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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
Craft on Big Bond Issue

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In your issue of the 10th, on page ,, head lines read Sounds Note of Warm ing Against Big Bond Issue" City Att torney Boyd points out that Birming- ham will have to pay # interest on $50.000.0 900. and further says that Bir- mingham would pay per cent interest on the borrowed money, and in return would reap no benefit, and in Mary land some years ago. a number of poli- ticians endeavored to pass enormous bond issues for good roads.
 As president of the Alabama Good Roads association and taxpayer of Alabama, beg to reply to MT. City At torney Boyd that the Alabama Good Roads association is an unpolitical or ganization. Its mission and its pur- poses are to develop the internal re- sources of the state of Alabama, its economical policies and benefits are by far greater than any issues in the crisis of the history of Alabama. It is far more important than the issue of pro- hibition, or local option or railroads or anti-railroad agitation, and these issues have and only tend to estrange the peo- pie apart diverting them from their re-
 sources and developments
 To reply to Mir. Boyd when I was in Maryland some years ago. the state of Maryland issued bonds for state aid for roads, and Baltimore's portion of wealth and population is greater in proportion to the state of Maryland than is Birmingham to the state of Ala banla. I would like to call your atten- tion to the assessed value of Birming- ham before her period of prosperity and the building of railroads and the dirt roads. in the county of Jefferson in 1877. The total assessed lands and farm improvements was s1,006,3a3 and all of the towns property In the county of Jefferson was $551.s76. The total values at that period for the entire county of Jefferson, including all the towns. was s1.55s,26a, at that period she had no good roads fin her county
 bridges, culverts and very few miles of railroads. Then the assessment of the state was 7ia mills on full cash
 values. This was the method of assess ing at that period. Today Jefferson county Is assessed on a so per cent val uation on $121 ,39so97. This is only based on 60 per cent valuation and at a tax rate of 6ls mills. The states pro- portion of this Is 2H mills and the bal snce principally goes to the schools for common education and the old soldiers, Is it not a fact that Birmingham pays the biggest portion to common school education. and will Mir. Boyd or any other citizen say that common schools are not one of the best investments that the taxpayer can make, because no asset Is more valuable to the state Of Alabama than to have the boys and girls equipped with a good common school education.
 The state of Alabama today on 6 # mills assessment and SO per cent val uation Is contributing more to the pub- lie school education than the entire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Justice for the sloss Company

To the Editor of The Age Herald
 In the Birmingham News of october g. 1912, there appeared an article from Mir. George Huddleston in regard to the smoke evil by the Sloss company. He strays so far from the subject as 10 touch on the question of our labor as follows; "The talk of pay rolls is high ly misleading. Two-thirds of the fur mace and coke oven employees are negro lahorers earning less than &1,5o day. All the remainder excelt q few higher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
A Big Mountain Sold

FTOnl the LOndOn Standard aT
 curious action has taken place aV Grandson. Canton of yaud, the principal article being mountain. It is named Erses, near Mont Aubert. in the JufA Alps, and has an altitude of about 1900 feet. with it's slopes well covered with timber Twenty years ago the same mountain was sold for R26o0. but 1t has greatly increased in value, and waa knocked down for f92S0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
understand. We have always treated

understand We have always treated our labor fair and there has never been any trouble here. You certainly can see the proof presented by the men. hope this will correct you and put you on the right road. If it doesn't, come up to the city furnace any day and I will take pleasure In showing you around the plant and give you any information you wish further on this subject. And, by the way will intro- duce you to the biggest hearted and best satisfied set of men in Alabama. This Is what might be called swapping cold facts for hot air. Yours very re- spectfully, c. V. NORRIS,
 Supt. City Furnaces, Sloss Go.
 Birmingham, October 12, 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
Effected a Sale

FTUm tfIe IOHuUIi ItItBrHpH.
 A tramp was passing marine stores and seeing the man at the door. he asked, in joking way: Do you buy rags and bones?''
 You've guessed it first time, old chap" answered the man. Get on the scales"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
GOT THE GRIP?
Here Is a Simple Remedy
That Will Cure You in
q HurrV

Got the grippe?" IT'S fashionable,
but very miserable. nevertheless The
doctors say it is epidemic Here Is a
prescription that Is working more cures
than all the drugs under the sun. You
can mix it at home for yourself. A tea
spoonful every four hours will break Up
the worst case inside Of a few hours.
Shake together IN a large bottle two
ounces Of glycerine, eight ounces Of
pure Whiskey and one-half ounce virgin
oil Of pine You can get the ingred-
tents from any druggist Be careful to
secure only the genuine virgin oil OF
pine, which you can identify by the
sealed wooden carton bearing the name
Of the Leach Chemical Company, of Gin
cinnati, on the label. Put up in this
form the essential properties Of the viz
gin oil Of pine are absolutely preserved
and the effectiveness Of -he medicine is
assured.
There viii be quite a little Of the
medicine left over after your grippe
has been cured. This viii serve as the
most effective cough and cold remedy
for the whole family for months to
come
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
The Great Expansionist
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

vancing to destinies beyond the reach
OF mortal eye"
Several years before he had said to
Madison, Il venture to say that the
act which abandOns the navigation OF
the Mississippi is an act OF separation
between the eastern and western cOun-
try" With sublime desperation Jef-
ferson held on to the great river, and
he did it because he felt that the great
west was destined TO be a part OF his
country.
He was thinking of Louisiana long
before that great province became ours;
and when he found out that Napoleon
was ready to part with the vast area
he Immediately authorized its purchase,
without waiting for the consent OF any
body. He knew that curses and i'm
precautions would be heaped upon him
for his act but he also knew that
fundamentally, he was in the right
and he went ahead regardless OF what
might come TO him in the way OF
abuse.
The more we learn OF Thomas JEFF
ferson the bigger does he seem to Us
Distance only adds to the massiveness
the archives are searched the clearer
becomes his patriotism. He was a gen
uine American, believing in, and ever
cOntending for, the very bedrock prfn-
ciples upon which true Americanism
rests, and must ever rest
He had faith in the people, and was
not afraid to trust them IN the great
antried experiment OF government.
While others trembled, he stood firm IN
the conviction that the people are able
to take care OF themselves; and that
with an educated electorate. the future
Is safe. Our cOuntry's annals can show
none greater than Jefferson
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
.DEMING To HAVE
4 PRETTY PARK
VIII Improve the Ground at
Union Station as an
Advertisement.

Deming, y. NJ. Jan. 25.-The park
committee OF the chamber Of commerce,
appointed for the purpose Of putting in
a park in front Of the union station,
met Wednesday afternoon. It was vot-
ed at this committee meeting that the
lease prepared by the Southern Pa
cific company for this plot OF ground
be signed by the proper officials Of the
chamber Of commerce and returned to
the S. P company with letter stat
ing that the work OF filling in the de-
preston had been begun. This has been
done Work upon the fill began We'd
nesday. 1t Will require 1890 yards Of
dirt to put the plot OF ground in prop
er condition for parking.
Several pump companies. through
their agents, have offered to furnish
and install the pump free OF charge for
the advertising that this pumping plant
in the center Of the park will furnish.
1t Is the purpose Of the committee to
install a pumping plant which will de-
liver 500 gallons Of water per minute,
for irrigating the park and also for
show purposes.
The committee has assurances. from a
motor company that it will install a
motor free OF charge, and the electricity
for running the plant win be given free
by the local power company Thus the
cost Of the pumping plant is reduced to
getting the hole drilled and 2. casing
installed, which will not be in excess
Of $500.
In view OF the fact that II transco1ti-
mental passenger trains pass this park
daily this park, aside from beautifvfnr
the town, viii be a tremendous adver-
tisement Of the great agricultural pos
sloillties IN the Mimbres valley.
Cross Country Tourists.
L n. Weber and wife arrived IN
peming Wednesday in their tonri1o.
car from FL Paso. Mr. Weber and y-tFs
are making a cross country trim from
Cleveland. Ohio, to the Pacific coast
W. F. Brace and wife, of Victor n
= are spending a few days with fbeir
'oLd friend Dr. c. L. Belts, Of this nlaca
Ihey are on their return from a e..
Of the Pacific coast states. WHERE NJ,
Brace has been Judging in various no,,i,
lry shows Mr. Brace SAYS the fjrst
Time he ever heard Of Demfne v-es $50
MS friend. w. D. Newton, of RocheStsl--'
n Y, who has been spending his 80 ~
ters In Las Cruces and drinI1jne re-.
ING water, for which he paid : hi
George e Cooper. Of North Yals,r,s
ASH. IS here with his family 70 T ,ri.Ia'
MS future home 70 make
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25

- NE hundred and twenty-six years
ago today-Jan. IS. 17s6-Thomas
- jefferson. at the time our minis
ter to France, wrote a letter to Archi-
bald Stuart, calling his attention to the
condition Of affairs beWeeu the Ale
ghanies and the Mississippi and in the
course OF his letter Mr.. jefferson said:
q fear that the people Of Kentucky
think Of separating not only from Vir-
ginIa Gin which they are right, but
also from e confederacy. own
should think this a most calamitous
event. and such a one as every good
citizen on both sides should set him
self against. Our present federal limits
are not too large for good government.
nor viii the increase OF votes in congress
produce any i'll effect on the con-
trary, 1t win drown the little divisions
at present existing rnere. Our confed.
eracy must be viewed as the nest from
which all America North and South, is
to be peopled."
We have here in this letter Of Jeffer-
son the fountain head of the expansion
idea-not imperialism" Chat was q
word that Jefferson would have scorn-
ed and detested), but the broadening
out OF American ideas and principles
until they covered the whole American
continent
Jefferson's expansionist ideas we're
strongly expressed in his first inau-
gural address. when he said:
Ny countrymen, we are rapidly adj
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
at isn't the material that makes the styIe.Y

much as the seamless shoulder win al
low But We all wear them, suffer in
silence, and quickly learn TO maneuVer
gracefully in these new garments.
1t IS not the material that makes the
style, its the lire, the fashion, and It's
because women, especially American
women adapt themselves 50 quickly to
these new lines that they are the best
dressed women IN the world.
To adapt yourself TO a fashion means
that you wear it as II It we're the most
natural thing in the world Did we
ever have skirts more than a yard and
q half wide? Oh. I suppose so; but
We have learned 10 be comfortable, or
at least to look SO. in our hobbies.
Last year we supported a huge struc-
ture Of fur, feathers. flowers and felt
upon our heads Then we veered sud
denly 70 a mere tOQue with two top
heavy plumes which always threatened
to pull down ones back hair.
Now We leave of the extra hair and
crush a small plush bonnet down upon
our brows and over our ears.
l do II, you DO II, and so DO we al,
because, no matter what our incomes
are, we have learned TO adapt ourselves
to fashions decree.
And fashion, dear friends, is not
made by women, but by men. We wear
the clothes and styles which providence,
In the guise OF the manufacture and
the man dressmaker, sees fit to thrust
upon the market Don't let any one
persuade you into thinking women
would have designed hobbies or the
enormous and rather useless muff OF
today. The fertile Imagination OF the
FUR man designed the latter, and dur
ing the heat Of a duh summer day the
hobble idea sprang fulInedged from the
brain Of 3 man who is one Of the lead
ing dressmakers Of Europe.
Where Woman's ingenuity comes in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
ROSWELL MANDAMUS
CASE To BE TRIED

Roswell, n. NJ. Tan. 25.-The attOr-
neys for the petitioners in the man
damus case. brought last year to com
pei mayor Veal and the city council to
issue a call for a special election to
vote on the question OF the adoption %
the New Mexico brand OF a commission
form Of municipal government for Ros-
well, are to be hard before judge J. T.
Mcclure this week The decision OF
Judge E. r. Wright in favor OF the peti-
toners was reversed by the territorial
supreme court some months ago.
The subscription for the benefit OF
the widow and three children OF Ed Nc
Duffey, who was killed here last week
by the falling OF a heavy derrick, now
amounts to more than $500. They were
left Pennies on a dry claim at Olive,
n. n. a small station about 20 miles
east OF Kenna.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25

! is in adapting herself and her dress
allowance to the demands Of these man
made fashions
II you pick out the noticeable
changes in style, you can easily suit
yourself to them. The latest fashions
In hair dressing, for instance, should
be followed. II your hair is done sly
lishly, it is not so important whether
your skirt is exactly the right shape
or not; but II you go on wearing guam
titles Of false hair when others have
discarded all but their natural locks.
least.
The girl Of moderate income ought
to know something about dressmaking,
and II she hasn't the knack Of fixins
things she could arrange to exchange
some work which she can do with an
other girl who has the dressmaking
skill Then she should learn how to
use dyes.
Dyeing materials Of all kinds is
great saving, and the results are often
very beautiful. I know OF one girl who
has colored everything, from hair rib
bons to window curtains, and whose
inexpensive frOcks are the envy OF her
friends because OF their artistic color
But, above all things, she should
study style and learn to exercise care
and judgment in whatever she has to
buy. Yon can never afford to put
money IN the fads Of the moment, for
you and every one else will grow sick
Of them On the other hand, il does
not pay to economic on the staple of
ones wardrObe-the business suit.
FrOcks that are to be worn in the
evening may be OF nimsy, cheap ma
terials, II they have good lines and
are pretty IN colOring. but the frock
you have on all day IS subjected to
hard wear and close scrutiny. Put
your extra money In that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
: DOROTHY DIX ON ::
The Silk Stocking Problem

A DISPATCH from Washington, D
~ c., says that a wealthy suffra-
gist Of that city has started a
crusade to prevent working girls from
wearing silk stockings on the streets
and has asked the chief Of police for
assistance and authority in suppressing
EN-.
Let US hope that this report Is a
canard. started by a -abid anti to bring
discredit on the cause. There is, Of
course, nothing more absurd in women
trying to regulate by law what kind OF
stockings other women shall wear than
there is in men regulating by law the
size o. sheets that hotel keepers shah
put upon their beds Still there Is moth
ing gained by the kettle calling the pot
black, and a maternal government is
just as offensive and un-American as a
paternal government, and We want
none OF either.
Besides which, at this critical moment
in the campaign for votes for women.
suffragists should address themselves
to peoples heads and not their heels.
After women have secured political
freedom those who have q mania for
reforming things can tackle the silk
stocking demon II they like, but It IS
criminal TO waste time and energy on
Ii Is Useless.
Also IT is useless Not al the statutes
that could be written in the statute
books backed mp by the supreme court
and the power Of the standing army,
could make lovely woman wear thing
II she didn't want 10, or take 1t off If
she did want to. only that intangible
and puissant force known as Fashion
can add 10, OF take away, so much as
a string from women's apparel
The most interesting and the most
amusing illustration that has ever been
given Of this Is the effort that queen
Mary has Just made to reform the pres
ent ultra-idiotic styles in wOmen's
clothes.
Queen Mary. who is a IeveI-headed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
RUNS
INTO MILK WAGON
Occupants Do Not Stop to
See if Driver Is
Injured.

An automobile running into tow,
aslong Alameda avenue near the FL Paso
brewery, struck one OF the horses a.
tached to a dairy wagon, going in The
same direction. owned by Mrs. /, "
hawkins. and driven by Joe Tarane,o
at $3.50 Thursday morning
The horses were frightened and
started TO run away, turning over the
wagon, throwing out the driver and
his load Of milk The automobile con-
tinued onto town and the occupants did
not stop to see If the jdriver was in
jured or not. He came into town with
his left arm slightly injured.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25

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that the skin tight skirts that are the
fashion afford neither warmth nor
comfort, that the short sleeves and low
necks through which the wind whistles
in winter are first aid to pneumonia
and bronchitis. Furthermore, that
grandmothers were wearing costumes
that exposed every angle or pound OF
tat they possessed to the cruel world.
Therefore the queens first act when
she came to her throne was to bar the
hobble skirts. the decollette walking
dress and the near sleeve from her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
PARSONS MEN ARE

Parsons. n. NJ, Jan. 25.-M. J. Graf
ton and Buck Jennings are trapping
for wolves in the mountains.
Charlie Schafer and family, of An
gus, n. NJ have been visiting relatives
here
Mrs. J. F. Greer and family are
guests OF Mrs. L Jennings for a few
days.
Al Roberts. Of Carrizozo. has been
here buying steers.
Mrs. T. A. Hagee, accompanied nv
her daughter, OF Alto. n NJ, was here
buying chickens for the Fort stanton
market They are to deliver 175
pounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25
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FUNERAL OF REESE LLOYD
IS ~

Cananea. Sonora. Mexico. Jan 25.=
Reese Lloyd the smelter foreman who
died on Tuesday morning at the com
pany hospital, as the result OF his burns
In smelter accident on last Saturday.
was born in Baela, kan, 81 years ago. He
came TO the southwest when he
emerged from his teens and went to
Globe, where he learned his trade OF
smelter man He was with the Old Do
miniOR company for over seven years
coming to Cauanea. four years ago.
The funeral services we're held this
morning at II o'clock at the Eagles
hall and the remains taken to Kansas
this afternoon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25

AMARILLO WILL GET
BETTER RIFLE RANGE
Austin, Tex, Jan 25.-Capt. Clarence
"a Test, OF the ordnance department OF
the Texas national guard. has recon-
mended that improvements be made
at the ranges at Amarillo and Albany.