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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
ALABAMA,S S RECORD OF PROGRESS
IN PRODUCTION FOR 80 YEARS


where for general agriculture These
soils are all adaptable to a wide range
of agricultural purposes The soils OF
that portion of the costal plain bordering
on the Gulf of Mexico can be made to
produce prolilically of almost every crop
known to that latitude. The yare espe-
cially adapte dto, the production of truck
ing crops covering a wide variety of
early fruits and vegetables. In this sec
tion, as in other portions of the south,
pecan growing has been making rapid
progress of recent years.
Agricultural Possibilities
In agriculture Alabama spreads over
almost the entire range. For many years
after the war, as in the other southern
states, attention was given to the rails
ing of cotton to the exclusion of the di-
versified farming as successfully conduct
ed prior to 1860, so that for many years
corn growing and live stock raising
dropped far behind the conditions pre-
vailing before the war. In recent years
however, while there has been an increase
in the amount of cotton produced in the
state, its relative Importance has greatly
decreased, while that of other crops has
increased in the same proportion. More
over, attention is now being given to the
raising of corn, oats alfalfa and the va
rious grasses and forage crops, with the
result that vast amounts of money form
erly sent to other states for the purchase
of such things are now kept at home
The production of foodstuffs, however is
not yet equal to the local demand, and
Alabama, like other southern states, still
buys largely of western grain, provisions
and even hay. The opportunity for di-
versified farming and the increase in the
production of these foodstuffs is thus
strikingly Indicated.
ing has been carried on as a commercial
business for some years, and with large
success. The crops produced include
practically all the vegetables used on the
table, which go into the market at the
same time with those from northern Flor
ida. Figs, peaches. berries of all kinds
grapes and many other fruits grow wei
in the various portions of the state
Alabama is well watered by a number
of rivers of unusual Importance, and by
the numerous streams that take their rise
in the mountain districts of the northern
portion. The average rainfall is high
and no element is lacking to make the
state one of the exceptional opportunities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

Railroad company, of about $60,0O0,o00, but
it owns in that state more iron ore and
several times as much coal as its total
holdings of ore and coal when it was or
ganized. 1t does not, however, have any
thing like a monopoly of the iron ore of
the state for Independent iron and iron
ore companies hold a very much larger
quantity in the aggregate than the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company,
and its holdings of coal are small as COM
pared with the total available coal of the
state. This company and the Woodward
Iron company have recently built at an
expenditure of more than H000,000 by
product coke ovens, which have greatly
lessened the cost of iron making, thus
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putting Alabama on parity with the
most advanced metalurgieal sections OF
this and other countries. The coal pro-
duction of the state is now in the neigh
borhood of 100000 tons a year. The
Ensley steel plant of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company, is producing
steel rails equal in quality to any made
in the country, while the steel plant Of
the Southern Iron and Steel company at
Gadsden is producing high grade steel
and turning it into wire anG other fin
ished produces The American Steel and
Wire company, subsidiary of the steel
corporation, has erected adjoining Corey.
short distance from the Ensley steel
Continued Page Nine.)
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antebellum leaders, but large development
operations then would have been in adj
vance of the times, since in 1850 the total
production of btuminous coal in the
United States was 6,494200 tons, and the
total output of iron ore 2,S73,4 AGO tons. The
destruction by war made 1t almost inn
possible to revive industrial pursuits on
when progressive men of the state under
took development of the vast resources
of the Birmingham and Admission iron
districts. t
Divided Into Districts
The state is divided into two general
districts, the mineral and the agricultural
The mineral extends over most of the
northern portion. The soils here are
principally residual, being made up of the
disintegration from the rocks upon which
they rest, with sandy loans en- the lower
levels, highly fertilized by large proper
tions of limestone. and clay. In the val
leys Of the Coosa and the Tennessee the
soils are extremely rich and of high Hex-
cellence for all branches of husbandry
On the lower levels of the southern por-
tion of the state, the coastal plain, the
soils generally are sandy loans and peb-
fbles, mixed with marl forming many va
rieties, all of exceptional fertility. The
famous "black belt of Alabama, So
called from the very black soil that
abounds, lies in this district. embracing
wide area of lands not excelled else
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for agriculture. These rivers also fur
nish sites for water powers of enormous
potentiality, as well as water transporta-
tion, which will be still further bettered
by the improvements now being made by
the national government at an expense
of many millions of dollars, which, when
completed will result in providing water
transportation facilities scarcely equaled
by any other state in tho union, putting
the vast mineral regions tributary to the
Warrior, the Coosa, the Tennessee and
other rivers, whose valleys are among
the most fertile in the country. in pos
session of splendid water routes to the
g1lf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Development of Water Power

Development of Water Power
Compared with what will be done in the
future. there has been little development
of water power in the state. hut plans
have been made for extensive work along
that line notably by the Alabama Inter-
state Power company, $55.0o0.OOO concern
financed in England, that controls sites
with potentially of about 100000 horse
power The company is now developing
about 100000 horse power and will con-
tinue the improvement of the water
power sites controlled until it has prac-
tically covered the state with network
of transmission lines. Other develop
ments have been made, and others will
be made until the great water power po-
tentialities of the state are utilized 1t
is officially announced that the English
capitalists who have financed the Ala
bama Interstate Power company will take
a very active part in the development of
Industrial and interurbau railways
throughout the state, with a view to Gre
ating a market for all of the power that
they can develop. recognizing, as they do,
the unusual advantages of Alabama for
the widest variety of Industrial opera
tions.
over large areas of the state virgin for
ests still stand, the forest district being
estimated at about 2o,000000 acres at pres
ent. The pine belt extends from the Gulf
of Mexico to about 150 miles north, and
contains vast quantities of timber. There
are extensive tracts of pine also in the
northern part. The hardwoods are found
In practically all portions of the state
Along the streams and on the mountains
are large quantities of oaks, gum, hick-
ory, cypress, poplar, ash, maple and
other merchantable woods. The lumber
cut of the state is about 1,5O0, 100000 feet
a year. or nearly three times the output
Of 1880.
Mineral Resources
In extent of its resources in iron ore
coal and limestone. taken in connection
with their proximity to each other, Ala
bama is probably the most richly en-
dowed region in this respect in the world
There are other regions having enormous
resources in iron ore and in coal, but
probably nowhere else is the available
quantity, which can be assembled at so
short haul so great. The state has S43O
square miles of workable coal fields,
which is more than the entire coal area
of England. 1t has. according to the
United States Geological Survey, more
than 1,C00,0 900 tons of red ore above the
1909 foot level, and has in addition several
hundred million tons of brown ore and
of gray ore. Ore experts, basing their
reports on recent diamond drill borings,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04

Fifteen of the crew of the Danish
steamer Volmer were drowned when
she was wrecked in the great gale
which ragged in the English channel.
A son was born to Prince Angus.
William, the fourth son of the empero-
Of Germany, and Princess August Viii
liam, who was Princess Alexandria
Victoria of Schleswig Holstein. Prince
William and the princess were mar
ried October 2, 1908, and this is the
first child OF the union.
The newspapers at Athens state that
the program followed by the Turkish
fleet in its sortie from the Dardanclles
was drawn up by an American. Ad-
miral Bucknam, who was recently
called to Constantinople from London
Admiral Bucknam is said to be re-
tired officer of the American navy
who assisted in recognizing the Turk
ish fleet under the reign of Abdul
Hamid.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
News Summary of the Past Week

Her friends in Washington society
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
President-elect, had selected as her
personal secretary at the White House
Miss Isabel Hagner.
Although the holiday mail was
heavier in every section of the country
than ever before the work Of handling
it was performed with less congestion
and confusion than in previous years
according to reports received by Post
master General Hitchcock.
decided to transfer the headquarters
of the medical supervisor and the SUI
pervisor of construction in the Indian
service from Denver, Colo. to Wash
ington. d. c. There are two employees
now employed at the Denver office
who, under the new arrangement, will
be transferred to Washington.
Senator Kern does not expect to
continue as a. counsel for the convict
ed men in the dynamite cases because
Senate 1t was said that Mr.. Kern,
when he associated himself with coun-
sci for the defense, did not expect the
trial would continue long enough to
keep him away from Congress
Alaska has prospcred in many re-
spects during the last year. according
to Governor Walter z. Clark in his
annual report submitted to Secretary
OF the Interior Fisher. Governor
Clarke deplores the lack of railroad
construction and of cheap native fuel.
declaring that proper development OF
the territory's resources demands ade-
gate means of transportation and the
opening up of the fuel resources
Vinson Walsh Mclean, the s1OO, O,OOO,-
coo baby, son of Mr.. and Mrs Edward
Mclean. and grandson of the late
ThomaG Walsh Of Colorado, received
many presents for Christmas, some CT
them costly and some Of them of lit
tie intrinsic value.
Charges that Martin B. Madden of
Chicago obtained his reelection to
Congress from the First Illinois dis.
trict by expenditures in violation OF
the law were made in notice of con-
test filed with the House by Andrew
Donovan, the Democratic and Pro-
gressive candidate from that district.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
w ST ERN.

Frank Rockefeller of Belvidere,
Cleveland and New York, declares
that his brother John D., is the most
lonesome man in all the world.
Albert r. Patrick, his mother ana
daughter held family reunion in St.
Louis at the residence of John T. Mil
iiken, Patricks wealthy brother-in-
law.
Two of the ten buildings of the
Akron plant of the International Har-
vester Company were destroyed D.;
fire at Akron, Ohio. the loss being
100000
William Nelson, twenty-one years
old. serving his first night as night
marshal at Midvale, Utah. was shot
and instantly killed by revelers who
were celebrating Christmas.
Frank B. Kellog of St. Paul, speak
ing before the meeting of the Nebras'
ka State Bar Association in Omaha,
vigorously defended the integrity Of
the American judiciary and con
demned what he said was disposi-
ton Of these days to criticize the
courts.
1t required a court session of but
twenty-five minutes to deprive the
thirty-eight convicted dynamite con.
spirators" of their liberty in Federal
Judge Anderson's court in 1ndianap'
Oils. Just one hour after the reading
of the verdicts the door of the county
Jail had closed behind the last pris-
oncr.
John H. Warner and Phoebe Allen
both of Olney. ILL.,. were married at
Vincennes, Ind. Warner is farmer
sixty-four years old, and weighs 300
pounds, while his bride is fifty-tws
and also weights 800 pounds. Each
had been married three times before
and each lost the first and third mate
by divorce and the second by death.
A petition bearing the signature OF
a Chinese, seeking the adoption of an
American boy, is on file in the Su
perior Court in Los Angeles. The child
at the age of one day was found three
years ago by Lutte W. Jimmie. the
Chinese petitioner. on the porch Of a
neighbor's home where it had been
abandoned. Lutte is an American-born
Chinese and conducts flourishing
mercantile business. His wife is a
Caucasian
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
GE N ERAl.

Two white men were injured, one IA
tally, and several negroes hurt in =
clash at Atlanta. Ga, between mem
hers of the two races.
President and Mrs. Taft. Colonel AMI
Mrs. Gocthals and number of
friends arrived off Key West on the
battleships Arkansas and Delaware.
At a cost estimated at 10000 900,
New York gave expression to its
Christmas spirit by the distribution Of
presents ranging from $4,000 to the
bank president, down to the wee child
Of the East side tenement who is made
happy by the gift of ten-cent doll or
toy.
Tired and footsore, but enthusiastic,
and glorying in the fact that they
reached their destination two days
ahead of schedule, the little band of
"suffragettc pilgrims" who walked ia
miles from New York to present 4
message to Governor-elect Sulzer adyo-
eating votes for women, arrived in Al
bany.
Warning the business men of the
country that hereafter they will not
he allowed to make money without CIV
ing something in return and asserting
that the office of President is one in
which man must put on his war
paint, President-elect Wilson spoke to
an audience of about 5000 people from
the steps OF the Mary Baldwin semi
nary at Staunton. Va, within fifty feet
of the little church in which his faith
er, the Rev. Joseph R. Wilson,
preached more than half century
ago.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
Minor Mention,

| Plans have been drawn for $4,000
electric light, ice and cold storage
plant at Limon.
The funeral Of Levi Booth. pioneer
OF Colorado, and the last survivor OF
the first graduating class of the Uni
yersity OF Wisconsin, was attended by
many of the university's alumni now
| in Denver.
Two romances which began in Aus
tria several years ago. and a third
which began in Ridgeway, Colo, sew
eral weeks ago. ended in a triple we'd
ding-the first to be celebrated in Den
yer in several years.
George Creel, police commissioner,
and Mrs. Creel. who. until her marriage
with the Denver official, November IS,
WAS Miss Blanche Bates. noted act
ress, nave returned to Denver from
their honeymoon trip.
c. NJ Kittredge of the Denver Mid
land Trail Association. received word
from Indianapolis that more than
81 900 900 has been subscribed TO the
fund for building the proposed ocean
t.
The 1913 National Western Stock
Show, which is to be held in Denver
January 20 to %. will be notable for
the number Of prominent society WON
en- who will participate in the enter
tainment features of the horse display.
orders have been received by Su
perintendcnt Downor OF the Denver
mint to begin the coinage of gold. and
carly in January, $50 gold pieces, to
the amount of 100000 day will be-
gin to pour in out CT the molds.
A new administration building cost
ing $150,000. furnished and equipped,
was the substantial Christmas gift OF
the Modern Woodmen of America TO
the 400 patients at the big national in
stitution eleven miles north of Colo
RADIO Springs.
Guided by collie dog, party o.
ranchers living in the vicinity of Troy
seventy-.ive miles southeast of Trini-
dad, conducted a search for Jacques
Macs, herder. who has been missing
since a severe storm that swept that
section on Christmas night.
Edward Hensley, aged 10, was shot
and instantly killed at Grand Junction
by Deputy Sheriff Steve Nichols while
resisting arrest, after he had succeed
ed in collecting $500 from J. E. Quear,
manager of the Iona canning factory,
with the aid OF his father, Joseph ID.
Hensley and shotgun.
One OF the surprises sprung by
Cupid in Greeley during the holiday
season was the wedding of Miss WV
ienne Abbot. daughter of Professor and
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04

Four members of the family of Ed
ward H. Miller were killed by being
struck by the Illinois Central Panama
limited four miles south of Champaign
III.
Legislatures of most of the states
will meet during the early days of Jan
uary for the regular overhauling and
amendment of laws. In many of the
states senators will be elected to begin
their terms next March, and in a few
vacancies that have arisen, because OF
death or removal since the last assem-
blies, will be filled.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and her son
Ogden Mills Reid, arrived in New York
from England on the steamer Cam
rania. Their arrival was timed to pre-
cede by several days that of the Brit
ish cruiser Natal, which is steaminG
Tor the same port with the body O,
the late American ambassador tc
Great Britain, who died in London
Dec. Is.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

Mrs F l. Abbot of the State Ieachers
College, who became the bride OF WI
lis b. Gilmore. a former student OF 'he
college, who lives in LeadVllie.
A Thanksgiving supper taken Win
Mrs. S. |. Croxson of Denver, cost }.
+. Chandler just $245 in addition 10
paying for the supper. as the result OF
a criminal action filed in Magistrate
Mills court, in which Mrs Cro1soh
charged Chandler with relieving her OF
a s375 ring. The case was settled out
of court and Chandler was released.
The next comptroller Of the United
States treasury will be Colorado man
if the efforts OF Charles S. Thomas,
prospective United States senator, are
successful. Mr. Thomas is now and
has been for some time making de-
termined fight to secure the position
for William p. Malburn, an associate
in his law firm and his sonin-law
Frank Lindsey, forty-fcur. of Denver
tried TO make Mrs. Dora Anderson,
forty-two, a widow, SO that she would
be free to marry him. He did this by
shooting her husband, Edward Ander'
son, forty-three, on the right side oi
the body. These are the charges made
by Anderson when he appeared at ,he
police STATEN and asked that his
wound be dressed.
Divorce and numerous other pFeva-
lent evils existing in the world, can be
combatted successfully only through
the fostering Of greater love for home
and parents among children, says Mon
signor De Becker, noted Catholic pre-
late, scholar, philosopher and presi-
dent OF the Louyain university OF Bel
GUM, who is the guest of Bishop Matz
and Denver priests.
The addition of millions of dollars
to Colorado's annual income from live.
stock and crops is the aim OF a coop
crative movement that has been
launched by virtually all the CONNER,
cial bodies of the state. The plan is
10 devote the entire year 1913 to a
statewide movement to get more
farmers and stock raisers in Colorado
and TO increase the output of those
already here.
Miss Susan Dickinson, a pretty grad
uate nurse from one of the large train.
ing schools in Biston, is one Of the
happiest women in Boulder. She has
received word that she is worth $15,-
900 through the will OF the late Samuel
Franklin, who died in Massachusetts,.
Monday, January 13, will be a gala
day for the Colorado editors and their
families. The annual business meet.
ing Of the Colorado State Editorial AS
sociation will be held that morning
and in the evening the Colorado pio-
neer printers will hold their annual
reception and banquet
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
Looking After His Bait,

Daniel and Harvey, two old, expert
fishermen, were still fishing Tor
trout in deep water, sitting with their
backs together, when Daniel acci.
dentally fell out of the boat and went
down. Harvey looked back and miss
ed his companion, who at that mo
ment appeared on the surface, pipe
still in his mouth, shaking his wiskers
profusely.
Harvey-Gosh, Dan, l jest missed
ye! Where ye been?
Dan-Oh, jes' went down for ter
see II me bait wus all right-Judge
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
THREATENED TO Kill
THAT is CHARGE OF MRS. F. l.
SEITZ AGAINST ANDREW
HOGG.
Wounded Woman Admits That Quarrel
Preceded Shooting at Her
Hom. in Pueblo.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pueblo.-A statement that Andrew
Hogg, charged with the shooting OF
Mrs. Frank l.. Seitz, attempted her
life on a previous occasion, has been
made by Mrs. Seitz. She AYERS that
on Christmas eve he visited her home
and following an argument, drew a
pistol and pressed its against her fore
head
He said he was going to KILL de-
clared Mrs. SeitZ. "A woman roomer
from above rusned in and grabbed
him from behind. She seized the gun
and ordered Hogg from the house. He
left, swearing that he would kill me
before he quit
Il had no fear OF him whatever.
When | heard the window crash /
thought maybe the boys, playing in
the yard, had thrown ball against
it. Then / felt the pain in my thigh
and knew that | had been shot.
Il can see no reason why he should
want to kill me. l felt sorry for him
and have been good friend, but that
is all"
Although Hogg maintains his inno-
cence. the police claim to have enough
evidence to hold him for trial.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
Deputy Who Killed Boy Exonerated

Fruita.--The coroncr's jury. at the
inquest into the death OF Joe Hensley,
15, the bandit who was killed at Iona
by Deputy Sheriff Steve Nichols, re-
turned verdict exonerating Nichols
and holding that the killing was jus
tifiable. More than a dozen witness.
es were examined including j. ID.
Hensley, father of the boy; ]. f.
Quear, who was held mp. and Deputy
Sheriff Nichols. Deputy Nichols de-
clared that it was question of which
shot first. and was corroborated by
f. F. Hall, driver of The sheriffs car
and other eye witnesses.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04

sociation. The members of the com
mittee who We're present are: Moses
Hoover. L. NJ. Plat. J. ID. McGillvray.
II. B. Doudna, d. H. Mullan. l.. B. Shu-
felt and F. f. Eckel- Many subjects
OF interest to farmers will be discussed
by prominent men from all over the
state. Among the speakers will be:
Governor Elias n. Ammons,
Mayor E. d. Webb. DR.. l.. d. Osborne,
Prof. c. A. Lory, president OF the Agri-
cultural College; j. A Shriber. Mrs.
l.. A. Fuller, J. A. Noorhead. James
Andrus, A. ID. McGillvray and J. B.
Grafton.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-01-04
SPORT.

Jess Willard knocked out Soldier
Kearns in the eighth round of a sched
uled ten-round bout at Madison
Square Garden in New York.
''Gunboat" Smith Of San Francisco
was given the decision over Frank Mo
ran Of Pittsburg at the end of twenty
rounds of slow fighting at San Fran
cisco.
Alfred ]. Richon. who nine years age
was a star member of the University
of Notre Dame track team, was &C
cidentally asphyxiated by an oil lamp
at his farm house near Richie. ILL.,, ac
cording to the verdict of a coroner's
jury.
Finley J. Shepard of the Missouri
Pacific railroad. whose engagement to
Miss Helen Gould was recently an.
nounced. was noted athlete in his
younger days. He takes particular
pride in his record rs baseball
player.
"Gunboat" Smith, who won deci-
sion at San Francisco from Frank
Moran OF Pittsburg. did not collect his
winnings. They are tied up by an in
junction issued by superior Judge Ora
ham at the request of Mrs. Elinore C.
Smith, the fighters wife, who also
flled suit for divorce and asks ALI
mony of $500 month. placing he.
husbands income at $3.50 a month.
She charges infidclity, abandonment
and failure to provide.