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PAGE SIX ASHLAND TIT) 1508 Thursday, March I t, 191B couiiry school news Junior Hed Cross In Full Swing Thirty-seven schools havo sent in their applications for membership in the Junior Red Cross. Besides tho two large organizations working In Medford end Ashland, tho following schools havo taken up the work in earnest and are turning out matarial tu a rapid rr.te: 1, Jacksonville; 2, Griffin Creek; 4, Phoenix; 6, Central Point; 7, Neil Creek; 8, Valley View; 9, Eagle Point; 11', Mountain; 15, Antelope; 14, Willow Springs; 16, .gate; 17, Dardanelles; 18, Antioch; 25, Rock Point; 31, Derby; 33, Ster ling; 34, Thompson Creek; 35, Rogue River; 36, Meadows; 40, Applegate; 47, Reese Crook; 57, Gold Hill; 59, Prospect; 62, Wimor; 66, Laurel hurst; 72, Anderson Creek, 73, Belle view; 86, Brophy school; 87, Bua com; 88, Aldorbrook; 89, Central; 90, Roguelands; 91, Butte Falls; 92, Llthla Springs; 95, Westside; 98, Tolo; 99, Fern Valley; 100, Howard. Some intoro3ting reports have baen received from those now engaged In junior activities. Superintendent Briscoe of Anhland reports as follows: "At the end of this week (March 9) For Your Garden use Land Plaster Ashland Lumber Co. Phone 20 every pupil in tho Ashland schools will be.a paldup member of the Jun ior Red Cross. We are doing Bel gium and Fronch relief work, also much of tho bandage and garment work for tho Senior Red Cross is being done by our sewing depart ment." Miss Helon Parker from the Bro phy school, above Derby, says: "My school consists of four boys who have taken tho pledge, and are willing to do anything that thcry possibly can t3 help." Principal Deardorf of the two room school at Applegate writes: "We have been at work making gun wipes, and clipping for comfort pil lows, and pillow cases. It makes a very pleasant break in the school's routine, helps to keep tho children interested in school work and the parents interested in school affairs. It Instills patriotism, and we hope this work will do cur fighters some good." From Principal B. G. Harding at Rogue River comes the report: "The Junior Rod Cross work has been STIFF JOINTS SORE MUSCLES Uabtr Up QaicUy Uadtr Hit Saotting, Psoetrstiiig AppHcatioa f Hamlia't tiiiars Oil In cases of rheumatism and lame back it penetrates quickly, drives out soreness, and timbers up stiff, aching joints and muscles. Wizard Oil is an absolutely reli able, antiseptic application for cuts, burns, bites, and stings. Sprains and bruises heal readily under its sooth ing, penetrating qualities. Get it from druggists for 30 cents. If not satisfied return the bottle and get your money back. Ever constipated or have sick headache? Just try Wizard Liver Whips, pleasant little pink pills, 30 cents. Guaranteed, Remember This There are no "Its or "Buts" to the Closset &0 avers guarantee. It means Just what it says: "Golden West Cof fee must be "Just Ri2ht"aiid sive you complete satisfac tion or your money back. Closset&Devers rOKTLANO etJITTU i taken up very enthusiastically by ; almost every member of the school, I Hearty co-opoiation is being -given by the teachers and the Senior Kea Cress members." Similar reports are coming in from every section of the county. Thlrft Reports Encouraging Tabulations made from thrift re ports for the month of January indi cate that much attention is being given to the study of thrift In every Bchool of tho county. During the month mentioned, $751.95 had been received from work, investments and other sources, while ' $648.10 had be'en paid out for necessities, amuse ments, luxuries, gifts, eta, by stu dents from districts outside of our larger towns. The total amount of money saved by these students from the rural communities, $4,100.66 would indicate that considerable had been drawn from accounts and In vested In thrift stamps, war certifi cates, bondo, life insurance,, and loans. The students from these rural sections Invested $1688 In Liberty bonds alone during the first month of the year. This amount Is made up largely of small amounts which are bolng paid monthly on the In stallment plan. These same reports show that 1,586 days of eight hours each were devoted to manual labor outside of tli 3 school room, and that 70 had applied for club work. Thrift programs at which were recited thrift stories, compositions, and thrift max ims were in evidenco everywhere. A more complete report covering tho entire county has been requested byour atato superintendent and by Mr. Jackson, chairman of the Ore gon State War Savings Committee. This will be submitted as soon as all data has been tollectcd. Practical Work, Rogue River School The agricultural class of the sev enth and elgh'h grades In the Rogue River school spent an afternoon re cently in putting to a practical test their knowledge of grafting under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. Harriet Minthorn, in the orchard of C. W. Horton. These same students under the direction of Mrs. Ethel Parent havo undertaken to supply the local demand for tomr.to, pepper and cajbbage plants, and already a large number of the plants have been spoken tor. The Parent-Teacher association has ordered a billptican for use in in struction and entertainment. Tho school board recently had the build ing wired oo to to make the use of thq lantern possible. The enroll ment in this high school has reached 41 this year, the largest since it was organized. State Sdiools After Students President J. H. Ackerman of the Monmouth formal visited all of the larger schools in tho valley during the past week In the Interest of the state normal. Mr. Ackorman's plea In every school was that students make up their minds to continue their schooling; that it was possible for any boy or girl with an ambition net only to complete the course as offered in his own school, but to complete tho course as offered by one of our threo great state Institutions, the Oregon Agricultural college!, the University of Oregon, or the Mon mouth Normal. Professor Gregory from our state university, while aid ing Superintendent Briscoe and Coun ty School Superintendent Ager in making a survey of the Talent school, managed to got to most of the'Jarger schools In this part of the state, to interest teachers and students in the work of tho University of Oi egon. Spoiling Diplomas Beauties Artistically lithographed diplomas containing the Amorican flag In col ors have been socurod for those mak ing 100 per cent in each of the four spelling contests. From present in dications there should be about 75 students in Jackson county to win honorable mention and one of these boautiful diplomas. New Food Cards Distributed New food cards together with valu able receipts end a pica for every family to raise their own garden truck this year, have been sent to tho head of every school in the coun ty, with tho request, that the Bchool distribute the material to every home In Jackson county. Since only 68, or less than 2 per cent of all families In the valley refused to sign pledge cards, the new home cards are being sent to every family with the hope that these few may also join in the conservation movement. In most districts the cards aro being distribut ed by the school children who right ly consider this service the best kind of Red Cross work. Scoutmasters Jr.nney and King of Medford and Ashland respectively with their loyal groups of boy scouts, willingly vol unteered their assistance in placing the cards in the homes of these two larger towns,. Teachers In all of the smallor dis tricts have been requested to return checked lists containing the names of all hoads of families in their re spective districts, together with any undelivered cards-and names of those to send theft to. These checked lists Will be used in making future sur voys, drives and campaigns during the war, and all teachers are asked to make sure that no names of fam ilies in their districts are omitted. Bulletin for Schools Lvery school irr the county was provided this month with one or two copies' of the County Agricultural Council News Bulletin.in which Sup erintendent Ager and Supervisor Mor rlo had inserted a complete premium list for boys' and girls' club work at the Jackson county fair next fall, as well as other articles of special In terest to club members. This bulle tin is being edited under three de partments', (1) by our county agricul tural agent In the Interest of county agricultural work, (2) by our district home demonstration agent in the in terest of homo economics, and (3) by our county school superintendent and school supervisor in the Interest of boys' and girls' club work. The bulletin will contain announce ments each month of special Interest to club members and all should havo accoss to It. The subscription is 10c per year and should be sent direct to C. C. Cato of Medford. Second Rainbow Regiment State Superintendent J. A. Church Ill has just sent out notices that a Second Junior Rainbow regiment 13 being formed in Oregon and that membership shall consist of the first 10000 who report having sold $30 worth of thrift stamps since the first of March, 1918. As soon as a stu dent reports having sold that amount his name should be reported to your county school superintendent. Those from Jackson who won mem bership in Oregon's First Junior Rainbow regiment are given below in the order in which their applica tions were received: Marlon Nolan, Washington school, Medford; Lillian Robinson, Washington school, Med ford; Minnie Stewart, Central Point school; Adrian Lofland, Washington school Medford; Westerman Wlllock, Washington school Medford; Her shall Hazelton, Washington school, Medford; Arlene Hay, Central Point; Beulah Wright, Central Point. Viewing Our Scenic Panorama (By C. B. Watson, of Medford Ameri can.) This is an age of commercialism. Dollars and cents furnish the trade mark in the world's actlvty. Climate and soil must stand the test of adapt ability and productiveness. The label on the can or package consti tutes the best advertising matter ia this age of money-getting. The rigors of climate create re sourcefulness In the methods devised to overcome and modify the effects, and its very inconveniences are pro ductive of new fields of energy and enterprise. The ancient storage bat terles of the sun are exploited in the development of coal mines in cli mates most rigorous and regions most desolate. The magnificent, forests of vour mountains are attacked by an in satiable savagery born of greed. The streams that come leaping and sparkling, with songs of promise from the mountain heights, are viewed with eyes of cupidity and;en glneers are employed to estimate the horsepower they see runuing away, or the acres that may be irrigated by them; tho dollar-mark being kept constantly in view. The moment a new usefulness is discovered in the endless bounties of Nature, theigenius of man finds me thods of appropriating it. The beau ties of Nature are marred or de stroyed with a ruthlcssness born of greed, the spirit of the age. The delightful parks and glades In our mountain fastnesses, where Na ture runs riot In the creation of beau ty and song, are made desoalate for the benefit of the wool markets and stockyards. The spirit, however, which prompts all this Is, in the main, all right. In fact, I am in clined t,o believe with Pope,,, that "whatever Is, Is right." March of Progress. It does not follow that, because the commercial spirit Is uppermost and always aggressive, the esthetic quality in man is growing less. In the home we have music, pictures and poetry, and about the home-frult.N flowers and fragranca We live for love, and love revels in that which soothes and pleases the mind. The grand in Nature finds admiration in the souls of men, and In the contem plation of it man finds not only rec reation and rest, but opportunity for study and food for dreaming. The softer sentiments wherein lie the sweetest possibilities are not In the every-day struggle for lucre, but in the moments of respite, when music charms, the fragrance of flowers soothes and the poetic sentiment springs to the spot where room is made for It, ' The Switzer'or Highland Scotsman tunes his harp to sing of the beau ties and grandeur of his native land. When away from It he longs to re turn to it, and 'tis then, when far away and homesick, memory comes to his aid. Again he revels among the hills and glens of his nativity. 'Tls then the absent Swltzer remem bers that the highest Alps, the gla ciers and sunken lakes make up one of the grandest assets of his native land. It is there and because of that, thousands of pilgrims from all quar ters of the globe congregate. There, for the moment, the struggle for money is forgotten and the enjoy cient .of the sweets to be purchased with It Is felt. There are spent with lavish hand the dollars that were elsewhere sought with savage greed. Grandeur Commercialized. -It is In the hours of such pelasure that the tight-fisted become the open handed those whose country fur nishes that for which they lavishly spend the dollars that were else where sought with almost savage greed. It is in the hours of such pleasure these beautiful haunts of Nature reap rich harvests from for eign coffers. To the dwellers there, the great natural wonders they have to show become great assets. Moun tain peaks and glaciers, sunken lakes and waterfalls are resources and are counted as such. These things speak a universal language and are under stood by the charmed multitude, though the multitude may not un derstand the language of the human units that make it m. There Is in It a universal rythm. "A motion and a spirit, that impel All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. There fore, am I a lover Of the meadows and the woods; And mountains; and all we behold of this green earth, " So sang Wordsworth of those sub tle influences awakened In him as he reveled in the "God's out-of-doors." Every lover of Nature knows what such sentiments are and how the nerves tingle with the Joy of the soul, the pulsating throb of the universe. The millions upon millions of dol lars that are annually carried out of our own country by sight-seeing pil grims to foreign lands are no less purchasers of the products of such lands titan are those who buy of their manufactured articles and the prod ucts of their soil. No country is richer in these natural wonders than our own. If such sights and scenes are resources of value there, why ought not we, with many as great and some greater, class them on the utilitarian side in that which they will bring to us from the wealth of the sight-seeing, while at the same time our esthetic taste is charmed and strengthened? A whole volume would be crowded with a meager de scription of the sights and scenes in our own state that are worthy of the closest attention, of travelers and sightseers. Asset of Great Value. ' The entry into Oregon by the Southern Pacific railroad one of the most delightfully scenic roads in the world never fails to charm even the most phlegmatic. To climb the Sis kiyou mountains and view the broad expanse of mountain billows through the gentle, silvery sheen of an au tumn sunlight is a treat never to be forgotten. To sit at the car window as the train speeds along through the valleys of Oregon and drink in the delights of an ever-changing pano rama, Nature's own painting, Incased in its framework of mountains, many of which pierce the blue vault, snow capped and pine-clad, is a great treat that opens the heart and hand of the most tight-fisted and so-called prac tical business man. . The generosity thus aroused is an asset that we should not ignore. A climb to the summit of Mt. .Mc Laughlin brings enchantment in the view presented; twenty lakes are HHflHfe II I, AW. "II! I, 11 ' istS) 71 1& K H i I I I I I 1 1 J I a wmmmmm IhhP "Ktrt'i m ml At timtt mkm kttom Mt nWal Is t Irmd wkm ami timllutadffRalCnHlf. within vision, each a gem nestllg in the forests that surround the base of this mighty mountain.' These lakes are cold1, pearly clear and filled with trout, while the forest abounds in game. Awe-Inspiring Scene. Until you shall have seen Crater Lake, your tour of sight-seeing will be Incomplete. It is admitted to be one of the greatest wonders of the world,'. It is unique among the great natural wonders. It is the deepest body of fresh water in the world, with the single exception of Lake Baikal in Siberia.. It is the crater of an extinct volcano; the greatest of its kind, twenty miles In circumfer ence, four thousand feet deep, with a depth of over two thousand feet of water. Its banks tower two thous and feet above the water1 surface, from which they appear awe-lnsplr-Ing in their grandeur. The inside di mensions at the water surface are six and a quarter by four and a quarter miles', and snow-banks perpetually decorate Its inner rim. There are no visible lnlet3 or outlets to or from the lake,, and the water as seen from the cliffs Is in color ultra-marine, ex cept in a few shallow places near the shore, where it changes to the deep est green. Near the west side Is Wizard Island, a cinder cone, once a chimney of the old volcano, standing 845 feet above the water with a cra ter In tho top five hundred feet across and one hundred feet deep. Other and later craters will be seen about the west side of Wizard Island in a great lava bed extending from it. Two miles east of the Island the water Is two thousand two hundred feet deep, making the island a moun tain inside the old crater more than three thousand feet high. The cra ter in this island also has its banks of perpetual snow. Around the banks fragments of glaciers still cling, and evidences of glacial action outside of the great crater, together with the character of the formation, shows conclusively that where the lake now is, was formerly a mountain tower ing, perhaps, six or eight thousand feet above its present highest point, which has been torn away and scat tered over the surrounding country, Imagination is called into aptlon with little fear of exaggerations The lake has been stocked by the government with rainbow trout, some of which have grown to two-feet in length. About the lake are many noted peaks and beautiful natural parks. The highest points are more than eight thousand feet above the sea, and a very splendid view Is obtained from any one of them,. Join me while we view this panorama. WHAT THE WAR IS FOR, The following is Elihu Root's def inition of what this war is for: "This is not a war about boundaries or pro vinces or the distribution of terri tory; it is not a war which we are entering because ships were sunk, because plots have been laid and car ried on within our boundaries, or be cause attempts have been made to fomect attacks and partition our ter ritory; It is not a war for Serbia, or Alsace-Lorraine, or even for Belgium, tt is a v nr to determine whether this world slu II go back under the dom ination of the prince of darkness, out of the l!?il, back to the days of Ig norance and despair and slavery, or whether the Col who is Just and :omp.i.wbr.te shall still smile on this universe." SOLDIERS TO GUARD INDUSTRIAL PLANTS A memorandum made publio by the war department concerning the use of armed guards about industrial plants contains the following: "The soldier in training who has offered his Jife for the defense of country should not sacrifice his ef fectiveness by performing police duty In the protection of property back of the lines. This is the duty of the citizen at home. "The theatre of operations for armed soldiers is the battlefield of Send Him a pouch oi Real GRAVELY Chewing Plug Real Gravelv Chewinsr Plusr there's the h, soldier's tobacco, that anytime, just a small cnew or Keal Uravely ia enough all good tobacco, rich, sappy leaf made the Gravely way, not loaded up with heavy sweetening like ordinary plug. Give any man a chew of Real Gravely Pluj, and ho will tell you that' the kind to lend. Send tho beat! Ordinary plus it falsa economy. It coats lets oer wk to chew ReaJ Gravely, because . long while. If you smoke a pipe, slice ' add a little to your smoking II improve your smoke SEND YOUR FRIEND IN THE U.S. SERVICE A POJJCU OF GRAVELY Dealers all aroond here carry jt In 10c. pouches. A 3. tam will put it into his hands in any Training Camp or Seaport of the U. S. A. Eren oyer there" a 3c. stamp will take it to him. Your dealer will supply surelope and aire you official directions how to address iL P. B. GRAVELY TOBACCO CO., Danville, Va. Jht fYaVnl Pew keepi it Frtsh mi Gean and Cooi h H o Rtal Gravely without this Protection Seel Established 1331 Young fJothcro Reserve strength for mother hood is of two-fold importance and thoughtful women before and after maternity take i EHULSIOrii It supplies pure cod liver oil for rich blood and contains lime and soda with medicinal glycerine, all important ingredi ents for strengthening the nervous system and furnishing abundant nourishment It is free from alcohol Insist on the genuine. The Norwegian cod liver oil In Scott! Emukion la now refined In our own American laboratories wbtcb makes It pure and palatable. Scott ftBowne.Bloomfield.NJ. 17-10 Europe. Each civilian should aid his country by acting as a guard for the detection and prevention of intrigue, deceit and all the familiar stealthy operations of t.'ae enemy in our midst. Each soldier unnecessarily detained as a guard In this country aids and abets the enemy in Europe. "Often a guard may be needed for the safety of a factory,. When it Is, It should be supplied by the owner of the factory, by the mun'clpallty or by the state. "These measures apply not only to manufacturing plant3, but are equally applicable to shipyards-, grain ele vators and stores of supplies." ' Example Is belter than precept. Don't fail to have a loaded thrift stamp card ia your pocket when you're explaining the plan to your neighbor or your family. Oregon has had a taste of ship building prosperity and should exert Itself for both state and national policI.es which will perpetuate this Industry after the war. I GET THE BEARD BUT LEAVE THE ROOTS I'm not after the "pound of flesh" t leave the roots to continue their growth. "You are next." Buckhorn Barber Shop Clyde Costolo Stop Corn Agony In Four Seconds Use "Gets-If-See Conu Peel Off! The relief that "Gets-It" gives from corn-pains the way it makes corns and calluses peel off painless ly in one piece Is one of the won ders of the world. The woman In "Get M. 'Gete-lt Quick! It Earn Cora Painj and Makes Corns Peel Right Off!" the home, the shopper, the dancer, the foot traveler, the man In the of. nee, the clerk In the store, the worker in the shop, have today, in this great discovery, "Gets-It," the one sure, quick relief from all corn and callus pains the one sure, pain less remover that makes corns come easily as you would peel a banana. 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