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The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
COUNTIES MAY MISS
 GETTING SCHOOL FUND

There is a possibility of sever al counties being left out of the apportionment of the State com- mon school fund unless their county examiners or supertend- ents file reports of their school population with the State Board of Education before the first Monday in September. Most of the counties have sent their re- ports to George B. Cook. super intendent of education, b u t several have failed to comply with the law, which provides that the reports shall be filed with the superintendent of edu- cation by August 10.
 The apportionment of the common school fund is based on the proportionate school population Of.each county, and unless each county makes a report the apportionment to counties failing to report cannot be made, it is said. The law prescribes that the State Board of Education shall meet on the first Monday in September, which falls on September 6, to make tle apportionment.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
OOO BITS OF NEWS

Altoona, Pa.-Rocco Masta, 7- years, playing hide-and-seek, crawled into a big ice cream freezer in front of a store. Roe co was wedged in so tightly he could not escape. and when rescued was almost frozen, as the freezer was surrounded with ice and brine.
 Plattsburgh, N. Y.-Students studying the effect of alcohol on longevity. have brought to light the case of Thomas Wilmington, who died at Ellington, Middle sex, in 1894, aged 104, who for years drank pint and a half of gin as his minimum daily allow ance. He retained his faculties to the last and walked three miles the day before hls death. Another was George Kirtno of Oxcrop Hall, Yorks, who drank abnormally all his days, yet hunted in his tooth year and died in 1762. aged 125 years.
 New York, N. Y.-Huan Sch uen, A. B.. L. L. B., has been admitted to the Federal bar in the United States District court, New York. He is the first Chinaman to win the privilege of practising in the federal courts
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
COTTON CONTRABAND
 NOW IS CERTAINTY
Highest Officials Admit That Allies Will Take Move
 Against Staple.

Washington, Aug. IT. The decision of the allies to declare cotton contraband was admitted today in highest official quarters, though a formal statement is until official notification is receiv- ed from London and Paris.
 During the d ay Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. the British ambas- sador, who had just returned to Washington, conferred with the French ambassador, M. Jusse- rand, over the cotton situation.
 In a day or two an official statement will be forthcoming detailing the reasons of the allies for declaring cotton contraband. This will set forth that, animat- ed by desire to avoid inflicting any injury upon the cotton plant CTS of the South, whose welfare must be matter of concern for the European nations that de- pend upon the great American staple for the bulk of the cloth ing of the population. measures are to be )ncerted between the allied governments that will pre- vent the price of cotton from going below the point of pro- fitable production.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
PRESCOTT. NEVADA

at New York. He is ar Ameri- can citizen. having been born in San Frascisco.
 Camden, N. J.-William A. Kortum, who died in the insane asylum recently, is said to have lost his mind as a result of a visit to Dilly Sundays tabernacle in Philadelphia last February. Mrs. Sessie Kortum, the mother declares the youth became a religious fanatic after he had heard Sunday preach. He wand cred about the streets mumbling prayers and praising Sunday. He kept a large diary filled with well-known Sunday sayings.
 Eureka. Cal. Angus Olafson, a homesteader of South Hum boldt county, when he wended his way out of his lonely camp, recently, heard for the first time of the European war.
 Chicago, III. Thomas McNally and Charles Kurth, sentenced for life to Joliet in 1893, have been paroled under the new llli- nois law. They had never seen an aeroplane or movie or ridden in an automobile or on an elevat- ed. They went into a theater, but came out in pop eyed amaze ment. Beat it quick" said Thomas, the chorus girls are not wearing stockings in here. |"
 Chicago, Ill.-If hubby" is irritable, distant, addicted to staying out nights or talking about the war. feed him pickles, Leonard N. Hathaway, one of Americas pickle princes, declar- ed at the Pickle Packers con- vention that pickle eaters are invariably the sweetest tempered and most affectionate men and pickles sustain the home"
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
SPRAYED

From my place five miles north east of Blevins, one bay m are, two years old, with small bell on. white on one hind foot and one fore foot, foretop cut out. One bay horse colt one year past, and one bay horse mule colt one year past, with scar on right shoulder and small scar behind right ear. Will pay liberal reward for in- formation leading to their re- covery.
 Write J. R. Nolen. Blevins, Ark. S-6 3-t
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
CITIZENS MILITARY CAMP
Arkansas Business Men May Learn Hep, Hep" at Fort
 Sheridan.

Washington, D. c. Aug. F. - Arkansas business men who desire to take a course in mili- tary instructions, such as is now being taught at the government camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., can gratify their wishes early in September at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago. Representative Madden of Chicago was today informed by the War Department that an order had been issued to Colonel Frederick at Fort Sheri- dan to prepare for a citizen camp of military instruction at that post, which business men from the middle West may attend.
 It is thought that the Fort Sheridan camp will be opened early in September and, accord ing to Congressman Madden, the Plattsburg camp, where Eastern business and professional men are now undergoing militia y instructions, will be mere piker" in comparison with the Fort Sheridan camp.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20

Fourteen county treasurers SO far have not filed their annual reports on the financial condition of their counties insofar as schools are concerned, for the fiscal year ending June 30. The law gov- ernlng filing of reports by county examiners and county supertend- ents also is applicable to county treasurers and their rep orts.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
n -r = ~- fut,GE

will hold tte regular Q'la, ter. ly examination at Pres 2ott, or Thursday and Friday. Sept. t and IF, for the purpose of as. certaining the qualification all who expect to teach in tn, public schools of Nevada county.
 c. M. Hirst,
 County Examiner
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
WAIVED

Chickens. Eggs, Butter, Bees. wax, Hides. Wool, Grain sacks, all kinds of Junk, & Bones, we pay CASH, at Highest market price.
 We sell feed, Wholesale, & Re tail.
 Nevada Produce Co., West, Main. Street.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
|& N. ". R. R, CO.'S EXCUh. SION

lhe Prescott < Northwestern (ilroad Co. will run their an- ! |al excursion Saturday, Aug. st, for the Fruit and Truck towers along their line. This eursion is run especially for E members and their families |the Fruit and Truck Growers bsociations free, no others be-
 allowed. All are reqested
 take advantage Of same. bin will leave Prescott at 7:0i
 Block d. m.. arrive at Tokia at E?j '.&'ck. RetIra,.-g, lear Boat 400 , m, aHl ar.:~a q. t%o.. at zoo D n. Esary
 isrCQlested IS to carry dinner. fn'y of gool water will be fn. .5sl. The management of road have provided nice ..m0d'oua coaches for the oc- FlOa, and there will be room
 all. All members of the lerent associations should not
 to take advantage of this |Eursion.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20

Pl you will patronize our fount- P you will thank the man who powered thirst. We use pure PllS and syrups and keep our pntain cold.
 Guthrie Drug Store.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
UPLIFT MESSAGE
 BY REAL ORATOR
Joe R. RanIGy, to Appear al Chautauqua, Has Ideas
 of Force.
THE MODERN CRUSADER.

HanIey Has Been Lecturing Under Redpath Vawter Management For Four Years and Is Retained Because of His Make Good Qualities.
 Joe R. Hanley has been called "the modern crusader" This Is perhaps be- cause of the many extensive excursions his intellect has taken out into search
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20

B. J. Shaw of Garner, Parker county, Texas, is visiting relativ- es and friends here. He will be here about a month.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
STORM CAUSES
 GREAT LOSSES
 IN GALVESTON
Meager Reports Tell of Enormous Damage and Possibly of
 Many Deaths.

Dallas, Tex, Aug. F. Gal weston again has felt the heavy brunt of tropical hurricane, and has paid dearly in property damage, if not the loss of lives. The latest word from the strick en city, wireless message from the United States army trans port Buford in Galveston, to the army aerial station at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, told of wharves torn away, craft de- nolished and vessels swept out of anchorage and left high and dry.
 This still sleaves unanswered the question whether Galveston has suffered a loss of lives. It merely says that the number of lives lost Is unknown.
 Storm Is Abating.
 Another wireless tonight was received at the Brownsville army station which indicated that the storm in Galveston is spending its force.
 Port Lavaca, a bay town more than 100 miles west of Galveston today reported great damage to growing crops.
 The coastal plains country is a broad fertile strip varying from 20 to 70 miles in width skirting the gulf. It is dotted with villages and is extensively cul- tivated. There is no protection against high winds, and fears for the residents of this section are expressed.
 San Antonio Suffers.
 Most of Texas from the gulf to the northern boundary and S far west as San Antonio tonight is being swept by winds whose velocity varies from 45 to 60 miles an hour. At San Antonio the wind reached a maximum of 80 miles an hour. carrying away roofs of frail buildings and de- moralizing wire communications. Telegraph and telephone con. nections with other cities was maintained intermittently thru, out the day and night. Dallas escaped serious damage.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20

Money To Lend-I am prepared to make loans on improved farms and desirable city property.
 R. L. Blakely.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20

ing inquiry concerning things of inter est and profit 10 the human family.
 He is q man of strong natural gifts and has been for years on the Redpath- Vawter System delivering his great lee ture to interested thousands. He comes, therefore, not as an experiment but as a tried and trusted campaigner.
 Hanley is man of strong type and knows how 10 lay his message before an audience in approved fashion.
 He has travelled widely in South America and the West Indies and knows human life in many lands. His knowledge is encyclopedia, His ora tory is forceful and convincing.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20

If you need a good mower. we have it. New Supply Co.
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-08-20
RUB-MY-TISM

Will cure your Attenuation
 Neuralgia. Headaches, Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in- formally and externally. Price 25c.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
HOW ABOUT 1T?

Do you. Mr.. Drygoodsman or Mr..
Groceryman or clerk or manager OF
any store, when asked what brand Of
canned peaches, or blankets, or cat
sup is best, direct the customer to the
made-in-Oregon product, or do you
direct him to the product upon which
you make the biggest profit? In the
long run, boosting the made-in-ore-
gon product when the product is up
to quality, as it should be If you have
it on your shelves. will pay and pay
big. Preach trade at home" and
practice it when you do your buying.
At the Portland Manufacturers and
Land Products Show, which opens in
Portland next week, a great proper
tion of the staples which you have on
your shelves will be shown with Ore
gon labels. Let US try it round.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
THE POWER OF EXPRESSION.

4 school teacher was complaining
the other day Of the inability OF ner
children TO talk On the playground
no limit existed TO their volubility,
but in school they could not express
themselves. Il was not simply that
they could not discuss matters that
come up in lessons, they couldn't
stand up at their desks and give a
connected account of 2 ball game If
you ask them to describe an excur-
sion they had enjoyed. all they can
say is, 1T was great"
And yet these are not the days OF
Children should be seen and not
heard" Young America has the
floor and is permitted 10 interrupt
his elders at will.
There are many mute inglorious
Millions in the world, having great
gifts Of observation and penetration.
Their friends regret that they are so
little known and appreciated. Usual
ly they lack some gift Of concentra-
ton. They can't focus their roaming
genius and make it count. They
can't formulate logically their
thoughts and place them connectedly
before other people.
1t is a vital thing in school to
develop this gift. The writing of es-
says and compositions is useful. Dec
lamation OF some other persons
words helps toward self-possession.
But these exercises don't give readi-
ness OF personal expression. In the
contracts OF life, the right word and
sequence of ideas must be nearly in
stantaneous.
Probably debates are the most use
ful means OF bringing out this gift.
Some people think that the power TO
think on your feet, TO develop
thought as you 60 along, is needful
only to the orator an6 statesman.
But every business man needs it to
sell his goods. Every professional
man needs it to sell his ideas. And
there is no easier way for the person
OF humble position to rise, TO sell his
services to better advantage, than to
show a gift for expressing ideas con-
nectedly and reasonably.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
THE MOVIES
The Escape.

The Escape" which was shown
last Friday and Saturday at the Vim
ing Theatre, attracted the largest
crowds Of recent weeks. The produc-
ton was filmed under the direction
Of Griffith. which alone assured its
worth. The picture itself was well
staged and carried a real lesson to
the beholder which could not be to-
tally submerged by the intense inter
est Of the story. The value OF ad-
vertising vas amply demonstrated in
the success which this picture made
in Ashland. Il was one Of the best
advertised as well as the best pro-
duced pictures OF recent months and
deserved the crowds which were at
tracted.
Mary Cahill, famous comedy star
OF the legitimate stage. was the CEN
tral figure in five-reel, refined COM
edy attraction at the Lyric last week.
Miss Cahills personality is just as
evident on the screen as across the
footlights.
John Barrymore in "The Dictator"
was the cause Of many aching sides
Tuesday evening at the Vining. Bar
rymore is just as funny as ever.
Vaudeville at both the Lyric and
Vining last night put the pictures in
the background.
Ever write a photoplay? Great
sport! Eyerybody's doing it.
Sit down in front if you want de-
tail. Up in back for artistic effect.
No charge for this tip.
No use talking, a non-smoker SIM
ply can not take the part of the bad
man in the picture and get away
with 1t.
No. Ezra. there is no moving pic
ture house in Ashland which admits
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

Portland Oregonian: Ashland
springs, at Ashland, Ore, are receiv-
ing a larger share Of attention from
eastern travellers and from eastern
railroads, and 1t is probable that they
soon will become the mecca for thou
sands OF tourists annually.
The following item in the monthly
bulletin OF the Chicago e. Northwest
ern Railroad is indicative OF the no
tices that nov are appearing in rail-
road publications everywhere:
The mineral springs at Ashland,
Ore, which have long been known
and used. are being extensively i'm
proved by the city. The waters OF
the lithia, soda and sulphur springs
will be piped into the heart of the
city and distributed to various places
where they will be furnished for con-
sumption. Provision will also be
made to pipe carbon dioxide gas with
which the lithia and soda springs are
heavily charged, and the gas will be
used in the sanatorium, for gas baths
administered under methods similar
TO those at the water cures OF Eu-
rope. Ashland is on the line OF the
Southern Pacific between San Fran
cisco and Portland, and tourist tick
cts are good for stopover at that
point"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21

A young man who lives in this valley
Thought into the movies he'd sally,
And after bit
He made quite hit
He struck on his ear in an alley.
Travel series pictures are quite
popular with Ashland school children.
Rather inexplicable at first thought
when the aversion of so many to geog-
raphy is considered. May be that at
some not far distant day the geog-
raphy classes in the schools will be
held in front Of a moving picture
screen. The school authorities will
not stop with geography either.
Many other studies would carry much
more meaning to the child mind if
accompanied by motion pictures. In
the Ashland schools the idea is al
ready attempted in the physics class
es and will no doubt be used in other
departments before many years have
passed. The high school is equipped
with a stereopticon machine and a
fireproof projecting room big enough
for full size motion picture outfit
was built at the rear of the gymnasi-
um when the building was erected.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Every Town.


Every town has some one store
where the loafers congregate to reg
ulate the universe.
Every town has a postoffice and a
lot Of folks who call for mail every
day and never get any.
Every town has horrible example
He gets drunk. won't work. but his
wife supports him and loves him with
dog-like fidelity no decent man can
ever hope TO receive.
Every town has its own skinflint
who discounts notes, buys up land.
dresses ike a tramp, and won't get
his wife new stove.
Every town has a bad boy that all
parents hold in horror and all boys
love.
Every town has its champion liar
who lies FOR practice when he cant
find anything else to lie about.
Every town has its vicious tongued
woman who makes trouble as the
sparks fly upward.
Every town has its village atheist.
Every town has its arguer who will
challenge any statement you may
make and prove it's not so.
Every town has its loud-mouthed
citizen who can't talk without max
ing a noise like megaphone.
Every town has its leading citizen
who heads every committee and a.
ways has seat on the platform when
there is anything going on.
Every town has its nice, speak-easy
creature, who tries to be popular with
everybody and whom nobody likes.
Every town mas its grouch-face,
who is unfailing!y confident the worst
is yet to come.
Every town has its good woman
that everybody likes, and its honest
man whose word is as good as his
bond
Every town has its group of men
who know that the town is morally
the worst in the state.
Every town has a man who never
wears collar and a dude who pastes
down his hair and sports a pink
striped shirt.
Every town carries its own peculiar
type of religious cranks.
Every town has its particular
brand of big fool.
Every town has men that know all |
about the European war and the gov
ernment at Washington, but don't
know how to make dollar a day.
Every town has men and women
who hate the place and are always
wishing they had lived somewhere
else.
In other words, every town is as
chock full of human nature as is
every other town.
Why move?-Dr. Frank Crane.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
ZONE STEP WON'T TAKE YOU
VERY PAR-kEEP ON
WALKING"
CFrom Making Her Hop. y

lFTom Making her mop. J
Ebert Hubbard commented thus
to the man who bought one copy Of
The Fra and said he hadn't received
much benefit.
The same thing might be said to
the man Who dabbles with advertis-
ing and then gets out OF it.
II there is one enterprise in the
world that a "quitter" should leave
alone, it is advertising.
To make a success Of advertising.
one must be prepared in advance 10
stick TO it.
Advertising pulls-it does not
jerk.
The pulling influence of adyertis-
ing is gentle at first, but, through the
years. it becomes more and more
powerful.
Advertising. consistently and prop
erly carried out, which advertised a
good product. honestly made and
sold al a right price, has never been
known to fail.
When Wrigley took a common.
everyday article such as his chewing
gum and made it, in a few brief
years. the biggest seller on the mar
ket by far, he answered the criticisms
Of many mea who still say adyertis-
ing does not pay.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
WE MAY WE'LL BE PROUD.

Ashland may well be proud Of her
schools. The following clipping TAX
en- from the Bulletin issued by the
University of Oregon, dealing with
the survey of the Ashland schools
completed last year under the per-
sonal direction of a board of promi-
nent educators Of the northwest, is
in itself an editorial:
ITO the Patrons of the Ashland
Schools:
"The committee for the construct
i've survey OF the Ashland public
schools wishes to asure you that your
school system is rendering efficient
and economical service. We believe
that your sons and daughters are re-
ceiving excellent training. Moreover,
the parents and taxpayers of Ashland
are to be congratulated upon possess
ing a public school system of excep-
tional merit in spirit and practice.
1T should be remembered, how
ever, that the standards of education
are progressive and that the oppor-
tunities and demands OF life daily
grow more complex. 1t will not do
to rest upon the oars now. We
therefore urge you to be ever on the
alert to keep your schools in the van
of progress so that Ashland's great
est product, the coming generation,
will grow to its fullest fruition and
yield returns in most abundant meas
ure."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
THIS PLACE NOT FOR SALE.

One can find on any street in any
community, This Place for Sale
signs plastered on the front OF houses
or stuck up on posts on the lawn. We
would like to suggest that here in
Ashland every man who is not anx-
ious to sell, pla"e sign, This Place
Not for Sale, Ashland Suits Us,
where it may be prominently seen.
On second thought, this would hardly
do. No owner of well-kept lawn
and a tidy house would deface his
property with sign, and it would be
the property owner whose place is
well kept who would have occasion
to make use of our suggestion. The
property owner who lets his place
grow up to weeds has also a mind
choked up with weeds and always
sees the place in which he would like
to live, just over the mountain from
his present residence.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21

Come to Ashland and we'll show
you a model town-one that will
make any other town of its size look
like 80 cents in Chinese money. Well
show you our schools and churches,
our prosperous fraternal societies,
our solid business concerns. Well
call your attention to the appearance
of the people, their dress, intelligence,
health and smiles of prosperous and
happy lives. Well show you many
successful business men and farmers.
Well show you lots of girls, robust
and full Of life and energy, who are
fairly bubbling over with praise for
this section of our great common
wealth.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-21
one-eyed people at half price.

Did you ever notice that just at the
most thrilling point when the heroine
is struggling with the villain on the
edge Of the precipice, Just a minute,
while the operator changes reels?
Chewing gum and picture shows
go together better than peanuts and
the movies, but neither are essential.
As an indication of the Interest Gre
ated by the picture, the gpeed at
which the gum chewer's jaws are
working is a good meter.