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The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-16
AFFECT
 THE KIDNEYS
Many Alaskan People Have Found
 This to be TrUe.s

Are you wretchled !R bad weather
 Does every cold settle oR your kidneysS
 Does your back ache aud become weak?
 Are urinary passages trresNllar and distressing?
 These symDtoms arg cause to sus- pect kidney weakness.
 Weakened kidneys Eeed quick help- ,. Ddan's Kidney Pills are especial ly prepared for weakened kidneys.
 Grateful people recommend them.
 William c. Russell retired far mer, 966 Valencia St., San FraRciSco Cal. stys:l Many colds and days of long hours and straining work caused my kidneyE to give ma Lot of trouble. Pains seemed to settle in th small of my bach and the suffering I endured was terrible. suffering I endured was tarTtble. Every bit of strength left ma and my kidneys acted too oftens annoy ing me at night. Doan's Kidney Pills acted as 8 tonic to my kid uey' and proved of great benefit"
 Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for @ kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that MT. Russell had. Foster 8tl- burn Co.,, Props, Buffalo. N. r.
 advertisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-16
SYSTEM AND PRINTING

Don't put 1t off, but order your printing now which You will need when you put in your new system.
 The Daily Alaskan job department Is better leQuipped than ever to do your work. Prices right and work promptly executed. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-16
Handicapped.

"Why don't you look around for work"
 Cant; I've got a stiff neck,"-Ex- change.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-16
TO CURE ANY DISEASE.
The Cause Must be Removed. Same
 Way With DRndruR.

The Cause Must be Removed. Same
 Way With Dandruf.
 Kill the germ that causes dandrun, falling hair and badness, you will have no more dandrutf, and your hair must grow luxuriantly. Newbro's Herpicide not only contains the dandruft germ destroyer, but 1t Is also a most delight ful hair dressing for regular toilet use. No other hair preparation Is on this scientific basis of destoying the dandruff germs. It stops all irritation. keeps the scalp sweet, pure and wholesome, Re- member that something claimed to be just as good" will not do the work of genuine Herpicide. Sold by leading druggists. Send 1Oc. in stamps for sam gIe to The Herpicide Co. Detroit. Mich. One Dollar bottle, guarantSed.
 At all Drug Stores. 1
 -AdEertisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-16

We reduce life to the pettiness of our daily living. We should exalt our living to the grandeur of life.-Phillips Brooks.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-16
His Mistake.

Customer-That was the driest, flat est sandwich ever tried to chew intoI
 Waiter-Why, here's your sandwich You ate your checkIPittsburgh PreR.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-16

COUGH DROPS, Admin istered on sugar. Acts almost tn- staRtly. The prescription of an eDainenE physician. Keller Bros The ean-ToS Drug store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
|DR. ]. A, BRYAN AT LOCAL VETERINARY
 Widely Known Pa s t o r
 Breaks Down After 27
 Years of Service

For practically the first time in 27 years the Rev. J. A. Bryan, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church was absent from church service, here or elsewhere, last night, and his many friends Will regret to learn that he is at local hospital for treatment. Recently Dr. Bryan vis- tied the military camp at Macon, Ga, where he held services for the soldiers. He contracted a severe cold and came back much indisposed.
 For some months past pr. Bryan has been ailing. his principal trouble being physical exhaustion, said to have been brought on by overwork. The condition of their beloved pastor has given his congregation much concern, and yester- day at the morning service they pre-
 vailed on him to go to a local hospital
 for treatment, to which proposition he
 reluctantly consented. Members of the
 congregation say it was the only way
 they could get Dr. Bryan to rest up
 Dr. John G. Hopping, one of the elders
 of the church. stated last night that the
 attendint. physicians announce that Dr..
 Bryan's recovery depends greatly on rest
 and quictncss and suggests that the nu- merous friends of the universally beloved minister take due notice of the warning of the physicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
IRE PARTMENT ! KEPT BUSY SUNDAY
 ! BY FREQUENT CALLS
|Forty-Eight Alarms Record ed Sunday-Eighty-Four Calls Answered Since
 Saturday
Statement November 20. i917
 rSnITR RCES

1 Fire departments in Birmingham ex- |perienced their busiest day in several months yesterday. From midnight Sat urday until a late hour last night total of 35 alarms were answered in the city. In the suburbs 13 alarms were recorded Lmaking a grand total of 4S alarms an Iswered for the day in the entire city by |all stations.
 Only one of the number gave the city s Hire fighters any trouble. The home of M. D. Tynes, 17O5 Twelfth avenue, south, sustained the largest loss from fire damage to a. residence in some time, es-
 timated at $50oO.
 On Saturday the fire department also
 had busy day. Twenty-nine calls were answered in the city, excluding the sub- urbs. Only seven calls were recorded in the stations of the outlying districts The fires were scattered in all parts Of the city, Woodlawn and East Lake with 15 alarms, had the largest numoei of fires in any district.
 | Assistant Fire Chief Aitken places the cause for the increased business in the sudden change of the weather. F1res have been built" he said, 'in some places where they have not been previously 1ol months, and in some cases years, 'snc in many residences the flues have become defective, and as result the sparks set I tied on the roofs causing the fires Considering the number of calls an K Aered, which is S4, for the past tive days the fire department made a gooo grecord in keeping the fire loss down
 as with two exceptions the loss has peer very small. All the alarms came from | the residential part of the city. Iners | was not a call from the business section
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
Thousands of Tobacco Kits Deliuered 10 Boys
 m France Christmas
Delay ill Return Post Cards Explained as Red Cross Apparently Held Up Shipments to Be
 Delivered to Boys During Christmas

The Age-Herald tobacco fund has already provided for sending nearly 1000 kits of smoking tobacco to the soldier boys in France and each kit contains 45 cents worth of smokes.
 Each kit also contains a stamped postcard addressed to the person whose contribution made it possible to send it to a soldier. Although The Age-Herald fund was started last Au- gust and contributions have been made almost daily, so far as known none of the postcards of acknowledgment have yet been received in Birmingham from France.
 An investigation was started to inquire
 into the delay in getting the tobacco to the boys and letter fro mthe tobacco company which is supplying the kits, dated December "A, contains the follow ing information:
 We have been very anxious for sometime to speed up the acknowl- edgements by postal card of the to- bacco kits sent to ouar soldiers in France, and we have had our repre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
4STUDY YOUR B|bLE" ADVICE 0F PREACHER
Dr. Edmonds Speaks to a Large Congregation at
 Lyric Last Night

"The Hidden Years in the Life of monds' sermon at the Lyric last night. He spoke of the only light on these silent years, the finding of the boy, Jesus in the temple.
 'sThat nature had been his teacher was evident from his constant drawing upon nature for his wonderful illus trations "The lilies of the field;' The out to SOW, shows that the book of the great 'out-of-doors' had been read with understanding.
 That Jesus made close study of men was evident throughout His min istry. He need not that anyone should tell Him. he knew the nature of men, He came up in a town where one knows more people, but not so well He knew men to be gracious and ten der and kindly, and He firmly believed in the sonship of men with God, and saw the God quality beneath many un- lovely things, that you and I with our frequently jaundiced vision do not find, and so miss vast riches in friend ship and comradeship. because we dc not look close enough.
 "The Bible was a book that He was thoroughly familiar with. as evidenced by the frequent quotations from the Old Testament that occur all through His sayings. If yo uwould know the finest English. study the Bible; if you would form the finest character, study the Bible; if you would achieve ulti- mate satisfaction, which is the abiding presence of God, study tho Bible" was the advice of the preacher as he closed.
 At the morning service. Dr. Edmonds spoke of "The Threshold" the New Year, with the tremendous possibili- ties that 1t extends to the individual men and women and to the world at large Pleading for a wise and prayerful choice in the way of con, duct for the coming year. he made 3 profound impression upon the large congregations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31

sentatives in Franke make an investi- gaticp. He has just cabled us as fol- lows:
 Sixteen hundred cases kits on hand American Red Cross. Will all be delivered by Christmas
 "AS you know, before we presented to you for consideration the tobacco fund plan, We had secured the CO., operation of the American Red Cross to transport all kits to France and deliver them to the boys. Major Murphy is head of the American Red Cross in France, and all shipments are consigned to him. The first ship nient of kits was made to him in Au- gust, and while the transportation to the other side is not so very much de- layed, when the goods reach Bor- deaux CT any port in France, the congestion of the railroad service is so great that the time they arrive in Paris is very uncertain, and it. is not safe to figure on gods being de- livel cd in Paris under two or three months. Then there is considerable delay occasioned by the necessity of reshipment from Paris to our troops
 I've are writing you about this. as your readers may have felt some anxiety due to the fact that not many postal cards have. been received as yet. However, now that we under. stand thoroughly why deliveries are so slow, and furthermore, as We know there are so many kits on hand that will be delivered by Christmas, we feel that you might want to give your readers the information that we have heen able to give you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31

Birmingham has developed the most original and most unique chicken thief in America. and this city is willing to, put him up against all corners for getting results.
 He is said to be large, black, glib of tongue and usually rides in a ramshackle buggy or wagon, with an appearance of having just come from the country, with a chicken coop strapped on the back of his vehicle, and he always has some fine bred fowls for sale.
 His method of operation is abso- lutely new and is said to yield per- feet results. He carries with him large gas bag with tube in one end. This tube is inserted in the chicken house, the gas is squirted among the fowls and they are tenn porarily asphyxiated. He then re- moves them all in peace and quiet and when they regain conscious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
TINES RESIDENCE
 DAMAGED BY FIRE

The residence of M. D. Tynes, TO, Twelfth avenue, south, was seriously damaged by fire yesterday afternoon about 80 o'clock. The blaze completely destroyed the roof of the structure, and serious damage resulted to household furnishings from the water poured on the fire.
 According to Mr. Tynes, his family was seated at the dinner table when the alarm was turned in by neighbors. The roof was complete mass of flames be- fore the fire department arrived. Good work by the firemen alone prevented the blaze from spreading.
 No estimate of the damage would be made by MT. Tynes. The loss, which is expected to reach over 5000. is fully GOV cred by insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
LAST DAY FOR THE PAYMENT OF TAXES
 WITHOUT PENALTY

Taxpayers today face their last opportunity of paying tax and as- scssing their real and personal property without the payment of delinquency fee.
 For the past week the offices of both the collect rOand the assess sor have been filled with the late corners. and today the clerks are preparing for big rush. as there are yet many who have failed to show up.
 A fee of Soc will be collected after today by the assessor, and aft CT February 1. nm increase in as- segment of 10 per ccDt will be made.
 The collectors office will charge Interest on the amount due mt the rate of eight per cent per annum for the period of delinquency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
LOCAL CHICKEN THIEF USES GAS TO
 ASPHYXIATE FOWLS AND TASK IS EASY

which were plainly visible yester- day morning.
 This man never takes anything but fine fowls and he sells only to those who want to purchase fine stock. He always has 8 pedigree at hand and can give all the deA tails of how the chickens were raised from infancy. Only few days-ago he Is said to have sold a coop of fine chickens on Twen- tieth street to someone in front of the First National bank. It is un- derstood that sometime ago he be- came a little too reckless and served a term of something like six months, but he is said now to have a system which defies capture and detection.
 However, anyone who is offered some White Leghorns in the next few days might be able to get some results if he inquires with especial care into their pedigree and pre- vious home surroundings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
Increased Earnings Due to Growth of Population of
 Birmingham District
BIG CHRISTMAS RUSH
 WAS HANDLED WELL
Installation of a Star Route With Motor Trucks as Means of Trans portation Among Changes
 to Be Made

'"Tomorrow the Birmingham postof- flee will begin the year with the best record in it's existence" said Postmas- ter R. B. Smyer last night. "The earn ings of the past month will approxi- mate $S0,o00, as compared to the s57,- 900 of last December.
 T attribute the increase largely to the growth in population, only about 20 per cent of it being occasioned by the increased rates of postage. Accord ing to the former calculations of popu- lation based upon the postal earnings, which have proven fairly accurate, I estimate that the population of the city of Birmingham has increased In the past year by about 25,o00 and that the district served by this office has about 4o,00O more inhabitants.
 "rhe Christmas rush this year was so only in name. The mail was handled more expediently than in ordinary times, if there could be line of dis tinction drawn. The packages were hardly allowed to touch table before being dispatched, and continuous stream of letters kept the big cancell- ing machines humming and pumping all day. All the wagons and carriers necessaries at the season were pro- cured in time and all mail matter, both received and dispatched was handled with the utmost efficiency.
 "The most radical change to be made in the operation of the postoffice sys- tenn during the coming year, believe is the installation of star route, prob ably between Birmingham and Mont gomery, using a motor truck as means of transportation. This has been dis cussed quite extensively of late, and is soon to be put into practical operation in my opinion.
 Tt seems to be the logical way tc handle the short distance exchange ot mail, possessing many advantages moi found in the present system and over coming many of the disadvantages now evident. I believe that within the nex, 5 or 10 years practically all of the mai transported over short distances will be handled by motor trucks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
ATLANTA RECEIVES
 FAT FEDERAL PLUM
Reported Here That War
 Department Will Build $2,OOO,OOO Repair Shop

Reports have reached Birmingham that Atlanta is to get another fat federal plum.
 This time it is to be a s2,o00,0oo repair shop unit to care for the army camps in the southeastern states. The War oepart- inent is to build these units, and, as- cording to the reports, one is to go to Atlanta, one to Fl Paso and one to Bal timore.
 Each shop will require a 50-acre site, the shop building will be one story high, 700 feet long and TOO feet wide, with Il acres of concrete floor space. Each will have railroad sidings on three sides.
 So far as known there had been no information received in Birmingham that such shops were to be built until the reports came that the sites had been chosen by the war department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
SOUTHERN TOURS
Association to Compile Routes Be- tween Points of Interest

The great favor with which the pro- posals of the Southern Tours association to compile maps of many interesting routes south, has been received by the northern people, has given new impetus and added incentive to the work. Bir- minghanl will be the Rome" of the South, as all roads will lead to this point, and thence to New Orleans for a western
 route and through Florida Tor the east
 ern tours. The state and national high ways will be designated in the maps as far as practical.
 The association will meet at the Tut wiler early in the year when the plans will be completed and the several routes officially designated. Delegates from the following cities will be present: St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati. Louisville. Nash vile Knoxville, Chattanooga, Birming-
 ham, Montgomery, Mobile, Jacksonville and New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
M GILLIAN BOYS EXPRESS THANKS Full of Gratitude for Enter tainment in Birmingham
 During Holidays

The Age-Herald is in receipt of rtu- merous letters from the boys of ,{he Blue and Cray division at Camp Mo Clellan, Anniston. particularly from vir- ginians, now in camp there. asking that their thanks and gratitude be expressed to the people of Birmingham for the de- |lightful manner in which they were en- tertained here at Christmas time and during the holiday season.
 There are so many of the letters that they cannot all be printed, but they are practically all in the same vein and are written with such feeling of apprecia- tion that it should be gratifying to those who helped entertain the boys to have been the means of giving them so much pleasure when they could not be at their own homes for Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31

ness they are far from their happy home.
 The fowls are then offered for sale, most frequently on the down. town streets, and he usually ap- pears with his wares about sum- down.
 What kind of gas he uses is a mystery. It may be an importation from Germany and it may be nec- essary for everyone in Birming- ham who has valuable chickens to provide them with gas masks.
 The latest victim of his cunning Is Mrs. Catherine Erswell, who lives on Cliff Road. Saturday night she lost IS White Leghorns of fine stock. which had been raised by J. C. Moses, editor of the Weekly Age Herald. A pair of large pliers had been used to snip the lock on the chicken house, the birds had been gassed and the entire flock loaded into the wagon, the tracks of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
Coldest Weather m Years Experienced
 h City Yesterday
Temperature Went to Eight Degrees Above Zero and Was Coldest Day of Year With One Ex-
 ception-Warm Weather Promised Today

promised Birmingham today. Observer
 Horton of the Fountain Heights observa- tory stated last night that although the
 change would not be a great one, that the mercury would rise to such an ex- tent that life out-of-doors would prove to he more enjoyable.
 With the temperature yesterday down to degrees above zero, it proved to be, with one exception, the coldest day expe- rienced by the inhabitants since Janu- ary II, 1911, when the mercury also stood at above. The exception occurred Feb ruary 3. 1917. when the semi fluid was caught lowering about the mark indicat- ling . temperature of ' degrees above zero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
PIONEER CITIZEN
 CALLED TO REWARD
William G. Montgomery Dies of Heart Failure-Funeral This Afternoon
 From Residence

Another pioneer citizen of Birming- ham was called to his reward early Sunday morning when death came tc MT. William c. Montgomery. after an illness of about two weeks. Heart trouble was the cause
 MT. Montgomery was brother of the late Col. J. A. Montg omery, who died only few weeks ago. He was member of the firm of Dewberry & Montgomery, and had been in busi- ness in this city for many years. He is survived by his widow, two sons and 8 daughter. The sons are James Nelson Montgomery and William Ga briel Montgomery, and the daughter is Miss Hattie Earl Montgomery.
 It was as a civil engineer en- gagged in the construction of the old Georgia Pacific railroad, now the Southern. that MT. Montgomery came to Birmingham. in 1882. He entered business later, being a member of the Smith & Montgomery Stationery com pany.
 MT. Montgomery was one of the charter members of the Handley Me- morial Presbyterian church, a mem- Der of tho board of elders. and had long been superintendent of the Sun- day school. Two weeks before his death, at a special service held in the Handley Memorial Cnurcn, n1S- torical sketch of the church was read and in it. attention was called to the fact that MT. Montgomery was the only one of the 70 charter members active in the church at that time. Ev- cry member of the church and Sum- day school was devoted to him, and his death caused profound sorrow when 1t was announced Sunday morn- ing.
 The elder son of MT. Montgomery James N, is now. in China, where he went recently to engage in missionary work. He arrived in Hong Kong only week ago.
 The funeral of MT. Montgomery will take place from the family residence IS27 South Thirtieth Street, al ! o'clock Monday afternoon. intermenI in Oak Hill cemetery. The Handley Memorial church being without a pas. tor at this time, the services will bs conducted by Dr. Albert Sidney John son, pastor of the South Highlands Presbyterian church. The pallbearers , will be: Dr. J. H. Phillips, J. R. Dew berry, J. R. Hornady. w. K. Monroe J. H. Minto, J. H. McCune. R. H. Pouge and Judge J. P. Stiles.
 MT. Montgomery was native of vir-
 ,nia. He was one of the gentlest most 1ovable of men. and his death will be widely mourned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
REGISTRAR MORRIS
 AT CITY HALL TODAY
Prospective Voters of Precinct 3 Given Opportunity to
 Qualify

County Registrar N. F. Morris will be at the city hall today in order that those men who are eligible of precinct 37 may register. Tomorrow and from that date rnti January B. he will remain at the courthouse in order to register anyone in the county, entitled to registration. who has failed to do so already. spe- cial notice has been issued by Mir. Nor ris to all who have moved to Jefferson county from other counties, who are holding life certificates issued in other counties, that they will be required tc ra-register in Jefferson county, and that January Is the last day upon which this may 6e done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31

January 25, 1905. temperature of de- grees above vas recorded; February IA the samo year, it descended to only above; on December 20. 1901, 1t tQok d drop to above. but the record 1of all records was made on February &. 1899, when general cold wave struck &nko1 the south, and the local observat noted a temperature 10 degrees below zero.
 This is the coldest weather recorded in this section of the country since 1871, when the observatories in Montgomery, Mobile and other points made record of more Arctic weather, but the cold of 1S99 is probably the most severe in the recol- lection of any of Birminghams inhabit- ants. M