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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07

ton. which will include number of reg uar troops and national guardsmen from various southern states. The camp Will be divided into two periods of 10 days each.
 . The officer in command is General With erspoon of Fort McPherson, commanding the department of the gulf.
 Gen. Joseph B. Scully, adjutant general of the Alabama National Guard, will be in attendance, and has been designated as disbursng officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07

CT does or can get reduction under the new rates.
 Now. as to domestic consumers; there is a reduction in the minimum meter rate from SIP to BIO per annum; there is re- duetion in the water rate from 30 cents to 20 cents per thousand, and there is reduction In the flat rate of s2 per annum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07
Fire Protection

"The city has at present 760 fire hy- $52 each per annum, or an annual sum of about s39,64 For the same amount of money now being paid, the city will secure the placing. at the expense of the water company. 37S additional hydrants. and when these additional hydrants have been placed, making a total of 1133 hydrants, the price per hydrant will be reduced to s35 per annum. a saving of one-tAird on hydrants are to be placed within two years. the company agreeing to place the proper proportion of the whole monthly; therefore our fire protection increases monthly, as well as does our hydrant cost decrease monthly.
 Tn placing these additional hydrants, the city can require the laying of g miles of new pipe at the expense of the water company wherever the city may choose to order the same laid, which will allow the water pipes to be extended to any section of Greater Birmingham where the city deems they are most needed and which is now deprived of water service and fire protection. The city is desirous of ma terially increasing it's fire protection fa- cilities and the placing of these additional fire hydrants should and will result in material reductions of fire insurance rates in many sections of the city The cost to the water company to lay the mains and place the additional fire hydrants will represent an expenditure on their part of a quarter million dollars. Every consum-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07
Place Wires Underground

For the betterment of service in the fire zone the company ordered yesterday 100000 feet of eonduits to be used underground for the wires, permission to do which work was granted by the commission some. time ago. That work will cost the company about s275,o ,ooo, according to official figures. The work will be started right away, it Is understood. Mir Sloan says the power house end of the improvement will be got ten ready first and the underground work begun from that end of the line in order to facilitate the work.
 The improvements of the company at the power house and the underground work will place 1t in better position to render the maximum of service and to handle the largely increasing demand here for it's commodities. The underground work will be a great improvement for the city, as all wires of every kind except ing the trolley lines will be away from the view of pedestrians. The order for the conduits was given to. the Clay Products company of Chicago.
 The next most interesting improvement being made by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company is the invasion of North BirminghaSl with electric cur rent. The people of that community or at least many of them, pettioned the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power com pany to come into that section and furnish them with light. The company is now building a sub-station there. The work on the North Birmingham extension will call for a considerable outlay of money. al- though the exact sum was not given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07
Construction of IrOndale Line

The company yesterday officially con- flrmed the proposed construction of the Irondale line from Gate City. The length of that addition Is to be about one mile. Workmen are engaged now Tn eonstruct- ing the extension. The line will run from the present Gate City terminus to Iron dale and will serve d considerable popu- Nlation The citizens have been anxious for that extension for some time, and it was authorized as soon as the proper in vestigafion had been made. Gate City and Irondale are not within the city limits of Greater Birmingham.
 Another large appropriation has been made by the company for the double tracking of the Highland avenue line as reported some weeks ago That work is under way. and will add greatly to the solution of traffic problems on that ave- nue. The double tracking of the Fifteenth street line and electric extensions to va vious communities and streets as they are built up are among the minor activities of the company in the district.
 The new work Is being done from an ap- propriation of the capital account of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company.
 MT. sloan. who is personally in touch with the extensive Improvements said yesterday that the power plant work would be started next week if the weather permitted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07
IMPROVEMENTS BY B. &P. COMPANY ABOUT ONE MILLION Gigantic Turbine Will Be
 Installed at Power House on Powell Avenue
ALL WIRES WILL BE
 PUT UNDER GROUND
Workmen Are Already Busy On the Extension of Gate City Line to Irondale-Other Extensions
 Already Planned

Improvements involving the expenditure of about s1 ,o00000 are to be made without delay by the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company according to an of- fclal statement made yesterday by Mat thew s. Sloan. assistant to President A. II. Ford of that company
 The newest item in the expenditures is the installation of the largest horizontal turbine ever made by the General Electric company. This will be put in the power plant on Railroad avenue and Eighteenth street. The turbine will have a capacity of 1o0o0 K. w., but will have a power of 1250o K. V. A. for local service. 1t was announced that a contract had been let for this new turbine The installation of the turbine will call for the erection of more cooling tower capacity. although three units were lately erected on a site adjoining the power plant. In all. it is understood that $2O00oe will be spent by the company at the power house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07
City Valves No Rights

per 1000 gallons, will mean a monthly charge of 8. or a saving of 8 1-3 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07

Culpepper Exum, president of the board of city commissioners, yesterday gave out a formal interview in rererence to the rates as embodied in the ordinance passed last week. MT. Exum and Judge Lane voted for the ordinance and Commission CT Weatherly voted aganist it.
 MT. Exum states his position clearly and emphatically declares that had he not been satisfied that the city preserved its full rights as to municipal ownership he would not have voted for the ordinance. He states the city valves no rights in the several contracts except as to the dis puted right to regulate rates in old Bir- mingham and that this same disputed right has been litieated In the chancery court and decided against the city.
 He points out that under the new sched- ule of water rates saving of over $1O0,000 year will be made, of which the small consumer will be largely the beneficiary.
 MT. Exum said:
 'I was advised by our city attorney, in whom I have every confidence, as well as other able attorneys. that our accep-
 
 in no wise affect the city's acquiring by purchase, otherwise, and owning it's own water plant, or affecting in any other way the rights of the city which it had before our acceptance of the proposi- ton now has or may have in future. Had I not been satisfied of the city's continued full rights of municipal ownership. l would not have voted for the ordinance.
 First, we will see how the city itself is affected as to it's rates. Water for the city's use delivered to the many depart ments and at different locations in the city is treated as going through one meter and the price for same is cut practically half in two. In other words the city is now paying 15 cents per thousand gall Ions, but under the new arrangement the quantity of water now used by the city reduces the price to 6 cents per thousand gallons.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20
WHAT IS MODERN EDUCATION.

Is the tendency Of modern education to get away from studies
and 90 into sports society and sh0wsY
seems So from the negro minstrel tour that Lincoln High
School, Of Portland, is putting on at present
They going great interstate athletic meet and playing
at theatres to make expenses.
Are the high schools because they are the colleges OF the COM
mon people to initiate all the abuses Of the big coeges
The writer graduated from Iowa high school, but in those
days there student body activities"
There seventeen different athletic and fraternity
terprses to engage our attention.
There great deal Of mental activity and we obtained
about good education get at the college
nowadays.
We had no field sports basketball football bffba handbal
class balls or highbas but piles of intellectual activity
We had no high jumps low jumps broad jumps pole vaults
hurdle races pony hregged but were kept
the jump with our studies.
We did nothing but study and recite and week there
was literary society," and that the only sport amusement
When graduated could read write and spell fairly WELL
and have not forgotten how
That kind of high school education was probably very rud
mentary according TO modern ideas
The city superintendent an educated gentleman who
taught Latin German Literature and Manners.
His whole time not taken up with sports athletics recep
tons, plays and class politics.
His whole business education, and he handed 1t out bc
ally 10 the boys and girls
The minds Of hesudents in that Iowa high school not
kept in high state Of excitement matters that have nothing
to do with education
II is probably different and the Of sports and
Student body ace probably prevails we seem to have de-
veloped here In Oregon.
But Is the modern tendency making for real education for cu
ture for morals?
Is the whole crcuum Of sports laying the foundation for well
developed intelects and for character?
writer dubious about IT, and is mourning the FISK
Of being dubbed doubter being branded heretica.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20
OREGONIANS
nInMlnlMn IA
TIUVIUIVu IW
SAN DIEGO

Resident and tourist Oregonians
gathered in Mission Cliff Park on st.
Valentine Day, in San Diego, Cali
fornia, for reunion picnic and TO
form a permanent Oregon society
similar TO the otheV 16 representing
other states These societies aim TO
give reliable information TO tourists
visiting here, who want 10 know Cal
ifornia and TO inform others about
the home state who may contemplate
visiting there. After a delightful
basket lunch In the balmy air and
the sunshine, and having registered
and become well acquainted, the
party gathered in the main pavilion.
Mr., Counter, Of Lane, and Mr.. Will
man, OF Marion, as president and
secretary. were selected 10 draft a
constitution and bylaws which was
adopted after the following number
were elected as permanent officers
for one year; President, Eugene D.
White; vice presidents, Clark Braley,
W. E. Thorne; secretary, W, G.
Counter; treasurer. Gus, Harding,
From Baker county, Mr.. and Mrs,
M, A. McCleeland. Judge NJ. l.. Ohm
stead. Mrs, M. l., olmstead and Mrs,
W. h. Young; from Benton county,
Mr.. and Mrs ]. w. Dodge, T. d.
Aker, G. A. Robinson, W. D. Cate, Mr.,
and Mrs. Johnson Porter, Mr.. and
mrs W. II, Malone, Ruby Olsen,
Nina Douglas and Frank Douglas;
from Clackamas county, Mrs. A
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20
COUNTRY PRESS FOR BEN oLCoTT.

The country newspapers do not know very much about mans
politics, but they sometimes rally for good man.
They TO be very friendly to Ben 0ott for denomination
in spite Of the fact he appointed by West
Generally when Of party appoints man from an
other political party there is more or less opposition.
But the papers to recognize Mr. 0cott who do
ing his duty without fear or favor.
The bills closely crunized and he does not fall in with
every Effort 10 pull the leg Of the state
There Is about 100000 year difference to the taxpayers be-
tween secretary Of state who there TO the people, and
who constructs the laws for the taxeaters
Here two opinions from points remote from each 9th
or;
(Bue Mountain Eage)
Ben 0lcOt is plain plug for the poor people,
He Is a Republican and good old scout
He ID secretary Of state and will bob up for term two
He Is entitled to IT,
He has applied the acid test 10 all claims for Oregon funds
He Is young man with stuff in his head besides cigarette
His record Is his platform
(Yaquina Bay News)
Ben Oco is in the field candidate to succeed himself
secretary Of state.
Benjamin has made very good record since he has been I'll
ing that office and better capable is not forth
coming.
His nomination and election foregone conclusion in
the minds of leading Republicans in this county.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20
PARENTS DIG 10 PAY FOR BOOKS.

This the beginning Of the second term Of the school year.
the time when thousands Of parents Oregon digging deep
for coin 10 pay for new school books.
There spent in this state average of $36Sb0 year for
school books for pupils from the first to the eighth grades
while for high school students the average amount spent for
books each year Is $36600 making total Of $i73450
There approximately 125O00 school pupils attending Ore
gon public schools
OF these about 10 900 are in the high schools
Under the present school each pupil going from the
first 10 the eighth grade must spend $3.50 for books this
NOT including the cost Of tablets writing paper pencils and in
cdentals
Neither does take into account the return pupils may get on
books Il they sell them back to the book sellers when they
finish with them.
Accepting 1895 the average for the books for the first
eight grades Of the public schools the parents Of Oregon to pre-
pare l5000 children for entrance into the high schools must
pay 81, l,I02,8 $50 for the necessary books.
To put the 10000 pupils through the high schools bang the
figures the average English course the cost Of books
Sla6b00
set Of books adopted for the public schools Of Ore
gon every six years
The present set adopted by the state textbook commission
IN June 1907
The members Of the commission appointed by the gov
ernor.
commission will be appointed and take office in Janu-
ary 1918 and will take up the work Of revising the text books
h use
When Governor West comes 10 appointing his new textbook
commission had better look the records made by the last
one
They adopted books without end changed textbooks
ay piled up costs on the people, and made the textbook pub
fishers happy
For instance textbooks are like the tobt razos the fellow
sold nj the fAlr--made 10 sell and not 10 shave with
With fourths Of tho eighth grade children falling down
their spelling wouldn't be good thing TO inquire about
their spelling books and the methods Of teaching spengl
When as good on authority as we have In the state schools
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20
BALLOT FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

Katzer, Chas. H. Jennings and Dan
lei Williams; from Clatsop county,
Hiram B. Parker and Mrs. W. H.
Robson: from Coos county, Mrs. W.
II. Bohlen; from Douglas county,
Edith Phelps Pearson, Mrs. A. C.
Jones, and Mrs. W. r. Willis; from
Hood River, Mr. and Mrs. s. F.
Blythe; from Jackson county, Chas.
Nickel. Mrs L. s, Dunlap, Bertha E.
Dunlap, Mrs. Harry Troxel, Mrs o.
C. Huggins, Mrs. M. e, Chisholm,
Mrs. c. X. Buckman, and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. Leads; from Lake coun-
ty, ]. N. Watson and w. A. Massin-
gill; from Lane county, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. C. Counter, Esther L. Coun-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. H. v. Belkmap.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Shelley, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Humphrey, Hazel Hum
phrey, Mrs. Hattie Inman; Mrs. j..
Klein, Mr.. and Mrs. L. o. Beckwith
and Mrs. Rosa A. Woods; from Linn
county. Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Frost,
Yvonne Frost Mr.. and Mrs. r. X.
Burton, Mrs. C. M. Giddings, @. A.
Hume and Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Mitch
ell; from Marion county Mrs. M. d.
Hardin and Frank L. Whitman; from
Multnomah county, Edwin D. White,
Mrs. ]. M. Macarthur, John Stewart,
Mrs Mary Hurley, Mrs. D. T. Holt,
Lawrence Holt, Frank X. Parker, Mr.,
and Mrs. o. H. Prink, Emma f.
Hopkins, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Shat
tuck, Mrs. Harriet d. Legg, Gladys
Legg, Bessie Legg, Mrs. J. L. Leroy,
Dorothy W. Leroy, Mrs. Fred Terry,
Mrs. Carrie L. Pease, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo Acklee, MRS Elva Vliet, Mrs. j.
A. Follett, VIM p. Spicer, Mrs. M. A.
Scott, Myra X Smith and Mrs. c. H.
Jennings; from Polk county, Mrs. s.
q. Day and Kenneth Day; from I'm
ion county, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Frak-
err, Mrs. N. " Preston, Mrs, A. c.
Craig, JOS Palmer and Mrs. A. M.
Rinehart; from Wasco county, Mrs.
Alice Z. johnson; from Washington
county, W. d. Thorne, Mrs. W. q.
Thorne, Lucille Thorne, Mrs. Lorne
Palmateer, William Palmateer, from
Yamhill, Clark Braly, Mrs. Viola
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Hellyer
John Hellyer, Blanche q. Hellyer
and Glenn Hellyer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20

shaniko. wasco county ls the great.
est wool market CT the coast.
Wouldn't suspect Il from tho name,
would youf
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20
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THE ROUNDUP

y = y y y y y ri
Jackson county's books are being
audited.
Mrs. schuman-Heink is to sing at
Medford March /.
Oregon City is to boost at big
February 20.
sss
Haney county has lots OF land, and
good land, too, for settlers.
Taft petitions will be in circulation
all over the state this week.
Burns claims II has assurance OF
two railroads in the near future.
North Bend will hold a special cleo
tlon April 16, TO vote on charter
amendments.
The keystone Dredging company
will begin mining operations near
sumpter soon.
All Eastern Oregon is smiling over
abundant rains, and magnificent
wheat prospects,
Wool buyers are already In the field
in Eastern Oregon, pnd prices are
unusually good
II Ia rumorod that Lotus W. Hin ls
negotiating for the big Bill Hanley
ranches In HArney county.
ess
The Elks Of Portland gave an en-
tertalnment last week The herd
brought $500 Into the corral as a re-
suit
Four hundred Benton county farm
ers heard Senator Paulhamus, OF the
Puyallup, tell how that section grew
rich.
Benton county school children are
enthusiastic over tho proposed indus
trial fair. and many viii enter the
conteala
The last Of tho indictments against
Wilde have beap dismissed Judge
Kavanaugh dolrg the dismsislng act
Saturday.
shaniko. wasco county ls the great.
est wool market CT the coast.
Wouldn't suspect Il from tho name,
would youf
The state board Of control has set.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20
O,P.COSHOW.
IS OUT FOR
. SENATOR

or. Coshow, of Roseburg, Monday
forenoon announced his candidacy
for United States senator on the
Democratic ticket when he filed his
declaration Of intention to become
candidate with Secretary of State Oh
colt.
He states in his declaration that
he favors appropriations for the
states rivers and harbors, and par
cells posts; that he is opposed to mo-
nOpolies and in favor OF the supervi-
sion Of the railroads.
A. A. Kadderly, Of Portland, filed
his declaration Of intention Of be-
coming a candidate on the Demo-
cratic ticket for delegate to the ma
tional convention which will be held
at Baltimore. He is from Portland.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20

says one would be plenty to teach FROM why make
people buy two?
Textbooks and elections costing the people Of Oregon near
" half million annually and this is only Of many burdens
The textbook commission has right to load up the poor peo-
pe who have the children with lot Of fads and fances
Men and of plain sense should be appointed
on that commission instead Of eavagant and oughtess gn
brows.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20

tied the water rights Of North Pow
der. Baker county. Now If they will
stay settled.
Bill Hanley boosted Oregon on the
governors trip, and when he got home
Burns turned out and banqueted and
boosted Bill Hanley.
Stephen A. Lowell thinks Eastern
Oregon is entitled to the U. s. sena-
torshipAand that Stephen A. Lowell
would be the right man for the job.
ssR
Attorney-General Wickersham has
called the initiative and referendum
postal card" politics. but the su-
preme court OF the United States
called 1t "all right"
est
Judge Smith, Of Baker county, held
that the Sumpter Valley railroad,
"the Polygamy Central" had obtained
a deed from a woman by fear and CO.
ercion, but that the statutes Of llmlta-
tion prevented any remedy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-20

Do not put off till April that which
can be done in March.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-07-12

MEMS AND BOYS NICKEL CASE
WATCHES at 85c to $500
Don't fail to buy one of these watches
for your vacation trip, and not run the
risk of breaking or losing your better
watch
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-07-12

rhaekeray and Conan Doyle Both
Found Themselves Forestalled.
How strange are literary coinci
dences occasionally is illustrated in the
case Of Thackeray and Dumas. Thack
cray says: II came near writing book
on the same subject, Les Trois Nous
quetaires.' and taking III. d d'Artagnan
for my hero. D'Artagnan was a real
character Of the age Of Louis XIV. and
wrote his own memoirs remember
picking up dingy copy Of them on an
old bookstaIl in London. price six.
pence, and intended to make some.
thing Of It But Dumas got ahead OF
me. He snaps up everything"
A coincidence quite as remarkable
occurred with Sir Conan Doyle for cen.
tral figure. He learned while spending
a holiday in a mountain inn in Swift.
zeriand that during the winter months
for some reason two men remained in
occupation. For four or Eve months
they were isolated from the rest Of the
world Suppose one Of them went mad
or committed suicide or The posi-.
bilities were endless. He forthwith de-
termined to embody the idea in story.
On his way h.,me he happened to pick
up book Of tales by Maupassant
rhera. In 1t. under the title Il An.
herse." he found himself forestalled in
every particular.