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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-12
PRIZE ESSAYS

The Library Committee Of the Par
emit Teachers Association offered u
prize Of one dollar for the best es-
say in each class, prepared on some
subject connected with the Library.
The judges, Mrs Battle Bell, Mr.. \.
B. Womack and Miss Regina Trap
awarded the prizes as follows:
Senior Dorothy Hardy.
Junior elborn. Ellis.
sophomore Bessie Heron.
Freshman-Lucille Duncan.
Honorable mention was given TO
two other members Of the senior class
as being close seconds--Annie Nit
chell Brownee and Emily Potts.
Second place in the other classes are:
Junior, Elizabeth Mechanism; Sophie
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-12
The Value of Reading.

/ 1t is not too soon during High
School years, for a child to cultivate
love for literature. If a child cul-
tivates a love for reading it stays
with him the rest Of his life, thus
/ helping him To gain new ideas, and
develop a broader mind.
/ All educated people love to read.
That is because they formed the habit
when they were children, and learned
the value Of good books.
To amount to anything, or to fill
the place intended for you in the
world you must have an education,
and all cultured people will tell you
that Books are an education in them
selves.
Afflicted people may travel the
world oyer-through a book. Poor
people that have not the money to
see the world and learn its ways,
may do so, though reading book.
A man coming home after day of
hard work, may read-eyen one
chapter in a good book, and feel like
different person. 1t will relieve
his mind of the days troubles. If he
is discouraged, a good chapter in Il
good book will help him to take heart
again.
+ Even a child becomes discouraged
by digging with hard lessons, day
after day with no change to litera-
urc. A good book alternating with
/ lessons will help him to do more.
. After studying or reciting for several
+ periods, you cannot imagine how go
ing Co library and reading some good
book viii help you IN your next per
lod.
It viii brighten you up, and make
your mind clear, and you will Ice able
to reaite your lesson better.
Besides helping you TO recitc well,
books are needed i'm getting up a
lesson TO get mp lesson well you
must have material other than that
of the text book.
Reading helps town TO have
stronger and better citizens, due to
... .N.A l.IaN i.I. 'AHN hsAANtr a PEI
SON obtains good ideas, that helps
him TO build stronger and better
things.
Great men leave behind them foot.
prints of great and good things that
every person should try to follow.
Footprints that perhaps another,
Sailing DER Gfe's solemn main,
A f.rIam and -bipwrccbcd brother,
Seeing. may take heart again"
These thoughts are printed III
books and only through reading may
guu get thDm.
Eu. Ed reading is not helpful Som,
I books tear down. The man for whom
our school IS named Stephen Del
Dee, once said. you can Away!
place a boy hy the kind Of books b,
reads" So Jet us keep IN mind Will,
we read, that we are reading Co bull,
up. and not 90 tear down.
BESSIE HEBRON, "a
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-12

sure you would agree with me that
we need to extend our library.
Many students do not have good
books in their homes, some do not
have any at all and therefore depend
on the school library for all their
reading material, If there are no
books in the school library they can
not have the advantage of reading
good books that some people have.
They may read ten cent novels or
other cheap literature that may fill
their minds with bad thoughts. If
we have good books in the library,
students will read these and thus
broaden their minds.
The demand for books for refer
ence work is very great. Teachers
and pupils never depend on just their
text book, and when outside work is
assigned to the pupils, they often
times cannot find the required sub
ject in the library. II we had the
material, pupils would learn a great
deal more than just that which is in
the text books.
There are not enough novels in the
High School library for each pupil to
have one apiece. When they have to
bring up book report they cannot
get a book when they first ask for it,
and probably have 10 wait until about
two or three days before time to
hand up the report before they can
get story. Then they have to sit up
far into the night reading it and
then have to write their review in a
hurry, consequently their work is not
as good as it would have been if there
had been enough novels for each stud
ent to get one. If we have more
books added to our library then all
the work in school will be improved.
II is more economical for the lib
rary to have several copies Of a good
book, than it is for each Student to
buy a copy. If all the students con
tribute a small amount and buy sew
eral copies for the library, many
students would have a chance to read
them, but if every one bought a copy
Of the book, several hundred dollars
would be spent needlessly.
There are certain requirements that
all Al schools must fulfill and
among these is that the school must
add certain number of books to the
library each year. If we do not add
these books our school will be taken
off of the list, for we did not add this
number of books last year.
Everybody wants our school to be
on the accredited list and everyone
wants good future citizens. You can
help to prompt both by giving us
good books. Everybody contribute to
our library with money or good books
and help to enlighten the minds of the
future citizens Of Columbus and Of
America.
TJTCJTE DUNCAN '25
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-12
LUCILLE DUNCAN, '25.
"Libraries-Their Use And
Importance"

Literature exists for the people, not
people for literature; and since litera-
ture exists, why not take advantage of
its existence and avail ourselves of the
opportunity of reading 1t. We should
and can do this, if we have libraries,
which contain the proper reading ma
terial; and why not have libraries
when we readily see the advantages
and benefits derived from them. If
we realize the advantages Of a GER
tain thing and do not do all in our
power to utilize these advantages, it
is all the more our fault.
Libraries are not new projects, for
we had Libraries before Christ was
born. Libraries existed first in an
cient Egypt and Assyria and Pts
istratus is credited with the honor
of introducing a public library at
Athens about 337 B. c. Cicero made
a large collection Of books and sew
eral Roman emperors established lib
raries with books obtained as spoils
Of war. If the people of ancient
times saw the advantage Of Libraries
and books, why should not the pres
emit age, with its advancement and
progress, realize their worth?
In speaking Of Libraries we will
take into consideration three types
of libraries-th public, high-school
and home What applies to one gen
orally applies to the other for they
are usually closely associated.
We have had for a long time our
courts Of justice, our state halls and
churches, but these do not unite and
bring together the communities in
which they are placed. Most Of them
create some partisanship or bitter
ness Of feeling. We have had schools,
which have done much to bring us
closer together, but they also speak
too much of discipline, and not
enough Of fellowship in studies But
now for the first time our cities have
realized the public library 20 be the
center Of social activities. lt is uni
versal in its appeal, inviting to both
young and old, and wide in is in
/ luence. IL develops the feeling that
you are a citizen Of a wide-awake
city and you soon become proud OF
this fact.
To make it more applicable TO our
selves, consider what public library
would do for Columbus, our own city
which seems fair and good enough as
. it is; but il too can be improved. Ii
would be Of incalcuable benefit "a
the city by aiiording thousands the
highest and pUrest sort of entertain
ment, and thus lessen crime and dis.
order. II would make Columbus a
more desirable place Of residence, ana
thus retain the best citizens and at
tract others of the same character
II would help those who failed 10
make use Of earlier opportunities ia
school.
a library is not for a privileged
few but for the mass Of the people;
for people Of every trade and voca.
ton; for mechanics as well as teach.
ers, for engineers or. manufacture.
as well as journalists or physicians
Mr. Carnegie gives as his reason
for establishing Libraries that '1hey
give nothing for nothing. They only
help those who help themselves. They
reach the aspiring and open to thcs,
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-12
AROUND CHEROKEE

Mr.. and Mrs. Ellen Browning, of
Cullum's Well, visited their mother,
Mns. M. S. Browning, Tuesday.
Mr.. Dudley Kendrick passed through
Cherokee Friday.
Mr.. J. c. Jones spent Saturday aft
ernoon in Columbus.
Mrs. Jodie Green, of Columbus, but
who is spending the while with her
daughter, Mrs. Clyde Jones, con-
templates visiting her son, Mr.. Mil
lard Green, of Birmingham, next
week.
Mr.. c.. B. Stinson transacted bust
ness in Columbus Saturday.
Miss Clara Cox, of Cherokee, left
Monday for Birmingham, while in the
Maiic City will be the guest of her
cousin. Mr.. and Mrs. |. Price, No.
4524 Avenue T., Birmingham, Ala.
The good ladies of our community
are going right along with spring
gardening.
The recent heavy rains have re-
tarded farm work.
Mr.. j. C. Jones has several teams
on our thoroughfare grading it. We
hope he may so improve the road
that country people may drive into
town, leave few vegetables and
other country produce and return
home the same day, with satisfac-
ton of having fed the hungry and
rot the worth of his road tax.
Mr.. Will Davis spent Sunday in Co
lumbus the guest of his family.
Miss Ludie Andrews was at Mt.
Zion Sunday School, Sunday.
The young folks of our town met
Wednesday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. C. Jones to practice sacred
songs.
The Mt. Zion Sunday School has
purchased number of song books,
"Halluyah," and our people are get
ting ready to help the singers in the
all-day singings that begin in early
spring.
Mrs. c. B. Stinson purchased a
flock Of goats. We wonder what the
ladies will think of doing next.
Some of our best traders or spec
ulators are women. Some men just
sit hack and smoke and let the wOm-
en- have their own way.
"What is the world coming to; a
fellow would like to know ?"
Mr.. Earl Jones and family, of Co
lumbus, visited Cherokee, Sunday.
MAGNOLIA.
Try a Dispatch Want-Ad. 1t Will
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-12

more, Annie Laurie McClanahan;
Freshman, Clara Yerger,
The prizes were awarded Tuesday
morning in chapel and the prize
winning essay appear in this issue Of
the Mirror.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-12
WIS We Should Have a Larger
Library.

ID you knew the many difficulties
we have to saife because Of the lack
of books and the good that could be-
accomplished with more books, ] am
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-12

Try a Dispatch Want-Ad. 1t will
pay.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06
CATHOLICS ORGANIZE
civic flights Association of kiaM,.
Nth County u Formed

Tho Catholics " klamath county
have formed themselves Into an or.
ganisa,ion To- be- called Tho Catholic
Civic Rights Association VI klamath
County, There wcrc several cnthusl.
as,ic meetings during tho nast week
at th. assembly, at which officers
were chosen and laws. aud aims Of
the assoc ciation wore outlined
aud drawn up. The main oh.
education ~ all along the lines Of
American principles. and insistaucc
OF the constitutions, rights granted
by the fathers OF our Democratic Re.
public to all people"
The officers chosen for the present
were ID. Crump. secretary ma naser. |.
general committee for Klamath Fails.
the Mcsdamcs q. W. Robertson. Jos,
Brett. Cha@ Mcguire. Frank Howard,
]. G. boyle and tho Mcssrs. John
Brett. Jas Driscoii. J. p. Maguiro
and Chas. Patterson.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06
URGES MAIL BOX USE
pfopce 1scspsclrs win spccd pci.
ivesie~, Department lIoidk

IDriayv In city mail delivery, due
10 failure Of residents provide a prop
Or d0or-sI0t or mall receptacle has
eawscd the postoffice department to
issue instructionsto postmastcrs that
these ccommodatlons be provided.
Postmaster Mccall is asking all
Klamath Fails residents who receive
mail BY carrier 10 provide either a
proper mall box or door slot. For
tusiness houses and offices a slot Is
preferable and In Rome dwellings II
= also preferable. There are other
dwellings where mail box at the
Sottom Of q flight OF steps might save
the carrier time and trouble.
These are matters. says the post.
master. that are to be worked out BY
eo-opsration between postofficc and
patrons, the accommodations provid-
ed 10 be such as best will facilitate
delivery and Improve the service.
The orders arc no, arbitrary, but
arc expected TO be, fulfilled within
reasonable length OF time. The spir-
Il In which they are to be carried GU,
is manifcsted In the concluding par
asrsph Of the dcpartamontal in
struetious: 49, s'tfN-. :
III 10 not the departments desire.
u essssS thst asyAshsa bc dcpsived
Of delivery by this. requirement. hut
rathef y IA SaIasssly' hoDed that all
Will SEQ the reasonsblcness OF II and
its advantage % themselves as well
a. TO the cSFfiers. But II Il finally
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06

Francisco would permit the several
lines Gust Of Ogden u eater Han
Francisco directly without the nocd
or building additiona, railroads
across tho Nevada desert and tho
sierra Nevada mountains
| Transportation experts closely IN
touch with tho situation declare that
Il may bo expected that. when tho
hearings on consolidation of the rail-
roads are resumed bcforr tho later
state commerce commission. the III,
group vii, he found 10 hayc included
either ownership or Joint uso Of tho
Oregon 4 California and Central IA.
cific lincs from Portland 10 San Fran
cisco and " tho Central Pacific from
Ogden TO San Francisco. rclying for
tho support ot tho ommunity not No
much upon promises of largo cspcndi'
turcs of money for new construction
~ upon affordins direct competition
to all intermediate points by making
joint. Instead OF exclusive use cf tho
existing railroads,
Tho building of thu ilnc from i'cnd
to KIRK and tho additional Incidental
construction that would bc occasion.
cd IL. of course. q very important do
vclopmcnt In tho creation of new
lines opening now terriiory. especial.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06
CONSOLIDATION on &. =.
AND niI.. LINES iI.NN
(Continusd from rage ~

eating thcm. Three lines now us,
tho. tracks between Seattle aud Port
land, Probably no railroad construt'
tion would so benefit the people oi
Oregon M would tho provision oi
moro than ono limo mako joint use oi
tho tracks between Portland aud San
Francisco. Thus tho localities lyinx
between these cltics would he served
directly by tho various systcms whose
competition now COOS only TO Port
land and the Willamette valley and
to San Francisco and tho Sacramcn.
70 valley. Expcr,s declare !, h, dissi-
cult to ovcrstatc what II would mean
to the many communities to have the
sSrvira q tho .,'iiiii Lines, b,rsuci, p
joInt trackssc arrangc,ncs1.
Joint Use Thought Probabic
Similarly. the join, use Of. the Cen.
trail Pacific between Ogden and Ssn
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06
GOES TO WEST POINT


Tho staff of the Sacred Heart
Academy takes q laudablc pride IN
the honor that has come to klamath
Falls in the appointment Of one oi
their pupils to the United States Mill
tary academy at West Point. The ap'
pointmcnt was malc through Con.
gressman Sinnctt OF The Dallcs. who
chose Charles Mcguire as fulfilling
the requirement laid down by the
government Tor such appointment.
The recipient Is the son OF J. r.
Mcguire. a prominent business man
of this city. lie catered the Sacred
Heart academy ut Its opening and
during his stay there took leading
part In the studies and athletics. In
the past year he represented the
academy In debates and clocution,
was a member of the handball and
basket ball teams. and caught for
the Knights OF Columbus ball club
this sumner.
The newiy-appotntcd cadet and his
father left yesterday morning for
San Francisco. where the former
will enter upon an Intensive course.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06

becomes necessary mail delivery will
be discontinued where no door-slots
(prcfcrably) or mail rcccp,aclcs. arc
provided"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06
DEsrRoyEns SENT To SMYRNA

WASHINGTON. Sept. Shy re-.
quest OF the state department. Act.
Ink Secretary Roosevelt today order.
cd Admiral bristol. American high
commissioner at Constan,inoplc. to
dispatch force Of dcstroycrs to
Smyrna TO .'protcct iivcs aud pro-
pcrty."
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06

No matter how big the kitchen.
there isn't room for man while
bis wife IL cooking.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06

Georgia woman 'receiycy . letter
mailed nine years ago. n was prob
ably Eiwn to some husband TO drop
in the box.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-09-06

Some think the tariff protects
everything except prosperity.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-02-09

mendously good natured. Every day
almost they see some one who is vi.
olating the spirit Of the law. But to
report that person would involve some
bother. They feel it might force them
to appear in the matter personally
possibly having to 60 to court to give
testimony. So they weakly and toI,
erantly overlook the violation and the
result is that there is nothing done.
The police and courts cannot alone
check the evil Of reckless driving. The
officers of the law cannot be every,
where at once. To get the law en-.
forced and make the streets safe, the
public must cooperate. People must
be willing to make complaints when
they observe reckless acts. If they
could do that so frequently that the
speeders would constantly find them,
selves in hot water, the number of au.
tomobile fatalities and injuries would
see a speedy decline.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-02-09
AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES

The number of persons killed ir
this country in automobile accidents
in 1921, will, it is believed, be close
to $4,000. This is only part of the
havoc done by the reckless use of ma
chimes. Many people suffer serious
injuries and some are crippled for
life.
The automobile is a wonderful pow
er for good. 1t has cheapened trans
portation, it has saved time, it enables
people to live in pleasant neighbor-
hoods, yet work in crowded sections.
Yet when you turn this instrument of
speed loose on the highways, you put
a terrific power in the hands of all
kinds of people.
Under an ideal system of govern
ment, the persons who are to operate
automobiles would be subject to close
examination and inspection. Not
merely would their original compe-
tence be considered but their mental
habits and driving methods would be
subject to severe inquiry. A man who
was discovered running his machine at
high rate of speed, would be prompt
ly reported. and his license would be
taken away from him for an extended
period or perhaps permanently.
But the American people are tre-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-02-09

large part of pleasure is pretty close
ly linked with the automobile, and the
prices, therefore, become fundamenta,
and of general interest. We have 10
have the cars. and their cost has a
bearing on the things we eat and wear
because they have come to be classed
as public carriers, serving their pur-
pose as we'll as the railroads serve
theirs, and tieing right in with the
transportation of freight of every de-
scription.
The announcement of cuts in prices
by almost every manufacturer of au-
tos is very good news for everybody,
because it means getting down to new
standards and setting price scales
which will have a bearing on other
markets. So, whether the average
man is interested directly in the pur-
chase Of an auto or not, he is JUST
fled in taking an interest in every
announcement of q cut in the price Of
them.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-02-09
PRINTING THE NEWS

The Grit-Advocate could fill its col.
umns most every week with this and
that scandal. such as many papers de-
light in. if should desire to do 50, but
we have always thought that the less
said about some things the better, es-
pecially when it hurts some one.
Several parties have asked us why
we didn't print this or that choice bit
of scandal?
Our answer is-that there are lots
of things that we do not know about
each case: but our chic treason is that
there are new people who are suffer-
ing. and publicity would only add to
this suffering-which we would much
rather relieve than add to.
1t is so easy to jump onto persons
when they are down-any one can do
that. We had rather help them to
forget their sorrows and mistakes and
start over.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-02-09
A PSALM

The Ford is my car.
! shall not want another.
1t maketh me to lie down in wet
places.
1t soileth my clothes.
1t leadeth me into deep waters.
1t leadeth me into the paths of ridi-
cule for its names sake.
1t prepareth q breakdown for me in
the presence Of mine enemies.
Yea, though / run through the val
ley ! am towed up the hill.
l fear great evil when it is with
me.
Its rod and it's engine discomfort
me.
1t anncinteth my face with oil.
Its tank runneth over.
Surely to goodness, if this thing
follow me all the days of my life
l shall dwell in the house of the in
sane forever.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-02-09
OVID NEWS

Mrs. Geo. Meyers and Mrs. Del
Brstton visited with Mrs. Drummond
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Ray Jones returned to Denver
Sunday evening after a days visit
with homefolks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mccullough
were Julesburg visitors Sunday.
Mr.. Chas. Hagemeister and Emily
visited at L. NJ. Hogan's Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Leo Drake and
daughter lone were entertained at the
Bob Drummond home Sunday even
ing.
DR.. Hayes Of Sedgwick and Mrs.
Ray Jones accompanied Mr.. Frank
Dunlap to Denver Tuesday morning,
where Mr.. Dunlap will undergo an
operation at St. Joseph's hospital.
Mrs. Ed Houck and daughter Cleo
Ann are visiting with Mrs. Houck's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pat O'Connor.
Mr.. Will johnson shipped a car
load of hogs Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Abbott arrived
in Ovid Monday morning after a pro-
longed visit in Nebraska. Mrs. Alb
bott was formerly Miss Violet Mar
shall.
Mrs. Woodlands visited with Mrs.
Joe White Monday afternoon.
Mrs. e. A. arroll is suffering with
tonsilitis this week.
Mrs. John Hewgley spent the week
end with her brother in Palisade,
Nebr.
Mrs. Bauer is enjoying a visit with
her mother from Hastings, Nebr.
Miss Beatrice Drummond was quite
sick last week. She is much improved
at this writing.
The Leslie Stone family moved on
the Weston place instead of the Will
son place, as was reported last week.
Mr.. Jim Dawson celebrated his
birthday Friday, and his relatives and
friends from Pennsylvania gave him
postal card shower. He received
thirty-two postal cards. In the even
ing his neighbors surprised him by
bringing in lunch and spending the
evening.
The Clayburn children are recover
ing nicely from their recent attack
of scarlet fever.
Mr.. Moine of Kansas City has DUP
chased the Fellers & Shields store,
and will take possession inside Of
thirty days.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-02-09
HOPE IN FAILURE

Much alarm has been expressed
about business during the past year
so the recent report of R. G. Dun is of
interest.
1t shows that there were 1862
business failures in the United States
in 1921. To the average Julesburg
citizen this sounds bad. But not when
it is known that the report for 1915
showed 20,596, and with a smaller
number of firms doing business.
The 1921 percentage of failures, to
the total number of firms doing busi-
ness was about one to each 700. So
long as American business can re-
main SO per cent sound in spite Of the
after-effects of the worlds biggest
war, there is no reason for crepe hang
ing.