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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18

Sheffield Standard: Up to the hour of
going to press no patriotic Cd citizen
of Birmingham, or Jefferson county. has
secured an injunction restraining the
city's delegation from presenting the
claims for the government armor plant.
Florence Times: The efforts of the re-
publicans to reopen the race and sec
tional issue in the presidential campaign
are entirely unworthy of a creator
little-party Is it any wonder that the
south remains solid?
Opelika News: If the farmers will only
hold their cotton they will get 15 cents
pound for it the entire year. But if
they are going to sell it regardless of
price, they will not fare so well. Who
is going to pay any more for a thing
than the owner asks for it?
Greensboro Watchman There is GER
tainly one of the proposed amendments
to the Alabama constitution that we
shall take pleasure in voting against,
and that one is the proposition to allow
the legislature to meet every two years
instead of each four years, as at pres
emit. -Four years is quite frequently
enough for a body of the kind that has
Of late years assembled in Montgomery
to be allowed to meet. And there are
thousands of others who are of the same
way of thinking as this editor.
Tuscaloosa News: If Birmingham does
not mend her ways, it is not going to
be long before she loses her title of
Magic City and becomes known as the
injunction city, 1t seems as if some
body files injunction or threatens to
file one every time any public move
ment is started. The latest object of
an injunction suit is the proposed road
to Nichols Fishtrap on the Warrior. We
don't know anything about the merits
of this particular proposition except all
good roads are good things. But it is Il
pity to see some citizen kick over the
traces every time public question comes
up. There are various and sundry forms
of bad government but government by
injunction is about the worst
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
Has New Hobby

Walter Moore, the president of the En-
pire Coal company, has a new hobby
The newly erected combination mill and
cotton compress at Empire is said to be
as near his heart as the aldermanic sys-
tenn of government, He took unusual de-
light in showing it to his visitors Satur-
day.
I'm day this mill can do much bust
ness" Mr.. Moore told his visitors. THE
wheat will turn out so barrels of flour
The grist mill will produce $50 saks of
corn meal while the cotton compress has
capacity of three bales in an hour. The
first three bales of the season were
ginned at the compress Saturday. We
paid over IA cents pound for the
farmers crop.
around Empire the farmers raise
some wheat, and, of course, quite a
quantity of corn and cotton. The new
addition cost about $25, 000.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
Boil weeviI Damage

THE boil weevil has taken Lamar
county, lock. stock and barrel" said
Judge r. L. Bradley of Vernon, land we
will barely raise third of crop. OF
course we suffered losses through the
severe rains, but our greatest damage
came through the boil weevil. On the
top of our cotton crop losses the con-
tinued rains played havoc with corn and
hay and other crops
Il am not pessimist or a calamity
bowler, but I am afraid our people are
going to be hard pressed to pull through
the winter and from present indications
such thing as paying debts is out of
the question However, our folks are
putting their shoulders to the wheel and
will make the best of the situation and
make preparation for fight on the vice.
vii next year"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
Briefly myself remember.
king Lear.
q

BEGINNING THE DAY--o 'oa'
helm me In my misery not only 10
he comforted by remembering that
happier days must Gomez but heiP
me to dig into my desert "nen
shall ind living water. Show me tne
song at the heart of my sorrow.
May my very grief unprison my
soul. For Christs sake. Amen'-'
NJ. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18

Frlck, one Of the greatest of this
country's captains of industry, is a
steady-going republican, and in an in
terview in the New York Sun praises
Hughes and predicts his election, but
he is brim full of optimism over pres
ent business conditions and also over
the future of business.
"The financial, industrial and gen.
eral situation is just splendid; we
could not wish for BETTER" said Mr..
Prick. "The present excessive pros
perity is due to some extent to the
war, but believe conditions will con-
tinue good. | am sure they will I'M
less we have too much labor agitation.
One of the encouraging facts is the
demand for steel and other industrial
products"
And all this prosperity began and
continues under democratic admins
tration.
A New York professor recommends
walking to relieve mental disturbances
Nothing new in that. Men have walked
floors when worried ever since they've
had floors to walk on.
The popularity of baseball in America
Is making nation of potential bomb
throwers, who may be useful some dav
in protecting this country from inva-
sion.
Travel on street cars in New York is
extra hazardous these days. Agents for
insurance companies are doubtless kept
busy writing accident policies
Just now Mr.. Hughes is trying to Gre
ate the impression that he never sleeps.
He will have an opportunity to take a |
long nap after the election.
1t is said that Clark street in Chicagol
has been cleaned up, but the powers
of darkness" will not give up that street
without a struggle.
Considering the way they talk about
him, if Ambassador Gerard isn't preju-
diced against the Germans, he's a mar
vel of forbearance.
Even when two neighbors can get Il
along together fairly we'll otherwise, |
their cats and dogs stir up strife be-
tween them.
Former Senator Lorimer is not dis |
couraged by his recent defeat for Con-
gress. He says he's going to keep on
keeping on"
Mr.. Marshall wants it distinctly un-
derstood that he has no misconceptions
regarding the Importance of the vice
presidency.
Light plays are popular in London. The |
average Londoner wants to laugh as
much as possible, regardless of the war
news.
Just because some hoodlums heckled |
Mr.. Hughes at Nashville, eastern papers
accuse the entire south of being churl- |
ish.
in the fields of England. Wonder if |
they knock off every afternoon for tea? |
1t is to be hoped that when the Rus
slams are given Constantinople they will
try to clean up the town.
Fortunately for the bald-headed row, |
all the beautiful actresses have not be-
come Red Cross nurses.
There is very little politics in the way
Irish troops at the front are charging |
German trenches.
The high cost of paper has not cur
tailed the output of mash notes" to an |
extent
Birmingham continues to eat three
square meals a day. regardless of the
walters strike.
John Bull has more curiosity about
other peoples letters than rural post
master
LIKE M,JJKF SAYS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18

Tuscaloosa county, on account of its
numerous rivers on all sides, suffered
greatly from the recent floods" said Fred
Fite, well known lawyer of Tuscaloosa
and a member of the legislature. De-
spite this fact things there are not as
bad as one would think. All of the man
ufacturing industries are running full
time, and have orders on hand for de.
livery months hence.
1T Is fortunate that Tuscaloosa is an
agricultural as well as a manufacturing
county. When the crops are damaged to
any great extent or for some other reason
the yield is not so great, the industries
seem to have all the business they can
handle. OF course, we were hurt when
the floods devastated the river lands,
but at the same time we are thankful
that our factories are making up, to some
extent, for the loss of the crops
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18

and Cold Winter we're winters; and
high temperature
in June is said to indicate early
freezing.
The winter season in this latitude
| is seldom as cold as the coal dealers
or the clothing merchants would like
to, see it, but if December and jan
uary are not icy months it will be
because all signs fail. In the mean
while we may expect many weeks of
delightful autumn weather, although
Indian summer, which sometimes
fingers until Christmas, will probably
be gone this year by the end of No
vember.
Ideal weather is forecast for the
first two weeks of October, covering
the ten-day period of Birmingham's
State Fair; and balmy air and bright
skies are all we need to make the fair
a perfect success.
.
ID EPUBLICAN candidates for Of
Nv flee always warn the public
against electing democrats, because,
according to their view, the demo-
cratic party in power means sooner
or later business paralysis. The re-
publican leaders,
Tricks Optimism while admitting
About Business that the country is
Conditions prosperous now,
are saying that
good times will cease Immediately
after the European war unless Wilson
lis defeated and Hughes elected.
But republican business mtn who
happen to be broad-minded iough to
rise above the level of presidential
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
CALIFORNIA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW
Items showing the investment of
capital. the establishment of payrollS
and matters generally reflecting the
industrial growth of the state.

OAKLAND, Sept. 19.-Melrose,
suburg, dedicates $4,000 Carnegie Ii
brary.
SAN FRANCISCO-"A big corporal
ton is Just as easy tc handle as cor
ner grocery" says John A Britton,
vice president and general manG-;er OF
the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
California's largest public utility. He
has been with it from the start and de-
veloped it into one of the greatest in-
dustries in the United States.
associated lima bean growers will
sell a million bags at $3.50 per 100
pounds
GREENWOOD = Redwood Lumber
company erecting nine new buildings.
Northern California Power Company
shows surplus for year past Of $1l2,
7OS.
Humboldt county tax papyers defeat
ed 81 800. 600 road bond issue.
VISALIA-Huntingto interests buy
Mt. Whitney Power Co. plant.
SANTA CRUZ-Piedmont court will
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19

in the west, a $15O,0O0,000 electric pro-
iect on the Columbia river is being
held up. Power development in Cali
fornia is also being held up for the
same purpose.
MANTECA-Sugar beet crop in this
section estimated to be worth $780,
900.
HAMILTON CITC (Glenn Co.)-Sac-
ramento Valley Sugar Cos plant here
toe operate next season if beets can be
secured
The California Railroad Commission
in a recent decision said-"California
is young and growir>>state. We shall
require millions of additional capital
for the development of public utility
enterprises. If the investor is assured
shat he will continue to receive fair
t. -itine,t in California. he will con':n-
.;e 20 invest generou Il, in on. pul
r;.i!ties. even though ne realizes that
our cities have the power to condemn
wistin, public utilities properties, for
lie will know that on such cOndemnsa
ton h will receive compensation
which, in law and III fact, is & just
ompensation.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
ROW to attend to a justice court case.
A. J. Hughton, of Seeley. transacted
business in the city this morning.
PAULINE FREDERICK IN GREAT
DRAMA
Famous Players Star Plays Two Roles
In "The Spider"

"The Spider" the next great produc-
ton in which Pauline Frederick is
starred by the Famous Players Film
Company, is one of the most thrilling
ly dramatic stories that has ever been
offered on the Paramount Program.
This splendid photoplay, which is the
attraction at the Tulane Airdome to-
night. gives Miss Frederick an unlim-
tied opportunity. as she plays two di-
versely opposite roles, Valerie st. Cyr,
notorious beauty, and her deserted
daughter, Joan.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
SECURES FOX SERVICE

Ell Centre theatre goers will be for
tunate in being able to see such stars
as Theda Bara, William Farnum, Va
leska Suratt, Bertha Kalich and Geo.
Welsh on the screen here. According
to an announcement made by Mana
gers Cook and Applestill, of the Pal
ace Theatre and Tulane Airdome, they
have secured the Fox Film Exchange
service and will show one Of their
features each Monday night begin
ming October 2. This is one of the
greatest finn companies in the world
and the pictures are the most expen-
sive obtainable. The first OF the Fox
pictures will be Theda Bara, in "Des-
truction" Monday night, October 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19


have $4,000 Pacific Coast furniture.
FALLBROOK-San Fe has large
force rebuilding cutoff to Temecule.
Press protesting against using San
Francisco auditorium for prize fight
ing.
Fresno Union High school gets $55,'
000 annex.
NICHOLS-Pacific Gas & Electric
company gets contract for power to
the General Chemical plant-the big,
gest load in Contra Costa county.
Population of California estimated
at three million. July 81 there were
131 less prisoners in penitentiaries, in
sane hospitals increased 334 during
year, reform schools 80. and feeble
minded 81.
Newspaper reports say Great Brit
ain is facing general railroad strike or
a raise in the employees wages or a
decrease in food price. 1t seems that
government ownership of railroad
lines has no effect in preventing
strikes.
REDDING-Plans for $4,000 school
building have been called for here.
SANTA ANA-Supervisors let con-
tract for paving two miles at Rich
field.
SAN FRANCISCO-Exports amount
ing to s12,6S6,224 from this port last
month broke all records Imports were
$7,S43,974.
SAN RAFAEL-Pacific Gas & Elec-
trio company spending $4,000 improy-
ing new line between Sausilito and
Petaluma.
EUREKA = Building permits last
month totalled $17,945.
Exter dedicates $4,000 ChrnegN IL
brary.
LAKEPORT-WOrk starts on $685.
000high school here
REDDING-Brikp plant reopens here
to make 100000
Grass Valley levies a $40 per quar-.
ter tax on jitneys to save it's carline.
Merced to have 100000 mission
style Catholic church.
San Francisco, Portland and Seattle
TO have big freighter line to Norway
SAN DIEGO-Canning plant to pack
sea foods added to city's industries.
Folsom reduces municipal light tax
from "a to so cents this year but to-
tai tax rate is 1886 on $100, highest
for years.
Imperial Valley cotton crop estmati-
ed to be worth $6,00O,O00 this year.
Siskiyou county appropriates $566G
for Trinity road.
Latest fad to bost school taxes = a
course in salesmanship.
In one precinct five votes were cast
at the primary that cost $500 each.
HANFORD-Anticip King coun.
ty's taxes will be reduced from $265
to $249 per $1OO.
Pending satisfactory legislation be.
ing passed by Congress allowing pri'
vate capital to deveop water powers
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
STEWARD IS
NOW ON BARBARA
WORTH FORCE

"The best there is" has long
been Manager A. l. Richmond'S
motto for the Barbara Worth and
he has once more Illustrated it's
meaning by securing Albert Men
jou for steward at the famous no.
tel.
Menjou was for four years nat
ional president of the H)tel Stew
ards Association and was for
years in charge of the DuTllesne
Club OF Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
He also opened the very first
French restaurant in the city of
steel millionaires. He comes to
Ell Centre to give patrons of the
Barbara Worth his best efforts
and Mr.. Richmond is congratulate
d ing himself that he was able u Sc
cure his services.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19

Four big sections of galvanized iron
pipe were hauled from the depot to
the Main street crossing of the Date
canal yesterday and that circumstan-
stance leads the Progress to again as
seIt that it is possible that the siphon
is about to be put in at that place.
Not desiring to excite the pOpula-
ton of El Centro, however, it may be
that the ripe is for some other pur-
pose than the siphon. After seven
years of see-sawing about the siphon
the people won't believe that 1t Is to
be installed until the work is done.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
TULANE AIRDOME TONIGHT

Pauline Frederick in The Spider. a
six part Paramount Feature is the
headliner announced by the Tulane
for this evening. OF course a cartoon
producer.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
ALlEGE STEALING WATER

Frank Ingersoll, today swore to a
complaint charging John Doe Wardins
with stealing irrigating water belon G.
ing to him. 1t is said that Warding ap-
propriated water from ditch on the
Allen ranch which receives its waters
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
NEW DEPUTY APPOINTED

Horticultural Commissioner F. w.
Waite has appointed r. w. Stuart, of
Imperial, as his deputy to take the
place of Fred Phelem, who resigned
Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
shy ON CONGRATULATIONS
By United Press

ATHENS, Sept. 19.-Foreisn Minis
ter Carapanos has received congratu-
latory visits from all except allied
ministers.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19

w. A. McGalian, of Riverside is a
visitor in the city. He is registered at
the Oregon.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19

Lou II. Wood, of Los Angeles, spe-
cial agent for the Home Insurance
company, is a business visitor in the
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19

Justice OF the Peace S. T. Robinson
iof Seeley, was in the city today trans
acting business.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19

Mr. and Mrs ". j. Lindsey and son
returned home yesterday after two
months vacation spent with friends at
San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
COUNTY FIRST
IN ALFALFA, BUTTER
AND MELONS

The office. of the county develop
ment agent, A. M. Nelson, has COM
pilde the following:
ALFALFA
The report of the State Commission
of Horticulture for the 1915 alfalfa
acreage shows the following counties
as leading in acreage:
1st-Imperial, 1O7,192 acres.
2nd-Stanislaus, 1O1, ,O2O acres.
3rd-Kern, $4,000.
4th, Merced, $4,000 acres.
5th-Siskiyou, $4,000 acres.
CANTALOUPES
The monthly Crop Report of the De-
rartment of Agriculture for June,
1915, not only shows Imperial as the
greatest cantalOupe county of the
United States but also shows that its
cantalOupe acreage is greater than
that of the second cantalOupe state.
Acreage in cantaIoupes
California .11,647 1i,935
Imperial Valley 5000
Georgia ........... S,l20 3,9'o
North Carolina ...... 4.49S 5,734
Colorado ......... $50 1857
BUTTER
Imperial County ranks second in the
production OF bitter in California and
produces one-tenth of the butter made
in the state. The three leading of the
IS counties of the state and their pro-
duction of 1915 as compared with 1910
is as follows:
Pounds 1910 1915
Stanislaus -. .4,363.296 9,973,32O
Imperial .1,948,71O 6,33A,310
Iumbolt 80. .4,273,649 5,59l.S70
These figures, which are furnished
by the State Dairy Bureau, shows that
Imperial County's rate of gain Is
greatest by large percentage. In
1910 Stanislaus, Humboldt, San Luis
Obispo, Fresno, Tulare, Kings and
Merced counties produced more butter
than did Imperial. Now only one
county, Stanislaus, exceeds Imperial
in production. Imperials production
is five times that of all other South
ern California counties combined.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19

SAYS: ss!:s. DOES:
CHRONOLOGICAL CONTRAST
Compiled From Newspaper Reports
III cam sss; s :,s,:. son: %
% 1n ~s a. per- heads s."st.
cent nt,s.; Senate Child
st. PauILReanable adequate
amele conference the Army
is discharged to the credit Of
Fargo, White House
devote my ability to serving nounces tha the feden @ VIII
Hughes
the bill making .ppopr.:
sire to do ali that Agriculture
to that and ,Ss @
age md financing o
4eIsn.
minis very great public
adminstra figures showing that half his
staff is composed of Taft ap-
pointees
% asas s ns 'ss ss S s1ss w soas TO
calls Of
White
"::, Il % the t: .s: @ % j: hi:
attended to without abu's bill providing for the the sss.s,S" creation
that will not protect our ci sentatve adopts the Senate
might well haul amendments the Navy Bill
down he fla 1 am building
to fight" teen capital ships within three
Portland ore:-"It Washineton:-The
breach of trust for the United passes the Philippine Bill en-
Philip franclisng eoooOo and
pines Al the
Islands until they establish
stable
AUGUST 18th.
Roseburo
do railroad
nations wersw
national prosperity" railroad presidents
San Francsco:-The wangon-rhe
titled to the very D n dsetss % s. By I'll: so.s s. and
urged its passage Senate
oakI.nd:-"wherever we have the House passes
represented the Administration Shipping Bill
supervision a
a regulation iary
tina is srealy and
of business le rine to meet the requirements Of
the nations commerce. q
San peso-r preventing
children being hundreds of letters
early into the hardships OF In mending him for his
dustial life" full fight against child labor
Somewhere In Washington
Huerta- Of the Interior
don-intervention Lane E~Judoe George Gray
= Joint ~%:r'::n.%s*is." -
o peacefully
trouble - Administration the differences between tho
Huerta -" countries
Reno Il
without trouble this country Senate the Army Ap
preparation Bill
Ogden,
Let
mainta push the
a
the driving patriotic meet trade conditions
sentm
Cheyenne wyo-T washinston:-The
compensation acts the Senate amendments
wisely and fairly provided the bill providing for
that those who work saton Of workmen injured while
assured of proper protection" government service
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
PERSONAL MENTION

! w. A. McGalian, of Riverside is a
visitor in the city. He is registered at
the Oregon.
! Lou III. Wood, of Los Angeles, spe-
cial agent for the Home Insurance
company, is a business visitor in the
city.
Justice OF the Peace S. T. Robinson
lof Seeley, was in the city today trans
acting business.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Lindsey and son
returned home yesterday after a two
months vacation spent with friends at
San Diego.
Walter E. Rice of CaleXico, was in
the city this morning on his way to
Seeley where he has property inter
ests.
E c. Rittue, special beet sugar in
vestigator for the U. S. government
arrived in the city this morning. Mr..
Rittue will make tests of valley soil.
E. H Webster, County Farm Advis-
or Dougherty and E. H. Hancock, field
agent for the state department of Ia
Dor. were visitors at Seeley last eve
ming.
T. H. Morris, who lives miles
southwest of town, was visitor here
yesterday.
E. c. Shellhorn and H. H. Jewett,
prominent West Side ranchers, We're
county court house visitors this morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Adams and
daughter We're shopping visitors here
today.
Deputy District Attorney z. r. ST.
mons and Reporter ]. NJ Kepley, are
down for a trip to Calipatria tomor-
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19
From Newspaper Reports

Estes Park, colo.:-Mr. Hughes re-
freshed by his four days rest,
prepares to resume his task q
being 100 per cent. candidate :,
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-19

Walter E Rice of CaleXico, was in
the city this morning on his way to
Seeley where he has property inter
eStS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-04-07
Rutland Evening News.

Among the names advanced for
the republication nomination for the
lieutenant-governorshp in this State
are those of Hon. John h. Weeks of
Middlebury and Hon, Roger w.
Hurlburt Of Hyde Park. The former
is now serving on the State penal
board and the latter has been on this
board but it is not pointed out as
to what particular qualifications service
in that capacity deSevelops that are
necessary to the Acknowledgements
ship, The second position in Vermont
is not always stepping-stone to the
first, nor is it necessarily an effective
disbarment to the higher honor.
Seriously, both Of these men are rep
resentative of what is best in Vermont,
and either of them would be an honor
able occupant of the position for which
he is mentioned.