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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18

They we're clean and full Of whole
some fun.
Exploiting Billie Rhodes. who be-
came Mrs. William Parsons less
than a year ago, has been his great
mission in life He had great hopes
for her future and spent much of
his time selecting film material and
seeing to 1t that she had the right
director and support in her pie
lures. In her loss Mrs. Parsons has
the sympathy of many friends.
Gossip.
Juanita Hansen is forming her
own film company. She is to be
seen now with Tox Mix in Rough
Riding Romance"
Billie Rhodes is at work on a
film version of Hearts and Masks,
the novel by Harold McGrath.
Mabel NQrmand's next tomb boy
Characterization will be in a pic
ture named "Jinx."
Jim Corbett. the prizefghter, now
shown in a serial, is making a
movie to be called THE Prince of
Avenue A"
Seena Owen is appearing op-
poSite n. b. warner IN A fugitiYe
from MatrimOny."
Bert Lyteli is vacationing on his
grape ranch at Napa. Cal
Fay Tincher spent several months
in the northwest on her latest film,
Dangerous Dan McGrew"
Pauline Curley will play oppo-
site Antonio Moreno in his next
serial.
Talking about the we'll known II.
c. L., 10 years ago practically all
motion picture houses charged 5
cents a performance.
Jack Mulhall is cast in a coming
Metro melodrama.
Frances Marion is TO do the con-
tinuity for "PoIlyana," and is re-
ceiving $4,000 for it.
Thomas Meighan and Gloria
Swanson again appear in a De Mile
production This time it is Why
Change Your Wife,"
There's to be a new glass stage
at Lasky studios.
r Houdini is expected on the coast
daily
Bessie Barriscale has been i'll for
The las. 10 days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18
"OId Lady 81"

old Lady 81" play by Rachael
Crothers, the authof of "A Little
Journey is to be made into a
movie.
"Old Lady e. is the story of an
old sea captain who is admitted to
4 home for old women to prevent
his being separated from his wife
when poverty overtakes them.
Maxwell Karger is directing the
film version.
Two other plays by Rachael Gro
theirs have been made into movies.
The are The Three of Us" and
n Mans World"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18
ChapIin's Side Partner.

Charlie Chaplin has a new COM
~dy partner. Baby Jack Coogan, =
wears old. that. the famous funster
thinks is capable of development
10 big things Baby Jack is draw
Ing a mans size salary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18
Geraldine Farrar

The name Of the film upon which
Geraldine Farrar has been working
all summer, and regarding which
there has been such secrecy. has
JUS been ANNOUNCED. It's "Potter's
clay"
The story deals with the Rus
slams and the bolsheviM. 1t is 10
reels, with settings by Hugo Balm.
in Bakst STYLE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18
kOsloR As Adam.

Theodore Kosloli is to portray
the first man i'll The Tree OF
knowledge, To be started this
week at the Lasky studio. under
the direction of William De Mile.
Mr.. Kosloff's wardrobe is not wor-
rying him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18

ly painful to cause Tony to pro-
claim again is intentiop of re-
turning to feature dramas where
there is so much horse play. And
it is rumored that he is 10 have
his wish upon the completion of
the present episode drama. pro-
viding a suitable story can be Sc
cured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18
Harold Llord Impro,ing.

Harold Lloyd. the comedian, who
was injured in a bomb explosion,
is mending nicely and the surgeons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-18
{ ineRIa Snaps.

George Walsh, before entering
movies. was a crack athlete at
Tordham university.
Mo hoIas Donneau. who appea RS
with Gladys Brockwell i'm The
Devils Riddle" was born in Rus
STA, where be studied 10 be an art
ist
a San Francisco woman's club
has voted William Farnum the I'll
lie of the most realistic lover on
the screen.
Madalaine Traverse leaps from a
Calloping horse in The Heritage
Of Eden
Truman Van Dyke. one of the
few movie actors with red hair.
esEril play opposite Ora Carewe in
her next feature.
Lucille Stewart. sister to Anita,
will appear in William Russelts
next picture.
Alice Joyce IS now taking va
cation at White Sulphur Springs.
Va
Robert Brunton is building d
home on the same lot with his
studio to save time in getting to
TOO Much Johnson" William
Gillette's comedy, will be Bryant
Washburn's next picture.
Antonio Moreno has had anoth-
or narrow escape from death-not
an unusual thing for a serial star
but this one was different 1t
happened in the very first episode
IT his new Vitagraph serial. which
%s being made in the vicinity of
T6s Angeles, Cal
The scene had been staged in
Griffith park. It called for an ex-
pIosion of dynamite in a hut as the
hero rode past on his horse In
fortunately the horse kicked up
such a dust that the man couldn't
see just where Mr.. Moreno was,
and he let go at the wrong time
Moreno was almost directly
against the hut. The explosion
Knocked him from his horse and
landed him in d gully several feet
away. He was sore, both literally
and iguratively, but no bones
we're broken. The horse was also
cut up a bit. The Cameraman got
4 fine bit of action. but it was not
suitable for the STORY. and the hut
had to be rebuilt and blown up
again. HIS injuries were not seri-
Gus, but the bruises were sufficient
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19

ested in the positions which are to be
filled in the supervisory and subordi-
nate forces. The United States Civil
Service Commission has announced for
this plant the need of a superinten-
dent-of forge shops at $1,000 year.
foremen of heat treatment Of armor
plate at from $40 to $14.40 day, fore
men Of heat treatment of large guns
at from So to $12.56 day; foremen of
14.000-toh presses for armor and large
caliber guns at from $11.84 to $13.28
a day, foremen of small guns at So
a day, and foremen Of heat treatment
of projectiles at So a day. Applicants
for these positions will not be given
scholastic tests in an examination
room but will be rated on their train
ing and experience, weighed at 90eo,
and their physical ability weighed at
10 per cent. Detailed information and
application blanks may be obtained
from the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington, d. G., or
from the secretary of the local board
of civil service examiners at the post
Office or customhouse in any Of 5000
cities. Journeyman workmen and
helpers should apply direct to the
labor board at the South Charleton
plant.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19

can to secure the passage of the $1,000
minimum salary law. The motive for
our action is not for the purpose OF
having more money to spend, but to
the end that stronger men and women
may be retained In the teaching,
stronger and more patriotic citizen
ship.
That we take this opportunity to
express our appreciation of the efforts
necessary to secure the passage Of
the teachers pension law.
That our thanks be extended to the
musicians for their gratuitious SER
vices.
That the trustees of the First Con-
gregational church be assured Of our
gratitude, for the privilege of holding
our sessions in this building and to
the townspeople of Medina who have
favored us with their kind hospitality
we extend our further thanks.
That we extend our sympathy to
the bereaved family Of Ethel Finley.
We feel that we have lost an efficient
worker from our ranks.
That the secretary be instructed to
spread copy Of these resolutions on
the minutes and provide for their
proper publication in the county pa
pers.
Respectfully submitted.
MRS. M. T. WRIGHT,
: MRS. EVALYN OVERHEARD,
A. w. ELLIOTT.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19

If it is worth more to him it probably
may be worth more to you. Ii you
own a farm and desire to continue
farming be very sure before selling
that YOU can obtain out of the pro-
ceeds of your sale as good a farm as
you have sold.
If you desire to purchase farm
YOU should be very sure that the price
YOU pay is fully justified by the prob
able net earnings of the farm when
conditions become more normal.
Be careful that the buyer of your
farm is able to complete his payments
on March first in case he fails to re-
sell. In general it is safe to require
an initial cash payment of one-thlrd
the sale price.
Be cautious about specializing your
self. Especially do not buy on mar
row cash margin with the expectation
that you will be able to sell and obtain
the necessary means of settling your
contract. You may not be able to et-
feet a sale. A land "boom" may SOL
lapse suddenly.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19
RESOLUTIONS

The committee appointed to draft
the resolutions of the Medina County
Teachers Association beg leave to sub
NIT the following:
Resolved, That the teachers in ses-
sion extend thanks to our very able
instructors, Assistant State Superin-
tendent Vernon Riegel and Mrs. Fran
ces G. Richards for their skillful and
pleasing advice and instruction. We
feel that their inspiration will give bet
ter work throughout the ensuing year.
To County Supt. Pearce we owe our
further thanks for the excellent ar
rangemept and selection of the pro-
gram and his untiring efforts in behalf
of the welfare of Medina county
schools.
That we as a body unanimously
pledge our support in every way we
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19
GOVERNMENT SOON TO MAKE
ARMOR AND HEAVY FORGINGS

The new naval ordnance at South
Charleston, w. Va, is now about to
begin the manufacture of armor plate,
and forgings for guns of large caliber,
entirely new lines of work for Govern
ment plants. The South Charleston
plant is a $19,000,O00 enterprise oc-
cupying more than 200 acres Of land;
It will be ready for making armor and
heavy forgings as soon as the as
sembling of the necessary working
force can be completed. Disturbed
labor conditions incident to the war
have been responsible for a delay in
getting the work started. The new
plant is equipped with every modern
appliance for the manufacture of it's
specialties, and will turn out annually
$4,000 tons of armor plate, guns, pro-
iectiles, and miscellaneous ordnance
forgings. -,
Engineers, metallurgists, and mill
and machine shop men will be inter-
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19
ULMER FAMILY REUNION

A pleasant occasion was the annual
reunion Of the Ulmer family held
at the VIM. Brodt home at Litchfeld,
o., Sunday, August 81, about eighty
being in attendance. An excellent din
ner was served at noon, followed by
a short program in which the presi-
dent, VIM. Brodt, gave an excellent
talk. The following officers were
elected for 1920: Pres, VIM. Brodt;
vice pres, A. F. Bartholomay; sec.,
Viola Ulmer; treas, VIM. Ulmer;
sport committee, Albert Ulmer, Fred
Ulmer, Clarence Gibson, Will Dart
and Marion Gibson; executive commit.
tee, George Ulmer and M. O. Hallock.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19
DANGER IN RAPIDLY
RISING LAND PRICES
Department of Agriculture Warns
Farmers of Probable Consequences

Prices of farming lands in many
sections of the United States, es-
pecially in the midwest states, have
risen with such rapidity that serious
consequences may be expected, es-
pecially with the return to normal
conditions. This is a warning to far
mers issued by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
Spectators, many of them business
men of the cities, in many cases have
reaped big profits by buying and re-
selling without making any substan-
tial contribution in return. Farmers
have sold land at prices that seemed
high, and then have bought again at
still higher prices, losing thousands of
dollars in the exchange. The bona fide
farmer who purchases land at present
high prices may find the returns on
his investment abnormally small if
earnings should decline when normal
conditions are restored, and may find
himself seriously embarrassed if he
has financed the purchase largely on
credit.
That is summary of the situation
as itisviewed by Investigators of the
Bureau of Farm Management sent by
the department into regions of most
marked speculative activity. Here is
summary of their advice which is
broadly applicable to the majority of
farmers in the regions affected, though
it may not fit every Individual case:
Much of the present speculative ac-
tivity has been due to the fact that
spectators have been able to catch
some farmers unawares, buying their
farms at a much lower figure than
was justified in relation to prices in
adjoining regions. Therefore you
should be careful about selling to a
speculator who is buying to sell again.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19
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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-19

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
On a Moonlit Night.
By John Brock.

Do you know the joy of a moonlit night,
when the sky is arched clear back into such
Intinlty that the loftiest peaks know they
are only hills after all? Do you know the
stiffness? That vast quiet which no noise
seems loud enough to break? The crickets
ply their fddles at random like a band with
out leader; a bird calls insistently from
the thicket "Peet! peet!' 1t f1utters and calls
again You can hear the edge of a leaf run
along another like the rasp of tiny files or
the top of bamboo stems when they touch
IN the wind And then the patter of light
feet, falling softer than breath, yet each
one prlcklng into your consciousness as
though dimly sensed rather than heard.
A ground squirrel saunters by, not with
the mad dash from cover to cover which
characteriZes his daylight ventures. but with
a sort of glorious Indifference to the boot
of owls He has been digging, for he sits
on low rock and industrously cleans his
face and hands before he ventures to make
a light lunch from wild buckwheat cluster
lngs IN an open spot. You can see him pull
each head down, reaching hand over hand
along the stalk and pick at it with his little
black paws as a monkey might. Then he
goes back to the more solid nourishment of
acOrns. The buckwheat seeds are spicy bits.
more to give zest to his appetite perhaps.
tie makes no sound, but near by some love-
sick mouse lifts his purring trill, and once
you catch the squeak of a bat lowering in
the willows by the insect-haunted stream.
1t is so still you can even hear the soft
scraping of twigs in the brush pile where
small snake hunts the sleeping lizards un-
der their blankets of bark. You can almost
catch the scratch of his broad bellv-scales
moving in orderly precision like the legs of
a centipede as he steps along the toes of his
ribs, so to speak. And if you light a match
suddenly beside him he will coil and follow
the light with fascinated eyes. ready vet not
quite daring to strike
Rabbits, too, come Looping by, feeding
cholceil y, smelling fastidiously before they
eat. And branch springs swishing back
IN the forest where some deer has pulled
at it.
Have you ever stood in the Moonlight, in
the midst of this great world of unseen life
that hides from us by day, and thought of
all the creatures for whom it is so cunning
~ designed? Then man, who looms so large
IN our consciousness, will seem like those
mountain peaks, dwarfed by the vastness of
infinity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
, fROBBING THE HOG RAISER

Mr.. J. Ogden Armour, the packer who
has been fattening out of the public crib,
IS evidently feeling his 'corn," as shown by
his threatening attitude while testifying be-
fore the interstate commerce committee.
fore the interstate commerce committee of
congress, which is considering legislation to
regulate the meat packing industry. He
warned" congress that if monkey wrench
IS thrown into the gears of this (his) bust
ness" its effects would be felt in MANY lines
of industry.
In his statement before the committee
the packer said that within the past four
years the price of live hogs had increased
245 per cent. Mr.. Armour may make some
members of congress believe that statement,
which we doubt, but the Southwest Geor-
gia farmers who have sold their hogs this
season at 1919 cents and Is cents a pound
know that he has economical with the truth
in most brazen manner. Notwithstanding
that the price of Mr.. Armour's meat has
more than thribbled the farmers of Georgia
are not receiving any more, not as much
in some instances, for their hogs. The big
packers are robbing both the producers and
the consumers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
Mr.. Wilson's Future.
From the Washington Post

1t is announced that the position of pres
ident of the University of North Carolina is
open to Woodrow Wilson at a salary of 500
600 year. This is exceedingly liberal pay
for the presidency of a university, but it is
said that the North Carolina institution is
able to pay it by reason of large bequest
from the widow of Henry NJ. Flagler A sig
nifcant sentence in the dispatch announcing
the news states: president Wilson is said
to be interested in the proposal" Numerous
suggestions have been put forward from
time to time making provisions for the fu-
ture of President Wilson. 1t has been sug-
gested that at the close of his term he de-
vote his attention to writing a history of
the war Other kind and thoughtful friends
have animated that way may be found by
which he can return to the classic shades
Of Princeton. Other similar ideas have been
put forward. Suggestions concerning the
future of the president may be expected to
become more frequent and more earnest
as the date of the next national convention
approaches And it may be added that they
will come from democratic as we'll as repub-
lican sources. In about eighteen months the
next presidential campaign will be launch
ed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
WHOLESALE TROPHIES.

correspondent in Europe suggests that
every purchaser of bond in the next lib
erty loan be given a trophy from the Ger
man army as a souvenir. The plan will meet
with cold reception among right thinking
Americans. They want no such enemy
trophies by wholesale. Such things belong
to the soldiers who obtained them in the
struggle of battle. To them they are cher
ished emblems of their own efforts. and
handed from generation to generation will
become priced heirlooms to their posterity
In this sense German trophies will become
silent histories of men who went down into
the valley of death that the future might be
made safe But to display the helmet or
soup bowl or Scott Nit Us" belt or KNAPP
sack discarded by the German in his fight
and gathered promiscuously by gang of
American salvagers is prostituting the valor
of the men who won similar trophies in bat
tie.
Relics from American forces, guns used
by American soldiers against the foe, can
non which battered down the defenses of
the enemy carry a sentiment that is sacred
to every American, but a wholesale distribu-
ton Of salvaged gathered souvenirs among
the people is making the respect for nation
al ideals the means of satisfying a morbid
and unwholesome curiosity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT

An example of how differently the same
thing can be seen, even by newspapers, is
found in headlines two of our Georgia con-
temporaries printed over the same Associat-
ed Press dispatch giving an account of the
recent birthday anniversary of the former
German emperor
This appeared in the Macon Telegraph
Flower Shower Is Given ex-Emperor by
Many Admirers-Herr Hohenzolern Awakes
on Anniversary of Birth to Find He Is Not
Friendless." The caption of the Augusta
Chronicle over the identical article read:
William Hohenzollern, Bereft of Friends,
Celebrates Sixtieth Birthday in Lonely
Grandeur"
Our contemporaries evidently did not
read the account of the affair through the
same spectacles. As is often the case it is
another instance of persons not seeing the.
same thing alike.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
Land of Little Rain.

The Chilean provinces of Atacama, Tara
paca and Tacna are in the rainess region,
or desert country west of the Andes and
are entirely devoid of vegetation The winds
IN all OF this region are from the east, and
IN passing over the elevated perpetual SHOWS
OF the Andes are stripped of their moisture
and arrive on the coast perfectly dry.
The last rain, slight shower which fell
IN Antofagasta, in Atacama province, was
the first rain which had fallen in Is wears.
The last rain which fell in Iquique in Tara
paca province, was the first in "a years
With both these showers notable phenom-
enon occurred. The bare hills back of these
cities assumed a green tint from a little
plant which sprang up almost in a night
The query is: From where did this plant
Gomez"
The whole of the coast presents most
dismal and discouraging appearance from
the sea, but the climate is healthy, being
especially adapted to pulmonary and throat
troubles from its extreme dryness and free
dom from germs. The heat is modified by
a local sea breeze, and the sea bathing is
most invigorating, as the water is cold
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-11
INCREASE is AMAZING.

The bureau of labor statistics of the Unit
ed States government has recently issued
its monthly labor review, which shows that
food prices have jumped 70 per cent from
September Is, 1913, to the same date in
1918, and that there was general increase
of per cent. from August Is to Septem-
Der Is, 1918. Onions and beans were the
only two food products that declined in
price. Here is some of the comment of the
report:
Every article for which prices were
obtained by the bureau showed an in
crease of Sc per cent. or more during
the tive-year period. Six articles show
ed increases of 100 per cent. or more
as follows: Bacon, 100 per cent; pork
chops, 1O3 per cent; potatoes, 105 per
cent; flour, 106 per cent; lard, 100
per cent, and corn meal 1872 pre- cent
Of the twenty-eight articles for which
prices were obtained for comparison be-
tween August and September, 1918,
only two declined in price, onions
per cent. and beans l per cent. Butter,
eggs, pork chops and ham showed the
greatest increases. Sirloin steak, rib
roast and chuck roast increased less
than five-tenths of l per cent. Lamb,
bread, flour and potatoes showed no
change in price
Of course, it is generally believed that
these high prices for food cannot be main
tanned, and that there must be a gradual
reduction-how soon no one can tell