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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29

Il don't suppose you keep anything
SO civilized as dog biscuits in this one
horse rundown jay town do you" the
tourist customer snarled.
"Oh. yes, stranger" the village mer-
chant responded pleasantly quite a
few folks like you come through from
the city, and we aim to have every
thing called for. Have 'em in bag
or eat EN- here ?"- Country Gentle
man.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29
TIeERT APPOINTED NEW COM
MISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
John J. Tigert, college professor Of
Lexington, Kentucky. who has been
appointed Commissioner Of Educa.
tion to succeed Philander P. claxton.

Two important amendments to the
constitution of the state will be voted
on at the November election. The gen.
eral public is anxious to know moro
about these amendments and how they
may help the definite development Of
a strong school system in Kentucky.
Your correspondent has been fortu-
nate in securing a strong, short and
very-much-to-the-point statement con-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29
/ PARTISAN POLITICS NOT WANTED
Authorities On Both Sides Agree That School Offices
Should Not Be Political Plums
CLAYTON ALSO APPROVES.

That men and women in both Of the
great political parties think alike con-
corning the management of the public
schools Of the state. should go without
the saying. For fear the average
voter might allow partisan politics TO
sway him or her at the November
election, some quotations from a re-
cent article by the Hon. p. p. Claxton,
are given mere. Mr.. Claxton of Ten
nessee served ais Commissioner of Ed
ucation for the United States under
President Woodrow Wilson.
The reader Is asked to compare
what the new Commissioner has said
above and what the retiring Commits
sioner has TO say below concerning the
very grave danger of mixing politics
with the school affairs of the state.
The reader should bear in mind the
fact that these men represent in o
measure the two great parties.
Mr. ClaXton wrote as follows:
Like Topsey, our state departments
of education have Just "growed' up"
Few of them can look back to any
definite birth as state departments Of
education. Very few, if any, except
those that have been reelected by
recent acts of legislature or eonsti-
tutional amendments, have been
thoughtfully created and organized in
full consciousness of the functions
they should perform.
=
Office Is Not Political
"In most of the states the mistake
was made of supposing that the Of
fee Of State Superintendent could
be made a political Office subject d.
rectly or indirectly to the vicissitudes
of partisan government, as If, for
sooth, the political parties as such
ever advocated different educational
policies, and as If the people would
tolerate partisan influences in their
schools. As political office, elective
or appointlve, it did not formerly and
in some states does not now, rank with
other Offices, either in pay or in I'M
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29

child that has always heen enter taii.od
and helped along an easy way is not
likely to possess these important qualI-
ties. There is no surer way OF making
anarchists than TO pet and pamper the
rising generation until 1t must take
care OF itself.
There is an old proverb, home IL
home be II ever so homely.p but home
should not be made any more homcly
than necessity requires. The family
fireside should be associated, In the
minds OF the young people, not only
with stern requirements OF duty. but
with sense OF pleasure. II is not
enough 10 drill our sons with severe
discipline, I'm all the formalitles OF
rigid virtue. They should be taught
not only how 10 keep straiglA. but how
TO bend since II Is not In the power
of NATURE to undergo a perpetual ten-
sion. Provision must be made at home
for relaxation as well as work. for
pleasure as well as duty. II such pro-
vision is not made there, II will be as It
is often. sought elsewhere.
Husbands and wives give expression
10 every petty feeling OF irritation and
handy words back and forth til some
molehill assumes the proportions OF n
mountain. a tendency 10 nag goes un-
checked among the children. and al
most before the parents are aware
there Is chronic condition OF UNI
pleasantness In the home. Young mar
ried people. especially need 10 learn
control In this direction. Another dis
agreeable trait TO be guarded against
is the habit, peculiar to some people OF
always being on the opposite side OF
a question. Call attention 10 the good
points OF book. a person. a public
movement, a work OF art, or what not,
and this individual is ever ready 10 in
terpose "Yes--but" Conversation In
such home gives one the chllls.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29


sirable.
All Equally Interested.
"From the standpoint of statesman
ship and tile public welfare, all people
are interested alike III the schools.
Our political parties do not differ In
regard to educational principles or
practices any more than they do In
the Ten Commandments or the moral
code; and to attempt to make educa-
ton a matter of partisan politics is
good neither for education nor for
politics. Education is the largest and
most important part Of what has been
called our 'purposive government,
through which all the people are
served and united, rather than con-
trolled under policies on which people
are divided into parties
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29
HUMOROUS

Mrs. Dougless-"I sayed the money
to buy this coat. darling"
Doughless-"How did you manage
1t, precious?"
Mrs. D.--tI bought II with the mon
ey you gave me for a new hat, and
had the hat charged to your account
American Legion Weekly
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29
A Word no Eathers.

We have read story of little boy
who, when he wanted a new suit OF
clothes. begged his mother to ask his
father II he might have IL. The mother
suggested that the boy might ask for
himself.
II would" said the boy. but don't
feel well enough acquainted with him.
There is a sharp reproof TO the faith
er in reply OF the son. Many father
Keeps his children so at distance
from him that they never feel conf
dentially and lovingly acquainted with
him. They feel he Is sort OF mon
arch in the family. They feel no IA =
miliarity with him. They fear him and
respect him, and even love him some
for children cannot help loving some
everybody about them, but they sell
dom get near enough to him TO feel
intimate with him. They seldom go
to him with their little wants and
trials. They approach him thru the
mother. They tell her everything.
They have a highway to her heart on
which they go in and out with perfect
freedom. In this keeping Off plan faith
ers are to blame. Children should not
be held on. Let them come near.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29

A western evangelist makes prac-
tice of painting religious lines on
rocks and fences along public high
ways. One ran: What win you do
when you die?"
Came an advertising man and paint
ed under IL: use Delta oil. Good for
burns"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29


why do you turn out for every
road hog that comes along?" said the
missus, rather GROSSLY. The right Of
| way is ours. isn't it?"
| ooh. undoubtedly" answered he
calmly. "As for our turning out. the
reason is plainly suggested in this cpl
taph which appeared in a newspaper
| recently:
Here lies the body OF WILL
am Jay,
Who died maintaining his
right OF way;
He was right, dead right, as
he sped along,
But he's just as dead as II
he'd been wrong"
Boston Transcript.
Rastus from Boston was trying 10
impress his southern cousin with the
superior speed of northern trains.
when dat ole Montreal express gets
to hummin', Mose,' he asseverated
sofemnfy. lie telegraph posts looks
like Stats on chicken fence"
"Humpfi" shifted Nose. when de
Southern express steps out 70 Moo
Orleans, IL nacherally makes de mile
posts look closer'n strings on banjo"
PA what are ancestors?"
well. my son. I'm one OF yours.
Your grandpa is another"
ooh! Then why is 1t people brag
about them|
Boston Transcript.
Nurse-"Why Bobby, you selfish lit
tie boy! Why didn't you give your sis
ter piece Of your applet"
Bobby--'T gave her the seeds. She
can plant 'em and have whole or
chard."
Inspector-"Do you teach observa-
tion?"
Teacher-"Ye
Inspector-"Then l will test the
class. Now. children, shut your eyes
and sit still.s Following this the in
spector made a slow whistling sort OF
noise and followed with: Now, chill
dren, what did / do?")
For some time there was no answer,
but ultimately one little boy piped out:
Kissed teacher"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29

The Eternal Feminine.
Dolly-Your finance shutters quite a
bit, doesn't he?
Molly-Yes; but II doesn't matter
After we are married he won't have a
thing to say, anyway News.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-07-29

The prevailing idea OF the time is to
make everything as pleasant as pos
sible for the children. And the prin-
ciple seems almost unquestionable. 1t
would seem little short OF barbarous
to be otherwise. But some good things
are spoiled by OVERRIDING the attempt
to make everything pleasant and
agreeable for the rising generation. In
the home. in the school and in the
church our whole study may be 20
please the child and make the way
easy. But when the household pet
passes into the business world the
way Is not made easy. Grim diffi-
culties confront II on every hand, and
nothing but pluck. patience and perse-
veranoe will overcome them. But the
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
Four Men Missing

Four men who left Ruby on July IT, are reported missing. They left Ruby for Ophir with Buckskin Bill, who was bringing four horses over for the Road Commission. The driver arrived at Ophir safely and re- ported that the others had left him near Cripple Some of their dis earded baggage was found a few miles from Cripple. The men had guns with them but very little grub. They are now a month overdue and it is feared they have perished. One of the men was Douglas Meade, but the names of the others are not known here.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27

wage demands and have them adopt ed by a tri-district convention, com prising the three anthracite districts after which they were reported to the unions national convention for approval. This year, however, the procedure is reversed. Anthracite delegates to the national convention will prepare their demands for ap- prcval by the national body and the tri-district convention for ratif- cation will he he!i afterward.
 In this manner, it is pointed out, any general policy wi.h reference to wages that may be adopted by the national convention will govern the miners in their negotiations m the anthracite region as well as in the bituminous coal fields of the country.
 Naturalization of mines and liop- ton of the six hour day and five day week will be before the conven- tion. These matters were favorably reported on at the unions conven- ton in Cleveland two years ago.
 Approximately fifteen hundred del egates will attend the convention, according to Editor Searles. Two years ago there were 2,044 dele gates. The decrease is due to de pression in coal industry and desire on the part of locals to cut ex- penses. Local unions choose dele gates on a paid-up per capita basis but two or more locals if they de- sire, may unite and send one repre- sentative, thereby saving the ex- pense of additional delegates. This is being done in a number of in stances.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
A FORWARD MOVE

Should the American Federation of Labor be successful in its effort to have Labor's point of view set forth fairly and impartially in text books used in American schools, it will have accomplished something worth while. The tast is not a light one, as those who have set out to inaugurate the reform will learn i; but the benefits to be derived from such a program are such as to en- courage serious and persistent cam paigning. Tn fact, in no other way can Labor hope to come into it's own. The present system of educa- ton was not designed to benefit workers.
 It is not necessary to dig deeply to find proof of this. Almost without exception students, when they take part at all in industrial disputes, are found opposing the workers. So often, in fact, have the doors of our educational institutions been thrown open to assist employers to triumph in wage and other contro- versies that one is forced to the be- lief that our boys and girls are being taught that workers have no rights .->> :~.=.:
 Organization has been a great help to the workers of the United States. but more than organization is necessary to put labor on a solid footing. There must be a foundation of pre-organization training, and the place to begin that rtaining is in the public schools.
 When that is accomplished, work CTS will be in a position to insist upon a fair share of earnings from their labor and without resort to radical methods now too frequently employed. :. F.: ~" -@-"=~.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
EXTRA POWER PLANT GIVES
 PLANE BIG FLYING RANGE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27-An airplane with two power plants that may be used together or sep arately, has been perfected and successfully flown here, remaining aloft more than four hours in one flight Aircraft engineers say the successful application of the alter native power principle in this plane will enable it to stay aloft as long as its fuel capacity will permit, be- cause if one engine stalls, the other can continue the operation of the plane until repairs are made
 The same plane also has a folding wing feature that is said by aviat- ors to be new. The wing5 are so ar ranged that they "break" about the middle and the ends fold back at right angles, so that the plane '-ay De lowed through city street. or even loaded on an ordinary truc}, for land transportation. Four lock pins control the folding feature.
 G. Edward Barnhart, a young aeronautical engineer was the de- Signer. Barnhart has been flying since 1910. He is a junior member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and an associate fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. He has been with numerous airplane construction con- .cerns in engineering work and was a research engineer for the United States department of military aero nautics during the World War.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
COAL MINERS PLAN UNITED
 EFFORT TO FIX WAGE RATE

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9-Expira- tion of wage agreements of both anthracite and bituminous miners at the same time, March 31, 1922, gives added weight to wage de mands to be made at the biennial convention of the United Mine Workers of America which opens in this city on September 20. ac- cording to Ellis Searles, editor of the unions official journal.
 This simultaneous conclusion of agreements puts the organized min CTS in their best position in years to support each other in their de- mands, and John L. Lewis, interna- tional president, is authority for the statement that the members will not permit any reduction in wages.
 It has been the custom of the anthracite miners to frame their
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
GERMANS USING BAR SILVER
 TO PAY WAR BILL TO ALLIES

NEW YORK, Aug. 10-The Str- man Reichsbank, known under the Hohenzollern regime as the Imperial Bank of Germany, has begun to build up fresh credits here in antici- patton of further reparations pay ments to England and France
 Some 200 cases of bar silver val ued at about s85O,0OO have been re- ceived here by the Equitable Trust Company, representing the German government. It is thought that fully 'one-quarter of the August repara- tions settlement, which may aggre- gate S20.00O,OOO, will be paid in silver metal, of which Germany is said to have large supplies.
 Reports from abroad state that German bankers find it more advan- tageous in the present state of ex- change to ship silver to this country than to hypothecate the metal at home against foreign credits.
 Some of the gold which Germany is to pay through this market this month is likely to take the form of bullion melted down from French and Russian coin. Germany already has paid to France much of the gold which she extracted from that country as part of her indemnity after the Russian war and which for many years was part of the Imperial governments war chest.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To J. H. Patten, A. H. McNeer, N.
 C. Stewart, Roger Sherman and
 MaybelC. Sherman, their and each
 of their heirs, executors, admins
 trators and assigns: @
 You and each of you are hereby notified that the sum of one hun dred dollars ($10O.00) in labor and improvements has been expended upon the Fox Gulch Association placer mining claim, situate on Fox Gulch, a tributary Of Platt Creek, in the Nenana mining and Record ing District, Alaska, in order to hold said claim under the provisions of Section 1924 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said mining claims for the year 1920; said labor constituting the annual assessment work for the year 1920; and if within ninety 1905 days after the last publication of this Notice you, and each of you, as respective co-owners of said claim, fail or refuse to pay to the undersigned your respective propor- ton expended by me for said labor and improvements legally required to hold said claim as aforesaid for the year 1920, together with the cost of this Notice, your interest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned, your co-owner, under said Section 1924, Revised Statutes of the United States.
 c. C. HE'D First Publication August 13, 1921 Last Publication Nov. ,, 1921
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27

George Hunter, Fairbanks clothier arrived in town this afternoon from the coast, having made the trip over to Anchorage and back by way of Broad Pass. He says the work is going ahead at a rapid rate now and he looks for the early closing of the gap between steel, unless unfav- orable weather conditions should put a stop to work earlier than Is anticipated.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27

WANT ADS.
 
 FOR SALE-Man's Coonskin Coat New lining, Coat in frst-class condition. Price $55. Mrs. D'Orsay LOST-Wishbone stick pin, set with Pearls Reward for return to Cooney Hotel. FoUND-Two keys. Call at A. D. Thompson Drug Store.  WANTED-Ford or other chassis. George Rich, at Nenana Steam Laundry
 LOST-Lady's engraved wrist watch Reward for return to Railroad Cigar Store.
 WANTED-Information as to the whereabouts of our father, Erik Hartull; last known address was Nenana Communicate with Mrs. NJ. Silva and Anna Sofia Hartull, 836 18th. St, Oakland, California FOR sALE-Four jackhammers and fittings; 25O feet of hose; six sets of steel. All in good condition. Inquire of Jack Singleton, Healy. FOUND-Two keys attached to ring. News Office.
 MEN Make your winter underwear last ... by having it reinforced
 and mended at
 D'ORSAY'S TAILOR SHOP Mellish Building, next to Coliseum -~------>-~---------~- ~------~----~--~ Tabs of all kinds at The News office
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
SMYRNA. BASE OF CREEKS,
 IS NOT BUSY AS OF OLD

SMYRNA, Aug. 3-Smyrna. oonce the greatest commercial mart in Asia, is now like a city dead. There is little to show that 1t is the base of a Greek army of 100000. For months no cargo boats have entered the harbor. Business throughout Asia Minor is paaralyzed. Americans con trol the little trading that exists. There are three reasons for this stoppage of business. One is the war, another is the hopeless hope less rate of exchange (the Turkish pound is worth about 65 cents) ', and third is lack of demand for foreign goods.
 As there seems little likelihood of an abatement of the war between the Greeks and Kemalists, local merchants can see little hope of a revival of Smyrna's commercial su- premacy. Many of them have left the place for Italy, England and America, where they hope to find greater prosperity.
 The city itself is so primitive and unattractive that one wonders why it has been such bitter bone of contention between the Greeks and Turks for so many centuries But of course it is the rich agrieul- tural lands within the province of Smyrna that both sides covet. This area, which the Turks call the
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
OLDTIMER MEETS DEATH IN
 MINE SHAFT ON NIXON

MIGRATE, Aug. 27-Michael Sul- livan, aged 88, an oldtimer of Daw- son and Fairbanks, met death in a mine shaft on Nixon Fork on Mon- day. Part of the crossheal fell into the shaft, striking him on the head. He died few minutes after the ac- cident occurred, and the body was brought here for burial.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27

Tabs-aII sizes-at The News
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27

POUNDING keys attached to ring.
 News Office.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27

Pearl of Asia, Is one of the most fertile and produces some of the finest fruit in the world. Smyrna figs and raisins are household terms. The country also yields the finest leaf tobacco known. The yearly ex- ports to America amount to millions of dollars.
 The Treaty of Sevres placed Smyrna under Greek administration with the proviso that after five years the population might express its preference for either Greek or Turk control.
 Althoug it has a population of up- ward of 100000 and is considered by both Turks and Greeks as one of the most modern cities in Asia, Smyrna to the visitor Is disappoint- ing and unattractive. Its narrow, winding, crudely-cobbled streets give of an offensive odor. Its drainage system is deplorably inadequate. Its transportation and lighting facilities too, are woefully defective There is only single tram, and that con- sists of single track, one-horse line along the waterfront.
 Then Smyrna's hotels are sad affairs. The most modern of them is 40 years old Some of them would do credit to the smallest town in the United States.
 When King Constantine came here, the best accommodations the authorities could get for him was a small eight-room terra-cotta house that any farmer in America would own. The King and his ministers were not here two days before they were almost driven out by bugs and mosquitoes. .......
 The city has few places of amuse- ment. There are two or three in different moving picture theaters and numerous coffee houses. All over the Near East the "cofee house" is an institution. Here the population sits all day sipping Turkish coffee, drinking cozo Ca drink that tastes like aniseed) and talking politics.
 The natives as rule are primi- tive, indolent and supertitious. They carry conversation beads" to be- guile the time. These they finger and tumble by the hour. The visitor might imagine the holders of the beads were at prayer. Even the horses wear these curious converse ton beads But in these cases they are used to keep away, as the na- tives believe, the ''evil eye" from the animal. ...---
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27

Lloyd George should not be in a hurry to terminate peace negotia- tions with Ireland. Pickering Is a lot cheaper than fighting.
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27
Department of the Interior Alaskan Engineering Commission
 NOTICE

Schedule of trains. subject to change without notice:
 LEAVE NENANA for Healy on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 a. m. .... :"..=
 Returning leaves Healy at D. m.
 LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenans on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
 Returning leaves Nenana at l 80 p. m. :-~ .-
The Nenana news., 1921-08-27

PARIS, Aug. 27-Peter Cooper Hewitt, American scientist and in- ventor, died here yesterday