/»* f ? f ; TRE DflIUY TIDINGS EDITORIAL a n d pE ESTABLISHED IN 1876 G J. HEAD, ASHLAND D A IL Y T ID IN G S OUT OUR WAY Every day the news^pers are filled with dis patches of civil war in Nicaragua, United States interference to protect the lives of nationals of this and other nations, debate in the senate over the wisdom of onr Pan American policy. Unless we are up on our geography we know little or nothing of the small country oyer which there is so much ado. Being curious to know more of the little nation we took' the trouble to dig out the old geography and we leaned: “ Nicaragua, bounded by Honduras on the north and Costa Bica on the souUi, has an area of 49,200 square miles and a population, according to the last available figures, of 638,119. ’ The capital is Managua, a city of 60,342 souls, and the largest city is Leon,' with about 70,000. . Two mountain, ranges traverse the country. .On the plateaus life is fairly pleasant, but on the coast and in the lowlands it is altogether too hot. * “ The dry season runs from December to April and the rainy season from May to November in the western section of the country, but in the eastern part it rains all the year around. “ Nicaragua exports coffee, cabinet woods, rub ber, sugar, bananas, gold, silver and hides. She grows tobacco, eotton, cacao, maize and wheat. Her principal items of food are maize and beaus. “ Agriculture and mining are the chief indus tries. Ooxn is the principal crop, but most of it is eaten at horn?. Sugar production is greater than in any other Central American state. Coffee representa 27 per cent of total exports and sugar 22 per cent. Production of gold varies. It arose to a high mark of 20 per cent of the export total in 1915. “ The education system is not so bad. Free primary education is compulsory for children be tween the ages of 5 and 14. Facilities are good for free higher instruction.” , And that’s altout all there is to know of the country over which all the hullaballo has been Guantanamo in all worked up. With all the war ships going to Nicaragua, the convention bureau fears Cuba won’t get the maneuvers this"year. West Point cadets can smoke openly now. Their girl friends often were inconvenienoed when the boys bad no fags between dances. After coming within 40,000,000 mile« of the earth Mare ifi receding again. Rut the State De partment had better look out—you never can tell. The world*« moot truHting man has l>een found. He lost four $50 and two $20 bills on a New York street the other day and advertised for them. PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO. By Williams E M = M W ; î ’ m GLAD To S I B MOO AQrAiM ^TO O 1 ARE m V MOO O O m m û T b S u m OAW SCHOOL AWM teOOE. A prepared statement from Arnold , Bennett Hall, president of the University of Oregon just received today carries the rather startling informa tion that every Oregon student who attends this (great institution of learning is compelled to pay out in feès the sum of $109.46. This is a surprising and disappointing situation. A state owned school who finds it necessary during the years of advance ment to finance itself partly by assessing students* an inverted tuition, under the innocent and polite title of fees. *• , We who have been brought to look upon our state schools as being free to those who can present the necessary scholastic standing, wake ùp to find that onr boys and girts are compelled to pay in “ fees,” that which nearly amounts to the usual tuition charges of out-of-state schools. There is something radically wrong with onr general financial structure when we are unable to properly finance a state school from state funds assessed for that purpose, when we have to resort to charging foes for every conceivable purpose in order that onr school may keep up the high stand ard set by other institutions. Either the men who are Responsible for the finances of the state univer. sity are terribly short sighted in not protecting the students and Dad and Mother at home from this vicious system of having to dig up for that which should be financed by state wide taxation, or, the funds that can be raised for this purpose are so lim ited that they do not fullfill the mission for which they were intended. . Whatever may be the cause for such a situation, it is unjust and unfair, and will mean as the years go by that many boys and girls, who are rightfully entitled to a higher education will be barred because of the “ fee” system. Nicaragua W. H. PERKINS, news editor MANAGING EDITOR f — F t» — » ì BOYS ARE GUESTS OF SPONSORS 1 BuMneaa Session is Held After Dinner Meeting ^ GOOO GO«H GAMES. IF MA GOTTA SUCW HOUR MhUM1 SOCV< -fa ' oTneQ owe. J ( CA m -TMA SEE SUES Thirteen employed boy* ot the city M t down to a banquet siren by 6 . F. C anon and C. J. Read, sponsors of the 1 . I f. C. A* Em ployed Boys’ d u b , In Pioneer hall last evening Everyone pres ent pronounced it the beet of the Beason, and a .rla ta s vote of thank* was voted thq sponsors. Other* , in attendance at the dlaaer «eve: Evas Campbell, E arl N utter. H ash OiUmore, Hs^ry May, Russell Herbert, Rus sel Frost. M elvin Kyner, Roland ' Parka, W illiam A n*tln, Oene O’Grady. Ted Caldwell, H a rry E l- hart, Vogel F ranklin and W . P. W alter. Prior to the dinner those present Indulged in boxing and hand ba}l, some fast matches be ing held In both event*. A short business session was held at which time a committee consisting of Evan Campbel), Hugh OiUmore and Roland Parks was oppolnted to provide for the meeting next week at which time L. H . Han sen w ill assume leadership of the club. Interest la growing In this club and it promises to be one of the live organisations In the city, according to those la charge. I )<3H am W haws whh \ f a ‘ OWE. SOLARE , The vast field was jnwetloa I « « A —4b- totted now as they slipped a jEris with poplar Itoed gravai .drtvewi W » . TU» ward thp taala road oateid • toara «te strange eoatraet to the vfvM . Fenge/W, of the attoraooo the totora be eideUara ■ e r/ A /fer lo t oostly eqalpage*. F ar across the tha Qato- (hare «eld. stasis Me ba She dusk ’ behind a land silhouetted against the after t trees to glow, grooms were leadtna the Ive dub’s tired Mftle polo ponies to hard earn ed west and onto to thefr distant kmdscftp* I stables. Only twe er. three ears raaaalneA I still parked. They belonged to iy k heart; those of the pteyera who lingered i bleakness jovially over' the “ninth" chukker Mllag tors, I In the clubhouse. Usually the life ot each a party, autetun of a n f Were Ranny would have been sorely out rapping to of place to there at preeeaA. Ha swung the big ear eat upon a of their the smooth concrete of the Jericho Turnpike and morosely headed > cityward, toto the dying Ught of the day. What Others Say D A N V IL L E , 111.,— A guest In the Crescent hotel was awakened by the thud of » ehoe on the flo o r above. He failed to hear the other shoe drop, apd sensing some thing wrong, he told the clerk. They broke Into the room aad found W illiam M lnn*ra, a painter, seated la a chair, daad. One shoe was still on his foot. EVANSTON, 111.,— Police man Henry W hite noticed that Mike H ick’s girth had increased since a year ’ ago aad remarked the tact. “ I t has aad It hasn’t,“ said Mike. “ How would you like a little drlnkT’’ He opened his overcoat, tapped a tiny faucet attached t * * metal cask about his waist and filled a glass. , “ I t ’s good moon and only two btta,** he told fleer. B at he had picked the wrong patron. BIGGLESWADE, AND Loafer: One whose chief per- plexty Is what to do between meals. Inventor: One who originates new things for other asea to get rich on. Hope:-A force* that keeps the sale of hair-restorers bust developers. Good Judgment: W aiting until a woman stops crying before deciding whst to do. Honesty: About the only thing left that can’t be produced cheap er by machinery. Eag., W ith one dissenting vote the board of guardians has agreed to engage a hair dresser to shingle the wom en Inmates of the local poor hones. Tha one objector H e i Heck says: “ A lia r can’t git much o’ anywhere without a good workin’knowledge o’ arith metic.’* Newberg— High school will Many ’ of the Inmates of the county ja il landed there because they werq seeking to escape hard work by soma method each «e boattagging. A few days’ hard work On •the cohnty roads may con vince them that perhaps, af ter all, they were mistaken to their calling.— Oregon Ob server. Eastern Oregon’s winter weather may be hard on the trial budget bat tbe enow it provides - promises a fatta* valley pocketbook next fall when harvests are over.— L a Grande Observer. That “good-will flig h t” of A m erica* svlatera to Central sad South America doesn’t appear to have engendered any alarm ing ameant at good w ill In Mexico or Nic aragua.— 8 t Helens Mlat. " The n o w mahea It si pery aad sloppy, but J think what R means next summer’s Irrigation. Ben Bulletin. McMinnville— Plans made built hold 10-weeks night farm school new creamery to , be here. *6 « ,» 1827 season. fo r for TURNING THE PAGES BACK ASHLAND ASHLAND ASHLAND Hargadine ft Woods, w h o Mrs. Susie L. Allen has nol Mrs. George Jenkins and Mrs. bought the Murphy Bros, meat been able to be In her real es Bella Boner Jeft this ijeek for m arket a short time ago, have tate office for the past week, be California. ing detained at home with Illness, shut up thetr shop or reported Wednesday that they would cloeo their business. The fresh meat M r. aad Mrs. M. E. H arrto Miss Blanche Logan la at home nod a stator of M r. Harris are in Ashland after an absence of on hand was sold to the other here from Gaselle, Siskiyou three years, the latter two of market, but Mr. Nell rays that county, aad w ill locate. The which she has been traveling the report that Pelton ft Nell Harris* hayw been residents of throughout the United 8tates bought oat th e ir business la or Gaselle tor over 36 years. and CaAada with the Baird the der to does the shop Is not atrical company, playing a lead trna. ing role and scoring a marked Granite from the Blair quarries success In the profession. sernth of Ashlaad is being coaetd- James Chisholm was at Med erad as * possible material for ford yesterday ob a business trip Mrs. O, D. Crandall has re construction of the new poet- turned from a visit with friends effiae in Portland. In Central Point aad Medford. John D. BockefeJler recently gave a Sunday school pupil o f 1865 a dime. Virtue has its reward Klamath eoaaty, whore , ho eventually. drive an auto stage. J. R. Toser and wife of Ash F. H. Carter has returned from land are vlsRlng with R. A. A l will a vacattoa of several weeks epeat ford and other friends to Klam on the coast. ath county. Cecil Grises left yesterday tor Rumor Has it That Soldiers Are Being Prepared *T appreciate yoop'coming with of sprlnr- de forever sour me, Clay, old rowdy, when you of ladlffer- might ju *t as well have stayed to there"—Indicating the clubhouse with n jerk ef hie thumb has* ever his shoulder—“with mors ehaeyfal company.” "Bother year appreciation, old son. I f there's anyone whs under stands yon it’s L Come, now, tell P<pa-^w hat’s It all about anyway 1“ SAN FRANCISCO, J *a. 28.— Ranny drove turgidly, with the (U N )— United States marines are being ooaceatrated In San "Oh. you most know that Joan Diego from all sections of the Pa aad I haven’t been getting along cific coast, giving rise to reports 11 stoosjs^m eaO^or wlT that an expeditionary force may be dispatched to China from that | to get ear tempera to dovetail. The [old, old atory of two decided per Port w ithin a abort time. , sonalities daubing—and with an of Mar|ae headquarters here to | give and non* cd taka on both day denied that transfer from stood “ "To* admit, than, a certain cut men from maU, recruiting and p a b illty r barracks duty had any particu "Yes, certainly, ap to the ttate I lar significance. But It was dis flrat began to inspect that another closed that the army transport maa had entered ths CM*. Since then Tvs had little sptrtt to fight Chaumont, which was scheduled much. Bat before that—well, I ’m to undergo a thorough overhaul no sweet angel chlM. you knew. ing nt Mare Island Bavy yard, We w e n , neither ot as, chickens of la tender age whan we married. w ill cat her stay short and sail I Joan was goto* on for thirty, and from this harbor next Tuesday. , otalaft- I right at ths fall swing of a success The Chaumont was to have left !. romance. Into the hitherto aa- ful career as an Interior decora- tor—" for China on March 10, but it is , breached foafress of her heart to I “Yes," chuckled Clay, “with all believed now that she w ill pro , the warm May of new lovet family’s tons of money and no ceed to San Diego from here i His pained, passled eyes staring her when she departs next week. | • at the emptiness ef hie car, Ranny end of swank and pride, ah* had too much gumption to ha ah Idle , stood an one to a trance, saying society belle. To tell the truth, Mare Island today dispatched [ nothing, thinking everything g« Ranny. 1 was surprised «hen aha 100 men to San Diego, while the / gulped hard once or twice. The* gave up, even tor you. her watte a* same number le /j from the Pa was the only outward revelation ef an Interior decorator—” ’ I; hie h a rt get Sound Navy yard at Bremer ! Then he felt a friendly, eympa- “H uh!" Interrupting with a wry grant, “merely * change to deal» ton, Wash. . i thlslng grip upon his arm. nation! She’s has« an exterior I t was Olay, who had also re M all guards from Los Angeles, deaerator ever atoeo-deoorattog mained silent up to this, under the Salt Lake City, Portland, Spokane ms with wrinkles and gray hates!* aad Seattle, namberiag nearly I ; spell ot hie chum’s gloomy mood, “It was Just Joan’s, nature to i Now ho said graMy: 100 more, were under orders to I I “W ell, there’s no sense to staad- slope once she did fall In lore. She has positive passlaaat For 1 tn< here ®oonlng. Let's got" prepare tor a trip southward. ’ ten years every other eligible bach- < “Where sk*U : gOr bitterly. When these men gather In San i “Home to an empty bouseT TO alt elor In tbs Register had been set Diego there w ill be a force of : and twiddle my thumbs entll my ting bis chops tor her, bat she about 1,600 men there 1 ; wife feels she can suffer along tor would have bobs of them. I won der what fatal attraction you had 1 awhile without the enchanting vo-e- that you wars able to sweep her off , pany ------ of of her—lover!“ her—lover T" Cleaning up Pioneer H a l l - i “R aaay!" Several of the ladies who belong I “Oh, I ’m sorry!" cynically. “1 evidently. And A h u r Orai R found It," bitterly. to the Americas Legion A uxiliary suppose I am a htt at a cad. len t that I m ló tru t Joan’s virtue. “Splitting Gratman’a he are spending the day cleaning up I I hope, please God, that It hasn’t their meeting place, the. Pioneer gone that ter—y e t But wRh a wa- with a pate ball would! bplped pda to reaaptare 1 H all on W inburn Way., warned sharply. Ranny started rialbly. knewT Well. I was bes Forest fires In or near the 22 tlvely. T h erf’s no compromise hi soahn-up. She’ll be flamlngly national forests of Oregon and loyal to you until you actually give Washington destroyed more than h e r * divorce. She’s tlmt rare eovt f600,000 worth gf tangible re of woman who can be proud of bar so d encrusted « o a m h e t * liho without posing as a martyr." me can’t giva you remaskahlp saga sources during 182«, according to h virtue Ranny nodded. R was good to advice concerning bow to —— — the annual fire statistical report I W M k wen of Joan. But a wife, but it seems to me that with by the United States forest service I then—the «y to the olatment bus- * • » < - • • « Ms ooa office. ■civtOTiiwo; “Tnte^ssiough—antll she’s oom Î S S ’Æ U S l B î i S ! S E •Vteaed that I won’t give her a 41- re ca p tu twMt.“ ¡raraal Then, because she’s too “1 wonder—* n S î* *5 eympromlae, she'll just coel- ;iy aad deliberately, as one might wonder too ——V aad do tra Bt- ram te any ordinary social or bnet- tle. IM IU r B D U I PAS&AGM Your conjectricas roam ****** >aara doetatoa, lot herself go!" . » • M X paneed, wistfully contem- “ Beware' of false prophets, which come to yon In sheep’» .ptettog the space where Abner’e eeeentfal pattern — r - ^ f i Q l i T i’Mdeter had been narked, and the clothing, bat Inwardly they road Where patently lt had sped ty that She liked, (orhaae m*V* are ravening wolves. Ye shall iBWay With the precious freight of know then* J>y th e ir frnlto. ■ e etaanch affection. Ito men gather grapes • of ftroaeiRhr he continued: ttkorao, og, figs of thistles7“ M/tod. ft hurts to think of se M att. 7:JB, Id. flae a woman he Joan throwing her» In the final SRalyels we are aU to be known by the kind of fru it we yield. That man ’ o Æ aSh “ n w* r# • om* w°rih or that woman who is living while blighter who-had vamped a- double life need have no har, same chap with a t laagt oaa gr worry as to whothor they are g e ttln f away with It dr’ not; Confined to Hoaeo— they shaU ho graded la the Visitor Prom gathertand— final anatjeb by the fru itfu l Faal Mara of the Overlan V. H. Cornuit of Sutherland, ness of their lives, and such Shoe Shop on Main street, is con Ore., Is spending a few days la lives do not yield heavily for fined to his home on Granite 81. Ashlaad looking after ànsi»»« the Kingdom o f Oodi today with Illness.