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Monday, . September S3, 0g ASHLAND TIDINGS MONEY! j?S AVE RE A Allend Our Annual FALL OPENING SALE, September 25th to October 5th TEN DAYS ONLY Leave Your Measure lor a Fall Suit or Overcoat Strictly Hand Tailored from Pure Woolens and Latest Styles. Get a Liberty Loan for what you save on your Fall Suit and Overcoat. We've got old Bill on the run, so let's keep him going MIES TAILOM SHOP 203 East Main Street suiiiiiin'a The Social Realm Huiuliine Noelety. The SuDshlne Society will meet In the Temple of Truth Thursday after noon, September 26, at 2:30 o'clock. Pioneer Reunion. The Southern Oregon Pioneer Re union will be held at Jacksonville Thursday, October 3d. A basket din ner will be the leading feature of the event, and a good program will be presented. Wedded This Morning. Charles W. Hammond and Mrs. Jennie B. Splndler, both of Ashland. were married this morning aj the Methodist parsonage, Rev. C. A. Ed wards officiating. They will reside Jn Mr. Hammond's home on East Main street. Civic Improvement Hub. The regular meeting of the Civic Improvement club will be held at the usual hour tomorrow (Tuesday) af ternoon. Miss Anne McCormlck will be present at this meeting and will demonstrate all kinds of soup which will be served to the attendants. Celebrated Itirthdny. Mrs. C. E. Johnson was hostess to a few guests on Sunday in honor of Mr. Farkcr of Grants Pass, who has been a resident of Ashland for the past three months. Rev. II. W. Hayncs gave the toaBt at dinner to the grand old man, who had attained lils ninety-first birthday. Mr. Baker Tery ably responded. The guest of honor departed this morning for his home. Wcrineadny Afternoon (Nub Picnic, The Wednesday Afternoon club of the Presbyterian church will open Its fall and winter season with a picnic next Wednesday afternoon, at which all the members are urged to be pres ient. The plcnlo will be held In the park should the weather be prop! tlous, If not It will be held In the church. This Is a rally In order to get acquainted and plan the winter's work of the club. An order has been Work Shoes For those who are Winning the War at Dome Absolutely all solid leather. Trices from ...:..-. I J.oo to 8.50 sent In for dish towels for a com pany of 109, and the attendants at this picnic are asked to bring towels to hem, also appliances with which to work. Belgian work will also be car ried on. GET THE SAVING HABIT Wtges are high; real estate Is low. Buy a home on easy terms, and have it paid for before wages come down; then Real Estate will swing upwards and you will have done more than you calculated. The easiest money that one ever gets is to buy low and sell high. See Beaver Realty Co. about this and they will put you wise. 211 E. Main St., Phone 68 Pastor's Salary To Be Increased On Wednesday evening of last week the fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist church was hold in the church parlors, at which 34 mem bers of the official board were pres ent. At 6:30 a sumptuous dinner was Berved by the pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Ed wards, to the entire board, after which the quarterly conference was presided over by Rev. Dr. H. J. Van Fossen. The reports from every department of the church were most encouraging showing a little more than 14000 for the year. After the report given by the pastor a resolution was passed in viting him to fill this tharge for an other year at a salary of I1G00 and parsonage. This Is a material In crease over the salary formerly, paid to the clergymen of this denomina tion, and speaks well for the favora ble Impression Mr. Edwards has made upon his congregation. Mr. Edwards will leave Monday evening for the annual conference which is held In Portland from Sep tember 25 to the 30th, with Bishop William O. Shepherd presiding. Camp Lewis To Have Additional Barracks Plans for the building of 70 addi tional barracks, which will bring the totul housing capacity of the can tonment to 60,000, are In course of preparation by the constructing quar termaster's department at Camp Lewis. Estimates on the cost, the probable location and other figures necessary before the construction of the buildings Is ordered, were re quested some time ago by the can tonment division In Washington, and It Is considered extremely probable, by officers at the camp, that the camp will b materially enlarged soon. Additional buildings, Including necessary warehouses and wash rooms, will bring the contemplated addition to the camp to 200 build ings, It was said by officers In the constructing department recently. The site for the addition will be on tbe east side of the Pacific highway, a mile tnd a half from the present main camp. The location is close to the water mains, and Is located ad vantageously from a drainage view point. The new buildings, it was said, will cost 11,250,000, the bar racks being capable of bousing 150 men each. How soon the canton ment division will authorize their construction Is not known, but a force of soldiers Is already at the task of clearing the few trees on the site. 1 If present advances continue, it will soon be only the capitalist who can keep his family in shoes. Highway Work In 3 States Is Described As the representative of a national highways regional district composed of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, Julius Meier, of Portland, Is In Washington, D. C, attending a con ference of the highways transport committee of the Council of Nation al Defense for the purpose of devis ing plans for greater use of the highways during the war emergency. During the conference Mr. Meier gave an extended account of the work that has been done and that Is contemplated In the three states of the Pacific Northwest, described as the steps already taken by .the es tablishment of truck service from small communities to market centers, and said that In his opinion great progress will be made In the coming year In the development of the com mercial motor truck service that will give producers a cheaper mpans of getting small quantities of produce to market than tbe old method of each farmer hauling his own pro duce. Such service, he said, will not only be an economy to the farmer, but will give In the agregate a a Immense amount of time to the farmer work ers and teams, thus helping to solve the problem of shortage of labor. Normal School Is, Vital War Problem Pronouncing the establishment of additional normal schools in Oregon a vital war problem that must be cuked Immediately, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction Church ill today Issued an appeal to the peo ple to give It their attention at the coming general election. More than $1,000,000 Is now expended annual ly In relnstructlng pupils In the i-tate's elementary schools, and 40 per cent of this sum Is due to In competent teaching, he said. He .yarns the people to profit by the er ror made by the allied countries dur ing tbe war In letting down educa tional safeguards. Superintendent Churchill made the above statement in advocating tbe adoption of a measure at the coming general election, providing for two rddltlonal normal schools In the state one to be located at Ashland, and the other at an Eastern Oregon city to be chosen by the Normal School 3'oard of regents. "It costs $50 per pupil each year ,4o educate a child in the elementary school." continued,' Superintendent Churchill. "As about 20,000 pupils In this state fail each year to make their grade, It costs the state about $1,000,000 annually to have them re peat their year's work. Exactly what proportion of this sum is due totlie untrained teacher there Is absolutely no way of determining, but from many conversations with school su perintendents, principals and super visors, I am satisfied that 40 per cent of the $1,000,000 spent yearly In re peating work of pupils In the grades is due to Incompetent teaching. The mlllage tax provided in the measure on the ballot for maintaining two normal schools would produce about $75,000. By establishing normal schools sufficient to give all our schools trained teachers, the state would save the difference between $400,000 and $75,000. I "The public schools of Oregon em' ploy not less than 1000 now teachers each year. The large majority of hose without experience are employ ed In the rural schools. As soon as the teacher without normal training hue had sufficient experience, she will secure a position In the village school. From there she will go to the larger town, and then to the city The result Is that a large number of eachers secure their experience and training for their work at the ex pense of the children of the rural school. "The maintenance fund and nor mal school undertakes to provide for vide efficiently for about 350 to 400 ctudents. Whenever the present nor mal school undcreakes to provide for nany more, there Is danger of low ering Itsf efficiency. From this en rellment we cannot expect more than JF,0 to 200 graduates each year, r.'hereas, as before stated, 1000 new tpachers are needed In Oregon eaca year. Every normal school, too, Is local In Its enrollment. Last year there were not more than 15 stu dents enrolled at Monmouth from Eastern Oregon. This is a natural condition, as students from eastern counties of the state would have to travel from 300 to 500 miles to reacn Monmouth. "There are about 1000 teachers in Eastern Oregon. A normal school In Eastern Oregon would, by the end of the first year, have an enrollment of 300 and would soon be furnishing the state with not less than 150 train ed teachers annually for rural school work. What is true of Eastern Ore Ron Is also true of Southern Oregon end for these reasons both the nor mal schools should be established. "When the war Is over the world is folng to be rebuilt. The present boys and girls who are being educated will be called upon for the leadership in f.ll of the necessary readjustments In this new and related world that Is go Ing to rise out of the ruins of the old All forms of public education must bo maintained, the most Important of which Is the normal school. "The allied countries let down ed ucatlonal safeguards at the beginning ol the war. It was not long bofore ach country suffered disastrous ef fects from a lowering of its educa tlonal standards, and England and France, In the midst of the war, are now both nerving themselves to un dertake a reconstruction of their ed ucatlonal systems. America should profit by their mistakes. "The experience of the South fol lowing the Civil War and for 30 years after, should also be a warning to us that we cannot allow teachers In our rural schools whose general educa tion and training Is Inadequate." Belleview Notes School Is Droeresaln? nlrnlv thmifrli the attendance is somewhat smaller 'ins year than last. Ruth Flefield, one of our eighth graders of last year, entered Ashland his-h apimni Monday. Othere who will continue m high school this year are Earl Brown, Walter MIksch, Marjorie Fle field and Ruth Eske. C. E. Gray returned from Baker re cently after several weeks spent In looking after his hay crop there. Most of our club members will ex hibit their products at the fair this week. County Superintendent Ager called at the school one day last week. Newton Davis and Ruby Conner, who were married last Monday, were pleasantly surprised. Saturday night when about 35 of their friends of the neighborhood gathered to give them a bundle shower. A large number of useful presents were bestowed upon them and after some time spent in merry-making Ice cream and cake vere served. At a late hour all de parted for their homes, declaring thoy had Bpent a very pleasant even ing and wishing the young couple happiness In their new life. The first meeting of the Parent Teacher circle was held Friday even ing. . The pupils had prepared an ex hibit consisting of regular and Indus trial work. A rather Informal pro pram consisting of talks Interspersed with musical numbers by Miss Mlkscli and Mr. Grover was enjoyed by all. KMBAKGO IS PLACK1) ON ALL LI MBKIt SHIPMENTS An embargo against all Bhlpraents of lumber with certain exceptions has been placed by the car service section of the United States Railway dmlnlBtration, effective on all llnej In the country. K. M. Mcoles, chairman of the San Francisco committee, car service sec tion, notified all carriers In his ter ritory of the embargo which went In to effect at 12:01 a. m. Monday, Sep tember ICtli. Nicole's notification read as fol lows: "An embargo Is placed against all shipments of foreBt products except' shooks, staves, hoops, headings, man ufactured containers from all points in the United States and Canada to destinations within the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con necticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deleware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois, Michigan, Wlsconsn, and Dis trict of Columbia, except when con signed: "(A) To officers of the United States government by title but not by came, Including officers of the fol lowing departments: The public printer, postofflce department, bu reau of engraving and printing, ma r'ne corps, war department, army nr.vy department, navy yards and na vy stations, American Red Cross, Im perlal munition board of Canada United States housing corporation und the Panama canal. "(B) To the United States Ship ping Board Emergency Fleet Corpo ration, followed by the words for ac count of, and to be followed by name und location of particular concerns performing the work. "(C) Direct to car and locomo tive manufacturers. "(D) Railroad material consign ed to an officer of the railroad when destined to a point on such railroad "The movement of commercial shipments of forest products to em bargoed destinations will be controll ed through the Issuance of permits by the sar service section or by the freight traffic committee basing Ju risdiction when operating conditions varrant, and upon presentation by consignees of evidence which Justi fies transportation service. No per mits will be Issued xcept from the rclnt at which shipment actually originated, and to its final destina tion. The reconslgnment of shipment moving under such permits Is prohi bited. "Shipments In transit will be ac cepted." COOKS ARE SCARCE IN Y. W. C. A. CAFETERIA Woman's traditional household problem of getting and keeping a cook has bobbed up In the caMorln of the Young Women's Christian as sociation hostess house at Canin Lewis. Thtere is a reason for the regret which overshadows the pride with which Mrs. Alexander McCracken, so cial hostess, views a service flae with seven stars draped from the celllns of the cafeteria. Each star rnnrp"! e'ents a prized kitchen employe lost to tne hostess house. Seven men who once nronnrod meals for the cafeteria patrons are now in uniform preparing to "cook the kaiser's goose" instead. Frd MMlbr enlisted in the navy; Harold Newton is at Camp Grant, Illinois; Earl Moaer and Al Hellln are train. In? at Camp Lewis; Alonzo Bond is in the hospital corps and Ed Calhoun !s In the aviation service; and a nv. enth whose name was not available is in the service. I Disturbance Raised By Sugar Slacker A slight disturbance was caused Sunday, says the Roscburg Dally News, when B. R. Latz, a traveling salesman for a Portland concern. Insulted one of the waitresses of the Umpqua hotel of that city In the din ing room of the hostelry. Upon re ceiving but one spoonful of sugar la his coffee, Latz called the waitress 4 vile name and stated that one spoon ful of sugar ' was not enough and that he should be allowed more. One spoonful of sugar being the amount allowed for coffee, the girl did not supply his wants, but related the cir cumstances to the proprietor, W. J. Weaver, who accosted the patron a to the manner In which he addressed the waitress, and also of the dissatis faction toward the amount of sugar given him. Latz told the hotel man ager that It was none of his business, whereupon the lutter proceeded to eject the Individual. Deputy Sheriff T. A. Rafferty was called to the scene of the disturbance and Latz was taken into custody, later bein? released and allowed to leave the city. It Is understood that the traveling salesman was pleased that there was enough of him left to leav- town. He should have been given a good sound "drubbing." Former Resident Died In The East Miss Cora Dlvet, clerk in the First National bank, has received a letter telling her of the death of her. fath er, J. C. Devit, which occurred In Del hi, N. Y. The Devit family, with the exception of Miss Cora, went to Delhi last November to reside. While Mr. Devit has been In poor health for some time, death was unexpected at this time. "The king of France, with twenty thousand men, Marched up a hill and then march ed down again." Does not the old nursery rhyme re cur to us when we think of the im mense cost and- effort of the German drive this year, and the fact that they are now pushed back to their original line? Scissors are said to be the leadinsr note in the latest Paris mode3. Ia It possible that walking skirts or eve ning corsages can be cut further than at present? Willeasleaa Klin fin va Iiiaiaooa iht a A ll v 1 LltOU tllW church congregations or the Sunday uuaeuaii auaiences, or both? Uncle Sam Lifts The Lid Farmers, bring in yonr wheat for your winter's flour , ( "All limits OB nnnnfUv dollrerw able to farmers on exchange trans actions nave been removed. "Mills in exchange transactions must deliver to tho' farmers whole wheat flour, graham, or prescribed mixed flours or sell him reauIreJ tubstltutes in combinations with standard wheat flour. Ratio 80 per cent flour to 20 per cent substitute. YOU FURNISH THE WHEAT . WE DO THE REST. Ashland Wills