Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-27

Miss Agnes Boyington. Supervising Teacher.
When you have a thing to say
Say it, don't take half a day.
! When your tales got little in it.
Crowd the whole thing in minute;
Life is short, a fleeting yapor
Don't fill up the whole blank paper
With tale which at pinch
/ Could be crowded in an inch,
Boil her down until she SINNERS,
1 Polish her until she glimmers,
! When you have a thing to say
Say it, don't take half day.
Selected
Most of the teachers of Iron county
will leave Friday morning to attend
the North Western Teachers A ssocia-
tion meeting at Ashland. The pro-
gram for this meeting is printed else
where in this paper.
The first district in the county to
report the purchase of a Studebaker
set of drill cards for arithmetic, is
the Oma district. This set will be
used by all schools in that district.
The Central school in Oma raised
s1.OO and the Van Buskirk state
graded school lis for the soldiers
library fund. The patriotic spirit eX-
hlbited by the pupils in these schools
is highly cOmmendable, as in many
cases the pupils gave all their savings
cheerfully, feeling that our soldiers
deserved them.
Last Saturday Miss Mayme Young,
who teaches at Powell, had the honor
of presenting to the county clerk the
scalp of timber wolf which had been
slain by John Sherman, school clerk
of the Emerson district This shows
spirit of cooperation on the part of
the teacher and school board mem
bers and we are grateful that it is
only the enemies of the school which
are being 'scalped."
This office acknowledges pleasant
call on Saturday from Mrs. Mary
Rogers, school clerk of the kimball
district
On Thursday mothers meeting
was held at the Quincy school. A
short program was rendered, the feat
ure of which was music furnished by
the new Victr0la purchased this week
The Kimball school building is be-
ing repaired this week. The walls
and ceiling are being tinted with a
coat of light tan calcimine
The Powell school has been pr0vid-
ed with new clock and pencil sharp
ener.
The state graded school at Mercer
has been supplied with new sand
table, kindergarten chairs, stamping
outfit, and photograph. This school is
now one of the number of schools in
the county to be met with all require
ments of the state department in the
way of equipment.
This Office is glad to have the CD
pOrtunity to this week assist the
County Council of Defense by fur
/ nishing a complete list of teachers and
heads of families throughout the coun-
ty, in order that they may be supplied
with crop survey and food pledge
cards. The national committee feels
that this work is one of the import
ant factors in bringing about sue
cessful issue in the great war ques-
! tlOn and we trust that every person in
the county receiving one of these
cards will give it prompt attention.
From the amount raised for the
Soldiers Library Fund by the rural
1 school children of the county, sum
was set aside which will be used to
/ furnish a three months subscription
to the Milwaukee Sentinel, Even
/ ing Wisconsin" and Superior Tele-
gram" to be sent to the Iron county
/ soldiers at Camp Grant. This was n
response to the request voiced in the
soldiers letter published in the last
week s issue of the Miner, and will be
a means of furnishing state and range
news to the boys daily. We feel as
sured that if the boys realized with
what pleasure these children have
made the donations for this purpose
they will read the papers with added
/ appreciation.