Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-23
lard FOR CHILDREN
I.;oo Miles in Open Rigs
limo Storm and Cold in
I~Jar to Secure Education.

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H. ' to the writer that some
IN this advanced section OF
,roat state of Wisconsin no
o+tontion is paid to the dis
Eor+s of rural children In the
.nortation from homes to
Re during Indictment weather,
;to the fact that the school
of the state demand that our
srao be given an education
h and sanely-that is, keep
4 clear of extreme hardships
no the winter months when
H. aay the openings to such
Eytent that even the hardest
Ioon would think twice before
Linz any small distance.
H. imagine your little boy or
a seated in an open rig with
'sowstorm raging, wind blowing,
4 seated upon the unyielding
H. Of a farm wagon box be-
4 a slow team at that. Imagine
i children being transported
&s+ance not less than six miles
Il then YOU wonder why they do
y care to attend school-and if
i do why they are loggy and
.bterested in their studies.
Mile travelling along certain
il Monday forenoon in a filvver,
il plenty Of warm robes and a
sted car, we passed a school rig
ii perhaps six or seven children
N ages seven to twelve years.
knd a slow team, and seated
H in the bottom of the wagon
\ partially covered with a few
h Blankets, these children were
ia hauled to a school some six
seven miles distance. The jour
+ could not be made in less than
ii hours behind this team. Mind
u this was being made during a
Il bad snowstorm and the wind
n coIdIy and fercely directly in
ID faces. Just imagine their
RpmfOrt
he question which struck the
De- was: who is to blame. Is
the parents; is it the school
@d, Or is it the state and coun-
School officials?" 1t seems to
kth district which contains
Il a half dozen children of the.
|poI age, that some method of
|hg that district school facili-
8 nearby and not compel those
|kIren to suffer should be made
ROme manner. If a school board
Pot build a school house, why
pot some residence be used as
emergency until one could be
sted?
When we look at the many ele-
y high school and graded
pol buildings equal to the pop
EOn OF the districts where they
bmlded, then see innocent
Rren undergoing hardships to
extreme in order to secure an
'eauon, it certainly appears
4 someone is guilty of gross
sngence or incompetency. Just
rs the matter home to your
4 children. Would you stand
sSoch nhuman treatment? Not
snen why allow this to go on
several years when you know
Fne existing conditions in your
school district.
Their Annual Sap Outing.
II several years past a party of
0go gentlemen, who own
rs and visit during the sum-
months up in the neighbor-
OF Black Oak lake, have been
tIng up during the early spring
WIS and making sugar" for a
VI so. This year Messrs. Ely
fPn n Thompson, accompanied
WI white, all of Chicago,
'nelr vacation period at the
4 'o''on cottage ON Big Bass
near Blake Oak. There they
s'eo sap and manufactured
IL gallons of prime maple
~ winch they will use during
coming months at Chicago
n r. "a and their cottages in the
H. ~ " woods. They passed through
\ n Hlyer last Thursday for Chi
H. me season for syrup making
sng about ended.
.s,s' seven Days Until Trout.
f Gut hounds and disciples of
o al famed Sir Izaak are sort
~, I.er = their tackle, preparing
Ia Ipf :. h ,5rs. day of trout fishing
/ t the Is NEXT 5iS.s, week Thursday. I'm
4 ' due. highways dry UP before
H. uS'e' many will be disap-
iVed owing IN +bo g. S"