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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-18

Gambia county, on Monday will mail
to every county teacher rules cover
ing contest for the school children
of Escambia, thirty dollars having
been offered by the Myrtle Grove
Farmers Association for the best
essay on tick eradication written by
pupils of the grammar schools of
Fscambia.
1t is planned to hold an all day
celebration at the school house at
Myrtle Grove, when an immense herd
of cattle will be dipped, the meeting
to be featured by addresses from
authorities on tick eradication, scien-
tiic farming, and other public ques-
tions of interest. the program to be
interspersed with music by a good
band. Refreshments will be served.
At recent meeting of the Myrtle
Grove Farmers Association plans
were formulated to make this cele-
bration one of the largest and most
interesting ever held in the Myrtle
Grove section, and much interest has
already been aroused. The first dip
ping vat in the county was that which
was constructed at Myrtle Grove,
and dedicated last April, and the re
suits have been such as to insure the
permanance of the tick eradication
movement in that part of the county
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-18

R. Pope Reese.
II. Address, The Urgent Need of
the Special Tax District, J. H. Sher-
rill.
-. Open Forum.
Star Spangled Banner.
Domestic Science Department
FRIDAY afternoon will bring an in
teresting visitor to the Domestic
Science classes. Mr.. Kelly will give
a Westinghouse demonstration of
household electrical appliances at
100 o'clock on that day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-18

and many will attend the celebration,
not only for the interesting features
which are promised but for the prac-
teal demonstration which will be
given in tick eradication, when the
great heard of cattle win be dipped:
In addition to prominent speakers
from Gainesville. several local speak
ers will address the meeting, which
promise to be one of the largest ever
held at Myrtle Grove.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-18
At
MYRTLE GROVE

The Myrtle Grove Farmers Asso-
citation is planning with much enthus-
iasm for the anniversary picnic, to
be held on April 5th, in celebration of
theh success of the Tick Eradication
Campaign, which was launched on
that date year ago, at the Myrtle
Grove school house.
Professor A. S. Edwards, superin-
tendent of public instruction of Es-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-18

of Fort Pierce, states that she is
deeply interested in her program for
a spring festival in connection with
the high school at that place. Miss
Orwell is sure to make things sue
coed, and We predict happy oc-
casion upon the celebration before
her. She graduated from the Florida
State College for Women with L. l.
degree in 1911, andA. B. in 1914. She
has been loyal alumna since 1911,
and helps in all the proceedings of
the association.
An Interesting Creation"
Two weeks ago the Senior Normal
class began dramatization as a form
of composition for grammar school
grades. The subject is not a new
one from the point of view of action
among our school children, but as
composition work it is ont largely in
use in our schools. This class began
at the foundation and constructed a
drama suitable for fifth grade. The
teacher seemed unusually pleased
with the first result, and stated that
she had found the papers not only
satisfactory but very entertaining
Lift and action give the great i'm
petus to any work now, even as in
Elizabeth's day, and surely the boys
and girls can learn to create dramatic
forms as we'll as those of exposition
and narration.
Flambeau Dinner Party.
Following the annual custom of the
Flambeau, the old and new members
of the staff got together at the Leon
Saturday evening. DR.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Conradi. DIR. and Mrs. w. G.
Dodd, Miss Rowena Longmire and
Professor Arthur Williams Joined
the party at the hotel.
A course dinner was served at G
o'clock. After dinner the party re-
paired to the hotel parlors where a
pleasant social hour was spent. The
party included Emily Babcock, Edna
| Mills, Marion Colman, Beth Walton
Frances Shehlley, Hope Jones, Ave
Lee Edwards, Elizabeth Clayton
Johnette Odom, Edwine Odom
The resa Yaegar, Irene Haammett
Nettie VIM, Virginia Holland, Flea
nor Nixon, Edna Williams, DR.. ant
Mrs. Conrad, DR.. and Mrs. Dodd
Miss Longmire, and Mr.. Williams.
Students Music Recital.
A musical program will be giver
in the college auditorium by students
of the School of Music on Tuesday
March goth, at $50 o'clock. This i:
the fourth of a series of such re
citals to be given during the year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-18

An added incentive to hard prac-
tice is the pennant to be awarded
the champion class team. In addit-
ion to that two medals will be award
:er-one to the best "slugger," and
one to the fielder making the best
record.
Parent Teachers Association
The Parent Teachers Association
will be held at the Clubbs Grammar
School Monday evening, March 10,
at s o'clock. Mrs. Dave Kugleman,
president, will be in charge. The
following program has been ar
ranged: u
1. Overture, Under the Double
Eagle" high school orchestra.
2. America (words on back of pro-
gram), everybody.
s. The Magnet and the Churn from
Patience" Sullivan, high school
chorus.
4. Recitation, "a Silly Little Maid, >
Elizabeth Jennings, 1920.
5. Violin solo, Stradelle-SingIetee
Mercedes Cafero,~ 1919.
| 6. Recitation, "The Ruling Pas
sion," Eula Vicory, 1920.
7. Recitation, "a Rainy Day Epi-
ISOLDE" Eva Sherrer, 1919.
8. Moonlight Waltzes," high
school orchestra.
/ 9. (a) FAIRY Waltz" Willocker
Il (b) anvil Chorus" from II Trova
tore, high school chorus.
= 10. Report special tax committee
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-18
Girls Athletic Association

The Girls Athletic Association
negotiated with the manager of the
Isis and Thursday filled the house
with P. H. S. patrons. 1t was their
desire to earn money for the tennis
court in planning, and they spiritedly
set about doing it. The result was
something more than $35 cleared.
Boys Athletics.
The boys are busy with baseball.
A number of outside games will be
played. The first, played Saturday,
March 10, with Palmer college, at
DeFuniak, began what is hoped will
be a series of victories. The boys
have entered the West Florida con-
test and yesterday played the Walton
County High School and the Chipley
High School in DeFuniak Springs
The lineup was as follows:
Catcher-Franklin Bell.
Pitchers-T. Herskovitz, G.. Hart
man.
First Base-Tom Kennedy.
Second Base-John Hunter.
Third Base-James Fulghum.
Feft Field-Graham Vinson.
Center Field. Vaughn.
Right Field-Harry Levey.
Subs-Hunter Long and Price
Rozear.
The Twilight League will play {
series of inter-class games. 1t has
played two games and will play ;
third Monday evening.
Standing for Twilight eague:
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

The value of good roads, or rather
the expensiveness of bad roads, has
been emphasized this year more thar
ever before. A community can be
largely judged by its roads. The bet
ter the road the more desirable is the
place for home or business. A SLOW
emily, rough road is the insignia of a
careless people. The automobile is
the evangelist Of the perfect road
way. The bicycle spurred towns and
cities into action, but the horseless
car goes everywhere and demands
smoother track. Even the farmer has
learned that good road is a paying
investment and that mud road is
horse killer and pocket drain. There
Is no extravaganza in good roads. They
pay for themselves very quickly,
whereas the bad road is a constant
source of loss. So, whatever else is
or is not done, city and state and
country should push ahead with the
plan of highway perfection. All the
money thus spent comes pouring back
to the taxpayer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22
Bagdad, The City of Romance

leys poured the mighty hosts of Xer
xes and Darius on their world con
quering missions. There the great
Nebuchadnezzar looked about him and
exclaimed: as not this the great
Babylon, which | have built?" This
land was for thousands of years SUI
preme in the history of the world and
was one of the great molding forces
in the human story.
In the days of their prosperity
those valleys supported a large popu-
lation The soil was rich and pro
duced freely, when irrigated. 1t was
the first great wheat country, Herod-
otus (who was frequently over-enthu-
siastic) tells us he saw wheat growing
on the irrigated lands there that
yielded 200 and 300 bushels to the
acre.
War, the lust of conquest, wrecked
and ruined it. The irrigation dams
and locks and bitches and aqueducts,
ruins of which are yet to be seen,
were destroyed, and the population
starved or moved away, and since
then, for upwards of two thousand
years, it has lain waste, its cities of
ancient greatness, capitals of the
world, heaps of rubbish upon a desc
late plain, where jackals bay the moon
There was always a city where Bag
dad is, 100 miles up river from old
Babylon, but it was greatest in the
year 1873, when it's population as
founded the age. 1t was the religious
capital of all Islam. How its splen-
dor impressed the imagination may be
seen from the stories of the arabian
Nights" But the Mongols took it
rom the Turks, Timur captured it,
he Mongols recaptured it, the Turks
md Persians fought there and it was
again and again the scene of a great
var; and gradually it declined, until
or many centuries now it has been
o us of the Western world merely a
lame, a mythical creation of Oriental
omance, the scene of the tales of the
;ultanese Shahrazed.
But through all those years the city
wed and was an important trading
oint on the caravan routes from
ndia to the west, and now it has some
ne hundred thousand population.
Through all those years of the last
ew centuries, too, the eyes of many
Ilers were watching it. Napoleon
reamed of an empire that would en-
race it. Russia has coveted it. Ger
lany planned the Berlin to Bagdad
iilway that would get and hold those
alleys; and British capitalists had
tanned to spend 100 million dollars
lere under Sir William Willocks, who
irveyed the country and reported
lat much money would irrigate 80
illion acres of land which, planted
wheat and cotton, would return
II cent on the investment, and that
" million acres more are suscepti
e of modern irrigation, and it is yet
e richest soil in the world when ir
gated.
1t is possible that modern science
ny build anew a finer civilization on
e ruins of the past. %
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

AGDAD taken by the British
That bit of news is one of tn,
romantic touches that occa
sionally punctuate the grin
story Of the world war. Bagdad, city
of the caliphs, home Of that figure
of our dreams, Harun Al-Rashid.
Bagdad's capture marks the climax
to one of the most dramatic and pic
turesque phases Of the war. The city
which has fallen to British arms links
the present to past so distant that
| it is semi-fabulous. The known his
tory Of Bagdad reaches back for more
than four thousand years to the shad-
owy times of King Nebuchadnezzar
of Babylon, quay built by the scrip
tural monarch still existing, sub
merged in the Tigris. Within it's pre-
cincts also there still stand the tombs
of the Jewish prophets, Joshua, Ezra
and Ezekiel and the well of Daniel.
Long after the Babylonian dynasty
had ceased to be more than a memory
Bagdad rose to splendor as the artis-
tic, literary, scientific and religious
capital of the world. The heart of the
great Islamic empire of the Caliphs
for hundreds of years, it was known
throughout the world as "the glorious
city," and was the scene of the fan
tastic exploits of Harun Al-Rashid,
the potentate whose magnificence is
in "The Arabian
Nights"
In 800 A. d. Bagdad was credited |
with population of 2 million and |
was easily the first city in the world
n wealth and commerce. With the
all Of the caliphs before the Turkish
iultans, the decline of Bagdad COM
nenced. 1t was successfully the prey
# Turks, Mongols, Tartars and Per-
ians, but it was not until 1888 that
he city became definitely part of
he Turkish Empire. It's ancient i'm
,ortance was largely due to the fact
hat it stood at the center of the lines
f communication between India and
'ersia and the West, but the opening
f new routes by way of Trebizond
nd through Armenia diverted its !
rade and was a vital factor in its
ecline. {
Look at a map of Turkey in Asia
nd you will see two rivers, one the l
igris, rising in the mountains of Ar
Iena, near the Black sea- the other Q
lie Euphrates, rising near the sourc- Z
of the Tigris, each flowing toward Il
lie southeast, almost paralleling each 7
her across the Mesopotamian plain
nd finally joining their waters into P
ne river that empties into the Per- e
an Gulf. That land of Mesopatamia,
Babylonia, of Assyria, traversed by u
ose rivers is generally regarded as n
e cradle of the human race. 1t was II
e center of the Plain of Shinar, be- p
,een the rivers, that the people built l.
G great tower of baked brick to the 81
ID of the air, that was the ancestor u
our church steeples. From this II
ain come some of the earliest writ
a records, clay tablets more than m
90 wears old. From out those val tn
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

That mysterious movements have
been progressing in great clumsy
Russia has been understood, but what
they portended could not be foreseen.
Everything was hid behind the screen
of the Russian censorship. Now that
the screen has been lifted. one thing
stands out in glaring boldness-the
near approach of the day when kings
and titled aristocracy, and the whole
brood of the birth privileges, shall be
kicked out of Europe. The revolution
in Russia may not be able to go the
length of establishing a republic at
this time, but it portends that the day
is nearer when not only Russia, but
all the countries of Europe will be
come freed from autocratic rule and
become republics. 1t means that the
world is getting tired of kings, and
even the Kaiser in Germany may trem
BILE for what may follow the close of
the war. Then the people will rule
and wars will be no more.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

The Reichstag regrets not thinner
mans act, but the fact that he was
caught in it.
Thousands of parents suffer priva-
ton to keep up with the crowd that
their children run with.
Really, it is a sinking shame that
the common, ordinary, every day
onion is so high priced.
= 4 8
A newspaper man always wonders
why banks list statements of their
loans among their resources.
4 4 &
Isn't it remarkable how a diamond
on the third finger of a girls left
hand will turn warts to dimples.
A bride proudly sent in her first
order for groceries not long ago and
one of the items was pound of after
noon teas.
1t is great disappointment to
boy to grow up and realize that his
daddy can't lick all the other men in
town at once.
"Rachael," said the teacher, "use
indigo in a sentence" And Rachael,
after much thought replied: "The ba-
by is indigo cart"
When sap starts upward in the trees, |
And robins carol on the breeze ,
That romps my hair with gentle gust,
By gosh, I've got to sing or bustl
4 & = {
Talking about spring, how we long /
'or sight of a freckle-faced, bare G
looted boy With stone bruise and a
senuine case of old-fashioned belly Il
Iche.
And now, to aggravate the '12 will
ul senator's" stand on the arming of
american ships, the German measles Fl
re rather general throughout the o.
tate. ri
The man who does his duty while o.
CRYING the public need not hope to a
e appreciated while here, but after If
e is dead the appreciation will surely s.
)me. 20
4 Z 4 or
Smoking tobacco seems to be pref be
rable to chewing it in respect that W;
lie smoker seldom overfows his hi
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22
Tales of the Town
FORGET IT.

If YOU see tall fellow ahead of q
crowd,
A leader of men, marching fearless
and proud,
And you know of tale whose mere
telling aloud,
Would cause his proud head to IN
anguish be bowed,
It's pretty good plan to forget 1t.
If you know of a skeleton hidden
away
In closet, and guarded and kept
from the day
In the dark; and whose showing,
whose sudden display,
Would cause grief and sorrow and
lifelong dismay,
It's a pretty good plan to forget 1t.
If you know of thing that will dark
en- the joy
Of man or woman, a girl or BOY,
That will wipe out smile, or the
least way annoy
A fellow, or cause any gladness to
cloy,
It's pretty good plan to forget it.
Ford Times.
The man with the hoe will be the
nan of the hour this year
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

A series of advertisements, giving
users of the telephone useful informa-
ton ais to the how and why of meth
DDS to secure satisfactory service,
which have appeared in the maya
zines, is quite in line with modern
theories of efficiency. So much de-
ponds upon cooperation between tel
ephone users and telephone employees
that anything that tends to cultivate
better relations of mutual helpfulness
is gain all around. 1t is so easy
to form habit Of calling in the way
that promises the best results that
only the needless or the churl will re-
sent these useful suggestions. But
there is another aspect of the ques-
ton to which the telephone folks
might turn their attention with profit
to themselves and to their patrons.
This is, in Emmett's case, more
modern central plant that will obvi-
ate much of the delay and annoyance
that the present system causes. EN-
NETT is entitled to better conveniences.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

Emmett will experience a deep loss
in the death of Col. VIM. C. Hunter
His CHEEKY manner, his broad mind
edness, his intelligent conception of
his duty as citizen and his deter
mination to tread its paths wherever
1t led were characteristics of the man.
He was the apostle of optimism. Even
when the Angel of Death beckoned
him he answered the summons with
smile upon his lips, and his last words
to his beloved wife was, ''Do not weep,
but SMILE" He loved Emmett and
Idaho, and when he knew that the
end was not far off, his desire was
to end his days in the old home on
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

We saw, not long ago, in great
weekly double page advertisement
which was said to have cost $4,000
for one insertion. The price was suf-
ficiently novel to make us remember
it, but the advertisement itself did
not arouse our interest enough to
cause us to read it. But when last
week we beheld in an exchange this
little want ad we pondered over it
longer than we usually do news
sensation. The ad read: "Grandma
Fesler desires plain sewing, mending
or comfort knitting to do" That
2-line want was written with far more
skill than was the $4,000 pronuncia-
mento. Perhaps the editor was it's
author, and maybe Grandma Fesler
herself wrote it, but, anyway, it caus-
ed a queer feeling in our throat, and
made US picture one of the many,
many brave women that all over this |
land are patiently doing each her bit
and asking only the chance to be use
ful. We do not know you, Grandma
Fesler, but we wish you well.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

banks and mandates the country ad-
jacent.
After thumbing through dozen
seed catalogs, we find all sorts of
luscious melons advertised, but none
of the variety steel and munitions
manufacturers cut.
There will be five Sundays in Feb
ruary in 1920 and again in 1913, and
still again in 1876. After that you
won't care-assuming, of course, that
you care about 1920, 1913 and 1876.
If the statement of the shoe manu-
facturers' association that every inch
taken off the styles of women's skirts
below is worth 10 million dollars
year to these manufacturers, we won
der what the result would be if the
shoe folks took notion to rake off
l billion in year.
A man called for plug of tobacco
in one of the stores the other day
and handed the merchant an Irish
potato in payment and started to
walk out. Hold on there" said the
store keeper. Don't you want your
change? There's two beans coming
to you"
Z & &
A member of the board of trustees |
was visiting the school and was much
worried by the noise of the pupils in
the next room. At last, unable to
bear it any longer, he opened the door
and burst in upon them. Seeing one
girl rather taller than the 9TH
RS, talking great deal, he caught
Ter by the arm, pushed her into an
,ther room and told her to sit down
md be quiet. A quarter of an hour
alter small head appeared round the
oor and meek little voice said: ,
Please, sir, you've got our teacher"
4 4 Z
The latest American church device
or raising the wind" is what a reli-
ious paper describes as 'some collec-
on box" The inventor halls from
klahoma. If member of the con-
regation drops in a 25-cent piece or
coin of larger value, there is silence.
it is a 10-cent piece bell rings, a
cent piece sounds whistle, and a
mt fires blank cartridge. If any
lie pretends to be asleep when the
TX passes, it awakens him with
atchman's rattle, and a kodak takes
S picture.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

The best way to cut down the cost
of potatoes is for every family to
plant some. People who have never
before raised potatoes should do it
this spring and thus not only help
themselves but assist in overcoming
the general potato famine.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

Undoubtedly it is up to the Idaho
farmers, along with the farmers Of
other states, to raise big crops this
year, extend the acreage as much as
possible and prepare to take care of
the demand for grain of all kinds. If
it is possible to grow the crops it
seems certain that the price should
be unusually large.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

Frozen Dog ranch. Emmett will miss
him every day.
The Democratic party in Congress
would make better progress if it did
MT have a Stone tied to its neck.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

The man with the hoe will be the
man of the hour this year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

Smoking tobacco seems to be pref
cradle to chewing it in respect that
the smoker seldom overfows his
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-22

The man who does his duty while
serving the public need not hope to
be appreciated while here, but after
he is dead the appreciation will surely
come.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-15
MOLINE MAN GOES IN
MARINE CORPS HERE
IhtrsR~Ah1Ed

George IT. Luecke. Thirsv~EhiFd
street and Tweuty-fourth avenue. Mo
line is the third recruit TO be sent to
Chicago this month from the Rock Is
land recruiting station OF the United
States marine corps at Nineteenth
street and Second avenue Mr.. Luecka
was sent this morning.
"a few days ago q Davenp0rter, 20
years OF age. whose name is withheld
applied at the station for enlistment
Sergeant James #. Gallagher in tax
ing the measurements found the man
weighed 295 pounds. is 8 feet 5 inches
iu height and an inch and a half broad
err across The shoulders than Jess vii
lard. He said when leaving he must
first receive his fathers permission.
He IS expected to return in a day or
two