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Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31
SETTING UP SILAGE CUTTER
To Facilitate Distribution and Tramp.
ing, Is Good Plan to Have Blow
Pipe Close.

In setting up the ensilage cutter,
put it as close to the silo as possible,
keeping the blower pipe straight up
and down, thus saving power. Hav-
ing the blower pipe close up to the
silo allows the distributor to project
farther into the silo, thus making dis
tribution and tramping easier and
more effective.
Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31
RIGHT SEED CORN SELECTION
important to Gather Sufficient Amount
Early and Store in Safe and
Proper Manner

Successful corn growing year after
year depends absolutely on getting
seed corn from varieties that can be
depended on to mature in the locality
before frost. Early selection and
proper storing of seed corn are i'm
portant
Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31
HORSE NOT ALWAYS AT FAULT
Driver often Neglects to See That
Harness Is in Good Repair and
Adjustment.

The horse often is not to blame for
the runaway. Sometimes it's the fault
of the driver, and sometimes it's the
neglect of the man who should be
sure the harness is in good repair and
properly adjusted.
Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31
Her Wish.

Wee Bessie on being told that she
would have to eat condensed milk on
her oatmeal exclaimed, II wish that
old condensed cow would die."-BOs-
ton Transcript.
Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31
Alfalfa Most Valuable.

An acre of alfalfa will produce as
much digestible protein as an acre of
clover and an acre of corn combined.
Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31

probably informally ALL during the presidents Illness BY
inability
president
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Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31
Air in Soil Essential.

Do you know that air is as essential
in the soil as water?
Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31


Liberty
Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31

of question
to he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Hard Luck on Hunting Trip

My duties and obligations have been such for the past three years that I did not take even one day off to hunt or fish, which I am very fond of" said E. w. House. "I recently ac- cepted the invitation of my brother-in- law. E. T. Phillips, to so down on the A. & A. for a bird hunt. and took the little 20-guage pump that I have shot thousands of times in the past eight years with never a jam or break, an ticipating a nice bag of birds.
 "On the very first shot the extrac- tor. broke square off and during the entire day 1 only got one shot at covey and then had to take out my pocket knife and work the shell out of my pump, while the others got in two or three nice shots, with the re- suit that I got so "riled' and nervous and overanxious to make "kilr' with my lone shot that I missed many. and got only three birds and one rab- bit out of nine shots. We found 12 nice coveys had excellent dogs, ideal weather and ground, and if I could have had use of my magazine this tale would have not been so sad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

tinued battling against it for several days.
 Before reaching British waters north of Ireland, the American naval vessels turned bacK-5T were scattered in the storm. Our old ship was struggling and our captain was begging in wire less messages to Captain Davidson of the Otranto for more sea room. He feared going on the rocky shores of North Ireland. Captain Davidson made no answer to repeated calls. Then our wireless went down. our boats were crushed, the smoking room doors and ports were smashed in, the galleys, dining saloon and many state rooms were flooded. only cold foods were obtainable. To make matters worse, four hundred soldier boys were down with pneumonia. They were dy- ing like cattle in the public rooms and on mattresses strewn ssaboet wherever there was enclosed room. Medicines were exhausted, and dead and dying were all about.
 In the meantime every ship put about to save its own, heading into the storm The Otranto and other ships not needing our captains warn- ings were almost upon the rocks of Ireland A veritable hurricane was blowing Waves broke entirely over the ships.
 The Ortanto, in trying to get out of its predicament, turned across the bow of the Kashmere. another enormous old freighter crowded with Troops. The Kashmere's bow cut through her sides and deep into her engine room. stopping her engines and cutting out her lighting system. She became a broken log and was dashed upon the rocky cliffs. No other ship dared at- tempt assistance. Each was strug gling to save itself.
 # x <
 Then came the little destroyer Noun sey. blowing through the waves like a submarine She managed to run In beside the laundering ship. Lifeboats had been lowered but were smashed in and the little Mounsey was pound ing against the hull of the \big ship first damned against the side and then knocked far off. In the meantime the soldier boys jumped for their lives to- ward the deck of the little destroyer Many would land and besrushed into the hatches. Others would miss the distance, jump and drop into the sea Still others would strike each other in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
NED BRACE TELLS THE STORY OF GALLANT
 | LIEUT.. CRAVEN'S RESCUE OF OUR SOLDIERS

the long jump from the high deck of the otranto to the awash deck of the Mounsey; some would land on the deck of the Monnsey with broken limbs and be washed overboard.
 The reports 4o General Riddle, white was in Lonfon, told of the horrors If the scene.
 The Mounsey was veered off several
 times by powerful blows from the steel sides of the pounding Otranto. One side near the stern was battered in like an old tin can. Her engineer signabed to Lieutenant Craven that the destroyer could stand no /more; she would go down If another effort was made to run alongside the big ship.
 But Craven took the chances, He ma
 nipxlated the little ship with great Z skill and got another hundred Ameri-
 can soldier boys. In all he saved
 about 500, leaving only s57 to perish,
 and nearly all these were lost in the
 effort to jump from the big ship to
 the little destroyer. is true many of them died there from
 the exposure and wounds, but the 500 were put ashore from the badly bat tered destroyer. How he stored away the 500 in the little fighting craft is difficult. for naval officers to explain but it was done.
 # % #
 A British admiral in discussing the matter with me in London just after it occurred said few destroyers could
 have stood the strain. He could only
 account for her standing the pounding
 against the sides of the Otranto by ths
 fact that her hull was cold riveted
 and that she bent without the giving | away of the rivet heads.
 I ss&v her afterward tied up 4n Bell l fast She was fearfully bent in, like battered tin thing, but not torn open. The heads of the rivets held It was different with the Kashmere.
 which I afterward saw in Glasgow.
 Her bow was crushed in. The rivet heads had given away and the plates opened up She had been hot rfveted. English naval officers are giving study to this rivet question, and are preparing a report to the admiralty for future consideration in the build | ing of destroyers.
 ~- Tn the meantime all America owes debt of gratitude to Lieutenant Cra- ven. But for his pluck and seaman | ship not a man from the Otranto would | have lived to tell the tale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The old-fashioned girl who could just die waltzing passed away peace fully but her daughter is fox-trotting herself to death.
 We have nothing against woman $uffrage. If narrow minded male hypocrite is permitted to vote, why not let broad-minded woman vote?
 The great trouble with the woman who wants to vote seems to be that she doesn't seem to have time to want to do much else.
 Many a man who wasn't born with silver spoon in his mouth manages
 to die with gold tooth in his mouth.
 The man who thinks he knows it all
 wastes a lot of time in trying to ex-
 plain things so that others will under
 stand them.
 Some men are down and put because
 of sickness and hard luck. Others are that way because they are trying to run an automobile on a car-fare in- come.
 You might imagine that after mother had dragged daughter through teeth ing, collie, croup, diphtheria. scarlet ever, measles, whooping cough, shin gles, typhoid and pneumonia. mother would have a right to say whether daughter could stay in or go out at night when daughter is 16. But she hasn't.
 Another wonderful thing about the l movies is how a fillum actor can write ! ten-line letter in ten seconds. We ! tried it, and we can't do it. | Some men look forward to pay day ! with joy and can hardly wait for il | tc arrive. And other men are married | You may have noticed that the fel- 1 low who is going to save the worlt i insists on taking up a collection so ht will get his pay in advance l We can't prevent them from wear, | ing tighter skirts next summer Bu we can warn them that a tight skir ! makes the bottom of corset stick ou and make ridge as big as an auto | tire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

they point out three avenues of pro- cedure: l. To continue on the present basis. ?. To retrench by the elimination of certain kinds of work. 3. To enlarge, which requires additional funds. Under these three heads they make out their case, but space forbids my enumerating them more fully. I unhesitatingly com. init myself to the proposition that the provision of more money is imperative unless the legislature is willing to ham, string the efficiency of the institutions.
 
 The normals are now in a position to go forward. The acute rivalry and, not lnfrequently, unfriendly relations which at one time in the past existed under independent boards no longer exist, but on the contrary since the several boards were consolidated in 1911, the differ ences of former years have disappeared, and a cooperative basis has been estab= lished. An important step was taken in 1915 by the board of trustees in passing a resolution specifically limiting the work of the normal schools. to the training of teachers for elementary, rural and small town schools especially recognizing the jneed of communicable in these schools. The committee propounds two funda : mental question:
 Tn the effort to make a report of the conditions and needs of the normal schools as state supported institutions. two questions which are of primary i'm portance must be taken into consdera- ton: first, To what extent does the state lrecognize that trained teachers are nec- essary? second, What price is the state willing to pay for the training of such teachers?
 Tn this work of teacher training, tre aims of the normal school are: first, to place the prospective teacher in posses sion of the subject matter which she will need in her teaching; second, to give l the prospective teacher a satisfactory working knowledge of the child's nature, tof his mental processes. and Of the method or methods to be employed ir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
Hard to Find Hotel Room

q never had such time in all the years I have been in New York to get a room as I had on my last visit" said M V. Joseph.
 Knowing the crowded conditions, I took the precaution to wire for reser- vations, but failed to land. I also wrote my daughter to see what sne could do. Her home is inconvenient for me to keep in touch with my head quarters and l wanted to be in easy reach of it. I tried a dozen places without getting located, finally get ting kept over night by the McAlpin, but being turned out the next morn ing. I called up every hotel I had ever patronized, but without avail. Even the new Pennsylvania 300 rooms were gobbled up. By sheer luck I at last got settled after a merry chase for quarters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
LITERARY NOTE

From Golfers Weekly.
 When the critics get around to talk ing about things worth while perhaps they can tell the rest of us when soldiers get their gift of brief and moving speech
 For example, in giving Mrs. Woodrow Wilson a shoulder patch of his Seventy seventh division, Geenral Alexander said:
 'I am proud of my division. It came from New York city and has in 1t every race-Poles, Jews, Italians and even Germans If you go to the Argonne for est and see it's graves and read the names on them you will see that every race is there, but they are all Americans
 Job, Homer or Pericles could not im- prove on that. and one cannot read it without a thrill at heart. There's soul. somehow, in this soldier business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
Worlds Comradeship
 In World Freedom

-NRAToRY ringing with the note " of sincerity is as effective today as it was in other years. Every speech that President Wilson has delivered in Europe has been of quickening force and, therefore, in very distinct sense worth while.
 { As closely cemented in friendship and sentiment as the allies were dur ing the trying days of the war the understanding of the nations one with the other is even more thorough and far-reaching as the result of personal contact of the statesmen-leaders and the inspiration of spoken eloquence that has marked the peace conference. President Wilson's address in the ' Chamber of Deputies Monday was one of his most telling. It was on the general theme of the comradeship of freedom and reflected profoundly the Presidents views on the league of na- tions. It was not long speech, but it was epochal. Its phrasing was in simple English, which lost nothing of its convincing power when trans lated into French and read to the as- sembled deputies and senators.
 Pregnant sentences that aroused the Presidents auditors to a high pitch of enthusiasm were these:
 visited the other day a portion of the devastated region of France. I saw the noble city of Rheims in ruins and I could not help saying to myself here is where the blow fell because the rulers of the world did not sooner see how to prevent it.
 The rulers of the world have been thinking of the relations of govern nents and forgetting the relations of ~ peoples. They have been thinking of the maneuvers of international deal ings, when what they ought to have been thinking of was the fortunes of men and women and the safety of home and the care that they should take that their people should be hap py because they were safe.
 They know that the only way to do this is to make it certain that the game thing will not always happen that has happened this time. that there never shall be any doubt or waiting or surmise. but that whenever France or any free people is threat ened the whole world will be ready to vindicate it's liberty.
 It is for that reason. take it. that I find such warm and intelligent enthusiasm in France for the society of nations-France with her keen vis- ion, France with her prophetic vis- ion.
 It seems to be not only the need of France. but the need of mankind. And France sees the sacrifices which are necessary for the establishment of the society of nations are not to be compared with the constant dread of another catastrophe falling on the fair cities and areas of France.
 There was a no more beautiful country. There was a no more pros porous country. There was a no more free-spirited people All the world had admired France and none of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
AnmlE1IaM4Aase,lI
THE HEROIC SOUL

By Duncan Campbell Scott Nurture myself. o soul from the clear
 spring That wells beneath the secret inner
 shrine; Commune with it's deep murmur-'ti,
 divine; Be faithful to the ebb and flow that
 bring The outer tide of spirit to trouble ane
 swing The inlet of thy being. Learn to know These powers, and life with. all fits ven om and show Shall have no force to dazzle thee or
 sting. And when Grief comes thou shalt have
 suffered more Than all the deepest woes of all tke
 world; Joy. dancing in. shall find thee nour-
 ished with mirth; Wisdom shall find her Master at thy
 door, And Love shall find thee crowned with
 love empearled; And Death shall touch thee not but . 's new. birth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
ONLY ONE
m the Montgomery Advertiser

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Every time spectacular woman comes into public view in country in which there have been disturbances there is always present some newspa- per or magazine writer to overde- scribe her with the heroic title "An- other Joan of Arc.' But there never was but one Joan of Arc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

1T ever man were entitled to the
 distinguished service medal, 1t
 was that young British lieuten- ant Francis W. Craven of the destroy CT Mounsey
 A dispatch from London in yester- days Age-Herald announced that Pres ident Wilson had awarded him this medal and that Major General Riddle, commander of the American forces in the United Kingdom, had presented 1t to him.
 The medal was awarded, in the words of the London cable, "to Lieu tenant Francis W. Craven, who com manded the British destroyer Mounsey, which saved 600 American soldiers from the British transport Otranto, when she was sunk in collision off the Irish coast on October 6, 1918, with the loss of 357 American soldiers" < Though the British government con- ferred no honor upon Lieutenant Cra- ven for his work because it was not an act of valor in war combat, no man in any navy ever showed more cour- age nor demonstrated more perfect seamanship than did Lieutenant Craven on this occasion.
 The full story is worth telling, now that the censorship is off and no further obligation rests upon the newspaper man who was in the offing. so to speak. when this horror of the sea occurred.
 The Otranto, which went down, was the fla gship of a convoy of fourteen troop laden, influenza infected ships which sailed from New York on Sep tember 26 last. She was a British Australian liner with something like a thousand American soldier boys dDOaFQ. On ner sister snip, the OTOn- tes. a nasty old plague infected refrig- orator fSeighter with limited and dirty passenger accommodations, eighteen hundred soldiers boys, the writer and about fifty other passengers were crowded together like cattle
 We were accompanied from New York by a battleship. a cruiser and a destroyer The route was to be around the north of Ireland and down the Irish channel to Liverpool All sorts of hard luck hit the convoy and partic- ularly the Otranto. She first ran into a fishing fleet and cut down two boats. but saved the crews In doing so she fell behind, but caught up when we ran into a fearful storm and con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
Back in Civilian Life

"T will be glad to get back into civil ian life again." said Capt. Horace Will kinson. who was recently named as- sistant to the attorney general. "lt seems rather queer for me to have been out of the active practice of the law but then war deranges both pub lie and private affairs. I have had a rich experience and will re-enter my civilian profession with the satisfac- tion of knowing that I served the country to the best of my ability when it called me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
PENT UP EMOTIONS.
1lej63usa.

PENT UP EMOTIONS
 T don't suppose you bear any i'll, will toward your officers?'
 "No,' replied the discharged mule skinner. But there's mule some where in France that I'd like to give piece of my mind to, now that I'm out of the service. I wasn't allowed to swear at the brute when I was in the army"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

1 am willing to admit that the average teresting reading matter. but being an opnivorous reader I rarely ever waste basket even a pamphlet, without looking through it. for one never knows where he is going to get a good story, and I do not care to miss any chances.
 And so the other day when I got an official looking envelope from the de- partment of education at Montgomery I took out the enclosures and found that one of them was the report of the board Of trustees of the state normal schools friends w. T. Sheehan. Charles S. Nc Dowell. Jr..- w. W. Lavender. M. M. Stripling. W. F. Feagin and W. C.. Black, the appointive members.
 Now I have been intensely interested in the state normal schools ever since my visit to them year or more ago when went to study the 'A' schools located at Florence, Jacksonville, Livingston and Troy. I went to see with my own eyes and report things as I found them, and was given every opportunity to see them at work. I was both delighted and sur prsed at what was being accomplished
 The normal schools for whites have been established at various times during a period extending over more than 4) ", ence, which was founded in 1873, and which at present is doing such splendid work under Dr. Willingham and his corps of teachers. Dr. Daugette has long been fixture at Jacksonville, as has been Dr. Shackelford at Troy. and Dr. Brock at Livingston. I unhesitatingly say that no state can show finer quar- tet of ,unselfish and competent normal presidents,
 Now the report made by the committee to the legislature Is highly Illuminating and deserves 4 much wider reading than 1t will get in pamphlet form. It gives, a historical resume and Ndoes not content itself with mere recital of facts, but offers a constructive program, discussing i some of the defects in the normal school 1 system, and suggests desirable and feasi- ble means of improvement It gives facts 1 and statistics from other states as a means of intelligent comparison. but the emphasis is put on the normal education- al status in Alabama.
 
 In the outset I heartily agree with most of what they say, but confess that not having visited the schools at Daphne and Moundville, in Class B, and never having given any special study to the work being done by them, I am not com petent to pass upon their recomnenda- 1 tions as to the wisdom Of converting 1 them into county hieh schools. 1
 The recommendation, however. ought te carry the weight of an intelligent anc
 painstaking committee. and I feel surs
 that the matter will be properly threshet
 out as it should be when the question comes up for discussion in the legisla 1 ture In any, event the public owes thu committee thanks for the fearless way il (which they have made their report-fo lit does require courage to talk of chang ling in any way the status of established |schools.
 l
 | The normal school board boldly asks thu Legislature to assist in solving the prob Iems which they have faced, or to talk Responsibility for their continuance. Now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
A COLD RIVAL.

T dare say being the wife of a dis tinguished savant has its drawbacks"
 "Why so?" asked Mrs. Diggs.
 Your husband is apt to be in love with his work, you know"
 Professor Diggs specializes in Egyptology and I don't mind him having the mummy of an Egyptian princess for his affinity The chances are she's been dead at least 1000 years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

municate with the secretary of the fund, which is under the patronage of President Wilson and is directed by many distinguished members of the profession. George Arliss is chair
 man, Thomas A. Wise vice chairman
 and Grace Griswold secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
CTS would strike each other in ' /IYO VAI1T0
 ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LINES TO A NOVICE.

LINES TO A NOVICE. Lady. lady, in a motor
 Have a care for your ma chine; Though your togs are simply perfect And you look very queen, Autos have no place on sidewalks, 'Gainst fireplugs they should not
 lodge: Trolley poles have not the power AS I have to skip and dodge Much I marvel at your coursing Back and forth across the street; If I drove lic.le flivver
 You're a dame I'd hate to meet Though I know my warnings wasted, I can only stand and stare And repeat my exhortation, Lady, lady, have care.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
A CREDIT TO BOTH.

A CREDIT TO BOTH They've had the same cook for 20 years"
 "She deserves a distinguished serv- ice medal" "Quite so. And 1t wouldn't be amiss to bestow a decoration of some sort on the family"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

GOOD IDEA. Senator. why do you prop your feet at your toes when dictating a speech 2" My friend, before unloosing the flood gates of his oratory it behooves man in public life to remember how he stands"