The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-28
ORAVADA WRITER IS
STRONG FOR SCHOOL
Especial Correspondence

three pupils enrolled and expecting
a few more in a few days. Tis truly
said, What is a community without
a school?" Back in the good old fash
toned days-and not so very long ago
either-the school has been the life
of the country round about. How
often nowadays do we have the privi-
lege of attending a very interesting
school program, the box suppers,
social and league at the school house;
the baseball games, including boys
and girls, or the boys against the
girls, the school picnic with vigorous,
health-promot.ng, happy and laugh
able games as cat and mouse, pussy
in a corner, flying Dutchman, fox n
geese, dare base, black-man, farmer
in-the-dell, races, swinging, jumping
rope and swimming. Say!.doesnt 1t
sorto' make you wish you were of
school age again? Even though some
of us are beyond school age, if we
oply will, we can do our part to help
the teacher bring about some of the
interesting features of other school
days. Now suppose u teacher
wishes in the worst way to get up an
Easter program, May-Day, or closing
day doings, or, suppose she wanted
to get up an entertainment for the
purchasing of additional school sup
| plies and she would ask you to help
her by taking part in a dialogue or
to recite a piece, play the part of a
hero, or vice versa-anything she
might wish you to do. Would you be
setting the right example to the
youngsters if you refused? Would
you be doing your share to make the
school days more interesting to the
children? Last, but not least, would
you be doing your share for the
n~eighborhcod in general?-for you
know the school should be an inter
esting object to everyone, parents or
not.
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coaching the children, but she has
a doubly hard time if she cannot get
help from the older ones. Suppose
the teacher should like to have a
community picnic for the sake of her
pupils. Would you be showing the
proper interest and attitude by not
going? l should say not, ever
though you may have the well-worn
excuse, I'm simply so busy 1 can't
CO." Remember, children are chill
dren only once, and they will have
more respect for you if you show
an interest in them in play time as
we'll as work time. Do all you a
to make any child happier and help
to build the castle of Pleasant mem
cries of Childhood"
Mensing our hopes and best wishes
for the best of success to her and her
pupils and that the older folk will
take more interest in the school than
has been shown in the past. We
want these few remaining school
days to be just the beginning of the
fall term. In other words, lay the
foundation now for a profitable scohol
term next fall.
Everyone r,ust get busy now if he
hopes to keep pace with the squir-
rles and jack rabbits, for they think
it is spring and are coming from their
winter lodgings to see what mischief
they can do for mankind. Be sure to
see Mr.. Collins for poison, etc., as
he is the county agent for this part
of Humboldt county.
Perhaps some would be gald to
hear of the homemade rabbit trap
that has been installed at Eldorado
farm. 1t is a barrel with a loose re-
volving lid swinging on a pivot on
the trap-door idea. The barrel is set
down in the ground, permitting the top
of the barrel to be level with the
ground. A rabbit-proof fence ex-
tends all around the hay, (which is
the bait), with an opening neal the
barrel so that when the rabbits
jump through this opening, which is
a few inches above the ground, they
land on the trap lid of the barrel and
10 you have a rabbit. OF course, diff
ferent places and different bats may
need a Encouragement of the barrel
as is the saying. Circumstances
alter cases."
/. J. Studebaker is kept very busy
these days as well as keeping several
others busy. including Mr.. Hinkley
and Virgil Gray. They are putting
down a number of wells and thus
far have found plenty of water in all
of them.
gill, of Ely; Shober Rogers and w. A.
Keddie of Fallon; r. C. Turritin, j.