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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
Good Boys

Arthur Morrison. a New Yorker. at tending the boxing contests in the Bir- mingham Athletic Club last night, said:
 T have seen many professional scraps in eastern cities. but for pep and ginger these amateurs are in a class with anybody. Of course many of them could be greatly improved with more training. but what l like about them is their wholeheartedness.
 ITO see a knock down in round after round of scrap after scrap Is good, hard fighting anywhere. And you mo- ticed that the boys were up again al- most as quickly as they went down? That might not be very good ring gen eralship, but after all, 1t Is gameness that counts.
 T was particularly struck with that red headed chap-sorry didn't get his name. Even after the scratch over his eye in the first go was opened the next encounter, he came in for more. He kept going all the time. He is one of the best in-fighters I have seen.
 "But not to pick any one man from the lists, you folks who don't see much of the fistic art in this part of the world. were given rare treat Mon day night. whether you realize it or not. Eighty per cent of those boys, with a bit more training, would be drawing cars anywhere"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
PARTING WORDS.

Where's the interview with that fellow who's going to be hanged tognorrow?r asked the city editor.
 We wouldn't talk" replied the new re- porter.
 Wouldn't talk. eh9 And yet you call yourself newspaper manl Write ] column about the futility of crime and the ragged edge of misspent life. with a few moral reflections at the end and a quotation from the Bible. if you know one. Then take it over to the jail and read 1t to him. If you have any styis he'll jump at the chance to sign his name to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
FIRST METAL TYPE EVER MADE

FIRST METAL TYPE EVER MADE Hereward Darlington, In LesIie's. The first pieces of movable metaI
 type were made in the year 14o8 4. D.
 in Seoul, Korea, and were for Chiness| characters. (some type has lately beenl placed in the American Museum of Natl ural History; the other half of the an y
 cient font being in England.) Each
 type is cylindrically concave on the under side, in order to make 1t cnng|
 more firmly to the bed of beeswax.l
 which constituted the form. When the
 type had been firmly and evenly em-I
 bedded In the wax, the printer, sittinrl
 cross-legged before the form, covered.
 the type with ink, applied with . soft
 brush. Then the paper was laid light J
 ly on the form, and 8 piece of felt Wasl
 brushed lightly over the paper with
 one hand, after which the other rel
 moved the printed page. It was possi-l
 ble to strike off as many as 1,50O im-l
 pressions a day in this way Thrownl
 aside as useless. the font lay as rub-I
 Dish on the floor of the government printing office at Seoul during the Jap-I
 anese invasion of 1592-97 A. D.. and sol lay unnoticed, and escaped being car! ried off into Japan. Later, however, the types were collected ana the font again made up and used for printing J Although this was the first movable type ever used, printing from impress sion was employed centuries before. As early as 175 A. D.. texts of the Chinese classics were engraved on stone tab- let's. and impressions were taken on paper by rubbing.
 The honor of being the first to use movable printing types in the western world is in dispute and lies between Laurens Janszoon Coster, who printed books in Harlem, Holland, in 1440-4s. and John Gutenberg, who had printing offices at Strasburg and Mainz. Gsr- many, in ,1439-4S-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
Just n Buddy

Tt was a great pleasure to have Lieutenant Maynard. the Flying Par son., as my guest" said Asa Rountree, Jr., "and to give him chance to meet the bunch of fellows here whom he knew overseas. He seemed to greatly enjoy the chance to talk over the times put in when flights meant not merely facing the accidents incident to flying but risking life against the Roche.
 The lieutenant may be a national figure to the public, but to those of us who knew him, in the strenuous days he is just buddy His fame has not changed his quiet manner in the least, for he Is still the same old Maynard we learned to love when he knew him in service as the test pilot ct Romorantin, during which time he carried twenty eight planes up to the front"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
Enlarged Programme
 Of Library Association

TT HERE are four thousand libra
 0 rians in the United States, and these trained men have formed an association for the upbuilding of li- brary activity, and the promotion of literary culture
 The association has just launched it's Books for Everybody movement, and it looks forward to the day when good books will be freely accessible to every man, woman and child in America.
 in the larger cities free circulating libraries are well in evidence, but the United States department of educa- tion has just learned that more than sixty million persons in this country are without adequate library facili- ties. Only seven hundred and ninety four, or 27 per cent, of the two thou sand nine hundred and four counties in the United States have within their borders any one library of live thousand volumes or more.
 A great campaign is soon to be undertaken for the expansion of the library idea. Good books make good citizens, is trusim that must make a deep impression on our people in general. It is believed that many of the "social and industrial problems now agitating the country will be solved when the truth on all sides of all questions has been freely dis seminated"
 The American Library Association seeks the support of all intelligent and progressive people. A library in every town will go far to reach the ideal of thinking citizens. The cam- paign should be a brilliant success.
 King George Is wearing trousers creased on the sides instead of in front. That may cause the crease to last longer. but what's the difference to man who gets all his pressing done at home. and prob ably has an extra pair of trousers to wear while the other pair is being pressed?
 A writer in Golfers says the skunk is a greatly maligned beast. Many of the offenses attributed to him are in reality committed by the civet. But. as in the case of toadstools and mushrooms. 1t Is ldengerous for an amateur to try to dis tinguish between a skunk and a civet. * E E
 President Deschanel of France is said 1! to have 100 suits of clothes and quantities of other wearing apparel Great respon- sibilities rest on the shoulders of M. Deschanefs valet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
LIGHT LITERATuRE-

Anything in that book you are read ing?"
 "oh, about 10000 words, s5o pages and two pictures of the heroine, one showing her in riding suit and the other in a ball gown"
 Say no more. | realize that what you hold in your hand is a popular novel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
Ap4nl1MlAautin
THE GOOD OLD DAYS

From the Sun and New York Herald.
 The owner of the overcoat said that he had the coat made on November 10. 1910, and paid $40 for the garment Tale of the Stolen Overcoat
 An overcoat made to your measure for s40i Those were the days!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
coNcEN1AL WORK.

''who was the learned looking man in your office just now?"
 Professor Diggs. He has a string of college degrees and an income of s2.OOO year.
 Whats his specialtyr''
 Just now it's writing vigorous essays for the newspapers contrasting the des- perate plight of the white collar man with the affluence of the man in over alls."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
U, c. ALWAYS PAYS

From the Washington Star.
 Airships are being used to assist Cali fornia fishermen in locating catches It sounds expensive. but the ultimate con sumer has never yet failed to be on hand with compensation for any little items of extra cost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
WHO WAS CAMS MIEEi

From the Springfield Union.
 To the Editor of the Union: Some friends and myself were debating as to who Gains wife was. We know that Cain was the son of Adam and Eve, and that he killed Abel, but we are very anxious to know--to settle the argu- ment-who the wife of Cain was, and would appreciate any information you can give us on this subject.
 AGNES V. MONROE
 Springfield.
 The identity of Gains wife will con tinue to be fertile source of inquiry if one Is to judge by the scarcity of au- thoritative material available, which at the best is little better than conjecture. To those who cling to an absolute It, eral interpretation of the Book of Ge- nesis. it has been suggested that un- doubtedly there were daughters born to Adam and Eve, but since daughters were not considered worthy of record their names do not appear, and 1t was from this source that Cain selected his wife.
 On the other hand. there are many scholars who believe that the whole story of Gains fall and exile was trans ferred from later situation to the pri- meval period. Proof of this is discov- cred in the reference to the distinction between farmer and shepherd, fruit of- ferings and animal sacrifices, and the building of a city. all of which assume the existence on the earth of a widely distributed population Cain was evi 1 dently driven from the tillage land went forth into the land of wander ing" found wife in one of the cities of the east. possibly a city in China; but the name of the wife or her origin 1 so far is shrouded In mystery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
THY PEOPLE, LORD

By Rudyard Kipling. The Years Be- tween (Doubleday. Page & Co.). And Armorite or Eremite or General
 Averagee. The people, Lord. Thy people, are rood
 enough for me. And when they bore me over-much, will
 not shake mine ears, Recalling many thousand such whom |
 have bored to tears. And when they labor to impress, will
 not doubt nor scoff, Since myself have done no less and
 sometimes pulled 1t off. Yea, as We are and we are not and we
 pretend to be, Thy peonle. Lord Thy people, are good
 enough for mel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
ALMOST AN INSULT.

well. did that youngstsr who applied for a job as office boy make favor able impression?"
 "Yes," replied the head of the firm. with bewildering air. 'Tbut when saw the painsd expression on the young mans face I felt like apologtzing for offering him the paitry sum of 90 week to begin with.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Right Kind
 You see how this man registersE He Is a good advertiser for Birming- ham," remarked W. H. Grisham. clerk at the Morris hotel.
 Glancing over the register, 1t was noted that the man referred to had written. in brackets. after his name and Birmingham, ''The Big City"
 He is a booster for Birmingham. Any person seeing this, whether he knows anything about Birmingham or not begins to take notice. If Bir- mingham is a stranger to him he will begin making inquiries. He will want to know why The Big City was writ ten on hotel register following the name of a patron of the hotel. And when he finds out what big, hustltng city we have. he is likely to come here and look over the situation.
 T understand this man writes The Big City after his name and address at every hotel where he registers, and he travels extensively. He is advertis- ing Birmingham all over the southern states, and occasionally in the north.
 Suppose every Birmingham man, when he goes away on a trip. should follow the example set by this man and write The Big City or some other words equally expressive of Birming- hams size. or activities or beauty. or some other characteristic. It wouldn't be long until inquiries would be fairly swamping the civic bodies of the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
4 cALAM1rY Avo1pEp.

A NAIAMII1 ANOIUED. We hear but little nowadays About the hygienic kiss. The scientists could not, it seems, Reduce the stock of human bliss By forcing sanitary gauge 'Twixt lovers who are lip to lip Had those old fogies had their way, Dan Cupid would have lost his grip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
"WETSv THINK so

From the Baltimore American.
 Chicago psychologist complains that American manhood is losing it's pep. Can 1t be contemporaneous with the lost kick?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
NOT HrMsELF.

T once heard a pugilist say he would not enter the movies for a salary of s1oOoo week and nothing could induce him to go on the stage and make a monkey out of himself. as he was a fighter and net an actor
 Extraordinary What happened |nextT
 HIS manager rushed up in great dis tress and soon proved to the satisfaction of everybody present that the pugilist had been drinking and was not respon- sible for his wild talk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
THE RATIO.

Of wild, wNd women" nowadays We seem to hear a lot; One woman in a hundreds wild, But ninety-nine are not
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
SAFETY FIRST.

While civil war is raging
 In the land the Kaiser ruled, His ardor to return. no doubt
 Has not a little cooled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
THE H. c. ]

THE H. c. L. When wedding bells are ringing out There's such a joyous flutter, Nobody, stops to think about The price of bread and butter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17

militant and alert. If more people can be induced to attend divine serv- ices through paid advertisements, 50 much the better. They profit opiri- tually and in the long run the church is the gainer.
 It is announced that the Baptist revival to be held in Birmingham next month will be advertised in unique way. Plans are being per- fected to use all the accepted meth- ods of publicity-the distribution of tags, newspaper announcements, bull letins and large placards for the street cars.
 Such extensive advertising is sure to get results No we'll managed pub licity campaign has ever yet failed. Big Income Taxes
 Paid in New York
 MMONDAY was the last day of lsV0 making income tax returns, and it was surprising to find a large number of prominent citizens with huge bank accounts delaying until the final call before squaring them selves with the internal revenue col lector
 In New, York scores of millionaires waited until the afternoon before calling at the collectors office.
 Among the late income tax pay CTS John Mccormack, the Irish tenor, who has been the highest paid singer who ever appeared before the footlights, headed the list of vocal artists in the tax payers procession. His income tax was one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars, and he wrote his check for the entire amount
 Caruso dropped considerably below Mccormack. Galli-C -Curci paid about seventy-five thousand dollars and Tetrazzini paid four thousand dollars as her first quarter.
 The largest check received was nine million dollars, and checks for one million dollars from corporations were common.
 It is a noteworthy fact that one New York messenger boy paid six thousand five hundred dollars, and 1t was another noteworthy fact that a telephone girl paid seven thousand five hundred dollars. Hundreds of scrub women gave in their incomes subject to tax at two thousand dol lars.
 It had been known that wages were high in New York, but when working boys and girls have slipped into the near millionaire class it is enough to make people wonder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17
STRENUOUS TIMES.

"A pessimist says life is series of farewells"
 That's the way feel about it." re- piled the impecunious citizen. T no sooner get my hands on dollar than it's time to tell 1t good-by."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17

lains toes turned upward. unless it fol- lows, like sunshine after tempest, i'll deeds as soundly censured as they were ruthlessly committed?
 Richard III" was written in. and of. time when women's tongues and mems swords equally were sharp and ready. the first not less than the last revelers in deadly execution.
 Ours is a polite age in which emotion upon the stage must bespeak the self restraint of the well bred but Is it not going far to take the kick out of such strong drink of the stage as "Richart1?' ? It may not cause mob violence In New York, which was effete as early as in Bret Harte's day, but will the manager dare try 1t in the provinces?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17

TELEPHONE Bell (priSate exchange connecting all departmental Main 4SoO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-17

make people wonder
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-16
PLACE FOR HENS IN WINTER
Fowls Must Not Be Allowed Outside
Range If Maximum Egg Pro-
ductjon is Expected.

For maximum egg production during
the winter months the hens must not
be allowed outside range but must be
confined to quarters, says T. S. Towns
ley, of the University Of Missouri COL
lege of agriculture. The poultry keep
ers who get the best egg production
during the winter months shut their
hens in their houses as soon as the
weather gets bad in the fall and keep
them in until spring comes. If the
birds are allowed to run at large dur
ing the winter months they will spend
most of the time standing around be-
hind buildings and other windbreaks
trying to keep warm when they had
much better he in the poultry house
scratching for feed. Turning the
birds out even on pleasant days dur
ing the winter months will cause
slumps in the egg production. This Is
probably due to the fact that when the
birds get outside the ground IS cold
and wet and this produces enough
shock to affect the production Of the
birds If the hens are to be kept in
side for several months the poultry
house must not be overcrowded. Each
hen should have at least two and a
half or three square feet Of floor space.
Some attention is necessary with birds
that are confined. to insure plenty OF
exercise. One method Of providing
exercise is by feeding all grain in a
straw litter covering the entire floor
to a depth Of not less than twelve
inches. Another good means of keep
ing the birds busy is to hang cabbage,
turnips. beets or other green stuff just
above the birds heads in the house so
that they are kept busy jumping to
get this material.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-16
INFORMATION SOUGHT
o. ON PECAN VARIETIES
PIanterS Becoming Interested in
Possibilities of Crop.
Department Of Agriculture Investigate
ing AdaptabiIity Of Varieties to Dr.
ferent Regions and Manage
ment Of Trees.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
study of pecan varieties is bein.
made by the United States department
Of agriculture in the states bordering
the area recognized as definitely with
in the pecan-growing territory. Plant
ers in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas are becoming interested in
the possibility of growing pecans, and
are seeking information with regard to
varieties possessing the necessary quail
tiles when grown under their condi-
tions. The work Of the department
during the past year has included an
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-16

proportion OF the varieties now being
planted are so far below the general
average Of the best sorts in production
and other important characteristics as
to justify their elimination. 1t is be-
coming more and more evident. say
the specialists Of the department. that
greater attention should be given to
the matter of stocks for use in propa-
eating pecans in the nursery.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-16
INCREASE ACREAGE OF CORN
One OF Our Most Valuable Crops and
Hard to Beat for Feed-Give
Good Cultivation.

Corn Is one Of our most valuable
crops. It is hoped that liberal acreage
will be planted in 1920. AS a feed crop
It is hard to beat. It yields we'll on
good land when the season is fair and
when cultivation is ample.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-16

investigation Of the range Of the spe-
eies, the adaptability Of varieties to
different regions, methods of propa-
cation, soil Improvement, orchard man.
agement, and methods Of harvesting,
curing, packing and handling the prod
uet It appears that considerable
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-04-23
SCHOOL NOTES.
(By VIM. A. Lustie)


It's too much to expect of any
man or woman!
The average salaries paid to
teachers are ridiculously low.
The demands made upon them
by the general public are ex-
tremely exacting.
The teacher works not six
hours a day as the program
would indicate, but ten or twelve
or more. because her day is not
over when the last class is dis
missed.
Teaching is nerve-racki n &
work, it undermines health and
vitality and brings early physi-
cal deterioration. Of course.
somebody must teach school and
there are teaching positions that
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-04-23

which it is hoped will afford him
relief.
Sailor Lawson, Lewiston box
er, will meet George Lewis, of
Spokane, in a 10-round bout in
Grangeville the night of April
%. The contest, which will be
under auspices of the Idaho
State Athletic commission, will
be held in Odd Fellows hall, and
will be staged by the Cowboy
band as an attraction of the an
nual Days of 40.
Reports received by Don c.
Fisher, deputy state fish and
game warden, from licensed
trapperS, of their catches, indi-
cate a successful season, Mr..
Fisher asserts. Under the law,
trappers are required to report
the number and species of ami
mails caught. With high prices
for furs, the trappers' harvest
this year has Eeen big.
Ralph NJ. Pavey, newly-elected
farm agent for Idaho county
has arrived with his family in
,, Grangeville from Eagle, Idaho
and has entered upon his duties
A public meeting will be held by
the farm bureau Saturday after
noon at l O'Clock, in the old
courthouse, to discuss a cam.
paign of squirrel poisoning.
Greater attendance than ever
is forecast at the fourth annual
Days of 40 entertainment here
on April 28, 90 and 80 and pre-.
sent indications are that the city
will be crowded all during the
three days. The Cowboy banC
boys, who are originators of the
affair and who are staging this
fourth annual show, are goinl
after the best talent available
lining up a varied and interest,
ing program this year.
The sum of $500 was appro-
priated by the board of county
commissioners, in session this
week to aid the U. S. forest
service in improvements of the
road between Grangeville anC
Adams camp. The forest serv.
ice has made available $4,000 foi
the Adams camp road, and the
money appropriated by Idaho
county is to be used in coopera-
ton with the government. The
commissioners have been in Sc
sion all week transacting routine
business.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-04-23
COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS

Charles J. Simmons, clerk in
the Grangeville postoffice, and
former service man, has been
nominated by President Wilson
for postmaster of Grangeville.
Friends of, the family in
Grangeville have received word
of the marriage, in Portland, on
April 5, of Kenneth S. Reed, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Reed,
formerly of Grangeville. and
Miss Martha Whiting, of Port
land.
Z. S. Sweet came in Monday
night from Moscow where he
had been in a hospital for a
short time. Mr.. Sweet has not
been well for some time past and
at Moscow was placed on a diet