The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-07
Sidewalk Pencilings
Warden. Must watch Forest Fires.

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 Hunters and sportsmen all oyer the State are praising the game bill that John H. Wallace. Jr., of Madison IS regarded as the author of, said prom I know, there is one section that has failed to attract the notice that Is de- served. I admire the bill and hope 1t tecting the game of Alabama, but the section I refer to is No. 47, which gives to game and fish wardens a sort or
 Ss be fl dTty of exn gushing all blazes they md in the woods: , - what forest fire is. Every spring the entire country is swept by names that leave everything behind them black. ened and blighted Every sprig Of herbage, every blade of grass, outside the swamps, is destroyed. and l have often seen cattle put to if to find food The damage done to growing timber Is considerable, and thousands and tnous- ands of cords of fallen timber are de- stroyed. Houses, too, sometimes are burned, with fences and barns, often 1t is impossible to check the sweep or the flames which make blasing wall
 How are they started? Everybody and nobody knows A camp ire here a turpentine camp there; here heed lessness or carelessness or thoughIless- ness. there malice aforethought. Turn ing fire loose in a county like Bald win is a penitentiary offense-but 1t Is everybody's business and nobodys too. and I hope the county wardens will stop at least some of 1t. It has kept me awake at nights. sometimes and not many things csn do that
 Takes Issue With Haversticlk.
 When we Montgomerians pride our selves on knowing that we have one of the cleanest and most healtnIul cities in the country. 1t Is hard to un- derstand how Inspector Haverstick could have ever given Montgomery the in iatS the l United % Stat States. even eve W if he has has later changed his opinion of our city" said well known citizen yesterday. have Gon VentureS seS sTob nU% am Sssertion tsrHr ishing the fair name of Montgomery We don't care what MT. Haverstick has said. we know that our death rate can see that we have clean broad streets, we can see that our sanitary department does it's. duty. our, snitary sewerage would MT. Haverstick have?
 Tt has occurred to me that we peo- pie of the South do not need so much cities clean. Thank goodness. we don't have such disease breeding places as there are in some of the tenement dis tricts of our large Northern cities Our ty of fresh air. I don't think we need education in that line,
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 MILK is on Increase.
 Had you ever thought of the in- crease in the price of milk in Mont gomery recently?' asked the provider of a large family yesterday. There some sort to run the price of milk up, and a person with a large family, who uses much milk, feels the increase.
 "I remember the time not long ago -I,o. k4aC h trtN -kr rFT milk tickets for a dollar Now. the 1 order of things has been so changed ] that We can't get milk from any of the for a dollar. This is 5 cents pint for milk, and I'll wager 1t is higher than anyone in Montgomery has ever known | 1t to be before
 Ut looks as though everything for l the household has scared in price until | it is now nearly impossible to live on what was considered a moderate salary tion an article of food that has not advanced greatly. It is getting to be | serious question, which keeps the poor man thinking"
 l Dr. Shirley Bragg, State Inspector of l prisons. aims houses and cotton mills, Is Ill at his home. 116 Grove Street. l E < E
 MT. L. c. Lewis of Tuskegee was in l Montgomery last night.
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 MT. W. l.. Williams of Birmingham '' " x % E
 Mir James L. Herring of Ashville is | at the Mabson.
 x & E MT. Robert G. Patrick of Marion is at i the Exchange.
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 1 MT. E. R. Alexander of Tuskegee Is ! in the city.
 MT J. Bishop of Rutherford is in the ] attV