Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-25
School Consolidation
Accomplished Without
Resort to STATE Ld,U
Special to Times Republican.

[ q NtE4i "sll iLiStipiS a. it-
center is said to have been the first
school in this part of the country to
tackle the problem OF rural SC hool con-
sOiidation. IL has never been organ
lied as a consolidated district in ac-
| cordance with the state law but those
/ interested insist that the desired OBJ
ject has been accomplished otherwise
and the $4,000 building ard grounds
, IS pointed to as proof of the claim.
! The district was organized in 1898
and d I the time rural sub district re-
quested that its school be closed and
the children transported to town in a
! wagon. The idea was tried out and
with results so satisfactory that one
after another Of the remaining schools
adopted the plan until nearly all the
township was included. Later the
! town OF Halfa consolidated and seven
or eight sections of the more remote
Armstrong territory was added to this
school
/ The teaching force consists Of a
superintendent and eight teachers.
Twelve grades are maintained and
steps have been taken to make it an
accredited school Six wagons are
bringing in the outsiders and all these
start from town or near town. The
outfits are furnished by the drivers
who do the work for an average of a
little less than $50 per month Each
driver attaches his signature 90 a con-
tract lasting one school year and fur
uishes a sld0 bond for satisfactory
performance OF his duties. One of the
carriers mas been on the job con-
tinuousiy for five years. There is said
never 10 have been any serious COM
paints in matters connected with
transportation and not one sub district
would willingly entertain the idea az
going back 20 the old way. The wagon
runs are all made in daylight even
during the shortest days Of Ghe year.
Leaving the cost of the building out
OF the question the expense of this
kind of schooling is declared to be
very iittle higher than the rural sub
district plan. one farmer commenting
On the situation remarked that oh
jections TO consolidation with It's at
cerda7C transportation and expense
problems always come from people
who have never had any experience IN
things Ihey are crlcictsing.
One day las " eet lttIe elderly,
crippled, half bind man arrived at the
hotel sar down near the big street
window. opened up rs grip and went
10 work NlCh needles. Z board covered
WIKI pegs and balls Of different colored
warn He was def with his fingers,
and equally def with MS tongue and
hers ~e-a people watching thru the
window from the outside and others
booking OF and talking inside BY train
time he dad completed several fancy
ARTICLES some NJ which ne sold 20
people who bought to help the man
Then be went on Two days afesrEard
came another unfortunate TO the same
pLace. Young rran. strung and healthy
aVpAa rance. minus both feet 4 little
printed card TO present; Railroad
ae,: LdsnC. help l. little for Gods sake,
etc. Most OF the eight or ten present
donated. After he weac ou- the old
fellow who has lived AT the hotel for
years-chere = Il character OF the Kind
at nearly every hotat-laulched into
an address comparing the methods OF
re TWO ,len- The effort was good
Que. too, and reflected no credit on the
teort~Ss uac- Bat II was TO be on
SERVED thar the orator who declared
aT0ng other things that he would
rather buy The blind mans triffes and
throw Them into the fire than TO give
~ cents 20 the ochsr rau. himself did
rot sea 1T 70 aid either cue or the
other oc those whose acts he CON-
pared
/ There = 4 striking illustration here
Ut Lat railroad extension and the
automobile has done 70 Inc horse
Eiverv business. James Spoon has
,.,Ja.i lzc1<ti = ItvHrT barn n Armstrong
for me past eighteen years. This WAS
the terminus OF the raGlruad and
, E1sthervtIls. Fairuoa1- Ei1IeCe and
Bancroft wsre roiors TO which frequent
drives were made Ar one ttu1e Nr.
Spoor kept twenty horses IN his barn
and found plenty qt work for three
drivers. Then the railroad WIS budI
IN 70 Baskerville. Autos GrIshed the
PUSHES There are e5Ur horses in
rLe barn now and these are nat out
/ RI The time EsthervtiIsa with q popu-
Gar.o1 81 mere than t. geo. contains only
one iivarv barn and only ABOUT half a
tozen t1orses are needed TO do the
! wuciS
/ \ e11-acre farm two miles south OF
Armstrong fair IMPROVEMENTS was
sold lasG fill for $50 IN acre: u ausIr-
rsr secr.yr rhrse Reires nOrrt- TN
improved w1S transferred this spring
1T SLL5. the SaEaorn quarter near
Lhs east sdge OF 1ewn Brought stSG.
and The Hubbard quarter five miles
southeast changed hands 4 year ago
1t st3a. Ard thesa are aEcHr all tbs,
tarE1s that have been sold in 1hiE:
vicinity in ths past ysar- Land ms
doubled in vglua. hpwevsr. IN the East
ssvsn or eight wears AS is the case
in other contiguous sections Of the
country. drainage IS tn grgcess every
where and when completed will pro-
!!Zce, the usual results. 1t IS said that
l. man h3is cnntracse6 with road build
ing authorities to grade and gravel
more than twenty miles af ruaG 2,
territory tributary TO this pnfI1t.
do ygtI climb that yourself and
oil vulr mill asked the riueryn1an al
4 farmer pointing to a sfxtY-feoi
windmill sowsr. "Ss,'- answered the
fnrrer "E dsn'r myself but the woman
fees.r And he wasn't Joking about II
either. C.. T.. Wilson.
! PREVENTING HOG CHOLERA