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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
AGRICULTURE IN MONTANA

From the Washington Post.
ut is not surprising that Montana is
assuming an Importance as an agricul-
tural state that astonishes people of the
east, who have regarded it only as a
mining state" remarked F. A. Huston.
a stockman of Helena, at the Raleigh.
1.-THE state does not lose any in i'm
portance as a mining region because 1t
has gained in an agricultural way. Mon
tana is growing in population; 1t Is ex-
panding in It's industries and developing
it's resources. OF necessity, therefore. it
must develop also in it's agriculture.
Butte is the greatest mining city in
the world. 1t has $4,000 people. There
are many small mining camps scattered
throughout the mountains whose needs
must be supplied by farmers, and wholly
new mining regions are being developed
as prospecting proceeds, and as the build
ing of railroads brings better and cheaper
transportation. While Montana now pro-
duces half the copper in the United
States. it's mining industry certainly will
be much more important in the future
than 1t has been in the past, and much
more widely scattered. as new camps de-
yelop. This insures the farmer good
markets at high prices for his products.
'In several of the larger cities there
are numerous business enterprises that
are growing in Importance and causing
big increase in population. These peo-
pie have to be fed. and we realize that
we cannot always import our food prod
ucts from the outside. With wonderful
natural agricultural advantages. with wa
ter power available in every part Of the
state. and opportunities for acquiring
property at prices offered by no other
state in the union. It is not surprising
that thousands Of farmers are fockine
into Montana and taking up homesteads
I believe that the population Of Montana
is growing more rapidly, proportionately
than that of any other state in this coun-
try
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
WI, he Attractive Festival

Birmingham is the only city in this
section of the south that will have a
music festival this season. and that be-
ing SO, scores of music lovers within
radius of 200 to 800 miles should be ex-
pected here in April when Damrosch and
his orchestra will take part In one of
the most attractive festivals ever held,
said an old music lover. 1.-The dates are
April 10, 20 and q. There will be three
night performances and two matinees. The
orchestra will be, of course, a feature at
each performance, and the two afternoon
concerts will be chiefly orchestral
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
1sRAELITEs AND IRISH CATHOLICS

From the American Israelite, March II.
This date, March IT, being st. Patrick's
day, the Israelite takes advantage of the
occasion to extend to It's fellow Ameri-
cans of Irish birth or descent the right
hand of fellowship. There is a cordially
in the intercourse between Jews and Irish
Catholics, wherever they come In contact
with each other. that Is hard to explain.
and, curiously enough. this good feeling
is most apparent among the strictest RE-
ligionists OF both sects. Among the So
called working class Of the Jews mar
rage with Irish Catholic mates Is more
frequent than with those of other denom-
nations. 1t would be very difficult to
explain why this should be 30, and the
Israelite will not attempt to do 20. but
will only chronicle this oddity. Of the ex-
istence Of which there can be no question.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
Building Of Corey

1.-The Judgment Of almost every man
who has seen the-site of the new town
of Corey is that Il is the most admirably
Situated for the purpose of any In the
entire district" said ]. M. Perkins of
Ensley yesterday.
Hundreds of people have gone out to
look over the grounds since the announce
ment that model industrial city is to
be built near the steel plant of the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire company. All visi-
tors are enthusiastic over the natural fit-
ness of the situation. -
1.-THE new plants to be built In this sec
tien, and on which work Is to begin at
cnce, will add greatly to the Industrial
activities Of the Birmingham district and
the town to be built in close proximity
will be in all respects model.
I THE builders Of the town have al The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
DODGING THE ISSUE.

From the New York American
Alice, who was years old, was often
asked to run errands for her mother. She
went willingly If she could pronounce the
names OF the articles wanted, but she
dreaded the laughter which greeted her
attempts to pronounce certain words.
Vinegar was one of the hardest for her.
She never would go for it II she could
help it, but one morning her mother
found it absolutely necessary to send her.
On entering the store. she handed the jug
to the clerk and said:
Smell the jug and give me quart"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
Overthrow Of CannoDism

The jarring that Speaker Cannon had
received from day to day last week cul-
minated yesterday in the complete over
throw of the system that he stood for
Thirty-six insurgents Joined the demo-
Gratis, and by a majority of II they de-
feated Cannonism and turned the oil
garchy out of power.
The Norris substitute resolution pro-
vides for the election by the House
really by the allies-of a new rules COM
mittee of ten, six to be republicans and
four democrats. and the speaker is not
to be one of the ten. That ends the
struggle. and it also makes the House
its own master. The speaker had ruled
that the Norris resolution was out of
order. but SO insurgents and the demo-
Gratis. led by Champ Clark and Oscar
Underwood, reversed the speaker on the
spot. and the dictator of the House was
transformed in a few minutes into a mere
moderator. He has-how no more power
than legislative presiding officer usual
ly possesses.
The situation had really become intol-
cradle. In England the ministry acts
with the speaker in conducting the bus
mess of the House of Commons. The
ministry is the speakers executive com
mittee, and whenever a majority votes
against the ministry it at once resigns.
Ma jority rule and representative govern
ment are well established in England,
Not SO in this country. The speakers
has been appointed by himself, and he
and his rules committee have decided
what business should be brought before
the House and how it should be decided.
If a majority of the House outvotes
the speaker and his rules committee
neither is obligated to resign. This sim
ply means chaos. The speaker and his
executive committee retain power in de-
fance of a majority of the House. This
situation became at lenbth intolerable,
o1aa INN ixya 10
speaker should step down and out when
he is not supported by majority of the
House or else there should be a rules
committee that he does not control, and
the speaker should be merely a presid-
ing officer. The Reed dynasty is frac-
tured at last, and the day will never come
again when the House ceases to be it's
own master. and an autocrat rules it with
an iron hand. Cannonism was the culmi-
nation of Reedism and it was carried
so far that it fell of it's own weight
And the s6 insurgents we're the Brutuses
of their own party.
will prove far reaching. Every man con-
cerned in it will remember it as the most
momentous event of his public life, and
no history of these times will fail to
tell the story of the great parliamentary
struggle for liberty and individual initia-
tive in the House of Representatives
The House will soon begin to regain lost
ground in the estimation of the people,
now that 1t will begin to legslate with
out an autocrat in the chair backed by
a subservient rules committee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
Consul Deedmeyer

Frank Deedmeyer, a prominent law
practicianer here until he was appointed
United States consul at Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island, is sending interest
ing reports to the state department and
judging from the columns of The Daily
Patriot is making himself very popular
at his consular post. In a recent issue
of the Patriot-March 11-something like
column of space was devoted to Mr..
Deedmeyers remarks at the Seed Fair.
Among other things pointed out by the
consul was the rapid development of the
agricultural department of the United
states-this departments expenditure
having gone up from small amount to
SIS. 100000 a year. The value of last years
crops in the United States was stated
at 100000. The Patriot says editorially:
'The eloquent. forceful, practical and
instructive addresses by Hon. Frank
Deedmeyer, the American consul, were
features of the Seed Fair yesterday at
Summersde. He spoke in the morning
afternoon and night winning golden opin-
ions every time. Mr.. Deedmeyer has had
distinguished career at the American
"a pelote gums iHto the cohsuidr serv-
ice. He is a student who delves deeply
into his subject. He is speaker who
marshals- his facts in admirable order
and presents them with effective lucidity
and impressiveness As story teller he
is superb. He is deeply interested in
the natural resources of the province, and
his consular reports to headquarters are
doing much to make our island better
known and better appreciated. We hope
that Mr.. Deedmeyer can be prevailed upon
to deliver lecture in this city. A speak
err of his training and qualifications should
draw crowded house."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Swearing off is easy enough If you do
it every day.
The average woman would rather be
he wife of any kind of man than of
none at all.
Whether a girl il afraid to climb lad
der or not depends on whether she has on
her pink stockings
You can tell when a girl didn't have
many dances at party by the way she
pretends she had them all.
The reason man can get so mad In an
argument Is 1t really doesn't make any
difference whether he v right or wrong.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
BRIGHT OUTLOOK


Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index.
When the shadow of the 1907 panic
fell upon the country there was no in
dustry, perhaps, that felt its evil effects
more acutely than mining. a.
1t was a matter of comment that in
all the Georgia Alabama territory there
wac no section that suffered more Sc
verely as result of the national bust
ness-sickness than did the mineral region
of northern Alabama Birmingham, Gads-
den and other iron and steel centers, great
and small, were hard hit" in the express
sive language of the street
This being the case, the radically
changed conditions that now exist in the
great Alabama mineral district are the
cause for peculiar rejoicing. The cities
and towns there have lived through the
period of depression just like we all did,
and the beginning of the new era of
prosperity finds them, in some respects,
on a firmer and better foundation than
ever. The big interests that control, to
such an extent, mining operations In that
section seem to be of one mind, and that
is. to improve and deevlop their Alabama
properties.
Pursuant to the adoption of such a
wise and progressive policy, millions of
dollars are now being spent by the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company
the Southern Steel and Iron company and
other corporations. A great water works
system is being built by the Tennessee
company, a new industrial city is being
mapped out in connection with the de-
yelopment in that district that, it is said
on excellent authority, will be model;
a. great steel plant is now in course Of
erection In Gadsden; new steel and iron
works of much magnitude, of which
much has been said and written in recent
months, are now actually materializing
at Birmingham, and the coal and iron
industry throughout the district is show
ing every sign of complete convalescence
from the late unpleasantness. And with
the revival comes a new energy, sort
of after-typhoid-fever appetite, as 1t
WERE II the simile be allowed, and the
prevailing idea, the dominant thought Is
to make two wheels turn In the Alabama
district where only one turned before!
1t lis, indeed, gratifying that the Sec
ton that felt SO acutely the pangs OF
adversely is now receiving such a non
share of the new prosperity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
SUN UPON THE INTERCHANGEABLE

BY Sir Walter Scott.
The sun upon the Wierdlaw-hll,
In Ettrick's vale, is sinking sweet,
The westland wind is hush and still,
The lake lies sleeping at my feet
Yet not the landscape to mine eye
Bears those bright hues that once 1t
bore;
Though evening, with her richest dye,
Flames DER the hills of Ettrick's shore.
With listless look along the plain,
l see Tweed's silver current glide,
And coldly mark the lofty fame
OF Melrosse rise In ruined pride.
The quiet lake, the balmy air,
The hill, the stream. the tower, the
Are they still such as once they wf1v
Or is the dreary change in me? ~
Alas, the warped and broken beard, \ bel
How can 1t bear the painters dye9
The harp of strained and tunelesR ~
How to the minstrel's skill replH& ~ Y
To aching eyes each landscape F9
To feverish pulse each gal M
chill;
And Arabys Or Eden's bowers
Were barren as this moorland -
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TONED DOWN.

ITO hear him talk, you'd think he
owned the EARTH"
you mean when his wife isn't around
YES"
when his wife is close by, to hear him
talk you'd think he owned about as much
earth as the average angleworm."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
PLEAsEs HIM.

'.Scribbles writes some very pleasing
verse"
Indeed? I've never heard of its pleas
ing anybody
Evidently you've never observed its
effect on Scribbles."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

The absence of Justice Moody. who
is still i'll, is leading to four-to-f four
decisions in the United States supreme
court which mean that the decision
of the court below is affirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

From the SumteS Sun.
Colonel O'Neal made a great speech in
Montgomery Monday night, and the.pros-
poets are that he will carry the state by
a larger majority than that by which the
amendment was lost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Ex-senator Gordon carried home hts
vice presidential boom carefully
wrapped in tissue paper. His neigh
bors consider it a great curiosity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Kansas City is ever lucky and just
now 1t is congratulating itself on the
fact that Jack Cudahy is to leave it to
seek a home elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

The Chicago woman who is suing for
divorce from two husbands at once
evidently believe in punching hits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Imagine Kermit Roosevelt so years
hence sitting around the store and
telling of the things he did when he
was a boy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Travelling through the ground and
in, the air are equally popular in these
busy developing times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

One necessity of life went down last
week when a potato train in New York
was wrecked
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Colonel Roosevelt seems to have
learned a lesson from the sphinx
even before he got to it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Reno, New, should organize an all
star stock company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Mr.. Roosevelt's camel riding may be
but a training for riding the intract-
able G. o. p. elephant at home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Street car hogs are not included in
the market price and are not worth
any port of Sill
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

The price of meat is governed by
the supply and the meat trust regu-
lates the supply.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

The small boy who has three months
of school ahead hears nevertheless ev-
cry hour the call of the vacant lot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

The federal prison at Leavenworth
holds 80 bankers and the Atlanta
prison is becoming envious.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Ohio has acquired the favorite-son
sweeping over the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

That day is counted lost in st. Louis
which does not witness the starting
of a new packet line to New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

The federal government is remem-
bering the Maine 100000 worth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Germany is building a monster air
ship which will carry so persons, and
Englishmen are becoming nervous
again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

Wall street nobly seconds the effort
that is being made to clean up the
little bucketshops. 1t wants a mon
opoly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT CONGRESS
AND THE DEPOSITION OF JUNGLE

pointed this committee of 1in1sf -
chairman, and of two republicans a.
democrats-the majority dofnil~
Therefore in the past the speaktFN
practically been the full committee Az
word has been law and his willflsj NJ
ton He could defeat, pass or pig
hole anything he desired
Now his wings have been clipped. To
use local phrase he is merely the Harry
Jones of legislation. He no longer has
greater power over the House of Repre-
sentatives than Harry Jones has over the
local Board of Aldermen. and he must
now cultivate that Jones spirit OF at
lowship.
Well 1t is though. that the democrats
and insurgent republicans did not go too
far and depose entirely the most con-
spicuous figure in American governmental
political life.
Uncle joe Cannon mas Deen so lonB
of it, that though his tail feathers may
be more minute for evermore he will al
ways remain a conspicuous figure ana
will be admired for having the nerve Of
the devil himself, If he did fail in dealing
out the diplomacy of even the daring
one of this day.
Uncle Joe> merely overdid it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

No one has yet explained why the
co. was cut out Of Khartoum as soon
as r. r. reached it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

An historic paper of distinctive
value. from the pen of J. W. Du-
Bose. is printed in todays issue. Like
everything DR.. DuBose writes, it has
a philosophic flavor and is the result
of painstaking work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20

The pussy willows are in bloom In
Chicago and that city begins to hope
it will yet get out of the Arctic re-
gions.
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NOT A BIT.

81 like to see a pretty woman with hel
hat tied beneath her chin"
80 do I, but that doesn't keep hel
from talking.
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misunderstanding. The plan would be
good one to pursue in the election OF
members of the Legislature. All legisla-
tors do not .'stand hitched" after conf
hitting themselves, but some of them
do, and it is we'll for the people who
elect them to know their views on ques-
tons of public policy before they are
elected
The people of Alabama recently adopted
q constitutional amendment providing
that the excess money from the hire of
state convicts be expended on the roads.
Legislation will be reuiSqed to put the
amendment into effect and tits desired that
state good roads commission shall be
created. With all candidates for offices
pledged to help along the movement the
prospects of securing the needed legisla-
ton is greatly enhanced.
1t requires a lot of hard work to carry
a good roads campaign to a successful
finish, as we in Kentucky have reason
to know. Ihe Alabama people, however.
seem to be going about it in the right
way and with a determination that reg
ognizes no chance of failure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
SURE.

No use to sigh for yesterday,
Ger blighted dreams to sorrow;
Cheer up. sad wight. and still be gay
Your turn may come tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
4 NARnoW ESCAPE.

A NARI.OW ESCAPE.
ST made a glaring error this morning"
How did that happen?"
at glared at a man who Immediately
wanted to fight
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
QUITE A PROBLEM
,earances are deceptive

Appearances are deceptive"
mo doubt
"Oftentimes man gets reputation for
being a profound thinker when he is
merely wondering how he can make both
ends meet"
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SENSIBLE.


"I admire Torkins immensely"
"Why SOP"
"Oh, because he called an automobile
by its right name. and not a puff wagon
or a buzz buggY' or an 'automobubble,'
in a futile effort to be funny"
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Craft in City

John Craft. president of the Mobile
Chamber of Commerce. and candidate
for railroad commissioner, is in Birming-
ham. "For 20 years good roads have
been my hobby" said Mr.. Craft, land
in this day and time there is such close
relationship between the highways ana
the railroads that believe can DO
the people of the state some good serv-
ice in the position to which l aspire. The
commerce of our highways is 80 times
as great as that of our railroads, but
the kinship between them is very close
and for successful hauling of the one
it is necessary to have thorough knowl-
edge of the problems connected with the
other"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
ULUSION SPOILED,

ILLUSION SPOILED.
II recently made the acquaintance of a
young woman who declared that she had
never wanted to go ON the Stage
Most sensible
81 was on the point of so considering
her when she informed me that she hoped
some day TO fly with Paulhan.'
PAUL COOK.
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TO BE SURE.

you think you are important because
all the newspapers are talking about
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A SIMPLE MATTER.

ut wasn't much trouble to wind up
poor old Sleezem's affairs when he died. x
'No?"
"All the property he left behind was
a silver watch