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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

but a few years ago passed to the
great beyond at her home in New
York.
Miss Zama Severance, now Mrs.
Newberry of Davenport, was a teacher
in this school in its early days.
Among the many who have given
years of faithful service in our city
schools, and who have taught in this
district We find the names of Miss
Augusta Crawford, Miss Lucy Taylor,
Miss Annie kirkpatrick and Miss
Emily Freeman. The jani;or employed
when the original building was open
ed was Alexander Murray, His salary
was Sc per week. He served from
1857 to 1876, period OF IS years.
In March, 1881, the school buildings
were numbered and this building be-
came known as public school No. 3.
In January, 1898, the teachers in
the various schools voted On names
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
Irving, or No. 8 School

At a board meeting held Aug -,
1874, a committee composed of II.
c. Connolly, s. w. McMaster and NJ.
d. Merrill, was appointed to look up
suitable site for school house to
be built at some future time.
The city was growing rapidly - the
south. and the board fores2w that il
vas only a question or q short tim
before d school house would be need
ed in that part OF town.
Sept. y, 1874, this committee re-
ported fayorably to the Davenport lot,
located on the corner Of IrdIan bound
any and Otter street, running 100 feel
ION the boundary and 20 ieet on o.
ter street.
The committee was authorized 10
contract with Bailey Davenport for
the lot on as good terms as possib G,
and when at the next meeting OF the
board, the committee reported hay
ing purchased the Davenport loJ for
81 900, bonds We're at once issued for
that amount
May ,, 1876. Messrs, Lee and Mcr-
rill were appointed d committee t"
examine the lot, and see that II wls
put into good condition, with a view
to building. but building operations
were not begun til the following year,
when the crowded condition Of the
schools necessitated furnishing more
school room for the coming year
May 80, 1877, plans were reported
drawn for what was often called The
Centennial building-more commonly
known as building No. 8, but in re-
cent years called the Irving school.
The contract was awarded TO J. ID.
/ Taylor for 1891.
The original building was Of brick
with safe roof Il contained SIX
rooms finished for occupancy, two Of
which were basement rooms, occu
pied by the primary classes, while
the upper story was unfinished, til
such time as the gro"La Of the dis
trict demanded it.
An areaway wall OF rubble, running
around one-half of the building. made
i possible to get light for the base
. ment rooms. The building vas heatei
by stoves, and quite well ventilated
; one suitable cold air fiue and tw,
foul air fues being provided for eaci
{ room.
School opened in the new buiIdl1i
: Monday, Nov. Il. 1871 with Mis-
) Lucy A Taylor as principal
R-- order Of . 4
! 1881. this school was 10 be known q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

over and paid 81 500 for an acre of
land that the directors Of the late
district No. A. had purchased from l..
Andrews.
In April, 1857, David Halves and
+. c. Cooper members OF the board,
were appointed as committee to
outline plans for school buildings i'll
late districts Nos. and A."
Bids were received and William
Bell, being the lowest bidder, was
given the contract for the building.
Upon The acre OF ground, purchased
from l.. Andrews, a tWostOry brick
building was erected.
This building had Two large school
rooms, each 80 ~ 80 feet There
were separate entrances upon opposite
sides of the building for boys and
girls. At each entrance there were
clothes rooms in each story, and for
each large room there was a class
or recitation room II by 10 feet The
rooms were heated by two furnaces
The cost of the building, furnaces
and furnishings, was about $500
The two large rooms seated 2Os pu
pts.
School opened in November, 1857
with John Barge as principal of th'
intermediate department His salarJ
was $50 per month. His assistan
was Mrs. J. W. Senter, and her salary
was s25. The principal Of the pr
mary department was Mrs H. r. How
land and her salary was $50. He
assistant was Miss Sanford with
salary OF $50 per month.
/ This building was used from 1876
until about 1855 without any change
At this time partitions were move
and the large rooms with the elias
rooms were made into four schoc
rooms Of more equal size.
In June, 1889. it was voted TO eTec
q new building on this site A two
story brick building with four room
on each floor was planned. z y
Hammett was the architect. Ritche
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

G. Bick were given the contract, their
bid being S1O,775.
This building. completed late in
December of 1889, is the present Eu-
gene Field school. Its first principal
was Miss Eta Mcdonald. now Mrs.
Wakefield. During the years from
1857 to the present time the follow
ing have been principals: John Barge,
II. NJ. Hamblin, Miss Guy. Miss l..
Conat, Miss Mary L. Gregg, Miss Mary
J. Pease. Miss Annie Kirkpatrick
Miss Lucy Taylor, Mrs. Eta Melon
aid Wakefield and Misc Sarah John
ston. Miss Mary E. Intrikin being
the recently elected principal.
Miss Pease. the primary teacher and
the principal for several years, was
a cousin of Mrs. George MiXter and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

and the Eugene Field school received
its present name.
Living in Rock Island today are
many who received their first school
ing in the old building. Among them
we find the names of Frank Mixter,
his brother, Charles, Charles Larkin,
Ed. Shields and Orrin Hot.
1t is interesting TO note that in the
early days salaries were raised or
lowered. the number of teachers en-
ployed few or many, and the school
term heightened or shortened all ac-
cording to the funds that could be
raised. For several years the school
term varied from five to eight months.
The present teachers in Eugene
Field are Mary f. Entrikin.
principal; Gertrude Fitzpatrick, Eta NJ.
Wakefield. Charlotte Fickenscher, Clar-
issa &. Freeman. Bessie Beeler. Minnie
* Martin and Emelie II. De Santo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27
Lincoln. or no. 4 School

ing was erected. 1t contains Il school
rooms aside from the FIVE basement
rooms, which are fitted for school
use. It is a building which is unusu-
ally wei constructed to meet school
needs. as vel as a very beautiful
structure in appearance
1t contained the supintendents
Office from the time it was built till
the present high school was erected.
The superintendents who occupied
this Office were S. S. Kemble, james
A. Ament R. q. Young and H. B.
Hayden.
While the Hawthorne building was
under construction three classes from
that district were accommoda ted in
the basement rooms of Lincoln. At
another time. during the period from
the burning of the old high schoo.
building till the completion of the
present one, the Lincoln building to-
gether with the Broadway Presbyter-
ian church, accommodated pupils
from the high school Three rooms
On the first floor were fitted up for
physical laboratory, a biological
laboratory, and a commercial room,
respectively. All the basement rooms
were put into use as recitation rooms
for high school classes.
For many years the Lincoln school
was under the management of Miss
Mary Platt, who gave more than 40
years of her active life to efficient
/ service as teacher in the city schools.
| She began her work in the ''old No.
I A. building in 1874 as teacher of the
, seventh, eighth and ninth grades, and
continued her service there until the
new building was open, when she be-
| came principal of its IA teachers, and
continued in this position until last
March when she voluntarily laid aside
! school room cares, after a career that
has counted for good in thousands of
young lives.
At present the two upper grades
are organized on the departmental
plan" with six teachers and over
200 pupils working as a Junior high
school" each teacher specializing on
some one line of work 1t is hoped
by this plan to enable the teachers
to do more professional work and
give the pupils a better preparation
for high school than ever before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

define Requa. principal for several
years. and Miss Margaret Repine, pri-
mary teacher.
During the past few years on &C
count Of increased accommodating in
Hawthorne and Grant districts. the at.
tendance a. Washington school has
been so much lass than in years pre-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

Jennie +. Sammis (now Mrs. William
Jackson and Lydia A. Drum
The first superintendent Of schools
was g. NJ. Reynolds. 1S57-1ss1.
O! the many faithfully and efficient
teachers Of this school. Two have com.
pl.ted their life work on earth and
have been cal ed home, Miss Ran.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

ceding, the board has deemed it wise
to close the building and provide for
the instruction OF the children in 9TH
er neighboring buildings.
II is not likely that the property
will be disposed Of at once, but re-
tanned for a time. so that II found
necessary it may be again called irto
use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

Eugene Field school was known
originally as Local School district
No. I" and afterward as the Fourth
ward school
In 1857 when the Rock Island school
district was incorporated the records
show that the board of education took
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

public school. building No. 6 whi-h
name sJin alinss 20 IA, pre-. J4iid-
ing
In June, 1881, Miss Annie Kirk
patrick was transferred to the posi-
ton OF principal OF Baloug No. Is,
which position she ne till ner death.
April p, 1905, being succeeded BY
Miss Leonora witherspoon.
About midnight Nov. ., 1891, fire
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
TO SET OUT MANY
GRAPES AT DEFINING
Man Plans to Have Eight
Acres-TwO People
Have Faces Burned

Deming, n NJ, Jan is. J. Grum-
bles has bought 25OO yearling grape
vines and viii set out an eight acre
vineyard on his place eight miles east
Of town
Mrs. s H. Green. who has been visit
ing her son, n. d. Green, Of this place,
for several months. returned Saturday
to her home in Gomez Palacio Mexico
W Z. Fowler and r. H. D. Thomp-
son had their faces severely burned
Saturday as tRe result of an accident
" explosion Of gasoline NJ the Fowler
farm. three miles southeast Of DeminS-
s A Birchfield, jr-, and W. p. Birch
field. ST., went to FL Paso on business
this morning
John Humid, a prominent farmer ~ol
this valley. has ordered a fine five-pas-
senger automobile
Mrs. Tom Hall has sold $50 yearhng
steers to A. w. Wilson for $685.
around.
Hal Kerr has just sold 200 yearling
steers for so around.
Hugh H Williams. corporation COM
missioner, left Deming for santa Fe on
business
August KOehler has sold his black
smith shop to Geo. Billingsiea, ant " u
leave in few days for Texas where
he viii make his future home
Mrs. J. p. Dauiles, who has been Wis
itiug her daughter, Mrs. Geo D. Carter,
has returned TO her home in FL PasO.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
MORRIS MAY NOT
BE GIVEN PARDON

Denver Col, Jan. 15.-Although three
mem members OF the state board Of pardons
have expressed themselves in favor Of
granting pardon to Sherman ". Nor
RS, alias Frank Shercliffe. serving 4
sentence in the Canon City penitentiarv
for the murder Of John W. Walsh Of
Leadville- the board took no action on
MS application for pardon owing 10 ex-
tended hearings in other cases. The
board has set the case for final action
Monday.
As the board can only make recon-
mendation, Shercliffe's fate rests with
governor ShafrOth. That official is
known to be hesitant about granting a
pardon because Of the question which.
It is believed, viii arise in case Of re-
lease, whether the prisoner is to be
turned over to authorities of other
states where ne is wanted
Governor ShafrOth heard Mrs John
owens. daughter and John ". Walsh.
son Of the murdered man, who urged
that Shercliffe be not granted pardon
because they believe he killed their
father and wrecked their home
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
MINISTER STRICKEN
WITH APPENDICITIS

Alpine. Tex, Jan. 15.-Rev. Il C. Bass
pastor Of the First Baptist church has
gone to Dallas to undergo an opera
tion for appendicitis. =
Deputy district grand master w
Keesey. of Fort Davis, presided at the
installation of the newly elected officers
of Alpine lodge Nc. Ses. 7 o. o. F, The
retiring noble grand, DR.. Benz. F. Berk-
eIey. rendered the local and visiting
members a BANQUET after the concur
sion Of the evenings program.
". y Roberts and party were mere
from Pecos by automobile on bust
ness trip.
The warehouse and office building Of
the Magnolia refinery is going up east
of the Alpine Lumber company yards.
Charlev Carroll "p7 bride are now
occupying the G. ". Terry cottage on
the south side.
Judge WigfaII Van Sickle is visiting
Austin on legal business concerning the
famous HALEY land cases.
II. c. Phillips and family hav" "N"a
to Dallas. where ne has associated him
self with a large lumber firm
Judge Spaulding was in the city from
Maria.
Rrame Hniiard hos houpht 0nar+~-
block. No 80, of B. J Daptzler, for
$685..
A. NJ Turnev has sold the Mace
known % en- Purcell cottage to s. D.
Beach for $1,000.
The local banks held their annual
election, but there was very I+t'e
change made i'm the dirartorates. The
Officers Of the First NatiOnal bank
ore: c. a RrOwn. president l. T.
Hess and Herbert 7. KOlernot vi0c
presidents: George W Bains jr..- cash
Ter: A. r. Burton. assistant cashier; p
VI P-uett. O A. Brown Geo W. Paines
ir w + Mcintyre. Robert L Nevil
TTerbe-t T.. Eokernot W p. Hancock.
A & Gage and LOuis J. Hess. directors.
A1oina State hank officials a-A: Dr
REM. r Berkeley. president: W. Van
Sickle and George G. Miller. vice nresi-
dents: z TT. Derrick. cashier: Homer
w Ferguson. assistant cashier John r
HOlla~d. T. IT Derrick. PAni F. BarlSe-
and George c. Miller. directors
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
OFFICIALS DISCUSS
CHEAPER ORE RATES
Southwestern Railway Men
Are Given Banquet
In BiSbee.

Bisbee. Arizona. January 15.-The
nartr Of Fl Paso & Southwestern Off
Gals arrived in Bisbee travelling in
three private cars The party was
banoueted at the Copper Queen hotel
cafe By the Southwestern and held
a conference later at the general Of
fees Of the Calumet & Arizona Mining
company at Warren, with captain John
@ GreenWay, general manager OF the
C. e. A. company and DR.. L. D. Rick
etts. Of the Greene-Cananea interests
Of Cananea- Sonora, on the the matter
OF cheaper freight rates on copper
ore.
Later The officials. were met by
committee Of local business men and
n conference Wasl held on the matter
Of obtaining cheaper freight rates on
commodities between Bisbee and other
points on the FL Paso & Southwestern.
The officers Of the Warren district
Country club for the year 1912 are:
John O. Greenway, president A J.
Balmforth vice president; Henry
Copper. secretary and treasurer. Com
mittee chairmen named are H. D.
1fcNaF. house committee; p. g. Beck
EFT. greens committee; W K Flora.
entertainment committee; D. II. White.
membership committee; Z. Frazer
Campbell tennis committee, NJ J.
Cunningham, rifle committee.
The trial Of Harvey Hughes, Of
Lowell, charged with the murder Of
Ardley McClym0nds at Lowell on July
4 last. was postponed at Tombstone
until the next term Of court
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
MECHANIC
HAS LONG SERVICE
Big Spring Man Retires
After 81 Years Shops
to Be Improved.

Big Spring, Texas, Jan. 15.-After
being with the 7. & p. railway for "a
years, the past q OF. which were spent
as master mechanic Of the shops at
this point, Joseph POtten today discon-
tinues his services with this company
c. /. Boss, formerly with the Frisco,
succeeds Mr.. Potter as master me-
chanic. Since the new management
has taken hold Of the T.. & p. many
men who have spent the greater part
of their lives in the company en-
plOy are being replaced by new men,
According to vice president J. W.
Everman, the cOmpany's machine shops
at this point are to be greatly i'm
proved in the way Of new machinery
The new equipment viii embrace
among other things a large electric
crane The T. & P. has just purchased
20 new locomotives Of the big battle
ship type. Half of them are to be
used on this division.
The marriage Of Jed A. Rix. of this
city. and Miss Frances Wars, OF
Whftesboro, Tenn. is reported. They
have gone on a wedding tour to the
east and viii be at home here Febru-
airy 1.
The Texas & Pacific has de,sled to
install an agricultural department and
will spend a large sum in cooperating
with the state and national govern
ments in experimental farm work
along its line. This department viii
be put in operation February /. For
all the counties Of west Texas bene-
ficial results are sure to follow
At the election Of the officers OF
the First National, West Texas Ma
tional and First State banks here the
old officers were all retained.
w N. Tucker, T. * P brakeman,
Of this place, was accidentally killed
at Sweetwater while his train was al
that point He was SO years old.
The Western Union uptown office IS
occupying new quarters IN the Waro
THE Herald Printing Co. Of this city.
contemplates the early instalment OF a
linotype machine
I. s. Coulter, state secretary Of ~
NJ c A.. is a visitor in the city
He has taken up the move TO enlarge
the present building here
P c. Hill is dead at the age OF ~
years. OF appendicitis
" H Homan. who for years mas
held the position Of chief dlspalcheI u
the Rio Grsnde division of the i. q r
railway with Headquarters IN BIZ
Spring, has been promoted TO the po-
sition of trafnmaster. C. C. hilWay
takes Mr. Romans old place
R A Bow, former resloehI OF 3l,. .ilis
civ. has returned from an eXtenqeo
stav in Idaho and taken posltloh
with Reagan, the druggist
Rent houses are scarce commonly
in Big Spring -.,,,-
s. H spain Is DdcH L-o-- II.
visit to his old home in KentuckN- ~
reDorts the weather very dlsa greesioIe
a. chat country and is glad to get
back in the west Texas sunshine
7 c Horn has purchased the Eliee
restaurant on Main street
s. F. Taylor has arrived heTe w. W.
his family from Midland ana VIII iiis
our city his home.
lack Ellis and family are new al ar
rivals from Houston county MI b!lls
viii farm in the Big Spring country
next year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
DEFINING AND MINIBRES VALLEY
IEMING land AND POWER COMPANY IS FORMED At
SILVER CITY WITH CAPITALIZATION OF S25O,OOU

has restored the original capacity Of
the well LOO gallons per minute
Leyden Haynes, of Silver City, was
in Deming on business Mr.. Haynes
owns a SO year lease on the lots at
the corner of Railroad street and
Silver avenue, and cOntemplates erect
ing a large hotel on this property in
the near future.
New Pumps Ordered.
NJ G. Eighmy has ordered an IS inch
American Turbine pump for his irri-
cation we'll eight miles west of Hon
dale; Z. D. Osborn has ordered a No.
American Centrifugal pump for his
well u miles south; and the Deming
Real Estate & Improvement company
has ordered a No. 5 American Turbine
for the city waterwOrks, well. These
machines viii be installed in the near
future.
= Reports come from Louisville, KY.
that F. E Sutton IS in the hospital
from a nervous breakdown Mr. SUIT
ton owns property in Deming and has
many friends here
Louis D.. Smith, a prominent dairy
man of Holtville, Imperial valley
Calf. writes his. old friend Geo. P
watkins of this place that he viii be
here shortly to become a citizen OF
Deming having sold out his holdings
in the ImepTial valley
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
HAS FUN WHILE
HIS MONEY LASTS
McDevitt Satisfied With
Ham and Eggs After
Night ON Broadway

New York. n. Y, Jan 15.-Wora
came down from the room Of John Jay
McDevitt Of Wilkesbarre,i who was con
sumed with the ambition to live like
millionaire for a day. and tried it. when
ne came TO town on special train.
that he was sleeping late this morning
N Keeping with the belief that it IS
milliOnaire's privilege to stav under the
covers as long as he wanted. especial
y when the thermometer was three
degrees below zero
McDevitt figured after his night on
broadway that he would at least have
money for ham and eggs for breal[fasf
today and the price OF a return trip in
an ordinary day coach 10 WIkesbs
There is nothing the matter with this
mllnonalre idea remarked. McDeritt
If you could only keen ff~DD Tbe
last time L was in New York I silent
in 25 cent lodging house.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15

Deming, n NJ, Jan 15.-The Deming
Land & Power company has been or
gained in Silver City. the incorpora-
tors being ". D. Murray, E. A. Layne,
II F. Downs and T L. Lowe. The
capitalization is S250.000. 1t is under
stood that this company viii take
over large land holdings in the vicin-
ity Of Deming, and develop 1t by means
OF a central power plant, however,
the incorporatOrs do not authorize
any statement just at present as TO
the enterprise which will be under
taken. The corporation papers haze
gone to Santa Fe for filing.
John Gates, arrested in Ell Paso
under the alias of L N. Gray, has been
lodged in the penitentiary at Santa Fe.
He was held in Las Cruces pending
the receipt by sheriff stephens OF
commitment papers He will be tried
at the next term of court at SocorrO
on the charge of killing Al Smithers
and Tom Hall at the Adobes IS miles
west OF Engle last November. Hall
and Smithers were Of the sheriffs
posse attempting to arrest Gates and
the two Greer boys, in which figt the
elder Greer was killed, and Han and
Smithers also were killed
c. l. Belts has sold within the past
few days $500 yearling apple trees
to s. J. Grumbles; 1000 to c. l. Beard;
500 to S B. Rhea.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
MAKING LEIsURELY TRIP
sCROSG COUNTRY IN WACO

A H. Swan, former physical director
Of the Westside Y. NJ c. A. Of Chicago O.
and ". c. Larned. IT., Of Scrioner >
Magazine. are stopping in FL Paso for
couple Of weeks
The two are taking a leisurely cross
country pleasure jaunt via four horses
a camp wagon and a well stocked chuck
box. They started from Cimarron, n.
NJ. on November Is. Almost 500 miles
Of country have been. covered so FAR.
After spending some fime sightseeing
in FL Paso and Juarez, the travellers
viii return to Cimarrop, stopping at
AlamogOrdo and Las Vegas. Mr.. swan
leaves in April for ShaAghab China,
where he viii become the physical d.
rector Of the Shanghai Y. NJ Q. A MI.
Larned is writing up the country. MI.
Larned is a Harvard man. Mr.. swan
and H. L. Mitchell and f. \. Robin
son. Of the local y, were sfhoolm.at es
Training school in Chicago al few years
ago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-15
DAILY RECORD


Clint. Tex-G- n Garcia, et ans, ~, 20
Patrick Dolan. $3.50 acres in san FL
zario grant consideration SlS'l'S' jan
Aiamogordo street between EstTella
and Cebada streets-Robert W ma an y.
Shanklin to James William Cartel; ~
IL ana east y Of lot IA, block 81, EaSt
81 Paso, consideration $500; Jan ~
Northeast corner Russell and Rich
mond streets, Altura Park Realty 20
to Ernest E Winter, lots /, s. D .s,l
%. Altura Park, consideration SOFA
: G. Hansen to W. L SAVERS. lots
"a and IS. block "a. Franklin Helgnls
consideration $4,000; jan s, 1917
Tobin, Tex.-Mag dalena Delga9o %
Natividad Camdcho. lots p and %
block 1873, consideration $50
FL Paso county, r. MoreheaQ anu
r. V. Bowden to 2. T White, II. B. and
c B. Stevens. one-half interest IN sur
vey 81, containing ia acres, consloeIa-
ton S1393.S4: Dec 80. 1911
Bfrths-BOys.
To Mr. and Mrs. H. Rodarte' l1Uo
Hidalgo alley, Dec 80. 80
To AIr. and Mrs J. A Escajeda' Sl4
Hill street, jan H.
Bfrths-Girls.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Rodriguez, 81
Ochoa street, Jan. 5.