The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Passing the Buck On
 the FliUOer Route
By ALLEN J. KREBs

Now that the political aspirants have bad their day and many of them have cause to be glad while many more have reasons to be sad, 1t is time that some concerted action should be taken for the building of the Warrior highway
 W. A Crossland, United States senior highway engineer. has submitted his re- port to the board of revenue and the Chamber of Commerce and recommended the Nichols Fish Trap route as the most practical one to the Warrior
 Inasmuch as each successful candidate for the position of member of the board of revenue stressed the point that If elected he would use every effort to have convict labor work the roads and do all possible to hurry the building of the Warrior highway, 1t is reasonable to believe some real action will be taken within short time.
 If there is a tax payer in the state of Alabama who believes in Chert macadam or any other sort of flimsy material for roads he can easily be convinced that the building of anything but road made of permanent material Is a waste of the county's money.
 The Birminghan-M Montgomery highway
 
 In Alabama a little more than a year ago at which time it was completed To- day 1t is as poor road as might be found In the state In some places 1t is almost impossible to travel over 1t at a rate of speed in excess of 10 miles an hour Huts. washouts and numerous holes make the road look as if 1t had been in ex- lstence for 50 years without Q dollar hav- ing been spent for repairs. It is high time for the tayrsa ta Aas1,r5 +ho4 their roads be built out of some sort of permanent material. It Is to be hoped the new board of revenue will look into the matter of building permanent high ways and act accordingly.
 Jimmy Andrews. of the Drennen agre- sation, is sporting one of the most eco- nonlical types of automobiles, to he found. He stopped in front of the Brown Marx building yesterday, and after look ing up at threatening cloud, threw blanket over the hood news kid standing by said. Say, mister, they aint no use in trying to hide it, everybody knows what 1t is"
 When Frank Gafford of Goodyear fame and Sam Jones, the genial vice president Of the Drennen Motor company get to- sether, 1t is worth while to sit up and take notice. Tho two of them were argu- ing over some tires. Sam Jones reached the limit of his endurance and blurted out: Say. you big monkey, you are the of- tomobile men,"
 Frank looked at him in owl like silence TOT second and replied: T might be trouoie breeder, but you lost a good fob when they didn't make you superinten dent of the pest house.
 Then Sam went out and bought the drinks. '1e
 Manager W. H. Young of the Detro,t Motor company, is busy instructing 4 gahs or men how to rearrange the new ioihe or the company. In the meanwhile ne reports brisk trade in Paiges and Grants. Young is the kind of fellow who can do two things at once and dc them well. ''ie','
 This happened at Redwood recentlv.
 Four fellows who smeIIed strongly of gasoline and spearmint stroIled down the aisle to Hne of the boxes close to the bold Baron outfit.
 TWO danes, one of them being strong on averdupois. sweet scented soap and camphor balls; the other wearing a light pink shirtwaist, a dark mink hon net, a grayish yellow skirt which sur mounted pair of trees" encased With white and black hose of the latest ring style patented after Sing sing entered the samo box and 1iopped' directly behind the bubble boys. There was slight flutter and then the big fellow who sells auto mobile tires ordered some dopes When they were opened he supplemented ltt- tle of his own dope" for that drunk by the other three and smiled a smile that betokened supreme bliss.
 The two danes, who resembIed the ancient type of the first families of the Indian Territory" sniffed suspi- ciousiy and started to 'bawl out" the genial quartet in front of them. The words were harsh but the boys sat