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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Alaska and Finland

From the New York Post.
 Once American unfamiliarity with Fin land would have impaired the force of Governor Strongs comparison of Alaska with that country, and of the conclusion il; his annual report that everything done in Finland in population, wealth, ma terial development is possible in Alaska on a much larger scale" The prominence Finland has gained from political troubles and the war should now give the comparison point. With a cli- mate very like that of Alaska, and with one fourth Alaskas area, Finland supports 2, 75O GOO people, she has over 100000 head
 of live stock she produces annually some
 909, 900 tons of grains and legumes. This development is in part a result Of good
 roads. of which she has nearly 5000 miles,
 and of her railways. aggregating nearly 2o00 miles. It is also partly traceable though Governor Strong does not men tion this, to huge canal system im-
 possible of duplication in Alaska, and to the fact that Helsngfors and the cen tral part of lower Finland are less than a00 miles by rail from St. Petersburg. | On the other hand, mineral and fishing opportunities in Alaska and the, area of available farming land are much greater. | The new government railway and the wagon roads building in Yukon and Brit l ish Columbia should also diminish one severe handicap as compared with the older country. One fact in support of Governor Strong's comparison is the state
 ment. that Alaska now has nearly 50,000
 reindeer.
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Monkeys and Microbes

From the Youths Companion.
 In the geological gardens in London the anthropoid apes have been kept alive during recent years by shutting them in behind glass. not to protect the visitors from them. but to protect them from the visitors-that Is to say. from the microbes that man harbors in his mouth. Man has more or less successfully learned how to disarm those invaders. but they will readily destroy those near relatives of his whose bodies have not learned how to resist them. Mankind has no better friends than those who, like Metchni- koff, teach us what to do and what not to do in arming and inuring our selves against these sleepless and im- placable but assuredly doomed enemies of our kind
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Nature vs. Microbe


 The thoughtful reader will say Surely, in the battle of man against microbe there must be some natural means of defense by which men have conquered in the past, long before the microscope was inventedp' He Is right and science is never better employed than in studying these natural de- fenses For example, we find no mi : crobes at all in air just after 1t passes through the healthy nose. The nose Is the original domestic filter" for all microbes in dust in the air. It's secre- tions are antiseptic also. and man has no more valuable outwork of defense than a normal nose. A cholSed nose, through which a person cannot breathe, means that microbes enter the lungs freely by way of the fllterless mouth.
 In the stomach we find free hydro chloric acid, produced some half hour or less after meal. Its production from the common salt or sodium chlor- idle of the blood by the living cells that line the stomach Is one of the wholly inimitable feats of the body. Until recently most of us thought that the hydrochloric acid was formed in the stomach solely in order to digest food: but now we have evidence to show that this hydrochloric acid is also a valuable antiseptic. working. for once, inside the body without hurting 1t, and probably often saving us from the microbes of consumption and ty- phoid fever. Thus the two great ave- nues of entry to the body are In q | large degree guarded. It may be added | that no known microbe can unaided penetrate the surface of the unbroken 1 and healthy skin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
The Oldest Banker

From Commerce and Finance.
 The oldest banker in the United States Is dead. He was John Gardiner of Norwalk, O. He had the honor of not only being the nations oldest banker. but probably that of holding the worlds record In continuous employ ment. He was born in 1s15--the year of Waterloo and the close of our sec ond war with England. When he left Connecticut, where he was born, and went to Ohio. the Indians still lived in that fertile country and there were many men who could tell vivid stories of the battle of Fallen Timbers and of other fights with the red men in which they took part. He was IT years old when he got employment in little bank that had been established in Nor walk. That bank. now the Norwalk National. still is in business. For S1 years he was a part of 1t and for more than half century It's president Until six months ago he never had missed
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attending the meeting of the directors.
 Because he was a country banker all his life does not mean that he did not play part in big affairs. He helped Salmon P. Chase, then secre- tary of the treasury, in organizing the first national bank in the United states. That was 53 years ago. Sixty five years ago he was railroad pres ident. He organized. helped to build and was the first president of the To- ledo, Norwalk and Cleveland railroad now portion of the New York Central system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Birmingham Realty Go.
 2118 First Avenue
BI BIRMINGHAM
 Business Directory


 ABsTRACTORS Alabama Abstract Co., land titles zlo9-2l11 3d ave. Phone. 3SO
 BUSINESS COLLEGES Wheeler Business College, 190s- 1917 1st ave. Oldest, largest, best. Sessions day and night $50 pays Tor complete course. Call. write, or phone. Main 1Il9
 CORSETIER The Spirella Corset Shop, 1923 Glen Iris ave. Phone .2S5S-J
 ENGINE BUILDERS ttardie-Tynes Mfg. Co. 2Sth st and Sth ave. N Main .s74O-sss
 GROCERY STORES Shropshire Daniels Grocery Co 1928 $. 20th st. Main .... .4238-4237-iIs5 HARNESS AND sADDLERY William Reckling. Manufacturer of saddles, harness. carriage and auto trimmings. Barkeepers F. & Brass polish. 1911 2d ave. Phone 5GG
 HOTELS Reliance hotel. Near Terminal de- pot 9th ave. and 26th st. Phone IY4O
 LUMBER DEALERS w. D. Wood Lumber Co. 9th ave. and 18th st. Phones .450O-45DI
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Stephenson Studio. M. ri Wilson, Mgr. 4l6 N 21st st. Phone. 49is
 RENTALS For a house or business location, and, especially. if you are a stranger In the city. see us. Me- Connell-Anglin-W White R. E. x Ins Co. Phone 15:j
 RUBBER TIRES Exclusive Rubber Tire Co. Lowest prices on carriage rubber. 2d ave- and 18th st. Phone. ne....-....... 37as STATIONERS Zac Smith Stationery Co., Archi- tect and high school supplies. Loose leaf ledgers. 2024 1st ave. Phone ..... 929
 REAL ESTATE lsethea Real Estate X Insurance Co. 2027 3d ave, N. Phone. .... 11U
 SHOES We buy second hand clothes shoes; also expert repairing. Will make free half soles and heels with ev- cry s3.50 pair shoes. Dave Cop lon. Main 15S1
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One on the Coco

From the Boston Transcript.
 Golfer (proudly)-I play with my head. my boy.
 His Rival--Yes. notice that you ar partial to wooden clubs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

Whitman had picked and 1 )ects to gather two to three
 MT. G. c. Bourguards says: Last spring I had 2 A acres in cucumbers, from which I sold $500 worth" la., ask any questions you chemes, but selling good lal FLOW.
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For Rent

For Kent S-room modern house, close in on North side screened, baths; only s25 per month now.
 S-room comfortable home, opposite Capitol park S25.
 Groom cottage, North Highlands. newly painted, etc.; $l5 per month. Beautiful broom cottage. Tuscaloosa ave, 15 minutes car ride; S2o. broom furnace heated bungalow, south convenient to A. G. S. shops; H2.50. The Margaret apartments, on Highland ave. and Ash st. are going to be newly decorated and renovated; rent reason able, indeed; apartments are extremely comfortable and strictly high class. We have on our list the magnificent Dean apartments, which are in a class by themselves. and especially suited for small families.
 Groom comfortable house, close in, on Northside; S30; bargain. The beautiful Fitzgerald apartments al Five Points are now being decorated and will undoubtedly be the most prac- tica and delightful high class apart ments on South Highlands; large front porches, steam heat, etc. Landlords and Tenants: You are entitled to the best service and we invite youl consideration. Visit our office. SMITH-CULLOM & CO.,, G. H. GREENE, RENTAL MGR. 12 1st AS> Main lSl
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Quakers Do Good Service

The attitude of the Quakers towards war Is well known so it Is rather sur prising to hear that the number of these who have enlisted In the British army is quite large. They do not take part in the actual fighting, but have Joined the Royal Army Medical corps. and acting as stretcher bearers in Flanders they have time and again given practical proof that they are not towards.
 As a matter of fact, British wounded soldiers are full of praise of them and say that the coolness with which they behaved under the most violent fire is astonishing. An old colonel who saw them working at Neuve Chapelle says that among those who came under his personal notice during the battle there were at least four who deserved the Vic tOria Cross
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FEELINGS TOWARD GERMANS CHANGED Tommy No Longer Regards Enemies as Sportsmen ARE BLAMED German Private Is Really Very kind-Hearted Fellow = Quakers
 Do Yoemen Service as
 Stretcher Bearers
ARE BLAMED
By PHILLIP BY ERET'T

London, June 26.-(Special) )-Off1cers re- turning from the front state that feelings of the ordinary British soldier towards his enemies in the trenches opposite have undergone great change since the Ger ous gases and then of explosive machine gun bullets.
 The British soldier originally entered the fight with the idea that 1t was to be fought in an honorable manner, accord ing to the once accepted military Marquis of Queensberry rules. and he fought ac- cordingly, and when he happened to make German prisoners he was invari- ably willing to shake hands with them and try to cheer them up if they were down-hearted. But since all this hitting below the belt began, his blood Is up and mo quarter" would suit him better.
 Still, 1t Is becoming more and more evi- dent that the average German private Is really rather kindhearted invidual who only reluctantly becomes cruel and brutal. It Is the officers alone who are to blame TOT all the stains on Germany's escutch- con, and the iron discipline of the Ger man army has made the soldiers who have all been going through a three years course of bullying into mere tools In the hands of their officers who do not hesitate in shooting them down on the spot If they do not obey quickly enough.
 All the Belgian refugees with whom have talked while they were housed at Alexandra Palace have confirmed this and many of them have added that the German soldiers when not under the eyes or the officers often even surprised them by deeds of real kindness that showed their good heart
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KODAKS
FOR EXCHANGE

FOR EXCHANGE-Wil exchange mod ern. S-room residence in desirable South Highland section in Birmingham, Ala,
 for residence or good property in Nash vile. Tenn. or it's suburbs. Telephone Main 12S2 or address Owner 405 7th ave-. N. Nashville, Tenn. 7-S-th-su-tf
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otograph was taken. MT. J. D Id net at S1.50 a crate and ex
 MT. J. M. Archibald says:
 T have seven acres in grapefruit and oranges. Av- craze about 2000 boxes a season. Neither my fruit nor crops have been dam aged by cold in 20 years" hese gentlemen at Webster, lot promoting any wild cat 1 le last sentence-READY TO
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FOR RENT-Couple Without children have three unfurnished connecting rooms, newly papered, adjoining bath; house screened throughout; reasonable to desirable party Apply 1709 Ct have, north.
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NICELY furnished rooms with sleeping porch, 1212 South 20th st. Phone Main
 1207-J 7-1S-8t
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Mobilization of Fleet

ulODHlLdtiOH UI TleeI
 A story is being told here that Ger many had the King of Italy to blame for the fact that at the moment she invaded Belgium she found the British navy fully mobilized. Shortly before the war King George reviewed the British fleet at Spit head. The immense gathering was to have been dispersed immediately after wards, the home squadron alone remain ing in English waters
 Then came the assassination of the Austrian heir presumptive and his con- sort at Serajevo, and after that stirring event followed in quick succession until the general conf1agration broke out
 When England declared war against Germany the British fleet was mobilized and the German fleet dared not come out. It is now said that immediately after the Serajevo murders, King Emmanuel sent an autograph letter to King George in which he informed him that something mysterious and highly dangerous to Eng land was happening in Germany and asked him to keep the British fleet con- centrated and ready for any emergency. This warning was, of course. immedi- ate1y communicated to the admiralty, and preparations; but in order not to arouse the suspicious of the numerous German spies in England the naval units assem- bled at Spithead were ordered to disperse as originally arranged. The home fleet alone remained in English waters, while the Mediterranean and high seas squad rons departed ostensibly for their regu- lar destinations and the German spies were unable to cable home that the Brit ish fleet had dispersed.
 It was only a feint, however, on the part of the admiralty for all the British ships. after steaming a short distance, turned around and assembled in tho North sea, passing north of Ireland and Scotland.
 What, then, was the danger that threat ened England?
 On the very day when war was de- clared number of transports, flat bot toned vessels and steamers carrying 250, 900 German soldiers intended for an in- vasion of England left Hamburg, where they had been assembled during the month of July. When the declaration oi war came this quarter of million O. troops was already on board the vessel. where for weeks they had been awaiting the signal of departure.
 The great day arrived and the great fleet of invasion, preceded by the German warships, left Hamburg. Tn the Nortf sea they suddenly sighted the whole Brit | ish fleet. There was no fight, but the German vessels returned to Hamburg al greater speed than when they left.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

RCf,T room also room with private bath; meals in house. L21S 2Oth st., s.
 Main 19l2-W. 3-11-th-su-tf
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old 200 crates of cucumb CTS undred more crates.
 MT. Gordon Sumner. civil engineer, says: T can un- hesitatingly and sincerely recommend your land. Your soil Is equal to any have seen in the state. Ike. We have nothing to Id ready for the plow-to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

THREE connecting rooms furnished com plete for light housekeeping, all modern conveniences. coolest place in city on North Highland car line, $4.5O week. Phone Main 344-W
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RATES-One cent . word . day, no ad.
 taken for less than 25c for first inser- ton. Cash must accompanx order,
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"Why. Not NoW?''

What is the of putting off the building of that home on NORWOOD BOULEvARD? Why cheat yourself out of the pleasure of living in your home in an ideal community when there is nothing to be gained by the delay?
 Today numerous beautiful building sites await your selection and ready to finance the con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

TWO large, connecting, furnished rooms for housekeeping; also one large front room with kitchenette, electric lights, phone and bath; will rent cheap. 514 N. Fist st.
 BE SURE TO READ OUR AID ON PAGE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH EXTEN- SION co.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-27
LANDS
Government Opens New Unit on
Belle Fourche Project June y.

Belle Fourche. May 27.-Word
has been received here that the re-
Gently prepared 5.0O0-acre unit on
the government project here will be
thrown open to settlement June s..
This tract of land which is the fourth
unit to be settled, lies north and east
of here. extending from the northern
and eastern boundaries of the town
site of Newell for a distance of three
to six miles. Approximately 1875
farm units will be subject to entry
under the reclamation homestead
laws. ranging from forty to 100 acres
to the farm unit, with irrigable area
of from forty TO eighty acres. The
entire unit comprises very choice
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-27
MRS. BERT THOMAS
DIED IN THIS CITY AT > O'CLOCK
THIS MORNING.

Mrs. Bert Thomas died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Efhe Hollis
ter, in the west part of the city, after
an illness of a week. having sustain
ed a breakdown. The fam
lily resided on a farm five miles north
west of the city. and last Sunday de-
ceased was brought to the home of
her sister in the city to be more con-
venient for medical treatment.
Deceased was a daughter of the
late Col. and Mrs. r. A. Murray and
passed nearly all of her life in this
community, being known in her girl
hood as Genie Murray. About twelve
years ago she vas married in this
city to Mr.. Bert Thomas by the late
Rev. w. j. Cleveland of Grace Epis-
copal church of which denomination
deceased was a communicate. Three
sons were born to the union who
with the husband and father survive
Cecil aged IL years, Norman aged
2 years and David aged six months.
Surviving family relatives are moth
err, Mrs. r. A. Murray, sister, Mrs.
Effe HOLSTER, brothers, w. S. Muir
ray and Arthur Murray. all of this
city, and o. o. Murray of Chicago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-27
EXPLOSION AT Cotton
C. $. HALL INSTANTLY KILLED
BY EXPLOSION IN GARAGE.

In a letter TO The Daily Leader re-
ceived by the late south train last
evening, DR.. Geo. Ogle gives the fol-
lowing details of an explosion in a
garage in Cotton yesterday:
&c. S. Hall, proprietor of the Col
ton Auto Co, was killed instantly
about 10:40 this morning by a ter
rifle explosion which wrecked the ga
rage beyond repairs and shook most
of the buildings and homes in Col
ton, breaking out window lights in
all parts of the town, from the force
of the shock. The accident happen
ed while Mr.. Hall was at work fill
ing a carbide tank on a gas machine
for presto lights. A workman in his
employ who was busy some fifteen
feet distant in the same building, was
unframed. Five autos in the build
ing were wrecked by the explosion.
My car which was in the garage was
badly damaged, the top and wind
shield being blown to pieces. Mr.
Hall vas a single man residing with
his mother"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-27
Hackett &Sutton
The ClcthCraft Store
THE CITY.
REPORT.

Rain tonight; Friday cloudy, prob
ably, with rain east portion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY
CITIZENS URGED TO JOIN THE
ASSOCIATION-PROGRAM
MAY 81.

All citizens of Madison are ear
nestly urged to join the Memorial
association. 1t is a patriotic organic
alton intended to honor the old sol
diers and to teach youth to respect
and cherish American institutions.
1t costs but 81 to become a member.
Hand this amount to any of the fol-
lowing: H. H. Holdridge, Jas. Rob-
ertson, Leslie Burnett, Chas. Laugh
lin, Prof. b. M. Lawrence, treasurer.
Memorial Day Program, May 81.
10 a. m. Music by City Band.
1890 a. m. Transport old sol
diers TO cemetery in automobiles es-
corted by detachment of local state
militia.
II m. Dinner served to old sol
diers and others in opera house.
Music during dinner hour by City
Band.
2 p. m. Escort old soldiers from
opera house to Methodist church by
City Band and militia.
$3.50 p. m. Program in Methodist
church.
Music-Normal kindergarten Cho-
rus.
Invocation-Rev. G.. ID. Brown.
Regiment-Flag Song-Third and
Fourth Grade city pupils.
Recitation, Memorial-Irma Wa.
tiers.
Song-First grade city schools.
Musical Recitation-Girls of the
Fourth and Fifth grades Mode.
school.
Soldier Songs-Boys of Second
grade city schools.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Jay Goodroad.
Song, Flag Full of Stars-Mode
School boys glee club.
Reading, A Voice from the West
Marguerite Gleason.
War Songs-Seventh grade cit!
schools.
War SENSATIONAL girls gle,
club.
Memorial Address-Hon. ID. ID
Holdridge.
Farmers i'm the city with automo
biles on Memorial Day are requested
to join the procession to the cemeter.
for the purpose of decorating sol
dier's graves, assisting in conveying
veterans. flower girls and others il
charge of the ceremonies. Automo
biles may be parked in Harth ave
nue. between Fifth and Sixth streets
west of the courthouse. A printe'
program of the exercises of the da,
will be distributed on Monday morn
ing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-27
LOCAL NEWS.

os
Eat at Jacks.
Try the Madison Cafe lunches.
Might as well take the watch to
Osborn's first.
When you are hungry eat at the
Madison Cafe.
For Rent. Seven rooms over Mil
lard's cash store.
Sandwiches of all kinds at the
Madison Cafe.
For Sale. Sand. gravel and black
dirt. S. Thompson, phone 1888
yellow.
Painting, paperhanging and inter
ior decorating. Get my prices.-W.
M. Taylor, phone 4S2 green.
See us for white hats.-Miss
Morse.
For Sale. My residence property
at a bargain.-H. M. Penn.
Chambermaid wanted at Jacks
restaurant.
Eat at Jacks.
Phone 209, C. j. Simpson. for
black dirt, sand and gravel.
The ladies of the cemetery asso-
citation will serve dinner at the opera
house May 81. Price 25 cents.
High school and Normal belts for
the boy graduate, $1.50.-Guy h.
Hanson.
Call on Geo. Simpson for all kinds
Of cement work. excavations and cis-
tern repairing.
Eat at Jacks.
See our line OF new summer
dresses. just received.-Mrs. X
Knoeri.
During my absence from the city
my son., Wesley Beardsley, will look
after my insurance business.-W. M
Beardsley.
Office rooms for rent in Smith
Garner block, all modern. Inquire
of Frank C. Smith.
Ironing wanted, three blocks NORTH
and one-half block west of Lincoln
school.
Found. Spectacles in case. Thi:
office.
Tickets on the guessing confess
must be in this week.-Osborn's
Drug and Jewelry Store.
Bobolink friendship bracelets. thu
latest. Start one today, rs cents
Guy E. Hanson.
See our display Of potted plants
all this week.-Porter Drug q Jew
elry Co.