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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
THE "ULTIMHaE" skYSCRAPER.

From the New York World.
 One of the great captains of eonstruc- ton writing of the ultimate building in New York says;
 "The top stories of the tall buildings are great places to live in and, of all things, to sleep in: so quiet; so well ven tilated." Then follows the prediction that "some chap will come along with hotels and apartments in one end of his building and with market place and theatre in the middle and an office building at the other end, with a rail- way terminus under 1t all. If there's a roof garden on the top you have the whole thing
 This is a vision of the simple life wuxu- rious. Whoso enters into it will leave be- hid the nightmare of subway atmos- pheres, bridges crushes and ferryboat uncertainties. There. need be only the provision of roof garden gymnasiums and swimming tanks-and perhaps skating rinks in winter-to remove the hygien- ic objections to a constant existence within the limits and the room for exer- else would be extended eventually by the construction of bridges from one "ulti- mate" roof to another.
 What the social and political effect. should be of the concentrated life thus suggested is an important question: New Workers are even now hailed as provin- cial by outside critics. Would they broaden within close ultimate walls They are accused of neglecting their in- terests in the local government. As a cluster of "ultimate'' communities would they not see and feel still less of the faults of management in the city at 1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
Bad Roads Must Go

Jenerson county, with it's teeming population, should have only the best of roads. Every highway should be kept in first-class condition and every cross road and every approach to farm or mining camp should be not oaly smooth and firm in dry weather, but passable for heavy loads in the rainy months of the winter. In short, our county roads should be models in which all the people could feel 8 just pride.
 Of cherted and macadam roads Jef- ferson county has 325 miles and of dirt road about 1500 miles. The rapid in- dustrial development of Alabama's largest, richest and most populous county has necessitated a steady ex- tension of the road system. Within the past five years 200 miles have been added, and by the end of next year the total mileage will reach prob ably 1900. according to the testimony of rural delivery carriers and many others who ride over the roads every day, certain highways are in wretched condition, and few If any are as good as they should be.
 Bad roads in Jefferson county should be altogether out of the question, and there is absolutely no excuse for cherted roads being rough and miry as some of them are. Some of the worst of the county highways are within Greater Birmingham territory and these are traversed by as many wagons as the streets of the city. The road leading from Birmingham to the fair grounds. for example, which should be kept in as perfect condition as a city avenue or boulevard, was so full of ruts last fall that it was well-nigh impossible for buggies to drive over it. and that road has gone from bad to worse. It would be a disgrace to the most desolate section of Chocktaw county. It is now almost impossible for even farm wagon.
 In this ear of good roads agitation, progress on the betterment of high ways is being made in every part of the country. The people have come to realize that, next to public schools. good roads take precedence over all other factors entering into the devel- opment of our social and economic life. In the most sparsely settled agri- cultural regions, good roads are now demanded The enhanced value of farm lands as the result of good roads is immediate and real. for one horse can draw as heavy load over hard, smooth road as th'tc or teur horses can pull! over s);s road or Il road full l of ruts. Aid aside from the purely et onomic value of gcCd highways tine very pleasure that comes from rolling in carriage over fine roadbed should be considered and should cause , interest to be aroused in this absorb ing question from one end of Jones valley to the other.
 Let the county authorities give the matter of roads more earnest attention. Bad roads must go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
Caufain Hobson and the Navy

The Age-Herald has great respect for Captain Hobson's naval opinions. He is not long distance naval expert. He knows the sea and the ships that go down to it. And he says our battle ships are as we'll protected by armor belts at the water line as are any for eign ships "of the same date and the same size" The tendency, he says, is to widen armor belts and raise them higher on the side, even though this requires diminution of the thickness.
 'hese cautious statements from Cap
 l Hobson will be construed as a
 ctical confirmation of MT Reuter-
 IT. allegations. It will be noticed
 Captain Hobson does not say the
 eadnaught and other new British
 ps are unprotected by heavy armor p.~te at or near the water line. He is extremely cautious, so much so that he serves to confirm the statements of MT Reuterdahl in relation to armor at or near the water line.
 Captain Hobson welcomes the search light because it will promise i'm provements in the navy. He thinks it will arouse public interest in the navy and no doubt he hopes it will assist in inducing Congress to give us a navy of sufficient strength New ships would perhaps have protected water lines, thanks largely to Mir Reuterdahl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
About Persons.

F. E. Wilson, a prominent merchant or Russellvllle. accompanied by his father, was in Birmingham yesterday. Mir Wli- son stated that his father was in bad health. and that the two were en route to Florida. :.
 F. T. Schmer. former vice president of the Southern Steel company, and o. k. Hood. prominent attorney of Gadsden, Identified with the company, were at the Hi,lman yesterday. With them was MT. Yule of St. Louis, who has represented the company in the west.
 J. Hampton Rich, formerly North Caro- lima manager of the Jacobs Advertising agency, arrived in the city yesterday morning, and will establish headquarters here. He will be located at Birmingham college. He represents 8 religious week lies, covering IA states.
 Milton II. Smith president of the Louis vile and Nashville railroad, is in Blr- mingham 1t is probable that he will re- main in Birmingham until Sunday mighty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMt>

i down the valley through lanes of whisper ing pines.
 When we eat lemon pie we can hear the breezes blowing through the islands of Elyslum.
 When we eat mince pie we can hear millions of eanaries singing and all the mocl1ng birds in the world, and the tinkle of innumerable fountains and the strains of celestial music! ONE OF MANY ODEs TO THE GRIP. When you lose all love for living
 And you have no fear of death, In no mood for glad thanksgiving Bleary-eyed and short of breath When your ways are ways of trouble And you'd sell out for nip" There's no use to turn and double For you're up against the grip. When you snuffle, snuffle, snuffle,
 Ever ready for d sneeze, And your gait is just a shuffle,
 With d weakness at your knees When you'd like to be quitter,
 Tired of work and play and quip, Tho the knowledge may be bitter, You are up against the grip. All this life is full of trials.
 Trials sent to you and me, As hard luck and self-denials
 And the sting of poverty, But the old worlds stock of trouble And the lees of life we sip Seem to swell up ten times double
 When a fellow has the grip,
 REPLIES.
 Straight whisky is not always honest whisky.
 Wives are not half so expensive as affinities.
 If you haven't anything else to be glad for. just be glad that you are not in the foolish house.
 The coclxroaches of Birmingham are nearly as large as goats, and sixteen times as fierce.
 When the weather gets too cold in Washington somebody prods President Roosevelt and he makes it hot for every body.
 Birmingham has bulldog that howls every time he hears Everybody Works put pdlleI pldySa ou lHe plauO. can you blame him?
 Those pay-as-you-enter cars remind us of some hotels You pay as you enter and keep on paying until you get out. Carrie Nation says she will not go to hell. A great many people who think they are going there will be glad to hear it. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
ROASTING HRoWNsoN.

From the New York Mail
 From the letter of the President we take the following phrases. They refer to Admiral Brownson, whose resignation from the bureau of navigation because of a difference of opinion as to the command of hospital ships is made the text for the letter:
 Unseemly.
 Improper.
 Injurious.
 Dscredit
 Gross improprety.
 Childish.
 Reprehensble.
 Personal pique
 Wounded vanity.
 Fractional feeling.
 Disioyal.
 These epithets, applied to a brave and capable officer by the nations chief eX- ecutive, will not be indorsed by the na- ton. They will be regretted and, we might add, resented by none more than by the large body of citizens who are proud to call themselves Roosevelt repub- hcans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
Alabama For Bryan.

Emmett Oneal of Florence, former Unit ed States district sattorney, says of MT. Bryan:
 '"The great Commoner will lead the hosts of democracy in the next contest. No one has yet been mentioned who pos sesses the elements of leadership or could enter the contest with as many assur- ances of success. There is no longer any doubt that MT. Bryan is the choice of the overwhelming majority of the dem ocraey of this state and of the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
Pushing the Work.

Work on the Terminal station is being pushed rapidly-more rapidly than at any time within the past six months,' said a transfer official.
 From the progress being made now it looks as if all the concrete work, all the track work and the work on the towers would be completed before spring. The interior finishing will take longer, but everything will be completed by next fall. The station will be the handsom- est and most perfectly appointed in the entire south''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
Seaboard's Florida Speeial,

''The seaboard's Florida special from New York to Tampa has long been popu- lar and well patronized" said seaboard official, "and I am glad to learn that it is making it's usual good record this win ter. The train is at once elegant, light and fast, and it always pulls in at sta- tions on schedule time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rrom fine New York Press

From the New York Press.
 Mighty few girls can sing their way into matrmony.
 A good way to have lot of children is not to know how to train them.
 When a man is willing to get up early to go, to church it's really fishing.
 What ae woman likes about talking scandal is she always pretends she doesn't.
 / The kind of justice man likes to get is the exact opposite to the kind he give.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Laraer Police Force.

In most American cities the size Of the police force is usually based. on popula- tion," said an alderman. "The rule in the larger class of cities is to have one in some of the very quiet, orderly towns one to a thousand is the rule. In 1910 Bir- mingham will have a population of about 10000 If the minimum police basis is adopted we will have to increase our force to 120 men. By having about one-fourth of the men mounted, the number named would be adequate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The refusal of New York republicans to send Senators Platt and Depew to their national convention is in the in- terest of all aspirants, for their support would be fatal to any candidacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

Secretary Taft needs a saddlehorse with a reinforced backbone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

New York's loftiest achievement this year is to be a 48-story skyscraper. It belongs to life insurance company, and widows and orphans foot the bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

Tn opening the Ohio river to nine foot navigation the government is be- ginning at the top. No other locality is treated thus generously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The second Thaw trial is to be less yellow than No. l, and the readers of sensational newspapers will be corre- spondingly disappointed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

Munich is preparing to build mu- scum that will cover nine acres. It is to be one of the finest in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

Alice Thaw. is convinced that earls at s1,0OO,000 apiece come too high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

George Ade plainly has another pres idential guess coming to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The greatest event of 1907 was that S29. .24v ,000 fine. The payment of the fine may become this years greatest event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

Onlyl bachelors who are hopelessly are safe this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The hoarders and the men who voted against Greater Birmingham should organize and hold reunions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

Oklahoma should send an Indian to Oxford as a Rhoades scholar. He would be a true American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

George Ade will be as funny as he can .when he goes to the republican convention as Fairbanks delegate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
A GRoWLER.

He fused at the waiter
 Who brings his morning eggs He blesses out the "newsie' Who, cold and ragged, begs That he will buy a paper.
 And on the trolley car He grumbles to his neighbor At every little jar. He storms into his office,
 Abuses all the clerks. The office boy, the porter
 And every one who works Beneath his eye, and raises Such unabated Cain, He fills just by his presence The neighborhood with pain. He never lets up growing,
 No matter what befalls, If pleased he growls in sotto, If mad he simply bawls. He's nearly always frowning- Was never known to sing. And yet, his ugly manners Don't get him anything!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

A January thaw cannot be pulled off by the weather clerk because there is nothing to thaw except perhaps some snow in Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The pistol toter carries possible murder in his hip pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

Pretty soon all will be looking for signs of spring despite the groundhog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

Industrial establishments are rap idly overcoming the scare that they accumulated last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

pr. S. Weir Mitchell, aged 77, has begun a new serial story of excellent vigor and variety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The monetary stringency of 1907 should be mentioned in the past tense only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The second Harry Thaw trial is to take place without the aid of woman spectators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The new portraits of Evelyn Thaw have been completed, and the trial can now proceed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

The coffee wagon is eclipsed by the water WaGOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10
FACT.

Does it take much talent to be a poet?" No, but 1t takes lot of nerve"
 UP TO DATE. What is your business?" Pm a balloon hostler." "A what?" ''I work in an airship stable"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

MORNING.
 l. When the sun peeps through the window And the east is rosy red, What pleasure tis to finger In my cozy little bed, Struggled down beneath the cover, Just as warm as warm can be Oh, 'tis then the call of duty Has but little charm for me, All the world without is frosty And the wind is blowing, too. Getting up in such cold weather Is a thing l hate to do, But that darned alarm clocks ringing, Ringing close beside my head, And no matter how I love it, l must leave my little bed.
 VARIETY. Variety is the spice of life. Change your route occasionally. Change your eating place occasionally. Change your clothes occasionally.
 LIFE
 While life, we've found,
 Is btter-sweet.
 All hands around.-
 'Tis hard to beat!
 PIE DREAMS. When we eat pumpkin pie we can hear -T-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

When we eat mince pie we can hear millions of canaries singing and all the moeking birds in the world. and the tinkle of innumerable fountains and the strains of celestial music!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

I down the valley through lanes of whisper ing pines. II.
 When we eat lemon pie We can hear the breezes blowing through the islands of ElVsium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

He will steal, sir, an egg out ot a closter.
 -All's Well That Ends Well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-10

| A January thaw cannot be pulled oil by the weather clerk because there is nothing to thaw except perhaps some snow in Atlanta.
 The greatest event of 1907 was that S29. .24v ,00o fine. The payment of the fine may become this years greatest event.
 Munich is preparing to build mu- scum that will cover nine acres. It is to be one of the finest in the world.
  George Ade will be as funny as he can .when he goes to the republican convention as Fairbanks delegate.
 
 The hoarders and the men who voted against Greater Birmingham should organize and hold reunions. Oklahoma should send an Indian to Oxford as a Rhoades scholar. He would be a true American.
 Industrial establishments are rap idly overcoming the scare that they accumulated last year.
 
 pr. S. Weir Mitchell, aged IT, has begun a new serial story of excellent vigor and variety.
 
 The new portraits of Evelyn Thaw have been completed, and the trial can now proceed.
 The second Harry Thaw trial is to take place without the aid of woman spectators. The monetary stringency of 1907 should be mentioned in the past tense only. Pretty soon all will be looking for signs of spring despite the groundhog. 1 Alice Thaw is convinced that earls at $1,000,000 apiece come too high. George Ade plainly has another pres | idential guess coming to him. Secretary Taft needs a saddlehorse | with reinforced backbone.
 The pistol toter carries possible 1 ,11urder in bic hin nocknt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-15
AGED 0hRKEY ACCUSES SON

William Beddell colOred was ar
raigned before Justice Seward this
morning on the charge OF threatening
to kin his aged father and Ed. Chris
tain on whose place the Bedell family
reside. three miles west of the city,
the hearing being put on until tomor-
row.
John Bedell. father Of the defendant.
came 10 the ciLy early Saturday morn
ing to tell sheriff MahOney of the
mean threats. declaring his son TO be
a. murderer and a William and mean
aonOlali 10. 40 Just what he threatened.
According 70 the old man who IS past
siNty-seyen years Of age his son VIII
liam Is a worthless sort OF a negro.
the black sheep OF the family and that
he has caused him much trouble and
worry by always drawing a gun on
some one and getting 1it0 fight. re-
sulting In the old man having 70 pay
BIS fine.
viii done killed his own brother,
George IN Georgit where they don I
do nothing about one negro killing
another" he said and was never prose
cnted We all (meaning his family
can prove that be murdered his first
two wises in Georgit and directly fore
we left there for Oklahoma he beat
70 death the ehild II his present wife
Withcr, ant cause whatever
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-15
RAILROAD MUST PAY CREDITORS.
Continued from Page ID

The newspapers tell you that the
governor is trying 20 impose cn this
poor, innocent railroad" We are
informed by those who have examined
the records that this company owes
a total Of about 100000 OF open &C.
counts, including such as yours and
labor claims, material bills, etc. In
addition to this it has outstanding
about $3,000,000 face value. Of bonds
issued through a Chicago trust com.
pany as trustee, that men connected
with this trust company are inteles-
ted in promoting the railroad that
they are the very men who are try ing
10 get this road out of the hands Of
the state court, that for the SO coo 900
OF bonds they have put only a little
over $4,000 900 Of money into the Prep
erty, that they are trying In the Uni
ted States court TO make the bonds
stick as FIRST Hen on the property
'ahead of other claims for the fun
amount Of the sace OF the bonds and
accrued interest Do you believe that
these Chicago spectators are trying
to get your money for you and other
local creditors like yourself or trying
to get the whole property for them.
selves? This question ought 70 be
plain enough to your ncigh01rs as It
seems 70 be already TO you, Judging
from your letter
The plaintiff In the state court case
has a small claim, but the courts OF
Oklahoma give a small creditor the
right OF protection just the same as a
large creditor; otherwise, what hope
would there be for five or six hundred
small creditors like yourself and the
laboring rnen and boarding house
Keepers But the other cross petition.
ers who had large claims, from twenty
thousand dollars up, had agreed that
they would consent that the labor and
other small claims should be- provided
for az once and they wonld have
been paid within two or three weeks
az the latest and will be yet In case
the state court retains the custody OF
the property, as believe il will.
am charged with imposing on the
great railroad interests II the state.
rhis Is not true when they obey the
law and DO a straight business. put
Il is the duty Of ever officer in this
state, myself included. to protecs the
weak against the strong. The okla.
homa Central railroad property has
been built and operated By our citl
zens furnishing material and labor
10 the extent Of thousands OF dollars
and / VIII not permit that property
nor its trust company promoters o.
escape without pay ing its local credit.
ors who desire protection. # II Is pos
able TO protect them, and have NJ
joubt that we will succeed Promo
ters Of enterprise and foreign capital
are welcome In Oklahoma, but they
must deal honest and sQuaee with our
people.
Sincerely yours
G. n. HASKELL,
"a H5 Governor.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-15
READY FOR OPENING
OF CONVENTION
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hours. as the marchers will have to
walk in close quarters through the hall.
Not until the credential committees
report Is made and adopted will the
permanent organization OF the conyen-
lion be perfected Then IN order. come
the reports Of the committees on rules.
order OF business and resolutions.
Members Of the republican national
committee will be selected next. AMI
after the honorary vice presidents o
The convention are named the assem-
blage will be ready to take up the nom
nations OF a candidate for president.
The roll o. states Will be called, and II
Is understood Alabama will give way
to Ohio and give Representative Theo-
dore " Burton OF the Buckeye state
opportunity 10 place William Howard
Taft's name before the convention.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-15
GUTHRIE OBSERVED FLAG DAY

Flag Day was observed in the cap
ital city with an excellent program at
the First Christian church yesterday
afternoon under the auspices Of the
the local G. A. r. Circle and w r. c.,
celebrating the one nundredeth and
thirty-first anniversary OF the flag.
The majority of the residences were
decorated with flags and many of the
store windows We're appropriately
decorated. The following is the pro-
gram carried out at the church.
The following Is the program:
America.
Invocation-Rey. T. f. Brewer.
Solo-Mis Maude Goodrich
Addgess-Rey E Faischiid What
the Color Means"
Solo-Miss Lille Brown.
Address-DI. Noblitt.
Solo and Chorus-Mrs Nichols
The Star Spangled Banner"
Recitation-Fre lreman
Recitation-Rella Billings.
Solo Miss Amy Tearney.
Address--Re Or. Baker; Women
as Flag Defenders"
Music-Guard The Flag.
Address-Ben r. Hegler Jr on the
Flag
Music--Choir Of Christian church;
selected
Recitation Hazel Yampner 'Betsys
Battle Flag"
Recitation-Russell Roueh.
Recitation Blanche Hopkins Hats
or the Flag Goes By"
Recitation-Miss Edna Spurrill
Music-"Columbia the Gem OF the
Ocean" by the choir