The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-04
MONSTER LABOR CELEBRA TION
AND PARADE STAGED FOR TODA Y
ALABAMA IS LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY STATES
COLONEL w. II. KETTIG
South Favored Section in Natural Advantages Is Statement
Northwest Prospecting in Many LnesBeautie of Yellow
stone Park and Other Places of Interest Described

The south is the land of oppor-
tunity and advantage today" said w.
II. Kettig, manager of Crane company,
and an officer of the federal reserve
bank of Atlanta, who returned from a
trip through the northw est extending
over seven weeks, last night.
Il come back to Birmingham with
the firm conviction that we of the
south have more opportunities to make
a success in any undertaking than the
people of any other section in the
world. 1t makes one think to see the
great northwest, sections which were
formerly nothing more than barren
desert, built up and prosperous to the
highest degree.
Il saw land that could not be bought
no more fertile and could produce no
better product than some we have right
here in Alabama. This land was placed
on a producing basis through energy
and hard work. Nothing daunted the
early settlers of the west. They were
hampered in their agricultural pur-
suits through lack of water. Instead of
moving on and giving up the job they
stuck and built dams and irrigated the
fields, thus turning the desert wastes
into wonderful gardens Here we have
plenty of rain. Our lands are fertile
and every opportunity for the profit
able raising of all sorts of products
for the market is offered.
"In the large apple orchards of Ore
gon the farmers spray the trees ev-
cry Few weeks. In case of frost they
use what is known as smudSe pots
to keep the low temperature from
freezing the fruit. These are nothing
| more than a pot made of metal in
which a slow burning fire is built.
We of Alabama and the rest of the
south are commencing to see that we
have all the advantages wanted and
the result is that the south is bound
to grow more rapidly within the next
10 years than ever before. Our farm
ers are being educated to the fact they
can raise anything they want to and
many of them are doing it now.
BEAUTY OF PARK
Il was awed by the wondrous beau
ty of Yellowstone park. 1 have been
to Europe and travelled through most
of the states, but l am free to con-
fess that there is more in the see
America first movement than I ever
cannot beat Yellowstone park and the
scenery of the west in general when
it comes to viewing the most Won
derful works of nature.
ION the Alaskan trip nothing on
earth can touch the grandeur of that
scenery. We went up to Alaska by the
route known as the inside pass. The
boat was as good as anyone could have
wished for The waters of the inside
pass are as placid as a lake. At all
times we could throw a rock from the
boat. if we wished to, and 1T would
have carried to the base of the cliffs
on either side, towering high into the
air. At Skagway we took the Yukon
railroad and travelled through the
mountains to White Horse. This is the
camp that all the original miners
hunting gold in the Klondike made
headquarters in '97.
"An amateur show was given at
White Horse and we attended 1t. The
performance commenced at 10 o'clock
o. m. 1t was this late before there
was sufficient darkness to consider 1T
night. At midnight the show was over.
The northern lights or aurora borealis
are visible from midnight up until 4
o'clock in the morning. Words of de-
scriptiton for this sight are superflu-