The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-27
ROADS PREPARE
 FOR NEW RATES Will Give State Tariff Schedules
 a Test STATE HEALTH SERVICE pr. Sanders Returns From Official Trip Through Northeastern Coun- ties-WilI Attend Medical As
 sociation at Atlantic City.

Montgomery, May 2S.-(Special.)- an- ticipation of the new conditions which will prevail on railroads after June 1, those lines which have been forced by the state to test the state schedules are now filing their tariffs with the railroad commission. The first to report is the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis. Both the Central of Georgia and the Western of Alabama are on the way and notice is given that the Louisville and Nashville will be on time. The ruling of the supreme court that the lines must in stall the rates is held up by stay of the mandate of the court.
 Doctors to Atlantic City.
 pr W. II. Sanders, state health of ficer, will leave soon for Atlantic city to attend the meeting of the American Med ical association. He, with Dr. Mack Rog- CTS of Birmingham and pr. B. B. Sims of Talledega, makes up the Alabama del egation. It is also anticipated that at least 30 other doctors of the state will attend at the same time. The meeting will last four days Dr. Sanders says this is in many respects one of the re-
 
 rpents are being enterprised now that mean much for the health of the future. A number of the most prominent medical men in the world will be there.
 State Health Service.
 Dr. w. H. Sanders, state health officer, has recently returned from a trip through northeastern counties, talking and advls- inc with the doctorc and noiduivac o,, statistics and other matters concerning the public health, and seems well pleased with the interest shown by all He went to Chambers. Randolph, Clay. Talladega, Calhoun, Cleburne, Cherokee. DeKalb, Marshall and Etowah, winding up la .er at Mobile, He says that the people are giving every aid to the efforts to keep the health conditions up to the best. Af- ter his return from Atlantic City in June he wil make a trip through the south east counties for the same purpose.
 New Insurance Companies.
 Deputy Insurance Commissioner A. c. Sexton has authorized the American Life and Accident company of Salisbury, Md, to do business in the state. It has capi- tai of $100O00. The Royal Casualty com pany of St. Louis and the American Live Stock Insurance company of Indianapo- lis are seeking entrance. Both are new companies, with S00,000 capital each.
 Field Trial Clubs.
 Judge Zell Gaston of Birmingham will come to Montgomery Saturday to confer with officers of the newly organized Southern Field Trial club, with a view of selecting board of directors. Articles of incorporation will be applied for and other matters looked after. The officers of the club are: J. Kirk Jackson, Mont Tol., state game and fish commissioner sec retary; E. B. Joseph, Montgomery, treas urer. Many fine tracts of land have been offered for the club fields.
 Forestry Report Made. J. H. Foster one of the experts of the United States department of forestry, who came to Alabama several weeks ago and made a thorough investigation of the forests of the state, has made a re- port in a handsome typewriter docu- ment which is now in the hands of the secretary of the state forestry commits sion, John H. Wallace, Jr Mir Wallace will make the contents of the report pub lie at the first meeting of the commis- sion, which will be in a few weeks. License Too High.
 In it's application for injunction to pre- vent the city of Montgomery charging 1t $30O year license the Postal Telegraph Cable company says that it's intrastate business was last year only $1759.1 Il. and the cost of doing this $2233O1 It is will ing to pay a small fee but not so much, 1t is asserted. Judge Thomas G. Jones of the federal court granted the injunc- tion
 Father Pleads For Son. Maj c. R. Howard went to Andalusia the Is week to plead the cause of his son. J. Finley Howard, who is i'll at the family home at Shorters. The words of the old