The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-08

Washington. October .-lSpecial.)-C plaint has been made to the interstate commerce commission by 250 railroads of the country against traffic arrange ment between the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad company and the Birmingham Southern railroad by which the former company was to pay the lat ter road % cents per car for freight de- livered to the former road.
 The hearing has been continued to Jan uary to give time for all roads interested to file complaints and to give ample time for hearings.
 It is charged that, the agreement be- tween the two roads will divert most of the outgoing tonnage, or a large part of it. over the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic from the Birmingham district, to the disadvantage of the other roads leading into the district and connecting .uEes that would be indirectly affected.
 The 10000 field employees of the United States depar of agriculture are 70 be vaccinated for typhoid fever The order has just been issued and the work of vaccination will be accomplished as rapidly as possible.
 The work of the field men of the de- partment often exposes them to danger ous climates and conditions and i' is thought best and safest to take this pre- caution.
 T. H. Aldrich of Birmingham was in Washington for a short time Thursday on his way home from New York and other eastern points. It seems to be generally understood here that MT. Aldrich will re- ceive the appointment of the postmaster ship of Birmingham soon after President Taft returns to the capital He has the Endorsement of the two state referees, Postmaster General Hitchcock and is &C., ceptable to both the Alabama senators and Congressman Underwood. MT. Aid rich feels confident that he will get the place, but has no official confirmation.
 The official report of the Canadian wheat crop for 1911 is given through the United States department of agriculture as 204,63400 bushels. Last years crop amounted to 149,99000O bushels
 October marks the opening of most of the important hunting seasons in the United States. This month is the time for hunting deer ruffed grouse and wood- 
 kinds of game abound. and while many states open the duck season in Septem- Der, yet in several shooting is deferred until October and in the case of Mary land and North Carolina until November The principal deer hunting states in the north are Maine, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In Maine the season opens on October 1. in Michigan on the 18th and in Minnesota and Wis consin on November 9 and il. respec- lively. The Michigan season closes at the end of November and thus appears to be nearly four weeks longer than those of Wisconsin and Minnesota, which close at the same time, but as the life of a Michi- gan deer license is limited to 20 days, there is no practical difference in the sea- son in the three states. New Hampshire opens It's deer season october l, while yermont's does not open until November 15, and New York's opened september Is. In the south Louisiana, which probably furnishes the best deer hunting, opens its season on october 1, and the same is true of Montana, one of the chief deer hunting states of the west.
 Of the states where the best ruffed grouse or partridge shooting may be had