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The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17
third, fourth and fifth grades of the public schools of the county.

third, fourth and fifth grades of the public schools of the county.
 Class B of the Declamation Con- test shall include the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades of the public schools of the county.
 Class C of the Declamation Con- tests shall include the high schools of the county.
 Each school in the county may en- ter one boy in each class of this con- test.
 Each contestant may select his own Reclamation.
 Each Reclamation shall be limited to fifteen minutes.
 Each contestant will be judged mainly upon his delivery.
 These contests will be judged by persons living outside the county.
 The winner in each class will be given a gold medal
 A silver medal will be given to the second best in each class
 Map Drawing Contest.
 Each school in the county may enter one student in this contest.
 Each contestant shall draw from memory the Map of Polk County. locating the railroad, principal streams, towns and postoflices.
 The map shall be drawn in the presence of the judges on the date of the contest.
 The materials for drawing the map will be furnished by the com mittee.
 A gold medal will be given the winner.
 Music Contests-Piano.
 Class 4 of the Music Contests shall include the first, second, third fourth and fifth grades of the pub lie schools of the county.
 Class B of the Music Contests shall include the seventh and eighth grades and the high schools of the county.
 Each school in the county may enter one student in each class of this contest.
 Each selection shall be limited to ten minutes.
 Each contestant may make her own selection.
 Contestants will be judged mainly upon execution and interpretation.
 These contests will be judged by competent musicians living outside the county.
 A gold medal will be given the
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live or six years ago, the district used small, one-room building for purposes. This building was equipped with rude home made benches, very poorly adapted for the purposes for which they were used. Finally few of the enterprising people of the community began to realize that their boys and girls were entitled to something better and began to agitate the question of erecting and equipping a building more suited to the needs of the dis trict. The initial step was the for nation of rural special school dis trict, which gave the district all the advantages provided hy law for the schools in towns and cities. This led to the floating of bonds and the erection of a modern. two-story brick building, that would be a credit to any district in the state.
 Owing to the size of the district, the revenue has been insufficient to maintain more than six months school during the year, but, with the school tax amendment in force. this handicap will soon he overcome. With an increase in the tax levy the
 district will be able to maintain longer terms and eventually estab- fish a good high school course. which will mean much to the boys and girls of the district.
 The school board is composed of J. E. Joplin, J. Brinton. A. c. Hir-
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lifework. rather than giving the student a mass of undigested facts soon to be forgotten.
 The Acorn school is the social center of the community, and, here are held the various meetings of the community including the meetings of the boys and girls clubs. Acorn boasts of having the largest canning club in the county and besides has corn, peanut, pig, cotton and poul- try clubs. Steps are now being
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county, but very few people know when and why they were 80 named
 It was this noble hand of men and women who made il possible for us to enjoy the splendid advantages that we now have The work begun ay them will endure and continue to grow long after the stones that mark their graves have crumbled to dust. The first blow of the ax to cut a road from Little River to this coun- ty was the first work towards build ing the splendid temples of learning of which we are so proud today The
 irst settlers struggles to educate
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utterly refute the old saying that the wastes in the kitchen of pros porous American household would feed a French family
 A high culinary authority adds: Tt is much more important to keep a scrap basket in the pantry than in the parlor. No housekeeper can over-estimate the value of utilizing even spoonfuls of leftover vegeta- bles, the solitary steak bone-unless scorched 1.-the broth the corned beef was boiled in--the half cup Of gravy, celery and parsley leaves which may be dried and stored in bottles-in fact everything that is good. however small in quantity.
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ginbottom, J. X. Lewey, John Chilean and J. R. Rose. These gentlemen are interested in the school work of the district and are doing everything possible to make the Wickes school one of the best in the county.
 The school was we'll represented at the County School Fair held in October. The splendid exhibit of school work and work in the manual training and domestic arts show something of the character of the
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tors are progressive and are always alive to the best interests of the dis trict. doing everything that has for it's purpose the development of the school interests of the district. Ex- tensive improvements have been made during the past few months.
 The district has a modern frame building, well equipped for school work. Modern desks, desk and chair for teacher, maps, charts, globe, chapel organ, good blackboards and
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some housekeepers keep the regular stock pot going and into it put all sorts of remnants such as those
 mentioned above. Some prefer to
 make stock from trimmings sent
 with roasts (which should always be required), cooked bones, carcas- .ses of fowls, and minced vegetables. To this, cleared, they add the vari- ous distinctive vegetable leftovers as required. The soup course, planned and supplied in this way, need hardly cost twenty-five cents extra week, the milk soups being served on those days when surplus from the regular milk supply per- mits of them"
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Remember the Soup Kettle.

Don't put into the garbage-can what should go into the soup-ket- tle," writes Herbert Hoover in Good Housekeeping, and continues:
 "Nourishing soups can be made from scraps of meat and from vege- tables that are usually thrown away You will be surprised to find what a lttle bit of this and a little bit Of that will make. Let us, at this time
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OLD COVE SCHOOL.
Amos Musgrave. Teacher.

Nmos MUSTANG, Teacher.
 The Old Cove school cannot be overlooked as one of the leading one-teaeher schools in the county. For a number of years the district has manifested considerable interest in the education of it's boys and girls and always provides sufficient funds to maintain at least seven months of school during the year The direc-
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MiSs ,etid turner ana MrS. Anna
 V. Harris, Assistants.
 Situated about six miles north of Mena in one of the most beautiful and healthful valleys in the coun- ty is the little village of Acorn. Nesting at the foot of Rich Noun tain, Acorn has many natural ad- vantages conducive to school work not found elsewhere. The school at this place is progressing steadily under the supervision of Ira C.. Harris, who is assisted by Miss Della Turner and Mrs. Anna V. Harris. Mir. Harris, who has an enthusiastic love for teaching, taught several years in the Illinois schools and is we'll qual- flied by experience for the work that he is doing. Miss Turner and Mrs. Harris are both graduates; the former of the Mena high school, and the later of the Chicago High School.
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The Cove Public Schools are under the supervision of Prof. G. M. Woods, who has been principal of the school for the past five years, during which time there has been no disturbance of any kind to interfere with the
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WICKEs PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Faculty: J. N. Davis, Principal;
 Miss Ruth Hamby, Assistant
 The people of Wickes take pride in the progress they have made dur ing the past five or six years in pro- viding better educational advantages For their boys and girls. From the time this district was formed until
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taken to organize a Holstein Heifer club, as MT. Harris is a practical farmer and is anxious to see good dairy cattle supersede the native cattle. He has adopted as his slo- gan: Make the old farm pay and you make the farm-boy stay"
 The value of a good school can not be measured in dollars and cents, neither can the results there from be seen in one, two or three
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COVE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Faculty: c. M Woods, Principal; Mrs. Ola Tunnell Misses zula Taylor and Beulah Howerton.
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MATFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Faculty: R. B. Dodd, Principal; Mrs Mayme Rowe, Misses ola
 Littlepage, Paulyne Dodd, Ida Beavers and Magdalene Affholter
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years time, as they are cumulative year after year.
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ACORN PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Faculty: Ira G. Harris, Principal; Miss Della Turner and Mrs Anna V. Harris, Assistants.
Alma record., 1918-06-20
WRIGHT SCHOOL

Mrs. Ike Church, an old resident of
this vicinity, died last Friday morn
ing. Death came as a relief after
many weeks of suffering The funeral
was held Monday afternoon at the
home and she was laid to rest in the
Alma cemetery. Mrs. Church will
be missed in the community where
she was loved by all who knew her.
Frank Webb is very i'll at this
writing. His daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Grandy. of Lansing is caring for him.
Mrs. Falkner Of Brice is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Giles Isham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Rodgers are
the happy parents of seven and one
half pound baby girl, born Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Johnston spent
Sunday in Shepherd.
Little Jessie Ellis entertained sew
eral of her little friends last Satur-
day afternon in honor of her sixth
birthday. Ice cream and cake were
served and a good time enjoyed by
the little folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pendell of Itha.
ca were visitors at Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Isham's last Wednesday.
Mrs. English and children have re-
turned from a two weeks visit in
Indiana.
Ed. Vancore, Jr., spent Saturday
afternoon in Ithaca.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Cornell and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Car
penter and Mrs. Bertha Carpenter OF
Greendale were Sunday callers at
Wess Webb's home.
Mrs. Ogden of Alma spent last
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ellis.
A good many from this vicinity
attended the carnival in Alma last
week.
Miss Marie Vancore has returned
to her home from Mt. Pleasant, where
she has been taking treatment.
Alma record., 1918-06-20
FOREST HILL

Mrs. Charles Leland entertained the
Ladies' Aid society Thursday after
noon.
Mrs. Lyman Blood is on the sick
list.
Rev. Noffsinger has gone to Frank
fort to spend the summer.
Kenneth Owen was home from
Camp Custer over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Failing and
children of Flint and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Hales of Clare are visiting
their mother, Mrs. Emma Daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Grover visited
the latter's sister, Mrs. Harry Good,
and husband near Breckenridge Sun
day.
A number from here attended the
funeral of Mrs. Packard at Alma
Wednesday.
Miss Adah McLoid of Breckenridge
spent Sunday with Miss Freda Conley.
Mrs. Emma Daily entertained Mrs.
Elva Sabin of Alma Tuesday.
cousin, Mrs. l.. p. Dawson the first
of the week.
A number from here attended the
carnival at Alma last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Richardson en-
tertained Mrs. Fred Cohoon of Owos-
so and Mr.. and Mrs. Vester Leonard
of Alma.
Miss Musa Owen of Alma spent
the week end with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Welch, Mrs.
Ray Vandemark and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Vandemark of Durand were
calling on old friends here Saturday
and Sunday.
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weeks.
Mrs. Bert Hicks of Alma visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. III. Il. Shaffer,
Tuesday.
Fred M. Dancer is employed at the
Republic Truck factory at Alma as a
tester.
Barney Swope of Wheeler was a
Breckenridge visitor Monday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Oberlin of Sag
inaw spent the week end with rela-
J tives here.
j. b. Crawford and family of Ithaca
called on Mrs. Thos. Crawford and
daughter, Marguerite, Sunday.
Alf. G.. Crawford and family and
his sister, Mrs. James Downie, of De-
troit spent Sunday visiting Ithaca
friends and relatives.
G. G. Lalor and family of Alma
spent Sunday with Breckenridge rela-
tives.
Miss Nora Milligan of Alma spent
Sunday here.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. l.. Hodge and
daughters, Ilah and Lucille, were Sag
inaw visitors Friday.
Rollo Mccall of Ithaca is spending
few days with his cousins, Robert
and Watson Crawford.
Alf. f. Crawford and family and
Mrs. James Downie motored to Sagi-
nav Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stevens and
daughter, Oneita, and son, Harry,
are attending the commencement ex-
ercises of Ypsilanti state normal.
Miss Thelma is member of this
years graduating class.
Children's Day was observed with
appropriate exercises by the Congre-
gational Sunday school Sunday, June
II. The program was of a patriotic
nature and was very interesting and
well rendered.
Alma record., 1918-06-20

returned home Thursday after visit
ing Breckenridge friends several
days.
Miss Josephine Lipinski, r. NJ, re-
turned to st. Mary's hospital, Sagi-
nav last Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Roy Richardson and little son,
Pearce, of Howard City are visiting
friends here for several days.
Mrs. c. II. Fox is visiting her
daughter in Detroit.
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Pomeroy and
son, Paul, returned home Friday after
visiting relatives in Ohio for several
Alma record., 1918-06-20

was the guest of Miss Marguerite
Crawford Wednesday night
Miss Anna Joslin of Wheeler Wis
tied Mrs. Thomas Crawford Friday
night.
Mrs. Wilson spent the week end
with her daughter, Mrs. Graham, of
Alma.
Miss Ivah Campbell called on Miss
Helen Kingsbury of Alma Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. j. f.. Hill of Detroit is vis-
iting old friends in Breckenridge.
Rev. George III. Conan of Lansing
Alma record., 1918-06-20
BRECKENRIDGE

John Weed was in Saginaw ON bus
mess Tuesday.
Fay Anderson is now employed at
the Republic Truck plant at Alma.
Miss Lura Myers and Miss Lena
Bailey were Alma visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Wolverton and
little son of Alma spent the week end
with Breckenridge relatives.
Miss Dorothea Swope of Riverdale
Alma record., 1918-06-20
NORTHWEST SEVILLE

G. Barkey was taken to Ann Arbor
Tuesday for an operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Morris entertained
G. Morris of Mt. Pleasant.
Otto Loomis attended the party ut
II. Fuller's Saturday.
G. Poole was in Riverdale Friday.
Mrs. G.. Rearrick of Ohio who is
visiting her mother, Mrs. w. Allen,
attended prayer meeting at Mrs. V.
Dickinson's last week.
Lee Loomis attended the gradual
ing exercises of the Shepherd high
school Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. Dickinson were in
Alma Saturday.
C.. Faunce called on G. Barkey's
Sunday.
Circulation counts-we have IL
Alma record., 1918-06-20

Circulation counts-we have it
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-03-29

Meaning that Mr.. Gideon Holt is
the owner?"
you've done guessed it." admitted
the miner complacently.
He had right to be proud of the
team. 1t was a famous one even in
the North. 1t had rum second for two
years in the Alaska sweepstakes TO
Macdonald's great Siberian wolf
hounds. The leader, Butch, was the
hero of a dozen races and a hundred
savage fights.
''What in Halifax do you want with
the team?" asked Elliot, surprised.
"The whole outfit must have cost a
small fortune"
"Some dust" admitted Gideon proud
ly. He winked mysteriously at Cor
don. Il got use for this team, if
anyone was to ask you"
Haven't taken the government mail
contract, have your
"Not so you could notice it. I'll tell
you what l want with this team, as the
old sayin' is" Holt lowered his voice
and narrowed slyly his little beadlike
eyes. ''Tm going to put a crimp in
Colby Macdonald. That's what / aim
to do with it,"
"How?'
The miner beckoned Elliot closed
and whispered in his ear.
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to forget the charms of other women
The faint feminine perfume of her was
waited to his brain. He felt besieg-
ing of the blood.
Stepping behind the chair in which
she sat, he tilted back the head of lus-
trous bronze, and very deliberately
kissed her on the lips.
For a moment she gave herself to
his embrace, then pushed him back,
rose, and walked across the room to
little table. With fingers that trembled
slightly she lit q cigarette. Sheathed
in her close-fitting gown, she made
strong carnal appeal to him, but there
was between them, too, close bond
of the spirit. He made no apologies,
no explanation.
Presently she turned and looked at
him. Only the deeper color beneath
her eyes betrayed any excitement.
"UnleSs I'm bad prophet you'll get
the answer you want when Sheba
comes back, Colby"
He thought her reply to his indis-
erection superb. 1t admitted COM
plicity, reproached, warned and at the
same time ignored. Never before had
she called him by his given name. He
took it as token of forgiveness and
remuneration.
Why was it not Genevieve Mallory
that he wanted to marry? The mine
owner carried with him back to his
office a sense of the futile irony of
life. A score of men would have liked
to marry Mrs. Mallory. She had all
the sophisticated graces of life and
much of the natural charm of an I'M
usually attractive personality. He had
only to speak the word to win her, and
his fancy had flown in pursuit of a lit
tie Puritan with no knowledge of the
world.
In front of the Seattle & Kusiak En-
pOrium the Scotsman stopped. A lit
tie man who had his back to him was
bargaining for a team Of huskies. The
man turned, and Macdonald recognized
him.
Hello, Gid. Aren't you off your
usual beat a bit?" he asked.
The little miner looked him over i'm
pudently. "Well-well! If it amt the
big mOgul himself-and wantin' to
know if I've got permission to travel
off the reservation"
Il reckon you travel where you want
to, Gid-same as / do"
'MaybesO. / shouldn't wonder If
you'd find out quite soon enough what
I'm doing here. You never can tell"
the old man retorted with a manner
that concealed volumes.
Those who were present remembered
the words and in the light Of what took
place later thought them significant.
Anyhow, it is quite a social event
for Kusiak," Macdonald suggested
with smile of irony.
Without more words Holt turned
back to his bargaining. The big Scots
man went on his way, remembered
that he wanted to see the cashier of
the bank which he controlled, and
promptly forgot that old Gid existed.
The old man concluded his purchase
and drove up to the hotel behind one
of the best dog teams in Alaska.
Gideon asked a question of the por-
ter.
Second floor That's his room up
there" the man answered, pointing to
a window.
ooh, you, seven-eighteen-
nine" the little miner shouted up.
Elliott appeared at the window.
''Well, I'll be hanged. What are you
doing here, Old-Timer?"
"Onct / knew a man lived to be a
minding his own business"
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ed her dinner-dance to be smart, to
have the atmosphere she had found In
the New York cabarets. If everybody
talked at once, she felt they were hav-
ing q good time. If nobody listened
to anybody else, it proved that the af-
fair was screaming success.
Mrs. Wally was satisfied as she bade
her guests good-by and saw them pass
into the heavy snow that was again
falling They all assured her that
in KuSiak.
One old-timer, trifie lit up by rea-
son of too much hospitality, phrased
his enjoyment a little awkwardly.
Its been great, Mrs. Selfridge.
Nothing like it since the days Of the
open dance hail."
Mrs. Mallory hastily suppressed an
internal smile and stepped into the
breach. "HOw do you do it?" she
asked her hostess enviOusly.
''My dear, if you say it was a sue
cess
what else COuIu one say
Genevieve Mallory always preferred
to tell the truth when 1t would do just
as well. Now it did better, since it
contributed to her own irOnic sense of
amusement Macdonald had once told
her that Mrs. Selfridge made him think
of the saying, Monkey sees, monkey
does" The effervescent little woman
had never had an original idea in her
life.
Most of those who had been at the
dance slept late. They were obliviOus
of the fact that the storm had quick
ened again into a bowling gale. Nor
did theySknow the two bits of news
that were passing up and down the
main street and being telephOned from
house to house. One of the items was
that the stage for Katma had failed to
reach the roadhouse at Smiths Cross
ing. The second bit of news was local.
For the first time since Robert Milton
had been cashier the bank had failed
to open on the dot.
u
his habit not to let the pleasure of the
night before interfere with the bust
ness of the morning after. But in the
darkness he oversight and let the town
waken before him. He was reused by
the sound Of knocking on his door,
"Who is it?" he asked.
"Its me-Jones-Gopher Jones. Say
Mac, the bank amt open and we can't
rouse Milton. Thought I'd come to
you, seeing as you're president of the
shebang."
In three minutes Macdonald joined
the marshal and walked down with
him to the bank. He unlocked the
front door and turned to the little
crowd that had gathered.
Better wait here boys. Gopher and
will go in. | expect everything is
all right, but We'll let you know about
that as soon as we find out"
The bank president opened the door.
let the officer enter, and followed him
self
The sun had not yet risen and the
blinds were down. Macdonald struck
a match and held it up.
Banks been robbed he announced
quietly.
Looks like" agreed Jones. His
voice was uneven with excitement.
The Scotch-C Canadian lit another
match. In the flare of it he saw that
the steel grill cutting off the alcove
was open and that the door had been
blown from the safa
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body. In spite of his terror, of his
flaccid will, he had to keep the faith.
He was guardian of the bank funds.
AT all costs he must protect them.
His forearm came up with a jerk
Two shots rang out almost together
The cashier sagged back against the
wall and slowly slid to the floor.
The guests of Mrs. Selfridge danced
well into the small hours. The Cali
fornia champagne stimulated a gayety
that was balm to her soul. She want
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grinned the little man. "Come down
and I'll tell you all about it, boy"
In half minute Gordon was beside
him. After the first greetings the
young man nodded toward the dog
team.
How did you persuade Tim Ryan to
lend you his huskies?"
why don't you take a paper and
keep up with the news. son? These
huSkies don't belong to Tim
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The Reason Whv.

TN this railroad case. want to ASK
that man a direct question"
Don't ask him anything direct.
Don't you know he's a directory"
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Machinery and equipment for tam
merry capable of handling 100 hides
daily Ia needed In China.