The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-11

From Making the Makers of Victory"
 by Mai E. Alexander Powell, in the
 March Scribner.
 TIT it situated, then in the extreme
 upper left-hand corner of the Uni = ted States where the fir-clad slopes of the Cascades sweep down to the, rag ged shores of Puget Sound and where,
 in the limpid waters of American lake, is reflected the majestic bulk of Mount Rainier, that mighty cone of ice and snow which rears itself thousand feet higher than the Jurgfrau.
 As the mobilization point for recruits from the eight westernmost states and the territory of Alaska, Camp Lewis is essentially the camp of the frontier Here are gathered the men who have been summoned from the orange groves and oil fields of California, from the apple orchards of Oregon, from the lumber camps of Washington. from the cattle ranges of Montana, from the ranches of Wyoming, from the mines Of Utah and Nevada and Idaho. from the gold fields of the Yukon-the men or the sons of the men who have tanned the west.
 Probably nowhere else in the world are foregathered so many representatives of that picturesque but fast-disappear- through Sandusky looking ahead, l saw strange sign on the side of a store. It read: "Sandusky Sal" , thought it was curious advertise ment, but as drew closer l could see 1 that it was silent witness of a great 1 change in the character of the yi.- lage It was mute evidence of tic
 passing of King Alcohol, for obedent
 to the law, the proprietor had painted l cut loon" in saloon, and just left Sal"
 1 The party, consisting of MT. and
 Mrs. Charles Craven and son. Charles.
 Jr.: Frank S. White, IT. P. Hay, Jr.. 1 and I were out in the interest of the 1 food preparedness and market bureau and the men were billed to speak at | the courthouse at Il a. m. Breck Mus grove met us at the Hotel Cranford. where we were his guests at dinnes.
 and took us over to the speaking place.
 Judge Thomas Sowell presided. The courthouse was filled with an appre- l ciative crowd. The thing I liked most was the presence of the high school boys and girls. I opened the speakinS and Captain White closed
 Walker county is getting ready to utilize her school children in a.. bIs way. It is going to prove an innova- I ton not only in Alabama but in America. but it is worth a separate story and will come later. It will I be just teaser to state that the school commissioners bought $13,00t
 worth of garden seeds for the ehil- dren and that already 400 bushels oi sweet potatoes have been bedded, set
 ting ready to turn the slips over {.
 them to set out Jefferson county will
 have to look to her laurels as ths
 greatest sweet potato producing coun ty in Alabama.
 After dinner we motored over l. l Cordova and were taken in hand b. Manly Johnston, the banker. Afte
 canvassing the situation, it wa thought wise to open up on a stree corner. The air was clear and man, VI people were basking in the sunshine or walking about. The main thorough fare was a busy scene--the passage 0 wagons. the honk -honk of the auto mobiles. or the rushing past of tn passenger and freight trains made i
 n, easy thing to be heard. As no on seemed anxious to begin. l modestl
 volunteered and soon had the street It blocked.
 Manly Johnsson and several cordo