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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11
SPREAD OF FLU LARGELY
DIE TO SOCIAL EVENTS

The Oregon State Board of Health
has issued careful analysis of all
data obtainable in regard to the pres
ent epidemic showing the following
striking features, from which most
valuable deductions can be drawn in
considering control measures:
Three days after an unusual gath
ering OF people there is an increase
in the number of cases reported.
Thus. every Tuesday is high because
of Saturday and Sunday minglings;
the 2Sth OF December was high fol-
lowing Christmas; the 3rd and 4th
of January were high following New
Years festivities. Therefore there
should be no unnecessary or unusual
gatherings. OF gatherings, dances
constitute the greatest number Of
cases. Dances therefore should be
prohibited during the epidemic.
The waves of the epidemic run in
about three week intervals. A study
of the causes of this and the matter
of carriers, indicate that many cases
remain carriers for a period of two
or three weeks. The greatest num-
ber Of severe cases during a wave
are able to be up and around in
about three weeks and are uncon-
sciously spreading the disease caus-
ing the next wave. Therefore, in ad-
dition to the ten days quarantine,
each recovered case should wear a
mask for a period of two or three
weeks in the presence of unexposed
persons, and all persons coming in
close contact with the sick should
wear masks. Masks, to be effective,
should be sufficiently large to COM
pletely cover the nose and mouth.
They should have at least eight lay
ers of gauze and should be steril-
fzed after three hours use. Sterlliz-
ing is easily accomplished by drop.
ping the mask in boiling water for
ten minutes.
\ II has been discovered that the dis
ease is being spread to a greater ex-
tent than has been realized by uten-
sils used in eating and drinking.
Therefore all dishes, cups, glasses,
knives and forks, etc, used In eating
or drinking in all public places, and
In all private homes or public insti-
tutions wherever there are cases of
Influenza, should be thoroly steril-
lied by boiling Is minutes.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11

sir, the results have far surpassed
anything / expected. Why, my ap-
petite is SO great. that ! feel ashamed
to eat enough to satisfy myself, and
my stomach is in good condition.
But the greatest surprise OF all is 1
haven't suffered a particle from the
asthma since ! have been taking Tan
lac. l felt so fine on finishing my
first bottle that / just couldn't get
another one quick enough, for L
couldn't afford to miss single dose.
sleep so sound now, that don't
know thing from the time go to
bed till get up in the morning. l
never know what a headache Is and
those awful pains in my back are all
gone. / have already gained several
pounds and am gaining in weight
and strength every day. Why, l
can do any amount OF hard work now.
without getting tired; and can't re-
member the time when ! felt as fine
as ! do today. | am so happy over
my great improvement that / want
everybody to know what a splendid
medicine Tanlac is.'
Tanlac is sold in Ashland by ]. ].
McNalr; in Medford by Eagle Drug
Co.; in Gold Hill by NJ. D. Bowers;
and in Central Point by Miss M. A.
Nee. adv.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11
PEOPLE TO GIVE OPINION
ON NORMAL SITUATION

Representative BENZ. c. Sheldon
who has devoted so much energy on
the interests of the normal school
bill, has submitted an important let
ter to the normal school committee.
In order that the committee may
have the advantage of any sugges-
tions which any of the people OF
Ashland may. desire to offer, the cit
liens of Ashland are invited to tele-
phone any suggestions to Prof. Bris-
coe, superintendent of the city
schools, Homer Billings OF F. j.
Shinn. The letter follows;
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11

put it thru the Senate, al.ho there
would be some contest at that eud
of the effort.
(c) Inasmuch as we can initiate
and place upon the ballot at the cleo
tion two years hence any measure,
which at that time seems wise, at an
expense of between $500 and $4,000
(perhaps less) the thing which the
Legislature would do by putting such
measure on the ballot would be
merely the saving of that expense
(dD If the conditions at the time
of the election in November 1920,
especially as respects the enrolment
at Monmouth, are anywhere near
what they were in November last we
ccannot carry the measure by the
votes of the people at that election.
(e) As to the advisability of hav-
ing a measure before the people in
1920 there are two sides: That of
keeping the propaganda alive and
taking such course as will emph2.-
size in the minds Of the people the
fact that the friends OF good educa-
tion are determined to keep at this
Normal School effort until two more
Normal Schools are established; and
against that point is the fact that
each repeated effort before the peo-
pie which meets with defeat places
the matter more and more in the
category of dead fish" and may tend
to emphasize the feeling that the
people will not vote in more Normal
Schools.
(f) There is bill before Congress
which il it passes will bring federal
aid to the states in educational mat
ters to very substantial extent.
superintendent Churchill's Thought
is that possibly this measure may be
in effect before the 1920 election in
which case we can trim our sails TO
suit conditions as then presented.
Should the measure pass subsequent
to 1920 1t might be wise to defer
further effort and then predicate
such effort as we make later upon
the changed conditions brought
about thru this federal aid offer.
Superintendent Churchill is quite
sanguine of the passage within a few
years, at least, Of this federal aid
bill and that 1t will be such an as
sistance to us that we can then, if
not before. put thru our Normal
School proposition.
(g) The conditions then confront
us as follows: Shall we at this Legis-
lature put upon the ballot the meas
ure we had up for vote at the last
November election? If the Legisla-
ture takes this action 1t cannot re-
scind 1t and the bill must go before
the people for a vote irrespective of
the conditions in 1920. Against that
possible course shall we do nothing
at this Legislature leaving It for our
respective Committee to take such ac-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11
Troop Train Enroute,
Preside, San Francisco, Cal

January 22, 1919.
f. II. Falls, Director Canteen Serv..
Seattle, Wash.
Dear Mr.. Falls:
! wish to express the appreciation
OF five hundred men on this train
enroute from Camp Lewis. to the
Presidio, San Francisco, and of the
Officers in charge of the detachment
for the splendid service of the Red
Cross Canteen at Portland and of
Ashland.
At both these places we were hear
tily welcomed and shown the kind
est hospitality. 1t meant a great
deal to us to see the smiling Red
Cross workers with their kindly
words of greeting and their generous
baskets.
1t surely made us all very happy
and every man on the train unites
in expressing his heartlest thanks
and appreciation to the Red Cross
Canteen Service of these cities.
STANLEY NJ. ARNDT,
1st Lieut.. 1st Inf
Commanding Troop Train
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS
HBID LAST OF MONTH

State Supt. j. A. Churchill has just
sent this word regarding the State
Teachers Examinations which were
postponed from December to an in
definite time. 1--WE have decided to
hold an examination in all of the
counties of the state in all of the
subjects required for a one-year GER
tificate, on February &C.. 81, and 2S.
Should a five-year paper expire be-
fore next June the holder of such
may have the matter adjusted in
this office by writing US regarding
it. The sources of the questions for
this examination will be the same as
the sources of the questions for the
December examination, and the pro-
gram will be the same as for the De-
cember examination Signed. ]. A.
Churchill.
All teachers in Jackson County
therefore, who are teaching on Coun-
ty Permits or who are teaching on
one-year papers which expired at the
time OF the December examination
or which will expire before their
terms OF school close this spring
must present themselves at the
County Court House on the above
mentioned dates for the examiua-
tion. You will please note that no
questions are being sent us for other
than those offered for one.year ma
pers. The following program viii
be followed:
WEDNESDAY, February 90. 1919.
"a. M, U. s. History; II a. M, Writ
ing; l p. m, Physiology; 2:SO n m
Reading. M
THURSDAY, February 81 1919.
a M. Arithmetic; i D. M, Cram
mar; $3.50 p. m. Geography.
FRIDAY. February 2S, 1919. ga.
M. Theory and Practice; II a. m.
Orthography; p. m. School Law:
2:S0 p. m, Civil Government.
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Salem, Ore, January 80, 1S1


Normal School Committee,
Ashland, Oregon.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
have had three or four Iona
earnest consultations with Superin.
tendent Churchill, supplemented by
other consultations with representa-
tives from Eastern Oregon respecting
the course we should take here in the
Legislature in re the Normal School
situation. The last discussion be-
tween Superintendent Churchill and
myself last night left the matter as
herein stated which | submit prompt
ly to your Committee and the people
of Ashland for consideration and a
prompt letter of instruction to me as
to what course you wish me to pur-
sue.
The facts as we see them may be
stated briefly as follows:
(a) assert confidently that moth
ing can be done at this Legislature
by way of actual appropriation re-
establishing any Normal School.
OBJ l believe we can put thru a
resolution placing the measure on
the ballot two years hence. l am sat
isfied that l can put this resolution
thru the House and l believe that
with Senator Thomas help We can
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11

tion year and half hence to put
on the ballot in 1920 a measure II II
seems the wise thing to do or to wait
for the passage Of the federal aid act
II that seems the wise thing to do?
am submitting this whole mat
ter for your prompt consideration
and reply. l will take any course
that your Committee indicates that
1t desires. / undertake to say that /
can put thru the House a proposal
to put this measure on the ballot
and think that a real hard fight will
put 1t thru the Senate. Personally
question whether that would be a
wise course but will gladly take 1t II
your Committee indicates such to be
its desire.
Sincerely yours,
BENZ. c. SHELDON.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11
A TWICE-TOLD TALE
One of Interest 10 Our Reade

Oho vi ihtftSt W Our ittutfS
Good news bears repeating, and
when II is confirmed after a long
lapse OF time, even II we hesltated to
believe II at first hearing, we feel Sc
cure In accepting its truth now. The
following experience of an Ashland
man Is confirmed after two years.
S. F. Long. 364 Helman St., Ash
land, says: IL have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and can say they are good.
They gave me relief from backache
and kidney and bladder trouble and
| recommend them with pleasure"
OVER TWO YEARS LATER Mr..
Long said: my former recommen-
dation for Doans Kidney Pills still
holds good. / know they are a medl-
cine OF merit and can't be equaled
for backache and kidney trouble.
Whenever / have occasion to take
kidney remedy Doan's never fails to
give satisfaction.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Long had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. ,
.--ady.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-02-11
DO Il Now!

Don't put off until tomorrow
what can be done today" is a good
motto and never more true than in
the case of INSURING your property
against FIRE LOSS. You may be
ever so careful, but the other fellow
may not be so careful; fire spreads.
Better to be safe than sorry. Phone
211 NOW!
BILLINGS AGENCY
Real Estate and Real Insurance.
Il East Main Phone 211
Evening star., 1919-10-12

years. said one man who had studied
Col. Roosevelt. And yet he was patient
with the men who were five years be-
hind him. Nor was this foresight con-
fined to politics, but embraced eco
nomic questions and conditions, as we'll
as international affairs. so, foreseeng
things to which most men were blind.
he was able to prepare far in advance
for emergencies or contingencies and to
settle profound. important questions
with a promptness which led many to
believe him to be impulsive or prone
to act on the spur of the moment. AS
matter Of fact, impulsiveness in Col.
Roosevelt was confined chiefly to his
generosity; his great heart leaped i'm
mediately to the relief of the, unfortu-
Evening star., 1919-10-12

his death. ! quote 1t herewith for
those who did not see it.
X
Dear Beebe: have read your really
wonderful volume and l anu writing Col
kuster about it, / cannot speak too
highly of the work. Now, a question;
on page 49, final paragraph, there is
an obviously incorrect sentence, about
which ] formerly spoke to you. Ougt
you not call attention to 1t and correct
II in the second volume? In it you say
by inference, that the grouse Of the
old world and the grouse of the new
world are in separate families. although
believe all three of the genera and
one of the species are identical. More
over. yss SAY that the family Of p&eas-
Evening star., 1919-10-12

point, without delay or even preface
So, on tie other hard, he expected each
man to be ready to say to him just
what the man had in mind One such
interview was sufficient to teach a man
this lesson, and none ever forgot or
nt elected 1t; without which Col. Roose
Helt could not have accomplished all he
did.
On their first meeting with the colo
mel. by appointment. frequently many
OF his callers felt hopeless as they saw
the throng which awaited him: yet,
after this first call. they never worried,
having seen how quickly he disposed of
large numbers Of people. Probably no
man in the world had wider circle of
frisnas and acqaaiptaHces than Col
Evening star., 1919-10-12
THE MAN OF THE AGE-THEOD(

Roosevelt, yet he never seemed to for
get face or a name; indeed in ninety
nine cases out of hundred he asked
his visitor some personal question in
regard to his family or his business, or
remarked about some incident of mu-
tual interest of years back Precedence
seldom was shown in greeting his call
ers, the colonel greeting them in the
order in which he happened to meet
them. While talking with one man he
might single out one or two and in turn
beckon to them.
IF you don't mind" he would whis-
per. Il would like to ask you to wait,
as l have something to say to you" yet
not for an instant was there the slight
est apparent interruption or break in
the conversation in which he was en-
gagged.
On a few occasions he has been known
TO turn over certain visitors to Il trusted
aid who happened to be present, with
the assurance that his aide could handle
their subject as well as himself, and so
save his visitors time, but such cases
were extremely unusual, as his custom
was TO talk to each caller in person. In
his dealings. Immediately and without
pretext, he would come TO the point Of
the matter in iand. He held in spe ecial
regard the person who met the unplcas-
ant duties without waste OF time, and
When he had a disagreeable task he did
not put it Off, but disposed of it at
once.
One of his biographcrs writes as fol-
lows: II remember once hearing Mr..
Roosevelt as civil service commissioner
discredit certain cabinet minister's
truthfulness to his face. Another per-
son who was present--a mild hammered
man with an ingenious soul-seemed
deeply panied by the scene while 1t
lasted, and afterward said to me, 1t
was very discourteous treatment for
Commissioner Roosevelt to visit upon
an officer Of SO much higher rank. Why,
he actually accused him OF lying And
then, after a moments pause, but with
10 indication Of seeing anything funny
in the remark, he added. And what is
worse. my dear sir. he went on ana
proved it,
Concentration, also, he considered a
large part of efficiency, and ne early
trained his mind to concentrate on the
subject before him at the moment. In
his travels he read almost continuously,
and closed his mind to everything in
the world but the book In his hand.
Yet it appeared that nothing escaped
his subconscious notice. Absorbed in q
book, he still noted the beauties of the
scenery and could describe it later with
the same thoroughness as the subject
OF which he had read: which may in
dicate to some minds that concentra-
ton is no mean part of mental versa
tility.
His foresight. too. was uncanny. He
can see around corners which the rest
OF us won't reach in our travels for Ave
Evening star., 1919-10-12

curacy he considered a syn
onym for efficiency. II have
worked under some of the greatest city
editors in the country" said a news
paper man who was one of his aids,
"but never have ! seen man SO IN
sistent on absolute accuracy" This de-
votion to accuracy involved nm IN
several cp!stolaIy debatess especially
with lovers OF nature, who might IN
their letters make mistake In the
classification Of bird, or reptile, or
even might question the correctness OF
bis classification of some bcast or fowl
His percentage OF errors was far lower
than those who took issue with him
remember only once that he
"checked up his memory. and on that
occasion IL was to verify the exacr
wording Of something in connection
with The Hague treaty. His memory
of the sentence was exactly right His
,naiI was not classified, but each let
ter was answered as it came along in
his pile, and ranged from early Bible
day topics-to be more exact, from
creation to the present day, politics of
all ages, history in all Its branches,
poetry. reforms Of every variety. ath-
letics in all its branches, especially box
ing and wrestling. The list, indeed, ran
from agriculture through the alphabet
to Zoology save and except any appre-
ciable amount on finances. on which
point Col. Roosevelt professed himself
Eovbce.
recall very yiytdly an incident which
made me wish most heartily that he had
nevor taken more than q passing inter.
est in snakes One day, upon my ar
rival at Sycamore Hill, Col. Roosevelt
was busy with q caller in The renowned
north room. I went Immediately to the
library, put my things in readiness for
instant attention the moment Col.
Roosevelt should arrive. In quickly lay
ing out my work did not notice large
glass jar on the desk-(alongside OF the
silver horseshoe penholder stand pre-
scented by Bob Ftzsimmops and just
behind the elephant hoof inkwell)--con-
taining snake in alcohol, until /
started around the desk to lower the
shade at the west window. I'll warrant
no one ever moved as fast in that his
torio mansion as did when saw the
snake l rcgained my equilibrium in
moment or two, and shortly afterward
when Col. Roosevelt arrived the first
letter he dictated was to the sender Of
the snake, identifying it's species and
telling him it was non poisonous va
riety.
Efficiency" said Col Roosevelt,
1n a W Qt IY4n-
tiuns Of mind or body. In meeting men,
and he met scores daily at his office or
the Harvard Club, or at his home or
elsewhere, he knew just what he had
to say to each and went right to the
Evening star., 1919-10-12

ants include not only the pheasants hut
the partridges and quail of the new
world: Furthermore, red legged part
ridges and francoiins which, OF course,
you have already included in the term
of partridge and quail CT the old world.
Obviously some one has made mis-
take, and ! cannot even form a guess
OF what was originally intended. Do
you mind telling me, and l can say in
my review that this slip OF the printer
will be corrected in some subsequent
edition. Faithfully youls, T. r."
I never knew Col Roosevelt to be
irritable or peevish. He frequently said
laughinEly. II have very bad temper
but l keep it under excellent control"
His patience was tried to the limit but
it was wonderful For instance, foolish
people. who could perfectly well have
found out by other means without
troubling him, would write and say IL
political foe had almost convinced the
writer that the Rough Riders had been
saved at San Juan by a negro regiment
The following extract from letter in
reply to such an inquiry is S ,lf-explana-
tory:
II YOU WIN tNi II W nay
YOU will read the letters of my com
manding officers and of the Regular
Army officers who served with me or
under me. reconlma ending me for Il
medal of honor for Ealantry and eff
cheney in leading my men in the San
Juan battle. l commanded my regiment
throughout the fighting in which one
third OF its officers and one fifth of it's
enlisted men were killed or wounded.
But toward the end Of the day ! COM
manded all of the cavalry division al the
extreme fighting front. including reEu
lars and volunteers-white :roops and
colored troops. All you have to do. or
that any one has to do. is at the near
est pdbiic library to get my autobiogra-
ply and look at the copies of the
Official letters ! give. and the quotations
from the official files at Washington.
There is no chance OF any man being
mistaken when he makes any assertion
such as those your correspondent makes.
He is not mistaken at all. He is de-
liberately and wllfully falsfying the
facts to suit his own purposes"
Other foollsh people tried TO ques-
ton his article in the outlook at the
beginning Of the war. 1t was easy to
understand Col. Roosevelt's position. II
one took the trouble to follow his utter
ances. For those who may not know
/ am quoting the following extract from
a letter sent in reply to such inquiry:
For the first sixty days after the war
was declared loyalty and in good faith
cndeavorel to support President Wilson.
accepting his assurances that II was our