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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04

fly, and half of the families in town Isins gas, the consumers would total 'SVO00. With the average family pay- Ing sS month for gas, the gross i'm come of the producing company from the sale of gas would be $1,080,0 900. And per cent of this sum going to the city would be something under SPA, 4,000 year. The city is now getting per cent from the E. R., l.. & P. Co.
 The government experts who were here offered the city the full service of the federal bureau in making the investigation and adjusting the proper costs and returns.
 Several city departments will taks part in compiling the report the com missioners will act on. Meantime Dr. Barrett and his colleagues are doing some individual research work The subject will officially come before the board in ample time for the city to make it's decision before awarding a new franchise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04
Alleged Deserter Held

No advices were received from the officials of Camp Humphrey, Va, last night by Detectives Dobyns and Wal ton in regard to Sidney A. Law all Ieged deserter, and who was placed in the city jail Saturday night on charge of passing worthless checks.
 According to the officers Law con fessed that he escaped from Camp Humphrey on the night of December % 1919 where he was serving an eight months sentence for stealing Lio- erty Bonds. He is being held here awaiting further information from the officials of the camp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04
DOWNTOWN STORE
 BRINGS GOOD PRICE
Second Time This Week Sale Made on First Avenue-Purchase Price
 Was $20,O00

For consideration in excess of se0,- 900, the two-story brick building a; First avenue and Eighteenth street occupied by the Jersey Ice Cream Com pany. was sold yesterday.
 The property was owned by the Beck Candy and Grocery Company. It was bought by Mrs. Susie P. Dill and Mrs Adelaide NJ. Jones. The transaction was handled by the realty dealers, Nor ment Poe and Chichester.
 It is the second large piece of realty in that neighborhood to change hands within the past several days, the Hotel Morris having been sold late last week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04
Children Cry
 FOR FLETCHER'S c A s IT O RIA

FN1> '--1.~~ ~- U'-~--sss's-c 3O>'1 VIM .ls you pain! is your stomach acid. gassy. sour. or have you flatulenee. heartburn Then take Pape's Diapepsin.
 Just as you eat tablet or two of Pape's Diapepsin all that dyspepsia. indi- gestion and stomach distress caused by aeidity ends. These pleasant harmless tab lets of Pape's Diapepsin never fail to make sick. upset stomachs feel fine at once. and they cost very httle at drug stores
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04
Peak in High Prices Reached Belief Federal Reserue Board

rates was cited by the board in the action of commercial houses in discour- aging clients from extensive borrowings. The market for commercial. paper gem eraliy has been dull. the statement showed
 The general liquidation in the stock market also was continued during Janu- ary, and, according to the boards view, the higher discount rates had forced a slowing down in stock activities.
 Financially, January has been month of doubt and tension,v the summary said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04

Bessemer, February 3.-(Special)-At
 mass meeting held in the circuit court
 room Tuesday evening in interest of the
 of directors was appointed to have
 charge of the building plans, who will
 serve until the building is erected. The
 following were recommended by the ex-
 ecutive committee of the campaign and
 were adopted by those present at the
 mass meeting: Gordon Jones, Bruce Sni-
 der, J. Owen Williams, John Donaldson,
 w. S. Welch, J. c. E. Gwin, T. T. Huey,
 Dr. F. P. Gwin, H. J. Brooks w. E.
 Wilson, Louis Ling, F. B. Buck, c. D.
 Woodrow, J. H. McEniry, N. B. Parker
 and Richard Faull.
 There was large attendance at the
 meeting, over which Judge J. c. B. Gwin
 presided, meeting of the board of di-
 rectors will be called at an early date
 and various committees appointed for
 making the plans of the building to be erected
 Engineers will begin Wednesday on making inventory of the waterworks plant and holdings in Bessemer for the purpose of submitting the reports to the arbitrators. J. F. Cannon. the city ar bitrator, is in the city and has secured the services of H. M Meade for making the inventory, while the Alabama Water Company, whose arbitrator is Nicholas Hill of New York, will be represented in the inventory by MT. Kiernan of New York. The two engineers will go over the plant together and make their separate estimates of the valuation of the plant and equipment The report of the engi- neers is expected to be ready in two weeks, as the work will be rushed. 
 Kerr Martin, aged S4 years, died Tues day morning at the residence of his son, R. F. Martini, S03 Fairfax avenue after a short illness. The remains will be shipped by Huey and Mcconnell to Oden- | vile Wednesday morning. where burial will take place. He is survived by his widow and one son. R. F. Martin. 1 On account of not being able to get accommodations at the Grand hotel, the luncheon given in interest of organiz- ! ing the Kiwanis Club will not be held Wednesday at 1 o'clock as announced.
 pr. E. P. Gwin, temporary chairman, states that a meeting will be called later,
 when the organization will be effected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04

Heat eases pain, . reduces the inflam- nation and scat ters congestion. but you'll find that while Begy's Mus tarine. made of true yellow mus tard and other pain de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04

stroyers is just as hot as the old fashioned plaster. it is much quicker, cleaner and more effective and cannot blister.
 It's great external remedy--just rub it on wherever aches, pains, inflammation, con pestion or swelling exists and in very few minutes the relief you have longed for sure ly arrives because Heat eases pain" 30 and 60 cents at druggists or by mail, s. C. Wells 6 Go. LeEey, N. '. !.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04
Stealing Shoes Charged

Grazie Rogoli. believed to be an Italian, was arrested and placed in the city jail last night by Detectives Dobyns and Walton on charge Of grand larceny According to the officers Rogoli is alleged to have been con nected with the robbery of ten cases of shoes from the Southern Railway Companys freight cars near the Ter minal station several weeks ago. The officers also stated that ten pairs of the stolen shoes were found in his home. He is being held for the gov ernment officials
 General business prospects appear fa- vorable. but will require careful disposal of pending financial and exchange prob lems.
 "The action of the federal reserve sys- {<ru in raising it's discount rates has heeT svorMbiy esesiVsss hy tre Heia con- ntSnlty as s step towMSe stsf of a,yS andlag ltaes of q con, sneralal rates ars mo- os sef,e ssava there hss eas rate for cal funds ttt aaaet'
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04
MUSIC PUPILS RECITAL

Mrs. c. B. Hollingsworth will pre- sent her music pupils in recital to be given at her residence on Clarendon avenue Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Hollingsworth limits her class to eight pupils, who are always among the most talented young musf- clans, and her recitais are of unusual interest. The programme follows: (a)
 Daisy Chain (Spaulding), (b) Dance Of the Nymphs" fTellier), Elizabeth Hawkins; One Pearl' (Berh). Mar garet Swallow; (a) Spanish Dance"
 tPennington), (b) Lily of the Val ley (sartoris), Mary Anna Morren: Ragsdale: (a) Pearls and Rubies"
 (Spindler), (b) Silver Stars" (Bohm), Miss Eileen Smith; (a) Rustic of Spring. (Sinding), (b) "Minuetp (Pad- erewsk). Miss Alice Ragsdale; 'Balade No. g. Chopin, Miss Ida Winters.
 Mrs. Raymond Allen was hostess to
 the Tuesday Bridge Club at her home on Fourth avenue Tuesday morning 8.
 10 o'clock The Valentine season was suggested in the decorations and score
 cards, which were hearts. There were
 three tables of bridge, and the first
 prize, set of glasses. was won by
 Mrs. Ben Heinberg. while the consola- |, ton, luncheon set, was awarded to Mrs. Zelna Berkowitz. Following the
 games a twD-course luncheon with cof- fee was served. The following guests were present. Mrs. ]. A. Little, Mrs. Ben Heinberg, Mrs. J. c. Wilson, Mrs. H. Chichester, Mrs. Mac Batson. Mrs. H. B. Rogers, Mrs. W. E. McWilliams, Jr., Mrs. James Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Zelna Berkowitz. Miss Ethel Gillen. Miss Der
 ney Gillen and Miss Lillian Cahill. Mrs. Allen was assisted in entertaining her guests by her sister, Miss Lillian Ca- hill.
 Mrs. Julius Israel will be hostess to the Beth-El Sisterhood at her. home. GIT Eighteenth street. on Thursday aft ernoon at o'clock Business of inn Dortance will be discussed and a full attendance is urged.
 Mrs. F. E. Johnson of Nettleton. Miss, who has been the guest of her daughter. Mrs. J. Y. Coburn, will leave l Wednesday morning for Memphis, where she will visit relatives. Mrs. Coburn will accompany her and will l spend several weeks in Memphis. l Mrs. Mary Gillen is in New York. l where she is making records of her | original compositions for the victrola
 She will return next week
 l Mir. and Mrs. H. Goldberg will leave : in few days for the eastern markets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04
Just Yellow Mustard
 For Backache, Lumbago

Grandmother's old mussy mustard plaster or noultice generally brought relief all right
 even in the severcst eases, but A ;t burned and blistered like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04
For the Good of
 the Community

dlrected towards arOuslng sentiment along proper lines, is we'll demonstrated in the poll tax paying and voters registra- tion in Jefferson county during the past two months.
 Officials in charge of tax collections and registration are authority for the statements that approximately 10000 men have registered and over $60,000 in poll taxes have been paid. As large per centage of those paying poll tax paid for several years, and others already regis tered paid back the total collections are, of course, out of proportion to the total new registration.
 But be that as it may, over 10000 names have been added to the list of qualified voters in Jefferson county, bringing the total to date up around the 30,000 mark. That is practically one- third of the total vote cast by the whole state in the primary election in August, 1918, when candidates for governor and other state offices, legislators, a United States senator and representatives in con- gress were nominated.
 In that same primary election Jeffer- son county voters cast 13,045 ballots for five candidates for governor. Candidates for other offices received less. As there were about 8, 300 registered voters in the county in 1918, 1t stands that little over two-thirds of the qualified voters voted in the primary.
 There will be several hundred others to register between now and the end of this month, so that it is probable that there will be something like 35,000 qualified voters in the county in May, when the 1920 primary election is held.
 Should the 1918 ratio be maintained the vote in the primary would be approx imately 4,O00, but the extensive agita- tion that has been carried on during the last few weeks and the unusual interest that is being taken in certain offices for which nominations will then be made is likely to cause much greater percentage of the qualified voters to go to the polls on May II. It may be assumed that between 25,000 and 30,000 ballots will be cast in Jefferson county in the May primary cleo tion.
 Not only are the voters very much in- terested in certain issues involved in the election, but large sums of money are be- ing, and will be spent, by some of the can didates in the furtherance of their races.
 Inf large registration may be, and no ,uot is, largely attributable to the agita- ssn of the past two months. It is good for
 county and the state that so many men
 e qualified to vote. It augurs we'll for tgle stability of the citizenship and the p4agaanency of American institutions v,fen all the people are interested in pub lie questions and participate in the selec- A.s If officials and thn dnnicinr of mo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04

The Age Herald maintains spe. cial representative in Bessemer. Mrs. H. L. Bains is correspond ent, to whom news items should be given. Phone Bessemer 612-J. Phone Bessemer 697.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
They Grow EN- Tall i'm DEBORAH.

Albert Christen, the real estate
Ynan, grows corn on his city property
on the West Side, just as side
line, to keep his muscles up to the
proper trim. He asked Monday IL
we had good high Office window
and wondered if we cared to display
"a stalk of corn from his field. After
finding out the window was nearly
20 feet high he said he would bring
over a stalk and thought possibly
wa could get it in the window To
measure the stalk it took more than
a three foot rule applied twice to
reach the top and We quit measuring
and took it for granted it must be
rearly 20 feet. at any rate il it was
given a little more time it would
soon reach up to twenty. To say no.
thing about the corn itself just
thing Of the pile Of corn fodder a
few Of these stalks will make.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Sugar Travels 1000 Miles To Cover
400 Mile Route.

Chicago is approximately i1,400
niles from Cuba-as a crow flies.
But Cuba is approximately 5000
miles from Chicago-as sugar flies.
In that geographical tangle, Mr..
Ultimate Consumer. lies an explana-
ton of the price you have to pay at
tie corner grocery for sugar.
When Chicago wholesalers buy di-
re thy from Cuban sugar growers and
federal authorities prevent specula-
tion the sweeting of your morning
coffee costs you about cents a
pound. But just now Chicago whole
salers are buying their sugar from
Canadian dealers. who received it
from English brokers who exported
1t grom Cuban plantations.
Three or four profits, 5000 mile
tour and the vicissitudes of frequent
handling make the sugar cost the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Five Sons on Ball Team.

l. B. Olson of Conover was a bust
ness visitor in town Friday and a
pleasant caller at this Office. He
was much disappointed in the fact
that the Ossian- Conover base ball
game of Sunday, June 9th: was not
reported in The Bee, which game,
Mr.. Olson said, was Won by Conover
by a score of 6 to 81. Mr.. Olson,
who has FIVE boys in the team, is a
great fan and we can't blame him
for being disappointed in not seeing
the game reported.-Ossian Bee.
By the looks of the score the
Olson boys must know how to play
hall too. Guess Mr.. Olson has q
right TO be proud of them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Check swindling Scheme.

Retailers in several Wisconsin cit.
les have been victimized by a new
form of check swindle. The process
is as follows.
The swindler buys merchandise or
which he wants some alterations
made. He leaves the merchandise
with the dealer and, declaring his de.
sire to pay for it in advance, leaves
a check also.
In due course the merchant de,
posits the check and finds out that
while his new customer actually has
an account at the bank on which the
check is drawn it is not sufficient ia
cover the check. When the swindlei
customer calls for his Goods few
days later the merchant mention:
this with regret, whereat the swind
Ter customer is much annoyed thai
] is stenographer should have failed
to make the deposit he told her to
OF course he wouldn't dream of ask.
ing the merchant to accept the checl
however, and he insists on paying
cash for the merchandise and the
merchant returns his check.
So far the transaction hasn't hurt
the merchant a. bit. But
The stranger now has a CHECK
bearing the merchants Endorsement
He proceeds to cash it forthwith
raising the amount if he thinks the
Merchants account is big and evap
crates to another city to repeat hi,
operation.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Home From Trip on Road.

,Chas. Daily and son Joseph ar
rived home Sunday night from Van
CouVer, Wash. Mr.. Daily has been
on the road for the past two months
as a travelling salesman for the
Ieggetts Wholesale Shoe Co., of Los.
Angeles, Calf. He started out from
Needles, Calf. and made the interior
coast country up to Van Couver,
through Oregon and Washington
Mr. Daily is home to enjoy two
weeks vacation and will leave then
for Chicago to meet the buyer fol
the firm and will go east to buy
goods. Charley is getting in line to
Become one of the buyers and the
prospects RICH. now are good fol
1: ct position. ...
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
wINNEsHIEK SHIPS WOOL.
Sent Out Nearly Car Load of Wool
To Chicago.

The Winneshiek County Wool
lGlowers Association consigned near
ly full carload of wool to the Iowa
Wool Growers Associations Ware
house at Chicago last week. The
wool was taken in three days at the
County Garage and Immediately
billed out.
This venture was tried last year
by Iowa wool growers with splendid
success. Because of the tied up finan.
cial condition, this project has at
tracted the attention of Iowa bank.
ers association to the end that same
has recommended liberal loans or
shippers warehouse receipts. The
whole idea is pure. sound bushes:
ard should work out nicely.
The State Veterinarian Association
have taken action looking to the
maintenance of a uniform price fol
hog cholera serum. They recommend
that profit in serum to the farmer
shall not exceed twenty five per cent
of the cost. This does not mean &
set profit of twenty five percent, blu
as their resolution reads, at shall
IL no case exceed twenty five PEI
cent.
The above paragraph is quoted
from letter from the Iowa Farm
Bureau Federation. Fortunately this
county is seldom overrun by hos
cholera epidemics but it is, never
theless, we'll to be in readiness
Veterinarians are urged by thei
state association to issue a state
ment of charges for hog cholera
vaccination. This is intended t.
oNercome much criticism which mile
age and service charges, costs ant
profits on serum. Farmers are urged
to call for such statements in set
Element.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
WILL LEAVE DEBORAH.
w. w. Sanders Going to Oklahoma
as Assistant superintendent of
Oil Co.

w. w. Sanders who has been the
manager Of the DEBORAH Gas Co.
since it opened in DEBORAH in Febru
airy 1911, has resigned his position
and about August first will leave
Decorah for Nowata, Oklahoma,
where he will become associated with
the Alluwe Oil Co., as assistant
superintendent.
The company is a large one and
produces between 500 and 400 bar
rels of crude oil a week, besides it
has large number OF pipe lines.
Mr.. Sanders has been interested IN
this proposition for some time past,
ard saw a mighty good future in it
for him. His knowledge Of the bust
ness will help him wonderfully and
the offer he received by the com
pany is a flattering one.
Since coming to DEBORAH he mas
made many friends who will regret
to see him leave. Mrs. Sanders will
not go to Oklahoma at the present,
but will join Mr.. Sanders after he
gets settled.
N NJ. D. Wells who has been Decor
abs City Clerk for the past two
years, has resigned and will take
Mr.. Sanders place in the DEBORAH
Gas Co. And in this connection, We
might say, if Mr.. Wells makes az
good a manager for the gas company
as he has made a clerk for the city
Of DEBORAH, then the company is
going to De run in first class shape.
Mr.. Wells was always on the job
and was possessed of efficient bust.
ness methods and his records are Up
to date in every particular, and the
council was mighty sorry to lose
him. He will probably take over his
new duties about the first of Aug
Ist.
With conditions as they are now
it is going to take some mighty
efficient managing to tide the com,
pany over the present soaring Of
prices of everything that goes into
the making of gas, but we believe
Mr.. Wells is as good man as could
lie found for the place.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Married Last Thursday.

Last Thursday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock at the parsonage of the Nor
wegian church in this city, Rev.
l. B. Torrison officiating, occurred
the marriage of Mr.. Louis Miller
Borseth to Miss Ella Amanda Ander-
son. They were attended by Miss
Gertrude Borseth as bridesmaid and
Mr.. Melvin Anderson as best man
and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Stortz and
Miss Astrid Anderson and Mr.. AL
fred Lysne. The bride wore white
Georgette silk dress and carried a
bouquet of white and pink carna-
tons. The groom wore a dark blue
suit.
The bride is daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Anderson of Canoe
township, and is one of the highly
esteemed and popular young women
of ahe county. The groom is son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Erick o. Borseth
of DEBORAH, and is young
man of high worth and character.
A reception was held at the home
of the brides parent after the. mar
riage, which was attended by a num-
Der of relatives and friends. The
happy young couple will make their
home on the groom's fathers farm
south of DEBORAH. We join with their
many friends in extending congratu-
lations and best wishes for long
and happy married life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Banana Trees in Iowa Fruit Laden

Banana Trees in Iowa Fruit Laden.
Eldora, Ia.-If any one doubts
that this section of Iowa Is not in
the banana belt region he should Wis
it the training school for boys just
within the corporate limits of the
west part of town and see the tree
trees now loaded with fruit lust as
perfect as those grown under :ne ~
legged balmy breezes of the south
land. C. F. Vorbeck, who has charge
Of the garden department of the
school, has found a scheme whereby
this usually grown southern plant
tbriyes under Iowa climatic condit-
ions. A visit to the states institution
for boys is we'll worth any ones
time at this season of the year just
as an evidence that all kinds OF
fruit will thrive in Iowa soil If Civ
Ell consideration and proper care.
Acres and acres of garden truck may
new be seen in its luXuriant growth
Feeding over 500 boys and some
thing like 100 officers and employees
is mans job. but Mr.. Vorbeck has
proven that he is equal to the emer-
Cency and is not at all frightened
at the high cost of living conditions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14

dealer here 80 instead Of Z or s
cents a pound.
Stanley Care, collector OF customs
here, threw light on the sugar ques.
ton today when he announced that
100000 pounds of sugar had been
imported from Canada In recent
weeks. Virtually all of the cane
sugar now reaching Chicago comes
from Cuba via England and Canada
the collector said.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Flying Machine Visits DEBORAH.

An aeroplane with pilot and
enc passenger visited DEBORAH Thurs
day afternoon and circled over the
city several times. The machine came
from Iowa Falls. The men started
ont for a spin in the air with no
place in particular in view. They
landed up near the former r. J.
Novotony farm. and came into the
city and had dinner. Iowa Falls is
about 10 miles from DEBORAH, and
they said they took just one hour
and ten minutes to get here. A
while ago it was the old trusty Ford
that a person usually relied upon to
get around the circle, now aero
planes are tie fashion. But between
the two we will take the old Henry
Ford.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Natural History in Iowa.

Waukon, IA pair of robin.
are to be seen raising a family Of
young ones in a nest which the,
have built in one of the geranium
jars that is attached to an electro.
lier in front of the Meier block on
East Main street.
The street and walk Is a busy
noisy thoroughfare, and during the
evening four large electric lights
shine brightly but foot or two over
the nest.
Truly an odd but stylish site for
a birds nest.