The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-05

! Nhes FoysLa1ies Aid met Nth MrA,
JDibssit last wick a large number
attended and all had . good time.
The Helping Hand club met with
Afs. Elmer Stengle on Saturday A.
ternoon.G a. i. n3t--,
The eatm teachers spent the week
end at rTenstrike, :, visiting school
mates and friends.
a2pFhes Sunday school has had . good
attendance since 1T WIS organized.
The teachers last Sunday were Mrs.
Hankey, Mrs. Mcdonald, and Mr..
Hankey took Miss Bosworth's class,
che being away from home that day.
John Wolden has been drilling q
we'll and at SO feet struck what ap-
pears to be a good flow Of water.
The work is being done by Mr.. Krog-
seng.
Myrtle and Vera Monson have re-
school. They entered in the second
year class.
Della Anderson and Elsie Olson
have secured rooms at Krogseng's
and are doing light housekeeping
while attending school.
The Wellington sale and auction
in Shotley was attended by q num-
Der of Saum people.
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Sullivan WIS.,
tied school Friday.
The Wayne school buses arrived
after a months delay. However, the
board of education found they were
not built as per contract and they
could not be mounted on an ord1n-
airy wagon. For this reason they
were not accepted and the company
was notified to pay the freight and
take the buses away. The board will
let contract for new bodies to be
built at home, is the present planr
!. Peter Moe has sold his property
to Ole Quale and will move to West
ern Canada in the near future.
At a meeting of the. board of edu-
cation on Saturday a new gas en-
CINE was ordered for the school. Ar
rangements were also completed to
build a barn for school use. The
manual training class will clear on
the ground and do some of the work
which will be laid out by Jens VOL
den. Ground for the barn is given
by John Wolden across the road from
the school house.
C. C. Swain, consolidated school
commissioner, and w. B. Stewart,
county superintendent. visited thu
Saum school last Friday. The visit
was arranged for previously and a
large gathering of school patrons and
friends were present to welcome the
visitors. They arrived just at noon
and were at once escorted to din
nor ~erved by the lady teachers at
their home. At o'clock the school
assembled before the school building
and after saluting the fiat floating
above it. marched into the assembly
room and sang the "Star Spangled
Banner" and "America." Miss Sig
frid, the home economics instructor
CIV, ~ address on Conservation
and the principles of Hooverism.
~ .-'k wac illustrated by Miss AL
vira Fossum who gave demonstra-
tlJr in bread making, using corn
reel with wheat -four. She mixed
tho ,;r~~e1inrtG and moulded a loaf
ready for baking. 1t was baked mex.
day and Immediately sent off toMr.
Swain at the state capitol, ST. Paul.
After the bread demonstration, Mr..
Swain addressed the school and Wis
itors. His speech was inspiring and
all were pleased to have the oppor-
tunity to hear him again. His stor-
les clinched the argument and kept
all in a fine humor. Mr.. Stewart
followed with a few splendid sugges-
tions for the future development of
the school and community, His sug-
gestions for teachers hcme was
received with much favor. After
the program Miss Sigfrid invited the
o,,Aionoo RI tho 0nooct il
science, room and gave each a cup
of coffee and a generous portion OF
''war bread" The bread had been
baked the day before by the cooking
class in which there are thirty girls
this term. The lunch concluded the
program and it was happy day for
all.
, On Friday night, Mr.. Swain, Supt.
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Hankey, Miss
Sigfrid, Miss Lang, Miss Bosworth,
Miss Dele Anderson and Conrad
BONES formed a party which went
to Shotley and spent the evening at
the home of Ben Anderson. A fish
Ing party had been planned but the
night was too rainy to 60 on the
lake. A good number of Shotley
people had gathered at Anderson
to meet Mr.. Swain and Mr.. Stew
art on official business. A pleasant
evening was spent together and a
splendid supper served by Mrs. An
derson. Mr.. Swain was drafted in
to a speech before the evening was
over. and his excellent humor and
sound precepts made the evening
very pleasant to all. Several trouble
some school problems were disposed
of. The Shotley people very much
appreciated Mr.. SWANS visit and