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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20
ORE PROPERTY IS
IN ACTIVE DEMAND
There is a Scramble for Brown
Ore Lands
NEW MINES DEVELOPED
The seaboard Is Pushing Its Branch
Road From ohatchie to the Nor
ris Mining company's Prop
erty at Cedartown.
NEW MINES DEVELOPED

While Alabamas red ore deposits are
practically inexhaustible brown ore is rel
atively scarce. Any land with brown ore
on 1t commands stiff price, but as for
that matter any ore land, red brown or
gray, notwithstanding the enormous de-
posits of the red. is good seller.
The Tennessee company and the Republic
company have valuable brown ore mines
in Tuscaloosa county near the Jefferson
line and the Tennessee owns brown ore
IN Georgia; vet they are understood to be
In the market for more At Russellville,
in Franklin county, the Sioss-Sheffield
company owns and operates brown ore
mines Of exceptional richness, and other
furnace and mining companies have some
of this material but none will let a
chance so by TO acquire more.
Within the past few days active efforts
have been made by agents. presumably
representing iron companies, to secure OPP
lions on certain brown ore lands. Not In
recent years, indeed. has there been such
scramble In furnace circles.
Some time ago the idea was advanced
that the iron makers Of the Birmingham
district could get along we'll without
brown ore. While 1t is true, as pointed
out by furnace men of experience, that
with red ore alone the output Of pig metal
would go on all the same, it is now
conceded that a brown ore mixture is
essential for the best economy of pig iron
production. The brown material reduces
the quality Of coke needed and 1t helps to
keep the furnace In good condition. AS
an up-to-date furnace man remarked yes
terday, brown ore is a furnace medicine
a first-class furnace laxative.
Among the brown ore mines Just being
developed is one at Cedartown. Ga,
owned by the Learys, and that of the
Morris Mining company, four miles from
Ohatchie, Ala. Shook & Fletcher have
recently acquired large interest in the
latter property and will manage opera
lions. The Seaboard is building a branch
road from Ohatchie to the Morris mine
and the construction work will be finished
In four or five months. 1t is a well known
fact that owners OF mineral land usually
have to urge railroad companies to build
to their property, but in this case instead
of the mining company looking up the
railroads. two railroads looked up the
mines. The Louisville and Nashville and
the Seaboard put up a lively fight to
reach the property, the Seaboard winning
the victory.
Analysis of the Morris Mining COM
pany's brown ore shows so per cent of
metallic iron; 10 per cent of insoluble
matter and $40 Of 1 per cent of phos-
phorus. The property is finely located
on a river-like creek tributary. to the
Coosa and the mine is being equipped
with modern machinery.
The Learys at Cedartown are mining
about 200 tons day, but they will have
the capacity up to 400 before great
while. Their ore is selling at a fancy
price.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20
Premier Witte Going Home.

Glasgow, July 19.-The Russo-Slovo to-
day published dispatch saying that For
mer Premier White and Former Interior
Minister Durnavo have had conference
at Geneva. Switzerland and that the for
mer has prepared TO start for st. Peters
burg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.


Mrs. Lois Lesser Bowling. aged 10
years. died Thursday morning at about
4 o'clock at the residence of her father,
Mr.. Jones, in Powdery. The funeral will
be conducted from the home at 2 O'clock
this afternoon. The interment will be in
Oak Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20
THE WEATHER.

Washington, July 19.-Forecast for Ala
bama: Showers Friday; Saturday partly
cloudy; light to fresh south winds.
Mississippi: Showers Friday; warmer in
southwestern portions; Saturday partly
cloudy; light to fresh south winds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20
Forney for Congress.

John c. Forney is being urged by many
friends of his and of his father, the late
Gen. william H. Forney, to return to Cal
houn county and enter the race for Con-
gress from the Fourth district. lie has
the matter under consideration. Mr.. For
ney has made considerable reputation at
the Jefferson bar and as member of
the Board of Aldermen of Birmingham
has actively represented the people. He
has large personal following through
out the Fourth district.
His father, Gen. William II. Forney was
eighteen years a member of Congress
from the old Seventh district. When the
present districts were formed four Of the
twelve counties comprising the Seventh
were put In the now Fourth districts:
Calhoun, Cleburne. Talladega and Shelby.
w. b. Craig Of Selma is at present the
only candidate In the race in the Fourth
district
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20
The Next Time
You Pass this W dy

Come in and let us talk about saving. We have
helped to start many people the way to independ-
ence and prosperity by inducing them to open saw
ings account here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20
Political Sparks.

Charles Denegre has made formal an
nouncement of his candidacy for the leg
islature from Jefferson county Mr.. Den
eyre is a we'll known attorney Of Bir-
minaham who has many friends In every
section OF the county who will gladly
support him.
was in the city last night for while
and made "a good report OF his campain.
for governor.
B. b. Conner. candidate for governor,
spent yesterday In Birmingham looking
after some business affairs. He will 60
to Tallapoosa county tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20

oKioe hours
from g a. m
TO 8 p. m.
every day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20

II. A. Hagler of Warrior Announced his
withdrawal from the race for represen-
tative from Jefferson county yesterday
Mr.. Hagler has issued the following
card to the voters of the county:
Warrior, Ala, July 10, 1906
To the democratic voters of Jefferson
county,
hereby withdraw from the race for
representative. / could not and would
not serve If elected. | am truly CRATE
full to those who have been working to
secure my election. Respectfully
VI A. HAGLER
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-20
VOTE GIVES
DOWNEY MAJORITY
Poll is Taken in Second Avenue
District
Conner CLUB ORGANIZED
H. A. Hasler of Warrior Retires From
Race for Representative From
Jefferson county-lssues a
Card to Voters.

A straw vote taken yesterday afternoon
on Second avenue from Twenty-hrst
street to Twenty street shows J. IL.
Downey to be In the lead for sheriff of
Jefferson county in the territory covered.
Following is the result of the poll;
]. H. Downey, rs.
]. P. Stiles, So.
E. L. Higdon. 26.
Hugh McGeever, 10.
Albert stradford. 3.
Harry Jones, s.
w. w. watkins, O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
Why Perfect Beer
Means Health
The Best Beer Is Possible Only With
Eight-Day Malta Scientific Fact
About Brewing.

y perfect beer is heaIthful-it builds
up strength, aids digestion, and acts as
a tonic in giving renewed vitality. \
perfect beer is possible only with perfect
made by the cight-day process used by
Pabst.
Malt is made from barley. Barley
contains in its Elementary form the
constituents that go to build up the
human system. The process of making
malt, as some of our readers may
know. is much the same as the process
growing and the chemical changes that
take place when it sprouts are similar
to the action of the digestive nuluS IN
the body if the grain Were eaten.
PabSt has proven by scientific eH-
perimcntS and sixty years OF practical
brewing that eight days are required
in making malt to bring about those
necessary chemical changes by. which
tho perfect prediSested malt IS pro,
duccd In many brewerieS the old
four-d day process is still used and the
malt is of forced. unnatural develop
ment. 1t lacks in nutrition and is in
all ways inferior, much of the vital
Pabst ciSht-day mailing process re-
tainS in predigested form in the beer
all of the nutritious, life-SivinS ele-
ments of the grain.
Pabst eiEht-day malt, the perfect
malt. doubles the cost of brewing-but
method of brewing. makes Pabst Blue
Ribbon Beer superior as nourishinS
tonic and Il delicious beverage.
II your food doesn't taste just right,
or if your digestion is a little off or
your appetite is poor, drink Pabst Blue
Ribbon beer before or with your meals,
and find out for yourself how good it is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
FALLS IN PERIL
Minnehaha Cascade Doomed to
Destruction, Geolo.
gists Say.
is A FAMED BEAUTY SPOT
Sandstone Ledge Being Eaten Away,
But May Be Saved With &C.
ment Wall.

biologists have learned that Mime
haha falls, the famous beauty spot of
Minneapolis which is known 10 nearly
every school boy and girl in the Unit
ed States through LongieiiOw's ''Hia-
watha,' is in danger Of being destroy
ed. says a special dispatch from Min
neapOIis TO the New York Times. Eat
ing its way through the sandstone
ledge over which the water pOurs. the
stream has now worn the rock almost
down 10 the loose drift of glacial de-
post: This means that unless this
ledge is propped up and the erosion
stopped the falls i'll their present pic
turesque form will be gone. with moth
ing in their place but an ugly rapid.
The recession of Minnchaha has been
hastened by the heavy rains of the last
few seasons. The falls have been uni
formly in good volume. and the wear
ing action Of the water has been very
rapid. But the more damaging work
has been wrought by the frost and the
spray attacking the face of the ledge
about midway between the foot and
crest of the falls BY this in.idious
action the ledge has been undermined
so that the recess back of the falls is
fully thirty feet wide.
When the preparation of the wall of
sandstone is complete. which may be
within 4 few years, it is inevitable. that
the stratum which forms the crest of
The falls will topple over and Mime.
haha falls will be little more than
memory. This topping over OF the
upper stratum has taken place once
before In the memory of people now
living.
The alarming report OF The biologists
who have been investiga ting Mime
haha means a lot to Minneapolis. Once
before in her history the city faced
trouble over a waterfall. Minneapolis
was founded just in time 10 demon
strate that the Falls of ST. Anthony
were well fitted for the development OF
water power. Had the settlement
been delayed 100 years there would
have been little il anything ut Min
neapolis TO prompt the building up OF
great industri!B center and the big
gest flour mills in the world.
AT one time. so the biologists say. the |
Mississippi plunged over a ledge of
rock in the neighborhood of Fort Smell |
ing. fifteen miles below the present 10 |
cation Of st. Anthony's falls. The ac-
tiOn OF the water cut the ledge back |
until the cataract cane to the point |
where the pioneers built & town and |
named it st. Anthony. This town be |
came MINNEAPOLIS.
Villagers Distressed.
st. Anthony's falls continued to re- |
cede, and the villagers were distressed. |
fearing the total obliteration Of the wal
ter power already partly developed and
as the one thing that would |
create q great city. Work was unde-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

way to stop the up stream march oil
the cataract when in day the lelgz
crumbIed and left the water swirline
and foaming in useless fashion about
the wreckage. Every ablebodied man
in and near the city was drafted as n
helper in the work of preservation. and
now the continuing power of the falls
Is assured by gigantic but unlovely
apron.
In the case of Minnehaha there is no
water power at stake. but the cascade
made famous by the poet is one Of the
strongest assets of Minneapolis Nine
out of ten tourists who stop in Mime
apolis even for an hour or two 20 to the
place or apologize TO themselves for
missing it. Long before Minneapolis
had become a big city it was known
as Minnehaha Falls.
1t is held by those who have inter-
ested themselves in the project that
tile recession can be partially if not
permanently stopped by wall of &C.
ment. which would insure that the I'M
dermining process will go no farther
The wall could be rOughened so that
it would appear less artificial or it
might even be faced with rock from
the ledge, so that to the unknowing
there would be little or no evidence OF
mans handiwOrk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

and distributing it iii the fire box. 1t
is assorted that if the mew automatic
stoiscr is properly operated If can lie
made to mGintain an even ire over
m cntire division. with but an inSig
nidcant fraction OF the physical cXcr-
ton that iG required to fire locomo-
live under the present methods.
The Lcii2h Valley railway has com
pleted the first of number Of steam
coal dumps II he erected along its
lines. says 4 HazletOn Pal dispatch to
the Buffalo News. The plant is OF con-
crete. cost $4,000 and operates auto
matically III loading the locomotives
With coal. An engine can be loaded in
a few minutes. as Il ton of coal can he
lifted each time by the crane.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

Has Real Football Suit-Ehomas
Meighan. who plays Billy Bolton, the
halfback in George AIDES football COM
edy, The College Widow is wearing
as his costume in the third act of the
piece, the original uniform worn last
year by Yale's famous center rush.
Carl Flanders. While the company
was in New Haven recently, Meighan
was entertained by Flanders. who is
now coaching the line men on this
years team. and received the suit as
souvenir. 1t shows the signs Of
much wear in the desperate scrimmag-
es with Harvard, Princeton. and Co
lumbia and has exactly the tone color
for the big football scene in the AIDE
play. The College Widow goes to
Boston next month for its annual ell
gagement and Bill Reds men from
Harvard will be in the front row at the
fremont as usual
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

Chorus Girl Ends Life.-With her
husbands love letters torn to bits and
scattered around her. Hazel Cooper. Il
chorus girl in The Earl and the Girl
company, in Il fit of dependency, drank
carbolic acid in her apartments in the
Hotel Hamilton in New York yester-
day. and died at hospital. The girl
is said TO have been the wife of Ed
ward Walsh, jockey. She was about
30 years old. According to friends she
had been low spirited for some time.
When not on the stage she spent her
time in reading and rereading her hus-
bands old letters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
Danger from the Plaque.

There's grave danger from the
plague of coughs and colds that are sc
prevalent. unless you take DIR. King
New Discovery for consumption
coughs and colds. Mrs. George Walls
of Forest City, Me. writes: ITS q
godsend to people living in climates
where coughs and colds prevail.
find it quickly ends them. 1t prevents
pneumonia, cures la grippe. gives won.
derful relief in asthma and hay fever
and makes weak lungs strong enough
TO ward off consumption. coughs and
colds. soc aud $1o0 Guaranteed by
Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store. Trial
bottle free
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.
COUNTY COURT.

Rock Island county court, judge L
Z. Parmenter presiding.
Probate
Estate of George Allen. Claim Of
NJ. r. IgIehart & Co. allowed in elias,
: at 1910.
Estate of Gustaf Erickson. Proof OF
notice to heirs of filing and time OF
hearing on said final report filed. Hear
ing on said final report and same ap
proved, order of distribution according
to terms of will
Estate of Joseph H. Fidler. Report
of private sales of personal property
filed and approved.
Estate of William Gilmore Brindle
Petition by Sarah b. Brindle. widow
for letters OF administration filed. Peti-
ton granted upon fled the usual oath
and filing bond in the sum of $1,000 to
be approved by the court. oath taken
and filed
Estate OF Lucinda y Warner. Inven-
tory filed and approved. Appraise-
ment bin filed and approved, claim of
E. b. Knox allowed in class l at S17S.
Claim of J. Staach & Sons allowed
in class ! at So: claim OF Moline Riv-
eTside cemetery allowed in class / at
$3.50.
Estate of William Gilmore Brindle
Bond of said Sarah B. Brindle flee
and approved and letters of admins
tration issued TO her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
Real Estate Transfers.

Henrietta Heagy to Joseph Cloidt
lots and s. block =, Arcularius' add.
Hampton. $50.
S. 7. Hirsch TO Martha L. King, par
lot ,, q. \. Stephens. First add, Mo
line, 81.
William H. Leverich to Harry l.
Dooley. lot 10. block /. College
Heights add, Rock Island 1925.
Nicholas Lolninger to Herman f
Runner. lot 1G. block Z, Cornelius Lyn
de's add. Rock Island, $1,700.
c. E. Perkins to c.. Il. d Q. Railroad
company, part lots . and >, block 10
Old Town Moline. ST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
AT THE THEATER
BOOKINGS AT THE ILLINOIS.

BOOKINGS AT The ILLINOIS.
Oct. 3o-"At Cosy Corners"
Nov. 3-"The House of Mystery"
Nov. 4-"The Shop-Lifter."
Nov ga Thorn in Her Heart"
Nov. GLAND of Nod"
Nov. 11-"Human Hearts,
Nov. ia Race for Life"
Nov. 14-"Thc Umpire" Fred Mace
Nov. 17-Howe's Pictures.
Nov. 1S-"The District Leader" Ma
bel Barrison.
Nov. 1e-"Way Out FOUNDER, "Ade
Iaide Thurston.
Nov. 2o-"Wizard of o."
Nov. 22-"James Boys"
Nov. 23-Stctsons "uncle Tom"
Nov. 24-'Nettie, the Wait"
Nov. 25-"The Yankee Consul"
Nov. 26-"The Home Seekers"
Nov. 29-"The Show Girl"
Nov. 3O-"The Smart Set.'
Windy Sam Drew PoorIy.-"Windy
Sam from Amsterdam will not travel
far on what he took out of Rock IS
land. The audience last night was an
light one The play
aboundCd in an abundance of the usual
wild west features
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

Rock Island county court, judge L
Z. Parmenter presiding.
Probate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

Operating and motive power officials
are watching with interest the tests
that are being made by the Pennsylya-
mia railway with an automatic stoker.
by which it is hoped that the labors OF
locomotive firemen will be materially
tessened, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. The new device was built in
Columbus, o.. and it performs all the
functions of taking the coal from the
tender. dividing it into small horizons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
Dainty Gertrude RondhilI in "A

Dainty Gertrude BondhilI in cat
Cozy Corners. When the comedy dra-
ma. AT Cozy Corners" comes to the
liant young actress. Gertrude Bondhil!.
will be seen in the part of Avis Merrill,
the beautiful artist who is spending
her vacation in quaint little old New
England village under an assumed
name. The spell of the country, its
honesty. its simple life appeals strong
ly 10 the clever young musician who
has been able to win fame and money
by her mastery playing of the violin.
But most of all the young minister,
handsome 9nd clean hearted. appeals
to her. and by the end of the first act
they have become engaged with an
early wedding in sight. The course OF
their love is not to run smooth how
ever. for there is a wicked old deacon
who holds mortgage on the church,
and u theatrical manager who needs
the money Avis can make on the con-
cert stage, who combine their forces 10
wreck the happiness of the young cou-
pie. They are successful in their ma
chinationS to the extent that Avis and
her husband have scene over her
love for her art, in the shape of the
violin, which ends in the husband
breaking the instrument. The wife
resents this and there is a separation
The husband, when too late. awakeS up
TO the fact that he has been rather
If him however, until che discover by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

accident. that he has sold his home and
used the money. which the deacon says
he gambled away, to buy new violin
for her The deacon is foiled and the
young people are reunited and all ends
we'll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
Charles E. HOdgsOn,
Fire Insurance
Agency.
Established 1874.

American Ins. Co. ...... Newark, N. J.
Continental ms. Co. ..-..... New York
Agricultural Ins. Co.. New York
Farmers Ins. Co. ......... York, Pa.
Williamsburg Ins. Co.. New Yorl.
New Hampshire ms Co.. N. Hampshire
Northern ms. Co ..-...... New York
Security Ins. Co -. New Haven, Conn.
ms. Co. State of Illinois. Rockford, III.
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. Of Connecticut
Once, loom 3, Buford block. Rates
a. low as consistent with security
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-15
Unioue Hawthorne Affair.

A delightful affair was enjoyed Fri
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. w. Mcbride, the Hawthorne
Club giving a farewell dinner party to
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Coffeen. Besides
teh husbands of the member, the guests
We're Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Heether. of
Norfolk Va; Mr.. and Mrs. N. L.
Towle, of Oskaloosa; Mrs. E. A. Stein
er, of Grinnell, and Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Norris. The turkey dinner. in honor of
the approach of Christmas, was served
in three courses, at o'clock, Mrs. Nc
Bride being assisted in serving by Mrs.
c. j. Lander and Mrs. A G. Click. An
unusual way of choosing partners was
used, the gentlemen being given the
ladies' names in metal type, as cast by
linotype machine Afterward a news
paper evening was enjoyed. everyone
entering thoroughly into the spirit /of
the unique entertainment. Everyone
was appointed on the editorial staff,
and all the departments of an up-to-
date newspaper We're represented.
When copy was in Mrs. Coffeen, as
proofreader for the gentlemen, and Mr..
Coffeen, as proofreader for the ladies',
read it aloud, being greeted with bursts
of merriment Afterward, the newspa-
per was put by the hostess into a bind
ing decorated in water colors, and
bearing the title of the Hawthorne
Record Breaker which was presented
to the guests of honor as a memento
of the occasion. The house was pref
tily decorated in holly
Note-sunday's church announce