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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-09
MORGAN COUNTY ID BUILD STATE ROAD. Local Option Election to Be Held in Morgan Next
 Monday

| Decatur, September S.--(Special.) )-Dsle- gations from Hartselle, Falkville and other points in the county along the line of the proposed highway from Decatur to Montgomery have asked the Morgan county board of county commissioners to meet the sttae in an appropriation TOT such county highway. Probate Judge William E.. Skeggs and every member of the board of county commissioners are way, and Morgan county can be counted on to do her part when the t'-- ar- rives It is likely that a E,dss meeting of the citizens of the Decaturs and of the county will be called soon to meet at the county courthouse in Decatur for the purpose of perfecting an organiza- l ton and devising ways and means. Be- fore anything can be done, of course, a right of way will have to be secured for the road, but it Is said there will be no difficulty about this. l The proposed route of the road through this county passes through the towns of Flint, Hartsele and Falkvile. The plan Is to have the road through this county follow the main line of the Lou isville and Nashville railroad as near as practical.
 While experimenting the building of several miles of cement sidewalks in 1 New Decatur yesterday. Contractor F. B. Wilhite was stricken with a severe att tack of heart trouble, with which he nas been suffering for some time. He was hurried to his home and two physicians were quickly summoned. At first his con- dtion was regarded as critical, but ne is lnow recovering.
 Philip R. Hutson and Miss Fannie Sneed lwere quietly married yesterday afternoon at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. J. A. Foster, in New Decatur. Inn mediateIy after, the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hutson left for Chattanooga, and will be at home in West New Decatur within ten days.
 | Next Monday, September il, an eicc- l ton on local option will be held in this county. and at that time the people of the two Decaturs and of the county will have the right to say whether or not they want the continuance of prohibition | llegalized saloons or dispensary. Tndi,e- tions are that the open saloon will win in this contest next Monday.
 l MdNOT JOHu TdlteTSOH OI New DeCd- tur and Mayor Henry A. Skeggs of De- catur have both publicly declared .hem- selves in favor of well regulated li- censed saloons
 The result of prohibition in this county lhas been that more United States reve- Inue licenses have been issued in the county under prohibition than have ever lbeen issued before even under the lays lof legalized saloons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-09
JACKSON COUNTY
 COURT CONFINES
Worms Devastate Crops-SchOOls of ScOttsborO Open Monday-Tax
 Assessors Books Correct

Scottsboro, September S.-(Special.) )-The 1 fall term of the Jackson county circuit court convened Monday. The day was taken up in organizing and empaneling
 the jures and with the charge of Judge Harason to the grand jury. In the circuit court Tuesday, Albert Smith of Larklnsvile was given judg- ment for $900O against the Southern rail
 road for the death of his little son by one of the defendants trains at Larkinsville some time ago.
 The army worm or caterpillar has made it's appearance in great numbers in this county, and are cleaning up the fields Of cotton in different parts of the county. The destruction is enormous, and the crop will be cut very short.
 The public school will open on next Monday morning. The teachers, Prof H.. W. Burnett and Misses Temple and Clara Young. are in charge. County superin- tendent and Virgil Boudin will address the school along educational lines.
 The Robert Donnell Presbytery of the
 Cumberland Presbyterian church will
 meet at Boliver next Saturday and Sun day. A number of visitors are expected and a most cordial reception will be
 given them.
 F. P Martin. representing the state tax commission, was in Scottsboro Tuesday and made an examination of Tax As
 sessor A. B. Collins books, and found them in good shape.
 News has been received here that w. L..
 Porter of this place has just been elected sunerintendent of the city schools at
 Tuskegee He is one of the bright young men of this county and his friends here
 will be pleased to learn of his appoint
 ment
 Commissioners court has been in ses-
 sion here several days. Special att-n-
 tion is being given to the pike roads anc
 ordering new steel bridges built over the
 different streams in the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-09
Infreouent Baths Divorce Plea

From the New York Evening Telegram. Milton A. Nathan. lawyer. has given notice in Stockton, Cal, court that his client, Joseph Berger. would file counter charges in his wife's divorce suit. Mrs. Berger alleges. that her husband failed to take bath often; that he had raised a check she had written from $S0 to $500; that he had been convicted of receiving |stolen goods; that he remained out late at nights; that hA had cursed and abused liner. and had also refused her the acc lessaries of life. A lively time is anticl-
 patel when the case Is tried.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-09
LIGHTNING CALCULATOR DIES
Barnum's Mathematical Freak Once
 Entertained Grant

Boston Dispatch to the New York Sun.
 Prof. William Street Hutchings, for more than 50 years a famous figure in the American show world, died at his home, Is Bulfinch street this morning at the ge of 80. Most of his fame came to him while with P. T. Barnum where he was known as the lighting calculator. For the last 30 years he had been a lecturer in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-09

Kathleen Corsbie, and the afternoon was greatly enjoyed by all.
 MT. and Mrs. G. C. Burks of Bfrming- ham visited Mrs. Burks' parents. MT. and Mrs. J. T. McMinemon, on Main street. this week.
 MT. and Mrs. Will Summers and little daughter are in Hot Springs for a month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-09

Commissioners court has been in ses- sion here several days. Special att-n- tion is being given to the pike roads anc ordering new steel bridges built over the different streams in the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-09
YOUTH CUTS OUT
 NEGR0'S WTALS Mayor Bellenger Proposes a New City Reservoir.
 Wreck on l.. & N.

Gadsden, September s.-(Special..)-
 A white boy, IS years old, Fred Lock-
 lear, while at the street fair last even
 ing got into a difficulty with negro
 and cut him in the abdomen until the
 intestines and vitals were exposed and there is some danger that the negro
 will die. Both parties are being held
 awaiting the outcome of the negroes injuries.
 The institute for the teachers or thls county. which has been in progress here during the week, comes to close tonight The attendance has been all that could be expected and the county superintendent is highly gratified with the success of the meeting. The re- ception held last night for the teach CTS and the public brought out many of the citizens and an interest ing and enjoyable evening was spent
 at the library A programme or music and other entertainment features was carried out and all were served with refreshments
 Mayor Bellenger will lay plan be- fore the city council for the building of a reservoir that will work con . siderable economy in the operation or the new water works. As the plant IS 10 be run as planned at present It Will reouire A night as well as a day force
 at the pumping station and full head of steam will have to be carried for | fire emergencies.
 The mayor wants to build a reservoir that will cost $15,000 or $20,000 and that will furnish sufficient pressure in | the mains for fighting fire and allow | the pumping station to be closed down during the night He believes the city | A affairs are in shape to do this With ont the necessity of bond issue and | if this be true it is not unlikely that | 1t will be done.
 The local frieght on the Louisville and Nashville railroad had an accident yesterday near the Attalla mines that delayed it for a full day. The engine went onto the ground because or spreading rails and it took until this morning to clear the track. The ten | der rolled off an embankment and this added to the difficulty. Everything was back on the track in few hours, l but some repairs were necessary and this delayed the running of the train until today.
 c. s. Ward, one of the prominent cit izens of this city, who has been quite Ill for several months past, is now con- sidered on the road to recovery and has gone to Hot Springs, Ark.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-30
enriching those engaged in it.

The northwest is a big country, ane
ithis state, with nearly 81 per cen
more people than it had 10 years ago
requires larger railroad equipment
more miles of line and more powerful
transportation companies than were
necessary when the population wa:
small. AS the size of the transporta.
ton machine has increased, the gros:
earnings have increased, but not with.
out steady fall in the rates the pub.
lie pays.
| The average ton-mile rate in the
United States has gone down nearly
25 per cent since 1883. The decrease
per ton per mile is FAC mills, and this
the shippers are saving on every ton OF
freight moved today.
A good half section of $40 North
Dakota land would cost SIP, 800. Add
a good barn at 81, 900, So, 900 house,
s., 200 for outbuildings and improve
ments, and 81 $50 for teams, stock and
equipment and one would have pretty
good farm and equipment at an invest
ment of $23, $50.
What the Northern Pacific railway
pays out for wages in single day
would buy and pay for three such
farms.
To keep roadway and structures in
such condition that it will handle the
business and will not deteriorate, costs
the Northern Pacific $22 ,O97 day, or
nearly the cost of such farm.
To maintain equipment in good con-
dition costs each day $2l ,674.
Fuel for road engines averages $l6,-
23l day and the total operating ex-
penses of the railroad amount to an
average daily drain on what comes in of
$lO8, $40, or enough to buy 435 of the
best farm teams, or buy one of the
best grain binders for each of 726 farm
ers.
In times of poor business the ex-
penses do not drop in proportion to the
fall in earnings. Whether the business
is good or bad, the railroad must be
kept in shape to move trains regularly
and light business requires that almost
as much machinery be kept regularly in
motion as when the volume of business
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-30
ment of loaded cars. Local service and

ment of loaded cars. Local service and
facilities are better than they were.
The farmer sees much activity along
the railroad and naturally infers that
business, in a favorable year, is very
good and profits heavy: The annual
earnings of representative railroad
strike him as huge sum, and they are
very large He hears much criticism
of railroads, and while ! believe he
himself is we'll satisfied with service
and rates, he is not infrequently led to
think that with a large traffic income
the railroads profits are excessive and
that the railroad business is unduly
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BRILLIANT ADDRESS
CONTINUED from page 81

in service has largely increased, and
with more powerful engines and better
track, the farmer is getting better serv-
ice than before. AT Duluth and Mime
apolis such terminal improvements have
been made that it is possible to make
a trip with car loaded with grain,
returning empty to the grain-growing
territory in from FIVE to eight days.
This helps the car supply and tends
toward better and more prompt move
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-30
The LOGICAL lunatic.

A lunatic was in the habit of catch
Ing Imaginary flies. When asked to
explain her strange action she pointed
under her cloak and replied. THE
flies are to feed this mongoose.'
But there is no mongoose."
"Well, there are no flies.'
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YEOMEN.

A FHATERNAL, LIFE AND ACCT
dent insurance organization. Meets
the fourth Tuesday in each month
In the K. P. Elll. J. n. Belk.
foreman; Elsie Mcdonald, master
of accounts; Elizabeth Belk, cor
respondent.
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Az the Restaurant

"Waiter. why do you recommend
everybody to take beef a la mode to-
day?'
because. sir, If 1t isn't all eaten We
shall have It for dinner ourselves"
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COMMERCIAL CLUB.

COMMEHCIAI CLUB.
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF BISMARCK
Regular meeting of club member
ship tho first Tuesday In each
month; regular meeting Of board Of
directors he first Friday Of each
month. at Commercial club rooms
Third street. Geo. A. Welch, presi.
dent; A. B. WEIGH, secretary.
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l. O. O. r.

CAPITAL CITY LODGE No. 2. meets
every Thursday evening at Odd Eel
lows hall. O. H. Benson, N. G..
Aug. Watz, V. G., H R Clough, sec.
rotary, Dell B. Shaw, treasurer.
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REBEkAHS,

NICHOLSON LODGE, No. 40. Meets
the first and third Wednesdays in
each month in Odd Fellows hall
Elizabeth Belk, N. G.; Mrs. Nellie
Evarts, secretary.
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(. q. O. N.

BISMARCK LODGE NO. i4.-Loyai
Order Of Moose. Regular meetings
every first and third Monday even.
ings Of each month. Charles Fish
or, dictator: 8. E. Register, secre.
tary. Visiting members welcome
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N. w. A.

BISMARCK CAMP, No. 1164. M. W
A. Meets Il Q second and fourth
Tuesdays in each month, Luther
V Hook, V. O.; w. F. Jones Clerk
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!. o. OF F..

COURT BISMARCK, No. SS7. Meets
every fourth Thursday In each
month ?: Odd Fellows hall. joins
Ycgen, C. :; -. D. Hoskins, IL. g.;
l. w. Healy, h. s.
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HoMEerEADERs..

CAPITAL CITY HOMESTEAD, No.
300. Meets second and fourth Fri
days Of the month at !. o. o. F..
hall ct 8 p. m. John. A. Larvau,
president; J. G. Whitfield, secretary.
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M. B. A.

NJ. B. A. Meets second and fourth
Wednesday of month at Odd Eel.
lcws hall. Grant Marsh, president;
George A. LaLone, secretary.
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ST. CLEMENS COURT. "a

ST. CLEMENS COURT, 747.
CATHOLIC ORDER OF FOREST.
ers. Meets every arst Wednesday
at 8 p. M, and every fourth Sun.
day at 2 p. m. All visiting mem.
bers invited. F.. Jaszkowiak, C.
r.; Anton Beer, r. s.
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e. A. r.

JAMES B. MCPHERSON POST, No.
3. Department Of NORTH Dakots
Grand Army of the Republic. Meets
at their rooms in the Armory on
the :,econd and fourth Thursdayf
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAe.
ST. ELMO LODGE, No. I. Meet,
each Wednesday evening at K. P
hall. E. N. Thompson, c. c.; L
K Thompson, K. OF r. & 8.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-30

FOR 8AlE-IAN0.
FOR SALE-Choice farm lands near
Bismarck at lowest prices. Harvey
Harris & Co., First National Bank
Bldg.
Selected list of Burleigh county farm
lands for sale. Raw and improved
lands, prices and terms to suit any
purse. F. E. YOUNG, First Natl
Bank Building.
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PY1HiAN SISTERS.

VIVUuAN SUS Emo
LINCOLN TEMPLE, No. 9. Meets
second and fourth ThursoAys each
month at K. p. hall. Mrs. g. l.
Vigness, N. e. c., Mrs. Nellie Ev.
arts, n. Of R. & c.
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LAEoR UNIONS,

1VO0" 0"u0UVos
UNITED BROTHERHOOD o. CAR.
penters and Joiners, No. Ills.
Meets every Thursday evening at
Kuntz's hall. All brothers cordi-
ally invited to meet with VI. c.
B. French, president; John Danrot.
treasurer; w. G. Gorsuch, secretary.
Fred Anderson. financial secretary.
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MAccAe EE9.

K. o. T. n. Meets every first and
third Thursday Of each month 1t
8 o'clock p. M, at I. O. o. F. hall.
Visiting members cordially invited
D. G. Ramp, commander; Erich
Erickson, record keeper.
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elattery,

fIattery.
"Odd thing about f1attery."
"What?'
1T makes everybody sick, except
those who swallow it."-Exchange.
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TANCRED COMMANDRY NO. /. b
O. e. 8.

O. e. 8.
BISMARCK CHAPTER, No. II, meeta
frst and third Fridays in each
month ut Masonic hall. Mrs. Grace
French, w. M; Mrs. Gertrude Nil
Ter, secretary.
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4. G. y. w.

BISMARCK LODGE, No. 120. Meets
tho first aud third Tuesdays af
Baker Hall at o'clock. G.. T.
Wyncoop, NJ. w.; Bradley c. Marks,
recorder.
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TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 40.
Ueets first Sunday in each month
at 3 p. m. Gus Syvertson, presi
dent; H. C.. Hines, secretary.
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ELkS.

8. r. o. e. No. 11S9 meet At Elks'
hall first and third Fridays Of the
month. Visiting brother welcome.
r. L. Best, e. R.; Carl Peterson,
Secretary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-30

0RESsMAkING-All kinds. Phone
440K. 119 Mandan Ave.
FOR sALE-A few good watches very
cheap. Also some new overcoats at
bargain. J. 8. Knauss, pawnbroker
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in THE
Room
Ni.S0Nlc.

MI.3ONlc.
BIsMARCK LODGE, No. s., A. F. & A.
NJ. Meets first and third Mon.
days in each month at Masonic
hall. A. P. Lenhart, w. n; ]. A.
Graham, secretary.
EANCRED COMMANDRY NO. /. Bur-
Finney, e. c.: G. w. Wolbert, Re-
corder: regular meeting first and
third Thursday of each month.
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FOR RENT-hoUsEe.

FOR RENT-Four room house, furn
is1ed for housekeeping, during ex
position. 418 First st.
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FOR RENT-Fiveroom house. 511
Fourth street. and barn If wanted.
M. X. Skeala.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-30

FOR SAIE-AI household goods and
furniture; slightly used; cheap. III
Avenue B.
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FOR SALE-Three lots 25x15O, corner
Sixth and Avenue D, southeast
front; also driving mare, phaeton
and Shetland pony, hard coal base
burner, small heater, etc. Inquire
of Mrs. NJ. w. Hutchinson, 519 Sixth
street.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

$50 acres highly improved farm seven
miles from Antler, N. D., on Cana
dian side. SIS per acre including.
all farm machinery. No trade con-
sidered excepting for high grade
horses. Box 1856, Bismarck, N. D.
The Republican journal., 1911-09-07
PITTSFIELD PERSONAL

c E. Henry was in Belfast on business Sat-
urday.
c. B. Sampson of Freedom was in town Sum-
day, the guest of friends.
Miss Mile E. Stevens of Troy was in town
yesterday calling on friends.
Miss Jennie F. Hooper of Bucksport visited
her brother, G. P. Hooper, for a few days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Ames of Thorndike
have been IN town. the guests of Mr.. and Mrs S.
A. Coffin.
Eddie G. Littlefield has gone to Burnham to
accept position as clerk in the general store
of Chute & Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard H. Berry and little son
Richard left Saturday on a visit in the home
of Mr.. Berry's father, Harrison Berry,in Mont
vile.
Arthur f. Linscott of Troy, student at a
theological seminary in Connecticut, who is
passing his vacatio with his parents, was call
ing on friends in town Saturday.
James Palmer of Montville, who has been a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jac, son, returned
home Tuesday, accompanied by Miss Blanche
Jackson, who will visit relatives in Montville
for a tme-Ptts1leld Advertiser
The Republican journal., 1911-09-07
FIRES IN MAINE IN 1910.

The total number of fires in Maine
during the year 1910 was 2O79, according
to report recently issued by Insurance
Commissioner Beecher Putnam Of Houl-
ton. The total damage to property in
the State during the year 1910 amounted
to So, 437, TAB, an average loss of $685.
for each day Of the year and of more
than $500, 900 for each month. This an
nual loss was less by 81, 600, 900 than the
loss for 1908, and was 500, 900 less than
the loss for 1909. The population of the
State in 1910 was 1881 and the State
experienced an average fire loss of $3.28
per capita during the year.
The figures do not include the losses
on the steamer Manhattan at Portland
or two vessels burned at Richmond, the
damage to which amounted to about
$340, 600. Property destroyed by forest
fires, and also not included in the figures,
was worth 50, S4l according to the forest
commissioner.
The Republican journal., 1911-09-07
100000 BOY SCOUTS TAKE LONG
HIKES.

Under the stimulus of the Boy Scout
movement, 100000 boys this summer
have gone on hikes. They have taken
tramps varying from 8 and to even 700
miles in length. Many boys have tramp
ed through the woods returning home b.
night, others have tramped by night and
slept in the open. Still others have
made long hikes, spending many days in
the open, getting away from villages
and cities.
This activity and interest in the out
doors is due to the spread Of the Boy
Scout movement in this country. Boys
of the United States have become en-
thusiastic over the ideals and aims of the
scout movement. They are eagerly
learning many things about woodcratt
and are engaging in many activities that
educate them and develop their charac
tiers. The offer of badge for every
activity in which a boy gains a certain
degree of excellence has appealed to the
lads. In the course of their hikes and
days in the woods, they can engage in
many of these activities such as swim
ming, canoeing, building camp fires,
measuring the distance of trees by the
eye.
Reports to the National Headquarters
show that many boys are engaged in this
healthful work under the guidance of a
Scout Master Two boys from St. Paul
are now on seven hundred mile hike in
the Northwest. They are Paul Aurelius,
seventeen years old, and Eric Ahlequist.
The boys of Troy, N. Y, hiked from
that town along the Hudson River to
New York paying visit to Mayor Gay
nor Twenty Boy Scouts tramped from
Tuxedo, N. Y, along the HUDSON River
and crossed over to New York City.
They are going to visit the New York
encampment of the Boy Scouts of
America at Hunters Island under the
direction of Lorillard Spencer, Jr.
The leaders of the Scout movement
have urged the boys to go on hikes
rather than make a jump into the woods
for long period of camping. They
want the boys to learn more of WOOD
craft and the way of caring for them
selves in the woods before going on long
camping expeditions. The reports which
have come in show that the boys not only
are having lots of fun but are growing
strong and are being developed in many
wholesome ways by these activities.