The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-20


mute. Mrs. Peterson interposed her
attack while Mrs. Bonner might be re
covering her wind.
1--WE people that have had a hard
time" she said In a precise way which
seemed to show that she knew exactly
what she wanted, don't want our
children taught about nothing but
work. We want our children to learn
nice things, and go TO high school, and
after a while to the university
Aren't your children happy in
school, Mrs. Peterson"
81 don't send them to school to be
happy, Yim," replied Mrs. Peterson,
calling him by the name most famil-
iarly known to all of them 81 send
them to learn to be higher people than
America meansl !"
They'll be higher people-higher
than their parents-higher thar their
teacher-theyll be efficient farmers,
and efficient farmers wives. They'll
be happy, because they will know how
~ NV hoiC OldibS III lailuthS la
any lawyer or doctor or merchant can
possibly use In his business"
"1t's a fine thing" said Mrs. Bonner,
coming to the aid of her fellow SOL
diers, ito work hard for a lifetime, an
raise nothing but a family OF farmersl
A fine thingi"
"They will be farmers anyhow"
cried Jim, Gin spite of YOU efforts
ninety out of every hundred of them
And of the other ten, nine will be
wage-earners in the cities, and wish to
God they were back on the farm and
the hundredth one will succeed in the
city"
The guns of Mrs. Bonner and Mrs.
Peterson we're silenced for a moment,
and Mrs. Bronson, after gazing about
at the typewriter, the hecktograph,
the exhibits of weed seeds, the Bah
cock milk tester, and the other I'M
scholastic equipment, pointed to the
list of words, and the arithmetic
problems on the board.
do you get them words from the
speller?" she asked.
mo" said he, 1--WE get them from q
lesson on seed wheat
did them examples come out Of an
arithmetic book?' cross-examined she.
mo" said Jim, 1--WE used problems
we made ourselves. We were figuring
profits and losses on your cows, Mrs.
Bronson!'
Ezra Bronson" said Mrs. Bronson
loftily, don't need any help in telling
what's a good COW. He was farming
before you was born"
Like fun, he don't need help He's
going to dry old Cherry off n fat
ten her for beef; and he can make
more money on the cream by beefing
about three more of 'em. The Bah
cock test shows they're just boarding
on us without paying their boardi"
The delegation Of matrons rufled
like a group Of startled hens at this
interposition, which was Newton
Bronson's effective Selling of the op-
p~ortunity to issue a progress bulletin
In the research work on the Bronson
dairy herd.
Newton !" said his mother. don't
interrupt me when I'm talking to the
teacher"
"Well, then" said Newton, don't
tell the teacher that pa knew which
COWS were good and which were poor.
II any one in this district wants to
know about their cows they'll have to
come to this shop. And can tell you
that it'll pay EN- to come, too. II
they're going to make ANYTHING selling
cream. Wait until we get out our re
ports on the herds. ma !"
The women were rather stampeded
Dy this onslaught Of the irregular
troops-especially Mrs. Bronson. She
felt a 1utter OF pride in her son, but
1t was strongly mingled with a moth
erly desire to spank him.. The depu-
tation rose, with q unanimous feeling
that they had been scored npon.
Cows" scoffed Mrs Peterson IF