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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-08-03
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

One of the first questions asked
by thenewcomcr in any community
is, What kind of public schools
have you?" And that is the very
question the people of Monroe City
likes to have put to them. Here,
at least. all agree. The answer
quickly comes, No better any
where" or Best to be found" or
some similar expression that at
once conveys the true situation
with regard to our public school
system.
The Monroe City Public Schools,
both grades and High School, are
strictly up-to-date. No one who is
familiar with present day broad and
progressive education will question
this statement for a minute.
Above the grades. all of which
are carefully graded and in charge
of wide awake and well qualified
teachers, we have a fully accredit-
ed, first class High School. The
course of study is extensive, and
both the course and the teaching
are planned and carried out with
the purpose of meeting the demands
of this community. A young per
son who is in earnest and really
wants school work can get it il
the Monroe City High School, unless
he has graduated from a first class
four year High School, and ha.
taken two or three years of pos
graduate work, or..its equivalent.
The High School course compris
es: English, four years; history
four years; science, four years, Lat
in, four years; German, two years
mathematics, five years; boOkkeep
ing one year; commercial law ant
economics, one year, manual train
ing, one year; penmanship, spelling
The year to begin in Septembe
promises to be a record breaker fo
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-08-03

our public schools. Substantial i'm
provementS of the school building,
an unusually strong corps of teach
ers, and an enthusiastic school
spirit can cast only bright hopes
ahead.
An elegant new auditorium is
now in process of construction. 1t
will be we'll lighted, we'll ventilat-
ed, safe and attractive room, with a
seating capacity of some 400. A
splendid new manual training room
will be ready for use at the opening
of school. 1t will be hard to find a
better one outside of the cities. The
basement floors have been freshly
cemented. So school will open in
September with the building more
convenient for work, more attrac-
tive, and more sanitary than it has
ever been.
+ Good public schools are consider
ed among the requisites of good
/ town. You'll have to hurry to
beat Monroe City here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-08-03

months. The business of the COM
pany has steadily increased each
year and at an early date it will be-
gin the installation of additional ia
cilities for taking care of business,
including one of the Western Elec-
trio Company's modern four posi-
ton boards, three positions on
which will be used for local bust
ness and one for the toll line The
new equipment of the local eX-
change, when installed, will enable
the Company to take care of an
addition AGO local subscribers and
100 rural lines from this office.
A special feature is made of rural
phones and there are d large num-
Der of subscribers situated throug-
out Monroe county and connected
by means of the Monroe City eX-
change. The present day farmer
and planter realizes the immense
advantages and conveniences to be
derived from having a phone in
the house which gives long distance
connection to all the city markets
The number becoming telephone
subscribers is rapidly growing.
The local exchange furnishes its
subscribers the best of service at al
times and Monroe City and this
section has every reason to fee
more than ordinary interest in thu
growth and expansion of the Com
pany's business.
Mr.. Leeper, the local manager, il
a young man of prominence il
business and social circles of thi
community. He is especially fitte,
for the position, having a broad eX
perience in this field, and in shor
is the right man in the right place.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-08-03
Rcomers During Fair.

Persons desiring roomers during
fair week will please notify Joe
Hickman or T. M. Boulware at once.
Also state how many you can ac'
commodate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-08-03

H. c. Willis, formerly chief OF, the
Sedalia fire department commitSe led
suicide in the Fulton Insane Asylum
last Wednesday. !
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-08-03
bb's JeWeIrV

Invites you make that store your headquarters
during week, also any other time have gone to
the expense putting in fine line of music and have
| music all will find large, well selected
Ii1@C F
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24

office boy, in offering congratulations on the birth of a child or the acQuisi- ton of q diploma, in extending con- dolences or in accepting an invitation to dinner. But it is precisely those rare being who write to presidents and prime ministers and archbishops that strike out into ways Of their own. At least the most successful letter writers do. 4 message addressed to the white house in scrupulously cor rect form will pass through the hands of secretaries and clerks, 10 emerge on the presidential desk. if it emerges at all, in the form of condensed mem. orandum. But the letters that reach the presidential table first and that get themselves printed in the news papers are usually written by uncul. tured fingers in Wyoming 10 Teddy. Washington" The most important letter writers to great men are little boys who ask the president to bring their street numbers to the attention Of Santa Claus. Even the most com. prehensiye of textbooks contains no model for q little girl who wants Mir. Taft to send her baby brother
 Allowing for such inevitable short c0mings, the modern complete letter writers are not more behind the times than is necessary for a new hu- man need to develop and a cores bonding epistolary form to become standardized For aught we know, the newest books in rhe field may con- tain examples of how to write 10 R congressman who has sold his vote or how 10 write to the president oi the United States, asking him to par. don a criminal bank president. The textbook edition Of 1912 may show us how one writes to the director of the Louvre offering tO restore a stol. en picture for a definite sum of mon ey, how one writes to the board of health complaining of the evil smells from a neigbb0rs' aeroplane shed. or how one addresses the governor af 2 state who is a woman.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
isnan'. Burdens,

Americans who mold Japan in fear are alternately threatening us with a war-like invasion of Japanese soldiers and guns and trade in- sssion of Japanese goods. and the two sets of sIar1ists seem to think one about as terrible as the other. Luck fly, 1t seems improbable in the na' ture of things that we shall have both The two are, az t were, mutually exclusive. Japan's military expenses are growing at tremerd. ous rate, and every extra million that she puts in armaments makes her less threatening as a commercial rival. The vast drain of military ex- penditures upon her people and her capital must tend to cripple her h. dustrisl efficiency. The cost of liV. ing is thus increased. and with in- creased cost Of living must come a rise ia the wages of labor. for ths army Is constantly taking toll of the most effective and energetic youth, who would otherwise be engaged in gsiEful occupations and productive in' Iustry.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
Yeuna EsIIows Do the Work.

Although constantly under the stim- ulus of activity. Mir. Theodore x. Vail, president of the American Telephone & Telegraph company. does not think of himself as a worker. In the great library at "Speedwen." where he was constantly rdipping" into this and that book. and noting very closely every word and infection, l suggested that he must have much 10 do. "Oh. no. l don't" he replied. The young fellows do the work. I only suggest now and then" The usefulness of this man, necessarily planning how to increase the efficiency of Tnyriads of operators, each surrounded by a web of wires and dispersed all over the country, can never be estimated. The word work has broader and more compre- hensive meaning after one has met Theodore x. VaiI-"The Law of Work" Joe Mitchell Chspple. in Ma. tional Magazine.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
THE MoRTAeE OF VICE.
Evil Habits Are a Greater Disadvant
 age Than Oepts.

Is it not a disheartoning thing to go through life under the harrow of debt, struggling to get release under circumstances that give no hope of relief? Is it not unfortunate to feel that we can never lift the moTtage from the home that in spite Of all cur efforts il must be sold over the heads Cf those dearer to us than life itself2 But all this is nothing compar- ed with the mortage of vice upon the character which blights the life.
 Many a man has died without be- ing able to lift the mortage from his home, yet has been a real success, for he has kept his manhood clean. his integrity umstained and, although he left no material wealth. he had en. riched the lives of all who knew him.
 The nicotine mortage upon your vitality, the alcohol mortage which hardeus your nerve fiber, bennmbs the brain cells, paralyzes the power to achieve and makes you a slave in' stead of a king, are membranes compared with which the mere mort gage upon your home is a blessing
 If you are mortgaged to the cigar cite habit, which demoralizes your ambition, pcisons your blood, be- numbs your nerves and yitiates your aim: if you have a whiskey mortage an immortality mortgage on your char acter which you have for years been irving to lift, this is infinitely worse than your chattel mortgage or real estate mortgage. The mortgage on your home may not touch your real self. In spite 10 it you may be a man respected looked up to and ad- mired. If your like has been clean you may have made every acre ot land in your vicinity worth more But if your character is mortgaged to a demoralizing habit; if you are the victim ot degrading vice that holds you down, cripples your advance, this is a thousand times worse. lt loses you not only your respect, but also the respect Of those who know you Orison Swett Warden in Success Mag azine.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
THE DAYS OF OLO
 THE DAYS Of GOLD
Feature Proposed for the Pan- anna Pacific Ex-
 position

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Oct 2l.--To
 revive The Days of old. the Days
 of Gold. the Days Of Forty-nine" is -ihe proposal Of sam P. Davis, Of
 Nevada. made 10 the panama-Cali- fornla International Exposition com .pany in a letter in which he asks
 for acreage upon which to construct
 a replica of Yankee Bar. Red Dog.
 Hangtown. Poverty Flat. Tuba Dam
 and the old time California miniag
 camps.
 Sam Davis Is naught when he is not unique. Contemporary of Bret
 Hlarte and Mark Twain, humorist,
 veteran journalist, politician, ranch owner. known in every club and
 newspaper office in the world he
 is now having plans prepared for
 one of the most spectacular stunts"
 Of his life. Davis proposes to have a guleh, a real placer diggin, %
 where a visitor to the Panama-Cal- lfornia International Exposition may
 wash out. e little gold dust of his own. provided he knows how tO operate rocker" or pan" The
 vision of some of the surviving Ar gonauts Of the forties returning 10 the gravel banks of half century ago is Interesting to say the least. Other features Sam proposes are q
 dance hall. real old time shooting up affrays. faro banks, roulette wheels. everything in full blast just as it was in the days when men
 washed fortunes out of the sand
 bars of the Feather and American
 rivers in the day time and spent them on the beauties of the dance
 hall and on the gambling lay outs of the saloons at night daily stage coach is another feature. A collection of historical objects in actual use in the 'FOrty-n nine Camp will be another feature.
 Altogether the whole feature win be one of the most interesting things at the Panama-California Tn. ternational Exposition Sam Davis ! expects 10 spend the next three years gathering the material and the curios for the camp. It will oc. cupy acres of land, one Of the deep canyons Of the exposition site and will be one Of the big outdoor fea- lures of the exposition.
 Director General Collier has asK. ed for detailed plans from Davis and is very anxious 10 have the camp in case sam Davis will man- age 1t, as he is certain that under Davis hands it will be of historical
 valne as well as of such a nature that the most timid tenderfoot will
 be perfectly safe inside the camp. day or night.
 Features Of the Panama-C California International Exposition are coming ] ln so fast that the 400 acre site will be filled with tho most unique and beautiful exhibits ever arranged Over 1,000.000 plants are being grown at the present time for trans ! planting in the exposition grounds, l it being the intention to give the Panama-Calfornia International Ex, 1 position the finest horticultural dis. play ever shown in America
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
PROGRESSIVE" IDEAS
 DO NOT SUIT HIM

Tn reply to a circular letter re. ceived from Lem M. Hall. secretary Of the Phoenix Trade Council, ad. from voting for any candidate in any way connected with a corpor- alton, Bob French. the we'll known Douglas attorney, has written the following letter:
 Douglas. Ariz., Oct. 2f. 1911 Lem M Hall Esq. Secretary Phoe-
 nix Trade Council Phoenix.
 Arizona
 Dear Sir: Your letter in regard to the gentlemen whom you desig- nate as corporation candidates and the gramitous advice you see fit Co give me, was received this morning. Your letter was sent 10 the wrong address l do not believe in the .so-called progressive" principles of the direct primary law-the election of United States senators by the Gi- rect vote Of the people. the initia- tive. the referendum and the recall, or either Of them. I yerily believe progressive measures" are pern!c- ious in pr1nciple-unAmerican-an and if enacted into law would forever bar the door Of office against the poor man, however meritorious or fitted for office he may be.
 I also believe that corporations as well as individuals have rights and that but for corporations Arizona would be today an unlnhabited. deS- oIate waste. instead of leading aD .of her sister states in her wealth producing mines. and l am in fa- vor of the enactment of such laws as will invite capital to seek invest ment in the new state of Arizona, and which will guarantee 10 corpor- atiOns fair treatment and full pro tection against the soeialistic clam or of the misguided populace in flamed. as it now is. by blatant demagogues. who appeal to the pref udice and envy of the masses, in order 10 ride into office on the wave of dlscontent created by them with the assistance of yellOwdog Journalism. Holding these views. ! must respectfully decline to aid you in the destruction of the busi. ness and the prosperity of this glOr- ious state of Arizona.
 Yours very truly,
 R. N. FRENCH.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
LETTER WRITING MADE EASY

(From The Kew York Evening Post
 A sense of personal humility al ways attends the act of glancing through q new textbook on the art of letter writing One of the first things the eye lights upon is the proper way Of addressing the president Of the United States. If it is not the president of the United States. it is the governor Of New York state, or the governor general of Canada, or the British first lord of the treasury, or an archbishop. You begin by admitting the abstract value Of the information conveyed, but the next step is 10 ask yourself why there should be So little in com. mon between yourself and the pres. ident Of the United States. lip to the present you have addressed no letters 10 the White House ands the future seems 10 offer no occasion for so do ing. So far as the great mass Of us are concerned what Is there we have to say to Mir Taft, either in the way oi praise or blame, that he has not al- seSdy read in the aewspapers2 What does one write to a bishop, not 10 mention the pope himself, whose proper title is pretty sure 70 be found in all the correspondence guides that aspire towards completeness? That Is where the sense of non-im portaDce besets one. The number of men in this world who must be addressed as His -EXcellency. His Reverence, or His Honor. Is So large that it comes with a shock,to learn how many years one has lived without ever having done EU.
 But it is a poor letter-writer that does not provide for every eontinsen- cy. Every mans prerosatiVe to write to a king is as well established as every cats right to look al one. tho the right may be rarely utilized in the one case as in the other Charles Lamb, who to judge from his publish ed works, might have been himself 8 careful student of handy aids 10 lel' rewriting. tells in a famous letter to his friend Manning of a little text book on honorific titles that he has composed Illustrating the various grades of British nobility, with his own name as concrete example. Thus Lamb saw himself mounting the various steps from the plain Mir, Charles Lamb 10 2. Charles Lamb Esq, 3.Sir Charles Lamb, Bart, 4. Baron Lamb: c. Viscount Lamb. Bart
 6. Earl Ianmb: z Marquis Lamb; and S. Duke Lamb. Beyond that point his ambition seldom travelled. but in mo ments of special eXaltation he saw himself as 9. Prince Lamb; 10, King Lamb: II, Emperor Lamb, and l2 Pope Innocent The author of cores pondenee manuals recognizes the very humsn trait which Lamb so playfully saIrizes. The right of addressing . stamped envelope 10 anybody in the world is one of the pFiyeleges Titl which man in his idler moments may console himself. even if it is righi which be seldom tries to make use or
 With all their eomprehensiveness however, the ready letter writers fai in just the very highest branches o their trade AIultitudes of people un doubtedly adopt the model forms 1T applying for a position as clerk ol
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
A FAVOR" FOR 4 WARDEN
CAmerican Magazlnel

(American MagazineI
 Charlie Stevens. superintendent of ToledO's work house. is a sort of de natured Falstatf He copies the fig ure with wonderful fidelity to detail. but has managed to exclude Sir Johns faults without any loss of lovability. 4 eircur man all his fife a happy go lucky follower of fortune in many lands-he went into office without the slightest knowledge of the criminal problem or police methods. That was exactly why Brand Whitlock appointed him.
 As discharged conyicts go out. Charlie invariably stands at the door and makes this touching appeal:
 Got any kick coming on the way treated you2'
 Not on your life
 Wouldn't mind doing me favor then?"
 You bet ] want 10 do you a favor.
 Don't come back. That's all"
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
Rus.Ian sssIes AImes, srtlne,.

Killing sab!es in Russia. in entire disregard Of future supplies. has re suited in a steady decline in the catch. and in some districts hes nearly ef- fected the eztermination of these val uable fur bearers; the matter has been taken ap by the authorities. and no sables will be permitted 10 be caught during the present season. and the matter of making an absolutely closed period of three years Is to be consid- cred without delay.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
A HYPNOTIC SPEAKER

Would you prefer to take my speech in shorthand" said Senator Sorghum, "or directly On the type Writer?"
 If it's all the same" replied the stenographer, "Ill take it directly on the typewriter. The noise of the ma chine will help me to keep awake. - Baltimore American.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
A Lucky Genius.

Did you write that beautiful song entitled Welcome, Merry Sunshine?'" aI did," replied the popular bard Well. you're lucky. Any man who could write that never had good re- liable case Of sunburn, or lived in the vicinity of the kiosk. where the tenn peraturs went to ninety and over"
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
What hapoeneo.

He was once n great wire puller." Yes" replied Senator Sorghum. He kept at it til he got hold Of a live wire and shocked She entire com. munity."
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24

GROCERY SPECIAL FOR
 THIS WEEK
Warm Beverage For Cool
 Weather

Armour's Tomato Bullion.
 quarts, COG bottle. B. X NJ. Clam Bullion,
 pints, 40c each B. X NJ. Clam Bullion,
 quarts, 75c each Dox Sees Clam Juice.
 ? lb. can, 2Oc each Dox Sees Clam Juice
 l ID. can, l0c each. Have you tried "DE HY- DRO" Fruits and vegetables? Economical and Convenient. A California Breakfast Dish Ehmann'S grape fruit and orange marmalade, 2Oc jars. Brookfield Sausage, 2Oc ID. We have several weekly ship mentS of this breakfast sau- sage.
 Jone's Dairy Farm Sausage
 I0c per ID. We have a shipment every Saturday. Order in advance for Sunday breakfast.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
No, Too sla for the Pot.

An Advertisement in the Continent 6 religious weekly published in Chi caEo, asks for missionary not over 5 feet 6 inches in height and weighing iso pounds" Perhaps 1t was inserted by & csnDibsl.-Pittsburg Gazette Times.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24

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Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
erieks of Coal Dyxt

Bricks of Coal Dust.
 Bricks made of coal dust are used s0r paving in Russia. The coal dust b combined with treacls and resin
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-24
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
 RAILWAY
ARIZONA 6 NEW MEXICO RAIL WAY COMPANY PASSENGER
 SERVICE. ..

Southbound train connects with Southern Pacific westbouDd train No. l, leaving Lordsburg 10:57 am, Mountain Time.
 Southbound train connects with Fl Paso & Southwestern eastbound train for Fl Paso, leaving Hachita at 1l:42 am, Mountain Time, and with west bound train for Douglas and Bisbee, leaving Haehita at 11:10 a-m., Noun tain Time.
 A. T, THOMSON,
 Traffic Manager, Clifton, Arizona. Feb. F, 1911.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-04
ESCAPED ASYLUM
INMATE IS RETAKEV
Officers Successful in Recap
turing Insane Fugitive After
Long Chase.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN, Feb. 3,-After searching the
city from Wall avenue 10 the foothills,
Deputy Sheriffs Frank Ludwig and
Thomas De Vine finally located John An
derson. an escaped inmate of the state
mental hospital at Provo, on the canyon
road late this afternoon. Anderson sub
mitted TO arrest without resistance and
Is being held in a padded cell al the
county Jail until arrangements can be
made, for his return TO the mental hos
pital.
Anderson escaped from The institution
several days ago. The superintendent
notified the officers To be on the watch
for him. as II was expected he would
return to Ogden, this city being his
home, He was seen in several places
during the day. but had lust lett' when
the officers arrived. While making his
way IN Ogden canyon he was ovcrtaken
by the officers and brought back 10
town.
Anderson was committed TO the asy-
lum a month ago. after lie had made an
unsuccessful effort TO hold up Deputy
Sheriff Oron Hadlock at the point OF
revolver. The officer struck the weapon
from his hand and captured him after
a long chase, II was later learned from
his friends that he had been showing
signs oi mental weakness for some time
since making an effort to kill himself
when a girl with whom he had been in
love Tilted him 4 board of lunacy de-
cided that he was of unsound mind and
he WaS sent to Provo,