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Gunnison news-champion., 1916-12-15

During the last three years there
have been thirty.five silos put up by
farmers under the Gunnison tunnel
And just three years ago we doubt
whether there was silo ON the West
ern Slope of Colorado.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-12-15
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N.w.-champ,on Correspondence:

News Champion Correspondence:
Wednesday, Dec. 6
Misses Lila and Inez Soden spent
few days vacation at home.
Steve Waiter and daughters motored
to Saguache Monday, via Cochetopa
pass.
Orion French of Gunnison. has been
spending couple of weeks with Role
Waters.
The entertainment at Crookston drew
fair crowd and everyone seemed to
enjoy it
Viola Mclaughlin has resigned her
position Is teacher here. Clyde Freed
of Gunnison has taken it We wish him
success.
Carpenter Armsby who has been
woeking On tie l. %. O. =. hall re-
ported his work finished and returned
this week to his home in Ordway, Cole.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19

First of all as chairman of this unique nine
nn R to vey hnoSd cues" T h neuG w a d @
ssss sos "'''
How the Bluff 1916 Federation to
oS SS' ata f fea@ never 1s
might
B S % s o ea n pe Ssne
And dine?
You hven-Then you've never been member OF local nine
We We s nsSs meetings ns dnss and %ps s hail.
nd thuab @ na m ,+ we can .hees ono thing onno
We're Local six and local eight but seldom local nine
or we had some s pry sheRe nd Wanted more
But it's G long, 1on way to- ch md pride goet before fa
won't Durden you with o. how'll he
Or why the hodes home half the thinks they poke
Never S s' mereenry
Then another sad anctionwe had numbers to be- sure
For like he famous blaekbrds in story to
We had nine loyal workers and the stork took three
We always the and n shared the public
We're fate we've made this date known to all the
% @
And must reflect sometimes For PHYS sake,
this the sort OF home sweet home that mother used "
No troubles matter how appalling
o a you are % ieg ps eUe ee f s ha seatns
With little fear fown smile always, too
We've of we've talked Of know your and fame
1 sr for @
But if add some pleasures to these days for
NE ste: st r w bse and sas s sy see
wtn b oa call oca 0 o he
Now thought you-if
h an M a au be a a0nt ha os a e didn't
For where credit due to-here she isM Moore
"a ass4nsa Of gt Is 1ass' Nine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19

the teachers problem. The chief
object of the teacher N this day CT
inquiry is to preserve the child's
self-activity and lead him to adopt the
courtesies and amenities of life IN
place of selfseeking to adopt the
principles of studying the experiences
of others and profitir5 thereby, in
place Of following his own bent, heed
less of the behest of society, or of his
parents, and to learn thoroughly the
subjects that are placed before him.
The teacher should ever keep in
mind that any theory of education
+ that stops short of an educated con
science will never. in practice, to any
appreciable extent, improve the indi-
yidual himself Or the general social
condition
"llcme and school"
Parents generally resent SuggeS-
tons from any one in regard to the
home privileges and pleasures Of
their children. The fact nevertheless
exists, that if they would thoughtfull>
confer with the teachers more fire.
Quently, many difficulties in the path
OF progress of the child would be
ments corrected.
Judgments formed by adults on the
hasty and rash assertions Of imma-
ture minds, tend largely to interfere
with the child's interest in education,
if not TO implant the principles Of dis
obedience and INSTRUMENTATION. When
the will of the pupil, by inheritance
strong, by association impctuous and
often perverse. comes in contact with
the rational law of their school, there
is no retreat from the line of duty as
imposed on the teacher"
This perversion Of Judgment on the
part Of the pupil more frequently
arises from motives and desires in
spired at home, or in the realm vi
pleasure. than from any other source,
Indeed it is fact we'll known among
all teachers that the love of pleasure
and the having ones own way at
home. is the basis Of a students fail
ure to progress, not to say of willfui-
ness and characterization.
"The Practical Educator" has the
following pertinent remarks on the
cooperation of home and school, anu
if read carefully and in good spirit
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19
Relations of Parents TO Public Schools
OF the Teachers of Pine Bluff Public Schools.

respectable publication, but not 4
school journal will You find on their
list. They take a reading interest
every phase of literature except that
of the school ROOM The knowledge
| they are supposed to acquire of
| school economics, school organization
school management, ana school teach
! ing, is brought to them in their homes
| by infant prattlers and immature
minds and the assertions OF unre-
Elective pupils. Indeed, there is a
habit Of non-attention and non-at-
tendance of patrons at the schools
and to such an extent does this pre-
vail that the thought is present, that
school days and school houses Were
such unpleasant features in their
young lives that a distaste for these
scenes has been engendered.
The public. not only does not read
educational journals, but they do not
attend teachers associations. This
| is universally true--and no one knows
it better than the teachers, who year
after year attend these meetings,
| local or general. A church or politi-
cal gathering usually brings out a
fair attendance of the membership,
but a teachers meeting seems to be a
thing to be avoided-a terror forever.
In view of the fact then, that peo-
pie never read school journals, it IS
probable that the attention OF some
! of them may be secured by putting a
few eclectics in political journals.
These eclectics might be read IN
hours of intense leisure.
'sMistakes In Course OF Instruction.
No course of study is perfect; it can
not be made so, as there is SUCH
diversity of intelligence and DESIRES
shaped largely by sociologies and by
the ever varying sentiments of hur-
rving, restless, impulslve race ever
presenting new conditions, ana
furthermore. by large number 81
church correlates and social organl-
cations.
Efforts are being made by few
conservative educators, however, to
present a practical course OF instruc-
ton in on, common schols and that
of such an order as not to disturb
childhood by unnecessary restraints
and by pushing children hurrledly
over years of study, into the perplex.
ing and embarrassing conditions OF
prodigies and wage earners. :,
Children should not be deprived d
enjoyment and made prematurely
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19

The objects of our professional
and fraternal relations among our
teachers and to bring into view the
best methods for teaching the sub
jects in the course Of study in our
public school system. ia
Relations that exist in regard to
school organization, teaching, man
agement, school polity and economy ::
the relation of patrons to schools, of
81 1sStors to teachers, If teachers 70
3. --Jils and to pupils, are sought 10
be brought forward for analysis,
discussion and advancement.
! Possibly, other professions have not
so many meetings, as required by law
of state, or organization; nor are the
qualifications of individual members
SO frequently and uniformly tested,
graded and reported.
Teachers are daily, for nine school
months, subject TO reviews and crit
cisms by officers appointed for this
purpose: and very frequently they are
adjudged incompetent, or unskilful by
persons who are incompetent and not
even successful in their own lines of
business. AS to the opportunities for
information, educational proceedings
are published in approved school
journals. Teachers subscribe for
and read these journals. Patrons do
not. Teachers, month by month and
year by year read and study the edu-
cational problems Of the day, and
seventy-five per cent of the profess
sion attend summer normal schools,
or institutes during vacation.
TEACHERS buy and study books
which bring light and information to
them in their professional work. They
are, constantly enriching their minds
with facts and truths, that make them
more resourceful for class work 1t
may we'll be said that there is no gid
or profession whose members are
more assiduously devoted to self-cul-
ture and self-control than the teach
ing profession. Yet, while all this is
true, the wonder is that so few, #
any one of the patrons of our schools.
ever attend a teachers association or
ever read, much less subscribe for an
educational journal or any work on
education.
In the homes of the people you will
find magazines of various kinds-re-
ligious, literary. scientific, industrial,
aesthetical, fashion journals, music
journals and indeed every feature Of
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19

it will lead to reflection and then
! perhaps to action for the child's tenn
poral and perhaps eternal welfare
Years of observation and expert
ence prove that complaints against
the work of the public schools and
their management, come from chill
dren who are permitted to have free
rangs in the matter oC amusement
and entertainment outside Of school
hours. These young people complain
of school, and are too often seconded
in their murmurings by parents and
guardians.
It rarely occurs that a complaint
comes from children or parents,
where the children devote a fair por-
ton OF the home-time to the prepare
ton of school tasks. The schol sea-
son and the entertainment season
open at the same time. This fact
should induce little reflection on
the part of parents, teachers an /
others Interested in school welfare
Parents are often Indifferent because
teachers are Indifferent. or too timid
to bring the matter to the notice OF
parents.
greatest progress and highest credits
made in schol work, have been made
by those who attended public enter
tainments least, because they haze
their minds on their studies most.
Many parents, for want of better IN
formation, seem to entertain the idea
that all schol work should be done
at school that there IS nothing Tor
the pupil at home but personal
entertainment. This is a dangerous.
if not fatal hereSy.
The highest interest of the parents
rests in the welfare of their chill
dren. Teachers must depend mainly
upon the progress of their pupils. for
reputation. Therefore. teachers should
not be backward in securing the CO
toperation of parents and induce the
maximum of home schaol-work and
minimum Of attendance upon public
entertainments
The clergy and the press and conf
mercial men must give the matte"
proper consideration. but let the
teacher lead.
There is much good material for
the foundation of the general we'll
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19
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being of the community present anJ
future, and for the essential progros.
of pupil. if these ideas are carefully
maintained
I Boys, ranging from line years to
| sixteen, too often are found loung.
ing on street corners, or loafing
somewhere, far into the night If 10
harm is done thereby, the loss "
| sleep, irregular hours and waste u
nervous energy will unfit these
youths for the duties Of the school
| room the following day.
| Where parents control children. in
! the matter of amusements and even
| ing recreations. in the home prepara-
ton of school tasks, in habits Of good
reading. in regularity OF study hours
and retiring hours, the results If
public school work will be much more
satisfactory. and the habits formed
thereby more fitting for good citizen.
ship and successful home and bus'-
ness life. And such community is
the one where the teacher or teachers,
gain the influence Of parents and
secure their hearty cooperation. 1t
requires some labor on the part of
the teacher, but it pays we'll in mental
development of pupils and the teach
ers should be paid well for the work
of their conservation.
But is must not be forgotten by
parents, that the public school, is 40
reform school; surely not place for
incorrigibles. II parents can not con-
troll their children at home, they are
weak and unworthy. and they should
not shift the responsibility on the
schools.
The public school system was never
designed to take the place of the
home the church or the Sunday
school, or the medical profession and
efforts on the part Of parents and al
others. to shift this responsibility lt
an unfortunate weakness, as well as
! an ineXcusable willingness to sur
render, or abandon the duties OF
| father and mother.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19

study.
Dr. McMurry gives us the following
reasonable suggestions:
!. whatever cannot be shown +c
have a plain relation to some real
need of life, whether It is aesthetic,
ethical. or utilitarian in the narrow
sense, must be dropped.
2. whatever is not reasonably
within the child's comprehension,
likewise must be dropped.
4. whatever topics and detai's
are so isolated or irrelevant that they
fail to be a part of any series or chain
Of ideas, and therefore, fail to be
necessary for the appreciation of any
large purpose, must be dropped This
standard, however, not to apply to the
three RS and to spelling"
Teachers and Their Difficulties.
individuality, health, temper. schol
arly inclinations, love of truth, patti
ence, ambition, moral spirit. gentle
ness, courteous bearing, the basi
principles, come not from schools en-
tirely but from pre-dispositions, self
culture, associations and personal and
family pride.
With all this the teacher has to deal,
and far more; while engaging the in
tellect he has to enkincle rightly, the
soul of the pupil. To do this, the sue
cessful teacher must rise above the
mere text book and let the child see
and study the world that is about him
and the laws of thought that under
lie the activities and the progress Of
mankind.
These thoughts cannot be mastered
by pupils; little are they mastered by
their parents. The pupils cannot see
or realize them in their fulness; but
those that suit his years and enlist
his interest, may be used as centers
of growth and expansion.
DR.. w. T. Harris, once the national
commissioner of education and the
Plato of the American Republic, has
this to say of teaching:
1T is the most conservative of all
occupations, and this has become a
day of inquiry for teacher as we'll as
for other people"
For the teacher has to deal with the
uniformed, undeveloped human being,
and educate this being into the man.
ners and customs of social and moral
life, and above all, open for it the
|'storehouse of the wisdom Of the race
He finds the child full of caprice and
hayward impulses. He must exer-
else restraint on him to substitute
rational ways for irrational ones.
Thus the teacher is obliged to pull
gently but firmly, and without relax
ing his pressure-in one direction,
while the native impulses of the child
ever and anon. are straining in the
opposite direction. either by spas
modic efforts or by steady and per-
verse wilfulness. The teacher Is
therefore apt to get sort of restric-
ton by this necessity for a constant
pun in the direction Of conservative
reaction. against the natural impulses
of the child. He is inclined to adopt
the conviction that the child is to be
held. to obey the rules of order: ne
is prone to regard the child as a
being who has few rights that the
teacher is bound to respect. instead
of cherishing the child's, self-activitv.
and desiring before all things. to lead
the child to adopt rational doing and
thinking through his own opinion and
without external compulsion. In this
respect he stands in loco PARENTS.
Now we have come to our problem
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19

Little Rock Nov 1S.---W. NJ. Shaver
of Jackson county, former represon-
tative, is in the city. and has advis ed
his friends that he is a. candidate FOR
state treasurer at the Dext state cleo
tiOn
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-19
Local Mines Greeting to A. F. W. {.
Pine Bluff, Nov. 7 to 10, 1916.

First of all chairman of this very unique nine
l seize upon privilege which really isn't mine
When every honored who's here with today
Pine Bluff We hope you'll and STAY
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-19
Retreat.
H. M. Willetts is building new
wagon shed

H. M. Willetts is building a new
wagon shed.
The present outlook for peach crop
in the orchard of John F. Wells, at
this place, is very promising.
Some of our towns people are in the
Christmas green's business. Their mar
ket, is in Philadelphia. Holly with
berries is scarce.
On Tuesday night an incendiary, fire
DESTROYED the barn OF Herbert Bebee,
together with its contents. Two horses
were burned to death, one belonging to
Theodore Budd, of Pemberton.
Last Monday F. C. Dalton came up
from Mount Holly to get three or foul
more days cunning for cotton tails
The next day it showed, and, of course
the detective did not get a chance tc
shoot his gun. So it was all off.
1t is a settled fact now that John F
Wells got more per barrel for his croI
OF cranberfies than any one else in th,
neighborhood. They were shipped
early. at the suggestion of F. c. Dial
ton, who represents one of the leading
commission houses in Philadelphia
John says the early bird catches thu
worm. Right.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-19
PUBLIo SALE OF
Valuable Farm

Inc SuDScriDerS Will sell az puDilc fenOue on
Saturday, December %, 1916
at O'Clock in the afternoon. ION the prem
ises, all that farm situate on both sides Of
the Mount Holly and Medford stone road,
about one and one half miles from Med
ford, in the township of Medlord, Burling-
ton county, N. j.. known as the Thomas
wilkins farm, and adjoining lands of Will
liam ii. Wills. Caleb Wilkins and others.
Farm contains
of excellent land, well adapted for dairy
and general farming purposes. Mari pits
on the premises. Buildings comprise a
large frame double dwelling house with ~
large barn with stabling for horses and 70
cows, hay and grain barn. potato house
(sealed), wagon house, she for machinery,
corn crib and granary. chicken houses. &C.
Farm is excellently located near churches,
schools, markets, railroad depots &c. A
splendid opportunity Tor the development
of good farm property Cd one of the main
highways of the county.
There will also be sold at the same time
and place a
TRACT OF PINE LAND
containing about lib acres, situate about SIX
miles from Medford, adjoining the George
Baker property, in the townships of Sha-
mong, Medford and Tabernacle. Burlington
county, N. j.
Sale Of farm and pine land positive, in or
der to close an estate.
| Conditions at sale.
THOMAS w. HULME,
ELIZABETH s. IL. GASKILL,
| JOSEPH s. HUME. JR.
Samuel A. Atkinson, Attorney.
Samuel g. Parker, Auciioneer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-19
Triumph Of cIvtllan Eno,o..r,

Every implement of modern war.
rare, from battleship to an aeroplane
and motor truck, is the creation Of men
Kho have devoted their lives to peace
ful pursuits. 1t is, in truth, the in
veneOrs and engineers who have revo-
iutionized Industry, who have annihil-
Hted distance, who have made the
We I'D nelghborhood. and who will
yet emahctpate our people from pow
Z erty and all fear of dependence upon
charity II we but prudentiy guard our
free institutons-for mems minds are
only beginning to awake to the infinite
wenlth-producing power Of automatic
machinery and mechanical power.-En.
ginaeriDg Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-19

The Chinese junk is to most western
eyes curious, not to say outlandish
type or vessel. Yet nautical author
ity, In picturing and describing a ia
nous craft OF this kind which visited
Europe and America as long ago as
1913. says that she proved herself an
excellent. sea boat, with powers of
weathering storm equal. If not su-
perfor, to vessels of western build.
This junk. the Keying, is also declared
to have made run equal to the time
Of thebest packet ships Of the period.
Information Of this kind about foreign
methods Is often truly educative to
Americans inclined to be boastful.-
The Outlook.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-19
A DJOURNED PUBLIC SALE OF
FARM, STOCK, IMPLEMENTS

On account of the storm on December H.
the sale of the following described farm
live stock, crops. etc., was postponed until
Tuesday, December &c, 1916
on the farm. at Heddlng, three miles from
Bordeptown and three miles from Column
FARM OF 20 ACRES
with frst-class buildings and the soil In ex-
cellent condition, a good farm well located.
STOCK
Bay horse five years old, bay horse twelve
years old. make good team; ten COWS,
some fresh by day of sale; one heifer. will be
fresh soon; stock bull; three yearling heifers;
IMPLEMENTS
Two-horse Syracuse pillow, 10th Century
manure spreader, iron beam pillow, one so
tooth and one so tooth harrow, disc harrow,
Iron Age riding cultivator, Iron Age one
horse cultivator, One-horse pillow, steel land
roller, Champion mower, hay rake, Super
Tor grain drill, carryan wagon. milk wagon
birch make), farm wagons-one four inch
and the other ~ inch tread. set hay. shelv-
ings. pairs of corn sides and bottoms, light
carriage pole, three sets double swingletrees,
single DO. neck yoke, log chains, 100 feet 5S
inch rope, 100 feet one inch rope, blocks,
shovels, FORKS. hoes. ten 40quart milk cans,
one 20quart milk can, buckets, double dry
set single driving harness, set milk harness,
set pillow harness, 3 sets trace chains, 2 pairs
Of breast chains, pair OF breast protectors,
halters, blankets, light driving collars,
Irish collar, 2 heavy collars.
CROPS
| 1900 bushels corn, 1000 bundles corn stalks,
20 tons hay, 8 tons bound wheat straw.
| The sale of the personal property will com
mence at II O'Clock, a. m. The farm will be
| offered at one O'Clock. p. M. Conditions on
, the personal property: Eight months credit
ON all sums OF $40 and over. Conditions on
the farm will be made known on the day OF
sale.
EMMA W. SHREVE
8. G.. Parker, Auctfoneer.
L. G. Ingling W. A. Townsend, Clerks.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-19

at public sale, on
Thursday. January a, 1917
between the hours oftwelve and five O'Clock
in she afternoon of said day Ito wit, at two
below described, formerly owned and occa a.
pied by Bloomfield B. Pew, now deceased
all that farm comprising three tracts OF
land, containing 66 1900 acres, I9-1OO acres
acres, more or less. situate about one-half
mile from the town.of Mount Holly, on the
MOOD lane road, near the fair grounds, in
ampton, Burlington county, N. j., and adj
joining lands OF Willard Rogers Walter Du-
bell and others, and particularly desc ribed
In deed dated April9, 1904, made by robert
W. Carter and wife to Bloomfield b. Pew, in
his lifetime, and recorded in the Clerks
office OF said county of Burlington in Book
AS of deeds, page 1913. &C., reference there
unto being had will more fully appear
Also tract of pine land, containing about
~ acres of land, more or less, situate on
billiards Run, near or adjoining lands of
Joseph K. DObbins, in the township of
Southampton, county and state aforesaid,
and particularly described in a deed dated
November IL, 1907, made by Oscar w. Pew
and wife 10 the said Bloomfield B. Pew, In
his lifetime, end recorded in the said Clerks
office in Book 423 of Deeds, page 49, &C.
fully appear.
The farm above described viii be sold sub.
| Ject to the payment of $3.50 annually to Har-
riet II. Kashner. during her natural life.
| SEQ being due thereon to November 30. 1915:
and the payment of $1,000 at her death,
which annual payment and principal sum
are charges upon the two tracts frst de-
scribed in said farm deed, also the sum OF
$l75.73, taxes due the township of Westamp-
ton for years 1915 and 1916. and also any
costs on tax Of 1915; and also the sum of sS7 So
tax due Northampton township for 1916
The said tract of pine land will be sold sub
Ject to all taxes due and unpaid thereon
WILLIAM NEWELL PEW,
AARON II. BURTIS,
WALTER l. DILL,
Administrators of Bloomfield b. Pew,
deceased.
Samuel A. Atkinson, Proctor.i