Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-01-29

imposing STRUCTURE, anu Oily oAC
visiting this section of California
should not fail to see 1t.
The greatest crop OF all is that OF
the boys and girls, eight hundred OF
whom one of the local doctors, during
his stay here of eleven years, has
ushered into life In this peaceful val
ley of Chino, where everything grows
That is pretty good record for one
doctor, who does not pretend to be q
maternity specialist, isn't 1t? Most OF
these and many more are what con-
stitutes my family in the Chino
schools as I am the truancy officer
and have nearly thousand children
to look after.
The schools are the best IN Calf
ornia of any state have ever had the
pleasure of working in or visiting We
have a large school district, covering
about ten square miles and we have
only two country schools, where some
of the primary pupils of those Sec
tons attend. All Of the other pupils
are transferred in large, comfortable
school buses to the modern, sanitary,
well equipped schools in the city OF
Chino.
Many Mexican Children
Here thirty-five teachers, each a
specialist in his or her line. teach the
children, not only the common stud
les, but music, both vocal and IN
strumental; languages; science; mill
tary and physical training; and many
other things, some Of which it would
be impossible for the children to get
in the country school.
One Of the problems which confronts
us is that Of the Mexican children.
many of whom we have in our school
In the first, second and third grades
they are segregated into classes by
themselves Although they are bright,
they are slow in learning our language
and many Of the parents being poor,
the children are taken from the school
at an early age to work. Very large
families usually predominant among
the Mexicans. We have one family in
the district now containing fifteen
children. One family moved away
last year which had children all told.
twenty-five. Some family to buy
shoes for!, %t@ 81
They are usually kind people, and
if they like you, have many ways or
showing their. regard. There is great
family love among them. One sonora
lost her husband last year with the
influenza. Although she had ten chill
dren Of her own to support, she very
willingly offered home to two more,
when her brother died and left the
little orphans.
The Mexicans who reach the high
school are rare, many Of them not
passing the fifth grade. A ruling goes
| into effect in February, which COM
. pels each child to at least finish the
sixth grade.
Churches Are Popular 80
| One of the crops most reliable
would like to mention is that OF the
male church members. am glad to
say that many men attend church in
this section of the country; in fact
the sexes are about equally divided
| in the churches, it seems. In this
| little town we have five live churches
One specially noticible feature about
the churches is the number of young
men who are regular attendants and
assist with the service. In our church
we have a splendid live Sunday school
of between two or three hundred mem
bers with an average attendance Of
/ 1859 each Sunday. Twenty young
people from this church alone are
away attending universities or colleges
| besides the number in the local high
school.
| Recently the Mems Bible class and
the Ladies' Bible class had a contest
and as the gentlemen were the losers
we were entertained at the church
parlors Friday evening at a delight.
| full banquet. Covers were laid for
seventy-three and the men proved
that they were splendid entertainers
/ The tables were decorated with hou.
quets Of alfalfa and each table was
ed with an excellent specimen OF
watermelon, which the ladies were re-
ruested to cut. That the melons
proved to be citrons was one of the
pleasant features of the evening.
Leaves Best Until the Last
I am leaving the best until the last
and / know you Baraboo people will
be pleased when you find that it was
a former Baraboo boy who raised the
| bumper crop. From third of an
acre of ground he raised and sold be-
tween three and four thousands doll
airs worth of bulbs this year.
This mans name is William Rich
ards and he is sixty-three years old.
He came with his parents to Baraboo
/ from Ohio when he was two years
old, the father, Christian Richards,
taking up homestead there at that
time. They only remained there