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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-08-28

The counties in which farm
lands remain as before are Power,
-Shoshone, Camas. Caribou, Clark,
Butte. Teton and Oneida.
This per cent increase Of the
assessed valuation of farm lands
in Lewis county means that the
taxes on each quarter section will
be around So more than without
the increase. This fact will be
of much more interest to the tax
payer on the day of settlement,
however, than it is just now.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-08-28

Norman Boyd. Of Liscomb, Ia..
arrived at Peck last Saturday to
visit his brother, S. j., and cousin,
M. F. Boyd. He and the latter
drove up to Nezperce Tuesday to
take a look over this section of
the country.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-08-28
FARM TAXES GET
SIX DOLLAR RAISE.
New Equalization Increases Farm
Tax Valuations 8 Per Cent
In Lewis County.

Lewis and 33 more of the coun-
ties of the state had farm valua-
tions raised from 5 to 35 per cent,
while eight counties. headed by
Power. the home county of Gov
ernor Davis. had no raise m val
uation in the recent readjustmert
of assessed valuations by the state
board of equalization.
NhOca raised wara.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-08-28

Mr. and Mrs. H. r. Freeland, of
Pocatello, and Mr.. and Mrs. Swan
Olander, Of Winchester, made a
business trip to Nezperce today in
the formers big Peerless car.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-08-28

A. w. Dant went to Spokane.
Monday on q business mission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

with the rest of the animal because we never did see any of it
 The French people really do love the Americans and the lady who has charga of the Lord Byron hotel, where we are stopping, sat up until 12 o'clock to wait for us and served us hot chocolate. She said she was happy to greet the Ameri cans. We have a real nice room in this hotel but our mail must be sent to Hotel Regina, 2 Rue de Rivoli, Paris, as that is Red Cross headquarters, that hote,, one of the largest in Paris, having been Red Cross headquarters. Tomorrow is Christmas Day and they are going to have open house for the American SOL d CTS and the Red Cross workers will have to be there to assist in entertaining them. There Is lots of work to be done over here just as much as before the armistice was signed. Especially to cheer the sol- diers who are sick and homesick and 1 am glad that we are really serving in that way.
 'The American boys have seemed to erioy our programmes very much and on numerous occasions requested to have Us sent back for another. so of course that makes us feel that we really doing something worth while.
 q certainly do hate to be away from home on Christmas Day, but just re- member we are doing our patriotic duty and don't worry about us, for we are both feeling fine and enjoying all the sights and experiences.
 Our uniforms are much more attrac- tive since we have gotten 'sand-brown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
ADDITIONAL CUTS
 IN OCEAN RATES ARE ANNOUNCED
Total Reductions. From 60 to 66 Per Cent From the Pre-Armistice
 Rates
By Associated Press

New York, January 31.-Additional cuts
 of 42 and 43 per cent in present inter- national shipping rates were announced
 tonight by Punch, Edye & Co.,. incor-
 porated, of this city. representing the British South African lines. the Com monwealth and Dominion line, limited, and the Cunard line Australian service.
 These cuts, which affect South African and Australasian trade, show reductions
 of about 60 to 66 per cent from pre-armi- stice prices.
 The new South African prices quoted are:
 To Cape Town, $20 per ton for iron and steel, and s27 per ton for general cargo, | all rates per ton of 40 cubic feet. or 224C pounds, ships option, freight prepaid
 To the following ports 60-cent differ
 ential is added in the order in which | they appear:
 | Algoa Bay, East London, Port Natal , Delagoa Bay and Beira. Beira ship | ments are also subject to an additiona | 30 cents per ships ton landing charge | To Australian ports the new rates are Fifteen dollars per ton, naked weight | SIS per ton, packed weight; s25 per tor rough general cargo, and $50 per ton fine general cargo, all rates per ton of 224t pounds, with ships option of 40 cubic ! foot ton on the latter two. l In announcing the new prices R. H 1 Goodwin, treasurer of the company, stat eG the reductions are in no sense being
 made to create friction with the Ameri- can shipping board, but in order to re- store shipping to business basis. Reductions in far east rates will be announced shortly, it was stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

By cutting down your cotton acreage you need not reduce your land under cultivation. farmers business is to farm, and every acre he can make productive adds that much more to the wealth of the world. But a farmers bus- ness is also business and he should not run it at loss Many people never realize that the average cotton farmers situation is something
 like this He borrows money, pays rent and either gives his own labor and that of his family or hires labor to work enough land that will produce say ten bales of cotton Usually by the end of the season either through bad weather conditions or because of boil weevi ac- tivity, because of rainy weather during the picking season, a scarcity of cotton pickers
 his ten bales are reduced to eight bales. Now taking BOG pound the market price for cot ton we find that of this eight bales, four bales will be good enough grade to bring the full mar ket price of BOG pound, or total of S6OO
 The other four bales, because of bad weather during picking or carelessness of pickers or va rious other reasons, might average say 1Sc pound, 800 bale, or $36O for four bales or total of $960 for his whole years crop. This farmer started out to make ten bales of cotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

them, but the court said it was no, necessary.
 The Fifth ward, historic because 1t contains Independence hall, Carpetter's hall, where the Colonial Congress met, and Congress hall, where the federal constitution was drafted and Wash ington made his farewell address, mas been the scene of many bloody po- litical battles.
 The 1917 row resulted over the cleo tion of city councilman which car ried with 1t ward leadership Mayo Smih was alleged to favor Isaac Deutsch and was accused of using the police to swing the election and of failing to protect voters by taking no action to prevent the bringing of New York gunmen into the ward.
 The New York gunman who slew the policeman is serving Is years in the penitentiary and several others brought from New York were given shorter terms. Deutsch and number of policemen are under sentence of from one to two years on charges or preventing a fair election. Deutsch and the policemen are out on bail pend- ing an appeal to the higher court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
MISS bERNEY G|LLEN 'WR|TESOF REDCROSS
 WORK OVERSEAS

In letter to her mother, Mrs. r. J. Gillen. in Bessemer, Miss Berney Gill len tells some interesting things re- garding the life and work of Red Cross worker overseas. Miss Gillen'
 with her sister, Mrs. Mary Gillen, are in the entertainment department of the Red Cross and are now on duty in
 Paris. The letter was written on Christ
 mas eve and. in part. is as follows: Nv Dearest Mother-Your letter
 came as q lifesaver this morning. and it was the first line we had received from home since we left New York.
 Things are really happening over here thick and fast, and as it is Christmas we are required to work every night, as well as all day. Every night we give progr imme at some Red cross
 hut or Y. NJ. c. A. building, and during the day we spend most of our time in hospitals and convalescent homes tell
 ing the soldiers stories. reading to
 them and writing for them, as well as
 doing various other things for them.
 "Our trip over was most interesting.
 We came on the Champion, Canadian
 Pacific liner, and had most terrible
 storm during the voyage. It lasted 3o hours and the captain said 1t was one
 of the worst they had had in 35 years.
 It was really beautiful and I had all
 ways wanted to see a storm at sea. We received a call for help from an- other vessel. but were too far away to go to the rescue, and anyway, we were expecting the same fate at any minute ourselves. However the Champion rocked and rolled, but made the voy- itrn~ .,fl1 We remained there several days, spending most of the time sigtsee!ng and from there went to Londca. where I met Abe Williams from Rirmins-
 ham. Certainly was glad to see some one from home
 We were then ordered to go to South
 ampton and crossed the English mel at it's widest point. landing in 1 Havre, France where we spent the day, and then came on to Paris on one i of those curious foreign trains. This is truly a wonderful city, but we had terrible time coming across the i channel, It was an overnight trip and 1 there were about 50 more passengers 1 than they could accommodate, so the
 majority of them had to sit up in deck ! chairs all night and the most of them | were sick At the last minute we got l five hunks for our crowd in the steer l age and went down there. Well, it was /, a scream. There were women of all rat:onalties with lots of small child
 ren and babies lying around on the
 floor. and it certainly did look i uueer Of course, we did not sleep 1 any and later in the night the chan nel became choppy and everyone was ! sea sick. All the port holes were closed
 and the air was vile. A few chairs were turned over and the babies be-
 came frightened and began to cry. ! Well If all the experienCeS that was tho worst ever
 Tn London we visited Westminster Ab- 1 hey. the House of Lords. and other his
 toric places, which I will tell about when | l get home. The hardest thing in London
 was the scarcity of food. We had oxtail
 anC kidney stew almost every meal and
 we are still wondering what they did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Hold the Cotton You Now Have On Hand

Every we'll posted cotton man knows that cot ton costs more to produce than the present mar ket quotation. Some authorities state that the 1918 cotton crop would be cheap at 35c. How ever this may be, the holders of spot cotton will enable them to get back at least the greater rat of the production cost. England has just lifted the embargo cotton France and Italy are expected to do so. The ocean freight rates have just been reduced and the export demand will develop immediately. It is expected that the peace treaty will be signed soon-as early as the first part of March. This being the case, the central European nations will be in the mar ket for large supplies of cotton. American
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket

worth Sl50O. Yet his gross income dwindled down to $960. The Southern farmers are cer tainly entitled to at least soc pound for their cotton under present conditions, and they should get it. Tf aa aFst1'
 Diversification of crops is common sense policy for farmer. If your cotton crop goes wrong, you have your corn, your cattle, your hogs, or other crops, During 1919 you will make more money by cutting your usual cotton acreage and putting more land into feed and food crops Plant corn. Feed it to the hogs, if necessary. The minimum base price of $17.50 per hundred pounds, Chicago basis, as estab- ished by U. s. Food Administration for hogs, will probably remain in effect several months. Even when this price restriction is removed fats and it will be long While before pork eets so cheap as to be unprofitable to the raiser. Europe needs food. Europe is not in position to raise big crop in 1919, or even next year. America must help feed her. Plant some of your land in feedstuffs and foodstuffs, then you will be helping to both feed and cothe the world and make a reasonable profit for your self
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

stocks will be the only available source of sup ply. Cotton will never again go down to it's old levels. And it never should because the South will not go back to the condition of economic slavery that has existed for generations. Its young men and women will leave the farm and go to the city unless farm life is made attractive enough to hold them. This will not happen un- less the laborer is paid the hire he is worthy of Hold your cotton. The banks and merchants can easily finance it. There is more money in Southern banks than ever before Do not be frightened by paper prices achieved by "bear' spectators who are selling short in the market Hold your cotton and let the spinners pay you at least what it costs to produce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

leather belts and new sailor hats and we will get a foreign service stripe in a few days for our sieeve.
 We met Leo Tecktonious, the French pienist, (you remember l met him when he was visiting in Chicago and gave a concert at the university, and he is giving a dinner party for us on New Years Day and Maurice, the famous dancer and opera star as well as num- Der of other celebrities will be at the party, so you can well imagine the won- derful time we are planning for that day.
 "As it is getting late and we have to be at work at o'clock, and Oh! How Hate To Get Up In the Morning. will conclude for this time Write lots and often. With love to you all and regards to all our friends, your devoted daug- ter, BERNEY."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

Everyone knows that small crop years yield more money. In individual cases this might not be so, because one farmer or one section of the farming country or even whole state might have ruinously short crop. In this event they would have to suffer while more fortunate in- dividuas in other sections would benefit. But a general rule when a crop is short every
 ten bales of cotton at S150 bale will yield more net profit than twenty bales at $75 bale. The total value is the same, but the cost of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
MAYOR SMITHS
 FOUND INNOCENT Philadelphia Mayor on Trial Nine Days for Alleged
 MisdemeanOr
By Associated Press

Philadelphia, January 31.-Thomas B. Smith, mayor of Philadelphia, the last of the principal figures to be brought to trial in the Fifth ward political row, which resulted in the killing of a policeman at the primary election in September, 1917, was tonight ac- quilted by a jury of the charges of misdemeanor in office and conspiracy to violate an election law which pro- hibits city officeholders from taking an active part in politics, The mayor was on trial nine days and the jury was out less than two hours in consid- eration of it's verdict.
 Surrounded by friends and members of his cabinet, the mayor shook hands with the jurors and wanted to address
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Small Crops Bring More Money

handling, of making, of picking, etc., is twice for twenty bales as it is for ten. The same rule applies to all crops. The slogan for 1919 should be, Make small crop and sell it for more than it cost to raise." It is time for the Southern farmer to quit doing business at loss In any other line of industry when the manager finds that he is losing money he quits and tries something else. It is good business and com mon sense to cut down your cotton acreage when you are losing money on what you made the year before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Troops to Maintain
 Order at Bremen
Qv Assaeisted Prry-

Paris, January 31.-(Havas.)-Th Ber- lin government has decided to send troops to Bremen to maintain order. The first contingents already have arrived in Ere men, Gustav Noske head of the gov ernment bureau for defensive measures, justified the measure on the ground that the situation at Bremen cannot be endured. He said a small minority was seeking to impose dominat tion by vio. lence He added that the troops sens to Bremen would not fire a shot unless the Spartacans first offered violence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Plant Less Cotton This Year

farmer remunerative price for raising it. Do not flood the market with more than the mar ket will absorb. Any manufacturer when he sees that he cannot sell the stock of goods that he has on hand immediately curtails his produc- ton. Farmers are manufacturers and they can apply the same principles on a smaller scale If in 1919 every farmer will cut his normal cot ton acreage by one-third he will get more money for his crop and get paid at least the cost price for any 1918-cotton he might have on hand, tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
HIGHWAY RESOLUTION

The Congress of the United States is memoralized in a resolution of Hol- lis of Lamar to designate the natlohal highway that will run through Ala . bama as the Bankhead National hlSa- way The resolution has been adopted in both the house of representatives and senate.
 The resolution in full follows:
 Be it resolved by the house, the sen ate concurring, that
 Whereas, the Bankhead National Highway association has mapped a continuous highway from Washington to Los Angeles, through virginia North Carolina, South Carolina. Geor- gia. Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Ari- zona and California, which they have designated at the Bankhead national highway in recognition of the 32 years of service In the Congress of the united States of the senior senator from Ala bama and of his distinguished advo- cacy of the federal improvement of the highway; and,
 Whereas, the route has been located after inspection and approval by T representative of the United States bu- reau of public roads and an impartial pathfinding committee, and has the approval of the highway commission of this state, and;
 Whereas, the Bankhead National Highway association has requested the said road be made an interstate high way and that the several states join In memorializing the federal government to designate said road as national highway and to cooperate with the states in its construction and mainte- nance.
 Now. therefore, be 1t resolved: CD That the state of Alabama hereby join the other states in the establishment of this road as an interstate highway the route across Alabama being route
 not and g. as shown on the state highway map and traversing the cit ies of Heflin, Anniston, Talladega, Tell City, Birmingham, Jasper Guin, Ben ton and Sulligent. CD That the Con- gress of the United States be and here
 by is memoralized to designate the said road as the Bankhead national high way and to aid the states in it's construction and maintenance as a na- tional highway. (3) That this action be transmitted to the governors ot the several states and to the several secretaries of state for their consider ation and to the President of the United States for federal action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
How Bankers Merchants, Cotton Men, Farmers and
 Business Men Can Help the South Stay Prosperous

publicity will hundreds of millions for the South We want the moral support of every business South, and of the financial aid will be appreciat ed This advertising is paid for by public bus and cotton throughout the South Talk high h % yGur HotGn & G yosr 9Tn get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

The South is now in position which might be called "cotton poor" that is to say, it has large stocks of cotton on hand costing consider ably more than present market values to pro- duce and for which there is seemingly no de-
 mand except at these sacrifice prices. Although there sound fundamental reasons why cot ton should not be as low as the present market quotations, yet in order to be in on the safe side it is good policy not to raise the usual crop of cotton in 1919-then the world will be to take the cotton it can get and pay the Southern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

of $1 ,667 ,000 00O-Secretary Hester's figures
 We would advise all producing interests not to the future cotton market a hedge against spot cotton because in the present position of the tract market it is not legitimate hedge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01


 
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
FAULK TRIES ID l. RESURRECT BILL;
 IS UNSUCCESSFUL
Gives Notice He Will Seek to Have Antifish Commits siOner Bill Taken From
 Adverse Calendar

Montgomery, January 31.-(SpeciaD Representative Faullx of Geneva coun- ty made an unsuccessful attempt in the house Friday to have his bill, abol- ishing the office of state game and fish commissioner, taken from the ad- verse calendar to which it was refer red by the committee on game, fish and forestry preservation shortly after its Introduction at the beginning Of the present session. Arguments for and against the Faulk motion contin- ued for more than an hour but MT. Wallace, present head of the depart ment, had more friends than enemies in the house The final vote against the Faulk motion to take the resolu- tion from the adverse calendar was 45 to 36.
 Soon after Faulk ascertained the committee had reported adversely his bill he gave notice he would seek to have it taken from the adverse caien- dar, thus permitting the measure to be voted upon by the house. This mo- ton Faulk made Friday morning.
 SAYS MONEY WASTED
 For several minutes Faulk held the house floor, digging into the reports of the legislative Investigating com mittee of the 1915 legislature. He sought to show that money was vast ed by the department, but never did he indulge in personalities or refer 10 John w. Wallace, Jr., who started the department and has been elected sev- eral times to succeed himself. Tele- grams, shown in the investigating committees report of four years ago, were read by Faulk, who claimed these messages showed the head of the de- partment protected his position by spending state money for these mes- sages and long distance calls.
 Fletcher of Madison county moved that the motion of Faulk be tabled but when it was suggested that there should be a debate, he withdrew the motion.
 SPITE WORK, SAYS ELLIS
 Among the speakers against the Faulk motion was Ellis of Elmore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

Do let the South lose it's prosperity go back its economic slavery of past years Help this big idea of holding the 1918 cotton and planting less cot ton in 1919 by talking it to everybody.
 You can help immediately nm and practically by sending ford further this propaganda few dollars spent in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Dr. ]. B, Reid Appointed

Mcntevallo, January 31.-(Special) Dr. J. T. Eeid of this city has received r otice of his appointment by Governor
 Kilby as convict physician at Aldrich, He succeeds Dr. E. G. Givham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Habitual Constipation Cured
 in IA fa 2l naYH

'LAX-FOS-WITH PEPSIN'' is a spe- ially-prepared Tonic Laxative for Ha- bitual Constipation. It relieves prompt ly but should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Plee sant to Take. soc per bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

The sixteen million-bale crop season of 19l1-12 brought to Southern farmers only $s1O,00O, ,000, whereas the eleven million nine hundred thousand bale crop of the season of 1917-1S brought total
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
DrS. DOZier & DOZier
Oldest Established Firm of Medical Specialists in Alabama. Twenty five Years in Birmingham.

We treat scientifically and with wonderful success. all man. ne- of chronic diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Lungs. Heart. Liver. Stomach. Bowels. Kidneys and all diseases of the Skin and the Pelvic Organs of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Pile. Cured in b TO If Days

l Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Stops 1 Irritation, Soothes and Heals. You can l Druggists refund money if PAZO l OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind get restful sleep after the first ap
 ] plication. Price COG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01

According to the statistican of New York trust company, there are 19,12o millionaires in the United States.