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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
THE BOTTOM OF THE DRUG PROBLEM.

Charles r Towns of New York. who is credited
with having better practical knowledge of the dope
problem than anybody else in the country. has been
trying interest federal government in more
drastic drug legislation He finds that the corrective
laws enacted in the last few have not accom-
pnshed what was hoped for them because Of their
partial and unsystematic nature.
There is a lack uniformity state legislation and
a cooperation the states the fed
eral government Some states have not yet given the
evil serious attention. The states that have tried
hardest have failed because there many loop
holes Even in New York state which anti
drug law that was originally regarded as a model Mr..
Towns that most of the drug-users still able
to get their dope" They either buy it from a rep
resentative Of the underground traffic, they get
what they by the legal means of physician $
prescription This device expected safe
guard the OF dangerous drugs, has proved in
effective because the doctors readily prescribe opium
morphine or heroin cocaine for person who
insists that he cannot do without it, and there is
nothing prevent drug-taker from getting large
quantities by having physicians prescrip-
tions for him in turn.
tt is essential says AIr. Towns. prevent this
traffic. He declares Not more than 10 per cent of
those afflicted drug habit use
drugs continuously because of physical stability.
are sacrificing -tenths those who could be
we'll and normal without the drug to alleviate the
suffering of some few incurabe persons"
lie therefore the appointment by the president
OF committee OF able men. with adequate ap-
preparation 20 enable them to conduct hearings and
make Investigations. and empowered to the
bottom Of the drug problem-take off the roof and
open Up the whole business the blue sky
such revelation he thinks. would work wonders.
Congress and the state legislatures could then
proper legislation An evil which is coming be
regarded greater than the drink evil. and which
tax no r.Ia Of gnad
then be adequately dealt with And when the war
ends Mr.. Towns the United States would he in
position TO ahead and obtain a international
understanding the subject.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
THE MELTING POT
"Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
TnE LITER AIRY FLEA.


Bill Shakespeare ne young and
Which promise 10 oulast the lids the OF
He didn't nconsderatey overwork himself
And all he would hardly AL a
Delivering masterpiece is quite heavy
Resulting mas brain.
William oftend dc.
a veritable host works bursting
They pulled him they him
bckbas from the
They slammed him and they damned him praised
They cheered him prince guy
But parasites are o heas
And fame be by Of ease
The insect who ambitously picks a dog
VIII find that he is still a incog.
The books about immortal neve yet been
Resembling him in nothing very
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
LEAVE" OR "LET" Us-ALONE CLUB.

There is considerable dispute around the statehouse
and hotel Hobbies indianapolis to the aims and
purposes the Leave Us-Alone club" which W.
A. McInerny of South Bend has announced himself
Dictator while presenting legislative counselors
tifcate in behalf OF the Northern Indiana Gas Elec
trio Co as his credentials Counselor McInerny pre-
speak behalf OF the public utility corpora
tions eX-Sen stephen b. Fleming says the Let
Us-Alone club" means the Indiana liquor interests.
Note however the distinction between "Let-Us-' and
.'Leave-Us yet there those as to
insist that is a distinction without difference and
that il there there is such common bond;
such unity of purpose and Willingness work to-
gether 'Isissez faire" purposes. that the whole
thing might about well be consOlidated-and the
two hearts be admitted o as They worked
together the fan campaign Why in the legisla-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
ONCE-OVERS
sCRAPPING IN THE HOME CIRCLE.


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radiate happiness It worth while
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
rip to These Stars
Would lake $50
Billion Years.
BY Garrett =. Serviss.

Astronomers do not like 10 deal
with miles any more than million
aires ike 10 count their wealth in
cents The unit CT measurement
must bear some convenient proper
ton to the magnitude Of the thing
measured. To the astronomer when
talking or writing of the distances
OF the stars employs a standard of
suitable length, which he calls a
''parsec." Formerly he used a
'hght-year."
Parsec is 2O6.265 times the mean
distance of the earth from the sun.
and turned into miles it amounts
in round numbers TO 1900, 900, 600
600! II takes light. which travels
lS6,3OOO miles per second. about
three and one-third years to cover
parsec. In other words, a parsec
is equal 10 about three and one
quarter light-years and a star situat-
ed at that distance would require
three and one-quarter years 10 flash
a signal To US.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
TURN ABOUT.
BY James j. Montague.

When the Stranger from Oshkosh Hoats into broadway
IA are
Don't call him a or a a. o. a
point ne N hair
He a Kuppensten ad
a DOME,
wi gold just as as he
The Of potatoes home
When the
Don't his flowing mustache
Although conclude a
In his method of making a splash.
The banks will applaud pranks
no jeers
When they learn he has in his lowly matched
The price of
We had a he farm
With the pumpkins the
They reach take all the change
al lie ies now
We don evening clothes and take in all the shows
Is
We have city but the ubes and the jays
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

Within this space suns are fying
in every direction. and vet not with
out strange relationships of motion.
One after another have been dis
covered in recent years groups OF
stars (suns), which keep company
in their journeying one OF these is
known as the Taurus group, because
many of the members are stars in
the constellation Taurus, although
others OF it's members are situated
in far distant parts OF the sky. There
are thirty-nine stars OF this group
now recognized, and they are travel
ling along parallel lines. without re-
gard 10 the motions of other stars
which. as seen from the earth, seem
70 be mingled among them.
All OF these stars are giant suns.
from five TO a hundred times greater
than our sun. Immense distances
separate them from one another, vet
they acknowledge the mysterious
link that binds them, and each holds
the common course. as II they were
flung out by the Creator by a single
motion. They are receding from
our point in space and il has been
calucuated that In 65. GOO. 900 years
they will appear. as seen from the
earth. as "A compact group, glimmer-
ing speck OF stardust. like the far
mightier assemblage in Hercules.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

titled six men as having committed
"a crime that only one man could
have committed. What excellent
deputy district attorneys they would
make,
Not Even on the Billiard Table.
There is plenty Of room at the top
except in a New York hotel
Vain Thought
What a nice. pleasant. cheerful
phrase the low cost OF living
would be.
Queer Things, Nations Are.
Now that we know exactly where
Senior Villa is. we haven't the slight
est desire 10 apprehend him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

Counts of stars in photograph
OF the Hercules cluster made recent
~ with the sixty-inch rejecting teIe-
scope on Mount Wilson in California.
indicate that that ball of suns"
contains not less than $4,000 blazing
orbs. every one of which may be as
large as. or larger than our sun. But
their apparent CrOwding together is
an effect OF their immense distance
from us. still they are evidently
much nearer together than are the
suns in our part OF space. so that
constitute a system OF their own
which must present a spectacle of
amazing splendor 70 the inhabitants
of any planets that il may contain
There is no apparent reason why
there may not be planets circling
around the suns of the Hercules
cluster Imagine yourself 10 dwell
upon one of those planets at the
center of the cluster The nearer
stars of the assambIaise would be
three times as near and nine times
as bright as Alpha Centauri is 10 us
Beyond them, at gradually increas-
ing distances, would be seen 8rrayed
in concentric spheres the othter
$4,000. like stellar armies, with
ranks receding in the distance.
II Is the arrangement of these
stars In a gloDular group which con-
stitutes the chief wonder. The UNI
verse as a whole Is not arranged in
that way. II appears TO be a natten-
ed system based upon the spiral OF
the Milky Way, and our sun happens
10 be situated at present. somewh hat
near the center Of the relatively
open and empty space within. the
spiral and at a great distance from
the inner edge of the Milky Way.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS DUE TO WAR.

We are just beginning to appreciate the debt that
American industries the We have been
handicapped by the sudden loss Of materials for which
formerly depended the old world. and the need
Of them has been fruitful stimulus American en-
terpriss. many departments Of manufacture our
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

A special commission IS At work trying to make
something OF the registration ,aw The latest eff
fort OF this when all parties tried interpret
the law Cor the oenent of the state committees The
Interpretation longer and far confusing han
the original May they oe more successful With ;he
new enort 70 amend
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

But there is no known star so near
as single parsec. The nearest
star is Alpha Centauri. a double sun,
each of whose components is about
equal to our sun. The distance of
the great double sun Alpha Centauri
is about one and a third parsecs.
The distance of the still greater star
Sirius. is about two and a half par
secs. But these are near neighbors
when compared with millions of
stars in the Milky Way, which are
probably a thousand or more par
secs away.
We can make a still greater pump
into space with some degree of prob
ability that we have not overestimat-
ed the distance. For instance. there
IL reason for thinking that the glob-
ular cluster OF suns in the constella-
ton Hercules. which glows in a
large telescope like ball of frosted
silver in an electric beam, is at a
distance from the earth Of as much
as ten thousand parsecs; or to tickle
the imagination, 1870 quadrillions OF
miles.
1t would take you six billion years
to count 100 quadrillions. il you
counted one every second and never
stopped TO eat or sleep
on the wings of light you could
ride 10 the Hercules sun-cluster i'm
about 10000 years. but If you Went
on swift cannOn-ball it would take
eleven billion years. while a mile
a-minute express train would be 800
billion years making the trip, II
would take string of 23,750 billion
earths TO reach from here to the
great sun-CluSter
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

IL MAY Not Apply TO the ii. c. OF Il.
II is about time that the supreme
court passed on the present opera
tion OF the law OF supply and de-
mand.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

China is beginning 20 use Ameri-
can tractors for AGRICULTURAL pur-
poses in the neigh borhOod OF Shang-
hal one company had a single
tractor last year. but has ordered
four for next season because OF
the good results achieved.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

The women OF Boise Idaho planning TO celebrate
twentieth suffrage anniversary BY eectng wom
an city council The only remarkable hing about
it is that it has twenty years think
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

The Italian city OF Milan has
changed from gas lighting 20 cleo
tricity, generating its current by
ALPINE waterfalls 10 miles away.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
Two was Plenty.

IL seems certain that when T r.
goes 20 the Fiji islands he will not
discover another bird with whiskers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
household Hint

We have gained sfS6.SOO,0OO in
gold in the last year. and as Vet
not housewife has found a way 10
cook it so that IL will be palatable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

All they Need H. a Law Course.
Police dogs in Missouri have iden-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

while, for when Lord Crewe arrived
he was met with surprise and quiet
expostulation. You have dined an
hour ago, my lord" said the un-
scrupulous servant. so I did" muir
INJURED the poor victim as ne re-
traced his steps.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

In the course of a sketch of the
late Sir william Van Horne, the
builder Of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, the following sayings Of that
colossal worker are recorded:
sleep is a habit, and il is rather
q bad habit like eating" He him
self would frequently, under press
ure OF work. do without sleep for
many nights.
Il never believe in taking long
over anything. or in making great
preparations for work. and when
hear Of studios and north lights and
the impossibility of working with
this thing or with that. always
feel either that a man who talks
thus is a humbug or he does not
know his job"
The biggest things are always
the easiest &c do, because there is
no competition. Men stand around
and laugh and say. Watch him
break his neck That leave one a
clear space 10 work in"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12

THE EWS-TIMES PRINTING COMPANY
Office 30 ". Colfax Az. - .,,.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
Route Number Three

Mrs. II. G. Newton spent Sat
urday night ut the home of her
son, Jesse.
1t seems as tho Ia grippe has a
good start in this vicinity; nearly
everyone is suffering from it.
wonder how many of the cor.
respondents saw the eclipse on
the moon Sunday night Casey
did.
Miss Ethel Mitchell spent Sun.
day evening with Huber Harris.
Arthur Dorrell from Colorado
is visiting at the home of his par.
ents, D. S. Dorrell and wife.
Preaching at New Hope Bap.
tist church every second Satuf.
day and Sunday at 1000 a. M;
Rev. G. Chadwrll, pastor
CASEY JONES.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
To the Public

Two loads of furniture were
sent out from our store Satur,
day. one Monday, and we hope
before you see this in print wc
will have put out several more
loads IT YOU will come in we
will show you that our prices
sell the goods We have some
nice secondhand goods that will
be sold right. We expect to have
IN stock in the next few weeks
a big line of second hand furni.
ture that you will find some geu.
uine bargains iu. We have lots
OF things in stock, come in and
look. Yours for business,
f. N. Dyer Furniture Co ADV.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
An Enjoyable Occasion.

One OF the most enjoyable af
fairs of the season took place
Friday night. Mansfield Chap
ter, Order ri The Eastern Star,
while in session in their hall were
surprised by an invitation to adj
journ to the home of Al. Wilder
and wife. The usual order ol
things was reversed. the party
being surprised instead of the
hosts, for the invitation was a
complete surprise to the chapter
members, Who'll had expected only
the regular meeting. Three cars
conveyed the merry crowd to
Rocky Ridge Farm, where the
oak -paneled, oak beamed living
room was alight from the fire in
the large fireplace and the glow
of rose shaded lamps from the
dining room. Delicious and
unique refreshments were serv
ed during the evening The table
decorations were in the Star col
or>. the centerpiece being the
regular Star emblem OF the or.
der in the correct colOrs. The
edibles served on each plate
were also in the proper cOlors
and design of the Star. After
lunch the guests gathered in the
freight and listened to the Won
derful violin music of kreisler
and Elman. selections from we'll
operas, Victor Herberl's
and waiian Stfinged
Instruments The music was
furnished by a Victrola, the
gift of Rose Wilder
Lane of San francisco, daughter
of the hosts. With music and
conversation the time passed
VII hout IA dull moment and the
guests departed, regretting that
the evening bad been too short.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
City Council Meeting.

The city council met in regular
session Monday night. The q.
S. Burney, w. R. Fuilington and
.I.K.P. Coday additions to Minis.
field we're adopted by ordinance.
An ordinance, to take effect !,
was passed placing an annual
license of so upon the sale ol
cigarettes. A culvert was or.
dered put in at the intersection
of Elm and Jordan streets. Ce'
ment walks were ordered put
down across the north end of the
east half of block 10 in Nettle.
tons Second Addition. The fol,
lowing bills were allowed:
Mayor +. H. Riley, salary S4
Marshal Il, Il Short, salary,
$50: stove for Jail, - so.
Nightwatck Roe Strong, sala
ry, $40.
Aldermen james Coday, j. +.
Craig, j. A. Fuson, 0 l.. ltobi'
nett, and Clerk ] W. Brazeal,
salary, 81 each.
&c Carter. park pump, $43 80
l.H. Atkisson, drayagp. M.4a
d. Landers Lumber Co, ma,
terial, Sl6.TO,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
School Notes

The second quarterly examina.
tion was held in all departments
the first part of the week.
Sickness is keeping several
out of school.
Amos Henderich entered the
ninth grade this week. He
taught one month at the Flat Rock
school, whrre Earl Slate had
been teaching prior to his trip 10
Hot Springs, Ark.
Miss NJ. G. Hutchinson, an in
terpreter Of literature. will rem
der the fifth number of the Lyce.
um Course Saturday night at the
school building.
The Mansfield High School
girls will play the Mountain
Grsve girls game of basketball
in Mansfield Friday night of this
week. A good game is assured
Admission Il and - cents.
Boys and girls who have COM
pleted the eighth grade and tea
chers who would like to review
or further their high school
work should enter the Mansfield
school. For an outline of the
work done send fOrpur catalogue
free of charge, or when in town
stop at the printing office and
get one.
Literary Society will be held
in the High School and Grammar
departments Friday afternoon
Visitors are cordially invited 10
attend either.
People should not call the
school building during the ses.
sions of school work unless tits
positively necessary, because it
causes a great deal of confusion:
The agriculture class is begin
ming the study of farm animals.
The pedagogy class is study.
ing school sanitation and i'm
provement. 1t will take up the
study of school management aud
discipline in q short time.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
At the Christian Church

Rev. John L Stine and son oi
Springfield will commence q Sc
rieS of meetings Mt the Christian
church Sunday. Jan ii They
are able evangelists, working in
this district for the Christian
church. and everyone is cordially
invited to hear them.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
The Lecturk Course

/ Miss M G. Hutchinson is scl,e.
duled to appear OIL the Parent
Teacher As~Ociaiifsi Community
Lycenm Bureau course under
date Of Saturday Tan l3 Her
program consists gof miscellan.
eous readings andfG' G'lsebecca Of
Sunnybrools Farlk' 1t is in
"Rebecca' that 'sl,e excels. for
she is a Play ReaafT. She is a
graduate of the well-known Cur
~ School of Expression, and has
had ten or twelve gears expert
ence IN teaching land platform
work: you will be- pleased with
her work.as she n larecommended
as reader Of exceptional ability
and. witllal, an artist in the por
trayal Of cliaincter
This number will be given at
the schooll,mse.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11

City taxes became delin.
quent Jan. l. The laws of
the state make It my duty to
submit to the board Of aid
ermen a list Of delinquent
taxes, which are to be col
lected in the same manner
as are delinquent state and
county taxes. The law pro-
vides for the seizure and
sale Of goods and chattels
for delinquent taxes. Real
property is subject to a lien
for delinquent city taxes,
and for all interest and costs
accrued thereon. The board
Of aldermen has instructed
me to take the necessary
steps for the collection of all
delinquent taxes. Please
pay your city taxes to me at
once and save costs and
trouble. Yours for the good
of the city, o. L. Robinett,
Collector Of the City of
Mansfield, Mo.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
Obituary

Henry G. Slate passed away at
10 O'Clock Monday morning at
his home south of Mansfield,
death resulting rom. hEoncho
pneumonia and III grippe. He
was born i'm Tennessee in 1885.
and was 81 years, 10 months and
Z days old at the time of his
death. He came tD Missouri
when 4 years Of years. He
served for 3 years in the Federal
army in the Sth Missouri Caval.
nv. He was married to Sarah
Il. Iihcads Dec. 81, 1865. To this
union were born 8 children u
boys AMI 3 gi,lS. OF the chill
drrn only 1 sons survive james,
John, Albert and Thomas, all
of whom were present. at the
funeral. He is also survived by
his wife and 40 grandchildren.
de was cunve rled when Young
and united with the Methodist
church, of which he remained a
faithful member until death. He
was consistent Christian dur.
ing Ills long and useful life. AS
one OF our oldest and most high
ly esteemed citizens, ae will br
missed by hosts of friends, who
join with us in extending sympa.
thy TO the bereaved ones. Rev.
j. M. England conducted the
funeral from the home ut ] o
clock Tuesday afternoon; inter
ment in the Grain cemetery.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-11
Ozark District Fair Assn

Springfield, Mo, Jan. . : The
benefits to be derived from su:I
Ian organization al proposed ID
the Ozarks District Fair, con
ceiyed in the minds Of the repre-
sentative citizens of Southwest
Missouri at u recent meeting in
Springfield. will be told and bus.
liness and professional men and
farmers will be given opportuni.
ty within the next few weeks Oi
learning Of the advantage which
will he offered by such An euter-
prise
| Only to these in attendance al
the initial conference are such
benefits really known. And, il
is the desire of the leaders in
the movement for every citizen
I in e,ch Of the thirty counties to
be co.nizAnt of those advantages.
To this end plans were effect.
ed today for meetings in each
county, the first Of which will b+
held next week.9 With the o1m.
pletion of the plans announce.
ment was made that the initial
meetings will be held in GaIena,
Aurora and Richland.
MONDAY luncheons will he held
for the business and professional
men and farmers of each OF the
three cities and their immediate
vicinities, the arrangements for
which will be completed by the
vice presidents of the counties.
The Galena meeting viii be in
charge of G. W. Hendricks, vice.
president from Stone county,;
the Aurora meeting in charge OF
Henry L. Davia, the Lawrence
county vice.president, and the
Richland meeting in charge Of
Edmund A. Steck-l, Pulaski
county's official representative OF
the executive com mittee.
Prominent speakers will dis.
russ the Fair, and the prop0si
tion will be presented in detail
by them 1t is planned that at
least three speakers from Spring
.ield, !. headed by. w H Seed. /
secretary of the Ozarks Fair As.l
sociation, will attend and local
speakers in each of the three
cities will be called upon to give
an expression of their views.
AS a result Of these proposed i
informal meetings it is believed
that an educational movement |
will be started that will be the
biggest asset possible in bring.
ing the Ozarks District Fair to a |
final realization