The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-30
Even lfHigher Is Impression at
 Capital
SURPRISE FOR RAILROADS
Assessme Against Larger Roads Will Be Announced Thursday or Friday-Three New lnsur-
 aace Companies.

is well defined impression about the capital that the tax efforts of the state and county officers this year are going to result in a better equalization of all the charges thus levied than has at any time existed in the state, even though as a whole they are likely to be some what higher This will be in the face of the fact that the work now being done is in a large measure preliminary. It is also said 10 be well established that, notwithstanding much talk about raising railroad taxes, the railroad men themselves will be surprised at the con servativeness of the board in the final makeup. The impression prevails that the assessments against the larger roads, none of which have been made, will be announced by Thursday or Friday of this week. Some had thought that nothing would be done until after the hearing of the railroad cases in the United States court week after next, but it is thought now that this will be found to be an err TOT.
 l great deal of work and study is in ] volved in the assessment of railroadprop- erty and it is hard to jump right in and make valuations without study and ln vestigation, and when there is haste one side or the other gets either more or less than is coming to them, This has made ;, the final announcement of the work of 1 the board this year late in coming
 More insurance Companies.
 It is understood that there will be at least three new life insurance companies organized in Alabama within the next sixty days two in addition to that engi- neered by former Governor William D. Jelks Both are reported to have behind them good men and practical insurance writers, one crowd in Birmingham and the other in Montgomery. The Mont gomery end of the talk is said to hang on the efforts of one of the best insur- ancC men the state has ever had.
 While Alabama has not done so well in the matter of fire insurance, 1t has made success of all the life ventures launch ed. It Is regarded that this sort of his tory will be very efficacious in the matter of getting stock subscribed and securing other support in a financial way. Several small companies have done well and in- dicated what may be expected of the larger ones.
 If the state had enough companies to carry its business and they could get 1t
 
 sSC00.000 a year now sent out for this class of risk. Of course home companies can not get anything like this, but they will no doubt get enough to do well with.
 Game Association.
 The interest evidenced in the enforce ment of the new game and fish law is strongly borne out by the fact that at Hope Hull a game and fish protective association has been organized with A. H. Clark as president.
 The declaration of principles of this or ganization are as follows:
 1. That we will without loss of time n form ourselves thoroughly as to the pro- visions of the game and fish laws 2. That we will strictly observe all the provisions of the said laws. 1 3. That we will promptly report to the proper legal officers any violations of the said game and fish laws that may come within our Knowledge and that we will do all in our power to secure conviction of said offenders
 "Tf organizations of this character should be perfected throughout the state. there would be no question but that more virillty and force would be given to the game and fish laws, and 1t would make the enforcement of these statutes much easier" said Commissioner Wallace. "It is a known fact that the game wardens can not be omnipresent. hence 1t depends in the last analysis upon the sentiment of the people as to how effective the game l and fish laws will be made.' John H. Wallace, Jr., state game and fish commissioner, has been invited 10 address the legislature of Florida at Tal- l lahassee on next Wednesday. The people of Florida appreciate Alabama's game law, as, perhps, the best In existence. and i a strong effort is being made by those who favor the protection and preservation of game and fish to pass the Alabama i law practically as 1t was enacted by the | legislature.
 Woman a Medico.