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The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
The Growth of the Movie
~ OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. By Frank Crane)

a recent resume of the moving picture
business in one Of the periodicals states
that during the Worlds Columbian Elk
position OF 1893 Edison's kinetoscope. .
continuance for showing photographs IN
motion to one person only for about 80
seconds at time, was displayed to the
public. Three years late, Sir Augustus
Harris installed Robert Paul's Theatre
graph" at Olympia, machine funda-
mentally the same as the biOscope OF to-
day. ContempOraneously with Mr. Paurs
efforts French inventors were developing
the cinematograph, a machine which was
installed at the Eden Musee, New York,
during the autumn of 1896.
Only 10 years have passed, therefore,
since the theatrical debut of the motion
picture, yet today the business of pur-
veying motion pictures Electrically to the
American people is computed to be the
fifth largest industry in the United
States. Nearly a million people of all
ages and of both sexes attend daily the
moving picture theatres of Greater New
York alone, the attendance throughout
the other cities of the country beng pro-
portionally universal and no hamlet too
small to be the home of a movie" thea
ter. Indeed, the motion-picture play. far
more than the stage play, has become the
amusement of the nation. Beside the cir
culation of a photoplay that of best
seller" or even that of popular 10-cent
magazine. becomes insignificant
There is no more significant subject
than amusements for the publicist to
consider.
People can learn more at play than
they do at work. AS Emerson said, a
boy learns more from the book under the
desk than he learns from the book on the
desk.
Our character is moulded more by
laughter than by tears, more by dreams
than by study.
The photoplay. therefore, is tremen-
dous agency among those activities by
which the people come to self-expression.
Only by continuously and freely ex-
pressing themselves do people progress.
The theater has always been an impor-
tant factor in the trying out and estab-
fishing of moral convictions.
1t has been condemned because it has
unrestrictedly set forth the whole gamut
of human passions and emotional and
ideal forces. But it has steadily correct
ed itself. because evil and destructive
ideas and feelings have only to be openly
portrayed to lose their appeal.
The good lasts. The only evil that re-
tains its fascination is that which is sup
pressed.
Given a fair field and no favor, good
and wholesome shows thrive. while NOR
bid and unclean shows pass.
Good showmen know this.
The social stream purifies itself when
it is not damned up.
The movies have permanent and
deserved place among the amusements
of the public.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
The Worst Is Behind.

Conservative and radical are beginning
to agree that the nation has emerged
from the darkest of the depression night
mare.
In every line of industry an improve
ment is seen and hundreds of thousands
of workers in the last few weeks have re-
turned to their places.
Foreign buying orders started the
movement that has resulted in hundreds
of dark factories being agleam, and in
the greatest agricultural activity in the
nations history.
With industrial affairs and public work
striking their stride, and the greatest
harvest coming in our generation the flu
ture looks good; if we have learned the
lessons of frugality, household economies
and living within our means, when we
have any, we will have profited much
more than we have lost by the two lean
years.
And if we have learned to live happily
and in content without regarding so
much the accidental chances of material
fortune we have conquered the real prob
lem, for life is more than raiment, and
to live is beyond meat and the swift rush.
ing of gasoline tainted air.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
Trust the Americans

At banquet In his honor In Ma.
Mia, Dr.. WI Ting Fang. the former
Chinese minister to the United
States. said to his Filipino hearers:
Il implore you Filipinos to trust
The spoken word OF the Americans.
You have nothing In writing which
pledges the American people some
day TO deliver to you your indepen-
dence. All you have Is the great
work that the American people have
done here in the last IS years. Can
you believe that they have done
this work for any other people than
yourselves? MY country " thou
sands OF years older than yours.
My people did not know what lib
erty was. II was forced upon them.
and you have the crying example
OF people suddenly possessed OF
Independence when they know not
how 10 handle n. Leave your future
In the hands Of the American gov.
eminent. This great honorable ma.
ton with which have probably had
more TO do than any foreigner alive.
knows the path II In taking, and ID
II sure OF its step. DO not ruin
yourselves now. Make haste slow
iy,"
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
The Sugar Industry Makes
Hawaiian Islands PROSPEROUS
BY Webster.

One OF Detroit's prominent bust
ness men has just returned from the
Hawaiian Islands with a fund OF
information not generally known.
He reports the islands "a having a
great financial future through the
sugar and pineapple industries and
also the production OF coffee which
is just beginning 10 be cultivated.
Sugar is the main source of rev.
enue and plantations Of 5000 TO T.
900 acres are owned and operated
by different syndicates, the stock
being largely held by the people OF
the Pacific coast.
The crop from 1000 acres will
total Is 900 tons. and while former
ly the percentage OF raw sugar from
the cane was so per cent. the mills
have been so improved by the scien-
tiic vacuum OF boiling that the yield
how Is 90 per cent. The refuse Is
used for fuel TO generate the power
for the mills and nothing is wasted
The labor employed Is almost en-
tirely Chinese and japanese coolie
and a plantation OF 1000 acres en-
ploys 1000 men whose average
wage is s22 per month. rude shacks
being provided for their shelter.
Sugar takes II months to mature
and the crop last year netted $780,
100000. At that time IL was worth
SIC per ton raw ard is now worth
sqs per ton.
No sugar is refined on the islands
as the climate is not conductive to
its best preservation and more mon
ey can be made by the raw product
Most OF II is shipped to the REIN
cries in the east.
The country Is being irrigated
with the abundance OF water which
flows down from the mountains.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
Using Up a Yard of Ticket
COUPON 9.

every grave whittier. "--Ingersoll
The passengers can see where they
came from and where they're going
to as they see-saw down the noun.
tainside into San Luis Obispo.
Funny that you never want TO
cover up your own tracks when you
are riding on a train. You always
want 10 see them.
The old mission at San Luis
Obispo Is not visible from the sta
ton II was evident from the Sun
day crowd al the station that plenty
Of the natives can't see the mission
either, at the hour OF worship.
The Shore Line limited IL loaded
with Elks en- route 10 the nationa
convention. The p. p. o. z. occupy
all the B. =. !. T. c.
Upon arriving at Los Angeles. we
learn that they also have reserved
all the p. r I. T. II.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05

In turning for a farewell look at
the Jewel City you discover for the
first time that the enclosing velvety
walls of verdure are built on the
sectional PLAZA box a; a time.
Maybe you don't raise your flow
er boxes to be fence, but there Is
o fine mosses-from-an-old-manse eff
feet when you pile them up like a
bookcase built on the unit plan.
There are three exceptional points
of vantage from which to view the
p. p. I. Expo. as colorful harmoni-
GUS whole: From the Presidio. Mt.
Tamalpais and "Memory's long
aisles"
The Southern Pacific goes every
where seemingly. but what 1t says
don't go SO universally since the
Bull Moosers and the Equal Suf.
fragists have had something to say.
You can see the roofs OF Leland
Stanford university from the Shore
Line limited. which Is more than
DIT. Jordan can see Of world peace
at the present writing.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05

The pineapple is grown in enorm-
Gus quantities and Is canned by
Americans on the plantations on
which II is grown.
The Hawaiian Islands have a cir
mate which varies only about ten
degrees during the entire year. from
IS TO SIS per cent; therefore there
Is a constant crop OF sugar and
pineapple and no limit TO the pros.
perity these islands afford
They are fortunate In having at
their head man OF unusual knowl-
| edge OF industrial and agricultural
AFFAIRS. Gov. PinkhAm is filing the
post In a way which does credit 10
this country.
The roads on the islands are es-
pccially fine. They are made of
stone or asphalt and have been built
entirely by convict labor.
The Mormons have a colony and
O"h i''VVN u'itb uHuer the sugar
cultivation
The natives of the islands are a
fine looking. good sized race OF peo-
pie: peaceable and poetic rather
than energetic. They have never
been ambitious for money and their
land has supplied them beautifully
with all their needs.
With the white came the Chinese
coolie and also rum. The former
brought leprosy into the islands and
the latter the Ills which follow In
the liquor wake. SO far the natives
have not been greatly influenced but
their traditions are being broken
down by the influx OF foreign greed,
and no one knows how long they
can retain their simple purity OF
life.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05

and In time may produce permanent
palpitation OF the heart. Loss OF
both mental and physical control
and a number of varieties OF nerv-
Gus disorders may result,
Hurry exhausts twice the ener-
gies in a given time than would be
required to accomplish twice the
work IL undertaken in a leisurely
manner
Don't hurry at your meals II you
have only few minutes in which
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05

MORNING.

MORNING.
Sweet 10 the breath OF orn. her ris-
ing sweet
With charm of earliest birds; pleas
ant with the sun
When nrst on this delightful land ne
spreads
His orient beams. on herb. tree. fruit
and flower,
Fragrant the fertile earth
After soft showers; and sweet the
coming on
or grateful evening mild; then silent
nisht.
With this her solemn bird. and this
fair moon.
And these the gems OF heaven. her
starry train.
John Milton.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05


No doubt
It's good sentence and It slips off the
TOO EASILY!
making when
You something backing up
promise with
for).
person IL TAKES YOUR WORD
TO BRIDGE HIM OR HER OVER THE
THAT CoNFRONTs THEM
WORD"
then they In fall down--and often
The
what WHETHER
lsEi WHETHER you WILLING KEEP YOUR PROMISE
Don't let "WORD'
the crucial
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05

Hurry tears out
the nerves and
bodil y tissues
rapidly, puts lines
In the face, inter
feres with diges-
ton and other in
testinal action,
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05

Public's Duty to See That
Geo. Partridge Gets a Job
George H. Partridge is out of job.
What's that to you?
Il ought to be . good deal.
George H. Partridge was separated
1f0m his job because he told the truth at
a1 time when the truth was needed.
N railroad train had killed three people
dangerous crossing, and the public
4 Uas trying to place responsibility for the
ecident.
Partridge was the Waterman at the
Sc6ping, working IA hours a day, six
~ IA the week.
NE accident took place on the seventh
AI0. - It wasn't Pardridge's fault; but
fdridge knew how trains were operat-
q y ever that crossing, and when he was
n l ~ the coroner, he told.
Nov the railroad company had been
1pod - Partridge.
e u had given him an easy job. with
I1Do11nt duties which occupied him for
~ IA hours ! day, and gave him eight
I; iIts ii which to sleep and two hours in
a ixleh 70 eat, clothe and unclothe himself,
I1i11 THU recreation
Il IS had given him munifcent salary
Il SboGt 10 cents m hour.
m xotnn, Partridge was expected only
& guard the crossing, and to protect the
4 lRuad IN investigations and law suits.
~ expected to say that the cross
~ psrfectly safe, that trains crept
& u spesd under the legal limit,
81 MT nobody could possibly be killed
1ursd there except BY his own fault.
a rs P1dridss knew better.
2 m knew that trains passed swiftly
yGt that crossing. and gave little warn
y e their approach.
When 10 was called as witness, two
Durses were open to him.
III he could say that the crossing was
80 md keep his job.
n
nj or hA could tsll the truth and take the
equences.
~ tod the truth; and he took the con-
qs,ences in summary dismissal.
Il r vs. not ingratitude to the railroad
9lhat IA Partridge to tell the truth.
Il was . far higher motive, far more
roditable sense Of responsibility to
IN public greater than his responsibility
The railroad.
NH the truth, for q man receiving 10
A pnt1 A hour cannot afford any such lux
KSts = . clean conscience and sense of
sph1ic duty.
.3Spnrdridge went on sort of moral de-
bonch, and he is now paying for it with
~ headache
Il there anybody in Detroit whose bus
/ iheos Is Of such a nature that he can af-
46rd 70 employ man who will tell the
truth about it, and who needs man?
II there is, let him advertise the fact
~ the public by giving George Partridge
H. jcb.
Partridge Is the sort of man Diogenes
s3dnksd for in vain; an honest man. a
y Ut - the community; man who
6n ~ bought lat lecst, not for 10 cents
M heur).
DptrOit cannot afford to allow such a
- - pay penalty for service to the
1t there some public-spirited citizen
~ ean recognize what Partridge has
md wnoss sense If Justice is such
II ~ canuos stand idly by and see him
~ tx dong thu right thing?
I'm coHss forward
tS* CAuog AND EFFECT
49, No 70 the coustry ned.
RI - = kneping chickens;
sw1n~sa A<~w>~ 40
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
E'55@3S:i3a
The Keep Well Column

TO snatch a bite forego the usual
breakfast which requires careful
mastication. Instead take a cup OF
warm milk or break a couple of raw
eggs into cup. These you may
swallow quickly. They will digest
easily.
The system can stand an i'm
mense amount OF physical labor for
an indefinite time. but II cannot
long withstand the wear OF hurry.
Have plenty of exercise. Be alert
In your work. But don't wear out
before your time hurrying.
Hot weather warns us to take
greater care in selecting the milk
supply for the family. II there is
any question in your mind and you
cannot change the brand TO a better
one bring the milk 70 a boil before
using.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
The Oldest. Old Story.
UP TO DATE

"Jiggs lie selling stock for a new venture"
whats the name of it?"
"A merchant submarine" Buffalo Express
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
From Another Point of VieiU
sY c. T. 9.

They won't get over this for long
time in ST. Paul A man who lost 500
in the old matching game in Detroit yes
terday, said he was from Minneapolis.
Here's where we are today. Right in
second place. Whoop!
But Boston's got two cracks today at
Cleveland.
No particular JOY in the schedule for
this here Midwife.
George Partridge, Waterman at the
Green-ave. crossing, lost his job because
he told the truth. Have YOU job for
truthful man?
Into each life some rain must fall
Is the poets solemn warning,
But j. Pluv has heap of gall 7,e,
To send it every morning.
| We cannot refrain from compliment
| ing the crowds at the golf links in
England on the way the Russians are
| fighting.
The Oldest. Old Story.
Highland Park police court item:
''''John had been arrested Ger begging money
for bed and then buying whiskey and sleep
| ing under the village chestnut tree.
A defunct bath tub company in De-
troit is sending out 10 per cent to it's
| creditors. Which is better for the credi-
tors than being in all over.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
HURRY.

Don't hurry. II wears the sys-
tenn like worry. Especially in the
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
CAUGG AND EFFECT

49, No 70 the coustry led.
~ - - knoping chickens;
- ~ Wies,G new flower bed
~ ~ ~ dictsns. Judge.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
CALL
COMES TO
COL. CLOUD
Pioneer Stockman and Veteran in
Indian Fisating Passes Away
at Home Of Daughter
at Age Of So

Soldier in the Confederate army in
his youth, pioneer cattleman and
fighter in many encounters with the
Indians in old Indian Territory in the
early days, always prominent par
ticipant in Democratic politics and one
of the picturesque figures in Okla
homa, Col. Ike Cloud, after an illness
Of several months passed away at 3:40
o'clock this morning at the home oi
Judge f. e. Riddle, in the sixty-ninth
year of his age.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence tc prov afternoon
at o'clock by Rev. e. B. Teis, with
Confederate veterans attending in 8
body.
Colonel Cloud was born in Alabama
July 26, 1886. His parents moved tc
Paris, Texas, when he was five years
old. He came to Indian Territory ir
1866, locating at Erin Springs, where
he engaged in the cattle business. Ht
came to Chickasha in 1896 and re
sided here the remainder of his life.
The deceased is survived by two
daughter. Mrs. F. E. Riddle of this
city, and Mrs. Harry Osborne of Gal
latin. Mo, and four sons, H. p, Rol
and Ralph of FL Paso, Texas, an'
Charles, who lives near Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
BOND ISSUE
IS WITHIN
DEBT Limit
Photo by
Frank FourniAr.

Contradicting certain street talk, in
response to a request made by the
Daily Express, Attorney Alger Melton,
member of the board of education,
furnishes the following:
Dec. 16, 1915.
Chickasha Daily Express-Pursuant
to your request for information as to
the proposed bond issue OF the Chick
asha School District upon which an
election is to be held on December p;
You are advised that the present
bonded Indebtedness of the Chickasha
School District is S163,00O
Section 26 of article 10 of the con-
stitution of Oklahoma provides in sub
stance that no school district shall be
allowed to incur Indebtedness to
amount, including existing indebted
ness. in the aggregate exceeding 5 per
cent of the valuation of taxable prop
erty in such district, to be ascertained
from the last assessment for state and
county purposes previous to the in
curing of such Indebtedness. This
provision of the constitution is re-
affirmed in section % Of an act Of the
legislature approved May %, 1913,
authorizing school districts to issue
bonds for purposes such as are pro
posed in the present bond issue by
the board Of education of the city OF
Chickasha.
The valuation Of taxable property
in Chickasha School District as showi
by the last assessment for state an,
county purposes is approximate.
81, 500, 100000. Upon the basis of thes'
valuations, under the provisions of th'
constitution and statutes with refer
ence to a limitation of indebtedness
by school districts, the Chickash
School District could incur an indeb'
edness equal to per cent of thi
amount, or 100000.
1t has been held that in determinin
} the amount of existing and propose
Indebtedness for such purposes, tha
the current expenses for the year ar
not counted as an existing indebted
: ness under this provision Of the COZ
= stitution, therefore at this time til
: Indebtedness of the Chickasha Scho'
d District being $4,000, the propose
bond issue of $4,000 would make II
4 total indebtedness under this provi
I ion of the constitution s2S3,0O0, ,
t s157 900 less than the constitution
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
NOTICE TO
PAY TAXES
IS ISSUED

Treasurer H. N. Mullican has re,
ceived the county assessment rolls
from Assessor Joe Dews and kept his
office force busy until late hour yes
terday evening mailing out statements
of taxes due to nonresident owners OF
Grady county lands. Up to this morn
ing Mr.. Mullican had mailed between
three hundred and fifty and four hun
dred of those notices.
The notices go to every state in the
union and to the Dominion of Canada
to Mexico, to the Philippine Islands
to every corner and nook of Uncle
Sans possessions, Mr.. Mullican states
with the possible exception of the Ha-
waiian Islands.
Mr.. Mullican has his working force
so arranged and divided that he is in
good position to handle the rush OF
taxpayers who will surely flock to his
office during the time now interven
ing before the first of the year
Mr.. Mullican has issued the follow
ing notice:
To each and every taxpayer o.
Grady county:
Taxes for this year (1915) are due
and either half or all should be pait
at once to avoid the penalty. If hal
is paid the last half will be delinquen
June Is, 1916.
In the payment of taxes we desir'
each taxpayer of the county to remen
Der the following facts:
First-That we can not answer b.
phone, make you a statement or writ
you a tax receipt unless you give, tn
number of lot and block of town prof.
erty, the section, township and rang
of lands and the name of the town Q
township in which your personal wa
assessed, because the tax rolls ar
made up according to description an
not according to names.
Second-That during the rush
tax paying when we are very busy W
will not take time to furnish stat
! ment of grading, paving, sewer or an
street improvement taxes unless yo
! request it. so if there are any such a
sessments against your city propert
please mention them or call for stat
ment of them when calling for I
Z valorem taxes.
2 Third-That if your check is file
{ before taxes are delinquent there wi
$ be no penalty, although you may nj
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-16
WAR SERVES AS
SOCIAL LEVELER
Upper" and Lower" Classes Lis
ten Alike to Labor Leaders
Lecture, Praising Men
at Front
BY ED l.. KEEN.
L. P. staff correspondent.

LONDON. Nov. 19.-(By mail)-
Imagine John u. Rockefeller introduc-
ing Bill Haywood to an audience re-
cruited about equally from the realms
of the limousine and the push cart.
That's about like the spectacle at
which London was amazed the other
afternoon when the Duke of Rutland
LED Ben Tillett to the stage Of His
Maiesty's theater before thoroughly
mixed crowd of upper" and flower"
class Britishers and launched Ben's
lecture on the war.
Rutland-tall, monocled, frock-
coated. spatted, with Cambridge ac-
cent and Mayfair manner, Tillett-
short, stumpy, sack-coated, baggy-
trousered. with an east end jaw and
cockney accent.
The Duke-tory of tories, his family
tree rooted in the middle ages, top
notcher of the British landed gentry,
and what certain Americans doubtless
would term a "malefactors Of great
wealth"
The Docker-man of the people, day
laborer, England's most belligerent
strike leader and, in his own words,
an international social revolution
ist"-before the war.
1t was a graphic illustration Of the
leveling effect of war in this country
of classes.
Duke and Decker we're on the same
mission-to impress the British public
with its responsibility toward the men
at the front.
The artistocratic Rutland praised
the patriotism of the hundreds OF
thousands of Ben Tillet's type who
answered the kings call; and Tillett
banded it right back to the aristoc-
racy.
! With forcefulness and rugged elo-
| quence that brought as much applause
from fashionably clad women in the
stalls as from his own friends in pit
and gallery, Tillett told how he had
seen 'toffs" and truckmen on the
Flanders battlefront fighting, playing.
eating, sleeping. dying side by side.
whether they came from Eton or Ok
ford. or from Bethnal Green" he said
when they faced the hellish German
fire they we're as one man.
He had met a young officer. a
"knut' Of the ultra-Piccadilly club va
riety, whose conversation was as