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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK

CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
Superintendent Q. j. Kern OF Rockford; III.
be as good and we'll equipped for its purpose as
the best dairy barn is for its purposes.
In travelling the country making visits from
school to school, one sees many beauutul homes,
large barns, and we'll kept farms with the latest
improved machinery, and he is LED to remark,
Our schools have not kept pace with the times.
The reason for this is because people have been
paying attention to other things. The school has
been a secondary consideration. How can we
tell? Just this way-Ask the school board OF any
district the number of people who attended the
last annual meeting and in many instances 1T will
were the only ones present. However, II other
patrons of the school were present what per cent
of the voters of the district does 1T represent?
Even though one does find the schools reluctant
to keep abreast with the progress IN other lines,
there are many marked improvements IN con-
structive work.
1886 MILES
To give an account of the many duties con-
nected with the office OF county superintendent
would be to repeat much of what was said in the
annual report OF 1908.
Every school in the county was visited during
the past wear and to accomplish this task, 1886
miles were travelled. ! wish to recognize and
make nroper mention of the kind and courteous
treatment received throughout the county and
heartily and most cordially thank the county
board school officers, teachers, schools and
patrons for their united efforts In cooperating
with me in my work. This hearty cooperation
has made my arduCus duties pleasant and has
brought sunlight into many dark places. do
not mean to say that all has been pleasure and
sunshine but this cooperation received IN SO
many ways helps me to forget the hardshlps ana
j. G. BROCKERT,
County Superintendent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21
The Country TEACHER

The requirements of the country school teacher
are not many. She must be a primary, inter
mediate, grammar, grade and high school teacher
combined. She must be able to build fires, adj
Just fallen stove pipes, put in window panes,
sweep, dust split lndling, drive horse, keep out
OF the nelghbOrhOOd quarrels, know how and
where to whip bad boy, understand the school
laws, raise money for libraries, keep all kinds of
records, plant trees on Arbor Day, be of good
moral character and pass an examination in the
branches OF modern education. For these ac-
complishments she receives $50 or less per month.
Out OF this she pays her board, buys her clothes,
attends summer schools buys educational papers,
and books, attends county conventions and furn-
lshes slate pencils for the pupils. What is left she
adds to her bank account or starts a bank if she
prefers. Unless something is done to reduce the
wages school teachers will have monopoly Of the
wealth OF the country and we will find in our midst
a labor. organization which will menace our free
institutions and enslave our taX-payers-G.W M.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
The following paragraph is taken from last
years annual which contains the same truth for
us today.
Regular attendance at school is the first requi-
site for good work. We have many factors to
consider when accounting for regular attendance.
Chief among them the home; the distance OF
school from home:t the school sentiment Of the
community, the attitude of the teacher and the
county superintendent. With few exceptions the
school sentiment is good throughout the county
and with the two important compul-
sury attendance and the incentive offered by the
county superintendent for perfect and regular at
tendance, we hope to give every boy and girl in
our county the advantages of at least common
school education
Were all schools like the one in Dist No. TO-
Platteville, no one could say, THE futity of the
one-roomed country school," and substantiate
his statement. The school is entering upon
the third year of it's organization. Miss Sylvia
Rottiger, graduate of the Platteville Normal
was its first teacher She began on a salary Of $50
a month. Last year the school board paid her
$35 per month and this year she is receiving $40
per month
District No. 10, P1attevlle
Were all schools like this one there would be no
need of compulsory education law.
Jas. F. Schroeder, Clerk. Sylvia Rottinger,
teacher.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE COUNTY BOARD
Reports of County Superintent
and Various Committees
Much Statistical Information That Will
be Found Interesting by Read
ers Througho ut the County.

Two weeks and three weeks ago The
Herald printed such portions Of the
report of the annual meeting OF the
county board as we were available at
that time, and the balance, which
would have appeared ia the succeed
ing issue of the paper, were unavoid
ably crowded out for lack of room.
Such portions as were then omitted
are published herewith
TUESDAY EVENINGS SESSION.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT BROCKERT'
REPORT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21
FROM COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
BOscObel

BOScObel
appropate e people beng housed ocsd
vng for class 23s The basement built feet clear
Paee p Tt f b " Widows s s @ en
aoors are Sixteen aao
sanitary ygn standpoint the advanced knowledge
zed S up pe basement aH BnbBe fons will
nPd an ee O g ss disposal by sn Bsd
poyed central heating plant the
XII cn Wholesome we'll aired sunt provided
o Study Boscobel High School
FIRST YEAR
rms Required Units
z zSSii:s ''>''' z zRsiss
Literary Readings o, - Botany and Agriculture II
FIRST SEMESTER -
zs:;3; History h h$;;s; History
Electives
00'"DS anu agriculture THIRD YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
E EAs efo history R Ra9s Sf fis sg
English English
Latin Latin
Advanced Composition Pedagogy Reviews
FOURTH YEAR
ms Required Units
6n{ted States History US History civics
German 5Snaan.d ALGEBRA S GaFde Geometry
Notes High
The ~ EH %g the first 9d sS ns years sd o
Those deficient will be
students required take the
Students taking foreign TshH to secure Dd credits Mace a
Mediaeval History and English History the third
yacd &sa's Gso '1R
'0"'!5 70 than years advised
1den otS oStaSng
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21

town meeting held in town of Potosi April 5th,
did IN addition to the regular highway tax vote
a suthc1ent sum to pay One-half The cost of two
concrete and steel bridges. We met April 23d,
with the county committee duly Lointed by the
honorable chairman Of the county beard and let
the contract o VIM. McMahon of the CITY Of an
caster for the two bridges-one known as the low
er Boice Greek bridge in section So for the sum oS
81, BOP, length of span As feet with conrete
abutments set on piles and concrete floor; the
other at what is known the Mckevey ord IN
section II, this bridge to be 50-foot span with
concrete abutments and concrete floor for the sum
OF 81 ,Zl3. On account OF the abutments being
washed out in the course of construction we meb
again with the county committee September oath
and found it necessary to drive plling and do some
concrete work at additional cost of SOB,
Each bridge costing over 81 ECO, we, your Pc
titiOners ask that you appropriate and pay to the
town of Potosi one-haH the cost of said bridges,
to-wit: The sum of 81 800 completion ac-
ceptance of same.
G. G. HAMPTON,
HENRY KREISER,
CHRIS kEEHNER
Supervisors of the Town of Potosi.
LOUIS NESPERMAN,
HENRY MINK, Co. Com.
To the Chairman and Members of the County
Board of Grant County, Wis. Gentlemen
undersigned supervisors Cf the town of Water
loo, and commissioners appointed to act in con-
junction with them, would respectfully set forth,
that in addition to the usual highway tax, a
special tax was voted at the last annual town
meeting held April 5th 1910, for the purpose of
constructing an iron bridge, with stone abut-
ments and concrete floor across Grant river in
section 4, at what is known Gamers Ford.
Also that on May 49, 1910, we met and let con-
tracts to N J. Lau for building the abutments
for $1O38 90, and the iron and concrete work to
the Clinton Bridge q Iron Works for $1168.0O,
the total cost of the abutments and bridge being
s., 226.OO. We would respectfully ask that your
honorable body appropriate and pay to the town
of Waterloo, upon the completion and acceptance
of the above work. one-half the cost of same viz;
81 10000.
HENRY MINK,
JAS. JOHNSON,
II VIM. HAUK,
Supervisors of the Town of Waterloo.
M5s S. w. OKEY,
WIN. GATES, JR., Co. Com.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21

cost of said bridges, to-wit: Fifteen hundred
ninety-nine dollars (Sl599.OO). That said sum be
PAID to said town upon the completion and ac
ceptance of said bridges by your petitioners and
the county commissioners.
Dated Nov. 10, 1890.
CHAS. GRANEY, GEO. CLIFTON,
w. +. MCCORMICK
Supervisors of Town of Ellenboro.
To County Clerk of Grant Cove petition
the County Board of Supervisors for aid in build
ing an iron bridge in Section 13, Town f. Range g.
town OF Glen haven, cost OF said bridge being
seven hundred eighty-tVe dollars, the contr ct
price OF Joe NOgt OF Gutenberg Ia Under the
laws OF Chapter 1877, Laws 1909 we ask the county
to pay the excess Of 5000, viz. $185.OO.
VIM. tORCh,
- O. c.. NU1I
+. EDWARDS, Supervisors.
To- the Honorable Board # Supervisors of
Grant Co., Wis. Gentemen:-We, your petition
ers beg leave to set forth that at the annual town
III citing held II the town of North Ian caster on
the 9th. day OF April, 1910, it was voted to build
bridge across Grant river in Section Il in said
town.
On the oath day of June we met with the com
mlsslOnerS appointed by your honorable chairman
and county clerk and let the contract for abut-
ments to Hannum fitzgerald for the of four
hundred seventy-nine dollars ($479. 00(; also
let the contract Tor bridge to VIM. McMahon for
the sum OF six hundred fifty dollars $3.50 .OO)
The total cost of bridge complete is eleven hun
dred twenty-nin dollars ($1129.OO)
The town of North Lancaster has provided for
the payment Of six hundred dollars ($600.0O) of
the cost of said bridge. j. H.
We therefore petition your honorable body to
appropriate and pay to said town the balance of
the cost of said bridge to-wit: The sum of
i've hundred twenty-nine dollars ($529.OO).
JOHN w. JERRETT
h. FRANK E. WALKER,
HENRY RECH
Supervisors of Town of North ancaster.
We. your equity commissioners, join in. the
foregoing petition and approve of the request as
presented
hah.s4 JOHN WOOD,
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Grant
County, Wis. Gentlemen-We, the undersigned
supervisors of the town of Potosi, county of
Grant, respectfully report that at the amt al
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21

4. Liberty, Myrtle judd teacher. Fourth prize
So, Willie Wieland, No 5, S. Lancaster Addie
donaldson, teacher Fifth prize, 81, Josephine
Berntgen No. 5, Bloomington Mrs. Ella Winner
teacher Sixth prize So, Mary Schauf, No. 3,
Waterloo Anna Holt teacher Seventh prize
81, Katharine Rauch, No. 6, Glen Haven, Inez
Jordan, teacher. Eighth prize, 81, Florence
Barr, No 6, Glen Haven, Inez Jordan, teacher.
Winners in Spelling
First prize, So, Norma Doeringsfeld, No. 5,
Hickory Grove, Norma Brechler, teacher. Sec
o@nd prize, 81, Esther Kreul, No. g.. Hickory
$6, Gladys Ruchti, No. 5, Hickory Grove Norma
Brechler teacher. Fourth prize, S. Frances
Grimm, No. s. Castle Rock, Kathryn Shemak,
No. 2, Harrison, Maude Quick, teacher Sixth
prize, So, Susie Walz, No. 5, Bloomington, Mrs.
Ella Winner, teacher. Seventh prize, So, Oliver
M. Bremmer, No. 2 Muscoda, Anna Dvorak,
NO. 5. Hickory Grove Norma Brecher teacher.
Winners in Writing
First prize, So, Erma Guck, No. 2, Wyalusipg,
Cora Ward, teacher. Second prize, $6, Ralph
Orton, No. 7, Little Grant, Agnes Hope, teacher.
Third prize SIS, Adam, Jamison, No. IL, Beetown,
Elizabeth Conner, teacher Fourth prize 81,
SuselWalz NOS, Bloomi gton Mrs Ella Winner,
teacher. Fifth prize, 49, Jean Roberts, No. 8,
bloomington, Mae Budwyorth, teacher Sixth
prize, So, Leila Beetham, No. 4, Liberty Myrtle
Judd, teacher. Seventh prize, 81, Daisy Edge,
No. Z, Elenboro Severa Bentz, teacher.
District No. 5, of the town of Hickory Grove,
will go down in history the school whose rep
resentative in the contest of 1910, in a county
having 200 rural schools, made the phenomenal
record of capturing five prizes aggregating $50,
one third of the total amount Of $10O offered,
getting two first places and bringing home two
OF the three banners awarded, a record which
probably will never again be equaled. = n
nimore Times.
The Spelling Contest
Norma Doeringsfeld of District No. 5 Hickory
Grove spelled the following 100 words correctly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21
Winners In Adding

First prize, So, Gladys Ruchti No. 5, Hickory
Grove, Norma Brechler, teacher. Second pnze
81, Nellie Drinkwater, No. 9, Clifton Ada Was
son. teacher. Third prize So, Bessie DiVall, NO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-21

*Withdrawn during winter months.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-25
COMMERCE OF
RIVERS KILLED
MEMBER OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER
COMMISSION DECLARES THAT
RAILROADS HAVE ACCOM-.
PLIsHED THEIR PURPOSE,
BY Associated Press.

New Orleans. Nov 24.-"The rail
roads have been trying to kill the
commerce Of the river and have about
done So" declared Judge Robert s.
Taylor. member of the Mississippi
river commission. at public hearing
preceding the end Of the semi-annual
inspection trip of the commission here
today. The assertion was made dur
ing the course of contentious ad.
vanced by 4 representative Of one Of
the railroads entering New Orleans.
concerning a proposed line of levee.
Judge Taylor stated. however. that
his suggestion was general one
IF the railroads would take a diff
ferent attitude and would suggest
laws which would prevent destructive
competition as regards river com
merce, / would feel better Judge
Taylor said LAS it Is there is ques-
ton about the propriety of using
money appropriated by congress to re.
store river commerce to protect rail
roads
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-25
|. BIG! |. AVIATION '!|.l|!.l ! !
MEET CLOSES
DRExEL ATTEMPTED TO FLY
BACK TO PHILADELPHIA, BUT
GOT LoST-GEN. ALLEN GOES
UP WITH GRAHAM WHITE.
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia, Nov 24.-Drexel was
the star attraction again today and
with Graham White closed the avia-
ton meet Drexel attempted to fly
back to Philadelphia from Oreland,
twenty miles, where he landed yes
terday, after a record altitude flight
Mistaking the Delaware river for the
Schuylkill, he flew north, instead OF
south He got lost, was out of gaso-
line and returned by train.
! White took General Allen, chief
United States signal officer. aloft,
circling the field several times and
visited the navy yard a mile away
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-25
OU[ANEY TRIAL
NOW UNDER WAY
TAKING OF TESTIMONY COM.
MENCED IN THE FAMOUS MIS-
SiSSlPel CAsE-MANY FARMERS
ON JURY,
BY Associated Press.

Yazoo City. Miss, Nov. 24-With
the formal reading of the Indictment
the trial o. l. c. Dulaney, the
wealthy Mississippi planter. charged
with bribery in connection with the
election of a United States senator,
ness men. Counsel for the defense
ant sat calm and composed beside his
attorneys while the document was
being read and throughout the day.
The jury. as finally selected, is COM
posed of ten farmers and two bust
ness men. Counsel for the deefnse
took up all of yesterday in carefully
examining Jurors and late in the day
announced that no challenges would
be made.
Prior to the formal opening of court
today there we're persistent r1lmors
af1oat that the prosecuting attorney
would ask that the case be nolle
pressed and this was to be done at
the instance Of State Senator Birbo,
who is the principal witness for the
state. These reports were quickly
disposed of, however, when court
opened and Mr.. Bilbo walked in and
|smilingly took his seat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-25
Quiet Restored in All But
the Guerrero District in
State of Chihuha.
Two Hundred Rebels There
Are Still Attacking VIII
lages-Rumor Heard of a
Proposed Attack on Mata-
moros-Rebel Syznpathiz-
ers Claim Lull is For Pur-
pose of strengthening In
surgent Organization.
Oy Associated Press.

Laredo. Texas, Nov 24.-Mexican
Consul Diebold today received advices
that quiet has been restored and the
situation and rebellion are we'll in
hand throughout the country. The
only exception mentioned is In the
Guerrero district. of Chihuahua state,
where two hundred rebels are still at
lacking villages. General villar. Of
Nuevo Laredo. says his advices are
: that all Is quiet along the border. De.
spite these statements alarming ru.
mors are still circulating. It Is ru-
0ored that an attack 10 to be made
tonight at Matamoros. There are no
hostile troops in the vicinity Of this
city. Train loads Of troops are head.
ing for Torreon.
Sympathizers OF the revolutionists
here however claim that the present
1ull merely marks the Strengthening
Of the insurgent organization and
that the real force Of the uprising will
be felt within a few days.
The most important development IL
the report that disturbances had
broken cut IN the territory Of Topic,
ON the west coast. This 10 q new
field, no disturbances being reported
from any points In this section Of the
country before. "A heavy force of
troops has been sent to Topic from
Mexico City. ~. '..t
No AsAting WAS reported last night
! IRON any Of the revolutionist strong.
Aoods. HsSSa1 apparently affords the
government the most anxiety and fully
1000 federal troops were sent to the
point yesterday.
4 II 70 declared that the insurgents
eth hold the MADEIRA branch OF the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-25
ANNOUNCE Plan
OF MRS. SAGE
Russell SAGE FOUNDATION WILL
BE A MODEL SUBURBAN CITY,
PROVIDING AEALrHFuLH HOMES
FOR FAMILIES.
BY Associated Press.

New York, Nov. 24-The prelimin-
airy plans of the Russell Sage foarnda-
ton, planned by Mrs, Sage, the estah-
1ishment Of a model suburban city.
providing healthful and beautiful
homes for families of moderate
means, were announced today. The
project utilizes tract of one hun
dreG and forty-two acres on Forest
Hill. Long Island, a town for fifteen
hundred families.
The initial outlay will be two and
a half millions. Mrs. Sage is willing
to supply other necessary funds, but
made it plain there is no uncharity.
but self-supporttng. yelling fair re
turns
The purpose is to enable families
to own homes at a minimum cost, Oh
tanning buildings of better construc-
ton than they ordinarily could az
ford. The minimum cost Of paying
for home will be twenty-five dol
lars per month with interest The
plan is to provide railroad station.
ornamental buildings and business
office. The financial standing IS sec.
Ondary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-25
RANSOELL NOT +.
A CANDIDATE
LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN WILL
NOT ALLOW HIS NAME TO be
USED m OPPOSITION TO JUDGE
THORNTON.
~ Assoeiassd PsoaA

Baton Rouge. La. Nov. 24.-The
proposed election Of United States
senator TO succeed the late Samuel D.
McEnery by the Louisiana legislature
called In extra session next Monday,
mas failed to develop any candidate
other than Judge J. r. Thornton. OF
Alexandria Judge Thornton was ap
pointed by Governor Sanders after the
latter had announced he would not &C
cept the election given him by the
legislature In session at the time OF
Senator McEnery's death. The con
stitutionality OF this appointment wa
called into question.
Governor Sanders has issued a
statement. expressing a desire to see
Judge Thornton elected. Congressman
Joseph z. Ransdell. Of the NTH Louis
lana district, who has been mentioned
o. probable candidate, issued a
statement today in which he declared
that he would not allow his name &c
BE- presented to the Legislature.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-25
Purpose of the Chamber Of
Commerce Meeting
Tonight.
Advice of a Recognized Elk
pert in Organization
Work, Whose Assistance
is Sought Throughout the
South and in the North
Ladies Invited to Be Pres
ent.

Ladies will be more than welcome
tonight at the San Carlos auditorium
at the rally meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce members and e1-menl-
bers to hear Edwin l.. Quarles on
methods of commercial organization.
during which he will suggest to the
Chamber of Commerce many posi-
bic ways of extending its influence
and CORRESPONDENCE increasing its eff
fectiveness.
NOT ASKING FOR MONEY.
Most such meetings turn into sub
scription sessions. This will not he
the case tonight On the contrary,
the purpose of the meeting, as it at
fects the Chamber of Commerce. is
merely and solely to acquaint all the
members at once with the general
knowledge obtained BIZ Mr.. Quarles
as an eminently successful CONNER
cial secretary and later augmented
by his study of various methods at
various points while he has been in
the field for the Southern CONNER
cial Congress.
Immediate local conditions alone
have delayed the campaign that the
directors intended to make with 4
view to charging the work of the
Chamber, and advantage has been
taken of Mr.. Quarles's presence IN
the city 20 have him address the
membership and such other business
men as would like to hear him.
TO IMPROVE METHODS.
From the meeting, it is expected
that both directors and members will
derive such knowledge of both sue
cessful and unsuccessful methods
elsewhere that will guide both the
retiring board and the new board,
which will be elected in January. to
shape the policies and lines of action
which will yield even better results
than the past has witnessed. To
have any new methods that may be
adopted work out with maximum
satisfaction, it is of course necessary
that the members at large under
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-25
0y Associated Presa

Helena. Mont, Nov. elf DR. B.
c. Hyde is awarded q new trial. it will
probably be because Joe Edgerton. a
prominent Helena mining man and
member of the last legislative assem-
bly,. saT Hyde's name in the directory
of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
Nh Edgerton told the Associated
Press the story of how he sent Hyde
a box of cyanide. estimate at ,
pounds, and how. over seventeen years
later. he came to let Hyde's attorneys
know of this fact.
Edgerton's statement is considered
of great importance to Hyde in view
of the fact that the latter, during his
trial. could not explain 10 the salts
faction Of the jury where he had pro-
cured cyanide. which he admitted he
had been using for many years.