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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-19

Right-mlnded parents are not willing
their children should lack the oppor-
tunities which are freely within the
reach of other children.
The man In the field knows as
we'll as any other man that knowl-
edge is the master key; he knows
also, from experience, that the soils
response is measured as much by
brains as by Drawn Naturally he
and his mate desire for their child
rem the best chances for success.
1t can be seen that food produc-
ton is in no small measure depends
ont upon what We will do for the
eduction of 100000 rural children.
In this connection one figure-fact
alone should suffice to emphasize
the seriousness of this situation and
the need for prompt and intelligent
action.
The average rural term in our
town and city schools is 1S4 days.
In our rural schools It is 13S days
This means that the country child
gets 46 days less schooling than the
city child. a total Of 39S days los,
70 each child in the elementary s.
year course covered by the country
schools. Multiply this by 7,OO0,0 900
and you will find that the farm chill
dren of the nation lose each year
522, 100000 days of schooling.
Such loss should arouse public
opinion even If the schooling provid7
ed in rural districts were equivalent
tc that offered in the towns and cit
les. But every one familiar with our
rural schools knows that is not the
case. The fact that the average pay
Of the country school teachers IS
$500 a year is, in itself, answer
enough Nor is this or any other
fact connected with the situation to
be wondered at, after seeing the av-
erage type of one-room rural school !
house which pockmarks each state |
in the union.
Usually it is set beside a bad road |
which in wet or wintry weather be-
comes well nigh impossible. Nearly
always 1t is a ramshackle building,
improperly heated and without
semblance of correct ventilation To
attempt in such a place to inspire
in the mind Of youth a relationship
between education and right ideals
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-19
Peoples Forum
Seeing CedaIville


Cedarvllle, Cal, Aug. II, rs
Editor Tidings-After three days
of mountain staging, here we are,
26O miles from good old Ashland
town. Some of the riding was so
rough that / verify believe my liver
and lights changed places 10 times.
At Lakeview the southbound travel
er rises at a. m, an boards lit
tic Jerkwater train which runs from
Reno, New, The slowness of this
train is considered a fair subject for
jokes. The traveller is told that
there are two ways of getting into
This part of the country; walking
and riding on the narrow-guage rail-
road. If in a hurry he is advised
TO walk. Once upon a time, so the
story goes, when the train was near
.ns dts southern destination. the
conductor asked a young man foe
his ticket,
You told me l didn't need tick
ct, replied the passenger. Don't
you remember telling me that when
| got on at Lakewiew?'
II remember telling little boy
that" replied the ticket puncher.
well, Tm.that little bay" replied
the young man. I've grown some
since we started" he added.
Missing the Cedarvale stage at At-
turas. county seat of Modoc county.
| caught a ride for 12 miles. then
walked 10 more over the mountains
finally Getting a lift the last three
miles into Cedarville, which is on
the east side of the Warner ridge.
Alturas being on the west sidn. near
the lfeadwaters, of the Pitt river.
That 1O-mile walk, two-thirds of it
Icing uphill to the 7OOO-foot summit
through the deep dust and in the
aot sun. earring suit case that
seemed to increase in weight every
mile, was not the pleasantest experi-
ence of this 525-mile trip.
The higher slopes of the Warne.
mountains are clothed with beauti-
full fir foreas somewhat to the
travellers surprise. Passed a pine
stump over four feet across.
Cedarville is sleepy old Califor-
MIA yillagaof 600 souls, founded so
years ago. 1t is the chief point in
The Surprise valley, so named by
some surveyor who discovered II
IN running the west line of Nevada,
which is only a dozen miles east
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-19

mas no meaning for him. He will
come to London, perhaps. London
the lonliest city in the world foi
the stranger. He may wander along
'ts streets when he becomes convel.
cscent or gets his precious leave. He
will find, in a city of more than p
hundred and twenty square miles
one square mile in which a door will
welcome him and a roof will shelter
him among others who have come
from the uttermost parts of the
earth. Even then he will not have
found home.
VIII mother England take him
home-sons of her sons. bone of her
lone, flesh of her flesh? OF course
she will. She is anxious, very anxi-
Gus to do so.
We know that she is, for the edi-
tor of the Weekly Dispatch has pos
session of a bundle of letters from
representative Englishmen full OF
the anticipated joys which would
come into their lives were some CEN
trail organization established to make
England the home of the American
en- leave or convalescent
Fathers who have lost sons in this
war, mothers who have mourned in
secret the passing of the boy upon
whom in the days of peace they had
huilt their hopes and staked their
all, will fling open wide their doors
to the American soldier, thousands
If miles from home. and give
him the best that an English home
can give.
He does not want to see our
towns, although he shares our pride
In the historical features of so many
Of them To him, as to the British
soldier, there is no place like home.
Let us give him what we give to all
who count England home
Down in the depth of this coun-
Try, right in the heart of England,
there is a spot hallowed for ever in
the hearts Of all who speak the Eng
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-19
AN ENGLISH SENTIMENT

A Grants Pass boy in London sent
the following clipping from the Lon
don Times toShis mother, in which
the attitude of the English toward
the American soldier is expressed.
The article was published in the
Grants Pass Courier:
There is no "Blighty" for the
American soldier on leave from the
front or recovering from wounds or
sickness. England's strength has
been in her ten days leave at home.
But what will the Americans do?
Have we thought about It yet?
When Sammy comes to us, either
rs warrior eager for the fray or
as a tired or broken man seeking
rest, he does not come home to the
enc place in all the world where
Tcace holds its place and human love
sheds a radiance which floods the
heart with a supreme joy;
Britain's sons from over seas, of
course, come home" But for the
American soldier 1t is, and remains,
We regret to say, a strange country,
: despite the fact that there is hardly
a town, a village, or a hamlet in all
the country from which his father
or his fathers father did not come
lie enters ii, maybe, with some fam
,ly tradition ringing in his ears and
stirring the blood within him. which
tells how in the days gone by some
ancestors OF his left the English
town or village. for the Land of the
Free, cutting himself off from home,
founding for himself a home in the
United States where he and his have
learned to love and venerate Old
Glory as the symbol of freedom.
Deep down in his heaEt there still
fingers a trace Of love for the Eng
lish home. II only needs an awak-
ening by us to stir it into life that
viii grow in strength. to the lasting
benefit of the 'Anglo-Saxon race. The
American soldier is coming home"
Have We thrown the door open wide
enough?
-Four years Of war have made us
hlase. Official repression has shut
down the expression of the spirit
which. unseen, accompanies our own
soldiers to the port Of embarkation,
and goes with them to the battle
field. We have soi into the war
habit Of carrying on" without so
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-19

of social life and government is al
most like selecting a gambling room
as an object lesson of industry and
honesty.
ANY one inclined to regard this as
prejudiced view may replace 1t
with the following statement from
H. W. Foght, Of the federal bureau
Of education:
THE rural school, from the stand
I.o!nt of health and general fitness
for its important use, is the worst
type Of building in the whole coun-
Try, including not only all types OF
iulldingi used for human beings.
but also those used for livestock and
al. domestic animals. Rural schools
are on the average less adequate for
their use than prisons, aslyums,
almshouses. stables. dairy barns, pig.
lens, chicken houses and dog ken
rels."
OF course this condition must be
changed. Already in various parts
of the country the problem has been
satisfactorily solved with consolidat-
ed schools-substltution for three Of
more neighboring one-room shacks
OF a modern building centrally locat-
cd with one to four teachers, as
needed. Such consolidated schools
now are few and far etween.-Phli-
cdelphia North American.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-19
100000 Neglected
Soldiers In America

For every one who owns an auto
mobile this is tourning time of year.
And in every part of the country,
tours this season are planned to in
clude at least one of the great can
tonment-the training centers from
whence a million men already have
been sent overseas and which now
are filling with the second million.
Visitors to these cantonments are
impressed by their extent and com
rleteness. With surprising show of
durability every necessary provision
has been made for the health, COM
Fort and proper training of the men
Who remain in them only few
months TO be prepared for only a
few years active service, at most.
OF course the one answer to the
wonder aroused by this appearance
Of stability in an obviously transit
ent need is the permanence of the
cause. The aim is sufficiently high
and beneficial to justify vast expen-
diture of life, labor and money. Be
fore that end is attained these sol
dier cities may nave turned out as
many as 100000 fighters for free,
dom. What then will become of the
cantonments remains to be seen.
Most of them, perhaps, will disap-
bear as quickly as they grew. But
with freedom saved, none ever will
count the money cost. And that will
he swallowed up in the pride and
Fatisfaction of having faithfully serv-
ed justice, mercy and truth.
Indeed, pride swells in the breast
Of every beholder of these ample in
stitutions for the defense of democ-
Iacy. They are so big and fine, and
they stand out so boldly against the
horizon of our best hopes!
Probably it never has occurred to
one such visitor that on the way to
any of these camps he has passed the
outer Notifications of system of
defense without which an army OF
even 100000 men would be a weak
champion of human rights,
Unfortunately, there is little rea-
son for such thought engaging the
traveler-for the average one-room
country school house in this land is
so forlorn as to make no impression
on the passerby. Yet it is upon, these
one-room country school houses. of
which we have 100000, that seven |
million boys and girls-one-third of !
the total of all our human material |
training to maintain, defend and ad-
vance democracy through the years
today depend for that training.
In neglecting the rural schools we
are disloyal not only to our ideals.
but to the very basis of our institu.
tons.
The miserable excuse of education
al advantages furnished by a large
proportion of our country schools is
one of the causes for the increasing
oepopulation Of our farm land. The
lure of town and city is due in a
measure to better school advantages.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-19

e America shall win this war! 9
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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-19
EVERYMAN'S PLEDGE

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Thrift Fashions in Fall Suits
~ At Quick Buying Incentive Prices
so Fine Tailored Suits

Exceptional values, in a COL
lection of the newest styles,
showing latest shapes in Coats
of serge, poplin and other good
fabrics; braid trimmed with
plain or velvet collars and
cuffs. All sizes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Women's Silk Hose

Women's Silk Hose
Women's Silk Hose in shoe shades
and fancy stripes, full fashioned
and seamless. Good 81 %
weight and quality. -. ~ '~o
Wcmen's Fiber Silk
Women's Fiber Silk Hose, in all
colors and black and white. Seam
less. Lisle tops. Double EQ~
soles. At ............... WV
Women's Thread Silk Hose
Women's Thread Silk Hose, in COL
ors. Seamless. Silk to knee.
Spliced heels and toes. or
Extra value ............
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Most Unusual u
Cotton and w DOL !
For Wonoar !

And the woman who lets ii
tunity that is not likely to be rep
out benefitting. There is every !
your needs now.
Women's Wool and Silk and Wool
Union Suits - High neck, long
sleeve and Dutch neck and elbow
sleeve; low neck, no sleeve; all
ankle length; in white or gray;
regular and extra sizes; 60 or
value $3.50 .......... ~A'S0
Wcmen's Heavy Fleeced Union
Suits-In white, high neck and |
long sleeves; Dutch neck, ankle
length; low neck, no sleeve and
ankle length; regular and O. az
extra sizes; value 1895, at~ A'~o
Women's Fleeced Union Suits-ln
white; low neck and no sleeves.
Dutch neck, short sleeves, high
neck, long sleeves; ankle length;
regular and extra sizes. G. m !
Value 81 SO. Special, at. ~A'0O
Children's Fleeced Union Suits
With plated topped button; in
white or gray; value G. M
$3.50, special, at. 49,. ~A'oo
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Babywear Offerings.
Au.WocI Sweasers

All.Wool Sweaters
Children's All-wool Belted Sweaters Il
in white with copenhagen and rose 4
and white trimmed. Made of finest 1
zephyr. A splendid value at $500
Sizes "a, 26, %. On sale 90 90
Infants S.ip-on Sweater. II
Infants Slip-on Sweaters. Sweaters n,
made of fine Saxony yarns. O. 70
Values to $500. Special. =. ~A'1I
Baby Bootees
With little touches of hand en-
broidery. Values up to 75c. 90. Il
Sleeping Garments
Outing Flannel Sleeping Garments
grouped in one lot. C1On
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Very Spl
Wcmen's silk To, Suits, good qua itj
known makes. Worth $1.50 to SO. o01
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
go Fine Tailored Suits

Of Serge, Poiret Twill. Mix
lures and Velours, in Browns,
Taupe, Black, Navy and 9TH
ers. Styles are copies of much
higher priced models; smart
and youthful, all sizes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Nouelty Tailored Suits

Plain tailored effects, novel
pleated or ripple coats, beIted
models with convertible COL
lars, some fur trimmed. in We
lours, Silvertones, Mixtures,
Worsteds, Etc. Many odd
sample suits
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Right Hosiery at Right Prices
Biggest Stock in the West

This is the most complete as we'll as
the most varied stock of Hosiery to be
found in any store in this western coun-
try and because of the fact that we buy
such immense quantities, we are able
to quote prices which are we'll below
those which prevails most everywhere.
The stock is complete, the assortment
is immense and the prices are right
make your choice here Saturday.
BY unusual efforts on our part we are
able to place before you the biggest and
best and most complete assortment of
Women's and Children's Hosiery at mod
crate prices, that has been shown in this
city. Take our advice and buy now be-
fore prices advance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
"BiNiken'' Shoes

If you would have your child walk in Il
path of comfort and peace, put pair of Bill
kens on the little feet.
"Bliken" Shoes are made so that they are
flexible, and give the greatest east and freedom
in walking, at the same time helping the feet
to grow right.
All sizes and all moderate prices.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Boys and Girls Hose

Boys and Girls Hose
Boys and Girls Hose, in all sizes.
Black Cat and other brands. Some
have triple knees. Spliced heels
and toes. Good black. Fine
ribbed: Also tan 39c'5Oc
and white .........
Boys and Girls Hose
Boys and Girls Hose, in heavy and
medium ribbed, fast black, double
heels and toes, good weights. 2E~
All sizes, at. .............
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-12
League of Nations the Solution of the Freedom of the
Seas-Russian Generals Shot by Order of the Soviet
FOUR TRANSPORTS BRINGING :
OVER 5000 SOLDIERS HOME
General Strike in Cuba Result of Enemy Propaganda
-Brest in Holiday Attire Awaiting Presidents Com
ing.

London-The British advance guards have ventured
Bonne the left bank of the Rhine Is miles south
east of Cologne and have taken possession of the bridge
over the Rhine
Paris-The length of President Wilson's official"
visit in Paris has been fixed at As hours according to
Martin. The remainder Of his stay here will not be
marked by any state ceremony.
Brest-An Associated Press despatch says that
Brest has put it's holiday attirement and eagerly
awaiting the arrival of President Wilson tomorrow.
American naval establishment here got into direct wire
less touch with Presidential fleet which is not far off
the coast.
Demsbury, England--Viscount Grey, former foreign
secretary in speech tonight said that the League OF Ma
tons is solution of the question of Freedom OF the
Seas and Great Britain and the United States reach
complete agreement that question by joining such
league.
Berin-Dr Sof minister of foreign affairs, has re-
signed his resignation has been accepted by the CABINET
retirement His retirement is not surprising as his rea
tons with the EbertHaase cabinet reached stralnng
point some time ago.
London-n consequence of the support he is recelv-
ing from Pfssiaf guards newly arrived in Berlin Prem
er Ebert is taking sitter attitude toward Spartans
group says Copenhagen correspondents OF London
papers ,ss
The steamer George Washington with President
Wilson and party aboard changed it's after leaving
the Azores and will arrive in advance OF the tune origin
allv announced, according to naval wireless
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-12

The civil war really ended with the
surrender of Lee to Grant on April
8, 1865, and there was only little
desultory fighting at widely separated
points after that. The last serious
engagement was the siege and cap
ture of Mobile, on April II, 1865, but
Macon, Ga, was captured by Wilson's
cavalry on April 81 The surrender
of detached forces of Confederates
continued during May, but without
fighting,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-12
WORLD INTEREST IN
WOUNDED AMERICANS
Group of Engineers in Chile Sent
$Ss to Y M. c. A. Headquarters
at Paris

Paris, Dec. 11-Fifty-t dollars,
collected by small group of engi-
neeTs employed by copper company
at Valparaiso, Chile, for wounded
American boys, came all the way to
headquarters of the Y. M. c. A. in
Paris the other day, and this is what
happened to it E. c. Carter, chief
of the Y. NJ C. A. overseas activi-
ties, gave the money to his secretary,
telling her to spend every cent of it
on boys in certain hospital who
needed some extra comforts.
The secretary and two other girls,
aII in the uniform of the Y. M. c. A,
collected lot of the latest news
papers. and magazines from home,
bought up cigarettes, chewing gum,
chocolate, jam and basket full of
fresh white grapes, and then, laden
way beyond the limit of their ancient
hack, drove to the big base hospital,
on the wolld-famous race track at
Anteuil Just outside Paris, once the
home of sport and now the home of
a thousand or more wounded soldiers.
Cigarettes were given to every man
in four wards, also a box of matches.
Then the three girls went into the
gas ward, where boys are not allowed
tobacco in any form until the gas is
entirely out Of their systems. Each
of these boys was given chewing gum,
and some of them were so glad to
get it that they actually cried.
Others were not so far down with
the ravages of the attack and sang
out glad "Hurrays," but there wasn't
man in that ward whose day was
not made easier by that package OF
gum.
The grapes were taken into the
medical ward, where fever patients
with parched throats were relieved
by the cooling fruit. The jam was
given to various nurses, for there was
none too much of it and not nearly
enough for all the boys. The nurses
take these little extras and hide them
under lock and key in their medicine
chests. And now and then it is
given to bed-ridden patients whose
appctites, as well as their tired bodies,
need nursing.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-12
THE WHITE PLAGUE
IN THE COUNTRY
DIR. Rogers Demonstrates That 1t Is
Not a Country Disease

Chicago, Dec. doubt that tu-
bercu1osis is Getty disease" was pre-
sented to the American Public Health
Association convention here today by
DR.. Burton r. Rogers of New York.
He said the secretary of the Indiana
state board of health had written
him that out of a total population of
5000 in Crawford county, Indiana,
1000 had died of tuberculosis within
ten years.
"Can such a record be even par
alleled in the worst lung block in
the worst city in America?" asked
the speaker. Investigation in other
states might reveal even worse condi-
TONS"
Dr.. Rogers explained that Craw-
ford county has 304 square miles and
that the 10000 residents are scattered
on 1861 farms and in 81 towns and
villages; the largest urban center
containing less than 1920 inhab-
itants. He added:
at is doubtful if there is a three
story tenement block in the county
and if every house is not at least
ten feet from every other house
and if every living and sleeping
room has not one or more out
side windows. These are certainly
not city conditions" s
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-12
OF ~
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Edward F. Trefz Unable to Give His
Address

Nearly 100 people attended the
Commercial Club banquet at the
Pythian Hall last evening, where an
excellent supper was served by Mrs,
S. ]. Somerville. President James
Cosgrove presided and 10 new men,
bers Joined the organization. Arthur
F. Stone, secretary, made a br1ef re-
port expressing the hope that the club
might have 200 members. b. A.
Palmer made brief report as treas
urer and reported the finances of the
organization.
P. C. Brooks spoke very interest
ingly of the recent Atlantic City con-
ference which he and P. F. Hazen
attended He said there were 6OOO
delegates, representing 38l manufac-
turing establishments in the United
States, and that all the men present
had an open mind and were there to
help solve the problems of recon
struction. He said the signing OF
peace would mean larger foreign
trade, but he doubted if it would be
the relief the public anticipated. The
United States must take off its trade
at it's own doors The resolutions
passed will be followed up, but there
is a tremendous work to be done.
Some of our steel magnates predict
five years of prosperity, but there
will be some disappointments.
Mr.. Brooks said the st. Johnsbury
scale factory were going to do every
thing in their power to keep busy
in the st. Johnsbury factory
Edward F. Trefz, the speaker of
the evening, started to speak, but
was taken sick with an attack of
acute indigestion. He was taken to
Brightlook Hospital and expected to
participate in the meetings of the
patrol committee today.