The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-08
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

D'o'AN VI revenue In JenerSon county uP in the air.
 But there were others. It's been the bete noir of nearly every similar set of officials in the southern states.
 I met Dr. Lovelady yesterday and asked him if there had been any trouble since the recent adjustment of the un- happy differences between his board and the state and government inspectors, and he said none had been reported.
 I had taken an active part in trying to compose the situation here in Jefferson county and had read up and was fairly we'll acquainted with the literature of dipping, but l had never seen COW dipped.
 And so Wednesday, when Sid Lee, Henry Badham and J. w. Oden invited me out to barbecue and cattle dipping, I had two incentives to accept. The bar becue would have assured my presence without the dipping, but was glad to witness the animal rite which has caused nearly as much discussion as the re- liglous ceremony.
 At a. m. the following party boarded a Central of Georgia train for Sterrets: Sid Lee, Henry Badham, J. w. Oden, Will Bason, J. D. Heacock and J. E. Dunaway. Arriving at the depot we were driven out to "The Oaks.'
 Soft drinks, coal, lumber, law, medi- cine packing industry, breeding expert, cattle buyer, real estate, and newspaper man all coming together to sit on the question as to whether the cattle indus try could be made to pay within a ra- dues of 50 miles of Birmingham
 
 It was fun to hear the owners of the ranch kid one another. The first thing to attract Henry Badham's attention was lot of salt rock scattered in the pasture near the house. He said Sid Lees only thought. waking or sleeping, was about Buffalo Rock" (his famous ginger ale), and therefore he had about bankrupted the ranch in buying a ton
 @ON@Ai a buffalo to lick 1t, he had compromised by substituting bull who was placidly licking a big boulder of salt rock Some bull" said Henry.
 Sid, to get even, said he never could get Henry to view "The Oaks" as a ranch or farm, but every time he tried to walk over it with his coal operator friend, that Henry was busy picking up rocks or looking at seams, and saying, Sid, old boy, there's coal on this land. I'm going to send out lot of experts to drill.''
 It was hardly fair to MT. Oden, the lumber man, to have both his partners Jump on him as the party was riding through the property. Frank" they said, Josh is talking about goats, sheep and cows and farming, but he ain't studying them at all He is just picking out pine trees to have cut down. and Just as soon as we get back to town he is going to slip out here and set up a dinky sawmill and he won't leave a tree stand ing on the place.
 l was surprised beyond measure to find that they had eOO0 acres under wire and aoout 5oo head of cattle, but the amazing thing was that despite the fact that they had bought the culls of the market and shipped them out to pasture they had found enough grass to fatten without having to be fed at all.
 
 This fact was a source of wonder to such experienced cattle men as Lewis, head of the Birmingham Packing com pany; Herren, one of the biggest buyers of cattle in the district, and Dunaway the great breeding expert of Orrville MT Herren had sold them most of their stock and he could hardly believe they were the same cattle that he had shipped them He was ready to buy back car load that he said were ready for market at substantial increase over what they had paid him for them only three months before.
 Here is what heartened me: If the old cutover pine timber lands can be utilized so easily and so proftably to- fatten stock, Alabama ought to be able to raise it's meat without any trouble It's strange how some men can see things. Who ever dreamed that Lee, Badham and Oden would be the ones to show Alabama a way to get it's meat cheap?
 
 They talked as amateurs, but Lewis, Herren and Dunaway spoke with author ity and what they said carried weight for each one knows the cattle game from a different angle. Lewis, the packer; Herren, the trader and Dunaway, the breeder, looked the situation over and pronounced it good
 Birmingham says soft drinks is going to make Sid Lee rich; that coal will cause Henry Badham to be magnate, while lumber will acclaim Josh Oden a king, but take it from me, and I'm not kidding" goats sheep and cattle are going to be the money trinity that will make them comfortable in their old age
 But about the dipping. I like to ha e forgotten it. |. beat corn-shucking to death, a log-rolling is a tame affair in comparison. The neighborhood turned out and everybody had a good time hust- ling "Old Sookey' into taking a bath l saw 325 dipped and not a one scared, killed or drowned. Dr. B. B. Strickler a