Russell County School Signal from Bunker Hill, Kansas • 5

i THE "PHZE FLAG. f1f ut ItwJ Cfty tie hrhi Pikl if. Qrm rm, Ai Vmr R. ll4CrvKi Rify IvJfifi. I)48 f4ra urt l.Ut county wai lit httizzr at ht 'M TrstKcr' AU5i.

AI2ow me to ccatdit yo4 your fp'rt5l4 vktory Your tn1) J. II. Vhasxus. FAittioaT, an. 4, Suit.

J. UjCKtrtiVKiu AlJow nef in the oarseof the Fairpsrt KhooJ, to tlonk you kr your unerring cf-font in brisking our county to the front, at the K. S. T. am! en-aUKaghtr to carry off the highest honor.

May Rut fell county always te a lse at r. in the lead. Yours cordially, W. A. Booth, Teacher of Fairpcrt ichool, dis-trict No.

S9 Zoit, Jan. 9, '92. Hick nan vke. Dn.R Smi The citizens of Russell county can justly feel proud over the winning of the flai? hv her teachers, at Toneka. 4aTf vf ta, IDiM IhScr, I.

V.Vivrr lh lf.VVvrf, Ai It. KWrt If. Vuh4 MirjN. Hoc4e WdU Host II. Itt uV, lliine Aenk Mry Ium3nii Sah fc-lnuifcr.

wanner o. 15 no. id Grace F. Uiint, CUudU f. I Unco, Gertrude K.

Hiinf, Anna II MIffimer, Ear! J. Mi-iimer. rijjrniteT no. 21. J.

II. Greenwood, D.iiy Isimer. DISTRICT NO 22. Amelia Uckner, Manic Cooper, Henry ICddy. mSTIUCT no.

26. Laura Pfcifer, Lee T. Glaze, Ir.i A. Glaze. DISTRICT NO.

27. Fred Krug, Anna Krug, Olive Landon, Elosia Landon, Grace Landon, Deane Landon. district no. 3.1 Mary Cromwell, Nina Cromwell, Nellie M. Hall, Albert L.

Luce, Orval A. Shelton. DISTRICT NO. 39. Mary Coultrin, Lettic Green, Anson Coultrin.

district no. 46. Tohn M. Nicholas, Albert Bieh- ttliffi tf CexfrmUiUe. Warns, K4u Dff.

Strr.J. K. IhcfcutuvKtf; Bin 1 I ym may tarcr fu gsimkt at tU Bito Trader' Ao-elation, Dec. 3KSr, ipf. I know )wr wl ami patriotism in the To of education It worth more to Hucl county than the hut if you ihouM win it, I hope It will fotpirc every teacher In RtitNril county to ralic a flag over their fchool house a 1 to how to more racm counties that the teacher of RuhmtJI county and their fupcrtntendent are loyal, patriotic and xealou in the work of education.

Courteously, J. W. flown. District No. W.i.r, Ka, Jan.

5, '92. Suit. J. R. Uickkrdykk.

Sik: Three cheers for Russell county! Just heard the great news. May success crown her every effort. The winning of the Association Flag rellecU great credit upon the county superintendent, and proves his loyalty to the cause of education in its triumphal progress. Allow me to offer my sincere PfM 111 5lf Tfce fart two iuist! UntU aod the 11 to veto! a WW fe-r the iWw' emmtf frA.wJ Get ywr dliirlfl ready to wrvelM Tlx; annual mtnrxe of Arbor Pay will a love of home, fUtfrki, county and country. It Irrei lc planted at every fchool houw.

School Ixmdi arc not authorial to purchase fchool apparatus and expcwive rchool ttuleit the Anmal Meeting authorized them. Turn to the imnu'tftof your kit Annual Meeting and read itt instruction. OSeUl Vatic cy. A vacancy in a rchoel hoard may occur in any one of the following way to vrit: r. Resignation.

2. Change of residence. 3. Removal from office. 4.

Death. The above Lt in answer to many questions as to what constitutes a vacancy. Tern Reports. School law requires these reports to be filed and the school register properly kept and foiled before the teachei receives his last month's pay. The report and register should be carefully examined to see that every item is given that it calls for, and not take the mere statement of the teacher or some one else that it is right or is suf used to be riqhL Or if not that it will be made right at some indefinite future time.

Registration of Warrants. School officers are urged to read carefully article 18, page 86, of the school laws of 1S91. This law so far as it concerns public schools directs that no warrants shall be issued by any school-district board, or board of education, except on audited account duly itemized in writing and verified by affidavit, setting forth that the same is just and correct and remains due and unpaid. Directors of school districts, presidents of boards of education, and the respective clerks thereof, shall have power to administer oaths. This law further provides that warrants are to be countersigned by the treasurer, by whom a record is to be kept, and that warrants not paid when presented to the treasurer shall have endorsed thereon a proper registered number, and a record of such warrants must be kept by the treasurer, that they may be paid in the order of their presentation as shown by such register.

-The penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this law is from $50 to $500, upon It places Russell ccunty as the 01 mc sua. teachers will not lack in energy, congratulations to you and the enthusiasm and patriotism and it teachers of this county, for your will be infused every school in the county. Cordially, success in winning uic jjiiw. It is becoming more and more II. 1.

HOLLAND, District No. 18. evident that Russell county is to be the banner county of the state in educational development. Two Star Honor Boll. This roll contains the names of ler, Ernest Anschutz.

It is beyond doubt that the nag will be at the headlof as grand a delegation of teachers to the Na those pupils who have been eight times on the "County Merit Roll." tional Association, at Saratoga, as DISTRICT NO. I. Tames Rudd. Lucretia Carnell, it has headed in the past, or will head in the future. Pearl Koogle, Grace Callahan, 1 district no.

53. Robert C. Harris. district no. 58.

Sadie Boomhower. DISTRICT NO. 59. Martha A. Hopper, Marietta Wnnner.

Hattie Hopper, Arcada Electa Callahan, I osie riaroaugn, Tessie A. Carnell, Mary A. Wal- Yours sincerely, W. H. Woodruff, District No.

50. lace, Martha K. Wallace, may W. Betts, A. Pearle Betts, Grace Price, iimma i-yncn, uonie Warner, Dora Warner, Laura Bowles, May Marsh, Ella Lucas, Lucas, Tan.

6, '02. SUPT. J. R. BlCKERDYKE, Blanche Shaver, uayt inuo Harbaugh, Jasper Fisher.

Kusseii, Kansas, rh? at? I heartilv congrat ulate you as county superintend- 1 a A-'Ua. DISTRICT NO. 3. Marv A. R.

Collinsworth, Til- ent 01 the oanner county, uj. state of Kansas, at the K. S. T. lie R.

Harris, Bina B. Torrence, Clarkson. district no. 60. Chellie Cooper, Lollie Cooper.

district no. 67. Hubert L. Webber. district no.

63. B. Otelia Olson, Elsie S. Olson, Anton J. Olson, Minnie A.

Olson. "As is the school board, so is the school." To what extent is this true? A for the year iqi-2. ine teachers of the county, under your leadership, have marched on to victory, and thus have received the highest honor of the Association. Hurrah for Russell county I Yours for victory, O. E.

Wheeler, District No. 3. Cecil V. Scnven, Chester V. Joi-linsworth, Charles J.

G. Scriven, Lewis L. Torrence, Herbert Homen, Rachel C. Darby, Ettie F. Darby.

DISTRICT NO. 4. Maud Wells, Sylvia Brooner, Rosa Heim, Dora Heim, Maud Brooner, Mary Foster, Myrtle Cline, Alice Bond, James Bond, W. Thomas. Brooner, Henry Wehrle, Rose Flickinger, Charles Harry Flickinger.

DISTRICT NO. 35. Harry Storey, Lulu Storey. The constitution of Ohio, gives the governor no veto power, a- distinction enjoyed by no other state save Rhode Island. Paul du Chaillu, the traveler, has been laid up with the grip at Chicago since the loth of December, but is gradually getting out of it Luray, Jan.

7, '92. SUPT. J. R. BlCKERDYKE, Russell, Kansas.

-Dear Sir: The report comes to me that Russell county is the banner county, this year; that you.