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The newspaper., 1907-06-21

go, but few can do so. And above
all let the company be not too large.
If you would come home happy and
good friends with each other. The
intimacy OF camp life is IA powerful
X-ray machine for discovering faults
OF character. | fear the introdnc-
tion sounds rather ominous but the
prophylactic method pays best.
Having settled on your crowd.
the next thing to he considered Is
horses since this IL to be "A saddle
trip. not a wagon trip. The requi-
sites are the same for n good trail
horse the world over, endurance.
sure ootedness, easiness for riding
and sense-a great deal Of the latter.
Fortunately, many western horses
possess all these characteristics to a
marked degree, and suitable horses
are not so difficult to obtain.
Some morning the day set for the
departure will dawn and amid great
excitement and many misgiviDgs as
to whether the matches are safely
stored away in the packs or whether
you haven't forgotten something
very necessary, you mount your
horses, get the numbering pack
horses in line and leave the hot and
dusty little town behind you for the
freshness and GOODNESS of the high
and silent places of the mountains.
To me there is always something
mysterious about n trail. How
many Kaleidoscope pictures does it
bring before your eyes when you
hear the word? You instantly see
before GU little ribbon stretching
out across the parched desert, or a
little serpentine path up some sheer
I wall OF rock or n little projecting
ledge clinging. TO the side OF the
mountain. or perhaps the trail IL
one only in name and a woodman' g
instinct is necessary to unable one to
discover where any trail ever existed.
No matter what it may mean to us,
it seems to me to be always beckon.
! ing the traveller on, to new lands
The newspaper., 1907-06-21

and new discoveries and to be elo-
quently expressive of the tie Of hu-
man interest which IL the connecting
bond between ourselves and pre-
ceeding travellers through solitary
places. Starting early in the morn
ing just a. the sun has broken the
bnnds Of mist in which the canons
and gorges are wrapped we start
along in the freshness and coolncss
OF the morning silently over-awed
by the glimpses OF the mountain
walls revealed to us by the wreath
ing and lifting OF the ribbons Of
cloud. Or perhaps our way may
lie along the high sides OF the
and see the seething and boiling OF
the mists I'm the valleys; catching
glimpses now and then OF the tree
tops piercing through and hearing
the roar of the stream. In the early
morning freshness the animal life OF
the woods seems to be rubbing its
eyes before the on coming day and
now and then the tentative whirr Oi
the mother grouse, or the question
ing whistle Of IA squirrel tell us OF
the half drowsy interest the denizens
of the place take in us, the intruders.
AZ the suns rays become warmer,
the horses respond to the call of life
and one OF the most enjoyable things
on the trail is the evident interest
and pleasure Of the saddle horses In
the exploration OF IL new country.
A horse is very like n human being
after all, and responds to the mood
OF his rider to a very remarkable
degree. For the time being you two
are pardners and either n help or n
hindrance to the other. The trail IL
a never-ending ribbon leading one
now through the broad open sun
light pulsating with the breath and
life OF the mountains, now beneath
the sentry-like pines and spruces,
over a sun-checkered, noiseless bed
OF age-old needles, now amid the
trembling aspens with their silvery
The newspaper., 1907-06-21

as do each succeeding meal. AS
twilight deepens great logs are ad-
ded to the camp fire and as the tiny
sparks mount toward the skies we
too lie back and watch them
another phase OF nature which we
have not half looked at before.
Some one starts an old song, and
all join in without regard for ones
singing ability, and the entire re-
pertoire ranging from Clemetine to
Nearer My God to Thee, is sung
through with great gusto. Then
some one tells story to which we
all give abr tracted attention, then
silence, then yawn, and we rise.
fix the fire and retire to the aruIs Of
Morpheus. The stars still stand
guard, and occasionally n curious
horse draws near to see II we are all
still there, we close our eyes-and
day dawns.
The routine of each day is alike,
though the scenery and the expert
ences are ever shifting. We lose
track of time. and forget whether it
is Sunday or Friday, the tenth or
the fourteenth. There was no such
thing as care in the garden of Eden
and ours are OF the most transient
kind, concerned chiefly with the
culinary department. And so the
days pass, until some night about
the campfire. some one says, "Do
you known that we've got To start
back tomorrow. ! have to be in
Paonia by the first" The suggestion
is a breath from another world one
not so carefree, and we reluctantly
turn our backs on the solitudes and
take the trail back to the haunts of
men. The horses however do not
share our reluctance, and bye and
bye we begin to feel n bit of their
eagerness to reach home. and when
we mount the crest Of the last divide
and catch our first glimpse OF the
valley beautiful with its little
checkers OF orchards we greet IL
with "A shout as long absent friend.
Then we look at each other. and be-
come conscious 81 our clothes. Then
IL is that we make up our minds not
To reach town before dusk. we who
are so willingly becoming again the
slaves To custom and convention.
On your return II you ARE asked the
question whether IL pays you may.
somewhat haltingly. say yes. But
time IL great eradicator of the
dIsagreeable and six months latter
you VIII find yourself giving very
enthusiastic affirmation and laying
new plans for new trips, TO new
places.
May Mother Nature always ai-
ford us such an enjoyment OF her
delights,
The newspaper., 1907-06-21
Camping in Colorado.
BY MISS DAISY DIXON.

One might think the thing Of great
est Importance for summer in the
mountains is the choice of n route-a
place to go-but not SO. There are
many places TO go. any one OF which
will furnish a pleasurable outing, IA
rest from care and inspiring scenery,
hut II the enjoyment of 1t all Is not
to be marred, the personnel OF the
crowd demands the first thought.
Is certain girl averse to sleeping
on the ground, with. perhaps, a
boulder striking her half way up the
back? She is out of the question as
a camper. Is she likely to possess
an over sqeamish sense OF the super
fiuity OF ashes in the bacon or the
coffee? She will not lie happy with
you, nor you with her. IL she in
clined to sit by and watch with
great interest while you proceed to
pare potatoes, slice bacon or make
biscuits with our back bumped over
into n rainbow, with your face
parched with heat from the camp
fire and. your eyes full OF smoke.
reject her, for something more
telling than interest is needed at
such a time.
Be sure, too, to reject the would.
be funny man who insists on pun.
ming at the moment when you come
out on the ridge of the world and
the most beautiful panorama OF
loveliness is spread before you. Such
a man causes you to mediate on his
futility when you want to think ol
something else. Beware too, OF the
man whose talents do not lie along
the line of manual labor, On q
camping trip as on a military cam
paign one should be in marching
equipment and all unnecessary i'm
pediments should be left behind
Having settled on the nature OF the
company, the next thing is to gel
your crowd, for many may desire tc
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trunks, standing knee-deep in ferns
and brakes, which for daintiness
and GOODNESS resemble the work OF
the frost fairies. AT each change OF
scenery the rider feels as if an invis-
ible fairy had waved her wand, and
presto! change! a new world, I'M
spoiled which nature graciously al
lows us to enter.
Our little artificialities drop away
from us, we become children again,
and listen in humility and wonder
ment to the wonderful heart throbs
OF Mother Nature, whose kinship we
ordinarily feel SO dimiy. Somehow,
malice, jealousy and strife find no
place, and one can understand how
the anchorites of old became wellers
in solitary places with the thought
that such life fitted them for
heaven.
When the shadows of the trees as
we'll as the demands of our own appe-
titles warn us of the arrival of noon the
party by tacit understanding draw
rein by II clear, ice cold mountain
stream into whose grateful GOODNESS
the horses plunge their noses and
drink. The riders dismount and
straighten out their tired bodies the
horses are unsaddled and turned out
to Craze, the packs are loosened to
rest the wearied backs of the pack
.,ta nj DraGnntlH enrl of a.
and II most appetizing odor announ-
ces that the coffee has boiled, and we
dine with greater relish on Van
Camps deviled ham and hot coffee
than the king at his banquet. Ger
tain il IL that nothing else could
taste half so good. The spoons are
washed in the cold water and further
cleansed and wiped dry on leaves we
lean back for n short doze which
seems only minute in length, To
open our eyes dreamily on that in
sistent trail which forces it's beckon-
ing on our attention. We rise. sad
die, mount and are off again-in
silence for awhile. The vocal utter
ances ON the trail are sure indica-
tions OF our moods and feelings. In
the early morning we start out
awed to silence by the mystic beauty.
Later ON we sing and laugh. out of
sheer enjoyment Of life. At noon we
talked little. In the afternoon we
talked. but chiefly of our camping
place. with deep laid plans for sun
dry -nvory dishes to Ice evolved from
our provisions. What menus can
one not conjure up and what chang
e- cannot be rung under the inspira-
tion Of healthy, mountain fed appe-
tites.
In the late afternoon we pitch our
camp beside another little stream,
the horses nre hobbled for the night.
the camp fire IL started. the tent IL
pitched on level ground II possible
the blankets are spread ON beds Of
spruce and with sigh of weariness
aud thankfulness we gather around
the supper and devour II as uncriti-
cally and with ns good enjoyment
The newspaper., 1907-06-21
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
NEW ROLE FOR ROBSON.

Washington Dispatch in New York Times.
 Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, one time hero of a little incident for which he was much applauded and affection ately caressed, proposes now to build up the industries of his district, and to this end will give a series of lessons upon agriculture during the balmy May days.
 He has come to Washington, carefully scrutinizing the collection of once half starved, but now fat and chubby, scien- lists in the agricultural department, selected some four or five biologists, en- tomologists. agriculturists, bacteriologists, microscopists, foresters and other kinds of gists and pists and rsts and sters, got permission from the secretary of agri- culture for them to go down and help him. and now he Is busy with prepara- tions for them to fill the people of the Sixth Alabama district brimful of all kinds of scientific lore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Our Timber Supply

Forest Inspector Kellogg of the de- partment of agriculture says that be- tween 1880 and 1906 Alabama produced over nineteen billion feet of lumber to be exact, 19,625, ,0OO board feet. The lake states have been the chief pro- ducers, but today the south is produc- ing about 35 per cent of the national product, and this section is probably now at it's maximum. The Pacific states will soon hold first place, and then there will be no other section of virgin timber to turn to.
 The present stumpage of yellow pine is estimated at 137 billion feet, and the annual cut at 12 billion feet. In ten or fifteen years, says MT. Kellogg, there will be "a most serious shortage of yellow pine"
 Long estimated the Alabama stump age in 1903 at 11A billion feet. The annual cut is about a billion feet. In 1905 it was 243,9SS,OOO feet. These figures are at the best but estimates. They are, however, approximate. They point plainly to a scarcity of yellow pine ten years hence. And what is true of Alabama is true of the rest of the country, for the country as a whole consumes, says the department of agri- culture, every year "between three and four times more wood than all of the forests of the United States grow In the meantime" Every person in this country is using over six times as much wood as he would use if he were in Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Fort kaYne Is ScheoIIess

Fort Payne Is the only town in Ala bama without some kind of a school
 house. Its leading citizens have sent out an appeal which tells the story of its condition better than other words can tell them. Our town" they say, Host it's building by fire. Its total rev enue received from direct taxation is less than $500, and its revenue from all sources is less than $250o, all of which is required to keep up its streets, police protection and other necessary expenses of local government. It is collecting taxes up to the constitu- tional limit It has 200 children de- prived of school advantages. We have raised among ourselves about $2750, besides donation of a site for build ing. At least $5O0O is required to pro- vide a building suitable for the needs of it's 200 children. Think of it, the sound of the school bell is not heard here, and 200 children are without school advantages. Of whatever dona-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
LATE TRAINS IN TEXAS.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The new lav now in operation in Texas to prevent late trains is great thing for the local travellers there but certainly makes a through trip across the state slow said Bert Foster, who roc ocently returned from Texas.
 ''The law is that when a train is marked up 30 minutes@late at any of the larger cities another train must be start CT on the regular schedule to take care of the people who are waiting for the train. For this reason there is seldom danger of having to wait several hours for a train, but. as the delayed train is then taken off, through passengers arc often forced to wait. over night for an- other train, and in a trip across the state one could easily lose 24 hours. The railroads could run extra trains if they wanted to accommodate through traf- fic, but they are living up only to the let ter of the law in .he hope that the law mJ become obnoxious"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Ay, sprlnges to catch wood-cocks.
 Hamlet
Theatrical Merger

Ex-Boss Cox of Cincinnati Is said to have been the man who brought about a merger of the Klaw-Erlanger and the Schubert theatrical interests. The new combine is to be governed by an ex- ecutive committee consisting of A. L. Erlanger, Lee Schubert and Marc Klaw.
 A trust in oil or pig iron or railroad transportation is considered detri- mental to the general public, and trust in a great school of instruction the stage-is something even worse. And yet that is just what has over taken all but the largest cities of the country, and even the largest cities will seriously feel the new trust.
 As things stand three men control the better theatresrthe theatres in which high-priced attractions appear of a country holding eighty millions of people. These three men can say what actors shall be booked and what shall not be; what plays shall be produced and what shall not be, and in that way they will do more to promote public instruction or to check it than any other three men in the country will be able to do They will do more either for good or for evil than vast army of professional instructors will be able to accomplish.
 The new theatrical merger tops the lists of combines, simply because it in- wolves public instruction. The stage is a school, and ever has been and ever will be, and the country will be called upon to decide whether it wants as controlling professors in this school A. L. Erlanger, Lee Schubert and Mare Klaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Birmingham Park In Elyton.
First Asphalt Pavement.

"The first real asphalt paving ever put down in Birmingham is now being laid on the streets of Mountain Terrace, the new subdivision of the city," said con tractor yesterday This Is the genuine Trinidad asphalt, the same as that used on the streets of Washington City. It is not made of Texas or California oils, but is composed of the natural asphalt mixed with the proper ingredients in such proportions as to make a firm, last ing surface, which, however, is yielding and not so hard on horses feet as the hard pavements are. Then, too, the pavement is almost nolseless, the texture being so nearly like rubber as to soften to the minimum the usually irritating noises of continual street traffic. This asphalt is very costly, but is well worth the investment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Birmlnuham's Problem

Every city has its big problem. Chicago's is related to the disposal of sewage, and it built at a cost of about S17,000,000 a drainage canal. Pittsburg wants a ship canal to Lake Erie, and the solution of it's problem will cost perhaps $25,0O0,O00. Birmingham's problem relates to water-cheap water for the uses of manufacturers-for blast furnaces, steel mills, and all the other large plants that will gather about cheap fuel cheap iron and cheap steel.
 Engineer Kay says our problem can be solved at an expense not exceeding $1,295,000 For that sum one hundred million gallons of water from Locust Fork in Blount county can be brought to Village creek daily at the lowest possible cost. The cost of maintaining a gravity flow would scarcely be worth mentioning. It is the cost of construc- tion that is to be met.
 When the growth and prosperity of the district depend upon a gravity sup ply of water, shall it be said that the sum involved cannot be gotten? Surely not, for that would be confession that our fuel supply and ore seams are not worth $1,295,000. They are, in fact, worth that much hundred times over, and a way will surely be found by which the proposed canal from Locust Fork can be financed. A way to the needful money must be found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
MONSTER OF THE OSAGE"

on storm broke and the hunters took refuge in a cave.
 With the return of dawn there began again the hideous vail of the mysterious monster. The Flora Jones was making an early start on her return trip down the river. Nearer and nearer sounded the whistle, until the hunters, who had tumbled hastily from their cave, could distinguish a puffing and blowing sup posed to be the shorts of the advancing foe
 The moment of decisive action seemed at hand. The hunters rushed to the river bank, each selected a tree to stand be- hind and looked to the priming of his gun.
 An instant later the Flora Jones round- ed bend and loomed into view. Upon her deck was a gay crowd of passengers. watching the early sunrise flooding the water with rosy light Uncle" John Whitley, Jimmy Breckenridge and their band of heroes were too astonished to answer the friendly halls as the boat swept down to tAe next bend, her whistle mocking their past fears
 Little was said as the hunters tracked homewards. Unostentatiously each sought out his home. And so ended the historic hunt for the monster of the Osage val lev
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30

tion you will make advise Charles M. T. Sawyer of this town,' who will place your name on the subscription list, the money to be called for when a contract for the building has been awarded and the contractor bonded"
 There is little need of additional words. The good people of Fort Payne tell the entire story, and it will be strange indeed if the appeal from one of the loyeliest of Alabama towns goes unanswered in a big and prosperous state. Fort Payne is not shirkng any duty, for it has raised s2750 and has secured site. It wants $2250 more than it has been able to gather in at home. The appeal is manly, straight forward and sincere. It needs a suit able school building, and it's own re- sources are insufficient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Delayed Trains.

When the railroads reduced their speed the travelling public had the right to ex pect that trains would run on time and arrive at their destination according to the advertised schedule" said Myer May a commercial traveller, "but my experi- ence leads me to think that they are marked up late just as often as they were under the faster schedules,
 There was an improvement for while but the trains soon fell into their old habits. Here in Birmingham the Southern from the east is often from half hour to an hour and a half late and l hear it is so with other trains. The railroad man agers might do we'll to reduce the speed still more. Nothing so frets a travelling man as a road that fails to make sched- ule time."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Cousumptj0n of COtton

Consul Bradley, stationed at Man chester, England, says 99 mills con taining S,S65,96S spindles were added in 1906 to the English plants Every twelve spindles consume in the course of a year bale of cotton, and the Eng fish mills alone will hereafter call for 730,000 more bales of cotton. The spindles in this country have also been increased, as have those of the conti- nent The chief increase was, however, in England, and today despite the in- crease in spindles it is difficult to get from the English mills deliveries of yarn.
 The great crop of 1904-05 was IT, 782,440 bales. The United States grew of this worlds aggregate 13,42O,OOO bales; the East Indies, 2,960,O00; Egypt, 1,1S7,O00; Brazil, 215,O0O bales, and the remainder came in small lots from several countries. The consump- tion of the present year is put by Con sul Bradley at 1S,607, ,4S5 bales, so that even if we grow crop equal to that grown in 1904, the world will need it, and will pay good prices for it. That is the outlook at present The prices for yarns and piece goods point that way. The farmers of the south need not fear that they will have to accept unremunerative prices for their great staple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Iron Market Strong.

J. W. Mcqueen, vice president of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company, returned yesterday from New York, where he had spent week studying the iron market. While there he made large sales of pig metal, about 1500o tons for delivery in the last half of the year.
 Business conditions seem to be good" said MT. Mcqueen. 'and as for the iron market, it is exceedingly strong. The proper quotation for third quarter deliV- cry Is $20 on a No. 3 basis and for the fourth quarter $19.50"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
CRIMINALS ARE PROSAlC.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 Policemen, in spite of their trouble in solving what appear to be more or less simple problems. are fond of asserting that the ordinary criminal. betrays an amazing lack of originality. In support of this they point out that when a crim- ii.l is arrested after doing one stretch" the second charge made against him is generally for the same sort of crime. They explain this by saying that each fa.Aura or each loss shows the crook" some point of which he has been ig- norant and it is easy for him to convince himself that next time he will avoid that mistake and be successful. When he fails and is arrested, the law shows him just where he bungled, and the gamblers love O. taking a chance urges him to try his lucK at the old game once more. Then the unconscious and gritty determina- ton to make a success of the thing. any how.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
rnn resbYterians.

"One of the pleasant features of the Presbyterian general assembly which will soon hold its annual meeting in Brming- ham, is the alumni fellowship" said a pastor. While the commissioners to the assembly are very busy with the work of the body and therefore can not &C., cept many social invitations, the fraterni- ty men frequently get together over cof fee and cigars and talk of college days.
 'The programme for entertaining the Presbyterian visitors has not been com pleted, but the members of the assembly will doubtless take one day off for the purpose of looking over the district Most of those who will be in attendance are familiar with the cotton industry, but few have seen steel plant"