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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18

county, especially in the vicinity of what Is known as Government Bluff few miles from this city.
 Miss Anna Bergsland crossed Sawyer narbor in boat and started to go home gone but a short distance when she heard gone out short distance when she heard a wolf howl. In few minutes others began to answer, and realizing that a rack of the animals were between her and her home the young woman became Frightened and started back to the shore.
 The wolves struck her trail and followed her, being only few rods behind when she reached the shore. A number of boys CT tho dock had heard the bowling of the wolves and hurried across the harbor in a boat. reaching the shore just as Miss Bargsland appeared. She hastily entered their beat and was rowed out of danger.
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New Corporations.

Articles of incorporation were filed in .he probate court yesterday by the Cot tondale Sand company which proposes to carry on a general builders supply business with central offices at Besse- mer. The authorized capital stock of the company is $3000 and is fully paid
 Papers were also filed with the pro- bate clerk recording a meeting of the stockholders of the Wimberly-Thomas Hardware company at which motion was adopted to increase the capital stock of the company from s150,0OO to $200,0OO
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PsychoIouicaI.

From the Boston Globe.
 That boy who began list of the neces- sites of life with ''prunes' must have been the son of a boarding house keep er.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Here is a little twisted psychology. Sherlock Holmes could have told at once that the boy who regarded prunes as a necessity must of a necessity be boy who never had prunes. He is quite ob- viously the son of a strawberry grower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18
There S a
 woman you know

There S a
 woman you know
 who looks younger and fresher in the face every time she goes out. It pug zles you to understand how she keeps her youth full complexion. It cer- tainly looks real and yet you feel that she must have some secret which you hav'nt.
 It's just this:
 She uses Hagan's Magno- lia Balm, a delicate liquid which restores the skin to its youthful glow and life. Wise women have been using it for forty years. It's as harmless as the water you drink. Try it and see what a pleasant story your mirror will have to tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18

Beginning Oct. 8 the sleep ing car line now running be- tween Mobile and Asheville via. the Southern and Alabama Great Southern Railways will be changed to a Birmingham Mobile line. First car leaving Birmingham 10:35 p. m., Oct. 9th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18

These snappy Sack Suits for young men are the best that can be had ready-to- wear, the fit lasts as long as the goods. We guarantee every garment. They sell for $15.00 to $25.00. MARLEY 6 BAUMAN
 1924 First Avenue.
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Good Title.
,om the ChIcago Dally News.

From the Chicago Daily News.
 That is a very polite waiter you have" remarked the new guest. What do you call hm?"
 Well" replied the hotel proprietor, al the boys around here call him Scales And why do they call him Scales ?'
 Because he is tipped so often !"
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Explained.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 But she sings more than she plays. Why do you speak of her music as 1n- strumental? "
 "Well, it's instrumental in making the neighbors move out"
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principal of said bonds. According to the census of 1900. the total assessed valuation of property in Alabama was $344224,00O. I don't know how much your wealth has increased since 1900, but it is safe to as- sume that the assessed valuation would at least reach S4OO 100000, and iron. what have seen of your state l should judge it to be a great deal more a. the present time One-fourth of l per cent of lhis sum would yield one million dollars
 By increasing the rate of taxation to one-half of 1 per cent, the additional one fourth to be in lieu of the labor tax, you would have a maximum of S2.000.O00 per annum to be applied to the payment of expenses for public buildings. bridges and roads, or the payment of interest on bonds.
 There are many states which have adopted what is known as state aid, which Is a direct appropriation from the state treasury to meet a certain propor- ton of the expense of building roads in the various counties In some cases, the state pays as much as two-thirds in others one-third or less, of the expense of building and maintaining the roads
 In some states much progress is being made by the counties individually through funds raised by the issuance of bonds. I will not undertake to say whether you should appropriate money from your state treasury or your county treasury. or whether you should secure the funds by the issuance of bonds; but Ia,. i- +n oa the rate of taxation by only one-fourth of 1 per cent. you will have quite a large sum of money available for building roads according to improved methods and under strict business administration. It will not ultimately cost you any more than the present system, for the men who are now using their time as day laborers on the road could be earning double or treble the amount in some other occupation or if they are paying communication tax they would in lieu thereof pay a cash tax and receive positive results in return. Even at the present rate of taxation, it is possible to raise $1 100000 by collecting the maximum amount
 Of course, 1 do not know how much of this amount it Is necessary 10 expend on the erection and maintenance of public buildings, but even if you have only $500 900 available annually for your roads, half that amount would be sufficient to pay interest at the rate of per centum per annum on $6,250OO0 worth of bonds, leaving $25O,OoO to apply to sinking fund. Think what six million dollars expended under the direction of trained engineers on the roads of Alabama would mean for the state. In any way it can be stated by increase in the cash tax, by state aid, by bond issues, you can secure better results without in the long run increasing the aggregate cost to the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18

See Scales display of plants and cut flowers every day at Jacobs Pharmacy both Phones 686.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18

Girl Headed of by Wolves. Sturgen Bay Correspondence St. Paul Pioneer Press.
 Wolves are becoming numerous in Door
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The Apportioner.

Why there should be such position as that of apportioner, I fail to see. There is no duty performed by the apportioner which could not be performed equally well by road overseer or supervisor. would suggest that highway engineer, competent to pass upon any question af- fecting the construction or maintenance of roads. be placed in charge of the road work of the county, and that he report directly to the county court. This en- gineer should be responsible for road con- struction, for the repair and maintenance of roads, should prepare contracts and specifications, repair and maintain bridges. have charge of all road ma chinery and purchase all materials. and account regularly to the county court for all money expended under his direction. He should keep an accurate record at stated periods.
 If one county cannot afford to employ an engineer. let two or three counties share the expense and the benefits Un- der this engineers immediate Jurisdiction should be placed certain number Of skilled road supervisors or road overseers, each having a given territory for which he is responsible.
 In his territory the overseer should have direct supervision over every road gang, and each gang should be in charge of a foreman. Under this system of organi- zation and administration there would be no waste of public revenues in ill-advlsed and ill-conducted efforts at road building or road maintenance. Nor should there be an unjust distribution In the benefits. Every item of work performed would be a part of a general system devised in the office of the highway engineer and ap- proved by the county court. This sys- tenn could be put Into effect without O material increase in expenditure. but you may find it wise to increase the outlay for road improvement. You may find. by studying conditions In other counties. that farms which sold for perhaps sl0 an acre when located on impossible roads in- creased in value to go an acre when the roads were properly eonstrueted. You may f1nd that by paying Si00 additional in taxes the value of your farm would in- crease in value s5l0 or yi000. No matter how much you may decide to spend. spend 1t wisely, inaugurate buslness-like and afficient organization. such as l have de- scribed and you will De prepared to pro- perly utilize any amount that you may care to expend.
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Laws of Alabama.

The law of your state provides that the county court may levy a tax on all prop erty of not more than one-fourth of 1 per cent of the value of said property, which tax, when collected shall be used ex- clusively for the purpose of paying any debt or liability incurred by the construe- ton. erection or maintenance of the nec- essary public buildings, bridges or roads of the county. and where bonds have been issued, for the payment of the interest or
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 of frolic, somewhat like the old muster days of the militia and men looked upon the occasion as an opportunity for demon- strating how small an amount of work they could do in given time. This may not be true in every case. but it is un- fortunately true in too many.
 In the second place. the statute labor system does not provide for efficient work If you are going to have a house built. you employ an architect, earpen- ters. bricklayers, plumbers and painters and you don't have the painters laying the brick and the bricklayers painting the house. You satisfy yourself that each man knows thoroughly the particular line of work upon which he is engaged and hold him responsible for 1t; but in con- strueting and maintaining your roads you have absolutely no requirements as to ability, efficiency or knowledge of the subject.
 UnskiIled overseers.
 There are some county road, overseers who understand how to build good roads, but the great majority of them know absolutely nothing about it. and they are given a miscellaneous collection of la borers who frequently are not accustomed to hard manual labor, who know noth- ing whatever of the duties required of them. as the time they are employed is insufficient, and who are not amenable to discipline as are paid laborers.
 Statute labor has in many states been as effectually abolished as punishment for witchcraft. In other states it is pass ing, and l believe the time is not far distant when statute labor, as well as toll roads, will be unknown in any state. It is much easier however, to tear down than to build up, and the office of the critic is a comparatively easy one It Is well known when a man goes about look ing for trouble, he generally finds it; and when one looks for defects he finds them; but before tearing down the old system you must have a substitute for it.
 You doubtless desire me to suggest substitute for the statute labor system. As I have already said, there are four ways by which means are acquired for building and maintaining roads, and among these four is the cash tax You already have the cash tax and the labor tax I do not suggest that you raise ad- ditional means; I do suggest, however, that you substitute $l, 100000 in money for the $1200,0OO in labor.
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Alabama Stands Third.

It may interest you to know that from the statistics on road expenditures which we have compiled from twenty y-nine states. Alabama stands third among the southern states in expenditures for road improvement, taking into consideration both the cash and labor tax, and sixth among the twenty-nine states for which we have complete figures, among them being the great states of New York and Pennsylvania with over $4,OOO,OO0 annual expenditures, Iowa with over $3, 100000 and Kentucky with over $2,0O0,000. The total expenditures for roads of the twenty nine states amount to $27 993, GOO. The population of these states is 29 429, 900, giy- ing a per capita expenditure of 95 cents per annum. Applying this to the popula- tion of the entire United States, which is estimated at 76,9OSO00. we have total annual expenditure for the United States of SIP, ASS, 900 and this, mind you, is for county roads only. Of this amount the southern states are spending $2S,297000 or in other words about one-third of all the expenditure for road improv ement in the United States. In spite of tnls great expenditure, l do not believe he most ardent southerner could pride himself upon the present condition of the roads. I do not wish to institute any compar- ison which would be to your dlscredit, but I think conditions warrant the state ment that the reason why some of the northern states have progressed so rapid ly in improving their roads is that they are careful to see that for every dollar expended dollars worth of results are obtained. If the south spends S2S, 1000, 900 year on her roads and sees that she gets value received. the new south, which is already wonderful in her development and her achievement to such an extent as to astonish the world.
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The County System.

Now let us consider the present county system which vests in the county com riissioners a quasi-legal authority over all public roads in the county. The law provides that the county commissioners, every four years shall divide the coun- ty into a convenient number of road pre- dncts and appoint three apportioners for each election precinct, who shall appoint an overseer to each precinct. You have here an elaborate administrative machin cry, composed. in the first place, of the county court next the apportioners and under them the road overseers. There Is no requirement In the statute that the overseers shall be skilled In road work, or have any knowledge of it, and no pro vision is made for their compensation ex- cept that they shall be entitled to cer- tlicates of exemption from road service for two years.
 As an illustration of what may be ex- Iected after incompetent road overseers are placed in charge of the construction and maintenance of roads, I quote the following from a bulletin issued by the Iowa experiment station:
 Tn 1904. in addition to the poll taxes
 
 and sums raised from other means than direct taxation, the great sum of $4456,- 0ao.9S was raised in Iowa for road pur- roses. From this sum of money great results should have been secured. Doubt less 1t was honestly and faithfully spent by the road officers of the state, but these officers were not trained road build CTS and had no opportunity to receive instruction in the principles of scientific road constructing. Hundreds of road of- ficers have expressed to us their helpless ness under the present conditions, owing to lack of system and to lack of trained men to do the work. In one case an experienced outside road engineer made careful estimate for us of the true value of the grading one season in one town ship as $50. yet $lo00 was actually spent on the work
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
:. LITTU: TALKS

H. poetry Of moonlight yachting
cruise
mighty good think
that / shall locate here
Territory
the County available send for it,
buffng and purchaser
the drygoos well here and for little
money
MINToN-That steamship line be
proposed promises
Honolulu.
the up
a busy place.
said if McClnahan elected he
dianchment of the awaians surprised that
the Republican party should stand for such lying
R. run
other islands In their despair they have begged Kuhio back from
RosENBIATT-The trouble getting %
ago
Honolulu but had him
plays through fortnight's engagement.
ROSS FEARLESS When pulling
Mncfui called
working ship trouble
100000 where does the inf
will fully twenty years
erecting blocks business which
The o stocks
hurry help machine turned
his Hawaiian friends he doesn't
putting his
KEARNS-It bad if there p c. A.
a
the without
a
describing
night away toughs Turing girls
meeting,
toughs and trying to protect the girls.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
REBUILDING SAN FRANCISCO.
Harper's Weekly.

Major Adolphus w. his prolonged
rebuilt
How will be needed reconstructve
the labor conditions that
hardly termed
capital light the
the rebuilding Francisco $780,
present prices will
that before April 1S there
in months, of
thihe
rebuilding Ordinarily labor
ree the total construction charges In Francisco
oe higher which
vailed before earthquake other words wokmen will
of the reconstruction, $75
preliminary which
o, will than
almost $650OO0
Eucidatng problem
Public Ledger points the
thousand bricks
labor
thousand bricks
10 the o
brick so thousand the brick laid
the brick, the
rebuilding 1900 brick
considerably $000000
will
poonaey. The carefully
thoroughly justify
wokmen reconstruction will fall
short of $200O00o00
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
KAIsER's HATRED OF RED.

BERLIN, September 29.-The police
of Coburg have furnished an amusing
sequel to the case of dog owner who
was fined few weeks ago for allowing
his Pet to appear in the streets wear
ing a red hat. Their objection this
time is to a large red signboard on
which a harmless widow with a shop
facing the marketplace advertises the
fact that she sells and repairs UNI
brellas.
Just before the Kaiser and the En-
press visited the Duke of Saxe-Coburg
on the occasion of the baptism of his
son the police visited the widow and
ordered her to remove the signboard,
as it's revolutionary color might i'm
press their Majesties disagreeably II
they caught sight of 1t while going
through the marketpace. The widow.
who IS a very loyal woman, consented
without protest, stipulating. however.
that she might again display the sign
board after the departure of the impe-
rial couple.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
GLADYS THE
FIRST HOME

The first race for the Beckley cup
was sailed yesterday, the Gladys COM
ing home winner by comfortable
margin in fast time.
The race started at 1854 a. m, light
easterly breeze prevailing at the time.
The Kapolei crossed the line first, 40
seconds after the starting signal. The
Hawaii got away minute after the
signal, the Gladys l minute 10 seconds
after. and La Paloma, last as usual. 2
minutes 10 seconds after.
Heading out of the channel the boats
made pretty picture,
Admiral Beckley, donor of the cup,
viewed the start from the Myrtle Boat
Club, and was given a hearty cheer
by each crew as they passed the boat
house.
After rounding the spar buoy the
racers headed for the stakeboat off
Diamond Head.
off the point the Gladys passed the
Kapolei, the rest of the yachts being
we'll up.
The boats turned the first stake ir
the following order:
Gladys. lo:3s; Kapolei. 1910; La Pa
Iona, l0:42:5o; Hawaii, 1o;4s:so.
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Shortly before rounding, the Hawaii
carried away her jib, thus compelling
her to retire from the race after max
ing a fine showing.
The yachts now set their course for
Barber's Point and having a free wind,
all light sails were set. La Paloma
sent up her balloon jib, .fsherman's
staysail and main topsail quickly, and
soon began to overhaul the flying lead
ers, who We're going down the course
like scared cats.
Off the Bell Buoy La Paloma passed
the Gladys.
The time at the Barber's Point stake
was: La Paloma, 1880; Gladys, 100;
Kapolei. 1905.
The boats then started on the last
leg of the triangular course-a dead
beat to wlndward. The Gladys and
Kapolei We're on their best point of
sailing and soon passed La Paloma.
The race ended at the Bell Buoy with
the Gladys finishing first, Kapolei sec
ond and La Paloma third. Time:
Gladys, Captain Petrie, start. 1854;
finish, 4:lS:25; elapsed time, hours 10
minutes 25 seconds.
Kapolei, Captain Renton, 1854; fin
ish, 4:2i; elapsed time, 6 hours 80 min
utes.
La Paloma, Captain Macfarlane
start. 1854; finish. 4:33:i5; elapsed time
hours SO minutes as seconds.
The distance OF the course was forty
miles and the time made was remarka-
bly, good,
w. II, McInerny had charge OF the
race, the arrangements for which were
all that could be desired.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23

friends. where she formerly resided. At
the reception were Mrs William Bittle
Wells, Mrs. George NJ. Strong, Mrs. L.
II. Maxwell, Mrs. G. NJ. Magruder, Mrs.
George Waite, Mrs. A. T. Kellogg, Mrs,
Ralph c. Walker, Mrs. Carl Bader,
Mrs, Ringler, Mrs. b. S, Pague, Mrs,
George IL. Hill, Mrs. Horace Mecklin,
the Misses Agnes and Beatrice Hill and
the Misses Vida and Mildred Nichols.
Mrs. Humphrey recently returned
from delightful visit in Washington,
d. c., with Mr. Humphreys father, who
is Quartermaster General of the Army
She is planning to leave Friday even
ing for California, sailing thence for her
home in Honolulu
Mrs. Max Hirsch entertained yester-
day with luncheon at the Nortonia
for Mrs, Humphrey. Similar entertain
ments are also to be given this week
in her honor by Mrs. Ralph Walker and
! Mrs. Frank Kerr.-Portland oregonian
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23

word of explanation with reference to
the above list OF endorsed candidates
is called for.
The Federation deems the office OF
Sheriff the most important in this cam
paign. The record OF the present Sher-
III is glaringly evident and needs no
comment. The prostitution of the no.
lice force from its legitimate sphere
is SO complete that 1t no longer stands
for public service. 1t has become the
personal political weapon of it's chief.
hour is to overthrow this corrupt,
menacing political machine which is
degrading and debauching our city.
There can be no question that the
nominee of the Republican Convention,
Mr.. Cathcart, for County Attorney is
by far the more capable criminal law
sition. But he is so completely identi-
fled with the Brown machine that the
interests of good government demand
the election of Mr.. Thayer.
The Federation finds 1t an unpleasant
duty to drop from it's endorsed list the
name of such an excellent public SER
want as Mr. F. T. P. waterhouse. His
record in the Legislature was good and
he should have been retained there.
When the list of nominees for Repre-
sentatives from the Fifth District is
scanned, the action of the Republican
Convention in falling to put Mr..
Waterhouse in nomination for Repre-
sentative assumes the dimensions of
civic treachery. He should have been
renominated and he could have been
elected. But the machine took his
name from this position in order to use
his popularity as club to strike down
Mr.. r. H. Trent, the incumbent of the
office. Mr.. Trent has done superior
service as County Treasurer, and de-
serves reelection on his record as a
rebuke to the machine.
The Federation believes that Messrs-
NJ. G. X Hopkins and C. II. Rose are
which they have been named But the
Civil Service Reform principle, defend
ed for years by our honored president
and everywhere widely accepted by the
American people, ought to prevail in
Hawaii, namely, that a faithful eff
cient, public servant should be retained
in office Messrs. d. Kalauokalani Jr.,
and James Bicknell fill this require
ment and they deserve reelection.
The second list of candidates COM
prises those whose election the Civic
Federation opposes. They are as fol-
lows:
CANDIDATES OPPOSED BY THE
CIVIC FEDERATION.
c. F. Chillingworth, for the Senate.
A. NJ. Brown, for Sheriff.
A. V. Gear, for Supervisor, Honolulu
II. C. Vida, for Deputy Sheriff Of Ho-
noluu.
The third list comprises the names OF
all the other candidates, not contained
IN the above two, and whom the Civic
can not see its way clear to
There seems no need to print
their names.
F. r. M'STOCKER,
C. II. DICKEY,
DOREMUS SCUDDER,
Committee on Candidates.
DAVID L. WILMINGTON,
Acting President