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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05

barns and all else In his life have
changed from "tallow candle and
homemade flail" age to an Electric
light and n steam thrasher" age.
Three years ago Midway and the sur.
rounding country began to think 1t was
time to have u twentieth century school
plant. They began to feel tha. 1t
would be well to have building as
good rs any of their churches. At
first the general public shook its head
and mumbled under its breath, but
gradually it began to see the wisdom
of the movement and at last voted the
funds necessary.
While the trustees planned a school
that should be q credit archltecturalIy,
they I'D lot .fQrget 10 Spx. enepasl
Ground TO give the energetic young.
sters that were to be trained ample
elbow room. The beautiful building
stands well back from the turnpike
on FIVE acres Of fine blue grass land.
Behind and to one side Of the school
building is comfortable stable stalled
to hold twenty-four horses.
As is usual in school affairs all over
the country, the trustees built this
school with Hn idea of its taking care
OF all the pupils In the district for the
next fifty years. Now, after only two
and n half years, they are beginning to
see the natural result of fine grow.
ing school spirit among both children
and parents. Today five grade and two
high school teachers manage to teach
the 250 boys and girls that are en-
rolled. This number is just fifty more
than were enrolled last year. 1t is
now plain that the school will have
to add new. teacher each year to take
core Of the steady increase, and In five
more years an addition will have to be
built TO take care of the children. BE.
sides this yearly increase, the trustees
claim that very few of those enrolled
even try to play truant. Ample play.
grounds, clean. warm schoolrooms,
comfortable single desks. light and
pleasant surroundings make school 20.
Ing less irksome, and the Incentive
for playing out has been removed.
Several schools rolled into one make
many things possible. 1t allows the
school fund to pay for a reliable janl
tor, who can heat, clean and care for
the property rs II should be cared for
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
Paintinn and eransfrult.

"You say that teacher wants you
to get some paint an paint brush,
Bobby exclaimed farmer,
"Yes, sir, to paint pictures WITH"
answered his eight-year.old hopeful.
"Do you know when went to
school ! had lots Of old blue back spell
ers an hickory lie an no flills or fur.
bellows. | reckon I'll have to get em
for you, but II looks like II plumb
waste of time, this paintin' of pic.
lures"
His good wife smiled behind her
glasses and kept on sewing. Some
time later, when Bobby was fast
asleep, she adroltly asked the man en-.
yeloped In the blue haze of White
Burley, "Rob, what did you getswhen
you were In town this afternoonP>
"Why, got those repairs for the
AQhredder that had come by express, an
Aw some nice grapefruit an oranges
an brought Il few along, Why"
"What was the use Of brlngin' them
home? You knew we had plenty of
bacon. potatoes, beans an' coffee in the
pantry, didn't your
Gradually the man struggled out of
the smoke long enough to eXclaim:
"0ne reason got 'cm was to please
you. Great Scott, don't you ever get
worked out, tired to death Of fat meat
an coffee. wOmanp
"Of course do. an like grapefruit
an all kinds Of odds an ends to give
me an appetite for the plain, substan.
tlal things. But" and pleasant mis-
chievous smile spread over her soft.
motherly face, "you an | were raised
on fat meat, coffee an' lots Of hickory
iie, weren't we RobW
For a moment the mans face wore n
puzzled look. Suddenly his face cleals
ed, and he laughed heartily and suid 81
reckon | was kinder hard on Bobby
just now You are right things are
different now, an they're n lot better
than they used to be. see what ynu
are drivln' at, mother. Yes. the teacn
.er wants to use the palntn' like II klud
.er relish or side dish to keep up thpii
appetite for the rest Of the everydn,
school grub"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
LIVING TOWER is UNIQUE
Captain -Meeker Built It on the Tops
of Four Redwood Trees In Cal
fornia.

What is known as the Living Tow
er" (says a writer in the Wide
World Magazine) stands on the very
summit of a hill more than two hun
dred feet high at Camp Meeker, a
summer resort in Sonoma county, Cal
ifornia. 1t was Captain Meeker, an
old pioneer, who first conceived the
idea of building tower on the very
summit of high hill near his hotel,
and while looking around one day for
suitable site, he found four young
redwood trees standing about twelve
feet apart, representing aperfect
square. The trees were each about
one hundred and fifty feet high. Fifty
feet of each top was Topped OFF, and
the work of building six stories was
then commenced. From top to bottom
the Living Tower was one hundred
feet high. Each floor is about twelve
by twelve feet, and rests on strong
timbers, the ends of which are Sc
curely attached to the four trees by
means of steel cables and bolts. So
strongly was every part braced that
the whole structure does not. move as
much as one would naturallyjsuppose,
even when rocked by heavy winds.
In the building great care was taken
by the worEnen to cut only the
branches growing on the inside of the
square, and the trees were not chop
ped, mutilated, or weakened any more
than could possibly be avoided. Lead
ing up from each story are broad
stairways, so that one may ascend
and descend with ease and perfect
safety, while around the edge Of each
floor are strong ratings to prevent ac-
cidents. Since this tower was COM
pleted, the trees have grown and
fiourlshed just as well as before. This
living tower is claimed to be the only
one Of It's kind in the world,
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
interesting Facts About oysters


An oyster is wonderfully prolific
A single oyster in single season
will produce SO,OO0,OOO eggs. If these
all survive and in turn had normsI
families, in few years many great
bodies Of water, such as Long Island
Sound, Peconic, Gardners, Nara
gansett, Great South and Chesapeake
bays would become filled up, Navi-
CATION would have to be suspended.
The oyster shells would form solid
land, as do the houses of the coral
insects of the South Pacific. But in
stead of increasing, the destruction
Of the young oysters by their enc
mics is so great, together with the
depletion of the natural beds by the
demand for this delicious food by
mankind, that far from increasing, in
past years the supply was greatly de-
pleted. In many cases II has threat
ened to become extinct. This was es,
pecially true in Great Britain and
some places on the Atlantic coast.
In recent years, however, vast
industry has been established for the
artificial propagation and cultivation
of oysters. Now hundreds of thous-
ands OF acres are employed in oyster
farming in the great bays and sounds
of the Atlantic seaboard. Here
oyster farming under from 30 to GO
feet of water is conducted upon an
enormous scale, at great expense and
labor.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05

MIDwAY's SUCCESS.

It provides teachers for the different
grades and makes efficient and strong
work. by bringing many children to
gether 1t gives chance for the child
to develop his social nature in group
of his own age. That the school ut
Midway Is a success is to put the mat
ter lightly. \ school that has en-,
rolled nfty new pupils this year, that
has added lfty children to the school
population of Midway, that makes the
renting of any Kind Of house IN the
town an mposSihillty, that In two
and half years does not show n
scratched wall or desk, is u huge sue
cess.
Docs all this answer the question OF
Investment? Can any one ever figure
exactly what strOngc. men aud women
In II community are worthy The
school cost the community $4,000 Is
the money Il good Investment for Mid
way? The answer can only come by
asking any Of the residents In the Ills
trct Of those who are willing TO send
their children five or six niles aud
pay extra tuition to lave them In a
real i've twentieth century school
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
GREAT IS THE BUcKWHEAT!
Only Pumpkin Pie May Be;Llkened to
the Tasteful Cereal Cakes,
Says Rhapsodlst.

This modest Towering plant makes
but a poor showing in our annual
crop returns-some 100000 bush
els, perhaps. AS a grain it figures
insignifcantly, outside Of New York
and Pennsylvania. But II is to be
noted that the honey bee is aware OF
its peculiar virtue, preferring alone
the white clover to the buckwheat
blossoms. Farmers who keep bee
hives know this and plant patches of
the grain.
Wise as the bee is the man who
awaits the honey from the hive, the
flour from the buckwheat; then fol-
lows the griddle cake.
Its time is at hand. 1t goes with
sausage or Philadelphia scrapple.
There are such distinct American
products that one reads with keen
sympathy In the latest life Of the ex-
patriated genius, Whistler, how he
was so devoted to buckwheat cakes
that "he insisted almost at the price
of friendship that others share his
enthusiasm" How could others be
expected to do so born outside the
buckwheat belt? Wretched, homeslck
artist.
Other countries are blessed with
special foods, from the caviare OF
Russia to the macaroni of Italy, but
they are beyond the pale, pltiably
ignorant of what they miss and OF
what we are about to enjoy. In Amer
lea there is nothing sectional about
the buckwheat cake; 1t springeth up
as lowly flower, and, in the common
taste for 1t, is to be likened only to
the unpretentious pumpkin pie.-Phlla-
delphia Press.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
Good Modal.

He was somewhat eaten up with a
mistaken consciousness Of his own
Importance. and when he was making
his great speech in the Muddlecombe
mock parliament, he noted that one
of the local pressmen appeared to
be sketching him. When the house
adjourned he buttonholed the artist.
81 belleye-aw--you were-aw-
sketching me; isn't that so-aw?" he
inquired,
"That is So" replied the artist,
"Well-aw-would you-aw-tell
mo what noospaper you-aw-repre
sent-awT
81 don't represent any newspaper
answered the artist. 81 design comic
postcards. ."-Tldbits.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
BUY THE BRAINS
BEHIND The CORN
L Cost One Farmer $500, bul
He Won Out
THEY DETERMINE The VALUES
Haw Material Is Cheap, but the
Amount of Brains Mixed With It In
Manufacture Means Profit or Loss.
Learn How.

Some years ago Hoosler farmer be-
gln~to breed fine seed corn. At one
sof the great national corn shows, held
at Chicago, he took the first prize for
a single ear of corn. The rule govern.
ing this exhibit was that the ear tax
ing first prize became the property Of
the corn show. The farmer was in
despair until lie learned that this best
ear in the world would be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder.
He determined he must keep this ear
of corn for seed on his own farm at
any cost. LIE BOUGHT THE EAR
FOR $500.
Every one said he was crazy to pay
such price for single ear of corn
OF course any other ear of the same
weight and costing about ~ cents
would have fed as much stock or made
as many cornmeal batter cakes for
breakfast. Why was he willing to
pay such huge price for the cornY
He was not buying corn at ALL HE
WAS BUYING THE BRAINS BE.
HIND IT'S PRODUCTION
Raw material Is cheap; the amount
of brains mixed with 1t in It's manu-.
facture fixes its market value. a
piece Of window glass Is cheap; a
watch crystal is more expensive; II
lens for n fine camera is quite ex-
penslve; the objective for great tee
scope may cost small fortune. What
is true of corn or any raw material is
true of men. A fine, strong, vigorous
man can be bought for 50 as laborer.
Mix brains enough for him to handle
IA section gang, and lie will bring SO
per day.
Mix brains enough to fit him for a
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
HOW MIDWAY
CAME TO LIFE
A $4,000 Investment on Its
Boys and Girls.
IN MODERN SGHOOLHOUSE.
Tho Town Began Three Years Ago to
Realize the Importance of conserV-
ing Its Future Citizens Health and
MentaIity-Plenty of Room to Play.

Many rural communities feel that
any building and any grounds will do
for school purposes. These communi-
ties have never thought definitely how
far they have progressed in so many
other lines. The average man will say
when you press him for a reason for
the poor school equipment in his neigh
orhood, "Well, that school was good
enough for me, an | reckon it's good
enough for my children His own
home, his farming implements, his
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05

ing a change than there were in
1863, especially as there is doubt
whether the new Supreme Court
rules apply to this particular
court. With an army of hungry
office seekers calling for political
reward, the democrats will find
it hard to resist the temptation
to make vacancies where posi-
BILE.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
Historic British Ship.

One Of the most interesting ships
afioat is the Eagle, which lies in one
of the docks of the River Mersey,
England. For more than fifty years
the Eagle has served as n training
ship, 1t was launched in 1904, and
took part in several important en-.
gagements in the early part of the
last century, when the Napoleonic
power was at it's height.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
School Notes.

With only three more weeks
till the school dismisses for the
holidays, and what are the pat
rons and board Of trustees doing
in the way of preparations for
the accommodation Of the very
large number Of students that
will be here this winter? We
know that there will be plenty OF
room for the housing and feeding
of all who come, but we woulC
like to see things ready before
the time comes to use them. Ii
all the patrons of the school would
take a little pains to tell the peo-
| pie Of the county what their chill
dren are doing here in the way
Of learning it would not be so
difficult to get the pupils of the
county to agree to come to West
Liberty to school, There is too
much lethargy on the part Of the
town and school board, and too
much dependence on the faculty
to build up the school.
Wherever you find a real live
school with all the nearby pat
ronage attending, you will find
not only the teachers alive and
busy telling OF it's good work,
but you will also find the board
and patrons helping to push the
thing along and all working in
harmony without which there
can be no reachingto the highest
degreed of proficiency in school
interest and attendance. We
have a shcool here that any par
ent can well afford to patronize
and we feel that all the people Of
West Liberty owe it to them
selves and to their neighbors in
the country to tell of the Home
County school where the boys
and girls of the county may come
and be educated for a very little
expense instead of having to go
away for work that they could as
well get here ifpthey knew that
we have it. Lets all get busy
and tell the people of the Noun
tains the real truth concerning
school conditions in West Eber-
ty, for we have wide experience
in teaching in the most up-to-date
schools of this Mountain section,
and we know that here in this
school we have as good accom-
modations for real work as any
school in this section of the state.
Our three courses Of study, the
County Certificate, State Certif.
cate and the Home courses are
strong and well provided for anC
the expenses as low as any
school of like merit. At a cost
of $1,000 per month a pupil can
get abe highest course of study
here. Tuition $3.50 and board
only $500. This is our highest
prices. Tell everybody to come
and lets have the best year ii
the history Of the school.
NOAH Cisco.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

Shelby Nickel, son of Wi ham Canada
Nickel, Of Mathew, while bird hunting
Nov. ~ accidenllN shot himself IN the foo
inillcting wound TO 50 serious a nature
that the member had to beampatatred, Ors
W. II Wheeler, Of West Liberty, and ], c
Wheeler, OF Caney performing the opera.
ton.
At last report Young y ckell was doing
nicely and his ulum ,te recovery is expected
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
81

conductor, and he will bring 81 to So
per day ON the market =.
Enough brains to handle. .'great
railroad system, and he brings 500
per day on the open market.
All values in the market of the
world are educated brain values.
The cheapest education is the best,
for the efficient, well educated man
is the high priced commodity.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05

The natural resources Of any countr
are limited. The only resource that /
without limit Is human brains,
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
Local and Personal.
He Advertised AT Last.

There was a man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise;
He swore (it was his policy
He would not advertise.
But one sad day he advertised,
And thereby hangs a tale,
The ad. was set in quite small type
And headed "Sheriff's Sale"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-17
Talks With Men of
National Prominence
At Washington. d. c.

Unless sever eminent Massachu-
sets republicans change their minds
in the next few months. said j. c.
Thayer. 81 prominent attorney of Bos-
ton there will he one OF tbs ~livcliest
contests for the seat in the senate to
he vacated by Senator Crane next
March that has ever been witnessed.
1t seems certain now that Repre-
sentative Mccall will shortly announce
his candidacy. That Representative
Weeks will do the same thing is equal
ly certain. Another who may cast his
hat into the ring is Representative
Gardner. ~son-in-law of Senator Lodge.
MIR. Gardeners plans hinge on those
of former Gov. Guild. If MIR. Guild is
a candidate. Mr.. Gardner will not en-
ter the race.
Nom of the democrats in the house
has shown any inclination so far TO
become a candidate. Believing, how
ever. that the nomination of Coz. Will
son for the presidency will have the
effect of bringing out Il heavy demo-
cratic in Massachusetts next No
venlber, the Massachusetts democrats
in the house feel that Il good demo-
cratic candidate for the enate would
no be wasting his time by making
the fight. Mayor FITZGERALD. who has
already announced himself. is expected
to work harder than eve for the tick
ct his year.
The state committee is already
making plans for a determined fight
for the control of the legislature. The
general plan is to concentrate on the
districts which are fairly close. The
democrats of Massachusetts believe
that enough of these close districts can
be u into the Democratic column
to insure IA majority in the legislature
for The party
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-17
Italians Will Support Wilson.

Francis l.. Corrao. Il prominent Ital-
ian II former assistant district at
torney at Brooklyn says that the ltal-
ians of the country understand that
Gov. Woodrow Wilson is not unfriend-
~ to them.
There have been things said which
would make it appear that Gov. Will
son is unfriendly to the Italians said
Mr.. Corrao. Sensible Italians have
taken no stock in this kind of talk.
Gov. Wilson has spoken against
the coming into this country of law
less elements. but no one can take ex-
ception TO that. In speaking of the
Italians in this country, the governor
said recently: 4 yield to no one in
my ardent admiration for the great
people of Italy. and certainly no one
who loves history or liberty should
fail to accord to Italians a great place
in tn" history of political freedom.
Certainly, the Italians have known
ana honored hay" constituted one of
The most interesting and admirable
elements in III American life
Far from thinking Gov. Wilson
preludiced against the italians, / he
licNe he is. like all Americans of ed
ucation, their sincere friend and adj
mirer. l shall, therefore. take great
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-17
:BENNER & BEGG.
PHOTOGRAPHY As A SPORT
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.[Continued from Page 81
can shoot up a lot of material in a
short time. and not get one real pic
ture, and again you might make one
exposure, and it will pay for your
vacation.
So before every picture take care,
caution and composition should be
taken into consideration, care in the
handling Of the sensitive material.
caution In manipulating your camera
and composition in the posing of the
picture. Many pictures have beer
ruined by lack of judgment as for in
tance turning the head one way and
the eyes the other. or the subject
staring straight at the camera.
Draping the Subject.
Every picture should tell a story.
and composition means to place your
draperies or accessories so thai they
will carry the y to the main sub
iect. A woman loading a gun should
be placed with the eyes. arms, gun
and general O in a downward po-
sition, making the effect pleasing and
natural. or a hunter picking up q
duck. not only his arm and eye
should indicate the subject. but the
gun in his other hand should point
downward in order to properly bal
|ance the picture.
Accessories are important Just like
la good stage setting. Take the time
to arrange Your background so that
1T will itself suggest where you are
and hat o are doing. In taking
fishing pictures at the beach avoid
showing the old railroad tracks and
ties. a strip Of the beach and water
will make a more convincing picture.
Or If you are mentioning in the
mountains let something indicate that
you are in h mountains and not in
your own back yard.
Wasting good film space is another
likely occurrence. About nine out of
ten negatives taken by amateurs
show about %one-fourth of the film
covered by the image. Get close to
the subject you are after, fill the plate
or film with it and let the rest of the
country Ego hang" The ~favorite
slogan among the newspaper folk is:
Get the meat" and this holds good
for all animate and inanimate things,
except views which may be taken at
la distance.
A reducing glass is of great help
in picking out the most picturesque
spot the same idea may be had by
partly for scenic ecect, but in lieu of
this closing the eyes and seeing the
landscape with the camera eye"
Handle With Care.
Treat you camera with care; it is
IA very delicate machine and a carry
ing case is a necessity to keep sand
and dirt from clogging the shutter
while on the tramp. Put it away
every time it is used and whenever
possible while making an exposure,
use a tripod. as the very best results
are always obtained when the camera
is resting on a solid base and the diff
ference in detail can always be noted
in the quality of the negative.
Shutdown is the best time for TAX
ing views, the light at that time is
even, and by taking a quick time ex-