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Gilpin observer., 1909-06-03

Gasoline lighting system for sale
cheap. Apply at Palace drug store.
Gilpin observer., 1909-06-03

w. c. Quiller was a passenger to
Denver Tuesday morning.
Gilpin observer., 1909-06-03

Read The oIIpIn observer, s2.oo'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
EdiSon's Cement Houses

Thomas A. Edison has by no means
abandoned his plans for the construo-
ton of freproof dwelling houses at
low cost, to be cast in molds from
cement, thus resulting in a saving of
time as well as of money. The pro-
posed houses will be enduring, mex
pensive and comfortable.
The use of cement is the marvel of
the age, and there is really no reason
WHY houses cannot be cast in molds.
Mr.. Edison proposes to cast COM
plete house at one time in big iron
mold. Cement is to be poured into
this mold until the house stands COM
plete. The iron mold will then be re-
moved to be used and reused else
where. But small part of the iron
mold can, therefore, be charged against
any single house.
Mr.. Edison expects next year to be-
gin the construction of modest but
comfortable houses at small expense.
His plans are being perfected, and the
word "fail'' is not to be found in his
dictionary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds of conveyance in the following
transactions in real estate In which
amounts of $1,000 or more were involved
were filed yesterday In the office of the
probate court:
ton, the east 40 feet of lot 2, block s57,
Elyton Land company's survey of Biz
mingham, fronting 1885 feet on the west
side of Ash street and extending back
40 feet along the south line of Sixteenth
avenue, south.
ssl00-James 7. Miller to Tennessee Land
company, one-third interest In the north
west quarter and the north half of the
southwest quarter of section 16, town
ship II south. range 4 west.
sS1o0-Henry Miller to Tennessee Land
company. one-third interest in same.
sS10o-John NJ. Miller to Tennessee Land
company, one-third interest in same.
s5500-James Robinson to II. C. Abbott,
ct al, lots and 8, block 21-E, survey
of Ensley.
sSs0O-G. E. Brown to Charles Sawyer,
the east half of the north half Of the
north half of the southwest quarter of
section 3d. township IS south, range 4
west.
s32So-Mrs. Ida s. Fowler to Mrs Rosa
3. Slliman, lot 10, block II, Earle Place
Realty company's survey of Earle Place.
$7000-Dow Land company to B. H. Stow
ers. the east 40 feet of lot 7, block 27,
survey of Phelan's addition to Birming-
ham, fronting ~ feet on the south side
of Fifteenth avenue, south. and extend
ing back 100 feet along the west line of
Fifteenth street.
s4000-Birmingham Realty company to
W. G. Oliver, lots 2, 2 and 3, block 15l,
Elyton Land companys survey Of Bir-
mingham.
$2S, 000-W. II. Bason to Edgewood High
lands Realty company, part of the north
east quarter of the southwest quarter
of section 10, township IS, range 8 west;
part of the northwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of same.
$1500-F P. Petrasek to j. A. Goolsby,
10 acres in the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 5, township
IS, range lwest.
s1000-Mary e. Hines to l.. r. Booth,
one-half interest in the north half of
the southwest quarter Of section 20, town
ship is, range ] west
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

largely mountain lands. or arid OF
semi-arid plains. But these lands are
by no means valueless, especially in
view of what is termed "conserva-
ton" II the water powers owned by
the government are preserved intact
nearly all the lands in the states can
be rendered valuable.
Secretary Ballinger proposes to
classify the public lands according to
their value for agriculture, mining,
generation of power or other indus
tries, and to lease some instead of
parting with them outright. This idea
SHOULD certainly be applied to all coal
lands, and its extension to other pub
lie lands should be fostered. 1t is
new idea and a good one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
County Bonds For Roads

The state can appropriate the pro-
ceeds of convict labor to road-making,
but a county that wants in earnest
good roads should not wait for state
action, which will almost certainly be
long delayed The best way to secure
roads in county lies in the issue of
county bonds. In this big county an
issue of sI,000,000 in bonds would not
be excessive. Proportionate issues in
the other counties of the state would
soon lead to the construction of up
to-date roads throughout the state, and
the consequent development of the
state.
The thing to be avoided Is the build
ing of roads that will not last. All
roads should have a stone foundation.
They will cost perhaps $1,000 or more
a mile, and it would be unwise to build
any other kind. What every county
needs is roads that will last indefinite
ly and that will call for minimum of
repair work.
The true policy in all counties is to
issue bonds for roads with stone foun-
dations to cost not less than $1,000 a
mile. This is what Alabama needs,
end it is what Alabama will soon or
late secure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
House OF Governors

The governors of the As states are
soon to reassemble in Washington.
This piece of business has been going
on ever since President Roosevelt, in
pursuance of a general grandstand
policy called a conference of COVER
nors to consider the conservation of
the national resources. This confer
ence met in May, 1908.
The governors appointed a commit
tee to arrange time and place for a
session of the governors in body of
their own, independently of the Pres
ident. The governors are to meet jan
uary IS, 10 and 20, 1910, when the
houset of governors will be formally
organized in Washington.
This means that a new factor in ad-
ministration has step by step crept
upon us unawares. The man in the
Jungle started the new-fangled branch
of government, and the desire of the
46 governors to be seen, heard and
felt at Washington is perpetuating the
innovation. 1t bids fair to sit longer
and longer each year, and after
while it will serve to be more forceful
and less academic. 1t will not be con-
tent with inspiration, initiative and in
fuence-it will in some form seek
actual participation in administrative
work.
This house of governors will newt
ably in the course of expansion and
development encroach upon the alleged
power of senators to speak for their
respective states as such. The house
of governors will be sure to declare
soon or late that it represents the
states as states, and that no one else
does. The senators, they will say, rep
resent the legislatures which represent
constituencies. A house of governors,
therefore, becomes necessary, they
point out, In order to give the state
as q state chance to present state
wide subjects. The desire of the states
on marriage and divorce, rights of
married women, corporations and
trusts, insurance. child labor. capital
punishment, direct primaries, convict
labor, prison reform, contracts, uni
form system of conveyance, inherit
ance tax, income tax, mortgages.
referendum, election reforms, and
scores Of similar subjects could In this
way be emphasized and uniformity of
ection among the states greatly pro-
NOTED.
| 1t will be seen that while the house
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
BOARD APPROVES
ULLMAN SCHOOL

The Board of Education yesterday APP
proved the Uilman school annex, one of
the most needed of all the new build
ings, which will be put in use just as
soon as the new desks arrive.
The school is a model of the modern,
safe. sanitary and ventilated school. The
floors of the halls, the steps and all
the basement are of concrete. Every
modern invention of convenience is used
A telephone exchange connects the child's
home with the room In which he studies.
A thermostaat heat regulator keeps the
temperature always the same
The new sanitary drinking fountain,
which is being placed in all the schools,
is the most simple and yet useful of
articles. The child puts his mouth over
little stream of the pure water, with
out touching a cup, or anything which
might carry gems.
The fire escapes, broad halls, and the
patent attachments on the doors, make
1t almost impossible for an accident to
occur in case of fire. The heating is
the most modern, with two twin furnaces
in q basement entirely surrounded by
concrete.
Tho South Highland school is now al
most complete and will be approved In
q very short time. The board Will have
everything ready to begin business with
the next quarter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
BROWNSVILLE INQUIRY.
Court Finishes Investigation and
Leaves For Washington.

Brownsville, Tex, December 1.-The
military court Of inquiry which yester-
day completed its investigation of the
raid upon this city alleged by the ne
gro soldiers of tho Twenty-fifth in
fantry, u. s. A., left for Washington
late today. The court will resume its
sittings In Washington Wednesday
next.
BY tracing back the trajectory Of
three bullets which pierced as many
houses, the court learned that the bull
lets were fired from barracks C and D.
which at the time of the raid were &C.
cupied by the negro troops. 1t Is ex-
pected that number OF the former
soldiers will be summoned as witnesses
in Wash ingtOn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Reckless Automobile Driving.

"People who own automobiles some
times wonder why city councils and state
legislatures are so severe in their laws
on speed restrictions" said a well-known
citizen. prhey are inclined to think that
the persons who make such laws do not
know what they are about. and that
many of them are based simply on preju-
dice against the machines.
1T wonder IL these automobile owners
ever stop to think of the cause OF this
prejudice. II there is any doubt in their
minds they can get good lesson by
spending an hour or so at the middle OF
the Twentieth street hill any afternoon
between and o'clock.
81 happen to live near that hill, and
L have seen more reckless disregard OF
the rights of others by people driving au-
tomobiles there than you can imagine.
This evening as 1 got off the electric
car two immense motor cars came tear
ing up the hill racing with each other.
One street car was coming up the hill
and another was going down. AS the
two big machines dashed around each
other and around the electric cars at ter
rifle speed l shuddered to think what q
punctured tire or an unmanageable
steering gear would have done.
And this racing on that hill cannot DO
attributed to some reckless zorro chauf-
feur. The fashionably di ladies in
both cars were enjoying race too
much to have dsapproved the actions OF
the drivers.
but I suppose it will require some ter
rible disaster on the hill to correct the
evil"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Marcus Weila Eoreoast.

The result of the election Monday was
very gratifying to me- said Marcus We'll
yesterday. IT think my friends all knew
how I stood on the question and I am
also pleased that my forecast of October
29 one month before the election, came
SO near to the final result. Some of my
friends thought at the time my figures
were published that l was letting my
wishes get away with my judgment, but
/ have always made 1t a rule in fore
casting election results to pay no atten-
ton to the way I want things to go and
to give the figures as they actually stand
after my investigation.
Probably number of my friends have
forgotten the original figures gave. Here
is what I predicted one month before
the casting of the ballots:
First. that the amendment would not
carry a single congressional district.
Second. that the few counties they
might carry would not overcome the ma
jority that the defenders would get in
Mobile county.
a majority of 1745 against the amend
ment.
"As to the results: 1t is now known that
the few counties the amendment carried
amounted to a total majority of about
40 votes. Mobile gave a majority the
other way of about 1880 Jefferson county
went about 1850 against the amendment"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Early Shopping.

1.-The Christmas shopper cannot appre-
ciate what an immense advantage is de-
rived from shopping early in December"
said prominent teweler yesterday. II
cannot conceive of anything that should
appeal to the people more than a cam
paign for early shopping, and nothing
would prove of as great advantage to the
shopper as coming early.
THE person who shops now has the I'M
divided attention Of the clerk; has prac-
tically an entire store to herself or him
self, and has the largest and most COM
plete stock of goods OF the entire year
from which to make selection. Hundreds
and hundreds Of times ! have customers
come to me a day or two before Christ
mas and beg for some article that has
already been sold. The person who
shops early never has that trouble. The
early shopper gets first pick, has more
time in which to make selection and can
be better pleased.
mot only does what say apply to
early shopping during tho month. but also
to shopping during the early hours Of the
day. A shopper il fresh in the morning
and able to discriminate much better than
late in the afternoon; the clerk Is also
alert and eager to please. In the after
noon late a clerk or salesman has been
on his feet all day, 10 more or less tired
and naturally cannot give az good SER
vice. Il
All stores make IT a practice Of keeping
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
IN THE GRAND sAzAR..

BY Clinton Scollard. in the Bohemian
In the Grand Bazaar of the Damascenes
with Its violet lights and purple sheens,
And sitting In from the outer air
The simmer of amber here and there
You may touch through sight and sound
and scent
The very heart of the Orient!
Come, then. comrades. and let us drift
With the human tides that part and
shift
And surge and jostle. and taste the thrill
OF life that smacks of the desert still,
And keeps some giimmering ghost of the
state
OF tho glamored days Of the caliphatel
Naughty Of misn and rich of dress.
Saunter the Lords of the wilderness
Bassan Beni and Jerndi,
(shiek Of q wide oasis heD
With their cameIs hair head ropes bound
with gold
Over silvsry kerchisfs. fold on fold!
Sellers Of shsrbet and sellers of sweets
Vendors OF spices and milk and meats,
Water bearers. with CHEEKY chants,
Droning dervishss, meudicants-
Such Is the mesh the motley means
In the Grand Bazaar of the Damascenes!
And when the chaffer and din are done,
And the sun dips down behind lebanon,
And the last of the pilgrim feet have
trod
Through Bawabet Ullah, the Gates OF
God,
And there's never a sign of a vailed
face,
Or proud Pasha (by Allah's gracsD,
Then what pageant from Timur down
Passes this pathway of old renown--
Spirits outstolen from Paradise
To vuo ndar Whfya In that nopeAyxr >,sss.
While Night. with her spangled man
tie, leans
Ger the Grand Bazaar az 49, Damasoenaat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Prosecution Of Standard OIL.

Washington, December 1.-The question
officials In the event the supreme court
of the United States affirms the decision
of the oircui. court at st. Paul. ordering
the dissolution of the so-called trust, has
not been under consideration, according to
Attorney General Wickersham.. who was
asked today If that course was likely. The
question of prosecution of the officials In
that or any other alleged trust. 1t was
pointed out at the department, would de-
pend ION the supreme courts action on
the appeal from the recent decision of
Judge Holt at New York, sustaining the
plea of the statute Of limitations inter-
posed by defendants, Kissel & Harmed,
in the so-cailed sugar trust cases.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
Our Government Lands

The annual report of the Secretary
of the Interior shows that the national
government still owns 731, 100000
acres of land in this country and $685.
OGO 900 acres in Alaska. Here then is
a billion acres of public lands, or
about 10 acres for every man, woman
and child in the country.
The lands in Alaska are, it il true,
largely frigid, and the lands still held
By the government here at home are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
THE APPLEToNs

One reason why the Lysander John
Appleton family of Kansas Is 30 In
teresting is no doubt because it 10 so
much like other families. The Atchison
Globe chronicles the latest news of tho
Appletons asAfoilows:
Mrs. Lysander john Appleton made
the boast that Daysey Mayme has had
a number of stories accepted by the mag
azines. Pinned down to the facts 1t is
learned that Daysey Wayne has cooky
recipe printed In the Presbyterian Cook
Book. Where Is your mother?
asked a caller of Daysey Mayme Apple
ton one Monday morning. She is giving
a line party. was the reply. and can't
be disturbed The caller went away
much impressed with the social import
ance of woman who gave line parties
Monday morning, and has never learned
that the line party consisted of Mrs.
Iiysander John hanging the family wash
Ing on the clothesline. f. When Ly-
sander John Appleton complains of the
scratches on the new piano, the broken
window panes, the candy STUCK to the
parlor chairs, the chewing gum plastered
on the parlor carpet, etc., his wife says
reproechfuliy: You don't Love your cnis-
dren or you would be Glad to see these
Little Marks made by their Precious
Hands and Feet. Many Father whose
Babe Lies Cold In Death Would be Glad
to md Chewing Gum on his parlor car
pet Then she sobs at the picture she
has drawn of a father looking in grief at
a carpet with no chewing gum plastered
on It. ana Lysander John puts on his
hat and leaves the house."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02
REGARDING Artistic Music.

In no branch of art or culture has
this country made such rapid advance
within the past few years as in music"
said we'll known amateur.
1.-THE increasing interest in high class
music is shown in many ways. We have
a notable evidence in the large and grow
ing demand for pianos. organs and other
musical instruments. And quality in in
struments, especially pianos, is more and
more appreciated.
But the best evidence of all in show
ing an increasing love for artistic music
from a popular point of view is the box
office support which symphony orches-
tras and grand opera are now receiving
in the larger class OF American cities
Fifteen years ago there were not as many
as a half dozen symphony orchestras in
the United States, only half dozen that
had any standing and only four that
held high rank-the Boston symphony,
the Chicago orchestra with Thomas as
conductor; the New York symphony with
Walter Damrosch as conductor. and the
New York Philharmonic. OF these only
two we're endowed or guaranteed-the
Boston and the Chicago.
To-day we md five orehestras in the
east that will compare favorably with
the best five in> Europe-Boston, New
York Owo), Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
The Theodore Thomas orchestra now con-
Quoted by Frederick Stock, continues to
hold it's own.
"A largo orchestra which has been win
ming reputation recently is the St. Louis
symphony. 1t consists of about 10 play
ers az first violins). 1t is not new band
but 1t is only now beginning to be known
to the musical world at large. Outside
of the cities having upward of 100000
population several good orchestras are
maintained. One of the excellent organ
izations coming next to the first class Is
the Minneapolis orchestra. Cincinnati has
a fair orchestra and Memphis has one
which promises in time to merit high
praise.
AN orchestra to be entitled to be called
a symphony band must have at least
80 or 40 pieces; but with one Or two ex-
captions those named have 80 players
or more-some of them 100 or more. And
as a strictly first class orchestra must
pay the performes-certainly the strings
for their full time, 1t can readily be
seen what costly Injuries symphony or
carnations are. The reason the Boston
symphony, the New York symphony
Damrosch), the New York Philharmonic
(Mahler), the Philadelphia and the Theo
dore Thomas are super excellent is be-
cause all the players. even the bass
drum man, are employed exclusively for
their full time and that being so they
are rehearsed daily.
ut may be several yeas before Bir-
mingham gets up to the point musical
iy of organizing and endowing a symph-
ony orchestra; but musical taste here is
showing marked improvement and II the
city grows as rapidly as everybody thinks
1t will, there are many music lovers of
middle age who will see guaranteed
orchestra OF at least 80 pieces called
the Birmingham symphony. holding the
boards"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-02

Springfield, ILL.,, December 1.-The status
Of former Sheriff Frank e. Davis OF Alex
snder county, who was removed by Gov.
Charles 8. Deneen because his prisoner
was lynched in the recent Cairo riot, 10
that the negroes Of Illinois are opposing
his reinstatement. At a conference over
the matter in the governors office tonight
a continuance was granted both sides
until tomorrow, that they may agree on
a statement of facts. Ida Barnett, wire
of a negro assistant states attorney OF
Chicago, presented resolutions adopted
against Davis by the negroes OF Chi
cago.