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The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-01-12

Emperor josef through Ambassador Penfeld has
personally thanked sympathetic friends in this country who
sent gifts by the Santa Claus ship Jason.
1t is estimated that fully $6OOOOOO worth OF trenchng
TOOLS galvanized ron wire and proecte steel have been
bought in Pittsburgh since the beginning of the
Propreors of French cafes who will undertake to sell
spruous liquors after January will be exempted from
license dues January Permission given to sell beer
cider and wine.
The Greek premier NJ venizelos in discussion of the
budget in the Grecan parliament declared that Greece Is
ready mobilize hour all of its contngents wherever
situated in its territories.
Karl Liebknecht Socialist member of the German reich
stag New Years greeting to British Socialists inviting
them call upon the workers of the world to unite against
the war
Havre proposes all Frenchmen who have not joined
the coors proceeds will be used for the benefit of the
wounded widows and orphans.
Belgian refugees within France have been given Christmas
presents by the French to the value Of $OOOO0 Of this
amount 100000 raised by the sale of little Belgian flags
According to Swiss statements rong against the is
occurring in six of the provinces of the dual monarchy of
Hungary Reports this effect have been received
from Vienna Budapest Prague Agram, Serajevo and from
Transsyvanian and Dalmatian towns
Berlin states that the American note of protest to Great
Britain to the right of neutral shipping is Endorsed in all
the northern countries argues that science supply the
lack Of food products and therefore British action is merely
njuring the neutras
Petrograd in to the Austrian claim of having
100000 prisoners captured from Russia declares Austrian
prisoners in Russia number 22 400 and 3166 officers
while German prisoners total 40 officers and 49, 700
Large orders for artillery harness have been placed in
Chicago by British government agents.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-01-12
LANE TALKS OF RAILWAY PLANS

WASHINGTON, JAN Following the conference of
yesterday Secretary Lane announced that Alaska railroad
construction would commence early in the spring. would
be several weeks before the commissions report would
completed Secretary Lane said might be desirable to pur
chase both of the Alaska railroads. but that decision had
been reached-a fact which is regarded significant
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-01-12


NEW YORK, Jan 9-Willam Philip Sims, a CORE
spondent front with the French army writes follows
under date of November %:
have the distinct impression that the French English
German armies will remain pretty much where they are
until well into next spring. and that but for and
sometimes possibly bloody encounters in this the Western
theaer of the most Of the action will IN the region
of the Russian frontier, until that time
From what have of the allies preparations back of
the actual fighting line for the Germans to make such headwy
south be impossible Also by reading between the
lines gather that the allies quite satisfied with the
situation is Officers firmly convinced that Germany IS
daily growing weaker while their side growing stronger
every day. They they afford to play waiting game
and let Germany do costly attacking Germany they insist
yearns to strike telling blow at the earliest possible moment
she realizes that moment lost leaves her that
much weaker in men, money, munitions and food.
Another thing which pleases the strategss here is the
battle ne hundreds of miles long They claim this
places the Germans at capital disadvantage DESTROYS OF
forcing decisive action the Kasers forces apparently can
not do because such extended territory
the concentration is out of the question At the
time shorten the battle line would the flans
Here every officer | meet is all smiles At the beginning
of the must be confessed there or less unea
ness among the military This is all changed and on all
sides meets with the utmost confidence in the final outcome
of the
The impression here to be that the will be
rather long Everywhere preparations which lend
emphasis to this belief Behind the lines the French oganiza
lions has been perecting itself until at the moment IS
running with the precision of weoed piece of machinery
The system of revcnang the and keeping 1t supplied
with ammunition the arrangement for evacuatng the wounded
and generally the whole administration of the army
organized as though the is permanent institution
destined to last for all time.
In short allies perfectly prepared to play waiting
game for anything feel they
of the opinion that they Germany down and sooner
later they Judge opportune strike the decisive
blow Until that time believe they will continue themselves
with blocking Germanys blows, knowing that each blow uses
up that much and makes by just that much easier to
master when the final hour arrives.
Germany convinced is playing into the allies hands
whether she wills it Like person caught in quick
me the she struggles the deeper she sinks in the sands
and the quicker.
Germany may to decide things this winter but she
scarcely succeed Perhaps along the Russian frontier
where during the cold weather telling action may be fought
otherwise there promises to be lu in the fighting not
complete cessaton-un the sap rises Then commence
the beginning of the end.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-19

BY MORALS QUIZ
Is there immortality in our high
schools?
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superin-
tendent of schools, asked the school
management committee that ques-
ton yesterday.
Stories of frat house orgies,
Give" dances where young and for
getful high school girls and boys
meet at night, and tales of many
quiet scandals and of shamed girls
have been passed in school circles.
Twice Mrs. Young had the accusa-
lions against the girls borne to her
ears from public speeches Two
speakers had said that there were
hundreds of girls in the high schools
who were forced to drop from the
school life to hide their shame from
the eyes of their feIlow-students.
And they quoted statistics.
Many weeks ago queer tales of
high school doings and of the girl
who left their classes and disap-
POoAS0 III q 1COI WSIS Idh0u u
Mrs. Young. She promised investi-
cation and asked newspapers to re-
frain from giving the subject public
ity. And she set to work to investi-
gate.
Figures on pregnant girls in the
high schools seemed to come from
two sources. Dr.. Jane Scherzer,
president of the Oxford College for
Women, before the San Francisco
purity congress said thatshe knew of
dozens of cases of ruined girls in the
high schools of Chicago last year."
An article purported to be part
of the Scherzer address, as pub
ished in 'The Light" follows, in
part:
I'm Chicago in one large high
school in one season fifteen girls
have fallen. In another large CITY
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-19
PLUGGING FOR CIVIC FORUM IN
GRANT PARK

Chicago may have a Civic Forum
in Grant Park Trouble between
street speakers and the police recent
.dyf caused Aid. Merriam and Rev.
Melville Boynton to ask the south
park board to consider the erection
of such a forum in the construction
of the new south shore improve
mentS
The board asked for more informa-
ton and now Aid. Merriam and DR..
Boynton are collecting data on civic
forums in other cities.
Men for years have talked to
crowds on Hyde Park green in Lon
don and the Boston Commons" Aid.
Merriam told Day Book reporter
Chicago is one of the few large
cities which has no recognized place
where speakers, reformers and others
can discourse.
There has been trouble between,
the police and street speakers for
years. 1t is time it was stopped. At
our conference it was suggested that,
the open forum be constructed in
connection with the new stadium
which will seat $4,000 people The,
commissioners seemed to look favor
ably upon the proposition" :
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-19

lures, places of designation for the
pupils"
Mrs. Lenora q. Meder, then head
of the department of public welfare,
was quoted in the Examiner as say
ing that she knew of 359 cases of
pregnancy in the city's high schools.
Mrs. Young, when newspaper men
came to her asked in the good name
of Chicago girls not to print anything
about the subject until she had in
vestigated.
Every high school principal was
questions in regard to conditions in
his school Each school was given a
clean slate.
Armed with this, Mrs. Young
brought up the subject in the school
management committee yesterday.
Another investigation may be
made
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26
NOTICE OF SALE, BY SHERIFF
UNDER EXECUTION IN FORE.
CLOSURE.

William H. Stewart, Plaintiff,
VS..
K. B. Zimmerman, Mary H. Daggett
and George H. Daggett, Defend
ants.
By virtue of an Execution, dated
the 1st day Of April, 1915, Decree
and an Order of Sale, duly issued out
of and under the seal of the Circuit
Court of the State of Oregon, in and
for the County of Jackson, in a GER
tain cause therein, wherein William
H. Stewart, as plaintiff, on the 27th
day of March, 1915, was rendered a
judgment and deere against the de-
PENDANTS, Mary H. Daggett and
George H. Daggett, for the sum of
Forty-four Thousand, Eight Hundred
and Thirty-seven ($44,S37.0O) Dol
lars, with interest thereon from said
27th day of March, 1915, at the rate
of 6 per cent per annum, and One
Thousand $1,000.00) Dollars attor-
ney's fee, and the further sum of
Twenty-Five (S25.00) Dollars costs,
which judgment and decree was en-
rolled and docketed in the Clerks Of
flee OF said Court in said County on
the 9th day Of March, 1915, and is
of record In Volume 22 of the Cir
cult Court Journal at pages 491 and
492 thereof.
am commanded by said Execution
to make sale of the hereinafter de-
scribed real property, situated in
Jackson County, Oregon, to satisfy
the judgment in favor of the above
named plaintiff, William H. Stewart,
attorneys fees, costs and accruing
costs of this sale, will therefore on
Wednesday, the 5th day of May,
1915, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m.
at the front door of the Court House
in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Ore
gon, offer for sale and will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash, subject to redemption, as is
by law provided, all the right, title
and interest that the defendants,
Mary H. Daggett and George H. Dag
gett, had on the 1st day of March,
1912, in and to the following de-
scribed real property, to-wit:
Beginning at the Northwest corner
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26
Ashland, Ore, Monday, April 26, '15
THE WALL STREET ADVANCE.

Not for some years has there been
seen such a sharp advance in securi-
ties as those recently recorded. Peo-
pie who contemplate investment
should reflect carefully on the way in
which Wall street arrives at its
opinion.
In every day trade the sentiment
of buyers and sellers is about equally
balanced. From this equal balance of
conflicting interests and equilibrium
is reached which usually approx
mates very closely to actual values.
Nine-tenths of all who dabble in
stocks are buyers. They acquire
stocks when they think they are low,
hoping for high prices The finan-
cial reports in the newspapers all re-
fleet the great preponderance of buy
ing sentiment. those who expect to
make money by advances. The great
majority of financial reports at any
given time are cheerful, tending to
encourage buying.
The balance against this great pre-
ponderance of optimism is kept up
largely by the professional bears, -
operators who make a business of
contracting to deliver stocks at prices
under the market. They thrive by
the overconfidence and over optimism
of other people. But the hopeful,
trusting, coniiding public-so frequent
ly pushes prices ahead so fast that
the bear gets great many chances
to work his profitable game.
1t is probable that for a very large
part of the time for the past twenty
years prices of securities have been
too high. They are kept there by the
great preponderance Of the people
who want to make money by buying
stocks.
Wherefore the investing public
should be cautious about rushing in
too fast to buy securities. It is prob
ably true that within two or three
years, with the war over and business
confidence fully restored, securities
will be higher. But there will be
many ups and downs. People who
buy should take only the most solid
securities, and should be prepared to
lock them in their tin boxes and for
get about them.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26
THAT EASTER SERMON.

The Winfield (Kan.) Courier,
owned and edited by brother of the
writer, was kind enough to reprint
our Easter sermon, which elected
some comment from religious people
there. Here is one of the comments:
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26
House Cleaning.

House Cleaning.
Sing a song of cleaning house!
Pocketful of nails.
Four and twenty dustpans,
ScrubbinG brooms and pals!
When the door is open,
Wife begins to sing
Just help me move this bureau here,
And hang this picture, won't you
dear?
And tack this carpet by the door,
And stretch this one little more,
And drive this nail and screw this
screw,
And here's job l have for you
This closet door will never catch,
l think you'll have to fix the latch;
And, oh, while you're about it, John,
| wish you'd put the cornice on,
And hang this curtain when you're
done,
I'll hand you up the other one;
This box has got to have hinge
Before l can put on the fringe;
And won't you mend this broken
chair?
I'd like hook put right on there.
The bureau drawer must have a
knob;
And here's another little job
l really hate to ask you, dear
But could you fix bracket here?"
And on it goes when these are
through
With this and that and those to do,
Ad infinitum, and more too.
All is merry jingle
And isn't it enough to make
A man wish he was single? AL
most.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26

North so degrees Is minutes
West 115 feet; thence South
is degrees west 54 feet; thence
South 81 degrees 81 minutes East
1913 feet; thence South 63 degrees
grees 80 minutes West AZ feet;
thence South s degrees 3 minutes
East 2,411 feet in draw to road, and
thence South SO degrees 55 minutes
West 9S5 feet 70 place of beginning.
Containing in this exception 6.1S
acres.
Also excepting from a stone monu-
ment at the Northwest corner of said
Donation Land Claim No. 67, run
South SO degrees Al minutes East
l ,059 feet on the claim line to the
place of beginning; thence South SO
degrees AZ minutes East on claim line
$50 feet; thence South 0 degrees 4
minutes East 1850 feet; thence
North SO degrees AZ minutes West
$50 feet, and thence North 0 degrees
minutes west / ,260 feet to the point
of beginning, containing in this Ex-
ception 10.11 acres.
All OF the said property will be-
sold at said time and place in the
manner provided by law for the sale
of real property under execution to
satisfy the judgment in favor of the
plaintiff above mentioned, together
with attorneys fees, costs and accru-
ing costs of sale.
Dated this 9rd day of April, 1915,
at my office in the Court House in
Jacksonville, Jackson County, Ore
gon. w. H. SINGLER, Sheriff.
cost By E. w. Wilson, Deputy
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26
Bring Back the Spirit.

ooAhO NOAhAhChI nun lCllSlOuo DCODlC
there. Here is one of the comments:
Bring Back the Spirit.
Dear Editor: l am interested in
the Easter sermon which was preach
ed by your brother, for two reasons:
First, that of the true merits OF the
sermon, and, second, that of the
place where it occurred, it being the
home of my sister, her husband and
family. i hope you will not think
that l am assuming too much to un-
dertake to emphasize some of the
thoughts which he so aptly brought
out and applied. For instance, the
| financial and spiritual condition of
the average church of today. Mr..
Greer has well put it when he said,
Money is man made, spirit is of
God" And l unhesitatingly say the
man-made interests overshadow that
OF the spirit. Hence the growth in
material wealth OF tho churches and
poverty in spiritual power, This con-
dillon Is brought about by the higher
up dignitaries, who make a division
in the churches OF today, They are
assuming the leadership of the
churches but have no spiritual power,
in fact they openly antagonize the
Holy Spirit, and yet they would like
to be leaders in an organization
which is purely spiritual. BY endeav-
oring so to do, they have applied
purely man-made principles and pol
icies. Having through political wire
pulling and caucus rule gained abso-
lutte control over the operations of
the churches, they hold in their grip
the throat of the churches with one
mighty hand and with the other they
reach out and welcome the social
world; pulling the churches down to
the social level of the world in their
ambition for power and popularity.
Thus their time and energies are eX-
hausted in keeping up a fashionable
social aristocracy. With big budget
of expense staring them in the face
there is a big anxiety for member
ship, with the dominant thought, not
as to their spiritual worth and pow
er, but as to how much money they
have and their popularity as a draw
ing card. And thus our Christian
churches have been shorn Of their
spiritual power and their mission,
that of soul saving, has been thwart-
ed. A. CHURCH MEMBER.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26

OF the "Welton" Donation Land Claim
No. 67, in Township 81 South of
Range 2 West of the w. II. in Jack
son County, Oregon thence South
along the West boundary line of said
d. l.. G. No. 81, distance of 1925
chains to stake; thence East 1890
chains to a stake on the East
boundary line of the Clinton" D. l..
Claim No. So, in said Township and
Range; thence North on said line
1925 chains to the Northwest corner
of Donation Land Claim No. 6S, said
Township and Range, and thence
West on the North boundary line of
said Donation Land Claims numbered
6S and 81 to the place of beginning,
containing 165.95 acres of land. Ex-
cepting therefrom two tracts, de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
From the Northwest corner OF Do
nation Land Claim No. 67 in Town
ship 81 South, of Range West of
the w. NJ. in Jackson County, Oregon,
run thence South 0 degrees min
utes East on the West line of
said claim 1856 feet; thence
north SO degrees SIS minutes East
1895 feet to the point of be-
ginning of said Exception; thence
North 0 degrees minutes West PAS
feet; thence North SO degrees 54 min
utes East 10 feet; thence North
degrees 4 minutes west 460 feet,
thence North SO degrees 54 minutes
East 437 feet to draw; thence follow
ing the draw South 26 degrees 55
minutes West 27 feet; thence South
So degrees 15 minutes East 1888
feet; thence South SO degrees
8 minutes West S5 feet; thence
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26
WHO CAN ANSWER?

Try and see how many of thes
questions you can answer withou
ooking them up:
Why is the sea never still?
Where does the wind begin?
What makes an echo?
Why does a ball bounce?
Why can't we see in the dark?
What are the eyebrows for?
Why are tears salt?
Why does the kettle sing?
What makes fog?'
Where do thoughts come from?
Why does stick float?
Why do we go to sleep?
What makes a bee hum?
Does a plant eat?
Is a stone alive?
What makes a watch go?
Could the sky fall down?
Why cannot animals talk?
What makes a whirlpool?
What is radium?
What is mist made of?
Why is the sky blue?
Why do stars twinkle?
What makes water boil?
Why is snow white?
Why is sugar sweet?
What makes a cat purr?
Why has water no taste?
What is smoke?
Why is yawning catching?
Why does salt melt snow?
What is air made of?
Why does hair turn gray?
What keeps the stars in place?
Why is foam white?
What makes us sneeze?
Have fishes any feeling?
Why don't we fall off the earth?
How do flies walk on the ceiling
Why does milk turn sour?
What makes us hungry?
Why do we dream?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26

City Attorney Moore, on the part
of the city, and Attorney Reames, on
the part of the commission, drew the
charter amendment which is to be
submitted to the people one week
from today and the council called an
election upon it without change. The
attorneys were instructed to prepare
such an amendment as would allow
the springs water commissioner to
make the desired park improvements
without personal liability. In other
words, to make the park improve
ment work legal. This they have
done and the matter is up to the peo-
pit.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26

Attorneys say the Smith-Emery
contract is legal without further ado,
but in order to make It doubly sure
that the piping of the gas to the city
will be construed as part of the aux
iliary water system, 1t was deemed
advisable to insert the clause in the
charter amendment ratifying the con-
tract in that respect. There are nc
holes left open upon which question
can be raised. The proposed amend
ment covers It all and the work II
the park will go speedily on as sooI
as the vote is registered next Mon
day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26

In life there are two roads, and in
a measure of suspense, we exclaim,
(Which will he chosen?" Have YOU,
dear parents, instilled true ideas of
right and beauty and good, so that
now the broad and glittering counter
felt of that which is worthy OF at
tainment will not dazzle the eye and
lead from the straight and narrow
way? Glorious the possibilities here;
awful the responsibilities. 'Tis an
exhibit OF the parents training, and
must affix the seal of approval or
condemnation OF that which has been
done. 'Tis the character index which
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Love Your Wife.

If you love your wife let her know
it now and then by acts and words of
praise and kindness. Don't wait until
she is sick or dying to bring the fact
to her notice. If your wife has an
instrument ask her to play for you
some times, and sit by and turn the
leaves, and when finished thank her.
You were not backward to confess
your love once. You did not think it
silly or sensual to do so then. Why
should it be so now? Go home some
times and press a kiss upon her lips
as tenderly as you were wont to do in
your lover days, and see if the telltale
blood doesn't rush to her cheek and
happy tears to her eyes. We wonder
how many wives there are in our land
today that have not heard their hus-
bands say for score of years, II love
you" Oh, we know there are some
that hunger and thirst for love tok-
ems. Husbands, if you have happy
home keep the foundation of your
love pure and sweet. She left all to
join her destiny with yours, to make
your home happy and meet your
wishes. So treat your wife with the
tenderness you we're wont to treat her
in the days you sought to win her for
your own. You may have forgotten
the past, but she has not. Maybe she
is wearing out her life to make your
home cozy and comfortable and pleas
ant for you. Let her know sometimes
you appreciate her services. Think
OF the manly tenderness that in youth
gained her affections. Her charms
may not be so great is then, but re-
member the thousand acts of kind
ness that ought to have strengthened
your friendship. A true wife wishes
to feel sure she is precious to her
husband, not useful and convenient.
but dear. Your wife will stand by
you through storm and sunshine, if
you will let her. We say to you, hus-
bands, love your wives as you do
yourself; continue through life the
same. Take this as your part and do
better. Do not wait until too late.
Give kind words while they are here.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-26

Young people of ambition, intelli-
gence and energy, who choose well
their work, are pretty certain to sue
ceed in It IL they persistently stick to
It. Failure comes oftenest to those
who lack earnest, continued endeavor
who change from one pursuit to an
other and succeed in none.