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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
EVENTS OF THE DAY
 FROM STATE. CAPITAL

officials of the southeastern states in conference here today adopted resofu- jon urging all city and county engineers to cooperate in reducing all road con struction work as much as possible dur ing the year.
 States involved in the retrenchmen' program are Tennessee, Alabama, Geor- gia, Florida, Mississippi and South Caro- lima.
 It was also agreed that effort will be made to coordinate all labor and ma terials available with the demand TOT construction in order not to congest transportation, labor and the materials market Highway engineers of all states attended or were represented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
By FRED H. GORMLEY
 Montgomery Bureau The Age-HersId
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 Montgomery May 6.-(Special. )-Mem- bers of the board of trustees of the Ala bama Polytechnic institute will meet in adjourned session with Governor Kiloy Saturday for discussion of various mat ters which have been under investigation for several weeks. It is not known what but 1t is known that the board has been making minute investigations at the col lege with the view of increasing its ef- ficieney.
 It is not probable that the selection of as Dr. c. c. Thach, who has been on sick leave for several months, probably will be able to return in the fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
ORE TAX ARGUMENTS

Montgomery, May 6.-(Special. )-Argu- ments will be made before the supreme court next Thursday in the case involv- ing the validity of the tax on the privi- lege of mining iron ore and coal which was imposed by the legislature last year. An agreement was made Thursday be- tween the supreme court the state and those testing the law in order that a de- cision may be made during the next few weeks. The case will become preferred one in the supreme. court and a decis- ion should be rendered early in June.
 The case was brought by the Republic Iron and Steel Company against the |state, the complainant's contention being that the imposition of the tax Is viola tive of the state constitution. The Mont gomery circuit court ruled against the taxpayers and they appealed to the su- preme court An appeal was held up until final decision was obtained in the cases involving the validity of the income tax.
 Should the supreme court hold the ton mage tax to be invalid an extra session of the legislature would be necessary even if the administration is able to argue that the state can meet its obligations now being incurred without the income tax which was held to be invalid. The state will be represented in the supreme court by J. Q. Smith, attorney general, and Lawrence F. Brown. spe- cia1 counsel The compliments will be represented by Percy Benners and Burr. and Tillman, Bradley and Morrow or Birmingham
 The tax, which is now being paid un- der protest and under an agreement for a refund if the law is invalid Is cents ton on all coal and cents ton on all
 iron ore mined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
FORMER BARONIAL TWIRLER DIES AT
 NASHVILLE HOME

Nashville, May civilian P Me Tigue, at one time pitcher for the Bos- ton Nationals, Detroit Americans, Bir- mingham and Atlanta in the Southern Association, died at his home here today oftuberculosis His last pitching effort was with Atlanta in 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
JOHN EVERS WILL
 COACH BOSTON TEAM

Boston, May 6-The signing of John J. Evers, former National baseball player, as coach to Boston College team, was announced today His salary was said to be unusually high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
For the Good of
 the Community

TN having a board of revenue anxious to \ do it's duty and a citizens unsalaried and disinterested commission aiding the board in the wise expenditure of road money Jefferson county has a dual assur- ance of good results.
 Money has already been saved by this joint effort The bids offered for build ing the first S2,0O0,O0O worth of roads have been subjected to twofold scru- tiny, that of the citizens commission be- ing especially competent by reason of it's !, ,composition.
 It is just as important that the carry ing out of the contracts be subject to the same dual inspection, oversight and capa- bility The next board of revenue will automatically accept the citizens commis sion in the same cordial spirit as the pres ent one, because, in doing so, they will { comply with public opinion.
 The citizens commission aided the board in a series of recommendations with regard to the bids for road building The recommendations were, in fact, so practical and in line with efficiency and economy that the board agreed unani- tmously to them.
 The citizens commission has reported ] its first act in the public interest to the public through the public press. In that sreport the commission said:
 'In view of our position as trustees of khc oi4 of Toff keeping with our promises at the time of our nomination and appointment it is our purpose to report to the public our final conclusions on matters of this kind"
 Of the character of the citizens com mission the report accurately states this:
 "The membership of the commission includes three technically trained men and four men of large affairs in the busi- ness and financial World.'
 The names speak for themselves They are Wallace L. Caldwell, chairman Erskine Ramsey, Dan Dimick, Richard w. Massey and Lee Moody. The viewpoints of the commission were these:
 We have considered the problems pre- sented from the viewpoint of the en- gineer, the business man and the finan- cier"
 There are three engineers on the com mission, Messrs. Ramsey, Caldwell and Dimick That is an unusual array of special talent to be had by citizens for the public good without price.
 The slogan of the citizens commission is this:
 ''1. That absolute justice be granted all bidders.
 "2. That only sound and permanent types of construction be adopted.
 "3 That all contracts be so awarded that the financial interests of the county shall not suffer"
 The commission has lived up to it's !, motto and the board of revenue has acted up to the spirit and letter of it's acceptance of the commission as an advisory body of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07

URGE LESS ROAD WORK
 Montgomery May 6.-(Special. )-Because of the acute shortage of road building materials and labor and uncertainty or transportation, federal and state highway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
MOBILE

Mobile, May s.-(Special)- )-The work of destroying whisky, wine and cordial seized last December by the forces of Chief c. W. Austin of the state law en- forcement was begun this afternoon at the county jail. The liquors have been ordered destroyed by the circuit and inferior criminal courts The de- struction of the liquor was left by the forces of Chief Austin to Sheriff w. H. HoIcombe, Jr.. who personally saw to the destruction of the wet" goods, the shipment being valued at $21,000.
 Along with the Austin seizures were a lot of other prohibited liquors seized by the forces of Sheriff Holcombe and this was also destroyed
 The Medical College of the University of Alabama has been finally lost to Mobile after a hard fight on the part of the alumni. The alumni and doc tors will meet again tomorrow night and try out some new plan to save the college to Mobile. The following let ter from N. P. Colwell, of the council of medical education of the Ameri- can Medical Association settled the fate of the college here:
 ''The council has carefully considered all the evidence presented at the re- y Mobile citizens to the representatives of the council in New Orleans. or April 27. It has been decided that a postponement of the date when the change in rating of the Alabama School of Medicine the council acted in the same manner and applied the same standards as are followed in the grad ing of all other medical schools "yours very truly.
 COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION
 ''Per N. P. COLWELL." Loaded entirely with Alabama products valued at approximately a half million dollars. the Chickasaw City, first vessel built at the plant of the Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company, departed today on her maiden voyage to Rotterdam. The sailing inaugurated the service of the 18th milan Steamship line out of Mobile which will operate vessels to Europe. Japan and China. The greater part of the cargo carried by the Chtckasaw City was steel plates from the Ten nessee Coal Iron and Railway Com pany plant at Birmingham.
 Besides the deadweight cargo of steel the ship also carried out several l thousand feet of timber. turpentine and rosin. The cargo weighed 7,600 | tons and stored away in her bunkers were 2,000 tons of steam coal to operate the engines on the trip over the At lantic.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08
LIVE STOCK MARKET

The cattle market closed with
values unevenly lower for the week.
There was a slight reaction in values
at the finish but it fell far short Of
overcoming the earlier depreciation.
Plain cattle and inferior grades sod
at the lowest point in years the past
week. Good kinds were lower but
id not feel the price cutting so heaV-
lily. Most grades were quoted 50CD
75c lower and some kinds showed a
loss Of $1.0O@2O0. Some choice baby
beeves sold up to s13.S5, but sales
above $500 were limited and these
prices applied to dry-feds only. Most
Of the steers went at s5.50@1050 for
medium and plain grassers with she
stuff at $55OQS.50. Gamers and cut
ters sold largely at $3.50@5.50 with
some lower. Bulls~cashed at 5000
6.25 mainly with the vealer top at
s1125. Stocker and feeder trade vas
slow and draggy with prices lower. The
dairy COW market was.dull and lower
Receipts were 10000. The market
was closed Monday. a holiday.
Hogs dropped to $144O for top after
selling up to $500 at one time. Bulk
cashed at s14.15@14.2O and low nd
at $500. Stock pigs brought $500
@14.25 with boars at s5.0O@8.50. Re-
ceipts were 10000.
Sharp discounts were enforced on
the sheep market and prices deClned
from s1OO4200. Lambs are quo ed
at s60O@1400; ewes at s3O00ToO;
yearlings, s70O911.OO; wethers, 100
@7OO, and bucks~at s4.0OQ5.50. Re-
ceipts were 1900
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

| grown either very early in the season
or quite late in order to get the finest
quality of canned goods. A late plant
ed crop Of snap beans oftens yields an
abundant supply Of very tender pods
which are ready for canning just be
fore the first frosts. These usually
make better quality of canned pro
duct than those grown at a time when
they mature during the heated portion
! of the season
| Too much stress cannot be placed
upon the need for gardeners 10 pro
educ Irish potatoes during he balance
of the season It Is now time 10 begin
thinking about planting a late crop
in sections where a late crop is grown.
In the southern part of the United
States a late crop may be planted in
July or August provided enough mois-
ture is in the ground to give the seed
start
Gardners are advised to plant the
standard crops and varieties, leaving
the fancy kinds Of vegetables and the
novelties off their list.
Throughout the greater portion of
the south a very excellent crop Of
sweet potatoes may be grown by TAX.
ing vine cuttings from those that have
been previously planted and inserting
these in ridges in place of rooted
plants The sweet potatoes grown
from vine cuttings are usually free
from disease and are smooth and uni
form, making them very desirable for
winter storage.
In many sections peas can be plant
ed as late as September and will yield
a very nice crop before winter sets in.
For this purpose the early or quick
maturing sorts should be used.
Large quantities of garden vege-
tables are lost through want of suit
able means of taking care Of the sur
ming or storage, depending upon the
kind Of vegetable to be cared for. The
secret OF filling the pantry shelves
with canned goods is TO can a little
every day during the season when veg
etables are plentiful in the garden.
Storage facilities either in the form of
special room in the cellar. or a suitable
outdoor storage pit should be provided.
In few instances arrangements with
the local cold storage or ice factory
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08
LATE PLANTING

To get the most out of the hme
garden a number Of crops, such as
snap beans, radishes, beets, lettuce
and peas should be planted at inter-
vals to insure a continuous supply. In
the case of snap beans as many as i've
paintings may be made in some sec
tions of the country. In the southern
part Of the United States special at
tention should be given to the late
planting of the semihardy crops for
late fall and winter use. These crops
include spinach, kale, cabbage, col,
lards, turnips, lettuce, and winter on
ions. The late planted crops generally
give the best vegetables FOR winter
storage. Beans. peas, carrots, and
beets for canning purposes should
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

want, as was the case with Admiral
Dewey But the spices of the Indias
and the samples Of American graft
tude must look like platters of lemons
to a hard-headed man like General
Pershing. Apparently he has not
spurned these gifts and attentions
but if the truth were actually known
his expressed desire to retire to pri
vate life has been influenced by the
conviction that the life of a hero is
not an easy one, particularly II he
must forsake a useful career to serve
as the victim for mercurial populace.
If there was any way of determin-
ing it, it would doubtless be revealed
that one-half Of all the forests Of the
United States have been destroyed by
fire. Before there were railroads
there We're tobacco and pipes and
matches. and the old "slashing" that
escaped the ravages OF fire was a
lucky patch But when the logging
railroads appeared all doubts of ulti-
mate destruction of these "slashings"
by fire appeared to be removed. The
snorting iron horses burned wood
under their boilers, and the drafts all
seemed to be open in order to lend
impetus to the streams of flying
sparks that sprinkled dry tree tops or
slashings, and set the forests ablaZe.
The country itself finally arose in Wig
orous protest against this sort of
thing, and the forest service and the
state and local fire wardens succeeded
in reducing the number Of fires to a
considerable exten'.
A bucOlic statesman in Washington
recently said that "the cigarette won
the war" Surely the cigarette pos
sesses a wonderful power, and its ef-
feet upon human affairs shows up in
the receipts Of undertakers. 1t has
gained persistent recognition from
insurance companies, employers, faith
ers Of marriageable daughters and
others. The forestry bureau has re-
Gently recognized the cigarette as a
fine fire fly, and has issued warning
through the newspapers Of the country
asking smokers to watch their cigar
cite stubs. Cigarette smokers are apt
to fly into a rage as yellow as their
fingers when warned Of the dangers
that lurk in the little fires they scat
ter over the broad world but forestry
officials who are interested in the fig
ures alone, say that forest fires are
no longer a monopoly in the land of
pipes and tobacco, or in the pathway
of snorting locomotives on logging
traias. Long Island, right out of New
York City, has its forest fires that
have been started by cigarettes.
Out in the great forest preserves
the forestry bureau has established
aero patrols. Foresters in planes now
scour the five great western forest
states, reporting fires by wireless
from their machines. Fire-fghting
stations are maintained, to be rushed
where they are needed. In Oregon
one squadron of eighteen planes is
28000,000 acres of timber. But in the
more populous states, where forests
are smaller and are separated, fires
can start more easily, with less chance
of their being brought under control
quickly. Here the problem of pro
tecting the trees falls squarely on the
shoulders Of the public.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
BY ]. f. Jones,

BY J. f. Jones
If the things that are expected to re-
suit from the passage of the water
power act are realized, now that this
measure is a law, the fuel resources
of the country will be conserved to a
very large extent. There is every
reason to expect that those sections OF
the country fortunate enough to have
water power will reap material bene'
fits. since cheaper power will be OBJ
tanned through hydroelectric develop
ment, which will carry its loads OF
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

for the partitioning off of a small com.
partment in their ice storage room in
which vegetables that should be stored
at temperature near the freezing
point may be kept This class of
storage is especially desirable for
apples and Irish potatoes. Sweet po.
tatoes should always be stored in a
warm place and given plenty of ven
tilation.
In planning the garden operations
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

for the balance of the season, it is
we'll to take into consideration all of
the above features. First, grow the
kind of vegetables that are needed
for canning and storage; second,
make provision to can or store all that
are not needed for immediate use,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

Don't believe all you hear; but be
sure to believe all you say.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

Loans anu QlS-
counts, including
rediscounts, (ex-
cept those shown
in b and c).......
Total loans ......
Notes and bills re-
discounted W { h
Federal K e $ e = V e
Bank (other than
b a n X acceptances
sold) (see Item a5ap
Overdrafts, unse-
cured ...........
L. :. Government
Securities owned:
Deposited TO secure
circulation (U. S.
bonds par value) 4
Pledged as collateral
for state or other
deposits or bills
payable ..........
owned and IMPLIED gee
War Savings Certifi-
Gates and Thrift
Stamps actually
owned ...........
Total U. s. Govern
ment securities -.
Other Bonds, Secu-
rites, Etc.
Bonds and securities
Cother than U. S.
securitiesD pledged
as collateral for
State or other de-
posits (postal ex-
Cluded) or bills
payable ..........
Securities, other than
|. :. bonds( not in
Guiding stOCkD own
ed ana unpiedged
Total bonds, securi-
rites, etc, other
than L. S.........
stock of Federal Re-
serve Bank go per
cent Of subscription
Value Of banking
house, owned and
luinCumbcTcd ....
Furniture and fixture
Lawful reserve with
Federal Il e $ e V e
Bank ............
Cash i'm vault and
ret amounts due
from y "A alto n a !
banks ............
N.r 9lupurtS due from
banks. bankers, and
tru u companies
i'm thy United states
Oother than includ-
od in Items y, l3,
or l4) .,.........
Checks on other
banks in the same
city or town as re-
porting bank Goth
,r than Item l6D..
Total o5 Items IS,
l4, l., L6, ana Il.
Checks on banks To-
Gated outside OF
city or town OF re-
porting~ bank and
other cash items
Redemption fund
with L. S. treasur-
er and due from Y.
:. treasurer, ..
Interest earned but
not collected-ap-
urOXimate on
notes and bills re-
Ceivable not past
due ............
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

LIABILITIES

Capital stock paid
SnrrIus fIrd 20, 900 OF
Undivided profits 5 102,S32.5O
Less current ex-
penses, interest and
taxes paid ....... 6S,t3Z,fS 55'lss .
- Circulating notes
outstanding ...... 9S,pOo.V'
Net amounts due to
national banks :. 19,4OO.9
Net amounts due
70 banks, bankers
and trust compan-
les in the United
States and foreign
countries COT her
than included in
Items 20 or 30)... 3l4,SO6l'
Cashiers checks on
own bank out
standing ......... p'VoV'o'
Total OF Items %.
30, 81 81 and 80. 3397S1Sl
y @ m a n Deposits
Cother than bank
deposlts) subject to
Reserve deposits
payable within 80
days):
Individual deposits
subject TO check 3lo'o4z'I'
Certificates OF de-
post due in less
than 30 days 10th
er than for money
borrowed ....... 3O5,o3ll
State, county. or
other municipal
deposits secured by
pledge OF assets OF
rriyidends unnaid 420.
Total of demand
deposits {other
than bank deposits)
subject to reserve,
Items "a, 35, &c. 81,
3s and 80 ........ o2l,493'So
Time Deposits SUBJ
to Reserve payable
after 80 days, or
subject TO 80 DAYS
or more notice and
postal savings:
Certificates Of de-
nosit (other than
for money bor-
rowedD ........... Elo,4oV
Other time deposits lli'iol'V'
Total Of time de-
posits subject to
Reserve Items 40,
II. AZ, and 43.. S2i50lsf
United States Depos-
its (other than pos
tai savings):
Bills payable. other
than with Federal
Reserve Bank fn-
Guiding all obliga-
tions representing
money borrowed
other than redis- oo-oo \,
Counts) ....,,..'' ''''''''
Bills payable with
hL 40 900. o.
Tota, s1,67a, ,532.s
Liabilities for redis-
counts including
those with Federal
Reserve Bank tsee :,
Item ld) .......-' %o-'f'''o
Total contingent la
bilties C55 a. b. c
and d. mot includ-
ing items in Sched- -o a,
ule % of report Eo-,fooo'
State Of South Dakota,
County OF Brookings S.
I Ivan L. Cobel, Cashier OF the apov
named bank do solemnly swear that tn
above statement is true to the best or m
knowledge and belief
Ivan L. Cobel.
orractAttest: Cashier.
Geo. W. Cobel,
o. o. Olson,
A. jobs BJorge,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thi
6th dav Of July, 1920.
Van D. Fshback,
lcaan Notary Public
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08
Report of Condition Of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

at Brookings, in the state OF South Dakota,
at the close OF business on June 80, 1920.
RESOURCES
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-08

Sl,67e,532.S3
The Washington herald., 1920-10-29
FAVORSHALLS
,F0RCLASS USE
French Club Urges People
To Offer School Board
Available Space.

Conversion of public and private
halls into temporary classrooms was
recommended as a remedy for the
present shortage of housing facili-
ties for Washington school children
in a resolution adopted last night by
the French Club of the Washington
Salon.
The club advocated that churches.
societies and private individuals
owning halls offer them for day ase
to the Board of Education.
District Commissioner ]. Thilman
Hendrick addressed the club on
Washington as an Intellectual
Center" The Commissioner pre-
dicted that Washington's ever-in-
creasing educational facilities would
one day make it Americas intel
lectual center. He declared that the
Board of Commissioners would well
come suggestions from citizens for
the general welfare of the District.
Officers for the next six months
were elected as follows: Rudolph
de Zapp. president; Capt. Paul v.
Collins, U. S. A, vice president; Miss
Edna B. Capron, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Kate E. Detwiler, treas
urer; Mrs. Ada W. Duncan, corre-
spending secretary, and the follow
ing board of governors: Hazel Glib
son Wood, DR.. Martin Cooley, DR..
Edith S. Coale, F. J. McKenna and
Maj William j. Shea, U. S. A.