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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01

Sew seem to have sufficient nerve
to sell hog product short at present, :"
said a local packer. "Those who
have taken that side of the market
for two years past have lost and bears
are hard to find, in consequence. My
own opinion is that the country will
gradually work out of the hog scarcity
period into one of abundance, but
what has happened with hogs will be
repeated in cattle. If it takes two
years to rehabilitate hog production
to point where it is equal to con-
sumptive demand, and that is the
popular estimate, seven to ten years
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01
Good Bulls Needed.

When the western ranges are entire
ly thing of the past, and the men
who are making a speciality of grow
ing beef cattle will have assumed the
bulk of this occupation then, and not
until then, will our smaller farmers
be compelled to breed good cattle by
using none but pure bred bulls. The
pure bred sire of good breeding and
good quality is a factor in the pro-
duction of good beef and good dairy
stock, the value of which the experts
have hardly been able to estimate as
vet. A certain law known as Mendel's
law has been discovered and it's appli-
cation to grain has been absolutely
verified. Some of the most important
work along this line in America has
been done by Prof. w. J. Spillman,
formerly of our OWE state and now in
the scientific branch of the u. s. de-
partment of agriculture. Its applica-
ton to stock has not yet been demon
strated, but scientists and agricultur-
al college professors are all agreed that
it's workings are applicable to stock
in the same way as to grain. To state
the law in as simple manner as pos
sible, at least IS per cent OF the
calves of good pure bred sire will be
as good as he is, even when mated
with common cows, and furthermore,
when used on common cows, some of
the calves are more likely to be better
than the sire himself than the calves
from pure bred cows, by him. On
the other hand, less than II Fer cent
of good calves can be expected FROM
grade COWS from a blood son of
the best sire In the country, that is,
not more than twelve out of hun
dIed will be as good or better than
the good half blood sire.-R. b.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01

breaking out and causing trouble for
ones neighbor cannot be fatteEed and
killed too quickly.
Hogs will grow and thrive on clover
or other good pas ture in warm wealth
er, without grain, but will gain faster
if fed little meal and milk.
The most profitable pork is made in
large part from clover and blue grass
pasture, which is better than timothy
and redtop, but alfalfa is, by many
growers believed to be superior to any
other plant that grows for pasturage.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01
Swine Notes.

If hog dies on the farm, no matter
from what cause, take no chances, but
remove the body a long distance fl ON
the feeding lots, and burn it.
The breed of white hogs is rapidly
disappearing from this country
more's the pity.
Two pastures are better than one,
because while the hogs are feeding IN
one field the other will be recovering,
and later furnish much more attractive
feed than as if both pastures are used
at once.
The vicious hog that is forever
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01

TT tells about a fence
Il made of wire-one that
wiu not-can not sag. One
that does not require eth
er top or bottom boards.
It stands erect-always.
The Warner "interlOck"
tie is responsible for it's
wonderful success. The
Pig Proof fence keeps the
pigs and hogs in. The
Poultry Fence surely
prevents even the small
est chicks from getting
out. The book is free.
Send for it today and
learn how you can save
money on fences.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01
Milk Fever Outfits,

nEHORNERS, teat syphons, slitters, 49,
~ dilators etc. Received only award EyE&
World IS Fairs Chicago and st. Louis. Co.
Write for illustrated catalogue. HAUSS-
MANN q DUNN CO., 1892 So. Clark b., Chicago
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01
Since Abraham Lincoln's Time

rs the title of an intensely in.
Il teresting book. 1t contains
the history of fence making
from the days of the early set
tiers right down to the present
day. Tells about all sorts of
fences for all sorts of uses. The
history of the making of the fam.
Gus Warner fencing-the early
struggles of the inventor-and
the ultimate success he attained
is told in a most interesting way.
1t is an education regarding the
best possible fence construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
You do so grow in my requitaI As nothing can unrOOt you.
 -AII's Well That Ends Well.
Salaries Better Than Fees

Georgia is to have Q state primary m August 20, and on that day the dem ocrats of Fulton county, which includes Atlanta, are to vote on the fee system Those who prefer the fee system will make a cross against the words, "For B fee system" while those who wish to see it buried forever will put mark against the words Against the fee system" The democratic county execu- tive committee of Fulton county unan- imoWly adopted resolution asking the legislators of Fulton county to use their efforts to have a bill passed, 'whereby all officials shall receive stated sal- ary"
 It will thus be seen that Jefferson county in Alabama Is not at all peculiar or singular in its desire to get rid of the fee system. Niae-tenths of the country has cut it out root and branch and the remaining one-tenth Is endeav- bring to catch up with rhe procession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09

times the fact should not be forgotten that flying is due more to the improve ment of the gasoline motor than to any other one thing. It has, in fact, made possible the conquest of the air, and the Wrights had much to do with its improve ment for aeroplane purposes. From the outset they made their own motors.
 And the government sees what is com ing and it is negotiating a treaty with Mexico that calls for the registration of all border-crossing afrships. They are to be numbered very much as automobiles are. When the air Is full of them, how ever. it may be difficult to prevent all smuggling. especially along. a long line like our Canadian border. However, let us not cross the bridge until we come to it. We have not yet fully arrived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
Mr. Dalzell Barely Squeezes Through

Congressman John Dalzell, Speaker ed two years ago by a plurality of. 5000, has just been renominated by about 400 votes. His opponent in the republican primary was Dr. R. J. Black, mayor of McKeesport
 pr. Black by no means admits his de- feat He says the grossest frauds were practiced in both Pittsburg and McKees- port. After considering numerous reports of frauds, pr. Black has decided to de- mand a recount. He proposes to prose- cure renomination, but in November he to fight Dalzell to the finish.
 As the matter stands, Dalzell may se- cure a renomination, but on November he will have the fight of his life. The demo- cratic nominee is James A. Wakefield, and he offers to withdraw in favor of any independent who can command the support of all the voters who dislike Dal- zell.
 The truth Is, no standpatter feels secure in northern congressional district. The Dalzell vote is but another barometer of the discontent prevailing in the repub- lican party over the Aldrich tariff and the increased cost of living. When insurgen- cy becomes rampant in the Dalzell district of Pennsylvania it is plain that the AL drich-Cannon dynasty is about to be busted from public life, It totters to its fall Dalzel has represented his district in Congress twenty years, and when his reelection is in doubt the cause may safely be considered in desperate straits The chief of the standpatters in the chief standpat state stands today practically repudiated. The clan is saying to each other, (Which of us is safe?'" and all see now that revolution is coming in Mo- vember. The Aldrich tariff and the Al drich-Cannon oligarchy are marked for slaughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The City Attorneyship
To the Editor of The Age Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In your editorial columns June you
 say: "The city attorney looks after the
 legal end of the municipality and his
 office is in no wise affected by Birming-
 hams form of government"
 ask if the city attorney was "only looking after the4legal end of the mu- nicipality" last summer when he went to Montgomery to oppose a commission government? And I would like to sum-
 init the following, viz:
 1. That when City Attorney Thach
 opposed the commission last year this action became part of his public
 record and as such forms the basis of legitimate discussion in his race for election by the people.
 2. That nearly. all of the city candj-
 dates have expressed themselves on
 this issue and that all of the mayoralty
 candidates have specifically declared in favor of commission.
 8. That the next city attorney will
 more than likely, be called on for in- formation and assistance in regard to this bill while it is before the legisla : ture, so that the position of the candi- dates for city attorney, above that of all other candidates, becomes a ques- | tion of natural interest thereon. I have always tried to be a. good cit izen of my city and state and the chief | justice himself has done me the unusual compliment of certifying to my com potency as a municipal lawyer, so that cannot help feeling that you have not given me fair treatment in respond | ing to my opponents Iusty cries for help, especially so as he started of I in this race with the considerable ad- vantage of an organized support. | have been friend and reader of youl paper for more than 20 years and ] l have never known you to be intention ally unfair to anyone, so I ask yor
 to do me the justice to print this reply and greatly oblige, yours very truly, ROMAINE BOYD. 1 Ensley, June 8. 1910.
 l P. S.--If the city attorney is not able
 to take care of himself in this race then he will not be able to take care of the city if he were to Ce elected. l R. B,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
One Man Higher Up In Jail

Pittsburg actually has lodged in jail a bank president and multimillionaire who was convicted of bribe-giving. He Is serv- ing term of 60 days in the county jail The punishment does not properly fit the crime, for the briber high up should be punished more severely than the bribee lower down.
 President Jennings in Jail even for 60 days is warning to other malefactors of wealth. It is notice to them that the bribe giver is hereafter to be considered and treated as a criminal when caught and convicted. If more men higher up caught in the act of bribe-giving are sent to jail, or, better still, to the penitentiary, the era of corruption in this country may yet be rounded up. It certainly cannot be while we permit the bribe-giver to go un- punished and even unexposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. l Near John L. Sullivan, in the list O popular idols of the athletic world. stand
 Pop Anson, who managed the Chicago National league baseball team for ? years. won a half dozen pennants, ant retired dozen years ago with a snug for | tune
 l With no little regret lovers of baseball will read that Pop" Anson has lost al or his money. and that mortgage upor his Chicago home is to be foreclosed ir default of his payment of notes fol s6000.
 MT Anson ventured among the perils oi a business career as the proprietor of a large billiard parlor," and engaged ir other enterprises. He fared so badly that the home in which he and Mrs. Anson have resided for 26 years must fall into the hands of his creditors, and, in the evening of life, the veteran manager of the Chicago National team must begin again.
 Mrs. Anson is quoted as saying that she has 'had a little cry" and is pre- pared to face the prospect smilingly. d. though she never reposed any confidence in Pops business ability and strongly advised against his various ventures 'Anson," she says, 'fs in good health and as that is the case we shall get along"
 MT. Anson. interviewed by the press as to the cause of his financial failure explains the catastrophe in this terse statement-for-public
 T failed because I lost money"
 At the end of his rope, but not down in-the-mouth, he looks forward philosoph. ically te recouping his fortunes in some way. and observes that although he is al in financially, "Anson is not all in by { | long shot'
 l A pattern Of the popular idol in distress cheerful in the middle of disaster, Pop, | Anson, as in the days of his tempora prosperity and managerial glory. bids fol the esteem of his fellow man. Thousand. and tens of thousands share the sorrow. Of the Pop Ansons and feel that fate dealt unkindly and unsquarely with the couple when the hospitality of the An. son billiard parlor did not appeal to suf- ficient number of paying patrons to make Pop" a money lender upon a large scale Instead of the mortgagor of his home, evicted at last by the mortgagee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
Rate Regulation In Conference

The railroad rate bill nas been sent to . Mann-Aldrich conference and 1t would come out dishgured beyond recognition were 1t not necessary 10 put the con ference report through both houses. This is all that will save the bill from being recast.
 The southern railroads were about to file new notices of rate increases, but under the settlement arrived at in the White House all such increases are held up to await final action on the rate bill and the reference of all rate in- creases to the interstate commerce com mission. Under the bill as 1t went to the conferees new rates, classifcations and charges may be suspended by the commission upon complaint or its own initiative for 120 days pending investi- gation, and for an additional six months if additional time is required to com plete hearing. In all cases involving in- creases in rates, since January l, 1910, the burden of proof to show that new rates are just and reasonable shall be upon the railroads Pending the de- termination of cases involving increases of rates the railroads shall issue way bills and bills of lading showing what the charges would have been if the increased rates had not been imposed, and upon these the shippers may re- cover should new rates be decided un- just and unreasonable.
 Party lines were not tightly drawn over this important measure, and the dickering in conference will be apt to relate more to what can be carried through the two houses than to any consideration of the evils to be dealt with. The entire subject is now fin the hands of Messrs. Aldrich. Ellkins and Mann, and what thcy will attempt to thrust down two houses full of in- eurgents remains to be seen. The peo- pie simply hold ticket in lottery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
Home Set in Order


 Well, The Age Herald's new home is at last set in order. Not only has all the furniture been installed and every piece of machinery been adjusted. but those who have a part in making The Age Herald now find this spacious building a model of comfort and con- venience.
 To the real newspaper man toll is pleasure and the members of The Ago Herald staff. in their new surroundings, come very near agreeing that work is a downright luxury.
 The story of the arrangement of the building is told in roday's supplement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
FINDING BALD MAN

Mark Twain" said a managing ed- itor. liked to tell, as an illustration of persistence and push, story about a sheepshead Bay race. He said that at the end of an important race young man shouted so savagely, Hats offl Hats of, tbereH that everyone in hearing distance obeyed him and stood bareheaded. A moment later the young man hastened toward an elderly gentleman. shouting as he ran. You can put on your hat again now It's all right Someone asked him later why he had made all the people take their hats off Well he replied, I'd bot fifty with 8 bald-headed man, and I had to find him, hadn't I? "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
ONLY HALF CRAZY
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
 A certain mld-mannered lunatic, in- mate of an asylum in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, was leaning against the fence the other afternoon. lazily watch ing workman digging ditch outside. It was a warm day, and the workman's task was not easy. He stopped frequent ly to mop his hot forehead and to draw long breaths of weariness. After half an hour or so of interested watching. the lunatic addressed him.
 How much do you get for that job?"
 "Six dollars a week." answered the workman. The lunatic grunted to himself You married?" he inquired next. The workman nodded. "Children?' queried the lunatic. Seven" How old?' Oldest g; youngest 3 weeks The lunatic smiled genial smile and shook himself in lazy content.
 You're on the wrong side of the fence 7 he remarked. Gee! Pm glad I'm here.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
Aviation Flights By the Score

The feat of Curtiss over the Hudson river has given a wonderful impetus to aviation in this country, to say the least Next Saturday MT. Hamilton proposes to fly from New York to Philadelphia, and long flights are being planned in every direction. The flight of Captain Rolls across the English channel and return without a stop has also deepened the in- terest in long flights on both sides of the sea- The record to date is not long:
 Hon. Charles S. Rolls crossed and re- turned (42 miles) in 90 minutes. June g. lsao.
 Hubert Latham attempted passage July ss. 1910
 Louis Bleriot crossed (23 miles) in 3; minutes. July 24 1909.
 Herbert Latham attempted passage July 27, 1909
 Jacques ue Lesseps crossed '(zo miles. ln 50 minutes, May 21. 1910.
 Louis Paulhan, London to Manchester f186 miles) in All. April 27, 1910.
 Glenn H. Curtiss. Albany to New Yorl f1s7 miles,, in 2S2. May g. 1910.
 The world is going aviation mad, and the man-hirds are the heroes of the hour Nor is this strange, for until the Wrights had done their work a man could nc more fly in a heavier-than-air machine than hs could swim across the sea :l n the excitement of these aviation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES.
j. ouIcK RECOVERY.

A QUICK. RECOVERY.
 Poor Thomas Spudds lay on his bed, His friends were gathered round; He had not long to live, twas said, The sorrow was profound,
 His eyes were closed, his face was pale,
 He did not seem to know
 He'd shortly quit this mortal vale.
 As every wight must go.
 Sam Griggs apart, in Si Poags ear,
 Some whispered words let fall; So soft you'd think none else could hear, The sick man least of all.
 Sam said he had jug of Dew" That very morn brought in;
 Si lost his whilom look of rue And wore a spacious grin.
 The two conspirators essayed To steal out from the room
 The bed where poor old Tom was laid, The atmosphere of gloom.
 Then, strange to see, the sick man rose, Almost before they knew 1t,
 And groping round to find his clothes, He murmured. Lead me to it, REALISTIC PERFORMANCE. "Im surprised to hear that Biffkins got under the table last night What excuse does he make?' He claims that he was merely giving his fellow bacchanalians an imitation of man trying to mend an automobile" THE MODERN AUTHOR Do writers ever go hungry these days?'
 "Oh, yes. I know a novelist who goes hungry every day"
 Poor fellow! I don't suppose he has the price of square meal"
 "Oh, 1t isn't that. He s been living so high his digestion is ruined and his physi- clans have put him on diet" PAULINE.
 Mrs. Pauline Payne, President Taft's family cow Is about to start for Beverly in palace stock car. Mrs. Payne Is a Holstein by birth, but, of course, travels under a stage name.-Boston Globe | You mean her stage name is Pauline Payne, while her udder name is Holstein. I-Houston Post. Pardon us for putting in. We thought the lady's name was Pauline Wayne. | THE AMATEUR.
 The widest man I've lately seen,
 His garments soaked with gasoline,
 All goggle-eyed and dusty-faced, Around an automobile paced, | And beat his breast and loudly swore 1 And heaped-up vials of wrath did pour Upon his newly purchased car, Which had with sudden jolt and jar, Stopped short, for some mysterious cause, And he couldn't find out what it was. PRACTICALLY BLIND" A Kansas editor makes very hand some apology in the following felicitous terms:
 'gThe Journal erred last week in stating that Mrs. Lillie Slack played Narcissus' for the rose drill at the eighth grade school commencement. Miss Marjorie Bright should have received that credit. The playing was fully worthy the fine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
MT. Turnbull Returns

"I had pleasant trip,'' said D. F. Turnbull, district commercial manager of the Southern Bell Telephone company, who returned to Birmingham yesterday after being away several weeks, partly on business and partly on pleasure. He visited the telephone exchanges in Chi cago, Indianapols,> Pittsburg, New York and one or two other large cities. He made a study of new telephone equipment and "took notes.'
 After finishing his telephone inspection Mr Turnbull boarded a steamer at New York and sailed to Jacksonville. His old home is in Florida, and he spent few days with his relatives.
 While I was away I was greatly inn pressed with the favorable talk I heard about the south as an exceptionally in v,ting field for investment" said MT. Turnbull. Tt is the talk everywhere As the north has reached a high state of development already. and as the west has been filling up rapidly in recent years 1t is now the south's turn. There is every indication of a steady. tide of capital and population southward."
 MT. Turnbull said that he found Jack. sonville growing at marvellous rate "Jacksonvile is not only the metropolis os Florida, but it has a great jobbins trade" said Mr. Turnbull 'Tt is still [ great tourist city, and is increasing 1T population all the while. The city hal many splendid hotels and all of them art thriving. H. B. Mabson, formerly ol Birmingham, is running the Seminole ant is highly prosperous.".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLONp From the Pail Mall Gazette.

A nursery rhyme I knew of old That thrilled one line of bugle blow, One line of blazoned purple and gold Of sunrise gleam and sunset glow, It held the sailors loud "Yo ho!" The soldiers gallant Ever on!'' The virgins hope the poets throe- How many miles to Babylon" The city where royal roadways rolled League after league and row on row, Where hanging gardens did enfold Lilies ashine like magic snow, All the white wonders children know. And hoping hearts do dote upon That would forget! Times mournfuI
 flow
 ''TIow many miles to Babylon?" o City of Dreams! How ready and bolA 7 Were we to cry, Come let us go Out of these streets where wise men scold Their logic, their eternal No" Forth we adyentured, forth-and loi The wise men, all at pro and con. ! Laughed with their laughter grim and
 slow, "How many miles to Babylon?"
 ENvOI An, Prince, we now the years-we lfnow- \ The weariest ever sun shone on Weary as wealth and wan as woe. How many miles to Babylonf's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-09
ARCHITECTS OF FATE

hap to be fair land that the fates have prepared for us, where it may be given us to work out our own salvation. 1T we believe this and act on our belief, we can obey, with cheerful heart, Bailey, who in his "Festus,'' cries: Fulfill thy fate! Be--do-bear-and thank
 Gody'
 That is the spirit that conquers evil circumstances and adverse fate The dlf- hculties of life may threaten to over whelm us; our dearest friends may hold aloof; those we love arm themselves with a silence that we cannot penetrate; and all our ambitions and our labor may seem to be in vain
 But if we cultivate strength of soul we shall learn, if we must, to stand aIone and, whatever the pain at the heart. to smile cheerfuly at fates grimmest tests. And that Is true strength, never to have to say with Bonn:
 My Tate depends alone on you.
 l am but what you make me:
 Divinely blest if you prove true,
 undone If you forsake me-"