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THE FI IRE OKU h 1 _I _ Entered ae secom! < . * me ter a> the Postoffl , or. Idaho, A a Independent Ntw ed Thursd iiish per IMtMJKKT A •'HIN \ Hutdi'lse - JUKKAC H. SHIN N, K'.li or Hubscription llntes: One year ... Su monts -.. Single copy _ ..ft.60 ..$1.00 .. .05 v .y* • y, -rx—T-'--* ic 4 I 1 -' ,1 J./yff«.! St ;a" A ■ m inln i n . a N bn - '.3 ÉL v4j v - m 3 . isb -Tr fa !» V r"*' ■ E3I5 ■ i<r>* m Æ f \ ^T\ E.Vi ^ V s jjVÿy ' ■' * it ma r . c ■ , --CTS jff; ^ JL".'!, 4 -c o: ft Jfx' A B A £* • r** M*|èV , »» mast t & .. 'pm r Ai*." 1 y**- jQ Wm m — ïïtmm * > .s Egg > Hf* I L^*r If#-' / - 3r, 7 £ •VS * A * F ? V .v ■ f. • X •—£*J ZiaA - « < c - >-Vy. sVA^jV-i tfir • a v •m;>: ■ns v* .wC:' 4 a>/.îï.' v * r Sv^ iPe-" .v. 1 • < ■ >* ». kV\ Wft ^Th ^LjJ 4 -- ■ •?. i > kxAiär i H".. ■ . Half' n SkAirr: (■*! tv r 't Uhx wi PH Ti > r ifîîKîS S9I» ■ ■ - Greetings - ■f •X*; •r. - 'M-si aftiSif' • •fi I vT It is with more than ordinary pleasure that we extend to our many friends of Filer and com munity our greetings this Holiday Season. May our wishes for present and future happiness and comfort be multiplied many fold each suc ceeding day. Our desire is thar we may have the oppor tunity to express our happiness to you in per son for the privilege of being able to call you our friends and we are equally anxious that you may have the same friendly feeling toward us. ft-: 1 * 4 / <5r * ? •: <1 il EtS i * l A '•.yvv-'w' •A I ^ i I ■p ■I k f *1 kï j ïïsiî ' V > 1 1 ? -lV i W ■ 1 :« V L»>*. F<r ^f 3 . '■ V.*'. ; J !£■* a « - ng t! • to : TSS*!WpR; : i t; * Vy,V ' ..ws a 5 '•.T . I'li ft ' - Yi ~'' «3 ■<r ? ■MVt'v. îfSSSH ♦ « ar b» v-."î / ~y'A'V- tA ir - £ ■*vv T ■_v v>-. ■b. FILE R CAFE FILER MEAT COMPANY SCOTTY, THE TAILOR • • • SEALEY BROTHERS STAR SERVICE STATION • • • WHITE STAR LAUNDRY ANDERSON & MOLSEE ARMOUR CREAMERIES AUTO ELECTRIC SHOP AUTO REPAIR SHOP CARSON'S JEWELRY STORE O. J. CHILDS SEED CO. 1 aSK ■ l y£v£i ar K V I » A SSÎ I . Vi ^jr .Tt-w V ;V ' r 11 »hm PC ai: y A ürrrg (Cl^ristmaH auîi a Happy £fotu 0rar to AU 7 é 6 i.xAL EDUCATIONAL I SYSTEM— I t Whatever may be uecessary to fur ther improve Idaho's Educational system will undoubtedly be provld j e.l by the legislature Meantime the j public may want to know more about ! the system as it stands today, not nly m a matter of information but ! iu order that it may be in pisltmu (9 oi curat •, pass ;udgment upon uy proposed changes. The larger educational instilu fohs of Idaho.are the atate unlver dty at Mosrow, the Lewiston and Albion, normal »cbools. thu tgrhnic.il institute at I'ocatello the school f ir Hie deaf and o'.did and the In dustrial training schoool at St. An thony. The great business of these institutions is admisistered by a state board of educational affairs of the state, who serve without pay Not only do they give this splendid service to the major institutions but to general supervision >f the public schools of the state which are di rectly controlled and managed by non-salaried district boards. This lmmeuse labor and great re ; »ponulbimy. «Mt« «nd Io*«l. ur« glren without coat to the public of Idaho Yo c impute Its value In dollars ami cents would produce staggering fig If the earning power of these urea men and women were taken Into con sideration of loyal public service piles up an ob ligation that can only be. and Is be ing. paid in gratitude To compute It In terms It I« of Interest ,e know that the five members of this g >veriug board displays Si board members who for tnerely handled the affairs or the In additlou they same institutions. »cl h* « co-ordinating body with rc . fere me Co our public »cbools and alao have large reaponaiblliilea in con nection with vocational training and the extension of state university activities to every nook and corner of the slate, notably to the farming Industry in all its branches llecauae of this apleudld unifica tion, because duplication has been removed, the standard of education in Idaho has been materially raised and the cost reduced compared with the idantlcal efforts In adjotulng states While the total expense of education has increased, the service and the benofits bave also Increased mightily, as would be the case with any expandlns business—but the re sults are manifest ; the profit Is sure ly large. In this connection it may be noted that comparatively recent official figures' r- veal that there was a dif ference of f. per cent as between the cost of education In Oregon end Washington, figured on a per capita (Continued on page 5)