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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19

W9{ 7 ASHINGTON, April 1s-(Spe-
 \W\W cial l)-"Ancient castles and
 mines, old monasteries crowd ed by new factories which sometimes usurp historic abbeys, wooded and jag ged hills dimmed by pail of smoke" Such is the pre-war picture of the Saar valley, contained in bulletin from the National Geographic society.
 "Prized for it's precious coal deposits, among the richest in Europe, this val ley which is now paying such a con- spicuous part in the peace conference deliberations is a highly compact area when compared to American coal fields" the bulletin continues.
 '"The Saar valley, strictly speaking, extends along the Saar river from Cong, where it empties into the Moselle, five miles above Treves, southward into Lorr aine, where the river is arti- ficially extended to the Rhine and Marne canal. an airline distance of less than 75 miles,
 ''The co al fields themselves lie about Saarbrucken. They cover about TO square miles, and before the war pro- duced som le 10, 0o0,0 ,000 tons a year. That tonnage equals third of the annual coal output in France. But the extent seems small when compared with the 16,000 squ are miles of the Pennsy1va- mia belt, and the yield is but one-fourth of the coal mined annually in the United States
 'Thus not all the Saar valley, it is evident, is mining region. Toward the mouth of the little river are vine yards, often planted in the beds of the former loops of the river before it carved out more direct courses, from which came a portion of the famous Moselle wines.
 "Moselle wines are older than Rhine wines Vines were planted along the Moselle less than three centuries after the birth of Christ. A Latin poet, An sonius, san their praises in Moseila.' wherein he also mentioned a royal villa whose remains are to be seen to this day at Cong.
 Travelling up the Saar the peaceful vineyards soon seem far away amid the hum of industry from many small manufacturing town. The valley IS populous but there are no large cities. The industries are scattered through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Richard Randolph inl Polite.

Politics is A mighty uncertain game, as I happen to know from experience said Richard Randolph, Tor years ago while living at Avondale some or my friends persuaded me to run TOT al derman. I did not care for the Jop, and was wished into the contest l had a fine show of landing. but lost out in a way that makes me smile every time I think of it I went in al local baroer shop for shave. The barber went to sponge my face off with d. sponge, but I stopped him and asked for a towel It was my downfall, for he told his customers about the incident and they set me down as too much of 8 dude. This is the true story of why l never got to be a city father"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
Shelby Retains Home Here

"Just because I have interests down in New Orleans" said John Shelby, "I do not want my old Birmingham friends to think that I have turned my back on the Magic City, for have not. I still keep this as my voting place. and I put in enough time here to know what is going on and to have a keen interest in it. I am glad that such splendid preparations are being made for the reception and entertainment of the 167th infantry There should be nothing too good for them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
THAT BREEZY WESTERN WAY

From Tit-Bits.
 They were playing poker in d, western
 town. One of the players was a stranger, and was getting a nice trimming, Finally
 the sucker saw one of the players give himself three aces from the bottom of the pack. The sucker turned to the man beside him and said: Did you see thht?' "See what?" asked the man. "Why, that fellow dealt himself three aces from the bottom of the deck," said the sucker Well. what about itr asked the man. Tt was his deal, wasn't it?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
Hanahan in Town

J. R. Hanahan of Charleston, s. C., president of the Standard Portland Ce- ment company, is in Birmingham looking after affairs of his company. He states that while the cement business in com mon with other lines is rather light at present, the outlook for the immediate fu- ture is not discouraging.
 With the enormous amount of road building projects under way and con- templated, he looks for a very active mar ket by early summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
F 1s sS'
 Eager to Subscribe
 To Victory Loan

THE great Victory Loan campaign,
 O which will be inaugurated Mon day, should be signal success. And present indications all point to large achievement.
 County units are being thoroughly organized, and with the team workers keyed up to high pitch of patriotism the goal will be easily reached. Here in Jefferson county, under the chairmanship of John L. Raul, there will surely be no apathy. People in and around Birmingham are already manifesting characteristic eagerness to buy Victory securities, and next weeks drive promises to be not only intensive, but enthusiastic beyond any of the previous money-raising drives. Jefferson's allotment is less by two million dollars than that of the fourth Liberty Loan. Every dollar of it should be subscribed before the end of the week.
 | into a grocery store, moving the store five inches from it's foundation, shat tering a large front window and tar ring bottles, breakfast food and canned goods off shelves. On the face of things it couldn't have been a flivver. * x E
 | The London Times, referring to Lloyd George, says. Tt is currently said by his colleagues in Paris that
 while he is able to read and write. he does neither. still, that's an ideal
 way to keep an ''open mind," eh, what?
 Birmingham's welcome to the 167e' regiment will be strictly world war | event. However, it will be permissible i for a hero of the Argonne to mention casually that he also saw service on | the Mexican border.
 | # # f
 Private Patrick O'Brien was '1ured' into dice game in Atlanta and speed ily increased his bankroll of $11.50 to
 s310o. It is a good idea to size ap a prospective victim before starting tc fleece him.
 + # <
 Baseball is suggested as cure fol bolsh evism. It might work, but tns bleachers on a busy afternoon at thu park remind one of mob of boi' sheviki discussing affairs of state. | < * *
 German who set fire to an Ameri
 can transport is declared to be insane
 Hum! We had quite number of Gin
 sane Germaps in this country wher
 von Papen was on the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
STFvE's FAST WORK rom the Chicago Herald al hd Exam

Y
 iner.
 Steve Beres, arrested by the East Chicago police for secreting a young distil1ery under the family bed, is hard nut to crack.
 Mrs Beres, when they found 20 gal Ions of whisky, reached down in her stocking and offered $10 if they would destroy the evidence.
 Then Steve tried to corrupt the whole East Chicago judiciary. He offered Judge Cohen bribe and Cohen had to challenge himself.
 After Steve got through with Judge Murray the latter found big bill in his vest pocket, and had to challenge himself
 Judge Roe, who finally tried Steve, kept him at arms length. He has not announced his verdict.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
Where Commissioner Brown Was Born

T was standing down in the heart of the new industrial development in the Fairfield district on Thursday aft ernoon with bunch of Realtors whc had just parked their cars, getting ready to go through one of the big plants" said J. H. McCary, land we were right in front of the home where Commissioner Ellis Brown was born. It is but speck in the landscape as i! is overshadcyed by the great buildings erected or in course of erection. By the way, his father is a member of tha new city government at Fairfield"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19

rots. the sheets of red steel, the vast
 scissors: it was almost unbelievable.
 I'll just change the famous saying of
 Caesar by saying, T came, saw, be- lieved," and nothing henceforth can shake my faith in the future Of this great district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19

BEGINNING THE DAY-O grent Beginner and Sustainer of worlds! o mighty mRrshaIIer of the hosts of heaven and earth. I know Thy power; convince me of Thy care. Tcii me that Thou art my Father and my friend. Tell me that I may whisper the smallest things to Thee and that Thy heart is stirred. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
MIGHT TRY ADoCn COOK

From the New York Evening Post.
 Denmark Not To Give Up Gtreer& land" Bit who is to be the mandatory for the north pole?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
PICKINGs FOR LAWYERS

New York Correspondence, Pittsburg
 Dispatch.
 ."There is one very large class or GIL izens who will not be thrown out of employment when the nation becomes bone dry; lawyers will reap harves, of cases never before dreamed or, saic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
WEzIL RARpGR

Let poets sing their sonnets gzx In honor of the vernal season, We're not in such mood today And this, no doubt, must be the n
 sbon-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19

The budding trees. the sunlft skies,
 The ,bdors blown from blossoms sweet Somehow don't seem to minimize
 The Job of making both ends meet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19

SECONDHAND What a lovely Dutch landsca per exclaimed the admiring visitor You've been to Holland, of course?- Why, mo-" answered the artist mod est1y
 Then how were you ever able to paint such & realistic pictureT' 'To tell the truth, I copied it off a beer mug"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
IN THE vERNAcUI AR

IN THE vERNACUIAR
 -Dou say this man beaned' your ~Tes. your honor.-
 ~what do you mean by that?"
 -He hit he on de koko. your honor; he tried to crack me nut, he slammed me on de belfry, he--
 ''wul someone please interpret for the platntiff?"
 T win, your honor" said d n obliging witness He means the accused bounced rock on his ivory dome" EVIDENTLY A FRA UD
 What's become of your efficiency expert7"
 T fired him"
 -whyr' ...
 Tt took him an hour to ge lunch in cafeteria" THE oPULENT rohER The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
 The honest workingman lights a cigar And homeward wends his plutocratic way Within a seven thousand dollar car. STRENGTH OF CHARACTER ''He's a mi11iner." "Umphr' Don't jump to the conclusion that fellow in that line of business is neces- sari1y a mollycoddle. recently over l heard him addressing some remarks to a punctured tire that would have done credit to Kentucky colonel in the heat of a political argument"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
washington Bureau, 2O7 Hibbs build-

ng.
 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 advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
A PERSONAL MATTER

A PERSONAL MATTER
 The shade of Julius Caesar is pres ent and wishes to converse with you," announced the medium. . Nothing doing" replied the client. T want to have a word with the late James J. Jones of Hickory Hollow"
 T don't know any such person"
 well, do. He died last week owing me s40"
 AN ATMOSPHERE OF FREEDOM
 Does your wife object to you run hing around with your men friendsr'
 Not my married men friends" re- piled Mr Dubwaite. 'But she draws the line at bachelors"
 Why so?-
 "She says whenever eo ont with a party of bachelors I always return home greatly depressed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
RIPTI0N R ATES

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress. March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19
Member of the Associated Press

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 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of 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.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19

There's n divinity that shapes our ends RouEh-hew them how we will.
 Hamlet. !. 4 x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19

Hill Ferguson, who has the happy faculty of retaining a boy-like enthusi- asm, told the virtues of Fairfield in a fully prepared charts. Bob Jemison. Jr., gave us in a short talk the benefit of his expert knowledge on the housing problem gained as practical develop CT and through his connection with the emergency fleet corporation. Manager Decker made a happy talk about Fair I fields future. Friend Smith, the silent man behind the Fairfield Land com pany, as usual, refused to respond when called upon to speak. Arthur Crowder expressed our appreciation for the | courtesies.
 1 I was greatly interested in the new l type houses being built for the white | employees of the T. c. & l. They solve
 many of the housing problems we are l facing. I was struck throughout my
 trip that this company does all of its work with a thoroughness. whether ii
 be the building of great industrial
 plant, costing millions. Or the putting
 up of a chicken coop. Westfield the
 new negro settlement is the last thing in the way of house building for va
 riety and comfort.
 l I was simply overwhelmed by what I saw at the rolling Nmill, plate mil and shaper that were at work. I wa: out there when the foundations wer, being laid. and now I was seeing tho great machinery at work. The power full cranes, the great engines thu miraculous magnets. the glowing in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-19

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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-29
FINANCIAL NOTES.

l.. II. Moore, bank commissioner,
has issued charter for the Union
Trust Co. of Walla Walla, of which
James G. Cunningham, formerly of
Spokane, is president and general
manager. Levi Ankeny and Miles C.
Moore are included in the directorate.
Paid in capital stock is registered at
100000, with $4,000 surplus.
Negotiations were closed August 1s
whereby the controlling interest in
the Citizens State bank of Priest
River, Idaho, passed from the con
troll of w. ID. Baxter and w. A. Alex
ander of Spokane to l.. e. Van Win
kle and Miss Agnes Furst. The pur.
chasers have for some time been con.
nected with Newport, Wash. bank
and intend to remove to Priest River
and take active control of the affairs
OF this institution. At the same time
f. A. Hanson sold his interest In the
bank to w. b. Dingle of Newport.
Mr.. Hanson held nine shares of the
total of 100.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-29
DATES FOR IDAHO FAIRS.

Eleven cities and towns in Idaho
at which fairs are to be held this
year have announced the dates of
their exhibitions. The town, name
of the fair and the dates on which
they will be held as follows:
American Falls-Power county fair,
September 1912.
Observation-Disclosures county pure
bred live stock show, December l.
Boise State fair of Idaho, Septem-
Der 22-27.
Filer-Twin Falls county fair, Sep
TENDER 30-October 8.
Observation-Disclosures live stock
show, November Ola.
Lewiston-Nez Perez county fair,
September 1927.
Nezperce-Lewis county farm bu-
reau fair, October 1-3
Rupert-Cassia county fair, Septem.
Der 1920
Salmon-Lemhi county fair, Sep.
TENDER lib.
st. Anthony-Fremont county farm
bureau exhibit, September 1913.
Wilder-Wilder farm bureau fair
September IS.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-29
HOOVER TELLS OF
NEEDS OF POLAND
Country Denuded of Buildings by
Invaders; Economic Situation
Complete Decentralization.

Vienna. Herbert Hoover, head
of the interallied relief organiza-
ton, and his staff reached Vienna
Sunday after a trip of 10 days
through Czecho-Slavokia and Po-
land.
Mr.. Hoover told the correspond
ent that general conditions in Gee
cho-Slovakia and Poland were i'm
proving with the arrival of the
harvest. Czecho-Slovakia may re-
quire some minor food imports
during the next year, but more
particularly needs raw materials.
Portions OF old Poland will require
some more food imports and also
will need raw materials in order
that the enormous number of I'M
employed may be put to work in
the manufacture of prime neces-
sites.
In the areas recovered during
the last two months from the boil
sheviki, Mr.. Hoover said, the eco
monte situation could only be ex-
pressed by the term complete de-
moralization."
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-29
GRAIN AND MILLING NEWS.

The Winifred Mill and Elevator
Co. has incorporated with capital
of $150,0OO at Winifred, Mont, and
will erect and operate a mill and ele-
vatOr
The British wheat commission Au.
gust 10 fixed the following prices for
imported wheat London: For 486
pounds: Canadian, $3.50 to $144O;
United States, $12.96 to $1440; un.
treated, $14.64, Argentine, $1416.
The United States grain corpora
ton in statement issued August
Is on the result of its weekly pur-
chase of wheat flour announced that
it purchased 100000 barrels of flour
on August IA at prices ranging from
$9.53 to 5000 for soft straights, hard
straights and durum.
Harvest is now almost completed
in Walla Walla county, and the
yields are turning out much better
than expected in many big fields.
leading the experts to firmly main
tain their earlier estimates that the
county crop would approximate four
and a half million bushels.
l.. w. Wright, manager of the Col
fax Milling Co. of Colfax, Wash, for
the past two years and previously
with Mark P. Miller at Moscow,
Idaho, has purchased an interest in
the Lacrosse (Wash.) Roller mills
and went there August l to take
charge as general manager. George
Nj. Burke of Moscow, will become the
manager for the Colfax Milling Co.
Officers and directors of the Vale
Milling and Elevator Co. of Vale,
Ore, were elected recently and the
new corporation is now ready for
business. Warren Arlington was
elected president and manager, G. f.
Whitaker vice president and H. r.
Dunlop secretary-treasurer, the three
composing the board OF directors.
The three and half story building
will be under construction in a few
days.
The Community Milling Co. of
Endicott, Wash, found that it's first
unit of $50 feet Of warehouse space
was not large enough and another
unit of $50 feet by so feet was fin
ishel this week. The work on the
mill proper will commence next
week. The foundation has been fin
ished and the elevator is being built.
The capacity of the mill is to be 200
barrels of -four daily. The Com
munity Milling Co. is owned by over
100 farmers of Endicott, who have
SO per cent of the stock, while the
other so per cent is owned by the
parent company in Spokane
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-29
SALMON FISHING SEASON OVER.
Columbia River Pack for Season Has
Averaged Well.

Astoria, Ore.-The spring and sum-
mer salmon fishing season on the Co
lumbia river closed Monday. Although
the catch during June and July was
exceptionally light the pack of canned
salmon averaged well, being only 10
per cent below that OF 1918, while the
picked or cold storage output is larger
than last year
A conservative estimate places the
total canned pack on the rivers at
100000 cases las they rum or about
35l,1 full cases of AS pounds each
This pack represents q, 465, 600
pounds of raw salmon. The cold stor-
age output consists of 24,242, 800 lbs
OF fish cured at the canneries and cold
storage plants.
At the ruling price of IL cents a
pound, this means that the sum of
S2,706,2SO has been paid the gill net
tiers, trollers, seiners, purse seiners
and trappers for their catches since
the season opened on May l. This
amount does not include other large
sums expended for labor.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-29
ESCAPED GERMAN
SAILORS ARE CAUGHT
Twenty informed at Camp Sher.
man Dig Tunnel and Get
Out for a Time,

Columbus, Ohio.-Reports from
Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, indi-
Gated that Is of the 20 or more
interned German sailors who es-
capped from the stockade Sunday
night had been recaptured. Six of
the number were caught within
the camp. Two others were ap-
pretended at Chillicothe and it
was reported that five had been
arrested at Circleville. Five others
were captured in Columbus as
they reached the city on trac-
tion car from Chillicothe.
The prisoners made their escape
during severe electrical storm.
Through a secretly constructed
tunnel, leading from the cellar of
the barracks in which they were
quartered. to a company street 80
feet away, the men made their es-
cape.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-29
FIX FOOD CONTROL
BILL IN CONGRESS
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACH.
ED BY SENATE COMMITTEE
OF CONGRESS.
MONTANA HANDLES OWN Law
Demands Higher Priced Foods
Seattle to Place Seized Spuds
on Market-Butte Busy.

WashinSton.-An amendment to the
food control act defining lust and
reasonable prices was tentatively
agreed upon recently by the senate ag.
ricultural subcommittee appointed to
consider the anti-profiteering amend
ments.
Federal district attorneys will be
authorized to appoint fair-price COM
mittees and all prices in excess of
those fixed by the committee would
be regarded as unreasonable.
Plenty of Beans.
California has 15O,O0OOOO pounds of
beans on her hands because the pub
lie insists on buying higher priced
foods. Due to the war impetus there
was an overproduction of beans in the
world last year and the excess has
been stored The export call has not
absorbed these storages and the beans
are entirely without market.
Seattle to Sell Potatoes.
Over 100000 pounds of potatoes,
seized in raids by federal officers up
on Seattle warehouses, will be thrown
upon the market at once. The federal
agents Aug. % seized over 100000 lbs.
of potatoes. Many of them, however,
had been stored so long they were un-
lit for human consumption.
Butte City Market Busy.
Butte, Mont-Butte's city market
Saturday was the gathering place for
more than 1000 people taking advant-
age of the low prices offered by farm
ers retailing their products. The Ed
dy bakery in Helena increased it's
shipment of bread to 1900 loaves, and
they were disposed of in short order at
10 cents a loaf, while local bakeries
were asking Is and 20 cents a loaf
One vendor sold more than $50 chick.
ems and turkeys, and butter was sold
at 65 cents, and eggs at 55 cents,
while stores are asking 70 cents for
butter and the same price for eggs.
Workmen are rapidly building addi-
tional stalls at the city market place.
The Montana branch of the federal
food administration will not be reor-
ganized to take part in the investiga-
ton of the, high cost of living, as re-
quested by Attorney General A. Nit
chell Palmer, but will leave this work
to the Montana trade commission Gre
ated by the recent special legislative
session to handle the problem, and to
e. c. Day, United States district at
torney.