Sierra County advocate. [volume], February 13, 1886, Image 2

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Jteaortcf ?.tfc?p;rllUt for
I'mMIc KeltuoJs Jii Sierra Co.
U'W TMIAI AI.A.WM,
Auditor, Territory, Mexico.
.bantu H', A. M.:
Sit: In fi.in.pli nee law, i
have the honor. to uumu in. aunu.u
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report ;a.s snipeaiuteiidcot f jittWie
anstiui'tiMii in and for Sierra Co.
My tern. l'ico hcea Atigst -J
:!8H.i, Ini-viBS been- eom miJne
Kovarr E. U. Ba to liU v.ney ,Hm. racc of All)(.ricans, endowed
occflioned hy the ri(?nalicn ,f WU j)PlflVl ,,i,vsical iirganiatioiiH
aidw'u. B. FrMika. who was ,,wdeJwhh extraor.lia"ry powt of endur
:t the" gWcral Ac tion, Xoven.ber! ni.,r 1oilg(lv'i,Vi 1(;,iv( ,,
1881 o fill this important l'""""- bl.illiantrilil of wit, poetry and loSic.
Bicrra Oouuty is not yl two years j .oijiM.,jvo fyum (lf odticatioi.
.old, havintf heen created ly '''"Lyj) Knr(y luing'about theso rosult.
leguiatwro.,.-.,. ""..
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.ducatcd gentlemen, nueij u.tk,
rtv'as" nppuinted Superintendetit uf
Public Bchoola f Kicmi, county !hy
6haldtMi. During the
governor
, 1 . ' ,.f llinjnnjnHflllinil t.tlltl'
-omoifti'ienMiw
did hut little toward the eonunon
school interests of Sierra county,
.except kerical work: linvinu orgaui.
eil cightiuhool di iti.jcts.in tho county
,u:ider tho law ol 18i, hut did not
;'-.vwit Single school in tlie.eounty,
wutide if ..the ..fe4n.nl '.-distrieU in
which they resided. Thisiuose not
Jrom want of ability r ;cno.Ky and
interest in public school, but from
jin inadequacy of pay provided by
lUw fr their services: The salary
;nd per diem pay Hxed hy'fhc lcgis
lature for school superi.itendonU .is
wholy iuHufficicHt, -scauely co;ci;ing
necessary expense while traveling
over the county in the discharge of a
.duty imposed by law; besides being
.forced to take .comity ferip at iits fitce
rvalue in lieu f .lawful money .in .the,
.United States, and M.lIVring a dis
.count of one half i -s f.ice value.
.Dining the month ( f November
.iind December 1885, I willed cveu
school districts, four of which had
schoo's ' in a very nourishing condi
tion, and organized San Jose ,precint
into a school district. In .all these
.-districts quite a lively .interest is
taken by the inhabitants in public
..schools and though in r.heir infancy,
the outlook for the future education
..of tw! routes iu Sierra eoun'y is en
.couraging. I must say in behalf of the energy
and enterprise of the Lake Valley
:cch.i(d board, not in a spirit of parti
.ality because of my having resided
il that place, that they have the
.banner school of Sierra county, not
jn point of the number of pupils in
.attendance, but in point of superior
;inetho.Ui uf instructions and govern
.inent inaugurated by tho teacher
,Judgei3. A...SoUeubergur, who is an
intelligent anil experienced educator.
I must .hc.arU.ky .approvo of his
tmcthods nnd-reewmiHcnd them to nil
iteachers throughout New Mexico.
Jlis syotciu of teaching is the objec
tive method nf.instiuctioii which has
, justly attained high distinction in
he most enlightened portions of our
country where public schools have
.obtained their highest educational
standard and excellence. This system
-of instruction particularly recom
jneiuls itself, and i peculiai ly adapt
ed to the wants ol the young of New
Mexico. Our schools arc composed
ilargely f child'cn helow the age of
itwelve years, tho older ones, for the '
jnost par., being employd in various
.i apncities.at redAiunerative wagss, are
-.thus kept out of sc.hogj. During these
.ten Jl r ages the mind is not sulliciiit
3y developed to grasp aaid Uieiit. the
iileal subjective knowing methods so
Jargely pursued by instructors in our
.common school. The system of
.craming young minds is a pernicious
.one, jet it has obtained a strong
foothold upon the public mind in its
jpftbrt to keep pace with the railway j
.method of.doiiyr things now-a-days. '
ur boys jiiifl gWs of twelve are now
.older thajj .our y.o.ujig Udiesand men
.of .twenty were forty years ago. The
rapid strides jn .improvements w ith
in th past three .decade ia.v idc
us a groat people, al vwr eomilry
he most-enlightened on the. earth
Aiut at the expense of tlic Hivrals.
longevity and eienUl eapai itf f ur
youths. The mental strain to which
.he present system of cdueutaoirtinb
jects the winds o our child reu js till
ing our insane asylums. Jf the tuiud
.stands, the strain tiUa jWnT
way, filling the lands with iiwalis
In search of heaitiV''i watering
places, The mental constitution is
devclope4 at th 'expense of the
physical. Children arc mere lionise
plants requiiiog plenty of Nature's
greatest boon air .aud .sun-light..
' i-ike th cidir xoe4)ud with tin,
congenial surroundings, they wither
ind waste awajs now maturing to
. jtitc full I-Ijwj. roe with its enliven-
in beauty mi J f;smmf!. 8utd am
i.iklv .,l.i.iiM. . Premature .imhouility I
, '
and decay mark then-.career..
The genial climate, healthful at-
New Mexieolhoavciw greatest boon,
' l'.p..ytem of eduction.
should juoducc the most healthful
hwomen. mottom mtiorni ami urmnj,
liiLtlmwenU, im1 Ulio most perfect
. . ... . i i
.m,ltk,u lf.M1(in1,00a out of our boys
,wm, ,!,,, r mental capacity and j
r Our hoys and k'irl.i live ;
: -
( laturein New Mexico than ,
' , eli!C.burmountiwn wsenery I
with its uivignratiiiK and I'.ilmy ut-j
jmosiilkoro wUl R Irt.OJ)0r SJ.ft,.nl f
; ei,U(.Hlio)Hl 1raini0(S ill produce
' vuW Mexico is the treat Kinder.
KartU.n of the Hepnhlie ; where life
,L fl gr9(,c
nder
scale than in
any other country
under the sun.
The present system of craming
pupils with ideal theories not adopt
ep to every days life, is like stiifflng
a rag-baby with sawdust and decking
it with costly and gaudy jewels; it
glitter in the sun-lightj attracts the
eye of the guy and the gidy, but
serves no purpote, save the sit in the
show-window. The good, the true
raTTi'Iio brave pas'lTy rn"7nsgu'st.'""'l'f
teaches only folly to the theologian,
the statesman and the scientist. The
education suited to every day Ameri
can life is sadly neglected. Our girls,
"instead 'f being educated to- dis
charge the duties of the -mother and
house-wife, are st lined with Latin,
(teo.iietiy nndTiyg mi.inft y at school
to go home in the Inbiyinths of fash
io.i. recline 'midst the gew-gaw of
the parlor and feast upon the literat
ure of sensuality, Ilcally, the young
girl ii without even the r .diments of
an F.nglish education and does no
know what to do with herself; her
life is a blank. The education of eur
boys is even more sadly neglected.
It is all ideal.. If perchance a few
enter agricultural, mechanical or
other industrial pursuits it is only
to tiiul out their deliciencei?; they are
never able to apply in tTieir every
day life, the so called education ac
quired at school. The large majority
of our boys grow up ns noxious weeds
in community. The more practical
our methods of Instruction in our
schools the more certainly will our
boys and git Is grow up to be men and
women fitted to discharge faithfully
and intelligently the duties of life
to themselves and their country.
Our boys 'must have a practical,
business training and must be taught
virtue and economy before they can
be fitted to discharge the full duties
of American citizens. This is a great,
country, and our boys will have to
govern it during tho next generation
If we neglect, the proper mental and
intellectual training of our hoys and
girls we cannot expect our Republic j
to last another century.
Out of twelve precincts in Sierra
county, nine are organized into
school-districts and have had schools
taught during the scholastic year, i
The whole number of children of six
to nineteen inclusive is 024. Of this
number 325 attended school during,
the scliool-vear ending September
30th 1835, with an average daily
attendance of 225. The whole time
taught in mouths is 38 and a quar
ter, in weeks 153. The average salary
paid teachers is $59.25. The highest
salary paid to male teachers is 80
per month, and the lowest $23. The
highest to female teachers is $00, the
lowest $45. The number of children
taught orthography tiring the year
is 1S7: reading: First Reader 134,
2d Reader 28, 3rd Reader 23, 4th
Reader 30, oth Reader 11. The
number taught English composition
is 32, English grammar 37, primary
arithmetic 107, practical arithmetic
20, geography 51,' penmanship 125,
United States history 12. The only
school in the county in which the
higher mathematics are taught is in
Lnko Valley, since Oct. 1st, 1885,
tinder the management of Judge
Sollenbergcr. The total amount
paid teachers (luring tho year is
t22i.&); paid for house rent and
itu'itlejitjtls $509.86.
Thei is hlit one public school
bu,iUltn in tho county at Hillsbor
ough, which cost $1000, of this
"Si5oVpC4O0 Ts"e'riTnrald . '
Fivie districts in the aggregate,
owe tfc ubi of $373.62, owing most
ly to hool directors who have ad
vanced no.uey to pay teachers &e.
Four districts liavo the aggregate
sumonhand,f?ept. 30, 1885, amount
ing to $189 49. The w We Amount
jBiiil out for schoo.1 purposes during
tlic jSgfiregte 12,7.
Fkv districts e Jr. Eclectic
FiIo.'H'i'in: Sort' ,f.;r nf! a '
This 1 ... en or-'
-mised series,
"B to
I,- ... it is economy at
least, lht iirf..rm Miuetol Text.
hooks almtiila ued throughout j
the county. 1 --have therefore re
commended all tho districts to adopt !
, Kclcctie CilHealii'tinl 'benes or lexl-
hooks in their sehniU.
Four district arc nearly altogethoi
I composed of Mexican children. In
I all hut lie the F.nglish languac ha
Iwii (miiflit in connection with the
Spanish.
All will do WMn1)nM!W,,,ll",,l" me canst oi ,..t
.
they can procure teaclieis who are
nl.le to tench Loth languages. The j
importance of Mexican children he-
,,, ,ilg,t both UnKnBOi, 1,,,v''
urged upon our Mexican
who seem to appreciate the import-!
tance of their children being taught
to speak, read and write Knglish us!
well ns Spanish. ' j
Tl. American hiniruntre ("for we are '
beginning to have a language pe
culiar to ourselves) is the language
of Americans, and all Americans
should be (by compulsion if not
otherwise) taught our language. Only
by this means ran our Mexican
citizens enjoy the full privilege of
oitixena t f our great Republic. The
Spanish language should be taught
in all our schools, as an accomplish
ment, at least .
The law relating to public schools
and school officers, the sources .from
which are derived tho school funds,
the payment of assessor fees for
levying school tax, salary and ncces
M;v. c x peajs i'm n f s.u pcr.in! .e. n dent ii.s.P.
obscure and tiefeetive, that no tini
formity exists as to its construction
and enforcement throughout the Ter
ritory relating to these matters.
For example: in Bernalillo Co.,
from superintendent Burke's report,
it sectns his salary and traveling ex
penses tu audited by the county
commissioners was paid out of the
school funds. This is wrong in spirit,
if lawful. By reference to Sec. 1109
Compiled Laws, the county treasure!
is authorized to pay out school funds
only to "district treasurers" Ac,
I have not so construed the law, but
have taken 'my pay in county war
rants, and left the school fund
intact to be paid out to district
treasurers on apportionment and
order.
Our school law is vague and defec
tive not more so however than the
whole revenue law, and should bt
amended by tho next legislature.
First : School districts should b
empowered to vote a tax (subject tu
a limitof eourso) for the erection i.nd
furnishing of school bouses, and to
pay teachers where the county fund
is inadentiato to run at least, a six
months school annually.
Second : The examination ol
teachers should be made by county
superintendents.
Third; The school .year should be
dufincd; say ending with August and
beginning with September.
Fourth: The English language
should be taught in nil schools.
Fifth: Enumeration ofchihlren ol
six and nineteen inclusive should be
made under oath ; the names of par
euts or guardians shctild be given to
prevent fraudulent returns. The
superintendeiir should ha c the pow
er of revision of enumeration returns
in express tei ins.
Sixth: The law relating to com
missions of collectors and assessors
should be changed. A special ta
sh mid be levied to pay these officers
and all county officials.
Seventh : A system of blanks
should be prescribed for reports nl
school boards, teachers and super
intendehts, The latter should make
an annual report to the auditor on
tho 1st of October.
. Eight'..: All lines whatever, im
posed by courts should go to the
school fund- For failure to pay
such fines into the county treasury
within ten days after collected should
subject the officer to indictment, fine
or imprisonment, or both.
Ninth: A uniform system of text
books in English and Spanish should
be adopted in cath county by a major
ity vote of school-boards and county
superintendent which shall not be
changed for rive years
There is no reason whyjNew Mexico
should not support a good a public
school system as is in force in the
western States. Thcie is a bright
future before us whenever the Apache
question is tvtticd fur all time.
In the (-numeration of children of
scholastic ages, some irregularities
have ounired, which arose l'roni a
uu&iiitcri)rlaliouufJ.he. la W. Those
I have labored to correct as far as
possible, that no injustice be done a
single child between the age of five
and twenty years in the county. The
school-age begins at sjx and ends
with nineteen year.
I here take pleasure in acknov
ledging my indebtedness tu the
hospiUli'v cf esteemed citizens ui
those districts visited by me, and alsoi
to ifr. V l..pew-r! f r ronrte!oj
extended. Ihe- ktodn
mo lo travel over (he c .un.y . l.mc j
expenses, in comparison witn nat (
they would have been Hail these
curtesies not been extended,
Kiiigton, N. M., Dee. 31, lf".
Jkssk E. Thompson, Mil;
Sup. Public School.
From a thorough run van f the
Senate, ii seem there me nt loaft j
forty live on whom we can depend
' 1 1. 1 .t ii mn lun- " 1 n ili-nmcrnt a.
,-
Only thirty thousand error found
! ,,,',.,.,',,,.,,,, )V (ho last revinij
; nl ,i,is ,ilto how many rvv!Muii will
p, ,.lkt. to ,)11vo that Hob li.gersoll
Wv
. .
Delegate Joacphjia given notice
that a comnetitivc examination will
be held at the Territorial capital in
May to select one young man from
New Mexico to enter the naval
academy at Anapolis.
Most of men will forgive you 1
icadily for being a fool, but the same j
innn will hate yo cidially if ltwy
liml that you are superior to them- j
selves, and thi is the secret of many J
mens hatreds.
Cattle in Kansas along the lino of j
the railroad track, lie dead by the
thousand, having perished with the)
cold. In New Mexico they are so fat j
that they can scarce wobble off thci
railroad track to escape the approach
ing trains.
I your county paper exactly what
you would have it to be? No. Is it
up to your standart of a county,
paper? No. What have you done
to sustain it, lo elevate its tone, to
encourage its publisher? Very little
cr nothing.
The Fort Worth tiaxette and o her
"great financiers" niav us well make
up their minds that tho metals will
continue to be used as money. The
thing to be done is to devise some
means by which their use will be
acceptable to all sections ai.d classes.
Fuveral land giants in New Mexico
arc now being investigated. Let the
good work go on; we are of the
opinion that nearly nil llic large
transactions in tho land business in
this Territory lor the last decade
should be closely scrutinized.
The tiiuo is not yet. ripe in this
country for the retirement of silver
from ciicuhttion as a medium of ex
change, and the national banks and
I heir mouth-pieces as the Fort Worth
Gazette will slip up in their scheme
to disable Mich a potent factor in the
commerce of the world.
Gov. Koss is very uneasy about his
confirmation. The ciiizens of his
old home in Kansas have sent in a
petition for his retention, and a
meeting in Vocorro of the a.nne kind
was held. His friends are working
tetth aud toe nail fur him, and w ill j
from the present outlook, be success-j
f,il. I
The tenate comuiil tec has reported
adversely oh the ( onili noitioii of
Suiveyor General Julian, and the
senate will probably abide the
c inimittee's report. The moons for
the rejection are not made public,
hut it is inferred that the friends of
General Piilltn, who was removed
''without cause", have had some
thing to do with the rejection. The
rejection of Julian makes the fate of
Koss look dubious.
Iho silver dollar buys all 1 1 it. tl c
gold dollar could buy, therefoie v.hy
not reduce it to the standart of silver?
This would give tho money holders
the benefit of a change and as th it
is what they aic after anyhow, they
ought to be satisfied ; as the value of
money has never bieu changed here
tofore in the world's history save
only in the interest of tho rich and
coirtipt.
As a term ofreproa h, that of
"mugwump" is the most sig.ial fail
ure of the age. The mugwumps are
acknowledged to be the salt of the
earth politically. Uut for them,
both parties would renew their old
d.sgiaeeful scramble for office. I'rin-
iples would be ignored except' at j
election lime, whilo the spoils and
speculations would engage the encr-
... i , i .,
gy ot .lie omco nonicrs aim injii
friends.
Edmund G. Shields, the register
of tho Las Crtices land office, issues j
set of regulations to publishers in!
that land 1ilricl .SDtlxbi'.fJ.JaLitaXU.
ing that if they are not obeyed to the ;
letter the newspaper so ofTending!
shall have no further "patronage" ;
from this office. Mr. Shields should
have used the word "I tisines". Tlic f
word "patronage'' has a snobbish,
eng'ish sound, and grates harshly
on the feelings ofhe haidy sonafif
the west who are struggling to ptihl-
iu-w.papcis in southern Ncr
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SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR
for jII of ilw
llrer, Kidney, Stomach ml Spleen. '
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and lwv wtvr mr V" Mr -
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r.KE THAT Vl UKT TI.lt Cr.XVINE.
pliBl'AHl U I'V
J, H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Sollee to Va iscngers.- I
Passengers forKt. I.onls and the East j
should buy tickets via IIai.stk.u. and j
.la.'JEBl3MJJ;!J'IJJiil!., ? '
throu'-'lt car. witliniit changi hi ft, j
Louis.
1. WlSIIAKT.
"1'risco Line."
.St. Louis, Mo.
ti. V. A
I,AKK VALLKY N M I X-
This house is now supplied with
not only a good table hut also tin
best sleeping apartmcn s in town.
with or without Loi.iso.
I). G. Meredith,
Proprietor.
W. B. DAWSON,
I, til. rat is
t$tntlo ncry 9
Itl.lllU lllolvM.
Legal P.ink. Coiifif turnery, Fruits,
Cigars and Tobacco.
Kinisfoii,
New Mexico.
Atchison, Topeka
AND
Santa Fe Railroad
In connection with tho
UlanticX Pacific K.K
t
tiu:
GREAT MIDDLE ROUTE
Retween the Missouri river, and the
1'acirie coast. The only through
line from the Missouri river to
SOUTHERN COLORADO ;
AND I
NEW MEXICO.
Pullman Shcphuj Vrn x Varna!
oh all ErprcxH Train.
The Fating Houses along the line ol i
the road aro unstirpas.se 1. Tliwy i
are under the management of
Mr. Harvey, of Kansas City J
TUB
Best hotel manager in the country, j
'I hese houses are art arranged that from '
Kansas City to Dcmintr, passengers
have their regular meals, and
can get, always, a Hrst-elas
well cooked meal, at a reasonable price
lIt. .IOI1.N W. AVOMAt K H
ElOscaediop
Womacks cs'ebiated Indian Hitters.
Womack's fistula and pileGintmen
om iick . n,n, .c ..,.,.:,.
Great Hlessing to Suffering humanity i
i
,. i:..:. .
yislubi ui'l Piles Cured
I Without ue oi kiilfo, no jiftln u(T'rp(l,
w:i li
Womack's
OINTMK NT.
r- 1 1 it tilt fW
kKTi ii. i:ui. mi i FDI4 & irf nir. !
LKif TETTEHf IMsnwoHM, I
OABt hS0 i()Hr)) ot. TWKK j
Tr tkaks' srAKiHM.i . i
Prlc per bo ... JO cts.
CARNER & CO., j
Manufacturers and Proprietors, ,
.St.JjJuiSj Mo., and Mobile, Ala.
01111
A. PF.EUAl'LT.
Perrault&Galles
llealcr
Vail Arrival
ft! EW GOODS,
j"un-i
,.) I", ,: ', ..' iff
f T
-v -i- t t rK r r TA s
j J K X UUUIJb
Including New Silks. Colored Cashmeres, Ladies Cloth, Plaids, French
(linghams and Prints.
! New notions and fancy goods
i . - "
. allaml and beconvinci d. l.wtsof the older stock marked down and tk now
cheaper than ever.
Cigars and Tobacco, Queensware etc
&&" Finest lira uds of Wines and
JLsske Valley
ill
ii:vi.i:i!s i
D D
'-Cllec, Sugar, Ftoti", Grain, Molosses, Potatoes, Canned Goods and
!ttttef,'.Kg'j;s,.etc., a Specialty.
Our Stock Is
C OMP IdST 33 ,
Our Pi ices Low.
.The Best Assortment of Fancy and Staple
Groceries in Town. .,,
Also a Good Line of ilats. and Caps, Hosts an I Shoes, all Solid Leather, war
runted a 1 1 It!?.
f
pe- Prompt attention gives so Cnlon from aeighboring camps.
OIotsh,ag Department.
The largest stock of goods ever opened in town at prices that defy com
petition. The ladies are specially invited to call and iuspoct stock aj
prices. Patronage solicited from neighboring camps.
No blow; No talk: No famr prices asked; Convince yourself by
culling on
Cheap House.
1IERRIX, KlilLES ami MILLER,
11 K. j .ij.m.
in
;,! t '
and Opening of
iiiiii r
in Iew Hex.
of every description. Lotsof
: " ,
Llpiors always on hand.
11 & EM,
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