Mrs. ST. Martin, representing
the National Congress of Mothers and
the Delineator Mothers Conference,
urged the formation Of a local or
ganization to study and better condl-
tons surrounding the children. she
explained at length the advantage OF
such an association, showing how it
may become a power for good and
an uplifting force in the community
by uniting the mothers, fathers, teach
ers and physicians in common ef-
fort for the welfare of the child.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
DEARER BREAD.

The report Of an advance in the
brice of bread as a result Of the rise in
the values Of wheat and -four was to
be expected. Wheat being the raw ma
terjal Of -four and -four the raw ma.
terial of bread, an increase in the cost
Of the first, whether natural or artifi-
cial, necessitates prop0rtiOnate ad-
vances in the more finished products.
The only question is whether the up
ward tendencies have not been used
by combinations and manipulators to
FIJI their own pockets out of the needs
of the people. There is no doubt that
a considerable part of the advance in
wheat is due to the small amount Of
last years crop still available for mar
keting, There is general belief that
this legitimate advance has been ex-
aggerated by spectators, says the
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph AS far
as this is the case we may hope that
1t will be temporary, and that the har-
Vesting Of good crop this year will
restore prices to fair basis. There
are also indications that combination
of milling interests has increased the
old margin between the prices of
wheat and -four, and thus established
another squeeze on consumers. These
means of enhancing the cost of prod
ucts cannot be carried very far with
out inevitably increasing the cost OF
bread.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
Rouah Sailing For Law VioIators.

Shreveport.-The sentence to the
parish roads of Charles Hageman,
proprietor of several hotels, and Sam
Dabar, an Oil City merchant; the ar
rest of Phil Draiss, former chief of
the local saloonists, and Mike Lip
sey, prominent near-beer dealer, and
the refusal for a rehearing for Andy
e. Maloney shows that the prohibit
ton yiolators in Shreveport are hav-
ing a warm time. The case of Hage-
man perhaps attracted the most at
tention, because of the wealth and
prominence of the defendant, who is
proprietor of the Phoenix Hotel, of
Shreveport, the Crosby House OF
Beaumont and one or two hotels in
Oklahoma. He left Shreveport soon
after his conviction On two charges
of breaking the prohibition law, and
his bondsman has been notified to
produce him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
Industrial Company Will File Charter


Mansfeld.-The charter OF the De
Soto Industrial Company has been
prepared and will be filed Immediate
ly. The capital is fixed at $le0,0oo,
and sufficient stock has been SUD-
scribed to make it going institution
and 1t will open its doors for busl'
ness in about 80 days. Capt. j. l..
Logan, late of Texarkana, Tex, Will
be president, but the board OF dl'
rectors has not been announced. A
larger portion of the capital Will pc
from foreign sources, although many
local progressive citizens are inter-
ested. The object of the association
is to buy, improve and sell farm LANDS
in De Soto parish, and incidentally
to settle thereon a class. of desirable
immigrants, principally from the
Northern states. A number OF eX-
tensive lumber men are interested IN
the company, or own large bodies OF
land in this parish, and they claim
that they can easily induce very
large number of good citizens from
the exhausted lumber sections OF
Minnesota and Wisconsin to come
south with reasonable inducements,
and it is the purpose of the new
company to secure them for De 500
parish.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
Manufacturing Plant Seeks Location

Baton Rouge.-PartieS from Chica.l
90 representing large Chicago and
Michigan furniture manufacturing es.
tablishment were in Ba,on Rouge re.
Gently looking over the site for the
establishment Of a furniture plant
here, These parties were III Baton
Rouge several months ago, and while
they were favorably impressed with
the city, they did not close The deal
for a site. Since then they have
visited other cities and now retuTnl
to Baton Rouge, with good prospects
of establishing their furniture plant
here. They were taken in charge by
President FarrnbacheT of the Board
of Trade. Secretary McQueety, Judge
T. J. Herman and several real estate
agents, given an automobile ride over
the city and shown number OF de-
sirable sites for manufacturing plants.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
And the Check Came Back.

Jennings.-Several days ago NJ. E.
Nichols, who claimed to be a horse
trader from Mamarion. Kan. arrived
in Jennings and made the acquaint.
ance Of c. R. West, who deals in
horses here. Claiming to be short of
money he told Mr.. West that he must
get check cashed. He named
number of people that Mr.. West knew
in Kansas, and showed papers. Mr..
West Endorsed bis check, made out
in favor of the Southern Implement
Company, for $40. The check was
returned with the information that
It is worthless West paid the check
to the Southern Implement Company.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
lineman Seriously Injured

New Orleans.-Harry Watcher. a
lineman in the employ of the New
Orleans Railway and Light Company,
while working on pole at the cor.
ner of Esplanade and Galvez streets,
fell from the top, and was seriously
injured about the head and body and
right arm. The unfortunate man was
conveyed to the Charity Hospital.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04

A curious society has just been
formed at Darmstadt, in Hesse. It's
object is to promote the substitution
of the military salute for the present
mode of salutation among civilians.
Instead Of the present method of rails
ing ones hat, the Hessians-or at least
q certain proportion of them-would
like to see the general adoption of the
German military salute, consisting of
bringing the hand extended, with fin.
gers close together, to the edge of
ones hat. The only reason given for
this strange prediiection is that the
new salutation would be identical with
that used in the time of Arminius.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
Thre atened With imprisonment

Baton Rouge.-Declining to give up
the negro family with whom he had
been living, and which he had raised,
and assured by the authorities that
he would be sent to jail again ii he
did not. Oscar Rouson, a white man
Of this parish, who three months ago
was sent to the parish Jail under tae
Hunsicker law, left the state for Kan
sas. Rouson took his negro family
along.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
BRIEF MENTION.

Mrs. Mary Spechit, an old German
woman, ended her life in a small
room on the second floor of the house
No. 931 Royal street, New Orleans,
and it is believed that tie end was
brought about as a result Of loss
of money.
The three literary societies at the
Louisiana State University held their
joint exercises, inaugurating the COM
mencement program.
A delightful children's entertain-:
ment. and lawn party in which all
the pupils of the Nc.re Dame Acad-
envy took part, was given on the5
academy grounds. f
Charles Hageman, wealthy hotel
proprietor, was fined 5000 at ShreveTs
port and sentenced to 80 days On the!
roads for violating the prohibition.
law.
The jury was complete at Amite
in the case of Warren Kicks and Will.
Varnado charged with the murder
of Jeff Amacker.
State Superintendent Harris and.
Governor Sanders will shortly confer
on the iberia parish school NATTER
and the State Board of Education
may be called in special session to.
act on the resignation OF Superin-l
tendent wallet.
Bob Simms, we'll known thief, New
Orleans, occupied Hotel de Leon for
two weeks and stripped the place in.
daylight.
Judge Skinner took Louisiana Rail-
way Belt Road dispute under advise
ment.
The Louisiana State University.
Band will take part in the Confeder-
ate reunion at Memphis next months
Peter P. Van Vleet of Lake Charles
filed an additional petition in his suit
for receiver for the Evangeline OlI
Company.
The Shreveport bar indorsed E. II.
Randolph of that city as candidate
for president of the state bar. b
Rev. H. E. Gilchrist preached, the
baccaladreate sermon at the South.
western Louisiana Industrial insti..
tute at Lafayette. s.
The Lutherans held an important.
mission festival at Seashore camping
grounds.
An unknown man was shot and
killed by Joseph Bres at Logtown. Il
The grocery and meat store OF Il.
S. Gauthier and the Calcasieu Mar
ket at Lake Charles, were destroyed
by fire. e
DR.. A. B. Coffey delivered the al-E
nual address at the closing OF the
Washington schools.
The Scott Public School Of Lafay
cite held closing exercises and Prot
Dean, Misses Morgan and Williams
presented a very delightful literary
program to large and appreciativs
audience.
A wolf was killed On the Joseph
NJ. Boagni farm, near Opelousas, the
first reported in that vicinity fot
many years.
Paul Oliver Martinez, who was SCI
verely scalded by the bursting OF 1:
mud drum in the sugar house on Az
hambra plantation at White Castle
is dead
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
Soy Falls Down Spiral Stairway

New Orleans.-While at play on
the third floor OF his parents resi-.
dence, No. ITO Royal street, Edward
Murat fell down the spiral stairway
shaft to the pavement below and sus.
tanned fatal injuries. The little fell
low was with several playmates
when he climbed to the banister rail
and lost his balance. He sustained
internal injuries and his skull wac
badly fractured. He was conveyed
to the Charity Hospital in an uncon
conscious condition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04

Since the time of Adam men have
been laying the blame for everything
on women. Retribution for this cen.
turtles old wrong Is coming. A woman
in San Francisco says that the blame
for the flippery OF modern feminine at
tire belongs to the men, When one
looks at the monstrosities of the pres.
ent fashions, and hears the men
blamed for 1t, 1t must be confessed
that the score, old as 1t is, Is evened.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04
Contract Let For Artesian Well.

Alexandria.-The city board of al
dermen awarded contract to Oscar
Shanks to bore an artesian we'll for
the city. The well is to be not less
than 600 feet deep, II inches in diam
eter and to furnish 100000 gallons in
"a hours. 1t is to be completed with
in 80 days.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04

II a man be rooted in morals and
modesty there is no more inconsist.
encbetween his immature and ma.
t~,e ews than there is between the
vto,oA fore and after blossoming, or
IN ~ 3 before and after leanng.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-04

London is to have 1000 delegates
from all over the world to an interna-
tional suffrage convention. And as
the women have been practising flu.
jitsu, the subsequent proceedings are
apt to add to the gayety of the nations
which can enjoy looking on.