The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-04
THE BUSINESS GIRL ENTERS NEW YORK Ohio Man Tells of States
 Greatness ALASKA'S RESOURCES Salmon Almost Equaled in Value the Output of Gold-Election Story of Mississippi-Capt. Wat
 son Was Old Mariner
RESOURCES

New York, February 3.-(Special)- business girl is an institution in New York and a mighty efficient pleasant in- stitution she is too 1 doubt if there is any city in the country with as great a proportion of bright. energetic, capab ole young women who earn their living at business. l do not mean the factory and shop girl, but the stenographers, clerks, secretaries and the like
 It is a sight worth seeing to watch the crowds which throng the downtown streets between and in the morning It looks at least as though fully half of them were young women. They are a well dressed, bright, attractive looking lot or young women too, alert and confident
 I have no statistics at hand, but the number of business girls in New York must run away up into the lines of thou sands.
 It is related in Wall street that q con- paratively well known broker whose h. come has been growing to respectable proportions, even measured by the high standard of the day turned his attention to the work of the masters and purchased collection of valuable canvasses. Proud of his gallery, he invited prudent banker to view it. The visitor admired the pie turcs, but remarked: 'I haven't time to rush around buying them
 After he departed the possessor of the new collection turned to a third man Who was present and wbnderngly said: "Why that man has an income three times larger than mine and he does not own single painting worthy of the name.''
 Which goes to show that the lieutenants in the army of finance follow the lead of their generals in other matters beside market operations.
 'The greatness of Ohio as a state, per- haps, may not be appreciated by the peo- pie of other commonwealths in the mad chase for supremacy said John A. lo- land, a prominent lawyer of Chillicothe.
 Not only has every elected President since the time of Abraham Lincoln down to President Taft. with two exceptions, been a native of Ohio, but it is because the Buckeye state gave more great states men and soldiers and presidents that Ohio has been great. In invention Ohio stands supreme. The Wright brothers are the most recent inventors. who have given 10 the world a revoutionizing invention.
 The first friction match made in the United States was made in Zanesville, q.
 "The first photograph produced in the United States were made at Zanesville. Daguerre, who discovered photography, had made known his secret, and Alexan- der C.. Ross, reading it, jmproVised a cam era from an old accordion and produced the first daguerreotypes. There are sonie of these old pictures still treasured by the people of zanesville."
 "Alaskas reputation has rested largely upon it's production of gold. but do you know that last year the territory produced
 in canned salmon almost it's equal in value?" said r. C. Barron a wealthy canner of Juneau "Of course, it was an unusual year. The catch of salmon all along the coast as far as the Behring Sea was the greatest that has been known
 in several years, and a better price N@s obtained
 "rhere is no accounting for the unusual run of salmon. This year it may not De half of what 1t was last. The value of the salmon catch in 1911 was almost double that of 191O It amounted to nearly Sl-,- C0O,0J0. and the gold production was 2p- proximately $17,O00,OO0 Tn 1910 salmon sold for 60 cents a dozen cans or $40 case. For last years catch the canners realized s1.10 a dozen, or $4.i0 case. Tie total output was more than S,0O0O0o cases.
 salmon is a peculiar kind of fish. The females weighing perhaps 20 pounds. after they deposit their eggs. numbering close to 250O die. and it Is up to the fishermen to catch them before they go into their death waters.
 Alaska is great country, but to my mind it will never be anything but min ing and fishing territory
 ''One of the most amusing election stories I ever heard comes from Missis- sippi in the days just succeeding the civil war" said F. A. Herold of Newark, Del "It was one of the favorite stories or tho late l.. @. C. Lamar of Mississippi, who was one of the best story tellers of hia day
 senator Beck of Kentucky, himself ot no mean capacity in this line, pronouicef Lamar the best story teller he ever knew. The story is this: In one of the small towns of that state lived man with chronic desire to hold office. Any office would do for him. He had been candi- date for office many times, but had ai- ways been defeated. Finally, an opportn- nity arose for him, so it was thought. An office was to be filled by election, fer which there was no announced candidate except this man. Under the constitution of the state a majority of all votes cast was required to elect.
 "On the evening of the election every one expected. of course, that this man would be elected. His friends were con graduating him that at last he had se- cured an office, and were jollyng over the event. It was suggested to him that he go over to the polls and ascertain what the vote was He did so, but remained quite awhile. When he returned In a crestfallen spirit. his friends asked hun what the result was. He was silent for moment. and then said that he had hot ha1 al,