- - . . - . . . , u " * ! ! t'hflll' . . ' " .t > . : . . . xeL2 r , . . " , . . , - - - . . , . . " 1 0 I , - - - - - - . . . - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - . - - - - - - - - - - " - - - - - - ! 1 Educational1Jepart11Jent Corductcd by County Supt. Crocfcr Dist. 26 gave In entertainment 1 } evening-Pchruan'17 , ' t ; . . ' ' ' 'Las't ' r : va' examination' Ll5t ( Saturday was C.l'a111111at1U11 , 1 day t here were 18 1 applications for . I crti Ilca tes. - . - - . . " Scveml country school ' last I week were closed on account of had roads ( and cold weathcr. , . _ . - - - - - Latin ! Ailknlan has resigned her school in Disl. 2R. cccntly } Miss Aiklllan becalllcIrs : , Yo- cu n. The teachers of Richardson I - - son county extenc1 cong-ratula- ti011S. " - - . . . 'I'o our highs school debaters- We should send to liroc. ' 1 ' . ? 1. Ho1 ! an. .J 111 N. 12th street f/incoln , Ncbr , and ask for a . copy ol"Lincoln Academy News" " "I \Tol.2 , No. 3. : Read I carefully . I i . the article "Arg-lIlIlCntation" hy Geo. : " Lee. It will he sure to help \'ou. . ' [ ' 0' the 't [ 'eacher--"I han just j . , received a nice little wall uulp uf , Nebraska front the Security Mu- tual Life Insurance Co. , Lincoln , Nehr. Write William 't"eloaer [ S1 , Hoollls 125:12h : and 127 , Burr Block , Lilholn. He say > "I shall he pleased to furnish ; this map " I ; free of charge , to any teacher or 'i school in Richardson county. - - - - - . > " Rcntelnher I the next meeting . : , the Richardson I County 'reachers' association will ue held in Falls City , Friday } e'cningand Satur- day , March 10 and 11. 'I'hcsc meetings are hdd ] in thc interest of 1 he chools. Every teacher lttcndin.r : ( } will be made stronger . and will bl' able to do better work. Any school hoard in our county ' should be willing to give thc teachers permission to dismiss school Friday March 10 , if necessary - essary in order to attend. ' [ 'lie . principal feats rc o : the prog-ram ' . Vriday evening March 10 will be I the third } annual inter-high school debate. Question - e-ovcd- : } " ' [ 'hat the United States Go\'crn- went should own and control thc ! railroads. Allirmati\'c-Stella. Rub ) , Yer- t don and Sale lIl. ? \eg-at \'c-Shu- " hert , Dawson Falls City and 11 um hold to J 'l'he Dawson high school held ; l a joint debate with the Vcrdon high school 1 'riday c'cningFcu - t7. Juestion- csoh'ed that thc United ( States should stop the j' ' , . - - ' " ' ( , , : ; - . present } Russo-Japanese war. 'I'he following represented Dawson : . Charles sEcho Bca Ry..n : . Marion : , Di110w and Belle Boldal k. Vcr- : don was represented hy Caroline : Cunnin.dllm : na Parsons , Vera 1 Lord , Marv Hanley. I Our pre minar.\ debate wilt be I held this week , for thc purpose . . ' of choosing a representative for the county debate. z The , nicmucrs of thc tends gradc'isitcd ( the Stella schools last Friday afternoon. ' 1 'hey were given a reception in thc c'eningA pl asant timc is re- porte(1. ? \Vag-g-cner's room will give an entertainment in the near fu- ttre The procccds will g-o towards - wards the purchase of an org-an. The non-resident pupils arc attending - tendingregutarly in spite of the bad weather. Dist. No. 23 . Mr. A.g. Knisely I teacher- TC gave a program Feb. 1 10th , in honor of Lincoln' : birthday whIch was interspersed \ , itll readings. } recitations and song-so Our attendance is poor , Ii owing to the bad weather. . _ _ _ _ I Dist. No. 21 , Marie C. Crotty , I teacher -Our total enrollment ; I for the past month was 33. average - age attendance 2' ( ) . \Ve arc now \ preparing a prog-ralll for Wash- ing-ton's birthday. Our pupils arc doing some good composition work in connection with their study on the "Li \'CS of Great r\ulcricaus. " Our primary pupils enjoy our school calcndar-noting- bi hdays of great persons , the appearance of birds , the weather etc. Our school is located only a few rods froths thc Missouri H.'er Cardinal birds stay in thc groves nearby and give Uf songs of cheer. The hunter . too , conies our way , and week before last , two red foxes were killed l only a short distiulce west of us. Squirrels opossumg , coons and an OCCaSiOll- al ; wild-cat inhabit this district . with us.'e arc truely "close to naturc. " . - - - During thc past two weeks I Visite(1 1 the following schools Districts 85 , 17 , 18 , 80 , 15 , IJS , 15 , 1)(1 , 14 , ( J2 , 3 5 the intermediate room in thc Dawson schools and he Verdon schools. r hope to have visited all the schools within - in the next few weeks and hope that my visit may bc helpful tu each schoo1. I trust no teacher will feel that r am present to find fauH. Rather think that I am present to consider school prob- lems with you. 1 want to be con- idcrcd a helper. Teachers } who arc "thinldng- schoot" have questions - tions to ask and suggestions to make. The teacher who had no genuine interest Never asks questions - tions and "nc\'er has an ) troub- les. " Hare a list 1 of questions for : me when I'isit your school , I shall be glad to work them out with \'ou. Be ready to show any plan or devices you may ha\'e. - - - - - - 'l'he pupils in Dist. No. 15-- Pearl Cunningham , teacher , arc carrying on a correspondence with school children in the Phil- ippine Islands. The last letters were mailed November 17 , and received at the Stella post office . ' . . , . . - - - - - - - - - - - - . - . - . ' - " - . . . - - - - - - . " - - - . - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . - . . - - . . ' \ - - - - - - ' " - - - - - dOUR OUR BARGAIN TABLES - - - - - - - - UR Bargain Tables are very attractive to shrewd fg1 Shoe Buyers. Keep an eye on them.Vhen our . :7i. : : . Shoes get on the Bargain Table they are snapped : up quick. Today we will put out probably J 1 100 PAIRS of1 : en's , omen's and Children's Shoes in all sizes and Styles at $1.00 Per Pair. If the weather is right , t1ic ' ' 11 be gone in about two hours time. They will not f linger long in : lilY event , and if you want a real ] , good , I genuine Shoe Bargain , come early and - . - ( SAVE ONEY l ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - . : - - ' - . - - - - - It will pay you well always to keep an eye on our BarD . . - . . . - gain Tabes. ] You can save Jots of Shoe 1\loney by t-i--.l doing so. . - - . . - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " ' - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - . . . - - - - - - - G E 0 R G E B o H 0 L T THE SHOEMAN : : . _ = : : . . . . . . r . i , . I January 31. Call at the county sttnerintetllent's office and sec two of these lettcrs. The follow- ing- is a copy of one of t11et11 ) just as it was written : "Ccntr Pasay School Pasay , Rizal i , November 15 , 1')04. My Dear Fri ( nds-I were please to get your letter I stop untell you have a 1)lCaLSa111t hour to get my letter You can write as welt as my lettcr. Because you go to school every day. my teacher is } , [ rs. Rosario Abgcles and Mr. Hoyc. I goo to school every day unte111 know all my lesson. J work two days in a week in a pleasant garden wc sings every morning and wc sings Many kind of song" \Ve have body exercises - ercises after our work in the garden - den wc studay only three days in a weck. two days in the g-ardcll. 1 am 13 years old. I live 1 far from school. I like studay very much. I have three kind of books arith. I , . Eng. Baldwin Second Reader and Geography but we learn Geo- grphy without book. Here is m ) ' address Please give one pic- : ture and I will give you one. Yours very respectfully Diomisio de Cartro. " - - - - - - - - "It Pays to Advertise. " Nearly every exchange that comes to this office from outside of Richardson County contains numerous . advcrtisemc'nts of pub- lie .sates. The farmers of this county would find this method of a(1\'PortisinJp'ery profitable if tried. If you live on any of thc rural routes out of Falls City or Rule and arc thinking of hang a sale just try this once ; go to each of the local papers and see which can reach the largest number of readers in your vicinity and then place an ad. , where it will (10 the most good. \Ve think The Tri- bune has the largest rural route ' ' circulation in halls City and arc I' very willing to back our statc- ment by our subscription list. It doesn't cost you anything to learn whether this is true or not. Ed. R.icger and wife vf Preston " " ; were among Monda r's' shopping r \'isitors. . Wipe your feet before you come in , is familiar to the cars of the small boy this week. 'rhe season of "noxious wecds" is approaching and the Journal is E stilt after the trusts. One of thc chorus girls of the "Isle of Spicc" company express- cd her opinion of thc Burling-tons night man in language so con- vincing" that he sat her on the " ' " truck outside to give her a chance to cool off and sober up. The evangelist who can close all thc stores in Falls City during - ing business hours is entitled to great credit. Nothing but a professional - fcssional ball game has ever been able to accomplish this result be- forc. REFRACTIONIST Ii # R.L.Baumont , M. D. , I I 3 Sixth & FeIixSt.Joseph m ' Formerly ] eye and ear 5pecia1- \ . . . . f 1st now limited practice to i Eye Glasses ' SARATOGA _ RESTAURANT SHORT ORDER HOUSE MEALS AND LODGING at all hours Everything Neat & Clean C. V. HENDRICKS PROPRIETOR J