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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

At least one of those congressman
who have been sent to Hawaii at gov
eminent expense to investigate \con-
ditions should have been ticketed to
Berlin. And there are probably others
in the bunch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

This is time when partisan politics
and dissentious hobbies and isms
should be relegated to the rear and
genuine patriotism advanced to the
front.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

Senators J. Ham Lewis, L. Y. Sher-
man and Representative Rainey are
all of the same mind in demanding
that pro-enemies should be given the
option Of either changing their tactics
or facing firing squad. Exactly our
sentiments.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

It is announced that the fifth Mrs.
Nat Goodwin will tear loose from the
bonds of matrimony. If she does Nat
will doubtless take it as a mere matter
of course, and begin to look around for
another plaything.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

The chief of police of Minneapolis
claims the medal for abatement of
vice in that city. Then where does
Sheriff Langum come in? If Harthill
is given medal it should be of tin
while Langum is entitled to a golden
star,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

It begins to look as if labor troubles
in the Twin Cities and elsewhere
throughout the country were engin-
eered and financed by enemies of the
United States. Most of the strikes
and walkouts are without excuse or
justification.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

Any association or organization
that has for it's object the promotion
of patriotism, Strengthening the hands
of the government and stamping out
seditious sentiment is commendable
and should be encouraged. But there
is such thing as overriding this or
ganization business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

Better roads would enable the
farmers to haul larger loads of their
products to market, and that means a
saving in manpower and horsepower,
hence better roads are a war neces-
sity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06

"a Cleveland chef is trying to work
out an inexpensive banquet" says
the Minneapolis Journal. Those con-
gressional junketers who have gone to
Hawaii could probably assist him-the
government is footing their bills,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-06
There is one ism the Union stands
for all the ime-Americanism.

Governor Burnquist may have made
mistakes-none Of our governors were
infallible-but he averages up well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
A HERO TO YOUR LIKING

Emerson Housh. in Southern Woman s
 Magazine.
 When writer comes to the fashionng of hero usually he wants a tall young man--the ladies love that sort. Meri- wether Lewis was a tall, young man, goodly in inches and in thews. A hero must have courage or the ladies will not ever showed more courage than he did? question if Christopher Columbus ever needed more courage or ever showed more than Meriwether Lewis
 A hero must be a trifle of an elegant also, else the ladies will not like him
 Meriwether Lewis was once called "a splendid dandy" He was not only Pres | ident Thomas Jefferson's business as- l sistant. but his social secretary as well ! and arbiter of good form in the early days of Washington.
 The ladies like a hero with a past with a certain air of melancholy about | him. NoNauthor need imagine these l things for Meriwether Lewis-there was
 mystery and romance in all his life. Deac at 35 years of age, he died as he had l lived, surrounded still with a very halo
 of mystery, enveleped in a splendid reti. cence which shielded him against all the
 world. That mystery exists even today
 The full story of his life has never beer
 told and may never be told. In short i he was hero, with all the elements ol keroism. Of him certainly it migh, be written that he lived always a gen
 tleman unafraid Officer, gentleman, sol
 dier, statesman, born leader and borr
 lover-why imagine heroes when sucf | as this exist!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
POTASH IN UNITED STATES
By HOLLAND

New York, June 11.-(Special )--William G. Gladding, who is associated with one of the largest industries of Providence, is now preparing an exhaustive report based upon extensive and painstaking in- vestigations into our native supply of potash and the commercial opportunities which this new field of industry may open.
 There Is no doubt that in the United States a great deal of potash in natu- ral state can be found But there is grave doubt whether as@yet science has found a way to recover 1t from ore or from other original sources. so that capi- tai may be persuaded to undertake such production of American potash as will, after the war, make the United States independent of Germany. The government is cooperating in this work, having es- tablished a considerable plant in the Pa cific for the gathering of kelp and the re- covery of the potash which is known to exist in that seaweed. Private capital has also established a plant off the Pa cific coast, having been persuaded evi- dently that some economical methods of
 
 has been discovered. This private capi- tai, according to MT. Gladdings informa tion, represents already an investment of $1, ,00O, 900, and the plant has succeeded In recovering potash from kelp which has been sent to the east What the amount is and what would be the cost of extracting are known only to the cour- ageous men who are engaged in this ven ture.
 Provided by-products of kep, and espe- cially iodine, can be recovered in suffi- cient quantities to pay the cost of re- covering the potash that is in kelp, then very important problem will have been solved, since the kelp beds upon the Pa cific coast are or vast extent, and this seaweed grows rapidly again after 1t has been cut. The chemists have discov- cred that it can be made to yield other by-products than iodine, but have not yet learned whether these can be recovered
 in sufficient amounts to make the under taking commercially advantageous.
 Of one thing, those who have fnvesti- gated this subject feel assured. For in- stance, Dr. Pierre de P. Ricketts, for merly professor of analytical chemistry at Columbia university, agrees with MT. Gladding that however successful science and capital may be in recovering potash from American minerals ana kelp, even though the amount be all that is neces- sary for American agricultural and com roercial purposes, nevertheless after the war with Germany is ended, the Ger mans can place upon the American mar ket their own potash at price against winch the American producers cannot compete. Dr. Ricketts thinks that the only way to offset this German advan- tage and to make the United States great potash producing nation, would be by the enactment of a tariff upon for eign potash.
 The experts are satisfied that the Ger mans could, provided the government did not impose an export tax, place German potash upon the American market at a maximum price of S20 and perhaps $15 ton, although the customary price ranged around $40 a ton.
 There are other American sources of supply than kelp which have given science opportunities for careful research
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Work at MontevalIo

''The summer school opened fine, said Dr. T. w. Palmer, the capable president of the Alabama Girls Tech nical institute at Montevallo. We eX- pect to render the state real serv- ice in the very practical work that we are going to do am looking for ward with great interest to the can ming contest which is always one Of the features of the school It promises to be more exciting this year than ever before, as more of the girls have been getting ready to have a part. Mrs. Mathis and those actively en- gagged in the various counties in en- listing the girls deserve great thanks. It is going a long way to help solve the food situation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Why is it that ice water never tastes as good the night before as it does the morning after?
 Once in while an old married man gets sentimental and takes his cud of to- bacco out of his mouth long enough to kiss his wife.
 A woman may be strong-willed enough to make her husband join her church. But she can't make him quit smoking. two years and it will never think of leak ing until he puts it into the pocket of a white vest.
 Why do people say that girls are crazy about uniforms. They are not It is the men in the uniforms that attract the girls.
 Men do not understand women. And women are also fooled occasionally.
 What has become of the old-fashioned woman who used to roast her own coffee beans?
 The long haired male reformers can rave all they please. You can bet that if girl has that kind of a shape, she is going to wear that kind of clothes.
 The reason why they figure that two will be able to live as cheaply as one IS because she doesn't expect him to spend any of his salary and he doesn't expect her to spend any of it. We have given the sawdust evangelists many a good idea gratis. And here's an- other. Why not install steam calliope in the Tabernacle" and play the rag time hymns on 1t? mans wife may not know much about the higher criticism. But the kind she hands him sends him up in the air. If you can't-set a boy to spade up the back lot by threatening him, why not try diplomacy? Tell him that he can go fish ing tomorrow and to go out in the back lot and dig up a can of worms. When a man is being lured in, he never stops to think that he will have to fight his way out.A
 | You may have noticed that the mer- l chant who will change dollar for you cheerfully, even if you don't buy any
 thing. usually has pretty good trade. {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
N0rthcliffe's Mission
 to the United States

ID ROBABLY no other man in Eng 4 land is so we'll fitted for the task which has brought Lord North cliffe to America. As head of the British war mission in this country, his ability as an organizer will prove invaluable, both to the United States and to Great Britain.
 Lord Northcliffe is the most suc- cessful publisher in England. The Northcliffe press exerts tremendous influence over British politics and is more powerful than any other single factor. It has been said that North cliffe, through his numerous pub lications, including the famous Lon- don Times, can make or mar any man in British public life. He is the power behind Lloyd George.
 The fact that Lord Northcliffe is so we'll known in America, where he has made many visits and has a wide ac- quaintance, will prove a great help to him in co-ordinating the various war activities of Great Britain in this country. He thoroughly understands Americans and their point of view. In fact much of his success has been due to the application of American methods to his publishing business, which was started on a small scale and rapidly developed to huge pro- portions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12

cern took over the Tennessee company. The negotiations were made hurriedly in the midst of a Wall street furry and for the purpose primarily of averting a panic of nationwide eff feet. But once in possession of the Tennessee company's plants and its vast raw material the new owners lost no time in developing and modernizing what has turned out to be one of it's most profitable sub sidiaries. The experimental stage is now we'll in the past. The Tennessee company's great future is more than assured No prophet of prosperity can overestimate Birmingham's prog ress within the next ten years.
 Not only will all lines of business hum this summer, but all the coal and iron companies in Alabama will be prepared to make large improve ments that were scarcely contem- plated year ago.
 The Steel corporations recent ac- tion has been immediately stimulat- ing and one of it's indirect effects will be the letting loose of new capi tai for varied upbuilding throughout the Birmingham district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Artistic Government Posters

Believe me- said John c. Henley, president of the Birmingham Publishing company, and connoisseur In art espe- cially the graphic arts, but the navy posters are certainly artistic. Take the Howard Chandler Christy one, with the swell girl in sailor costume, saying: Gee, I wish I was a man Why, it makes every red -blooded fellow who looks at it want to fight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Red Fox on Highlands

My son, Edward. and I were playing golf on the Country club links running alongside of Claremont avenue on yes terday," said S. T. Barnett "and to our amazement as we were getting ready to drive from the tee along ambled a big red fox in 50 feet of us, followed hotly by two hounds
 He crossed the links into Thirty-ei street, and when he got on the hill by Archie Carpenters he quietly looked back at his pursuers as much as to say, IT that's the best you can do, I'll have mighty little fun out of this race,' and disappeared over the hill"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Atta,la Loses Dr. White

''Dr. l. A. White, pastor of the First Baptist church of Attalla, preached his farewell sermon on Sunday" said R. O. Noojin, and the church and the city gave him up with great regret. He goes to his new field at Macon, Ga, with the good wishes of the entire community. as he Is man of scholarly habits and deep piety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
FRILLs AND PLEArs AND PATCHES

From the Cleveland Plaln Dedier.
 A wartime economy that will worry no one is likely to follow the edict of repre- sentatives of the nations clothing manu- facturers at Washington. Male Amer jeans will happily sacrifice the cuffs of their trousers, which gather small rub bish, and the patches that tend to rem der their pockets inaccessible. And Amer jeans of the other sex will gladly follow the style They always do.
 When style and economy pull together no one can beat the team. Frills and plaits and furbelows are doomed. Dresses will be more comfortableN as well as more sensible This is not horror Of war It is, instead, one of those indirect benefits which the optimistic philosophers like to talk about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
As Good or Better

T was placed in rather an awkward predicament Sunday afternoon at Capitol park" said Director Lawrence. was anxious to have minister offer an invo- cation as a fitting way of opening the community singing, but looking out into the great crowd I could not locate one. I then asked a friend to stir around ana see if he could find one, but his efforts were without avail. I then thought the best thing we could do would be to re- peat the Lords Prayer in unison. and this we did"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Adair,s Broken Finger

"Do you see that little finger?" said George Adair the big real estate opera tor of Atlanta. but better known as the father of Perry Adair, the great young golfer T got It broken when a lot of the Atlanta society boys were playing baseball against the Fort McPherson team. At the time I thought I was play ing in hard luck But now I show my finger with pride, as 1t was set by Gen. eral Wood I had no idea then that he was going to be the ranking general in the United States army"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
DEATH

By Alexander Pope.
 Vital spark of heavenly flame. Quit. oh, quit this mortal framel Trembling, hoping, lingering. living; Oh. the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease the strife, And let me languish into life! Hark. they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul; can this be death? The world recedes; it disappears Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears
 With sounds seraphic ring; Lend, lend your wings. I mount! I fly! o gravel where is thy sting?
 o death, where is thy sting?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Interest in Good
 Roads Days General

6N HERE should be more than usual
 0 interest in good roads days in Alabama this year-August IA and 15. Under the intelligent and busi- ness-like dire ction of the state high way commission Alabama has done we'll in the last two or three years Our good roads mileage increases steadily and some of the longest stretches of fine highway are those connecting cities and populous coun- ties.
 Alabama was the first state to set apart two days each year for a gen. eral turning out of citizens to "work" the roads. At the start the Alabama Good Roads association fostered the movement merely by appeals made through the press. Later it succeeded in having the legislature enact a law 
 making August IA and 15 official good roads days and providing for the issuance of bulletin by the high way commission sometime in advance of the dates presenting useful data and making practical suggestions on the latest economies in road-build- ing and road maintenance.
 Other states followed Alabama's lead and observed August IA and IS as good roads days. The observance the coming August promises to be very general and enthusiastic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Birraimghana's s New
 Stride Beginming

I'M EVER has the Birmingham dis z V trict's industrial or financial future seemed so bright as now. The United States Steel corporations an- nouncement that it will expend $11,- 100000 here in building new plants and do it promptly and vigorously" is of even greater significance, as Richard H. Edmonds pointed out in his telegraphic communication to The Age Herald of Monday, than the ac- quisition of the Tennessee company's properties ten years ago.
 The entrance of the Steel corpora tion into this district had, of course, far-reaching effect on values in this section. It marked new era in Bir- mingham's industrial progress. But the $32, ,000, 900 already expended here by the corporation on expansion will lock small when compared with the money that will be spent within the next few years.
 It was an experiment, economically considered, when the great steel con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Proud of Record

"I am glad to know that Berney Love- man has sufficiently recovered from an operation for appendicitis to return to camp at Montgomery said E. M Berk. He is passionately fond of military hfe' and I know it means much for him 10 get back to his company. His many friends are proud of the record he IS making as sergeant in Company k. Fourth Alabama infantry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Must be Aroused
From Their Apathy

1T EDuIu 8GS4G 6SlPdSSGUW
 WNTHY has the sale of liberty WV bonds been dragging? It can not be because people are too poor to buy them. It cannot be because the governments credit is not of the gilt-edged sort. It cannot be because the treasury department has failed to make plain the details of the $2,000,- GOO, ,00O bond issue, and it would be distressing to think that the Ameri- can people had so soon lost their pa triotic fervor.
 The $2,0O0, 100000 loan should have been oversubscribed a week ago, but with only few days of the original schedule left half billion or more of the issue remains untaken. The trouble has been apathy, pure and simple. Hundreds of thousands of stanch American citizens made up their minds when the liberty bonds were first announced that they would subscribe. And they will, but, fol- lowing bad habit, they have put it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Liberty Bond Spirit

"The best thing I have ever run across in the liberty loan campaign" said Lige Chanler, man who always keeps his ear close to the ground and knows what Birmingham is doing and thinking, Twas when one of the drivers of the Gulf States Oil com pany's wagons told me that he had bought four $50 bonds, two for himself and two for his boy. If everybody shows such spirit the issue will be oyersubScrib ed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
VALUABLE INFORMATION
the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star
 Learn anything new while you was up to Kay See, Emory?" asked neighbor who had stayed at home.
 You betcha*' replied citizen of Periwinkle, who was just back from the big burg. T found out that in a re- volving door is a durn poor place to drop nickel and try to pick it up again..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12

BEGINNING THE DAY-A bless ing over food. Gracious God, be Thou the unseen guest at our table. Re- strain our appetites, chasten our conversation, purify our thoughts. Grant us gratitude for Thy good gifts, and that love and laughter which shall make even poor food rich and weak digestion strong. Amen.-H. M. K.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
THE KILLING PASSION

THE RULING PASSION "Jibway is such confirmed fan that he applies baseball slang to every con- ceivable situation
 I've met men like that" For instance, the other day Jibway attended what was expected to be a wedding ceremony. The bridegroom failed to show up. There was much excitement and confusion. The bride was so an- gry she vowed she would marry any man who would take the missing bridegroom's s place..
 well, wellw
 That was when Jibway sang out, Is there a pinch hitter present?'' '
 A PROUD MAN We know 8 certain citizen,
 AS pompous as can be, Who has air that seems to say,
 Just take a look at me!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
MAKING TT UNANIMOUS
the Talledag Home.

F TOm IH6 IdIItudS 1IU1IIt And day of reckoning is also coming for the professional politician who puts selfish expediency before patriotism Birmingham Age Herald Amen to that, and all the people say Amen" Heaven speed the dae.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-12
Praise. women,. Work

T want to compliment the women reg istrars for their efficiency and faith fulness," said w. K. Terry. T was as- ton Day and they reported at a. m. and worked until p. m. without mur- mur. am more than ever convinced that they ought to be permitted to vote"