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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
6 BIG ACTS AND PICTURES

CHESTNUT ST. Opera House
CHESTNUT STREET BELOW nth STREET
N4fifE hfdHrs % t'H n FS ocScfIr6c iS iSS sGs lSe
FTs. ,nr 81 Show "The Ruling Passion"
With CLAIRE WHITNEY and VIM +. SHAY
Special Organ Music and All-Star Comedies
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
KINGS TON

John Mcdonald Of Kelly, - d
John Disinger Of fIillsboro, paid
Kingston a visit the early part Of
the week.
Ranger Reid OF the Mimbres
station and Frank Harris are re-
pairing the telephone line from
this place to Silver City.
Mrs. p. p. McNutt, who has
been quite sick, is now improving
very much.
Several ranches il this neigh
borhood have been filed on recent
ly.
Considerable prospecting is go
ing on IN this sectiou Of late. Sew
erol locations have been made on
silver-lead proptrti s.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1916.
HlLLS3OR0

Sim Reid, Mrs. w. M. Armer,
Mrs. Bob. Reid and Miss Edith
Armer motored down from Sawplt
Wednesday
An election will be held the first
Monday ia April for the purpose
OF electing a new board Of school
directors. The lady members Of
the board, Mrs. Bucher and Mre.
Tittmann having resigned, it be-
comes necessary TO elect a full
board.
Dolph Sanders and wife arrived
here yesterday from Bisbee, Arz.
Dolph, who is an old time King
stonite and who has been IN Mex
loo for long time, ls on bis way
back to the Cloud City where be
will engage in mining. Dolph's
many old time friends are glad to
see him back.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
Fresh sapply of location blanks
at this flee.

fled that suit has been commenced
againsc YOU in The District ourt Of
Sierra County, State of New NJ xico,
bv WIN NJ. Robins, on certain promis-
s0ry note. dated the Fourteenth day
of Nav, 1915, asking for judgment
upon the amount OF said note, the prln-
cipal beinz Three Hundred Forty-two
Dollars a d30-100 (S342. 30) the interest
being Nineteen and five cents (sl9.U5)
Dollars, and attorneys fee beng
thirty-six dollars and 15-l0O (936. l5)
Dollars, making total of three nun
dred ninety seven and 50-lO0 ($35i 5D
Dollars, together with costs of suit,
and that the plaintiff asks that the
said Indebtedness be declared len
upon the undivided one-half interest in
and to the Southern Cross Mining clam,
tie location notice of which is record
ed in book f'I'' Mining Location, Page
486, to which reference IS made and for
! further description, and the Overlook
Mining claim, the location notice or
which Is recorded in book Il. Page
l92 iini & location, and both OF sad
claims being located in the Black Range
Mining District, County of Sierra,
and State of New Mexico, and that
the property be sold under an order
Of the above entitled court, in the
manner and after the tice required
by law, and that the plaintiff may be-
come a purchaser, in said sale, and in
case the said property should not pay
the said indebtedness, th It deficiency
be entered against either of you de-
fendants' which may be personally
served in said cause.
You and each of you are hereby no.
tilted that unless you enter your ap-
pearance ana plead th rein, in the
above entitled cause, IN or before the
23rd day of March, 1916, judgmeat by
default will be rendered against you.
The name OF tha attorney for the
plaintiff is II. A. Wolford, whose post
Office address is Hillsboro, New Mexico,
ANDREW KELLEY,
(SeaD Clerk.
By P. S. KELLEY,
Deputy.
First pub. Feb. 2516
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
LAKE VALLEY.

Miss Eta Ricketso n has return
ed to her mother in Mesilla Park
Isaac knight is sufficiently i'm
proved by his stay at Hotel Dieu
in El Paso to go to Rockford, Tex
as. He is accompanied by his
daughter Gertrude.
VIM. d. Slease and other mo-
hair growers are drawing their mo.
hair to the railroad.
Ion Murry, OF Leadville, who
has often been in Lake Valley, has
come down to avoid Colorado
winter.
The Lake Valley Mothers Club
met on Friday, March o. After
2 short program hy tha school
children, paper on "A Kinder
garten Home" was read by Mrs.
=. q. Todd and another on "The
Child's Emotions by Miss
Blanche Wilson
Only three pupils had perfect
attendance for last month; Irene
Hamme', May Mackey and Her.
bert Msckey
The school library has received
an addition of ten volumes of
Junior Classics
The Bighams OF TERRA Blanca
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE

| had gotten SO weak | could not stand,
and gave up in despair.
AT last, my husband got me bottle Of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and ! COM
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, could tell it was helping me. !
can now walk two miles without it's
firing me, and am doing all my work.
If you are all run down from womanlY
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the woman'stonic. lthas helped
more than a million women, in its So
years of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
it will do. Ask him. He will recom-
mend 1t. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies.
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for Special
Instructions on your case and page book. Home
Treatment tas WOmeH-" sAo' In p'aIn wrapper. l-6s
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
After Four Years Of Discouragins
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upin Despair. Husband
Came TO Rescue.

catron, Ky.-In an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: u suffered for four
years, with womanIy troubles, and during
this time, could only sit up for little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat
nlent relieved me for a while, but | was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
HilIsbOrO Public
School, Notes.

News from Principal Wiley's
room.)
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Williams
and family have moved to the Pitch
Fork ranch.
Clifford Crews went to lis rancn
to build a fence.
Mr.. Wiley's room has an at
tendance of seventeen pupils now.
Mr.. Bird has been working on
some of bis claims the past week
Fred Latham went to the sheep
camp this week
We will miss Zelma Williams
and her sister Louise as they had
to leave school to go to Mr. j. w.
Hler's ranch with their father and
mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hammel
and family vieited Hillsboro Sun
day
Mr. and Mrs. Montoya came
from Arrey to spend a few days
with their uncle, Thomas Rivera.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
NOTICE OF CONTEST.
First pub. Feb. 25-16
Department of the Interior,
nnited States Land Office.

United States Land Office.
Las Cruces, N NJ. February 2, 1915.
To the unknown heirs of John r.
Jones, deceased, Of Cutter, n. M,
Contested.
You are hereby notified that Walter
Thompson who gives Engle, N. NJ, as
his post-offiee address, did on Novem-
Der 6, 10 5, file in tbs office his duly
correlated appli alton to contest ard
Sc ure the cancellation of your home
stead Entry No. 03401, Serial No. 0340l
made July ID, 1909, for SW,4NEA;
NWh Sell Section 6, Township 16 5,
Range A W, N. NJ ?. Meridian, and as
grounds for his contest he alleges that
SAID John r Jones moved away from
said land in 1911 and died shortly
therea fter; do not know the names,
addresses or number of his heirs;
Jones heirs have not resided on or
cultivated the land since 1911 and that
said la has been abandoned
You are, therefore, further notified
chat the said allegations will be taken
as confesse-i, and your said entry will
De Cancelled without furthrr right to
be heard, either befo this Office or
on appeal, if you fail to file in this
office within twenty days after the
FOURTH pu lication of this notice.
as shown below, your answer, under
oath, specifically responding to these
allegations of contest, together with
due proof Dist you have served copy
of your answer on the said contestant
either ia person or by registered mail.
Nou should state in your an-w the
name of the post-otfice to which you
desire future notices to be sent to you.
JOHN L. BURNSIDE,
Register
Date Of fl st publication, Feb u, 1916
Date Of second publication, Feb is, 1916
Date of third publication, Feb Is, 1916
Dateof fourth publication, Mar, 3, 1916
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
LAST MEMBER OF
TRIBE DEAD.
CONTINUED from page y

CONTINUED from page y
died here today from tuberculosis,
possibly brought on by the Inter
ruption of his wild, outdoor lie.
Since shortly after his appear
ance, hungry apd almost naked, 10
Oroville, Ishi was maintained as a
living exhibit in the effi lated col
leges museum in San Francisco,
whore he kindled fires by rub
bing two sticks together. fashion
ing arrow heads, and exhibited
prowess in otheyprimi.lve exploits
for the entertainment and inslruc-
lion OF thousands Of visitors.
Ishl died nameleas, for "Isbi'
in the language Of bis vanished
tribe, meens man, and was gwen
him by scholars. He was about
60 years old.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
have moved to Deming.

have moved to Deming.
The j B. Nslsons expect to go
to Demlng this week A Nr.
Neizel takes charge Of the proper
ty of the Lake Valley Mtne- 20.
Mr.. Southwo q, the new superln-
tendent, will reside in Demlng.
Mrs. Oliver Wilson gives up
her restaurant April l. The Viii
sons will live in the Stanley house
The wrecking crew is gathering
pipe, etc, on the Mines property
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31

SIERRA COUNTY ADVOCATE.
w. O. THOMPSON, Proprietor.

The Sierra County Advocate isentered
at the Post Oaice at Hillsboro, Sierra
County, New Mexico, for transmission
b rough tho U s. Mails, as second class
matter
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31

State of New Mexico, }
County Of Sierra.
In the District Court
of the
Seventh Judicial District.
viii M. Robins, Plaintiff,
vs..
N. S. Finch, and Mrs. N
S. Finch, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SUIT.
To N S. Finch, and Mls.N. s Finch
Defendants
GREETING; Ycu are hereby noti-
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
EnaIIsh snobharx.

Many will open their purses to so.
oiety which has countess for pat.
ron, but will not help the poor neigh
Dor next door.-London Mail,
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31

SIERRA COUNTY ADVOCATE
Impartially Devoted to the Best Inter
ests of Sierra County and the State
of New Mexico.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31
More Than That In Liza.

1t would be bad day for humanity
II a mans debt to his fellow-men
should come to be calculated and pszd
solely in rates and taxes.
Sierra County advocate., 1916-03-31

suffered h bdckache headache and dragging pains for
nine months and nothing relieved anfHI took Pana
This medicine is BY far better than any other medicine for these
roabe fee bottles reieged Of my miserable haldgad
haLaL0e condition. good heab hare neither ache
pain haze had any for the past year. every suffer
Ooald take PeranG they Doaid noO U0e
and neUer be uvifhoaf it, -
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05
Siprncifgtterc. 9
miarnunu.
Sppe bcrier ct. Gruir GpnutD.

Gn Sppcbanoc, Der / 9tattens Werfe
farcr omfring / 9hltomlobil % iorlp.
ner iig ntcb bpao Der finOcs paa en-
Sarm, bar / Den @rao beriet / ct.
Groir County, at &ommisIGrerne bar
feet lig npbt ii of uOloue en- Selen-
Ming al 500 for %loubannc Splps'
ninaer. ser fan lcbe til oiSie Snloit.
tiers Toa0ribelie % Iiitraiiclie. Ser
err icrcfommet SiliGloer, bpori 8ri-
Ie oa SCAR, ia cnoog areaturer, er
blcune ilogtebe noe paa Morfen og
Sfrottene lpSiebe | Nntomobil. Ger
err nGlten life Oct Surmproorft, lonl
Sppene bar pragct, ibet Der foriioen
&pGa og @riic er itiaalet SlerfrG,
aorn, Eoteter % @renlager.
Observation-Disclosures iprbsier 2onnin-
ger. Gn Ylan, buoreiter arbeioer-
mes 9snninger ifol iorbeies, blep for
riac ltge befienbtgiort al &imberlp
GIarf SO. / Niagora, og Den iamme
IIan pcntcs at blipe fulgt peo DC for
ifieaiae anbre Gapirmellcr / Staten.
Zen me 2enningsororc gaar no
Cen me 2euniussoroning gaar no
pao, of enbper Wano, Der bar oGrei
itobiat Irbeioe / minbit TO Wdone-
Der, Den ste December oil mootage
en- MnpiSnina paa $12. Scnne Gum
ifal p0re iait ~aiGlbcnoe uoen Senipn
til, ON oct CIR en- iimpcl Arbeioer til
lopcite 9sn eqer Sasmono meo bci
9sn. Zen lite 6ebruar ifal lienen'
&c ertra anpisninser igicn ubiteoes
oa ienere bper 10 Maaueber, ioa lGn'
&c &c beic Yriicr pda S~ipsiorneoen'
hcbcr peoparer. Ter io-tGQes. al
oisie Grtralen ringer Tor enfclte 70
pirmsacrs Scofommenoe pil bclsbc
Tia til Ell Miuion Collars | Ssbct al
] garct.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05
Sepis bn beitiaer esiif.

5 9sbet al ginteren inorpites Der i
"Soitcn" Here Suiin apertisiemeuter
fra S~iitcbanoIere / norbIige @inneiota.
Ser ienoes ~irosieu % iaItet Sill opsr
belle Norboeiten. 8i iror. at ale NJ
Sisis er paaIieeIiee, men bois nosen az
pors Subltribeuter itaar | Sorretnines'
fcrbinSeIie meb roeeu al siSie, Der
apcrtcrcSe / "Soiten". % os life bier
iis tiIirsesifiuenbe. uiIse ri irtte Yris
paa al be itrar meIote os bette. Set
er Ill ineen Gptte at pentc icr eaer cite
Rnaneeer 90 iaa Sfripe, forei Der oa
icm @ceeI iutet tan eisres.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05
3tliuurTptu.

Nm Yoimcitcr. I'll Voitmciter /
Ittiniou, GorItou Gountp, or no
nrunt Sans 5. SolhcIm.
IN Suatabcl bcticnotsiprcs. -
Nprthcrn Fociiic &crubnnciclltob bor
looct bcficnOt9ierc, at Der mclcm lite
,%aulor % lite Npril oil bliuc CT
|asIagcrtoQ minbrc mcllCm @nocno
o. @ahpcton. ioct 5oAcnc 10 %
l16 iful lleiicS / Ssbct al nTuutc
&lntcrmaancocr.
Srcoic Mc9imcnt paa Sicmpci. -
Srcolc Hcgimcut al Wiinucioto Yea.
tiouol0oroc o~irciitc ira Slano, Ter.
as, iioitc Sproa9 % pclltcS at uluc
oufomme til Sort Suruina Sir3ooa
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05
HI
Cpretter Sauf ! Tumpeps TiQ

Spretter ganf | Eumpegs EiQar.
Sirit Hotipnol 9anf er al Winncu-
polls Mtrno bIepen oprettet / Tpm-
peps Biaar. 9onfens TrGiioent er
g. 9. Wuolono 81 minneapolis. aa-
pitalen er $4,000.
SarmarbeiScre Tiger mub Worb.
Ter mel0es ira Selena, at Slloreoer
al norifc og ipenife Sarmarbeioerc
for Siocn refer tilba9e til Worgc %
Spcri9e, loffcoe al De beie Sennilt'
ger, ipm III bpoes Der.
Stor Wajoritet fur Sorbnoslouen.
SiiicieIt meDoelcS ira Selella, at
SorbuoSlopen peotogcs mcb en- Wa'
~ioritct al 2S,SS6 Stemmer. Scr
2open afgapes t02,776 Stelnmer,
MOB bc, finn 1880. Gen ~iuafalotc
"bori,tg bill" forfaiteoes meo oper
1000 Stemmer.
Seloige Sjsrncifyttere. 81
2ipingston, ser err 8upernsr Stc'
paros Stenograb foretog forleOel,
iamnlcn meo TO ANDRE MtGno Ell
Sagtuoflllgt til Wtagpie @ulcb, ol
fon tilbogc til Selena nleO Ell @ler.
nebinne og TO %bolppprnc Sierne. =
@inllen peieoe fine 200 ElnO % pal
al Den forte @ierneart.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05
Den No[ske AmeLlkaIinie

~ er SrntcnQtrttr for Wiuuc'otc Norh og zlS
Satota. Wlsluunu u~prhtu'ur "a S-pS'S WpDnlul
SoGho. Wugtlua M3uitoba. Sur % alberta
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05
Sun Dnknfn.
5Orbno MOB Snbfpriel af apGg.

5prbno MOB Snbfpricl af apGg.
Srpgtenbe for, at Munos pg SLOPE
ipgen igien fan faa Sobf9ite / Spo
SafotG, bar Statens &p99fpmmis.
lion ubiteot Sorbuo moo Snofpriel
al apog fra aanIas, WiSlluri %
Nebroifa. Sorbubet giGloer inotil
anoerleOes beltemmes.
ling Eige umfommen peo Canton.
Sclma alnttion, IS slar gammel,
blep fpolt / HGrbeOen al Canton,
i0ct bcroes Ilitonlobil pGltebe iaa.
leoes oper benoe, at benoes nebao'
penbtc Iniigt trpffebeS neO / Den big.
DC Sorb. 30 HcrIoner, Der leoIage'
De benoe, Hap uifabte ira lllpffen.
Orc paafsrcr Cmfpininser. g.
8. Mnoerion, Ell .Sarner peo Geo'
iielo, er peb Hetten blepen bpnlt til al
bctale i'm Nabofone, airs. 2llopiq
NnocrIor, Ell SfabeserItotning a
$4,000 for Sabet al i'm Wanb. Sub.
mig Inoerlon blep nernllg Tor no9ct
Si0 iiben orGbt al Ell ohm Ore til
berenoe @. 6. Inberion.
@alg / Spncs Gonntp. 8upcrnpl
9prnes bar lat Doc Sanllar til Sall
al GmbeosnlGno for oct me Sone;
County iamt til g~eitemmelie a
HctsiGbe. &algitcberne bill blip'
Gapa, San Wcter, Sfaton, Wliroo
Draper og 2ier Sfoleblis. Wiro1
ipnes at bape De bebite lloiigter ion
NetSipoe, pGientli9 paa @rutb q
i'm ccntrale Seliggenbeo peO Sern
banclinierne sicnnem Gorntpet.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05

rrt member otto. at srcne. Tom inceboIeer
le,c Eenae % fife or reeiitrere,. iommcr bort
ran Scier. eeue eerisr tffe tSte tenge nsen
Al taa Qptfferine for Hrepet.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05

epis 1s liter ~ ccprab. soften, afpe'ai oen
il s,abcer % aiepNie. Sts ben Ct Nans' "
@laoci nu % "a 49, % icnoer &c % .h nv
abouneut. Hal 81 noi ptee at paalilSnne os-
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05

NIlC puHUe Iur Ut HptC Dtupptt'tf'
Nj DC mango 0iitcrmaal / Minnea.
polls iuneS Oct Of irem9aa. al DC M
| &c Wcnueifer Der life life laoer iig
ifrUmme al DC bic Yriier paa Gins.
iornpoeubcocr. ) Sebct al DC fl
Wioaneber, Der enbte meb llbaangen
! al Hopcmber, Dor Der hos &ctSlfri.
pereu lott 1929 sGgtcifabSpcpiain.
ger. bpilfct or 10 Here emo Iutallet
Tor belle Narct 1915. Ger par fin
Ell Sortlorina bcrpoa, mcuie Sets.
ifriper Setter z. Hielion. bcn ncmlig,
az man MI icm Den iibite SililnSt ret.
tebe iia eiter oct somle Sroiproe ON,
bporIcOeS 10 tlnbc flare ia biligerC
PED Of 'laa line Elalter iammen, %
at DC bcrpcb / %irfelipbebcn pilol
ipare. Oct bliper en- Nb al Neo'
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-12-05

"gptru"S enrite astutcs er oens sun".
sgbouueuier. oericr fan ni iiibp ida pTt''la'''
gtguier I'll Iboureniiamlere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-05
FREEING FTLIPINOS.

The house has defeated the bill ia
yored by the administration fixing the
time for the withdrawal of the United
States from the Philippines at
not less than two nor more than four
years. The bill, if passed, will be
amended so as to declare for the in
dependence of the islands at such time
as the United States sees fit to grant
it, without naming the date. This may
in one sense appear as a flout at the
idea Of ever granting independence
but it can hardly be construed that
way. Conditions in the islands have
been improving for years and the
thought of the Filipinos has been to-
ward independence, while the senti-
ment Of Americans conversant with
the situation has been favorable to
their aspirations, as soon as they can
be safely granted. 1t will be the first
distinct promise Of independence by
congress, and while no time is named
it is held before the people as a hope,
calculated to encourage them in max
ing clear the demonstration of their
fitness to assume the responsibility.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-05
PRICES OF PAPER.

One of the most serious problems,
probably the most serious staring
newspaper publications in the face
these days is the great advance in the
prices of common news print on which
all newspapers are printed. If prices
continue to advance it will be practi-
cally impossible for metropolitan
newspapers, especially the circulation
of those which run into hundreds of
thousands of copies daily, to print pa
pers as large as they do now without
sacrificing their profits, and in some
cases losing heavily, unless they in
crease their subscription prices. News
paper is now quoted at the mills as
so per cent or more in advance of
prices on JAN with no prospect that
the price will be less but indications
that the price will be still further ad-
vanced. The Boston News Bureau is
sues the following explanation of the
increase in price:
Bleach is scarce and has advanced
enormously in price. Before the war
It was $3.50 ton, but now manufac-
turers of paper are paying as high as
16.5 cents pound for it. or $3.50 ton.
Bleach, which is nothing else than
chlorine, formerly came to the United
States almost entirely from England
and Germany. Not only is chlorine
used as bleach for paper and cloth,
but it is now in great war demand for
the manufacture of high explosives.
Everything entering into the manu-
facture of paper, including the pulp
itself, has advanced greatly in price
All chemicals have gone up about SO
per cent since the war broke out. Gus
tic, which was chiefly imported, is
about 100 per cent higher, and dye
stuffs have risen 400 to 500 per cent"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-05

taxes keeps teachers salaries dis
gracefully low. But the teachers are
practically defenseless, for want of
organization. Teachers affiliations
with federation of labor may not be
entirely desirable from the standpoint
of the public, but the Indifference OF
the general public to the proper COM
pensation and protection of teachers
is driving members Of the profession
TO such alliances for self-preservation.
1t is sharp commentary on condi-
tons in this wealthy country when the
responsible teachers of our children
are driven to unionize in order to ex-
act justice, but the impulse of every
one who has observed the facts at
close range will be to congratulate the
Chicago teachers upon the vindication
Of their proper rights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-05
TEACHERS AND UNIONS,

The Illinois appellate court decides
that membership in a labor union is
not sufficient ground for discharge of a
teacher in the public schools. In the
summer of 1915 several thousand Chi
cago teachers affiliated themselves
with the Chicago Federation Of Labor.
The school board issued drastic orders
forbidding such utilization and making
the penalty for violation of the order
discharge from the service. The fed
erationists secured an injunction re-
straining the board from enforcing the
orders. The boards effort to secure a
dissolution OF the injunction resulted
IN the appellate courts decision sus-
tanning the right Of teachers to mem
oership in labor organizations. The
court said, in part:
III the board had resolved that il
was necessary as a matter of disci-
pine that it would employ as teachers
only members OF the Chicago Teachers
federation, would such a restrictive
rule be valid? Or that its teachers
should all be Presbyterians or Catho-
lies, as necessity for efficiency of the
teaching force?'
n The answers to such queries must
manifestly be against the validity of
such rule. The law is that the board
may stipulate for the amount of train
ing, the degree OF proficiency and the
physical fitness of its teaching EN-
.ployes, but it can not provide that its
teaching shall be done only by certain
persons or classes Of persons mem
bers or nonmembers of certain soci-
cites"
+ School teachers are VIGOROUSLY I'M
derpaid. The ablest members of the
profession are frequently made the
butt of political intriguery and the
whims OF official superiOrs. While
public funds are squandered in a hun
dred ways by means of incompetency
or corruption, the bugaboo of high
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-05
HOMES WITHOUT MUSIC.

In spite of the thousands of dollars
spent annually for instruments, les
sons and concerts, the average Ameri-
can home is without music and the
average American community barren
Iof musical life. We may contemptu-
ousiy dispose of the old world "atmos-
phere" as a figment Of the magma
ton, product of alcohol, cigarets and
emotionalism, but we dare not ignore
the true atmosphere created and re
created by the general knowledge of
music obtaining among the people.
We are rapidly creating an aristoc-
racy of trained musicians, forgetting
that in its essence music is democratic,
that it can gain the fulness of its ut
terance only through the voice of the
people.
1t is the time to dispel the mystery
that clings to the highly specialized
and intricate art form, to declare the
simple grandeur of the choral art in
which the humblest lover of music may
participate.
Happily, the isolated community
may hope for as perfect an expression
of its finer feeling through music as
the acknowledged music center, and,
curiously, the urban neighborhood
may be in as sad need of such an out
let as though the orchestra playing
there every week we're not one of the
best in the world Nor has the lack of
possession of money very much to do
with the problem.