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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-02
Interested

his party were
 from Tuscumbia
 ading citizens of
 ling automobiles.
 rty was then es-
 hnd given a well
 nd sincerity could
 nor of the high
 eting was held on ke E. B. Almon,
 the Eighth dis
 Ian of the meet ldress extended a r. Keller and his Declared, in intro r, that the people e extremely anx- hre shall designate road leading eist ugh the Tennessee ding from that city urance to the hun s gathered in the etk that he would
 claims when he he legislature and that a road from osa would serve to and valuable sec )wever, he did not , his recommends
 Keller's address of Sheffield and respondent made iscumbia who met irty was composed rominent citizens: T. R. Jones, J. c. Bailey, John R. ans, R. E. Hyde, ester, J. T. Haney, oulhac, k. M. Rag 2, Chopper Almon,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-02
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham. September 1.-G p. m.) Although there has been considerable cloudiness over the cotton states during the past "A hours, Birmingham was the only station that reported rainfall. Rains were general north of the Ohio and Mis- souri rivers. St. Louis reported 1S6 inches since Monday night. Many sta tions throughout the corn belt received
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-02
Military Road

touting party got .an
 ussellville this morning
 umbia in schedule time.
 the party was the old
 It by Andrew Jackson
 ago. Probably it has
 hproved since that time.
 Tuscumbia for an hour
 It's started for Courtland
 e sl lpruy before noon.
 weef the two cities is
 h the exception of eight
 are connected by an ex-
 Id. The pike road ex-
 Erom Iuscumbia, practi-
 rence county line.
 hrty stopped at Courtland spent an hour or more
 roads with ding cit e. Hector D. Lane. State aerrod and others met the T. arrival. Engineer Kel- rty left Courtland at l ernoon for Moulton. from y will go to Hartselle for |gineer had originally in- Id the night at Cullman Ito stop at the former city | the condition of the road slle and Cullman.
 Reach Hartselle
 eptember 1.-(Special.)-l ' the state highway scout
 every example of public r Keller reached Hart 6 o'clock after travelling ss of the heaviest road en- he present trip. The bad nd between Moulton and ally in places where roads ted. Heavy rains on yes e roads nearly irnpassa ble. 3 skill of the driver of the lg car, l.. l.. Conner of whose Studebaker car MT. rty are making the trip, might have been several However, the Danville and was reached in due time. yer nine miles of splendid Iartselle was made in fine ached here at 6:30 o'clock i'll stay here until tomor- when they will leave for lg the day the party tray Lawrence county is doing K. In addition to building m the Morgan county line tn the pike leading into ounty is also preparing to es of road to connect ur pike. It is declared road will be built by pub l and that the cost will 0. When these two roads there will be a stretch of q Hartselle to Tuscumbia, 0.3 miles.
 d party will reach Birming- afternoon. They will leave 'ck for Cullman and from go to Birmingham by way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-02
tng Held in verse Mill Rus

Especial. )-Ev-
 pie of Tuscum-
 ln the proposed
 from that city
 Trough the Ten fer public road lngham, by way De and Jasper, r w. S. Keller nbia this morn he first lap of northwest Ala
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Wants Loan For
Reclamation Service

Senator Brady of Idaho is urging
the chairman of the committee on
IIrgation to take up and have his
committee ct upon the pending til.
recommended by Secretary Lane,
authorizing a loan Of 500. 600. 900
to the reclamation fund. To view
of the sentiment developed at the re-
cent Denver conference, here govern
ment officials consulted with represen
tatlves of tine various western states,
with a view to devisinR plans for
completing Carey act and other pri-
vate irrigation projects which need
outside assistance. Senator Brady
contends that there Is double
necessity for a big loan, for all the
money nov on hand Ia the reolama
tlon fond has been allotted, Lnd
there is no money available with
which 20 garry on cooperative wos Il,
once the plan of federal and state
cooperation Is formally adopted.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
More Books For
City Library

Mrs. Lyon. librarian at the st.
Maries library has made arrange
ments With the state travelling lib
rary assUoIRtion at Boise to supply
the city with one of its travelling
libraries to supplement tue city lib
rary.
The books have arrived and Will
soon be ready for distribution.
There are about two hundred vol
umes, ali Of which have been c4re-
fully selected
Mrs. Lyon prepared list of books
that she wished aud 30 arranged It
that 1t does not duplicate ana Of the
books In the city library. ole city
will be allowed to keep the hooks for
from three to four mouths when they
will be returned and replaced with
another list.
This will make a fine addition to
the library and will hs much apI re
cIated by the regular patrons, some
OF whom have read nearly all of the
books now On hand.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
American Troops
Seize Vera Cruz
MExICANS FIRE FROM HOUSE TOPS
Fifteen Americans Are Killed, and About Fifty
WOunded---Ya With United States

aud tweny five wounded
The Americans have complete pos.
session of the city aud Admiral
Fletcher is patrolling and policing il
General villa reached Juarez
Thursday with a small escort lie
denies that he Is hostile to the
United States and says that be
could not possibly be drawn into
war with this country lie said
"Ail Euvope would laugh at us II
we went to war with you They
would say that the little drunkard
Huerta had drawn them into a tanRle
at last"
lie adds 81 hope the Americans
bo tie up Vera Cruz &c tight they
can't get water into 1t You are
doing something ~ would have taken
us long time to accomplish, If we
could have accomplished It al all"
The United States has renewed
the embargo on arms going into Mex
leo. and IL Fastening troops to the
border to guard against any salllei
across the line by the Mexloans
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Demurrer
Sustained
CITY WINS FIRST POINT
In the BeatOn Suit For DAMAGES
Against the City

Tay Tor & Hull have received notice
that the demurrer which they filed In
the case of Beaton vs. the City of st
Maries has been sustained by the
court.
This is the case In which John
Beaton aud hIs wife sued the city of
st. MRries for personFL damages 10
the sum uf fifteen aug ldnd dollars
for injuries alleged TO have been re
ceived by Mrs Beaton by falling on
a sidewalk in the Government Town
site.
In her complaint she alleges that
PLANK 10 the sidewalk was broken
anihvi,,at she stepped through the
hois In the walk aud fell, injuring
herself 80 badly that she Was con
fined to her bed for several weeks
and that the injuries we're of such a
nature that they will he permanent.
Taylor & Hull demurred to the
complaint on the ground that it did
not state sufficient facts to oonsti
tute cause of action and the court
sustained the demurrer.
This does not dispose of the case
for Good as the court, in sustaining
the Amurrer to the complaint, order
ed tfiu, the plalntiffs have twenty
days "a which to file an amended
complaint and without doubt they
will take advantage of that permits
son.
John cray and Frank MCCARTHY
OF Occur d'Alene appeared as the at
torneys for the plaintiffs, Mr. and
Mrs. BeHton.
The sustaining Of the demurrer
will, however, have the effect Of
putting the case over TO the naxi
term of court as the city will have
twenty days after the amended oom
plant Is filed 10 which to make and
file an answer to it.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Morton Appointed
U. 5. Marshall

Thos. BENTON Morton OF Boise has
been appointed United States Mar
shall fof Idaho and took the oath Of
office Tuesday.
He has appointed Mark Howe Of
Grangevllle as deputy marshall for
the northern part Of the state to
succeed William Sohuldt Of Lewis
ton.
HIVE is said to have seculed hls
appointment chiefly npon the recon-
mendatiou of democratic National
Committeeman Elder who telegraph
ed Martin strongly urging the ap-
nointment Of Howe.
There we're several Rsplrants ftom
this county for the position of d.
putty marshall but the appointment
Of J. l.. Mooiear as United States
Attorney General killed all hopes OF
any other appointment tor the
county.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Hawkins Postmaster
At COeuF d'AIene

IL Is reported that James V. Haw-
kins has heen nominated l,5 rresIdeni
Wilson &c be postmaster at Occur d.
Alene. There we're several oandi
dates for the place. among the mum.
ter heIng II. o. Shaver. formerly
editor Of the Democrat of that nlty.
It Ia said ihnt Deplty Auditor Emil
Elder. brother Of X. d. Elder,
democratic national committeeman
from this sta,e, as we'll as several
other we'll known democrats we're
applicants for the position
Mr.. Hawkins, the appoIuree, Is
prominent democratic attorney Of the
county and at present is president OF
the Occur d'Alene Chamber Of Com
neroe.
lie is, comparatively speaking, a
new man in Coeur d'Alene having
moved there about three years ago
from st. Joe. where he WAS engaged
Ia the practice Of law.
-Four yearA ago he was a candidate
for probate Judge on the democratic
ticket and was onlg defeated by about
ten votes.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24

legally. This .s where the shipper
gets small amounts of II for hia own
personal use. -
Because the two defendants had
been In jail for 90 days each the
judge imposed only 10 days more
aud fine Of $50 each.
The case nf the state against Guy
o Mckinney, the former oity mar
shall Of Bovill, was set for later.
lie was tried last term Of court on
oharee of having given liquor TO
IA year-old Agnes Hanson while cn
duty, the jury disaRreeIng. The
defendant is out on $500 bond. Tie
case against Edward Haverland.
charged With hootleeglng. was SIT
for later.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Big Sale
OF Timber
6OOOOOOOO IS OFFERED
Government of Clearwater National
Forest Timber

The Government Is now advertis-
ing for sale one Of the largest bndies
of timber ever offered In one lot In
district Of the Forest Service,
which includes Montana and North
ern Idaho. This proposed sale will
provide forthe cutting Of 600, 900, 600
feet of saw tim ber and about $50, 600
cedar poles, worth at the present
time, as appraised by the Govern.
ment's expert Logging Engineer,
somewhat over 81, 900. 900.
The timber ls located on tract
about SO, 600 acres on the CLEAR
water National Forest between the
North and South Forks of the CLEAR
water River near Orohno. Idaho
The tract is divided to allow bidding
on a smaller unit including 365, 00C,
OOO feet on about 20, ,O0OsCres Or on
the entire tract. OF course, It will
take a considerable length Of time TO
out this large amount of timber aud
it n proposed to allow a cutting
period of . years for the portion OF
the tract, or for the entire area 20
years. This is necessary to financially
iustisfy a construction Of over 30
miles Of railway tu reach the tract.
by the large mile to saw 1t into lum
ter, etc.
The Government has been prepar
ing for this sale for about a year,
making very detailed topographic
maps. estimates etc The timber will
be advertised until August /, with
the object of giving any persons In
terested a good opportunity to lOok
the tract over. During the long
per.od during which the sale will
run, there Ia likely TO he a consider
able increase In timber values. 10
order that the Government may take
advantage OF increases IN valne, the
contract will provide for re adjust
ment of stumpags prices at later
walls as the sale progresses thus while
the timber Is now worth about
! 81 tVbo NoVs u ~ pEuuhhAu tHdt ouh
slderably more than this amount
will actually be added to the revenuI
Of the United States while Il ls be
ing cut The State of Idaho vii
benefit In the sum of at least $3.50,
600 by this sale as a result of the n
gular provision that 25 per cent o
all receipts from forest resources arr
turned oven 10 the Stare f~r distri
button among the counties withli
the National Foreat areas for nse o
school and road purposes IN thos
counties. An additional 10 per cen
is also devoted to road construction
where It will heneiit both the settler
and she National Forest. The pro
bable rise 10 timber values viii
greatly increase the States share o
the returns from the sale also.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Bona Eide Settlers
To Be Protected
COMMISSIONER DAYVISITS RESERVATION
Settlers on School Sections to be Allowed to Lease
From State With First Chance TO Purchase

That bona fide settlers now ououpy-
ing the Occur d'Altne base lands
at Que time within tho Occur d.
Alene reservation in school sections
l6 and 36, which revert hack to
the state through the recent decision
Of the general land Office 10 hold
Ing against the state Ia tie Marble
Creek selections, are NV to be pro
tected aud given an opportunity to
lease the lands they now hold is
evident from tile mission which
brought State Land Comm issIoner
George. A Day to Tekoa ana the
Occur d'Alene country. lie planned
TO meet with the settlers and 60 over
The matter Of protecting those who
hold filings on the base lands. l;
IL expected that the solution will
he on aslng basis. the settlers Ieas
Ing from the state the lands they
now hold, thereby protecting their
interests when the land Is sold at
public auotions
The base lands have formed an In
ierestinR controversy in the land
troubles of the state When selectlns
the MAJ BILE Greek lands IdanL
TO ali intents and purposes gave
up all rights to the Ooeur d'Aleue
lands rs It believed then that Il
was taking in exchange for school
sections l6 and 80 within the Occur
d'Aiene reservation, the Marble
Greek lands uponwhioh settlers made
nliDgs in Ignorance OF the sttae'f
pr ior fillnRs However, H. a recent
and fiual deoislon the Washington
authorities held against the states
right to select the Marble Greek
lands, declaring them to be the prop
erty of the government and the state
WAS forced to fall back on the Occur
d'Alene base In the meantime and
during this controversy settlers had
gone ih aud squatted on the Coeui
d'Alene lands or part of them 20 that
ahen the state turned back to these
lands il found settlers with the best
of Intentions upon part Of them
Land CommlssloDer Day mission
isto consult with the settlers over the
sitnation They have had a represen
tative before the land board asking
for an investigation aud fair treat
ment AS the land hoard wishes to
treat them fair Commissioners Day
came north to review the situation
and meet the seltlars sqnaIely on the
issues involved
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24

shop to have it repaired. This took
a couple of days but the repairs have
been completed and he is shipping
again.
lie has built three miles of loRglur
railroad this spring to connect with
It tine Alder Creek railroad TO enahle
him to get his logs out. This is oom
pleted lie has made a good solid
roadbed, used sixtypound steel rails
aud Il is Ia hue shape.
There has heeu considerable
trouble on the Alder Oteek road,
which was built during the winter
from tha track sinking In places
The company has a Grew Of fifty men
at work halIasting
sSnme Of the iaiis which we're taken
from the Rose Lake Lumber ucm-
pany's loRRiaR railroad we're found
to be too light and these are being
replaced with heavier ones. Mr..
MoCarter states that the company
will soon have the road IN shape 30
that it will give him no further
trouble.
lie is now engaged in delivering
logs to the st. Maries saw mill lie
put In between five and six million
feet for them and has delivered three
million feet of these
lie IL now shipping at the rate of
one hundred and twenty five thou
sand per day and expects to have the
contract completed by the tenth of
May.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Mill Closed Down
For Short Time

The Mllwaukee Lumber oompAny's
sawmill has been closed dom for a
couple of days this week for want of
logs.
Arrangements have been made
with G. A Brauson to supply the
mill from Big Greek bnt the snow
was 81 deep back In the hills that be
could not get his logging railroad 10
shape to operate as soon as he expect
ted. lie now has II cleared Of snow
and plenty Of logs ready to ship.
While 10 town Tuesday be stated
that he would be shipping 10 logs by
the middle of the week aud that
after he got started he would have no
tronble 10 keeping the mill supplied
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Completes Work
On Fish Traps

4 Ed. MoGregor and L. A. Jahnke,
who have had charge Of building
fish traps for the purpose of securing
trout spawn for the new fish hatchery
at Occur d'Alene have completed
their work.
They huilt traps at Thorn Greek,
in the St. MsrIes river, at Street
Greek and Rochet creek, ~hich flows
on the st. Joe river above here and
also iD the creek coming on of lell's
Guloh. They finished the latter
yesterday.
The securing OF the spawn will be
under the personal charge OF Mr.
Oliver. who has been superintendent
of the San lpoint fish hatchery since
It WAS flrst opened, bat who has been
transferred TO Occur d'Alene and put
ia charge of the new hatchery there
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Cases
At BOViIlO

Judge Egdar f. Steele Of the
district court before passing sentence
on Paul Lambert and Andrew Metz,
both OF Bovill. who pleaded guilty
to charges Of bootlegRiug said levi
denca has been secured by officials
AMI brought to my attention that as
mrch az 10 barrels OF beer wefe daily
shipped into some OF the towns In
the timbered districts surrounding
Bovlil and Elk River. aud 10 addi-
tion large quantities OF whlskey we're
. eoeived at those places daily. not
withstandlne both of those towns are
10 dry territory.
''The court Is determined &c do It's
part toward enforcing the laws
against bootleRgInR. Some liquor
referred to is no doubt shipped
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Mr.. haTvey'S Mother
In Serious Condition

Rev. j. G. Har ey received tele
gram yesterday from hia youngest
brother, at Plersor, love. Informing
him that his mother was taken SER
lously III the night before aud tast
the ouioome WAS uncertain.
She is s5 Years of ago and Mr..
Harvey does not think siF- ,rcasie ele
under the circumstances foI her G.
cover and Is waiting anxiously
further news.
Mrs. uarvey's health is very poor
and he does not think It will be pos
sible for him to 90 east TO see his
mother.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Additional Local

Walter Hess WAS up from bis ranch
at Cosmos Landing yesterday lie
states that the Washington Water
Power Company still has its dam at
Post Falls closed and that the water
ls baokiDs up over his and Marshall's
gardens and completely running them
two feet more of raise In the river
would put II Il over the banks all
the way long
Harper & Cary shipped number
of their horses down t0 Occur d.
Alene Monday on the steamer Cakes.
They were put aboard just below the
bridge. The water ia the river h
so hlgn that the Oakes had no tronhle
10 pulling up close t) the bank and
It was handler TO load them there
than at the dock.
Mrs Ben Sly Ia spending few
days In the city. She has been visit
ing In the Palouss and stopped off
Monday evening on her way home to
Butte
John Landeryoa Of Three Lakes
Washington. spent Sunday and Mon
day In the city wishing his son b
Landeryou and looking after some
business matters He is connected
With the Woodruff Mcclure Lumber
company at Three Lakes lie states
that business is good over there aud
that their plant has been running
since February.
Mrs. J. f. Allen left Thursday
morning for Elk sRiver to Welt her
daughter, Mrs. r. W. BagIey. She
expects to be away for about two
weeks.
j. o Hunt came down from st Joe
Wednesday evening lie states that
the Milwaukee Land company Of that
place has commenced ite summer
operations In earnest Bott saw nils
are running to their full oaraoity and
business conditions are very good ia
tina city
The Record office has been so
rushed With job work for the past
two weeks and the time Of toe force
has been so taken up that We have
been unable TO give the paper the
attention whloh We should We are
nov working four men aud slll have
to add another II the work continues
rs We hope It will
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
BUYS Car Load
OF Milk Cows

G. G. Castor has ocdeIed carload
Of milk COWS from southern Oregon
aud expects them to arrive some
time this coming wesk.
lie is one of the stockholders In
he creamery and is getting the COWS
to help out the patronage of that
institution. lie will keep portion
Ut them for his own use and the re-
malnder be will dispose of to some Of
his neighbors who Wish to ad to their
milk stock.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Mrs Sarah RenfrO
Buried Here

Mrs Sarah L. Reniro, who died
at her home IN Santa Sunday, was
brought to this city Wednesday for
burial and was laid at rest beside her
husband In Woodlawn cemetery.
The funeral services we're held at
Santa Tuesday but Mrs Renfro had
expressed a wish to be buried by the
side of her husband so the remains
were brouRhl here.
She was,' gears of age and. with
her husband, was one of the early
pioneers Of this section OF the coun-
try. She owned a ranch In SAINTS
valley aud Renfro creek was named
after the family.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Win First Prize
In Amateur Contest

Miss Alta Jones was the success
ful aspiraur for the first prize at the
amateur entertainment at the Grand
last Saturday evening.
BY the terms Of the contest the
audience we're virtually the judges
as tue prizes we're to be awarded
according to the amount Of applause
each entertainer received.
Mics Jones' violin solo received
the greatest amount of applause
aud she was awarded the frst prize
Of $3.50
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Will Open New
Furniture Store

A. II. Ohmnie has rented the room
adiolaing she Midway hItel and will
open a furniture stor In it within the
next feS days, under the name of
the o. K. Furniture company.
lie will handle new and second
hand furniture. A portion Of his
stock IS here now and be expeoss the
remainder within the next ten days
He expects to open up about May
first.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24
Accident To
Logging Engine

william MoOarter came 10 from
his logging camp near Plummer Wed
uesday. lie has been having little
trouble there that forced him to stop
logs for few days.
He broke the axle on the logging
engine aud had to send It to the NIL
Raukee Lumber oompany's machine
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24

Mrs L Hagen aud daughter Ella
arrived Tuesday morning from
Seattle where Miss Hsgen has studied
music the past year. She is pupil
OF Madame Julia Aramenti Of the
Aramenti school Of vocal music. and
violin pupil Of W. Hedley.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-24

p q Meshburn was at Occur dAlene
on business the arst Of the week
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04

WANTED Immediately. competent OF
iver operator stenographer for nice
office position. The oliver Typewriter
Agency. "a Auburn avenue.