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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-09-24
LAND CASE HEARING Is SET
Taking Testimony May Begin septsm.
Der 20 In Forfeiture Suit.

Roseburg OF testimony in
the case OF the government against the
Southern Oregon company. claimant TO
$4,000 acres included In the Coos Bay
wagon road land grant, will begin at
Roseburg September rs or 20. accord.
Ing to plans OF attorneys concerned.
The land involved is In Coos and
Curry counties. and IL nearly all heav.
lily timbered, IL was granted by con.
gress on condition that military wa.
gon road be- built from Coos Bay TO
Roseburg and that the land be sold
to actual settlers in l60-acre tracts at
not more than $3.50 an acre, The ore.
gon legislature later transferred the
grant. originally 100000 acres. on con
aiton that the terms OF the original
grant be carried out
Passing through various hands. the
land came 10 be held by the Southern
Oregon company, which was organ
lied to take il over
The government charges that no at
tempt has been made 10 observe the
grant terms and contends that the re-
mainder OF the land. some 5000 acres.
having been sold at various prices.
shall be forfeited. as the Oregon 4
California grant lands were forfeited,
hack into the public domain.
Alleged Garden Interview oispleases.
Washington.-The United States
government has sent a formal note TO
Great Britain inQulring II the recent
interview attributed TO Sir Lionel Car
den. British Minister TO Mexico. criti'
cising President Wilson for withdraw
ing American forces from Vera Cruz.
was authentic in any part.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-09-24
FRENCH CATHEDRAL IN RUINS
Famous Structure at Rheims Reported
Destroyed by German 6ombarding

Berlin, via London.-An official
statement says;
Rheims was in the battle line OF
the French and the Germans were
obliged TO lombard il. We regret the
necessity, but the fire of the French
came from that direction. orders have
been issued TO save the cathedral.
THE attacks on the French are pro-
gressing at several points"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-09-24
Germans Tell OF 2ts,4to Prisoners

Amsterdam. official Berlin mes.
sage claims that the prisoners OF war
In Germany number:
British. 100 officers. 1850 men;
French. 1880 officers. $4,000 men; Rus.
sian. 1880 officers, $1,000 men; Bel.
CLAN. 44O officers, 10000 men. total
OF 2lS,4l0.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-09-24

Best hand embroidered pique or lin
en- carriage robe-Marie Fisher, Mrs.
L. b. Frye.
Best crochet carriage robe-Mrs.
Joe Staples Mrs. Farmer.
Best hand embroidered bootees-
Mrs. Il. G. Harrell, Elsie Reece.
Best crochet bootees--Mrs. Farmer,
Mrs. VIM. Raver.
Mrs. Farmer, Mrs. VIM. Raver.
Best hand embroidered child's dress
to 5 yards-Mrs. Carrie Tussing. Mrs.
Bourke.
Best collection baby clothes--Mrs.
Frank RAIDER. Mrs. c. II. Emison.
Educational.
School Display. Agricultural. Domestic.
School Room.
Best individual display agricultural
products-1Jeo Thompson, Cecil
Thompson.
Best display of individual domestic
department-Alae Jaynette Marsden.
Eta McCreight.
Best display Of maps, any room
Fac Sutton. Mae Platt.
Best display drawings or sketches.
any room-Edna Griffin, Mae Plat.
Best general display of any room Of
pupils of grades /, 2. 3-Mrs. w. f.
Holman, 1aurose Bailey.
Best loaf of bread. pupils own bak-
ing and mixing-iIenry Kershubr,
Ruby Harris.
Neatest article Of hand sewing, any
pupil OF any room--Alva Arnold. Ethel
Mcwilllams.
Best display of potatoes. any pupil of
any room-Cecil Thompson. Leo
Thompson.
Best display of tomatoes grown by
any pupii--Harold Newton. Lee Moore.
Best display squash. 3. any pupil
Lee Moore. Lynn Dlngman.
Best display .wutermelons. 3. any
Thompson. Cecil Thomp-
son.
Best display pumpkins, 3, any pupil
Lynn Dingman. Leo Thompson.
Best display cucumbcrs, .. any pupil
Lee Moore. Leo Thompson.
Best individual pen sketch--May-
belle Caldwell. sherman Pierce.
Best individual writing. Palmer sys.
tem--Lynn Dingman. Esther Pearson.
Best display OF writing. any room.
Palmer system. each by u different !
srtton.
Hest sample Industrial work. pupil of
my school-Jamcs McCretsht. Buster
clement
Best individual sketch pen or pencil. !
my pupil-Iucile Worth. AIabcllc
'aldwcll.
Best bird house. any pupll-f'rank
)orman. Pete Madden.
Rest display corn. varieties. any
'upil-lynn Dlngman. Fred Bender.
Hest display popcorn. any pupil
zee Moore. Dcrce Dearborn,
Best display Jelly, . glasses. any
Pardum. Eva VII
ON.
Rest display cake. . kinds, any pupil
-'Alae Jaynctte Marsden.
Best display cookies. kinds, any
Jaynette Marsden.
Best display canned fruit. 3 lars, any
Pardum, Eta Me-
'rcight.
Best display sunflowers, 2, any pupil
Lee Moore. Louls Madden.
Best display butter pound. any pupil
( any school-Earl secoN Martial
tevens.
Best fancy apron. hand sewed. under
o years of ago-Phyllls Watson,
Iclen Kessler.
Best piece Of embroidery, under II
ears of age-Gladys Emison, Mildred
White,
Rest three dollIes, under l4-Derce
Lula Davis.
Rest sofa pillow, under li-Hazel
.crVin, Cecil Thompson.
Best dressed doll under l4-Eva
wilson, Fruitland, Beatrice Long.
Rest hand bag. under li-Lula
'avis, LaAna Armstron.
Best mechanical toy. any pupil
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

Kid Elberfeld, the veteran of many
years in the big leagues, is prominent
on the coaching lines every afternoon
for the Dodgers.
It's hard enough to get fans out to
see a single game at this time of
year, so why do the magnates stack
'em up in double headers?
Clark Griffith, manager Of the Sena-
tors, has exercised his option on Tom
my Long. the Atlanta outfielder, who
was with the Senators last year.
Every time Johnny McGraw looks
at the score of game the Braves win
with Rudolph in the fight he feels sick
because he did not hold the little
Bronx hero.
The Browns have a stronger team
playing now, Agnew, one of the best
catchers in the business, is back at
work, and Bobbie Wallace also has re-
turned to his old job.
If the Southern league joins forces
with the Federals, where will the
major leaguers go when their arms
go bad and they need warm weather
to bring them around?
Jack Knight, who has played in near.
ly all of the American league teams
and is now with the American associa-
ton, wants to get a job for next year
with the Pacific Coast league.
Clark Griffith says the Feds are not
worrying him, for he has his players
signed up for next year with the ten
day clause left out. So has Charley
Somers, but he is not boasting about
how happy he is because of that fact.
If it were not for Sam Crawford the
Tigers would be floundering around
last place about now. The absence
of Cobb has, of course, made a big
difference, but Crawford, by his bril-
liant hitting this year, has in way
made up for Cobb's absence.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
MAN AND STARCHED COLLARS
Movement to Abolish "PalIadium OF
RespectabiIity" Calls Forth
Strong Protest.

The papers report that league has
been formed to "emancipate man from
the starched collar"
Nonsense! Man does not need any
such emancipation, except on some
extra hot days in summer, and then
he emancipates himself.
There is more moral support, more
reinforcement of character, In a
starched collar than can be had in any
other form for the same money. The
starched collar is the badge Of Euro
pean civilization. Asia never devel-
oped it. Neither did Africa. The
Chinese have had civilization for 1000
years. but no starched collar. Whore
is their civilization now? 1t has gone
to the laundry.
The Hindus are kind to animals and
a thoughtful people, but they have
never taken to starched collars.
Where are they now? Trying to land
in British Columbia, trying to stay in
South Africa and being shooed away
by collar wearers.
The Persians are on the run. The
Japanese, the liveliest people in Asia,
when they accepted western civiliza-
ton, accepted starched collars with
both hands. The American negroes
wear the tallest and stiffest collars
to be had There is hope for them.
The starched collar is the palladium
of respectability. 1t is the token of
victory over self. Talk about abol-
ishing it is bosh. Abolish trousers IL
necessary; nations have become great
without them; but stick to the collar
and stick to the starch.-Life.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
Points on
Advertising
By HERBERT KAUFMAN
(Copyright.)
Cato's FoIIoW-Up System.

II man lambasted you on the eye
and walked away and waited week
before he repeated the performance,
he wouldn't hurt you very badly. Be-
tween attacks you would have an op-
portunity to recover from the effect of
the first blow.
But II he smashed you and kept
mauling, each impact of his fist would
find you less able to stand the ham,
mering, and half-dozen jabs would
probably knock you down.
Now advertising is, after all, a mat
ter of hitting the eye of the public.
II you allow too great an interval to
elapse between insertions Of copy the
effect of the first advertisement will
have worn away by the time you hit
again. You may continue your scat
tered talks over stretch of years, but
you will not derive the same beneht
that would result from a greater con-
ing in print every day you are able to
get the benefit of the impression Gre
ated the day before, and as each piece
of copy makes its appearance, the re-
suit Of your publicity on the readers
mind is more pronounced mustn't
stop short of knockdown Impression.
Persistence is the foundation of ad-
vertising success. Regularity of inser-
tion is Just as important as clever
phrasing. The man who hangs on is
the man who wins out. Cato the
Elder is an example to every merchant
wno uses the newspapers and should
be an inspiration to every storekeeper
who does not. For twenty years he
arose daily in the Roman senate and
cried out for the destruction of Car
thage. In the beginning he found his
conferees very uhresponsive. But he
kept on every day, month after month
and year after year, sinking into the
minds of all the necessity of destroy
ing Carthage, until he set all the SEN
ate thinking upon the subject, and in
the end Rome sent an army across the
Mediterranean and ended the reign of
the Hannibals and Hamilcars over
northern Africa. The persistent utter
ances of single man did 1t.
The history of every mercantile sue
cess is parallel. The advertiser who
does not let a day slip by without
having his say is bound to be heard
and have his influence felt. Every in
sertion of copy brings stronger re-
turns, because it has the benefit Of
what has been said before, until the
public's attention is struck like an
eye that has been so repeatedly struck
that the least touch of suggestion will
feel like blow.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
The Cellar Hole and the Sewer
Hole.

A coal cart stopped before an Office
building in Washington and the driver
dismounted, removed the cover from
a manhole, ran out his chute, and pro-
ceeded to empty the load. An old
negro strolled over and stood watch
ing him. Suddenly the black man
glanced down and Immediately burst
into a fit of uncomfortable laughter,
which continued for several minues.
The cart driver looked at him in
amusement. "Say, Uncle" he asked,
do you always laugh when you see
coal going into CELLAR" The negro
sputtered around for a few moments
and then, holding his hands to his
aching sides, managed to say, mo,
sab, but Jest busts when sees It
goin' down a sewer"
The advertiser who displays lack of
judgment in selecting the newspapers
which carry his copy often confuses
the sewer and the cellar.
All the money that is put into news
papers isn't. taken out again, by any
means. The fact that all papers possess
a certain physical likeness doesn't
necessarily signify a similarity in
character, and it's character in
newspaper that brings returns. The
editor who conducts a journalistic
sewer finds different class of readers
than the publisher who respects him.
self enough to respect his readers.
What goes into a newspaper largely
determines the class of homes into
which the newspaper goes. An ire
sponsible, scandal-mongering, muck
raking sheet Is certainly not supported
by the buying classes of people. 1t
may be perused by thousands OF read
)ers, but such readers are seldom pur-
chasers of advertised goods.
It's the clean-cut, steady, normal
minded citizens who form the bone
and sinew and muscle of the COM
munity. It's the sane, self-respecting,
dependable newspaper that enters
their homes and it's the home sale
that indicates the strength of an ad-
vertising medium.
No clean-minded father of family
wishes to have his wife and children
brought in contact with the most
maudlin and banal phases of life. He
defends them from the sensational edi.
tor and the unpleasant advertiser. He
subscribes to newspaper which he
does not fear to leave about the
house.
Therefore, the respectable newspa-
per can always be counted upon to
produce more sales than one which
may even own larger circulation but
whose distribution is among unprofita-
BILE citizens.
You can no more expect to sell
goods to people who haven't money
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
Siaht Lost and Restored.

Struck by lightning and blinded;
struck again and cured Of his blind
ness-this has been the extraordinary
experience of young Castleford Qre-
land) miner named Isaac Barnes.
Barnes was first struck when a storm
was at it's height. He received Sc
we're shock, and, when he recovered
consciousness he was totally blind
The storm was renewed in Castleford
on the following evening, exactly
twenty-four hours later. At seven there
was vivid fash, and Barnes, who was
lying in bed, was thrown to the floor.
A moment later, to the amazement of
the others in the room, he exclaimed,
Thank God, / can see!" He is still
suffering from nervous shock, but it is
stated that he is progressing favorably
and that his sight is normal.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
The Neighborhood.

Circulation is commodity which
must be bought with the same COM
mon sense used in selecting potatoes,
cloth and real estate. 1t can be meas
ured and weighed-it is merchandise
with probable value. 1t varies just
as much as the grocer's green stun,
the tailor's fabrics and the lots Of the
real estate man.
Your cook refuses to accept green
and rotten tomatoes at the price or
perfect ones. She does not calculate
the number of vegetables that are de-
livered to her, but those that she can
use. When your wife selects piece
of cloth she first makes sure that it
will serve the purpose she has in view.
When you buy piece of property you
consider the neighborhood as well as
the ground. Just so when you buy
advertising you must find out how
much of the circulation you can use.
You must judge the neighborhoods
where your copy will be read, with
the same thoughtfulness that you de-
voted to selecting the spot where your
goods are sold.
A dealer in precious stones would be
foolish to open up in tenement dis
trict, and equally short-sighted to tell
about his jewelry in a newspaper
largely distributed there. Out of a
thousand men and women who might
see what he had to say not ten or
them could afford to buy his goods.
These thousand readers would be mass
without muscle. He could make them
willing to do business with him, but
their incomes wouldn't let them be-
come customers.
One of the greatest mistakes in pub
licity is to drop your lines where the
fish can't take your bait.
Circulation is, as you see, very in
teresting subject, but very few people
know anything about it. 1t would sur
prise you to know that this ignorance
often extends to the business Offices of
newspapers. 1 have known publish
ers to continually mistake the class OF
their readers and have met hundreds
of them who had the most fantastic
ideas upon the figures of their circu-
lation.
While I would not be so harsh as to
accuse them of anything more than
being mistaken, none the less their
tendency to infect others with this
misinformation renders it extremely
advisable for you to become member
of the Missouri society-and "be
shown ~
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

Bluejacket, the Indian ballplayer,
grabbed by the Feds and claimed by
the Giants, because Of a previous con-
tract, is a real Indian, unlike Thorpe
and some others who have large per-
centage of white blood in their veins.
Bluejacket was born in Oklahoma
twenty-four years ago, and his parents
were Shawnee Indians, living on the
Shawnee national reservation, near
the Cherokee reservation.
Bluejacket lived on the reservation
until he was big enough to be sent
away to school, when he went to the
National Cherokee Male seminary,
where he studied four years. Then he
went back to the reservation and be-
gan farming.
But he was a natural athlete, made
reputation in several different
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

than you can hope to pluck oysters
from rose-bushes.
It isn't the number of readers
reached, but the number of readers
whose purses can be reached that
constitutes the value of circulation.
It's one thing to arouse their attention,
but it's a far different thing to get
their money. The mind may be will
ing, but the pocketbook may be weak.
II you had the choice of thousand
acres of desert land or hundred
acres of oasis you'd select the fertile
spot, realizing that the larger tract
had less value because 1t would be less
productive.
The advertiser who really under
stands how he is spending his money
takes care that he is not pouring his
money into deserts and sewers.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

Money talks and that's the reason
baseball is SO quiet.
Tyler, the Boston southpaw, is get
ting better all the time.
Jack Frill, the veteran southpaw,
has been released by Toronto.
The Denver club has signed Pitcher
Cy Morgan, late of Kansas City.
President Johnson believes Fielder
Jones will make great success with
the Sloufeds.
There is feud on between the col
lege and noncollege men on the Cleve-
land team, it is reported.
Larry Cheney has lost control of the
ball to such an extent that he can not
depend on himself in the pinches.
The Pirates are getting so they don't
lose more than one game a day-ex-
cept when they indulge in double head
ers.
Heine Wagner, the former Red Sox
shortstop, is to manage the Providence
team Of the International league next
year.
Ty Cobb says that base running is
much neglected. We don't see why
he Is kicking about it. He never neg
lected it much.
George Stallings Of the Braves is
famed for having a sharp tongue, but
the players respect him because he
plays no favorites.
A short talk with John McGraw will
convince almost any one that um-
pires are almost as popular with John
as losing streak.
Manager Jack Dunn of the Balti-
more Orioles, has his own son, Jack
Dunn, Jr.. playing the cutfield IN place
OF George Twomby.
Pitchers Shore and Ruth, purchased
by the Red Sox from Baltimore for
price said to be $4,000, have made
good with Carrigan's men.
If the British and Germans want
some capture-proof liners. they should
sign up some of those hits by Sam
Crawford and Frank Baker.
The attack of the Giants would in
crease with normal hitting by Merkle.
That first baseman is fielding beauti-
fully, but batting below form.
Organized baseball is strong and in
good condition for more fight, but it
is doubtful if it could stand the ef-
fects of Hal Chase jumping back to It.
Chabek of the Harrisburg Tri-State
club will probably attract the atten-
ton of the b:g league scouts, unless
somebody already has string upon
him.
Dutch" Leonard is not only the
mainstay on the firing line for the
Red Sox, but is proving to be the
pitching sensation of the year in the
American league
Larue Kirby, the hard hitting Mo-
bile outfielder, who has been cor
rallied by the st. Louis Federals, is,
like Dave Robertson, who was a team
rate last year. a one.time pitcher.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

branches of sport and drifted into base-
ball.
Two years ago Bluejacket joined the
Keokuk, Ia, team, then pitched for
Pekin, then Bloomington, Ill. This
year American and National league
teams went after him. The Giants
claim that they have his signature on
a contract, but this is denied by the
management of the Brookfeds who
signed him up at just double the salary
offered by the Giants. The Federals
say that Bloomington sold Bluejacket
to the Giants, but that Bluejacket had
nothing to do with it, and was wise
enough to sign no papers until he fell
in with the generous Federals.
Bluejacket is big Indian. He is
six feet three inches tall and weighs
PIP pounds.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

announced by the beadle on the Sab
bath, just before the service started.
The beadle, a grizzled old warrior
of about seventy, delivered himself In
the following manner
Nae doot, brethren, yen a'hae no
ticed the bran-new umbrella-stan' that
oor worthy neiber, Mr.. MacRae, has
glen tae the kirk. Moo, umbrellas is
umbrellas, and human naturs human
naturs, an although it Ill behoves me
tae say onything agin ony worshiper
+ this sacred place, yet tae tell ye the
truth we wad a. be vera pleased u
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
PuqIIistIo EnqIlsh.

The teacher was instructing the
class in the rudiments of the English
language. "John," she said, make a
sentence using the word fndisposi
tion.'" John. who was evidently OF
a pugilistic turn Of mind, assumed an
aggressive pose, and announced:
when yous wants to fight, you stands
In dis position. Companico
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

out by Frank Chance Vaughn was
thought to have shot his bolt as box
artist, but the way he has come back
has made him one OF the most talked
of players of the baseball year Vaughn
has a large number of friends and
they are highly pleased at the form hs
is displaying this season.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
SOMETHING MORE THAN HINT
Sandy MeQuibber Could Hardly Have
Been Pleased by the Remarks
of tho Beadle.

A native of small village in Scot.
land, having made good" in "furrin
parts" returned home, and, to show
his more unfortunate brethren at home
how little he valued 6 s. d., he pre-
scented a brand-new umbrella stand to
the "auld kirk" In accordance with
the usual custom the presentation was
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
GOOD YEAR FOR jim VAUGHN
Former TwirIer for New York Van.
KEGS is Having Splendid Season
With Hank O'Day's Cubs.

Jim Vaughn, the former pitcher of
the Yankees, is having great year
with the Chicago Cubs. The big left
handler is giving Christy Mathewson a
hard run for the leading pitching hon.
ors of the National league. When let
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
Would Be Mighty Combination.

The Rothschild wealth has been es-
timated at s2,000,000,000, while the
Guggenheims have so far rounded up
no more than s3OO.OO0,0O0 or $780,
100000. Still a dazzling spectacle
surely would be presented were the
allied branches CT tLs two houses to
present gigantic family trust safely
intrenched behind the colossal wealth
that spells unlimited power.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18
sereaved Cat Adopts Puppies.

John Reid, dog fancier, Brooklyn,
was amazed recently to find that
Hankey, lis house cat, had adopted
ten Airedale pups, the offspring Of
Willow Vale Sensation and Willow
Vale, both valuable Airdales.
Three kittens of Hankey had been
drowned about the same time Willow
Vale Sensation gave birth to ten
sturdy Airedales. The day following
.dankey was found mothering the
pups. She has since nursed her adopt
ed ones with great care, while the
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

Sandy MacQuibber wad TAX a sittin
a wee bittie farer ava fra the door!"
London Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

mother dog has looked on apparently
unmoved
The Ely miner., 1914-09-18

Larue Kirby, the hard hitting Mo-
bile outfielder, who has been cor
rallied by the st. Louis Federals, is,
like Dave Robertson, who was a team
rate last year, a one.time pitcher.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-16
FARMERS ASSOCIATION
Addison County Agrieulturists Or
qanize for Instructions

A meeting Of the Addison County
Farmers association was held in con
nection with the Bristol corn show
Friday evening in the town hall at
Bristol. The meeting was called TO
order by the vice president, +. b.
Cornwall Of Middlebury. Town dele
gates from Bristol. New Haven. Mid
dlebury. Salisbury and Weybridge
were present. NJ. Cornwall read the
constitution and bylaws. outlined the
work already accomplished and the
work which IL is planned to do at
once. II is planned to complete the
organization throughout the county
in few weeks in order to secure the
funds available from the federal gov
eminent through the University OF