The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
GROWTH OF CITIES
IN NEW CENSUS
Two Hundred and Twenty Will
Have Over $4,000 People
CALL OF BACK-TO-FARM
Is Having no Effect in Increasing the
Population In the Rural Dis
tricts-Sheep Raising
in Colorado
CALL OF BACK-TO-FARM
BY RALPH WHITESIDE

Wnen the next list or the cities IN the
Unitsd States of 25,oO0 or more inhabi-
tants rs made up there will be at least 29O
Of them, or 60 more than were shown by
the last census.
OF these co. two-thirds are in the west,
two-ninths In the east, and one-ninth in
the south
In fact, one of the very significant fea-
lures of the census will be the steady and
persistent growth of the urban popula-
ton, showing that the back to the farm"
slogan has been of no effect.
II Is this tendency to flock to the cities
which some economists blame for the
steady increase in the cost of living.
New bronze doors to complete the series
of entrance doors to the Capitol have ar
rived here and will be placed in the main,
west entrance of the building.
The doors were designed by Prof Lewis
| Amateis of a transom and two other
doors with ornamental frame. His work
is marvel to himself and Washington,
the place of his residence. The doors are
nearly feet wide and 13 feet in height.
In the design of the transom figures
represent America In the chariot drawn
by lions and led by a child, signifying
superiority of intellectual over brute
| force
Beside the chariot are figures represent
ing the scholar, architecture, literature
painting, music, sculpture, mining, COM
merce and industry.
On one side Of the transom panels is
| figure of Thomas Jefferson and on the
other side figure of Benjamin Franklin
Medalions at the four corners represent
| Peabody. founder of the educational in
stitutions; Emerson, philosopher Horace
Manu. educator, and Hopkins, merchant
and phianthropist.
| In the eight panels, four on each OF the
| heavy DOORS are scenes symbolic of 5ur-
isprudence, silence, art mining, agricul-
ture, electricity, commerce and engineer
ing and on the sides of these panels are
statuettes of famous Americans.
| Washington claims the most numerous
father In America In the person of Rich
ard johnson, a negro laborer, who boasts
Of % children and the same number of
| grandchildren. johnson Is a philosopher,
he says:
you can talk all you want to about the
| troubles of rearing a large family OF
children. I found out long ago that the
best plan was not to worry over trif1es,
but trust to Providence.
"There has never been a time when my
| children suffered from lack of food or
clothing. When 1 was young man
squandered my money. Since l raised a
| family | have worked hard and placed
my money where it would do some good"
Johnson is now GO years DID, but Is ac-
| tive and still hard worker.
Jared W. Bassett of Denver, in speak
ing of sheep raising in Colorado and the
| destruction of those animals by coyotes
said that the Enclosure of sheep range
| withfa coyote-proof Tense has been tried
in Colorado by F. II. Taylor of Mancos,
| with highly satisfactory results.
| IAN experiment begun by the United
| States department of agriculture on the
Syallowa national forest in Oregon to dis
cover whether sheep could be advan-
| tageously pastured within such an inclos-
ure led Mr.. Taylor to give the new meth
| cd trial.
| "Mr. Taylor has constructed a coyote
| proof fence in Oregon said Mr.. Bassett'
| ito inclose about 800 acres. The fence
was built during the fall of 1905 ana
| in the spring of 1910 1000 head OF ewes were
| LANDED in the Enclosure.
"In the vernacular of the herder 100 per
| cent of the lambs were saved; thar 1s'
| lamb to each eve; and one man did all
the work. I think the percentage of lambs
would have been higher, but one animal
presumably coyote. was inside Wheh the
| fence was constructed.
ut was impossible to capture the animal,
even with hounds. Some of the herders
| thought 1t was not a coyote, but as tracks
of that animal were found in several
places I am of the opinion that 1t was
| Whatever the animal was 1t raised It's
| Young inside the inclosure A great many
| lambs were killed, small hole being
| eaten behind the foreleg, the remainder
| ON the land outside of the inclosure 1t
of the carcas being left untouched.
| required the services Of three men and a
| pack of hounds to care for 1000 ewes, ana
only 95 per cent of the lambs were saved.
This percentage could not have been saved
| NJ ha
ct wonder If it wouldn't be a good idea
| to transport our undesirable citizen 10
| one of our island possessions in the Pa
| cific and leave him there without money
| so that he would have to work to pay
his passage back home" remarked q. A.
| Iroxworthy of San Francisco the other
day. HE would have a busy time or IT,
Last wear / made a Pacific voyage
we touched at the island of Tahiti rms
| is member of the society group. ana is
under French rule. While there met
an American who was down on ms luck-
| He was not prepossessing in appearance,
| and It was quite likely that he wasn't
| missed much at home. He was working
| for 60 cents day to earn the $40 neces-
| sary to buy steerage passage 10 San ran
| CISCO Living Is not very expensive In
Tahiti, but 1t was certain he had long
| job ahead of him.
the easy life in the tropical islands of
| the Pacific. Most of that you can take
| with a grain of salt. There is no more
| chance for white man to get along
| and make money, unless he has capital,
| than there is in any other part OF the
| world.
"There is practically no land for sale.
| The natives hold to their property jeal-
ously Real estate transactions are al
most unknown in the island and In the
adjoining ones IF settler buys unim-
nroyed property he must wait 10 or II
years for cocoanut trees to yield any
profit. Americans go down there fire.
ouently with the expectation of living in
an earthly paradise, but they come away
| usually with their illusions shattered.
they can make more and have a better
time at home with the expenditure of the
same amount of money and labor.
Although many years have passed since
the Civil war, the south has not for
gotten the noble part played by her wom-
| en-. who nursed and cheered their hus-
bands. sons and brothers through the
struggle. They are at last to receive
recognition.
Cen. George w. Gordon, commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate veterans.
has issued orders for the erection all
over the south of monuments to the
women of the Confederacy.
The order calls upon all Confederate
organizations to make all effort possible
to arouse interest in the movement.
These monuments are to be erected in
the capitol buildings of all the southern
states The design for a general monu-
ment tn these women. which was select