ASSOLATO DAILY HDDTCM
Tuesday, December 18, 1019
P h a rm a te u tic a l fra te rn ity . T his is th e visitors w ith the stu d e n ts of O.
with the enemy, but now and then
SIGN OF A NOVICE
considered a g rea t honor as only A. C. Miss T horne did faith fu l work
coming unexpectedly on the deadly ma­
chine gun nests of the rear g u a rd ; how
th e few selected stu d e n ts of excel­ for O. A. C. last sum m er. She was
Captain Cushman, commanding Tom­
lent scholastic standing in p h a rm a ­ the secretary for G reater O. A. C.
F o d > M etfeu d id V o W e
my’s own platoon because of a short- |
cy are chosen. He was news edi­ in th e Jackson county division. H er
age of lieutenants, had stormed one of j
to r of th e O. A. C. B arom eter, the diligent w ork was rew arded when 171 VQruW MalS&ùi.
TelTtfiia I t
' these enemy positions and had been
stu
d
en
t
paper,
last
year.
He
was
stu
d
en
ts
cam
e
to
school
th
is
year
shot leading his men across an open
also one of the ed ito rs of th e fra te r­ th ro u g h her influence.
field. “He died bravely, Miss Anna- .
By WILL T. AMES
belle,” said Tommy, In conclusion. “1
nity section of the Ju n io r A nnual
Am ong th e o th er stu d e n ts from
wish he could have lived - to come
( I nCi«rporp4eOefl)
d u rin g his ju n io r year. He w as a A shland are Jo h n
W. A nderson,
back.”
And
then,
after
a
little,
the
m em ber of th e finance c o m m itte e ! Archie B. A nderson, E lm er E. Bag-j Office andnW oW ar®4oJN8.4SfleBfaa* <4
(C o p y r ig h t. 1J1S. by th o M cC lure N e w i-
p a p e r S y n d ic a te .)
■ new Tommy asserted himself enough i
for Ju n io r W eek-end. His ex ecu tiv e< ley, E. M. B arrett, V incent W. H am -'
St.,3ft.skiahlhn0reQre.
to venture—“to you.”
The trouble with Tommy Ellis •
ability
was
shown
in
his
excellent
mond,
C
larence
E.
H
edburg,
M
ai-,
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t
u
i-tn y tn f-fh u y f i
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Annabelle looked straight at Tommy.
showed itself from the first day he
work
on
th
e
Y.
M.
C.
A.
executive
colm
M.
H
um
phrey,
John
H.
Jones,
{
RetfftepdtfnYfcrk
“As a soldier,” she asked, “do you
went to school. It was a little school,
com m ittee. He is a m em ber of t h e ; R obert F. K eller, C hester C. Mac-
We 7 m a n iM n n a r tu r w a x ffa g in ^ la lltn A
think it was necessary for Captain ■
and there were just fifty hooks on the
Cushman to lose his life at th at time
K appa Psi fra te rn ity , and is m a n a -' Cracken, Troy A. Phipps, Jam es L. Equipment0KtSa^B«iinillM id*t<iu»u'fca<1'
walls of the boys’ “entry,” with fifty- and place? Do you think those Huns |
ger of his house.
> P o rter, H arold N. Prose, E rnel E. Ship MaCbinhfjrer9teSt»aaii<fifi&iUBn4£o
one boys to hang their hats on them. could have been driven out without a
gines, B oiIhiider»n(hn(H e4^av)S teK .^
E
rn
est
A
bbott,
one
of
th
e
prom
-i
S tearn s and H arold B Stone.
H alf a dozen of the new boys were frontal attack? Was it good leader­
W ork; G r e jr JyoftçofiedS»fi<teSL-*'BraM»aae
ising stu d en ts of the sophom ore class,
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sae
younger and smaller than Tommy, who
and Bronzer.üaÆiiBgingi eteeyetynHinc
ship to do what he did?”
is a m em ber of the Sigma Phi E p s i-;
'h a d reached the ripe age of seven;
Having. î4fiort»«ihighlgquâçptrt?e«tumj!î
“Why, Miss Annabelle,” exclaimed
but Tommy it was who had to lay his | Tommy, taken wholly by surprise by
p lan t for ffthethaanniautaceuB sidiirt-Ta»
Ion F ra te rn ity .
In his
fre s h m a n ;
cap on the floor in the corner because this questioning, “what—what makes
pairs of bèatr^aajnfin* sik a ta a a e t nriae >
year he represented his class in t h e ;
“He’s a new driver.”
chine a n d rfOutrdrydnyoBfcprlv,« wwlfcott - £
he let the other fellows grab while he | you doubt it?”
debating team . He is now on the
“What makes you think so?”
your ord ereera& id qinttafcd A stllH U taat tt
held back. Tommy didn't like having
“Because,” replied the girl, “I know
“He hasn't got over arguing with board of the Co-operative Associa-;
and quotation*: te r fiu M a k e A
to put his cap on the floor any better
: all about it. You are not the only per- the traffic policemen yet.”
tion.
tion. <
»than the other boys. But somebody’s * son I have seen who was there. Ser-
T helm a Throne, one of A shland’s .
had to go there, and so it was Tom­ j geant Fanton of your squad is my j
m ost popular young women, is a
my’s.
Feed »YotttoiOalCaiyeSyiiChMfcenHidic1
cousin. He told me about it. It was a
m em ber of the ju n io r class of hom e;
It wasn’t because he was slow or
blundering, headstrong piece of
P itiig a
stupid that Tommy, from that time on, thoughtless bravado, and it cost many
¡econom ics.
She has been a mem-
1 3 7 E . M ain
took the dust of bis schoolmates and lives besides his. Tommy Ellis. I know
j ber of the M adrigal club th ro u g h o u t
later on the choice of whatever was something else. I know you didn't
1 h er college life. Belonging to this
being given out in the way of favors or like Floyd Cushman. I know he al­
organization is considered an honor
’ jobs or opportunities. On the contrary. ways treated you contemptuously.
It takefikt)betk4apta.«tf a&edhaMeek»cfc
as only the best singers a re selected
Tommy was brighter and quicker and Then why did you, when he was struck
milk
ancLiai i&snbsbitite&’u agrajntMfl.ed.
Because of her in itiativ e a b ility /sh e
naturally more skillful and clever than down leave the C0VPr F a nton had or-
Cream
.is wntartkotODUBh itaenar. cq
was appointed chairm an of th e s tu n t
the m ajority of boys. But he was ut­ dered you to take, and go out there
now
to
foedetd
tbethaleaivw hsibM uM iii
terly lacking in self-assertive’ness.
given by C authorn hall girls a t th e
N. G. BATES, Prop.
into th at rain of bullets in a dear,
j tu a l Com ptnpuhnii toettattcfeedeeflbrfaa
The only occasion on which Tommy’s wonderful, foolish, crazy attem pt to
annual s tu n t show. She now holds
S H E D O P E D I T O U T.
f hand went up in time to be recognized save him and bring him back to the
th e responsible office of m anager We use th e V iolet R ay for Sealp half th ® ,M,8to8t-
by the teacher, when she was showing rocks? I know all about it, I tell y o u !
“D a u g h te r , It’s tim e y o u
of h er sorority. Sigma K appa. She
off her pupils to visiting parents or But whv did you do it—what made I th in k i n g a b o u t m a r r i a g e .’
i
N a ta fflfc ffiih n is is
is a m em ber of the Y. W. C. A. and
t h a t Is w h y
“1 have father
4 committeemen, was when he was the you ?”
Baths
Shoe Chining Parlor 3 5 3 E u A -M a M a i» .
T elT dll B I J
th e hom e economics club. D uring
only child in the room who knew the
‘Why- -why—why, Annabelle. There I ’m still single.”
th is last Hom e-com ing W eek-end
answ er to the question. If one or two i wasn’t anything else to do—when I
she was on th e publicity com m ittee.
or a dozen of the others were prepared thought ofi you, waiting for him to
with the desired information they were , comp back,”
As she is a good m ixer, she m an­
all sure to beat Tommy to it.
“But. Tommy! I wasn’t waiting for
aged to do her p art in acq uainting
There was a little girl whom Tommy Floyd to come back. Yon dear, self-
• worshiped in his secret soul.
One effacing, modest, morbid old Tommy—I
day her hat blew off. She was the was waiting for you. And I’ve always
school beauty, so five boys put chase been waiting for you all my mortal
C orn er by th e P a r k .
after the hat. Tommy, as usual, got life. Tommy Ellis, are you going to
started last, having been bumped out live the rest of your existence in the
W ill ttdd(d£OflLOfsrpMtaMto ttbethap-4p^
You would feel b e tte r and w arm er
of his stride by another boy. It was a old way. letting everything go for want
i these cold m ornings w ith one of P e il’s
freak wind and of a sudden the hat of enough cruelty or wickedness or
pearaacaooaf qtonrourrc^Borfcjr ;t*n<fcnaa »«
«
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL­ '
r shifted its course and came straight —gumption—or whatever it is to reach
i all wool au to robes. W ill m ake a
LEGE,
Corvallis,
Dec.
16.—
A
shland
' a t Tommy and a mud puddle. Tommy out and grab? Or are you going to
b eau tifu l C hristm as
IcLaSslliattlnR
m uch to à ts tt
^headed it off ami. all blushes, look a grab—me?” Annabelle was laughing is represented by 22 of th e 2906 Pra c t*ca' a n d
stu
d
e
n
ts
now
registered
a
t
the
c
o
l-,
p
resent
for
any
one.
Most
any
m
ake
single step toward his inam orata. Then and crying at once. But she cried al­
value, i*.
another boy grabbed the bat away from together. and shuddered as she sobbed : lege. This is a new m ark in to ta l I of sew ing m achine fo r sale or rent,
* Tommy and himself bestowed it upon “ And you almost threw your life en rollm ent— an increase of 86 per C edar fence posts fo r sale.
its owner, with the air of one having aw ay !”
cent over th e figure for th e corre- ___________________________________
rescued it from tbe puddle instead of
Tite war helped some. Annabelle
sponding period of 1916-’17, th e last
purloining it from the abashed Tom- helped a great deal more. Tommy got
Despite th e
, my’s worshipful hand. The little girl, a better run next day. Last month he norm al school year.
whose name was Annabelle Hester, beat out three candidates for assist­ fact th a t class, lab o rato ry and of­
„smiled benignantly upon tbe other boy, a n t division superintendent. If you fice room has been a t such a pre­
»whose name was Floyd Cushman, and push Tommy now you'll get pushed m ium th a t every available space in
T hd’Ww
•»never even gave Tommy a glance.
back.
basem ent and g a rre t has been u til­
Oak SL
Tel. 117
And so it was. At twenty Tommy
ized, a high sta n d a rd of efficiency
Especially when you can get the
was holding down the worst possible
has been m aintained.
M
IC
K
IE
SAYS
best and fresh est B read and Cakes
job in the gift of the superintendent of
Of the 22 stu d en ts from A s h la n d ,: fo r th e least m oney.
‘ f
the one-horse interurban trolley com­
one
is
a
senior,
four
are
ju
n
io
rs,
five
T
h
a
t’s
why
o
u
r
business
is
increas-
|
pany, a joh which no one else would
< MfAW.MjéUE €DU. SUJAPVUq'
sophom
ores,
11
freshm
en
and
o
n
e
iin
g
daily.
take, and which necessitated his get­
«BUttSCÄlPYtON ttCCJEAPTS FtR
We carry a full line of Pastry all
t i n g up at an unconscionable hour in 1 - T U ' OOEEhi, OOUOt, KALE,
special.
the
time.
the morning, ami walking a mile a fte r
M orrice K aegi, a p opular student,
CAOW m etvs, w m a v u n s , fkaxohaa ,
taking tbe last car into the barn at
CV4H, PRAttCS, OVThitNS, OfsCVk,
is active in stu d e n t a ffairs. He has
AT
night, with all his leisure time in the ■
be a n s —
done m uch for th e w elfare of th e
middle of the day—and what use can
ANNlUiNG-, OESY SO tONgrB
.a young fellow make of the hours from
rva KAOKÆ.M
ten till three?
The use that Tommy made of them '
^was to think, hopelessly and with a !
sinking heart, about tliat same Anna- '
1 8 0 E A S T M AIN ST.
belle H ester whose hat he saved from
being muddied when be was a little
R . C. .Jorgensen, P rop .
boy. Annabelle was a stenographer in
Aown now, but she still lived in the su- |
hurbnn village, and very often rode
»out on the car on which Tommy col- !
iected the fares.
IX SPECIA L G IFT BOXES
She was always friendly and nice ,
to Tommy, and now and then lie ven­
tured to talk to her a little, but only
now and then, because Tommy fan­
cied Annabelle seemed a little nervous
C o m b in a tio n B o x es o f C ards an d
and ili at ease at such times, perhaps
P
ap
er; B e a u tifu l T in ts, B lu e, P in k ,
as though she didn't just care about
Y e llo w , e tc .
‘getting too intimate with a conductor.
Another reason was that Floyd Cush-
J u s t th e kind of a gift your sw eet­
■inan, who was in college now, and go- j
h
e
a rt, sister, m o th er o r friend would
*ing to be a lawyer, rode out with An- j
appreciate.
Always acceptable, a l­
*nabelle whenever he came back to the ,
village, which was pretty often, and
w ays useful.
quite took possession of her. Yes. Tom- )
ray felt altogether “out of it” with An­
W E A R E F E A T U R IN G H IG H L A N D ,
nabelle.
> Then the war came. Tommy went as
C R A N E ’S an d o th e r Q U A L­
J» buck private and came back as one.
y e wasn't, it appeared, of non-com ma­
ITY ST A T IO N E R Y
terial. thougrt an intelligent, studious
and conscientious soldier. Floyd Cush­
at
D A N C O N N E R , P r o p r ie to r .
man. jamming his way in the atten ­
tion of tiis superiors at Plattsburg and H eadquarter« for Com m ercial Men
and T ourists.
later in France, attained to a captaincy
before he met his finish above Verdun. E uropean P lan .
Excellent Grill.
When Tommy was demobilized they
M erchants’ Lunch.
gave him bnek bis old run, and it was
POLEY A ELHART, D ruggists
Two Blocks from L ith ia P a rk .
tbe third evening tliat he saw Anna­
belle Hester. The girl had climbed to
the platform of th e ear and was on the
point of entering when she glanced up
and saw Tommy. She went white, then
rosy. “Why, Tommy—Tommy Ellis!”
th e Ch,me, d o c k . '
she exclaimed. “When on earth did
Copyright 1919 by
you get back?
I didn't—I never
F J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
heard—” Annabelle was becoming in­
articulate.
o u certainly get yo u rs when you lay your smokecards on the tebia’ple
Tommy Eilis had been through what
no man can go through and still be
call for a tidy red tin or a toppy red bag of Prince Albert and rclbAl
rr
quite as he was before. Much of his
makin’s cigarette! You’ll want to hire a statistical bureau to keep oniwfr
old self-consciousness w a s gone.
of your sm okestunts! W hy, you never dreamed of the sport that
- "Annabe'le,” he said in a manly, di­
ONLY N IN E D A Y S TO
awaiting your call in a home rolled cigarette when i t ’s P. A . for
rect way. “I’m dreadfully sorry about
C H R ISTM A S
Floyd. I’m the only one yon know who
DON'T put off your C hristanis
♦ a s there when It happened. All the
Talk about flavor! Man, man, you haven’t got the listen of half
’’ t^r ‘
th in k in g and shopping any longer.
way back I was thinking you’d want to
Indecision
prolongs
delay.
Decide
smokecareer
until
y
o
u
kn
o
w
what
rolling
’em
with
P.
A.
can
do
for
yo
u
r
»
know, and that the first thing I’d do
th a t you will include one of those
contentment! And, back of P. A.’s flavor, and rare fragrance—proofs d f <
would be to tell you. If you’ll let me
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kftow when. I’ll get off and come over
Prince A lb ert’s quality—stands our exclusive patented process that:;
am ong th e gifts for each boy and
to your house and tell you.”
cuts out bite and parch ! W ith P. A. your smokesong in a makin’s cigai^j
girl, and come in for a Savings P a ss­
“Do. Tommy: come tomorrow in your
book to bear your “ M erry C h ristm as.”
r ?
rette will outlast any phonograph record you ever heard i Prince Albert
off-time. I’m going to be home. And I
The th o u g h tfu l look a h ead ; the
is
a cinch to roll. It’s crimp cut and stays p u t like a regular p a lt.i!
do want to hear—everything.” Tommy
th o u g h tless look back.
didn’t notice the odd, studying look the
Prince Albert upsets any notion you ever had as to how delightful a !
him. But he promised to g o ;
ghï g-
jimmy
pipe can be! It is the tobacco that has aade three men smoke,e; R ’ '<• --f- ! i x
y he went.
find ’
pipes where one was smoked before. It has woi. men all over the nafine-. -! I
•id Annabelle about the
i To
rush of the great m ove
/p e e
to
the joys of smoking.
g V. C«
A S H LAN D. 0 (3 E C O N ^ ^ i ^ '’ V.Ç ^R.LÇÂ. pres
■ - fv *
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he Americans cleaned ont
mem
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J W Mc COY. C a s h ie r
jh e V» . <.un salient; how most of the
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