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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
Extending Permanent
 Highway Mileage

MCPHERSON COUNTY is going 0 forward in good road building, and the board of revenue is planning for a substantial extension of its perma- nent highway system.
 According to present estimates three hundred thousand dollars, of which fifty thousand will come from the federal treasury, is to be expended on road improvement this year. While road-making as it was known in former years marked distinct ad- vance it's construction was of flimst character compared with the roads demanded today to accommodate the rapidly increasing motor truck traffic. The time must soon come when only paved roadbeds will be seen on Ala bama's principal thoroughfares. In the meanwhile the county authorities here are cutting out work of far reaching value.
 It has been demonstrated that paved roads, even if the first cost is high, are along the lines of economy. And with Jefferson county's growth in population and its industrial expan- sion nothing less than the best type of road will prove adequate and &C., ceptable.
 The greater part of the fund at the disposal of the board of revenue will be expended within the limits of Bir- mingham, but something like one hundred thousand dollars will be ap- piled to highway construction outside.
 The board is to be commended for it's present activity. It is doing all that is possible with it's limited reve- nue, but what can be done and should be done in the near future is the Notation of a road bond issue of mill lions of dollars. Let the people lose no time in voting such an issue and authorizing the board to build paved roads in every direction.
 Especially needed is first-class highways to the Warrior river terni- nals. This need is indeed imperative, but it can be met on fitting scale perhaps only by large expenditure that would be possible from the sale of bonds.
 Give the people an opportunity to vote the bonds and it is safe to say the majority at the polls in favor of the proposition would be overwhelm- ing. No outlay could pay the county so we'll or yield such rich returns to the property or business interests of Ithis great industrial center. And now lis the time to move in the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
ENLIGHTENING WASHINGTON

From the New York Sun.
 The state department now has at least a little useful information as to recent happenings in the Tampico oil fields. A detailed list of 113 bandit raids since August. 1917, has been filed with the department, compiled from official sources" Perhaps the government had already heard ru- mors of all this, but 1t has given little evidence of being aware that condi- tions in Mexico are not idyllic.
 Besides the murder serious assaults upon American men-and women-the theft of more than $1S0.000 gold and destruction of s5o,o0o worth of prop erty included in this list (from of- ficial sources), it shows complicity in the raids on -the part of Carranza' s federal troops who were supposed to be there to keep order. It is at least step in advance that some ono has told the state department something about 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
IF THE AGES WE'RE A DREAM

Stephen Moylan Bird. in Contemporary Verse. What if the lapse of ages were dream, From which we walked, clutching the
 primal bough, @ Seeing familiar thunder-piercing crags Vast dripping woods. and saurian-be-
 dewed swamps, That wearied the new heavens with
 their noise, Wild seas. that maddened, foaming,
 ever gnawed At fog-wrapped cliffs, and roaring in
 defeat. Ran to eye-wearying distance without All things familiar; but our dull ape Troubled with visions vague; the hun Of the great sabred tiger far below Seeming in our wild dream the thun-
 d'rous sound Of hurting heated monsters. made of
 steel And the God scattered worlds that
 gem the sky Seeming in vision dread the blinding
 glare Of myriad windows in huge range on
 range Of mountain buildings. teeming Ser
 with life. The wallowing pleiosrurius' gurgling snort Changed in our dreams to ryhthmic,
 panting road Of black insensate steel amphibians, Daring the oceans dread horizon line; And the high flap of pterodacty1 wings Making us whine with fear. for, in our
 dream, ,t We saw vast lifeless birds. that roar
 ing flew, Commanded by weak. puny likenesses Of our ape-selves: we cringed with
 terrors vague Of ungrasped thoughts we could not
 understand What if the lapse of ages were .
 dream?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
Sees Picture of Crucifixion

'I happened to be down at Loveman, Joseph & Loebs Friday morning." said pr. W. F. Marlborough of Montgomery, land was glad that my attention was called to a picture of the crucifixion on exhibition, which is on display on and it is really a wonderful work of art. The canvas is much larger than had expected to see and the figures therefore much more lifelike. Anyone who has a chance ought to be suro and get a view of it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
Suffered From EufauIa storm

My wife lad letter from seint friends in Eutau'a," said Lloyd Guice, 'and while from the reports in the papers they were out of track of the cyclons, vet they wrote that two of their chir,ney were shattered and that others were cracked to an extent that they were afraid to use them and cen sequently had to sit around uncomf6rt- ably in the cold. It distresses me be- vond measure 70 know of the dsa-a cf some Of my warn. friends and to know of the large property losses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
k x x Making the World Safe For Bolshevism

6NHE bolshevik government of Rus
 H sia is constantly giving forth radical ideas that leave old-fashioned thinkers gasping. sas 9s
 A dispatch from Stockholm says the bolsheviki at Petrograd are now pre- pairing a law requiring all profes- sional men, including artists and au- thors, to work for the government. Mobilizing authors, which, of course, includes the poets, may be great help in spreading bolshevik propaganda, but how Russia's visionaries are go- ing to provide for normal life with all professional men on the govern ment pay roll is something their en- frightened leaders have failed to ex- plain.
 We should have a fine old world if bolshevism were put into universal practice. There would be no such thing as race suicide to frighten ex- perts who compile vital statistics, for government supervision of marriage would keep the stork busy, or know the reason why. There would be fat icbs for everybody and easy hours.
 This state of affairs might continue for few months, or few years, but unless the genial bolsheviki were able to import a laboring class from Mars or some other inhabited planet to do the worlds work, money would be a drug on the market with nothing to buy. Such contingencies do not trou- ble the bolsheviki, however. Suffi- cient unto the day are the perquisites thereof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
CAN'T BE DONE

taverns has been forced out of business by prohibition"
 'Drat these reformersi I dare say many interesting stories are told about that plad."
 "Of course"
 "How we are ever going to attach any legendary lore to soda fountain Is more than I can see"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
 Chicago's Victory in Battle Against Disease

A IL large cities have sanitary GA problems, but none too difficult to be solved This fact is demon strated by the victory Chicago has won in it's combat with the typhoid death rate.
 The lake metropolis was very hot bed of typhoid fever. Now the death rate from that disease has been cut, not one-half, as sanitarians were pre- dieting, but 90 per cent has actually been "sliced off"
 The fight against typhoid necessi- tated changing the course of river and rcausing it's waters to flow south ward into the Gulf of Mexico instead of northeastward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as nature directed"
 The construction of Chicago's drainage canal was begun in 1893 and cost nearly seventy million dollars The story of the battle with. bacilli as waged by the Windy City is told by William J. Showalter in an article on Chicago Today and Tomorrow" in the current number of the National Geographic Magazine. The project was one of the phenomenal engineer ing feats of modern times and is full
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
THE PRICE OF A FRONT

THE PRICE OF A FRONT
 "The lady was elegantly dressed. She rolled up to our place of business we take a chance and cash her check?" asked the credit man.
 There's no particular reason l can see why you shouldn't" replied the operative from detective headquarters, eff you are willing to pay for the priv ilege of seeing an elegantly dressed woman in a smart limousine roll up to your place of business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
CAUTIOUS
from The Chicago News.

From The Chicago News.
 We wonder where Homer Croy ("Iow Motion Pictures Are Made" Harper's) got the bit about the film magnate?
 'Fve got something big!' announced the scenario writer to our movie Dom derback. "I've copped the film rights to 'Puddnhead Wilson'!'
 The film magnate, MT. Croy tells us. refused to get excited.
 We don't want to knock the Presi- dent." he cpuntered cautiously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
IN THE FUTURE

The man in the moon May get a glimpse soon
 Of the honeymoon express" For the newly wed, Ere long, it Is said,
 Through cloudland will progress And bill and coo Up in the blue
 While the big propellers hum Tn passing we'll say When they travel that way
 They'll surely be going some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
LEFT BEHIND

LEFT BEHIND "So you've been to Francer "Yes, ma'am." And now you're back home with your comradesr "No ma'am. I left my comrades over there"
 How did that happen?' "I took over a shipload of mules, ma'am."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR

Many weighty observations Based upon the league of nations Fill the overcrowded columns of the
 press: There's a lot of oratory Bout the honor of "Old Glory" By superheated statesmen who pro-
 fess To be filled with nameless terror Lest a presidential error Put America beneath a foreign sway; They gesticulate and thunder And they never cease to wonder At time like this what Washington
 would Say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
ASKING TOO MUCH

ASKING TOO MUCH Didn't you tell me that you would do anything for Jagsby?" "Yes,' said Doppleton "But you refused to give him a drink out of that quart of whisky a friend brought from New Orleans?" "Oh, I meant anything within req. son"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
OTHERS ARE DOING IT

OTHERS ARE DOING IT "The people of Chiggersville have no civic pride"
 What's the trouble?"
 I've been trying to get some of our local capitalists to offer $1ooooo for the Willard-De bout" rs IThe money couldn't be raised and the offer wouldn't be accepted, even if made in good faith"
 T know that. but 1t would be an easy way to put Chiggersville on the map"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08

BEGINNING THE DAY--O Lord. preserve me from trying to do too much today. Remind me that it Is not how much, but how well, how sweetly, how contentedly, that avaiIs. Remind me that there is afa- other life in which I shall labor. Give me to do my work quietly. For Jesus, sake, Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
POSSIBLY

POSSIBLY
 'T understand statesmen hope te localiZe war in the future"
 What is meant by that?" ters so a fracas can be roped off and the other nations can enjoy the fun without running any risk of being drawn into it." PAUL COOK,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
Member of the Associated Pres.

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
Washington bureau, 2O7 Hibbs build

Ing.
 European bureau, 10 King street, Covent Garden, London, w. c. 2
 Eastern business office, World build ing, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertiseing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

Eufaula, my home town, lies stricken, and my heart is sad because of the death of three of my warm friends. One. the beloved pastor of the Methodist church, and two old boyhood friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congres, March s, 1879.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
OF CLOTHING
FOR WOMEN ESTEADY

Chicago, Dec. "a. - High grade
clothing for women will not be higa-
Ter in the spring but no early price
drop is in prospect, according to NJ
Tobias, an official Of the Chicago
Cloak and Suit Manufacturers as
sociation.
There is no chance for a drop in
'prices,'' he said, until labor realizes
the necessity for giving the manufac-
turer a fair days work for fair
days pay
AT present our output is so uncer-
tain that manufactures cannot fig
ure the cost of his product in ad-
vance. Where workman formerly
produced six garments in day he is
now producing three.
"Our output this season as compar-
ed with last mas decreased AZ per
cent while our expenses have increas-
ed. This was the resuls Of the shift
from the piece work basis to the week
~ wage system.
Materials are hisn and scarce and
likely to remain for some time To-
.bias said. Ordinary workmen are re-
eeiving as high as SIS, $50 and even
800 week, he states. Women
workers are averaging better than
$50 a week, he said.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
BY Peter T. Carney

{ Editor National Sports Syndicatc.)
Reports from the states and the C5.-
madam provinces show that there are
more hunters in the field tins fall TIA
there has ben in several years. TIL
is due to several reasons. One is that
there is more game this year; another
is that men who were in the service
row have the opportunity of going
afield, and another is that more people
become interested in outdoor life et;cf
year and therefore the ranks of the
hunters become augmented yearly.
Th duck hunting on the Pacific
coast has been better this fall than
for several years, and the duck hunt
ing is always good in season in south
TIN California. Bull Moose were shot
in Maine this fall, from November 21
to 80. the first open season since 1915.
The deer season was cut Is days n
Maine but that only brought all the
unters in shorter space of time.
Maine had lot of new laws Oil the
'isposition of Moose. Night shooting
was prohibited as was shooting on
Sunday. You couldn't hunt, legally,
rom an automobile
Moose once upon time ranged over
iIne whole of the northeastern woods;
10y only one state in the Union-Min-
nesota--has an open season. There was
time when the lumber camps fed the
umber Jacks on moose; ii being cheap
er to hire native to kill moose than
to purchase beef or pork, In those
days moose were used for target prac-
tice in the closed season. Those were
the halcyon days. They have gone,
never to return.
Now we are Very much concerned
about the bag limits. Sportsmen who
are inclined to be proud of their skill
seem to feel that If they bring home
any number Of birds below the nun :
ber prescribed By law, 1t is in a way
hnmiliating to them and two or MOI a
vie with each other in friendly way.
When, as with wiid-fowl the nui1-
her in 25 per day, in some state, and
q party shoots for several days and
each member brings in the limit every
day the intended effect of the law is
lost. InNshort, il every man who shoots
Is generally successful in bagging the
Emit, then that number must be re-
duced until the bag limit really means
something.
Let us all think of game preserv;
tion first and Of big bags afterwarJ
when we have opportunities to max
nigh scores, The best way is to regar d
the limit as a reminder to count head
when the bag grows heavy ana tnen
stop II the number is ample for all our
reeds.
The law Is intended to restrain t,
greedy, not to remind good sportsm ~
that they must kill just so many in or
Ger to maintain their prestige among
their neighborn.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
COMPANY
WOULD RECOVER Coin

The Stayton Electric company as
defendants in suit instituted against
them by A. d. Gardner and John San
der Wednesday filed an answer and
counter complaint to the allegations
made by Gardner and Sander who
are successors to the operations and
holdings Of the Stayten Water Pow
or company. fE
In their answer, the electric con-
cern asserts that the Stayton Water
company and its successors have 1fail-
ed to file schedules of water and pow
er rates with the public service cofn-
mission as required by statutea In the
counter complaint, the defendants
claim that according to rates charged
other concerns that they have ever
paid their account with the water
company for power used during the
period September /, 1915. to January
/, 1919. by $1S0.16 for which amount
they ask judgment. M
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
Trade Mark OF
United States
Gains Prestige

Washington, Dec. 26.-"Made in
Germany and Made in Great Brit
ain trade marks are being supplant-
ed throughout the world by made in
the United States" according to in
formation obtained at the department
of commerce.
High prices, release of ships used as
troop transports and the placing of
government>built vessels in service
have doomed Americas foreign trade.
1t was learned, and it is expected to
shatter all records next year.
Predictions that this years total
exports viii reach eight billion dollars
and imports four billion dollars were
made by the department.
The high water mark in American
export trade was reached in June
when merchants shipped ss2S.s7s, 2Os
worth Of goods to foreign countries.
In September imports reached the
highest figure when SASS, 5,SS4,667 in
merchandise entered this country
JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
Sales Of Fuel Oil In State
Dropped During November

sales of motor vehicle fuel oils In
Oregon by the Standard Oil company
during November were one third less
than during the month of October,
according to a statement filed with
the secretary Of states office today
The statement shows total sales dur
ing November of 1881, 410 gallons OF
gasoline and 263154 gallons Of distii-
late, on which the company paid
total state tax of s19,629.S7. The tax
es on the October sales of the Stand
ard Oil company amounted to $29,-
117.06. The aggregate fuel oil taxes
for November on the sales Of the four
companies operating in Oregon were
s20,9S4.33, the lowest since the fuel
oil tax act became effective
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
LOOP TEAM CHOSEN

The team for the 1920 Commercial
league basket bali tournaments at the
Y. M. c. A., and their captains, were
selected at a meeting held Tuesday
nihgt at the "Y." The rest of this
year will be devoted to tryouts and
practice preparatory to the playing
next year.
The captains are; Springer, Hausi
er Bros; Harra, Anderson Brown;
Schott, Capital National bank, and
Harold, United States National bank.
Springer's team: Bayne, Socolof-
sky, Reinhardt, Putnam, Bradford,
Orcott and Daugherty.
Harra's team; Hulsey, Clark, Cos
ser, Patterson, Lennon, Gilchrist.
Shott's team: Claus, Turner, DR.,
George, knickerbocker, Hart, Hull,
Socolofsky, Nelson.
Harold's team: JaskoslSi, DeLapp,
DR. Utter, Mormon, Taylor, Perrin
Peterson.
Through the process of tryouts 9TH
ers may be added to the above teams:
Later junior basket ball team
will be formed,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
SANTA CLAUS ACT
STAGED BY CHERRIANS
TO l5OOLITILETOTS


TO more than $50 children assemb-
led at the Commercial club rooms, on
Christmas eve. Santa Claus really ap-
peared and many childish faith in
good old saint Nicholas, undermined
perhaps bv sordid and poorly envir-
onlnent, was recreated and strength
ened during the joyous hour spent un
der the friendly guidance Of the Sa-
lem Cherrians.
Big brothers indeedl these same
Cherrians We're as they appeared at
the club rooms early in the evening,
each one accompanied by group of
youngsters of various ages. In their
uniforms. these good fellows were in
deed right hand assistants of the spir-
1t Of Christmas as they assisted San
t. Claus in his immense task.
And it was large contract for old
Santa Here were ESQ youngsters.
each with an individual longing that
fhe generous pile OF gifts under the
splendidly decorated tree, might be
found package bearing a name that
would make certain small heart go
pit-a-pat as tiny hand was held up
IN fear that one Of the gift distribu-
tors would overlook that same hand.
But the Cherrians and Commercial
club members made every effort to
see that no one was missed and even
when II developed that number of
extra guests not on the gift lists had
appeared, steps We're taken to see that
these received extra candy and they
were given first places at the long ta-
bles where ice cream and luncheon
of sweets was served.
No sir said small laddie of
about years, when asked If he had
been remembered on the gift list, a
real baseball, q box OF candy and a
silver dollar were exhibited, ''They
didn't miss me. You see Santa Claus
remembered me lots this year because
he could not come last year. You
know mamma died last Christmas,
but the doctor gave me a quarter"
And SO were the versions OF each
Ghiid's past Christmas experiences
varied, for, be it remembered, these,
dor the most part were not children
of large comfortable homes, but OF
9hc less fortunate folk of the city
DiioWhtS tne kttt uiSiriputiuH, tnc
kiddies banaueted In the CONNER
rial club recreation rooms "A wonder
ful Christmas tree story was told by
Miss Helena Wilitt principal OF the
Fnglewood school.
Following the evenings program,
The youngsters were bundled into
their wraps and returned to their
homes by Cherrian cars placed at the
rhildren's disposal by generous heart
ed citizens Of Salem.
The Cherrian executive committees
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
TRIO FACES ARREST
FOR HAVING VEMS0N

Warrants for the arrest Of three
i. 70. Westerberg, G. Monroe and New
ton Knutson--on charges Of having
venison in their possession, were Is
sued Tuesday by Judge Unruh. The
men live at Idanha -four miles east Of
Detroit. up In the Cascade mountains.
rhey are said to have made a whore
sale slaughter OF deers when they were
driven from their mountain retreats
into the open around Idanha.
Deputy Game Warden Roy Brenf
mer. searched the homes of Knutson,
Monroe and Westerberg several daya
ago and said Wednesday that he found
large quantities of the meat in their
possession. Bremmer also said thai.
the snow in that vicinity. during the
recent storm was 81 inches deep.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
WARNER APPOINTED
TO SUCCEED BURGESS

The appointment Of X. G. Warner
of Pendleton to succeed the late J.
N. Burgess, as a member of the state
livestock sanitary commission, was an
nounced by Governor Olcott Wednes-
day morning. The appointment is
made on the recommendation Of the
oregon Wool Growers association as
is provided by law. Warner will I'LL
out Burgess unexpired term which
runs until June 3, 1921. The commis-
sion is composed of six members, two
of whom are recommended by the
Oregon Wool Growers association,
two by the oregon Dairymen's asso-
citation and two by the Oregon Pure
Bred Livestock association.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26

who engineered the Christmas enter
prise to success were: Xmas cheer
j. W. Todd. Frank Deck
ebach, Z. T. Tillinghast, ]. F. Hutch-
ason and W. J. staley; tree commit
tee. DR. II. c. Epley. Lee Unrah.
Charles Knowland and Ernest Happ-
hahn. Santa Claus was brought to the
children by e. w. Hazard. president
of the United States National bank
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-26
10 Cure a Cold in One Day

e SVAN ~ SAAo -eeS
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
lTablets.) 1t stops the Cough and
Headache and works off the Cold. F.
w. GROVES signature on each box.
30e. (Adv)