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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
TAKE STOCK FIRST

FrCm the Cincinnati Enquirer.
When you have the goods on man
just sit down and think it over before you
proclaim his shame to the world. F'risN
yourself over carefully and If you find
that there is nothing in your life that you
are ashamed of and nothing you would
not like to see in print, go ahead and use
your megaphone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

One of the heaviest April snowfalls i'll
Colorado history ended on Wednesday
after the ground had been covered to a
depth of nearly one foot. The fall was
not accompanied by cold weather, and
no suffering has been reported. 1t is es-
timated the snow is worth s5.oOo,OOo to
Colorado farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

IN EARLY DAYS.
The early cave man long ago
In prehistoric spring
Spoke of the early dodo as
A pretty little thing.
Washington Herald.
The early lady of the cave
(This is no idle guess)
Spoke of the early foliage as
Her lovely new spring dress.
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
The early cave man and his wife
Were known to smile and laugh;
No siren whistle marred their life,
Nor squeakey photograph.
Youngstown Telegram.
The early cave man with his mate
No doubt found life worth while;
He did not labor soon and late,
SO she could keep in style.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Four hundred thousand dollars worth
of torpedoes, the first to be made by the
navy department, will pe discharged in
Newport harbor as a preliminary test of
the government built product There are
rs torpedoes in the lot, of the Whitehead
type. each costing s53SS3S. They were
built here at the government factory,
where. according to naval officers, the
cost of manufacture is les sthan the price
tests will be made from tube on the
government wharf The range will be 400
yards, toward the south end of the har-
Dor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

No floral presentations or expensive
dresses for girls will be allowed at future
high school or grammar grade gradua-
ton in Passaic \ j., hereafter. None
of the dresses must cost over So and they
must be made up by the pupils them
selves under the supervision of the teach
ers. Prizes for the two prettiest dresses
will be awarded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

SPRING THOUGHT IN DIXIE.
his joys be rich and rare,
Alas for him who's never heard,
Upon the balmy. midnight air
The music of moekingbirdl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
Growth of cities

Birmingham is evidently growing
very fast and 1t is safe to say that
nearly all the cities in this country are
growing steadily" said local statis-
tician.
This time three years ago the CEN
sus enumefators were at work and we
we're all making guesses as to Birming-
hams population. Some guessed no.
900, others 10000. A few expressed
the opinion that the census would give
us $4,000. The latter estimate was ac-
cepted by the Chamber of Commerce as
the best that we could claim, but when
the figures were compiled and the to-
tai was announced by the census bu-
reau this community was agreeably
surprised. We were credited with
population of 1s2.6s5, but in reviewing
the situation 1t was felt after all we
did not get a full count. Atlanta's CEN
sus of $4,000 was supposed to have
been padded. really believe that Bir-
mingham had in 1910 population of
about 100000 and that Atlanta had a
population of between 140,0 and 49,
0o0.
What surprised many people was
the significant figures published in a
special census bulletin giving the con-
solfdated population inside and 10 miles
outside the limits in communities whose
municipal population was 100000 and
upwards In this greater population
Birmingham made a showing in 1910 OF
nearly 1000 more than Atlanta, our
consolidated population being in round
numbers 212,O0O as against Atlanta's
consolidated population in round num-
bers of 20S,O0O.
Last years school census indicated
that Birmingham was growing at a
rate of a little upwards of 10000 a
year. We have today population in
side the city limits of fully 10000"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Chicago asks the government to stock
Lake Michigan with whales. But what
If whale should get tired of fresh water
and try to go to sea by the Niagara Falls
route?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
HARD TO REPLACE.

A purist declares that the word ''punch," !"
used in the sense that book or a play
has "punch,' should be eliminated from
the English language. There is no deny
ing the fact that this word is sadly over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

worked and is far from elegant. How
ever, substitute equally expressive would
be hard to find. There are times when
slang can hit the mark Of perception
square in the center and words in good
standing with photographers fail utterly
to convey ones meaning.
NO ART FOR ARTS SAKE.
No actor plays
A tragic part
Because he has
A bleeding heart"
1t may to you
Seem rather funny;
He acts because
He needs the money.
is PROBABLY HARD UP.
"A man who writes books nobody reads
says he would feel disgraced IL he were
the author of best seller -
His attitude is highly eommendable.
Still, I'd hate to sell him groceries on the
credit"
STRANGE TASTE.
They do, we note,
But can't say why
Some people dote
On rhubarb pie.
HER PREFERENCE.
will you fly with me. darling?'
mo, but might roll with you. Charley,
I'm still partial to motor cars
LOOKING BACK.
/ remember, l remember,
1t was long ago, l guess,
When Little Annie Rooney
Was the reigning song success.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
1 remember, I remember,
1t was twenty years ago,
When Down Went McGinty"
Made a hit in every show.
Cincinnati Enquirer,
OH, YES.
The fans all wept when the rain came
down,
woeful sight to see:
'Tis sad when the heavens wear a frown
On TIL opening day, say we.
But still the world keeps rolling round
Its path in the universeA
And while our grief is most profound,
The prospect might be worse
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Dearborn street, Chicago, respectfully
but firmly declines to be called "Great
White way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

All Turkish fortresses but one have fal
len, and that one is getting dizzy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

The bill to abolish plural voting in
Great Britain has passed it's first reading.
Privilege is getting it in the neck almost
daily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

The old fashioned woman who used to
put fresh straw under the parlor carpet
every spring-where is she?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Be careful to keep your income down to
$1,000 and avoid the income tax collector
and much vexation of spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

The wailing among those who will not
be allowed to pay an income tax is not
loud enough to keep one awake at night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

The war dance around the Louisiana
sugar barrel has been restarted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

philosopher and bard; the Ozarks evolved
the "Hill Billy" the clever hunter of
the crags, who, armed only with club
or rock, will beard the panther in his
lair; the troubadour of the wilds, the
unique improvisation and hero of many a
"fiddlin bee" Like the minnesanger of
old or the minstrel of English and French
courts in the middle ages, hoary and griz-
zled fiddlers of the hill section of Mis-
souri, and Arkansas gather in annual
contest, the winner of which is crowned
as were the Athenian heroes.
Intense rivalry prevails among the SO
or more fddlers, and no one who possesses
the slightest instruction in music, or who
can read notes, may take part. Your
"HilI Billy" fiddler has infinite scorn for
anyone except him who plays by ear
alone. AS a result, music in its most
elemental and traditional form is the basis
of such a content Spurred on by the
clamors of the admiring crowd, many of
whom, barefooted and clad only in hicl-
ory shirts and Jeans have driven since
before sunrise to be in time for the show,
the untutored minstrels strive to excel
one another in ingenious improvisation,
and the most remarkable sequence OF
musical ideas is brought forth. Often
the tune of one fiddler is seized upon by
another and subjected to new and daring
variation. In this wise much new music
is born-a music primitive but virile, hav-
ing in it a grandeur that reflects the char
acter of the race which gave 1t birth.
What field for the American COM
poser! Here he has novelty. picturesque-
ness and romanticism-all the necessary
ingredients of great music. Rather than
studying the songs of the negroes or the
Indians he had better journey to the
Ozarks to seek his inspiration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Senator Smoot, standpatter, is trying
to reform the garbage can. Let the old
guard have that field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

America expects every congressman to
stand up to his platform pledges in a new
tariff bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

The surtax on your income-yes, that Is
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

The chalk used by railroads in the writ
ing of train bulletins costs over 100000 a
year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

New Hampshire ranks first in the pro-
portion of children who graduate from
high school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
qsTEPs DOWN THE STREET. .

Little walks are good for a mans
liver"
mot the kind of little walks that Jags-
ley takes. There's drink at the end of
every one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

DR.. Pages bank account is fully as
mighty as his pen. The appointment COM
bines the two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
OR BREAKFAST AT 6 p. M

OR BREAKFAST AT 6 P. NJ.
"would you care to attend baseball
game in the morning."
NO A baseball game in the morning
seems to me as untimely as turkey trot
in the afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
LETTERS THAT WEAR AWAY

The President read to Congress mes
sage, not the riot act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Militant suffragettes attempted to blow
up the ruins of historic Dudley castle
rarts of which date back to the eighth
century. The inhabitants of the town
we're awakened by loud explosion COM
ing from the direction of the castle. a
large force of police was dispatched there
and on searching the surrounding grounds
found some chemicals and blasting pow
der. Most of the powder had failed to
explode and the damage done was not
serious. Two old siege guns weighing a
ton each were thrown out of the embra-
sures of the castle by the explosion.
Many of the windows of a group Of adja-
cent cottages were broken, but none of
the inmates was injured. Votes for
women and d-n the consequences was
painted on one of the old cannon, and
In honor of Mrs. Pankhurst' on an
other. A quantity of suffragette litera-
ture was scattered about. The police
found no clew to the perpetrators. One
account of the explosion says that the
suffragettes loaded and fired one OF the
big guns, which was a relic of the Cri-
mean war. 1t was Russian cannon cap
tured at the siege of Sebastopol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
A STAR PUBLICITY MAN.

"a musical comedy queen Joined the
church in southern city. while on tour.
and was baptized
"well?e
1--WE been wondering ever since how in
the dickens her press agent managed a
coup like that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

w. G. wharton and A ]. Eaton Jr,
are the only authorized travelling rep
resentatives of The Age-Herald IN It's
circulation department..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Entered at the Birmingham Ala,
postoffiee as second class matter under
act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Victor II. Schoffelmayer in the Bellman.
! A MEXICAN music has its future in
! "a the development of the true folk
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-18

the young man to reform him. But
we say we jail the hardened criminal
to punish him. Beautiful paradox,
isn't it?
81 went once to the million-dollar
'reformatory' at Pontiac, where we
send boys under twenty-one who
have transgressed the bounds set by
society. soon understood why they
come out of there determined to
wreak vengeance on society for lock-
ing them up.
Hardened, brutal-looking guards,
ready to kill at the first free move
of an imprisoned boy, hurried them
at their work. At night they were
locked up in dark, evil-smelling cells.
That is the sort of atmosphere into
which we send our boys for 'reforma-
ton
Don't you see you can't reform
anyone that way? Can you imagine
Christ approving this sort Of reform?
Reformation is a thing of the
heart. Our way only turns these
bows out as clever crooks, ready and
anxious to prey on an unjust society.
And you can't blame; you don't dare.
''The crime-teaching value of our
iails is not the only bad thing about
them. Jails breed disease and pow
erty.
IA healthy, moral man can't live
in Jail without growing like his sur
roundings. His surroundings are dis
eased, sub-normal; so he becomes
sub-normal, diseased in mind and
body.
eve are spending millions in
America to fight tuberculosis.
"Our jails are the greatest pro-
moters of tuberculosis. One out of
every two men who go to jail become
infected.
''And it isn't the man in Jail alone.
Sixty per cent of the men working on
stockings to be sent out to the public
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-18

y
of what is likely to happen to the
family of a convict?
His family must starve while he
is in Jail, and when he gets out he is
not fitted for work,
''Have you ever seen them coming
out of Jail; their spirits crushed; their
heads hanging; terror in their eyes
and fear in. their breasts?
"They go to their old homes, and
they find them broken up. They wan
der about trying to pick up the
threads of their old lives, and they
are robbed and beaten down on every
hand.
mo employer will take them I'M
less it be some man who wants his
labor cheap and easily driven.
"And it's all our fault, the fault of
us who attend our church regularly,
and say we send men to Jail to be
reformed, and after they are freed
refuse to believe they are reformed
and so will not give them a chance.
'You break the man, and you rob
his women and children of his sup
port; you steal the mans life and
you starVe his family. Do you think
that's Christianity? Do you think
the Lord wants you to rob and steal
merely to teach other men NOT to
rob and steal?
"a year ago the governor of
Arkansas pardoned $50 convicts. He
said he did it as a protest against
cruelty, and he called the state
prisons 'revengeful hells.
mo wonder he did, for he person
ally had inspected them and found
convicts whose flesh was falling from
their bones being driven like beasts;
found men dying of tuberculosis;
found men dying of every disease
known.
"And one of the men he paFdoned
was serving a thirty-six-yeaF SEN
tence-not for muFder-but for forg-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
PLANS FOR COLD
STORAGE PLANT
NORTHWESTERN COLD STORAGE
co. WILL ERECT BUILDING 50x
125 ALONG RAILWAY ON BEL
YEA AVENUE-CAPACITY 1000
CASES OF EGGS.

Plans are about completed for a
cold storage plant to be constructed
during the winter by the newly organ
lied Northwestern Storage Co., along
the railway at some point along Bel
yea avenue. The building will be 50x
1875 feet and will either be construct
ed of brick or iron sheeting with as
bestos lining. The latter would be
far more practical for plant of this
kind. The plant will have capacity
of 1000 cases Of eggs which will be
kept at just above the freezing point
by a chemically cooling process. The
intentions are to have the plant COM
pleted SO that eggs may be bought and
stored in the early spring.
The plant will also have space for
storing butter and perishable goods.
The business is bound to grow and as
it does, the plant will be enlarged.
There is but one cold storage plant in
the state, the one located at Fargo,
and that is thriving. The incorporat-
ors of the local company are DR..
Householder, DR.. Walsh and Otto Ell
lison. DR.. Householder intends to give
the business his undivided attention
as soon as the plant is ready for OPP
Grafton.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
LANSf0RD MAN
VICTIM Of CROOK
HENRY WILLIS LOSES VAL1-
ABLE OVERCOAT IN MINNEAP-
OILS WHEN HE MET MEMBER
OF SMOOTH ORGANIZED GANG.

Henry W. Willis, a prominent bust
nesman of Lansford, passed thru the
city yesterday enroute to his home
from a trip to Minneapolis. Mr.. Will
lis was f1eeced out of his $l26 fur
lined overcoat by member of an or
ganized band of crooks. Mr.. Willis,
who is far from being an able bodied
man, since an attack Of paralysis sew
eral years ago, was carrying his grip
to the depot about ten o'clock at night,
when man who appeared to be a
common laborer accosted him and
said: Hadn't we better step in and
drink that glass of beer?" Mr.. Will
lis explained that he didn't want any
beer, whereupon the stranger said he
mistook Willis for a friend. He in
sisted on carrying Mr.. Willis grip to
the depot and sat down for chat
while Henry was waiting for the train.
He said his name was Henry Johnson
and that he worked as a pillow packer
in factory. He displayed a pair of
hands that appeared to be calloused
Mr.. Willis, growing warm, threw
his coat off and the stranger admired
it. Glow would working man look
in fine coat like that?" he said, and
casually drew it on. He was away
like fash in the crowd and Mr.. Will
lis could only stand and watch him
disappear across the street. Henry
says he has a good gun at home and
the next time he goes to Minneapolis,
he's going to 'tote" it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
new fire TRUCK
IS A WONDER
CITY WELL PLEASED WITH NEW
$500 MOTOR FOR FIRE DE-
PARTMENT - PLACES MINOT
ON THE MAP WITH THE BEST
OF CITIES.

The new $500 motor truck for the
fire department has proved to be all
that its manufacturers claimed for it..
The machine was installed by a fac
tory expert, who remained here for
several days driving the goodwill
about the city in the way of demon
stration. The machine takes the hills
with ease and will prove valuable
adjunct to the fire department. "BilP'
O'Leary and other members of the
department are fast mastering it. The
machine was given a thoro trial Mon
day, carrying the firemen and men,
bers of the city commission. AS it
came tearing down the street at a
forty mile clip, its siren whistle star
tied the natives. In the evening, City
Commissioners Wilson, just recovering
from a serious illness. was conveyed
from his home to the city hall on the
machine, where he attended his first
meeting of the board since election.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
MARQUIS WHEAT
VERY POPULAR
LOCAL CONCERN PUSHING VAR
IETY THAT RIPENS FROM A
WEEK TO TEN DAYS EARLIER
THAN FIFE OR BLUE STEM.

North Dakota for many years has
enjoyed the reputation Of producing
the best bread-wheats raised in the
world, and wheat from North Dako-
ia" has commanded premium prices
over wheat Of like grade from other
districts. Any one, therefore, who
urges a new kind Of seed wheat upon
the farmers Of North Dakota, as
sumes grave responsibility. No in-
terest in the state risks more through
mistake in this direction than the
Russell Miller Milling Co., whose
f1ours are advertised the world over as
made from the famous North Dakota
Hard Spring Wheat" and are conced-
ed to be the perfection of flour mill
ing. The men Of the Russell Miller
Milling Co., believe that inferior var
ieties Of wheat have been more or less
widely distributed through North Da-
kota during past years, and that the
prestige Of the state has suffered
therefrom. The advent of Marquis
wheat has, therefore, been watched by
the Company with much interest, and
a large number of samples Of this
wheat have been tested in the Com
pany's laboratories. Without excep-
ton they have proved Of the very
highest milling quality, and superior
even to the best Fife and Blue Stem
samples obtainable from the same To-
calities.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
C0nstantinian Jubilee,

This week the Constantinian Jubilee
is being celebrated at St. Leo's Catho-
lie church. A number of priests are
in charge of the services, which are in
memory of the peace given by the En-
peror Constantine to the church A. d.
313.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
Stole Carlson's Turkey,

Commissioner B. ]. Anderson gave
his old friend, J. A. Carlson, splen-
did specimen Of turkey some time
ago which would have been just right
for Thanksgiving Some rascal en-
tered the poultry house the other ev-
ening and stole the bird, taking a
goose with it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27

Herman Miller, prosperous young
farmer living between Rice Lake and
Ryder, was in the city yesterday. Her
man says about all of his neighbors
have deserted him, but he has a nice
bunch of cattle and is profting by
their absence as he has unlimited
range.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
Leland Serves Special Dinner.

The Leland has planned very
special Thanksgiving dinner for today
to be served between the hours of II
and 8. Hundreds of Minot people will
enjoy one of the finest menus ever
planned by this popular hotel.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
Cocaine Fiends Sentenced.

T A number of cocaine fiends who APP
peared before Judge Lynch Monday
night, were given city Jail sentences
at hard labor. They have been set to
pounding rock. Several of the prison
ers freely admitted that they are adj.
|dicted to the use Of the terrible drug.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
Orrin Pierce on Rural Credits.

The Fortnightly club held an inter-
esting session Monday night when an
address was given by Orrin M. Pierce,
credit man for the Minot Grocery Co.,
on "Rural Credits" Mr. Pierce out
lined the systems Of credit in vogue
in Germany and advocated their use
to a certain extent in this country.
This brot forth some interesting dis
|cussions. The meeting was one of the
very best yet held by the club.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27

pie, rushing the young husband to the
pen and deporting the girl wife. So
prominent has the case become that
the action of the hardening board will
be watched for with interest over the
entire state
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
Martin Holt Married.

Martin Holt, one of the proprietors
of Dreamland, was united in marriage
Saturday evening at o'clock at the
home Of J. w. George to Miss Main
held Hoffman, Judge Murray official
ing.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
500 Feeders At Rice Lake.

H. E. JoHEscn and Alex. Carlson of
Ryder recently invested in 500 head of
cattle which they shipped from st.
Paul to Rice Lake AZ feeders. The
cattle are being herded in that coun-
try and are doing well. They have
built an immense barn at Rice Lake
for the stock.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27

Mrs. F. J. Ressler, Of Elgin, Mimi,
has arrived for visit at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. S. H. Wolfe.
Miss Ruth Carroll, who is attending
the state university, has arrived to
spend the Thanksgiving holidays with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Car
roll,