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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
DAMERON MANAGER OF LARGE HOTEL
 IN ROANOKE, VA.
Former Birmingham Man Has Many Friends Here Who Will Be Glad
 to Hear of New Connection

Cards have been received in Birming- ham announcing that the Hotel Roanoke of Roanoke. Va, is now under the man. agement of w. A. Dameron and that Mfr. Dameron will welcome his friends among the commercial travellers to Vir- ginia's hotel beautiful
 MT. Dameron for many years lived in Birmingham and has many friends here who will be glad to hear of his present important connection. He was former.y secretary manager of the Birmingham Newspaper Club and prior to that tiue had been for number of years man ager of the Morris hotel in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
Wilson Declared Nominee

Monroe, La, July 2S.-Riley J. Wilson of Harrisonburg, and congressman from the Fifth Louisiana district, was declared the nominee of the democratic party by the democratic district committee here to- day, he having no opposition.
 This is the third time MT. Wilson has been nominated in the Fifth district without opposition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
PRODUCE MARKET 1. FOR BIRMINGHAM
 UNDER ONE ROOF
Local Restaurateur Says Retail Buyers Are Handi- capped in Lack of Di-
 rect Comparison
"We need a retail produce market.
 And when I say need, mean we need it right now"

mean we need 1t right now.
 So spoke Arthur Greenwood restau- rater. yesterday
 You see" he continued, "here is the trouble; we have no basis of price comparison, as things are. For in- stance, suppose I get a telephone call after I have stocked for the day, a luncheon for thirty people, with fried chicken as the piece de resistance, 1 cali up a man l know and trust. He mas just bought from a poultry raiser. As a good business man, and in all fairness, he makes me his best price: he can't afford to do otherwise Yet, it is just as apt as not that no sooner have I placed my order than l get d voluntary offer of a dozen broilers 20 per cent under what I have just paid. No, there is no extortion in the first mans offer. everything was on the level. It's just a matter of co-ordina- tion. clean-cut business on a cen tralized basis.
 I'm housekeeper; yes. in the last analysis. that is exactly what I am. I keep house for the public I buy a bit more than the housekeeper for one family, but my status to the market is exactly on parity with one who buys for a family of the proverbial five; both of us need an open, competitive retail market where we can see what we want, see competitive stalls and not have to walk all over the city to get a few comparisons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
WE HAVE HEAVYWEIGHT USERS IN ALABAMA

Advise us what you intend painting ans when. You might mention your approxi mate labor cost
 It costs you nothing to investigat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
MAP SHOWED PLANS

"On the map that the board issued
 prior to the election held on February
 Il, 1920, when the $5,000,V0 bond issue was
 voted, the map showed the proposed
 roads to be constructed with this money
 and the roads under construction making
 total of $6,2S1, ,000 However, we only
 asked for $5,000,000"
 This statement was made by MT. Gwin
 following the presentation to the board
 of the report of the advisory committed
 which stated that for the present all
 road work will be indefinitely delayed
 under any conditions, and especloily II the present condition of the bond market prevails The report declares that u will be impossible in the near future to finance the construction of roads pro posed in connection With the $o'VVo'V'V bond issue voted in February.
 This action was taken by the advisory committee following several weeks or conferences between members of the cop'- mittee and the board of revenue Tn an effort to devise ways and means WhereoY tbe county could dispose of bonds anu thus relieve the county road bond sit- uation.
 Following the reading of the statement of the advisory committee to the po".u yesterday morning, Thomas E. Huey eAT nressed the opinion that there should ne a suspension of all road work until TUT ther consideration. Other members Of the board were of the opinion that there should be discussion on the mat'et before this action was taken. Jerry Gwin, president, requested the mempats to come to his private office, where they might discuss the situation. However, several members had engagements, anu it was decided to hold special mee.ihs E tomorrow morning at oclock TOT tii'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
WANTED PAINTING JOBS!

Before you arrange or contract for your painting. get in touch with us.
 The work of five to eight men can be done with one man--and DONE RIGHT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
GW|N SAYS COUNTY WILL KEEP ON IN ROAD WORK UNDER
 BATSON AS USUAL
Convicts Are Not to Be Placed in Mines-GOvern- ment Praised Engi- neer's Work and He
 Is Working Very
 Economically

Jefferson county's road work will not be stopped, s. R. Bat son, county engineer, will not be fired, and the convicts will not to be placed in the mines according to a statement made yesterday afternoon by Jerry Gwin, president of the board of revenue.
 '"The county has sufficient funds to keep the road work going for another month, an1 by that tI1e we will be abe to dispose of some poSt-dated warrants to carry it on, says Mir. Cwin. Tt IS important that this work he kept golns' for unless it does, # will mean lawsuits for the county, to say nothing of the loss of approximately s40000o federal aid.
 "In regard to Mr. Batson. the county, engineer, he is thoroughly competent aod has worked for the county twelve years. At the present time he is doing the county road work at per cent, when the governmen. and various corporations allow 10 per cent. This IS less than half,
 "The county convicts will not be placed at work in the mines although l am ot the OplnlOn that II tillS Nete uoiio' e'S board would have no trouble m secur-
 ing funds with which to carry on it's work
 MT. Batson was highly praise by the government for the plans and specifica- tions of the road work to be constructed with federal aid. He prepared the plans and specifications. which were approved by the government, and were said to be among the best ever received at the ot- flee of the United States bureau of pub lie roads.
 We would have no trouble in dispos- ing of county road construction bonds II the supreme court would allow us to sell them below par. This has been done oy other cities in the state and many other states have been forced to dispose of hnndS helnW nar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
NEED COMPETITION

Our retail dealers and the whole salers I believe to be as good. from all angles. as those in any other city, but competition among them, because Of their scattered locations from com mon roof is negligible. Each store charges what it considers a fair price, or what it can get away with, as the case may be, and the housekeepar whose time is limited might just as well
 say. 'Eni, meme, mini, mo. and pay the price asked. for such a retail buyer. with other things to do, cannot spend the morning hunting for 2 cents !.
 pound reduction. or one more beet in the bunch.
 When 1 go to Morris avenue to buy and place an order, it's almost a cer- tainty I'll later see better goods or a
 better quality for the same money than the purchase I have just made,
 or somebody will call me up by the time I get back to the cafe with an enticing offer that beats my recent
 purchase.
 Yes, as l see it, and I believe I see 1t from the housekeepers' angle. Bir- mingham needs a retail market con centrated in one locality if we are
 ever going to get anywhere with liv- ing costs other than hit-or-miss chance
 1Tue. Tn tnlS udy ana tune or COn- binations, stall operators can get to- gether, fix common prices and hold them against the public, but if that was done the public could see the com parison with wholesale quotations and at least know what was going on. In such a case. the isolated shop need but advertise advisedly and have the pick of the city's trade.
 Competition, not only of price but os quality. is available only through a public retail produce market. As things stand. we have practically no
 comparisons.
 ILLOGICAL Here's an example of how things bare running: Ten days ago. without
 question, 1 was paying from two and
 a half to three dollars basket for
 tomatoes. l was ready to pay that
 price. Today they are offered to me
 at 90 cents a basket unsolicited.
 This morning I bought eighty
 pounds of dressed chicken at 32 cents a
 pound. A while later I needed more.
 Between telephone calls the price had
 gone to 45 cents-and I'm still won
 dering why.
 Tt is true that with more local pro-
 duce coming in the prices are dropping
 to some extent. but in the last analysis,
 wholesale and retail, all can do is pay
 what a dealer chooses to charge me E
 I have no means of comparison.
 "Birminghamf will pay less for food
 when it establishes q centralized retail
 produce market; until then, it's blind
 mans buff"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28
MARY GARDEN TO
VISIT OIL FIELDS
Effort Will Be Made to
Shoot q Hole for
Prima Donna

Mary Garden. prima donna NO.
prano and world famed actress
sung In concert IN Oklahoma city on
FRIDAY night before one of the
largest audiences ever gathered In
the capitol city to hear singer. ac-
cording to prcss reports. Tho hall
was filled to tho utmost nnd people
were turRcd away. II was a regular
Billy Sunday audience. Miss Garden
wore her famous mirror gown which
she will also appear In on Monday
evening In Convention hall and be-
sides the program. gave eight en-
cores. Oklahoma City was delighted
with the singer and In turn. Miss
Garden was In her happiest mood.
MisS Garden has Tulsa In mind
and is not forgetting that Tulsa is
the greatest oil center In the world
She wired Robert Boice Carson
Saturday morning that she would
reach Tulsa last night which she did >
accompanied by associate artists and
her managerial staff. Miss Garden
expressed the wish that Sunday
might be spent In tho oil fields ad-
3acent to the city and today. accom-
panied by her manager. MIR. and Mrs
Robert Boice Carson and Mrs. l.. G.
Perkins Of The World staff, tho
famous actress will make "a trip TO
the oil fields.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28

state chcuin draws a Hmilnr ST.
pend They are only allowed one
chorcmsn, being dcsignatcd 1s rec
ord clerk ana stcnographer, who IL
allowed VI, 200 per annuu,
The state bacteriolOgist draws 81. -
500 per aunuu. and his assistant II
allowed an equal amount. They
have assistance to the number OF
one, also knUyn as record clerk and
stcnographor, allowed $1,000 per an
mum.
There are cigh, Inspectors, each
drawing $1,000 per annum. Their
duties are to inspect. necessarily
taking them over the state. and for
that reason an allowance Of 1920
per annum to defray cNpcnses is
made Tor each Of them. IN addition
60 tho Just plain, ordinary and un-
titlcd inspectors, there are two hotel
ana restaurant inspectors, but while
they are better tltlod, the salary and
expense accounts are Just clual
with their lcss fortunately titled
colahorers IN tho feid of inspection
cndcayor
\ Really ImJsortant BUrvnu.
The director 81 the bureau Of pub
lie health and educational work ia
allowed "a salary of t2.iOO per an
mum, There In only one person iu
thiS department and 81 iH an over
worked bureau. The duty Is TO op-
crate pross bureau. to manufac-
turc sentiment and send 20 news
papers glowing accounts Of what
br. LewiE depart mcnt IL accom-
plishing for the benefit 81 human
Kind and the great diligence being
rxcrciscd IN all branches for the
good OF Oklahomans and other M
unfortunate as not TO reside within
the state.
At such times as the director Of
This bureau ~ not busy In getting the
public health department properly
before tho reading public. other de
partmcnts Of state may have the use
u the Ecientiflc service and get on
he dope sheets for the faithful
'ditots who. while not overly am
biiions for the copy fully understand
mat the state board OF public af.
'airs watches for the appearance Of
he articles. and the board of af-
fairs handles the larger portion of
the state patronage.
No branch bureau OF any depart
tncnt OF state has more to do with
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28

"cduca,lonal" work than mas the bu-
rcau OF public health and education.
~opc smaller ones.
The biological supply allowance
Tor this fiscal year was tj,oOo anu
| $500 was appropriated Tor the san
tary inspection fund. Additional 10
that there was appropriated 1S,OVO
as travelling expenses for the TWO
sanitary engineers.
The laboratory maintenance ap-
Precipitation had TO be able 10 operate
on an appropriation OF only 5000.
| The printing fund was also made
10000, which prevented Issuance OF
aa many books on matters oI health
as " now thought necessary 20 Keep
the public well Informed.
There was a $4,000 allowance 10
the health department for the con
trol of cpldomios, and $4,000 TOT Of
flee contingent expenses, thia mean
Ink the small ltems the department
could not think OF bat tkoly TO hap
pen.
The Pri,c Itnuty.
Following "A federal crusade In
1913, the 1919 legislature passed an
'urt whereby the state IN conjunction
with the federal government main
tain bureau on vcncreal di"bs"s.
Tho initial appropriation for this was
$4,000 for each year. Added To
this was the states half or portion
Tor cooperating with the govern
mont. which was appropriated for
under the high sounding title OF
"malntenanc. Of clinic In cO-opera-
ton with the United states govern
mcnt under provisions OF the cham
bcrlatn- Kahn act" But while the
tflr was long and expressive, the
appropriation was for $4,000 per
nnuum.
Dr. J. G. Mahr, who was the first
state health commissioner, was
given the chair which controls this
bureau. Part Of tho expense is
borne by the government, but II is
"A lnsty youngstor In our state ex-
pcnse account, and, well generated
az n appears to be. should be able
To keep going.
The cnumeratlons above are for
the year ending June 30 and are ex-
actiy equal to that of the year
previous, less the $4,000 mentioned
At the beginning OF the article
To carry on this work for another
year. II IL believed by The health de-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28

lartment experts that II will cost
,ls2.iI3.is, the eighteen cents prob
ably being the war tax. Also. by re
tcrring back. II will be Obserycd that
while the two bacterioiugists have a
4t"nogtsphcr and bookkoepcr to
Keep their records. they have no Of
'iciai photographer. always sorcly
needed in "A department OF that i'm
portance.
Additional Assistance will have to
be had In the office OF the bureau Of
public health educational work. The
Juc person employed to educate the
public can endure the strain IL left
only with the work OF press agcnting
tor the health department, but when
'allcd on to aid the department OF
IA ghways, the state treasurer and the
tate board Of affatrs--wcll there IL
not Sufficient time even though the
work could be done without brain
flag
The s3s,743.1s additional has not
been allowed at this writing by the
state budget committee. when the
budget com mittceman secures tho
subernatorial notations. the budget,
~ blue pcnciled by the governor.
VIII he sent TO the legislative ap-
preparation committees OF the sem
Ate and house. There the commit
tees can do AK they please. but a
careful reader who has taken the
time TO pcfusc this article must be
convinced that 1t would cndanger the
public health to seriously cut Il
down.
our statutes require, when n meas
ure IL To bo made a law without the
right 10 refer To the people for re-
lection or approval, that they con-
tain "A section, saying "for the bene-
fit OF the public health, peace and
safety an emergency In hereby de-
shall take effect Immediately after
its passage and approval"
That statute was passed before
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28

the one creating the department. OF
health, but II the cost Ut looking
after the public health Increases as
fapidiy In the future as in the past,
an emergency ducs certainly exist.
How Il Grew.
The health department was Great
cd In 1905 and Dr. Mahr conducted
II at an expense, of very Few
thousands OF dollars annually. Dur
ing the Crucc administration the su-
pcflntendent had little extensions to
his allowance or TO his authority.
Governor williams had laws
passed which actually grants milf
tary authority to the health commits
sioner and where he cares to exer-
else IL. can set aside municipal au-
thorities and the state military
power alone can revoke that su-
thority.
Dr. j. W. Duke. FOR whom these
powers were granted during the
williams administration, was rather
modest IN asking for appropriations,
bat when Dr. Lewis came into the
office. with the Robertson admins
tration. larger appropriations were
asked for
IL IL not exactly correct to say that
Dr. Lewis came In with the robert
son administration, for the office
originally paid only $500 per an
nun TO the superintendent. and he
waited long enough for the legisla-
ture TO double the pay before as-
suming charge. there being an in
hibition abainst "A salary being raised
for an incumbent. Or. Lewis has
tcen very ambitious TO make his de-
partment reach to the outcrmost
section OF the state. and. looking II
over from n taxpayers viewpoint,
that has bcon accomplished.
Mowhray Undertaking Co., 00G
South Boulder. Phone 329. Ambu-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28
LUCIA TO OPEN
0PERAT|C SEASON
Versatile Program Has
Been Mapped Out by
San Carlo Co.

The San carlo opera company
Will he presented IN iutcrcHting re
pcrtoire this week, beginning Wrd
nesday evening December !, by For
tune Gallo. 1t 20 rrputcd To De- th'
largest travelling operate organlH"
zion in America, producing standard
and modern uperag WIN dl'ilh
sushcd American ana European ar
.ists. Consucllo Escobar, CHI"ta
turo soprano sta"H in ct"ty opera
and comes well established az a
singer with real art .n voice ana act
ing. Tulsa is lr,crcstcd iu Miss Ma
dollno Kettle also who H. not only
a singer whose reputation b. herald b.
ed IN advance, but due 10 her rcla
tionship with tho k'ilty family ni
this city. Will receive Wdth Spc'hl
attention.
Tho prai4,cr appearance oi the
coupary viii be On "wednesday
cV"ning, IN Convention han, when
'I.u.!a Ill Lamormoor" viii bo
sung Thursday. December 2. two
OPENS vii De rut - the matinee
performance. "Cavalicril Rusticnna'
IA "Talcs -. Hoffmau.' That
,I.ht, Aida" win bc the bill. Fri
day night the much beloved car.
men" will be run and on saturday
d.y night I'll Trovatore" viii be
given.
The different musical magazines
Of the country. ns well as news
papers where tho company haH APP
pcared, have much to say IN highly
creditable way ~ the entire cast,
which is composed Of the follow
Ing.
Soprano---Consuclo Escobar, col
oratura; Bcttina Freeman. drama
tic: Madeline Keiltic; lyric. Louisa
Daroloc. dramatic, Nobukn Hara'
lyric.
Mczzo- soprano 49, May Barron,
stella de Mcttc. Alice Homer, Fran
COS Morosinl.
Tcnor---Giuscppe In,erillo. Pilade
Sinagra. Giuseppe Agostini.
Baritone--Vicentc Ballester, Ma
rio Vnlic, Nicola d'Amicc.
Basso--pictro di Biasc. NataIo
Cervl
Music directors--Gactano Merida,
ug0 Posce.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-28

the dope to the boys" or spiliing the
political beans around tho white
house with personal plans and
schemes to promote this person and
block tho other. Neither will Presi.
dent Harding. when he takes Office,
lock himself up in the white house
ana 20 into a personal scance with
himself and come forth with lot
OF half-baked notions he has talked
over with no one.
Will IAstAn n Public.
That no expects to consult, not
only with leading members OF his
own party. but with the public gem
eraIiy, In borne out by tho fact that
there B so much talk about who
he fs going to appoint to his cabi-
net. 1t In not beyond the purview of
possibilities that much of this talk
goes on with the president elect y
full knowledge that II is most
excellent way OF testing out public
sentiment and that public sentiment
viii have Il great deal to do with his
final determinations. From all he
has said and done during the cam
paign and since 1t is not uureaSon-
able TO presume that no Is Just that
sort OF man.
And that explains great deal OF
the propaganda that In going about
over tho country concerning the
cabinet selections. Shrewd politi-
clans know how to do these things
and hey also know that while
"many are called. few will be chus
en-" Therefore II you have a can,
didato for cabinet position you had
better get him talked about as much
as possible. Because the chance,
for slipping him up the back stair
are going to be mighty slim,
SO many people have been talkc,
about for cabinet positions that 1t 1
getting to be more of a distinction
not to have been mentioned In tina
connection than to have been men
toned, a statement that win be In
stantly challenged by both Sides.
Oklahoma has had the distinctio
Of having two of her favori,e son
mentioned for cabinet position
James A. Harris. chairman OF m
rcpublican state committee, for ~,
retary OF the interior. and Joh
Fteids for secretary OF agricultur
but It need be no reflection 9
either OF these .enuemen wortl
and capable as either would he Il
the respective cabinet portfolio,
sny that that N probably as far al
win 70 and ~ near as oklahon
Ciii come 10 scoring In the fin
touchdown. ynles the same met