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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
Richmond.s Proxres.

Every time 1 visit Richmond I am impressed with it's elegance and It's rapid growth" said Frank Jones, the well known lumber man who makes his headquarters in Roanoke, Va. Up to few years ago Richmond was known for it's wealth and conser- vatism. but it was slow compared with Atlanta and Birmingham. Well. there lis nothing slow about Richmond now In the last census it had a population of 127,62s, only about 5000 less than IBirminshams. Of course, Birmins
 ham will always keep in the lead, bu, would not be surprised to see Rich
 mond show splendid gain in the next census.
 Roanoke continues to grow, and tho entire state of Virginia is more pros
 porous at this time than ever before.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
From the Louisville Courier-JournaL L<TNHE most damaging testimony
 against Palmer came from the

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 <<THE most damaging testimony
 against Palmer came from the
 X lips of Arthur Broadus, col ored waiter at the Cherokee cafe, where the auto party stopped short time pre- ylous to the accident. He rememoereo' he declared. that Palmer. whom he knew, ordered drinks for the crowd, Of whom there were four-two men and two women. The party had about 10 drinks. WHISKY toddy, pop and bottled beer, he declared. From report of the coroners inquest
 If not in the golden age at least through all of the other ages, to tnls, the gilded age, wine, women and song have brought the ruin of i'll balanced men in eapable of refrainng from abusing a blessing and transforming it into a curse. But nowadays the existence or roau houses automobiles and the traditlonai type of weakling change vowel Tn one word of the saying and give 1t more sinister meaning. Nowadays 1t is wine women and sang'-wine, women ana blood It is almost invariably the case that investigation reveals an evening al a road house or rathskeller, with woman companion or jolly party of tipplers, in- cludipg women, as the precursor of such a tragedy as that in which c. W. Palm : figured.
 A few drinks, few friends witn a few drinks under their belts, an engine capable of developing power enough 10 drive a car fast enough to make 1t an engine of death upon any thoroughfare, A machine so sensitive that it seems en- dowed with at least one of the senses, that of touch, but bllndly responsive to the demands of befuddled brain. This
 is the combination that constitutes con- stant menace to life upon the road. and occasionally takes toll of it.
 The bicycle. the democratic predecessor of the automobile as pleasure vehicle reduced tippling. It was impossible to ride a bicycle when drunk or half drunk. It was observed that the road houses sold fewer intoxicating drinks during the "bi- cycle craze'' than ever before. A horse might take a drunken owner home Tn safety, but bicycle never staggered save to certain and early fall. bicyclists knowing that fact. and in addition real izing the i'll effect of alcohol upon mus cular energy, refrained from incorporate drinking. A man who has had too many drinks can still drive an automobile after a fashion He is in a condition to inn agine that he can drive it perfectly. One of the common effects of alcohol is to induce exaggerated self confidence An other Is to induce degree of recklessness of results that is never present in sober mans mind, and desire to split the ! street wide open that takes no account of the risk of death as affecting the driver himself. the passengers in the car. | the occupants of other cars or pedes- trians who may cross the route of the joy ride.
 Perhaps there may come time when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
Solid Prosperity

This has been the most prosperous year from business point of view since 1906 and in some respects 1t Is by far the best year in the commercial history oi the coutnry," said J. s. Newell of Phla- delphia. 'I am interested in several lines of trade and keep in especially close touch with the east and the middle west. It Is generally believed that prosperity is here to stay for several years. If next year brings us good crops we may surely count on business activity until the spring of 1914.
 'The south is making steady strides in both agriculture and commerce Every southern city is growing and Birmingham, Atlanta and Memphis will be in the 2o0, ,0Oo class in the census of 1920"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
THE FAXED PERIL oF HAMAu

David starr Jordan in The Worlds Work
 The first sign of approaching eonsidera- ton of army and navy bills by the com mittees of congress is usually the appear ance of '25.0oo. Japanese ex-soldiers' among the plantation hands of Hawaii, followed by larger number usually es- tlmated at 76oo0, at Magdalena Lay in Mexico.
 An honorable general in our army has been found to vouch for the contin ;ent force in Hawaii It is probably a fact that there are some ex-sodiers in Hawaii, a dozen 1t may be. or possibly hun1end in all. Even ex-sodiers must live and until 1907 they, with other rice field hands, were given passports to the sugar Jlanta- tions in Hawaii. In 1900 when the islands became part of the United States, a majority of their population was Japa- nese. Naturally this is stil true. But no passports for Japanese laborers to enter Hawaii have been granted since 1907, and it is known to be not true that any con- siderable number of the Japanese in Hawaii are ex-soldiers. Such as they are, it is not true that they are armed by the Japanese government or that they have any understanding with the Japan e'government as to their course of ac- ton.
 One may safely deny, if so preposteso.is story merits denial, that the Japanese government has any designs whatever on Hawaii. or that there is the slightest excuse in reason for the costly fortitica- tions we are erecting about Honolulu or Pearl harbor. For the Japanese to seize territory of the United States would be the signal of their financial and therefore military collapse, for the ''sinews of var are not soldiers but money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
Both Houses of Congress at Work

Both Houses of Congress are now ready for legislative work, but little legislation is expected to result from their sittings in the next three months. An expiring administration supported by an opposition House and . doubtful Senate will not be apt to the passage of many bills of gen. eral legislative nature. A measure that goes through under such circum- stances must be one that no party de- sires to oppose. Bills that command general support may be passed, but an else will pretty surely be pigeon lpled.
 A rivers and harbors bill and a pub ic buildings bill will this time be in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
TEARS, IDLE TEARS

From Tennyson's ''The Princess Tears/ idle tears. I know not what they
 mean, Tears from the depth of some divine de-
 spair Rise in the heart and gather to the eyes. In looking on the happy autumn fields. And thinking of the days that are no
 more. Fresh as the first beams glitterlng on a
 sail. That brings our friends up from the un-
 derworld. Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the
 verge: So sad, so fresh. the days that are nc
 more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

An. sad and strange as in dark summer
 dawns
 The earliest pipe of half awaken'd birds To dying ears, when unto dying eyes The easement slowly grows a glimmering square; So sad. Sd strange the days that are no more.
 Dear as rememberd kisses after death. And sweet as those by hopeless fancy fefgn'd. On lips that are for others; deep as love. Deep as first love, and wild with all re- gret; To Death in Life. the days that are nc
 more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Fifth avenue, New York, has an apart ment house that is certainly entitled, | Root and Murray Guggenheim each pay S25,f00 year for 20 rooms and ten baths in 1t, and now W. w. Willock, ex- vice president of the Jones & Laughin Steel company, takes sixteen rooms and six baths on the twelfth floor at s2o,0ed year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
The Goo.ebone Prophet

The scientific forecaster of weather conditions can come pretty near telling us what the weather is to be few days ahead, but the old goosebone prophet often tells us with something like cer- tainty what We may expect throughout an entire season, said man who has closely observed familiar old signs in this part of the country.
 ''We will have Indian summer. almost up to Christmas day There will be a slight freeze on Christmas eve and we will have overcoat weather from then until March. January will be rough winter month. The groundhog will not see his shadow on the 2d of February and that will mean an early spring.
 'T have been forecasting weather sea- sons for 40 years and have seldom failed to be approximately right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOI

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press.
 Plump arms are never misjudged else where.
 The most successful thing the devil ever invented was fluffy frilly things not to be seen except when they are.
 What makes a man want change of government is when buying coal by the ton costs almost as much as cigars by the half box.
 It takes a girl to demand an apology from a man for her thinking he wanted to kiss her when what he was trying to find out was whether her father had ever failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
WINE, WOMEN AND SANG

it will be universally admitted that man who is going to drive an automobile must, in the interest of public welfare, refrain from drinking inteAicants.s It may become necessary to enact laws making it a punishable offense to drive an auto mobile upon a public thoroughfare when under the influence of intoxicants. The in- toxicated joy rider hasn't the opportunity to kill as many persons as drunken railroad engineer may kill, but the loco motive at least stays upon the track and has a limited theatre of murderous ae- tivity. The automobile recklessly driven endangers the lives of its occupants, and the occupants of other cars, and nobody upon whom 1t may bear down knows which way to jump. The course of the machine knows no law
 In Mexico, when Europeans discovered 1t, drunkenness was a capital offense. It was, as a consequence, rare. Yet drunken Indian was not as dangerous to public safety as a drunken joy rider.
 Whether or not the walters testimony in the Palmer case is true is question that has nothing to do with the fact that the comfnonest cause of automobile trag- edies is the road house drinling bout and a solution of the problem it creates must, in some way, be found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

French poodles in the New York fash pendants of sapphires set ih gold. How perfectly loyely!' is the customary com ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

President Teft is about to turn Mrs. Longstreet, tie widow of the famous Confederate general, out of the postoi- fee at Gainesville, Ga. She is a Roose- welt progressive, and President Taft says all such must go regardless of sex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Oscar Underwood was given a great ovation when he first appu..- | Q House this week. The majority leader is held in great affection and esteem by his colleagues
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Thousands of Massachusetts women arc registering with a view to voting in the spring elections. They can vote fer school officers only In Fall River su00 women have registered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

British protectorate is to be pro other words, 1t is to be annexed. This will put an end to Moslem rule i1 Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The outcry against the idle sons oi the idle rich is idle. for if we did not have them there would be no one to marry the chorus girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The King James version fairly snicl. CTS when it thinks of the new expurgated edition of the Bible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Aunt Della and her apple pies will, too, alas, be lost to sight and even t, memory after the fourth of March. So runs the world away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Perkins, George w., is a born poll tical meddler and if he cannot help the bull moose In 1916 he will join some other party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Mrs. John Jacob Astor has added C complete beauty parlor to her s2,o0o,0k house, and she no longer has to depend on nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The cabineteers are already thou. ing several score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The Philadelphia mint is turning out
 new gold coins to be used as Christmas
 gifts. There will, however, be no bar gain sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The rag pickers of New York hare formed union and they expect to sec their business picking up rapidly here after.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The colonel is permitting the countr, to forget him for the first time in ovel twelve years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The spugs now have button and ar. regularly organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Mary Garden says thirty-five is woman's most glorious age. No on, thought Mary was that ola.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Surgeon General Blue says, beware of the restaurant sugar bowl Death turks there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The colonel, it is said. has decided ts let Schrank's bullet stay where he pu;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
MOST VALUABLE TOOL

From the Farm and Fireeide.
 All farming begins with the blow.
 Besides loosening the soil so that the roots of plants growing in it may push
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

The g. O. p. is dying hard and eve: Uncle Joe Cannon is hopeful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

An armistice is possible anywhere ex- cept in Birmingham's streets between the automobile and the pedestrian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

Entered at the Birmingham Ala postoffice as second class matter unoeF act of Congress March 3, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04

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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16

there The party then went through
the Capitol.
We left Washington at $50 for
Cincinnati which city we arrived in
Sunday morning. Here we We're met
at the train by Mr.. Costriss, a friend
of Mr.. Bates, who was present at our
/ luncheon at the Multnomah before
we started. He took us up to our
] Geological Garden where we had
lunch and stayed during the band
concert Part of our bunch then
went over the river to Kentucky and
the rest of us spent the afternoon
| seeing the city i'm the car. We dined
at 6:3O, then took our train for In
dianapolis at $500, arriving in the
latter city at 1900. where we went
to our hotel Immediately
Sights at indianapolis.
We slept late the next morning,
then went to the Capitol, met Gov.
Marshall: then were photographed
before the Capitol for an Indianap-
oils paper, and then went through
the Van Camp factory
We left the city early In the even
ing for Chicago.
In Chicago.
Arrived in Chicago at the Hotel
Sherman at 7:1O Tuesday morning,
June IS. Spent the morning in see
ing the South side In an auto. In
the afternoon the party again went
out In a car 10 Lincoln Park and the
North side. while I spent the after
noon visiting with some Of my rela-
tIves. In the evening we dined In
the College Inn. then went down the
crowded street. Michigan avenue, to
the Hotel Blackstone. where We met
Mr.. williams. who gave us our tick
cts for the Convention for the follow
ing day. Next morning We went 70
the Convention at 10 o'clock ] staid
until 1900 and did not return in the
afternoon a. I was seated too Tar
back 20 hear the speakers well. but
was intensely interested In watching
the sway Of the feelings" n the
people in the time I was there.
We left the city al G:g0 for Madi- /
son. Wis. where We arrived al io-zo
that evening. Here Mr.. y. y. Clarke
editor 81 the American Thresher-
man. had autos waiting o. take us
10 the New Park hotel. where We re-
tired Immediately. The next morning
Mr. Clarke had nine cars for us, one
for each girl and two girls from his
one. which gave us an opportunity /
TO meet some Madison girls. They
took us al over their beautiful city
In the afternoon the party went
through the Capitol and a. sioe
o'clock crossed Lake Monona IN
chartered boat with an orchestra on /
board. over % Esther Beach. where
q bounteous banquet vas spread Tor
~ followed b. a dei'Ehtful rrogram
ef entertainment Recrossed tne
lake AZ sac and arrived a. fhe hotel
fu.f In time % take baEEaEe 80 /
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16

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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16

party in Madison to visit with my
grandparents who had come to see
me and arrived just a few hours be-
fore the party left for st. Paul
caught up with the party just a few
hours before we had to leave st.
Paul on a real trip homeward.
We had a perfectly delightful time
as a party on these last three days
trip, although terribly fatigued from
the heat and the dirt. Five of our
party left us at the Grand Dalles
and all sorry that the great trip had
ended The rest of us disbanded at
Portland, each one Of us arriving at
our own towns, glad TO be back to
rest among the people who were in
strumental in giving MS this great
pleasure
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16
Agalnst Equal TaA.

J. ID. Stevens. a campaign orator
from Portland. addressed fair siz-
ed crowd on the street Saturday night
in opposition TO the single tax prop
agsnda. He expounded some convinc-
ing arguments during his short ad-
dress and promised to hold a more
extended meeting the Court House
here later In the campaign.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16
TO INSPECT ROAD BUILDING

County Court on on Jaunt Go West
ern Part OF Polk County.
For the purpose Of examining the
work on county highway which
Polk county is doing in that section.
County Judge Ed. +. Coad and Com
missioners Riddell and Petre left to-
day for Rock Creek In the Siletz
country for a couple OF days trip.
The county has a gang Of workmen
employed there in building a road
known as the Rock Creek road" and
a thorough inspection Of these oper-
atlons will be made.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16
Surnuer Colds

Are harder 20 relive than winter
ones but they yield just a. readily &c
treatment with Dr. Bells Pine-TaF
Honey Look FOR the Bell on the
Bottle. sold b. Conrad Stafrin.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16
(By Gertrude Pollow.)


CONTINUED from Fridays Paper)
We were taken into an auto and
before reaching our hotel. we went
on a sightseeing trip through tie
city. To the Aquarium, from which
we could view the Statute Of Liberty
then through Wall Street, past the
Stock Exchange, past the financial
home of Rockefeller. We went
through the Ghetto, the very poor
district, which was most pitiiul and
at the same time interesting. GER
tainly never realized that such con-
ditions of poverty existed for Ger
tainly / had never seen anything oi
the kind in any of our Western cities.
We went to the Martha Washington
our headquarters in New York. Here
we met a couple of women reporters
After lunch. one OF the reporters
took us through TifaN's 5. q place
filled with the most beautiful cut
glass and china articles that We hao
ever seen. 1t was raining hard when
we came out so our lady sent rs an
down to the Waldorf-Astoria in han
SONS. where We had tea and vent
through the hotel. That evening
called upon my uncle in BROOKLYN
they came after me and ] spent the
rest Of my time in New York with
them. The following morning ] went
out to Ellis Isle and saw 400 immi-
grants lined up being tagged Tor
their various destinations, eNchang-
ing their money for ours and meet
ing relatives. These immigrants are
kent there at the expense of the
steamship companies who bring them
and every want is provided for BACK
to the city on the boat had lunch
al the Martha Washington. the only
exclusive woman's hotel in the world
and spent the rest Of the day shop
ping
Interested I'm the WeSL
In the evening Mr.. Bates gave an
illustrated lecture in one q the =
N. c. As and three of Us girls went
wtih him 20 leave some literature
We found these men very interested
in our country. We left before tne
becture. went back down town ana
-aw Broadway AZ night-''the great
White Way--which vas q pretty
zebt We returned 10 the hotel just
in time 70 80 @ ne st.t.on-.a.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16

York and all felt that we were turn
ing homeward. How we did dislike
leaving so soon.
Call at White House.
At seven in the morning We were
in Washington, d. c. Went TO our
hotel. the New Ebbitt. headquarters
for the army and navy. That morn
ing We went in autos through the
residence portion of the city. After
lunch we went to see President Taft
who received us in the East room Of
the White House He was most
lovely to us indeed and talked with
us for about 20 minutes. then came
out on the front steps and had his
picture taken with our group. Then
Senator Chamberlain. with a guide,
took US through all the w-ll-kroWn
and interesting rooms OF the build
ing.
Washington is a beautiful city and
a great many Of our party thought
il by all means the prettiesi city We
had seen on our trip. At dinner in
the evening We had 1ir Brown. oi
the Washington Times. with us. and
then we went up to the Congress
ional Library. which indeed was the
most beautiful building ] LNr ever
seen. We we're only sorry that we
had to leave so soon.
The next morning. saturday The
girls all went through the great IN
door market Saturday Is the most
frterestirg day in the market for dll
row, ions are brought in from the
country.
Visit Mt Vernon.
Then out 10 Mt Vernon. which o.
tell in detail would be quite story
for Of course. We saw one interesting
thing after another there. too numer-
Gus % mention. Il was not only IN
teresting from a historic standpoint
hut also from the scenic side. FOR u
vas an ideal site for q home. II -
interesting 20 know that u 10 kept
today a. near a. possible like IL vas
1ao years ago when Gen Washing
ton lived there.
We went back to Washington Tor
luncheon a the Capitol az ] O'Clock
where We had been Invited b. Sen
stors Bourne and Chamberiain. A
delicious lunch vas served on a table
especially and profuseiy decorated
uffh roses for % BeEtes TIE I've
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16
Oregon Girls ON Booster
Trip To Eastern Cities

Representative Eastern Excursion Tells OF Journeys
Warmly Welcomed Everywhere, and no Opportunity to Ad
yertise is Boosting Literature Distributed
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-07-16

We think most
telling something methods We handle
will satisfy
sell such goods that whenever
n the big