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LAKI~ COUWFY' TN TO THEe~us*CAN VO ô? 0 I AM à, candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Sehoole. My -theory ls that the chief duty' of a Superintendent is te Superlntendi and, inidentaly-to do ît.himeif. J' believe' that by sehools we Z]mean both grade and high wcheols, but since the graide m3ehoo1 is the institution reaehùiîg the greater nimber of people, the fundamental principle of " the greatest good to the'greatest number" demands that the grade or so-called,"commonechool" should be the chiefest intereat of th e SuperInt«nd.- ent in a Countrlike Ours. It is my ambition-to have an opportun- 1h' to so orgai ze the common school sys;terui here that it eau be truthfully saidat the end of fouir ycars that Lake-Çouinty has the fln-. est grade sehools in the State. My maxin is1: uild strongly at.th'e bottomi so that if a boy or girl eannot go to high seliool he eau face the world with what he bas unvexed hy .fear-if he can go fur- ther-why haif bis battie bas been fought ini bis eoinruon s<'hool preparation. ButId at the top if you can lut bufld at the bottom you must. Whether this is mere talk or not. de- pendsi upon my ahility to.perforx-I know that-depe~nds upon my qualifications.and character. TJpon such thinga wvould you like to be judged, by what you had doue or by prej- udice, which? If by the formner, I respect- fully refer yon to tho several dlztrlçts of Lake Oounty <easily àâcertalned) where 1 have worked and lived. ~amullte s r* wli you wat-they are what 1ý have alwas uougt-alwsys wQrk4d for-'&nd7the@v is ant tW aot to corne- a wtwun for me Jno Ibisbehaif. 1 WI U 101 ,de me the jusitice tW thu investlgae? Vpoa t ~et Judge me.1f Ifl am *11 rlghtl aïk yurvote-ifI1am wrong 1yfedup the'rlghttoask. 11 I have had no "Pull" in this life. I ar long acpstomed to being judged by what I am n d what I1cau do. O Very truly, JQMNHDE Antioch, III., Sept. 6, 1910. John' Hodge, born in Sinelairville, Cbi*utaiiquia <ounty, New York, Mittch 15, 1877,.edueated at Riegent's 111gb Sehool and State Normal and Training School, Eng- lish Course, Fredonia, N. Y He ecarneto Lake County in -finne, M69(, and bas .taught the Murray sehool in Fre- mont, the De-lin mebool near Wa.iconda, the Lake Zutrich sieh<ol thme Years, the Iiockèfeller school threc vears, the Ivanhooe séthool two veai the Ilighwood %ebool three years and lias eontraeted to tcaa"h the Anti- oeh sehool another vear. Mr. Hodge is a candidate for- Coutt Superintendent of Sehools and his eanditï- acY is well reeeived ini every part of Lake County. lc has a ver.% large ae-qtîaintatie, is prorninent and has mnany fricnds. min Ibm i~w~uuuoeuw Laite rnth,,, MIenry cou nty .1 In houne CouM iniIh To -Construct a Cty 9of - - i -