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The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

Squads C'squeakers'). "a hours old.
as fine as ground coffee. These three
substances are very essential to the
health Of pigeons. Clean out and re.
plenish each Of these boxes weekly.
For the morning ration give equal
parts of cracked corn, wheat and peas,
well mixed. In the afternoon use
cracked corn, kafir corn, millet ana
peas in equal parts. Twice a week
feed hemp instead of millet. A small
quantity of rice may be fed once o
week with advantage. The morning
feed should be at about z o'clock n
the afternoon feed at 4 o'clock In sum-
mer and 3 in winter. This afternoon
time is necessary in order that the
birds may have ample opportunity to
fill themselves and feed their young
before nightfall.
Some wonder why squads die In the
nest or get on the floor and do not
fatten up properly. Very frequently
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

If the proposed barge or ship or any
,ther sort of canal could receive all
the flames of criticism and the fire
brands hurled at the poor thing In
windyville, it would dry up and dis.
appear like q dead eel in the sun.
Perkins steadies have raised that
$101. 200, 900, dug the canal, and en-.
riched every contractor, as well as i'm
poverished 81 Pembroke. who runs a
sawmill, and have sen to the poor.
house Eli Pivins. Whatll Eli do II
the new canal drains his sulphur
spring and renders inactive his
famous summer resort, where he has
entertained as many as sixteen resort
ers in one season? What1l the cows
and horses do for drinking water II
the canal takes Gum Creek for n feed
err?
Condemn the goshderned old ditch!
It'll spile the scenery, disrup' pol'ticks
and distroy feelin'r 'mong friends,
dummit! Now, thur hain't no more
use fur tibet canal than thur Is fur
nuther teat to a cows bag"
"How's your barn soundashun gittin
on, Lem?" broke in Poot.
1t was a sore subject with Lem, and
Poot knew where the wound hurt the
most, hence never failed to apply his
finger whenever occasion presented.
"Same's fore, slow-like. But l hahn
got no more courage fur barn buildin
since tibet pesky canal bizness come
long sweepin' through Windyvillt
-"
But she hain't dom no sweepin' t.
speak on Jest now"
She will though. She'll come
swoopin' long here. an she'll cut {
big slice off my lower cornfeld. dun
init! II tibet pesky ole canal destroy.
my cornfield III sue the Legislator
fur heavy damages, b'gosh!"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Will be Sweeping In Effect.

Employees of the Pacific Express COM
pany want more pay and shorter hours.
For several weeks the movement which
is said to represent a membership of
5000 employees has been on foot, and
the Pacific company, 1t is said, has been
selected to be used as q started so that
in case the demand goes through. II
will be tried on the other companies.
The Pacific company operates over
thousands of miles of road in the west
and southwest, including the Gould and
Hartman lines. The officers OF the ex-
press company are James Eggleston,
president, and Frederick c. Gentsch
general superintendent. The offices OF
the brotherhood Of expressmen are In
Chicago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Squads C'squealers'). IS days old. ready
for market

Squads C'squealers"). rs days old, ready
for market.
the reason is because the old birds are
not properly fed. We should constant.
ly bear in mind that q squad Is very
different from a chick. A newly.
Matched chick a run about and help
itself to food and water. The SQUAD.
on the other hand, Is utterly helpless
at birth. 1. Is unable to walk and must
be fed in the nest with whatever the
parent bird brings to it. For about
Ave days nature provides a special
food commonly called pigeon milk"
a creamy substance contained In the
crops of the pigeons. and which they
have the power to eject from their
mouth into the mouths OF their young.
After a few days OF such feeding. the
SQUAD is fed on such grains as the
pigeon gets, and by the same process
Of transfer from the parents mouth
TO its own. Hence 1t Is essential that
proper food be given the pigeons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

Squads C'peepers''). 70 hours old.
variety of grains Is fed. In their free
state. pigeons can select a variety OF
grains, avoiding n kind and choosing
another, as their appetites dictate, but
when they are kept In a small en-.
closure they must Of course take what
the breeder gives them. Hence, II
becomes highly important that tho
breeder have good judgment as to
kinds and quality Of food to set be-
fore them. and that he have interest
enough in his flock to avoid stinting
the quantity or feeding too largely Of
one kind.
The six principal feeds are cracked
corn, Canada peas, wheat, German
millet. kair corn and hemp. On tho
floor Of each pen keep about a peck
OF clean sand evenly spread. Procure
three boxes about the size OF small
cigar boxes; nll one about one-third
full Of fine table salt; the second with
cracked oyster shells. pigeon size, and
the third with ground charcoal, about
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Will Place Them Under Bond.

Another step in the reorganization OF
the methods of the government print
ing office is in effect by an order an
nounced requiring a $4,000 bond
tc be furnished by the chief clerk OF
t., printing, the foreman of the bind
~ department, the assistant foreman
Of the nineteen divisions of the office,
and several other officials. This action.
II is explained, is designed to have the
property of the government In the
hands of responsible parties and Is In
line with the maintenance OF a more
yigilant management OF the anairs OF
the printing office.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Senator Dietrich Returns Home.

C. II. Dietrich, United States senator
from Nebraska, and member of the
senate committee on public lands, has
arrived home after a four months visit
to Alaska.
His object is visiting the territory
was to familiarize himself with the
conditions there. He does not attach
much importance to the glowing pros
poets of Alaska's great agricultural
possibilities that have come here for
years past.
He says that many thousands Of dol
lars expended at the government agri-
cultural experimental station at Sitka
have not established any agricultural
facts about the territory that have not
been known for fifty years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Queer Capers OF the big Muddy,

Farmers on the east side of the Mis-
souri, river at Plattsmouth are losing
many acres of valuable land by reason
of the rivers cutting the land away.
The heaviest loss so far Is on the
Conner place, where eighty acres have
been washed ompletely away. Other
properties have also been heavily dam
aged.
Old residents fear that the entire sc
ton embraced by the big bend above
Henton station will be swept away.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Feeding Squads.

william IL. Rice, In n United States
Department OF Agriculture bulletin on
squad raising, says: No success can
be expected unless proper kinds OF
food are procured and the birds are
regularly fed. Long continued feed
ing on cracked corn and wheat alone
invariably fails to produce as good
SQUADS or as many as when q further
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
Assigned chnrs. for the Year.

Assigned CnArR0 fOr the heHr'
The United Brethren conference In
east Nebraska has made the following
appointments:
Presiding elder, c. S. Long; Lincoln.
w. M. Boswell; Seward, to be supplied;
Gresham, w. Smith; Shelby, E. F.
Bowers; Shiloh. r. G. Carter; York.
w. F. Perry; Lushton, w. ]. Farnsley;
West Blue, f. Bittner; unadilla, J.
Dean; Panama. NJ. o. Mclaughlin; Ne
hawka. j. +. Hedges; Otterbein. T. <.
Surface; Memphis, o. l.. Storm; Bee, to
be supplied; Beatrice, w. S. Lynde;
Blue Springs, J.. A. Smith; Du Bots. L.
II. Schell; Pawnee, G. o. Robb; Pick
rell: ]. II. Beveridge; Swanton, p. II.
Schell: Pleasant Hill, +. w. Brink;
Strang. o. i. Gregg; Fairbury, j. M
Haskins; Harbine. L. II. Adkins; Crab
Orchard. w. II. Mills; Nesta, S. b. Me-
Vey; Julian, c. j. Melville.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
A Human FIond.

The Morgan post, Berlin, prints a
story Of the arrest of a Russian peasant
woman. named Murak, Of Tarutina,
province Of Malaga, Russia, charged
with numbering one thousand babies
for q small fee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
AVERAGE FOR TEN YEARS
Nebraska Corn Crop Not as Good n
Last Year.

The monthly report of the chief OF
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment Of agriculture shows the con-
dition of corn on October l to have been
sos as compared to SOL n month ago
and 1876 on October l. 1902. 51.1 at the
corresponding date in 1901 and a ten
year average of 77.7.
The following table shows for each
Of the twenty principal corn states the
condition on October ! Of this year, last
year and the ten year averages:
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23
strikers Return to Work.

The Dyers and Mercerizers' union.
Philadelphia. has given the dyers per-
mission to return to work, thus finally
ending the textile strike, which began
on June |. The dyers are the last OF
the 10000 strikers to return to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
MAYOR DRENNEN THINKS UNDER. TAKERS SHOULD RESUME THEIR AMBULANCE SERVICE - ONLY ONE AMBULANCE RUNNING.

Tn all probability the city will not get an ambulance service but will depend on the one ambulance run by Llge Loy for all the calls in Birmingham.
 Several of the aldermen are opposed to the city owning one, and Mayor Drenhen said yesterday afternoon that he thought the undertakers made a mistake when they discontinued the service they had been giving.
 The undertakers state that their busi- ness is to attend to and inter the dead, and not to wait on the sick and injured. They say that 1t is the business of the city to care for those wounded or in- jured in its limits, and that the city should have an ambulance corps, or make some appropriation to one of the hos pitals so that the hospital can run an emergency ambulance service.
 Mayor Drennen differs from the under takers. He believes that the system in practice until Saturday night was the proper one and that the city cannot afford to run an ambulance. He said
 '"rhe undertakers of Birmingham have had in use up to the present time seven ambuances, white and black, each of which required pair of herses. In case the city should take the matter up it would require in my opinion at least two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
POLL TAX MUST BE
 PAID BY FEBRUARY
THOSE WHO FAIL TO PAY BY THAT TIME CANNOT VOTE DUR ING THE YEAR-oNLY 500 IN THE CITY PAID.

Persons who fail to pay their poll tax for 1902 by the first of February will not be allowed to vote during this year.
 So far about 800 citizens of Birmingham have paid their poll tax. Last year about 5000 paid this tax and were eligible to vote.
 The poll tax is payable at the office of the county tax collector at the court house. A number of deputy collectors are now out in the rural districts of the county To date about 325O in Jefferson county have paid these taxes. Last year 11,OOO in the county paid the tax.
 As the municipal election will take place in May and the primary will prob ably be held next month, it Is thought between now anu the first of February a large number of the voters will go to the court house and settle their poll tax bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
COMMITTEE TO
 ASK FUR $5O,0OO Favor Alabama Making Exhibit
 at St. Louis ID ADDRESS LEGISLATURE
Committee Returned Yesterday From St. Louis, and Capt. J. M. Falk- ner Will Preface Report
 for the Assembly,

The delegation from the Alabama com mission on an exhibit at the St. Louis fair returned yesterday from St. Louis, where 1t has been to investigate the situation there and see what was the best that could be done. The committee consisted of Capt. J. M. Falkner of Mont eomery. J. B. Gibson of Birmingham, w. P. Lay of Gadsden. J. II. Nathan of sher- field and R. w German of opelika.
 It is the opinion of the committee that the state cannot put in an exhibit for less than $50,00O, and in its report it will ask that that be the amount The com mittee says that the circumstances are such that less appropriation would be practically worthless and that no exhibit would be better than one which would not do the state justice.
 The report of the committee is being prepared by Capt. J. M. Falkner and will be presented to meeting of the commis- sion which will be held in short time in Montgomery. The commission will then put the matter before the legislature and ask for the appropriation.
 
 be the greatest exposition ever given in the world and that Alabama can little afford to be without an exhibit. The committee will further recommend that a portion of the money be spent in erect ing a club house where Alabamians may stop while on the grounds. This will cost between 5000 and $5000. The Ala bama exhibit will have to be split up and put in each department, as all the other states will be compelled to do. The ex- position management has made an un- breakable rule that all the mineral ex- hibits must go in the mineral building, the agricultural exhibits in the agricult- ural building and so with all exhibits. This will enable person to see the ex- hibits he wants in one building and he will not have to travel all over the grounds to see the minerals if that Is what he is interested in.
 The management of the exposition has not made any alotments of space for the various state buildings, but will do sc in the near future. A number of the states have put in applications for cer- tain space and the committee believes that Alabama should ask fer the space she will use within the next month o1 two in order that she may get good To- cation.
 The report of the committee will be unanimous in favor of an exhibit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
OFFICIALS FIND
 PRISONERS SAWS
IMPLEMENTS WHICH WERE USED IN A REGENT EFFORT TO ES- CAPE ARE DlscOVERED-oNE WAS BLADE OF A KNIFE.

The officials at the county jail have found the instruments used by some Of the prisoners Monday afternoon to saw in two a bar of diamond shaped iron over an air shaft in an attempt 10 escape.
 The work was done with very crude tools, consisting of a piece of steel spring taken from a cot and a barlow knife. The knife Is designated as Boys Favor ite." Knotches were made along the blade and the same treatment had been given the piece of steel With these tools the prisoners sawed through the iron bar.
 The knife and spring were found be- hind a radiator, where they had evidently been thrown when the officers ap- preached.
 None of the prisoners succeeded in get ting through the air shaft, which led to the department in which are confined colored female prisoners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
SAYS THE CITY CANNOT
 AFFORD AN AMBULANCE

ambulances, answering emergency calls only, and not answering sick calls or calls out of the city limits.
 ''The cost for maintaining each ambu- lance would be s125 a month. or, in other words, an expense of over $SOOO year, and it would not give as satisfactory and efficient service as the city now has.
 "In my opinion It is a mistake for the undertakers to stop their ambulance serv- ice"
 The undertakers claim that Mayor Drennen Is mistaken about the efficiency of the service; that with city ownership and a hospital station the ambulances would be able to get out as quickly as the fire department, whereas now they have to put the harness on the horses and hitch up before leaving the stable, 1 and that very rarely does an ambulance go as fast as city ambulance does In other cities; that with city ownership there would not be the useless calls that 1 the undertakers have to put up with. Sometimes ambulances are called to haul drunken man home or man with his finger scratched. The service is greatly imposed on, and this makes it cost a large amount extra every month.
 Lige Loy is thinking of buying another ambulance in case the other undertakers stick to their agreement. He will also try to make arrangements with the physi- clans or hospitals for them to furnish and pay a physician to go with the ambulance on every call. He says he can make an ambulance pay for itse1r. His attention was called to the fact that If the am- bulance was paid for 1t would not be the l free service that city should have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
Parade Will Take Place Through
 Principal Streets
SHOW IS ALL BURLESQUE
Final Rehearsal Took Place Last Night and Those Who Saw 1t Say That 1t Was a
 Success.

The Eagles burlesque circus will be given tonight at S:15 o'clock at the Jef- ferson theatre.
 The immense parade will be thing of the mast by noon today. It starts from the corner of Seventeenth street and Sec ond avenue at Il o'clock promptly and after going through the principle streets 1t will disband in the rear of the Jeffer- son.
 The crowd which will be at the theatre will be a large one. Tickets have been sold to many people, and the theatre will be well filled when the curtain rises. The members of the Birmingham Aerie have been working hard for the past two weeks and they have advertised the circus in a manner that few performances or the kind have ever been advertised here.
 Burlesque Performance.
 People who have seen the same circus in other cities state that it is one Of the funniest shows they ever had the pleasure of witnessing. It is burlesque from start to finish, and there Is not moment when the fun lags, and there Is not chance to laugh.
 The proceeds of the circus are to go to- wards the charity fund of the Eagles. They propose fitting up ward at one or the hospitals and maintaining IL there' They have other plans on foot to aid the charitable organizations of the city, ana this is only the first of series or enter tainments and circuses which the Eagles will give.
 The parade this morning will be unique affair Red lemonade will be given away to every one having a bucket to hold ii. Hundreds of people have made preparations to catch the red fluid and they will not be disappointed
 The Parade.
 The parade will form at First avenue and Seventeenth street, thence east on First avenue to Nineteenth street, north on Nineteenth to Fourth avenue, east on Fourth avenue to Twentieth street, south on Twentieth street to Avenue D. east on Avenue D to Twenty-first street. north on Twenty-first to Second avenue, west on Second avenue to Nineteenth street, north on Nineteenth street to Fourth avenue west on Fourth avenue 10 Eighteenth street, south on Eighteenth street to Second alley and di5band in rear of Jefferson theatre
 The last rehearsal was held last night at the Jefferson theatre. Several promi- nent men will be seen in parts Of the performanee among them Mayor w. M. Drernen, Judge B. M. Allen and Dr. James F. Dedman, all of whom are
 par,t mol Eagles here.
 There will be no tiresome delays in the performance tonight, and there will be no waiting between the various acts. The managers of the show are old experts on the stage and the main thing they have demanded is quick action
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
CONSIDERING PLANS.
Labor Temple Committee Examines Drawings of UIlman & Thompson.

A meeting of the labor temple com mittee was held Wednesday night in Tomlinson hall and the plans for the temple were discussed.
 Those of Ullman and Thompson will probably be accepted. They call for building 1o0x1oO feet and four stories high. The first floor will be divided into four stores with large entrance to the ele- vator and stairs. In the rear of the stores there will be a swimming pool 15x25 and a barber shop.
 The second floor will contain nineteen offices, parlors, library and an audito- rum S1xS7 feet. The third floor will con- tain eight lodge rooms for the various unions, and the fourth floor will have a billiard and pool room, gymnasium and ball room which will be 65x93 feet. The committee Is looking for desirable loca- ton and will receive bids for the same within the next few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
WILL ENTERTAIN.
Birmingham Press Club Committee
 Holds a Meeting.

The arrangement committee of the Birmingham Press club. recently appoint ed to make the necessary preparations for an entertainment to be given by the club next month, met yesterday after noon in the Ledger office.
 Many details of the entertainment were discussed and the plan agreed upon, and sub-committees upon rooms, refresh ments and entertainment were appointed. The affair will be on the Bohemian order and many unique and original forms of entertainment will be presented.
 Those composing the entertainment committee are J. J. Smith of the Ledger, J. H. F. Mosley of the Labor Advocate. Leon Friedmon of the News, John J. Evans of the Ledge. Max Korpales of the Courier, Joseph J. Babb of the News and H. s. Ryall of the Age-Herald.
 The committee meets again Wednesday afternoon to complete the arrangements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
PRISONERS WANT
 PICTURES TAKEN
TWO MEN IN COUNTY JAIL UNDER DEATH SENTENCES WANT TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED - THEY ALSO ASK FOR EXERCISE.

Bob Stone and Jim Webb who are in the county jail under death sentences, have written joint note to the sheriff asking that they be permitted to take exercise, and also request that they be allowed to have their pictures taken.
 It is expected that the Supreme court will act at an early date in the case of Webb, who appealed from the Criminal court in Birmingham upon his conviction. He was convicted of killing Policeman William P. Walton.
 It Is also expected that the case of VIII Dorsey will soon be passed on by the higher court. Dorsey was convicted Of highway robbery and given death sem tence. He took an appeal, which is now pending.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
GEN. R. N. RHODES
 TO BUY NEWSPAPER
CONTROLLING INTEREST IN THE MONTGOMERY JOURNAL SAID TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT, AT PAR. DETAILS NOT YET SETTLED.

The following special was received by The Age-Herald last night from Mont gomery:
 Earring some remote contingency in the arrangement of the details. a deal was closed here today by which Gen. Rufus N. Rhodes, owner of the Birming- ham News, acquires majority of the stock of the Montgomery Journal, the afternoon paper here.
 General Rhodes is to be the president Horace Hood, present proprietor of the Journal, vice-presldent. It is understood that General Rhodes pays par tor one hundred and one of the two hundred s100 shares outstanding"
 General Rhodes when asked last night if he had bought the Montgomery Jour nal replied that negotiations were pend- ing, but that the sale had not yet been consumated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-16
TENNESSEE COMPANY TO
 BUILD A NEW FURNACE

others of greater capacity before start ing number six. But 1t has been finally decided that a large furnace shall first be built, and after it is in operation the company will proceed to replace three and possibly four, of the old ones. The four or five will be backed by the neces- sary stoves and large steam and blowing capacity.
 The company will do the work of con- struction and will roll the plates. And by being it's own constructor the new fur mace will be completed in six months less time, 1t is thought, than if a contract were let to an outsider.
 Asked what would be the capacity and cost of the furnace, MT. Bacon said he was not prepared to say, as the details had not yet been worked out. He said 1t would be modern in every particular and would be one of the largest in the south The Tennessee company has now seven- teen blast furnaces, fourteen of which are in this district and three In Tennessee.