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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06

WN 7 ASHINGToN. D. C. December 1 WNW 5.-(Special.)-Nome, Alas I ka, has gone into it's annual winter Information, according to news paper dispatches. and is expected to re-
 turn to life with but little vitality next spring. This remote mining camp.
 which, after a meteoric career and
 growth into city threatens practically i to pass out of existence, is described in ] the following bulletin issued by the National Geographic society:
 Nome is town which always hiber- north coast of the icy storm swept Ser ing sea, close to the Arctic circle, it is frozen in and showed in for about seven months of the year. Its chief industry, placer gold mining depends upon the use of running water, therefore the ac- tivities must stop when the water con goals. Rather than spend the long winter in the extreme cold waiting for 1 the return of mild weather, a large part of the population of Nome has al- ways returned to the states in the fall. making the journey back to the north in June. when navigation opens.
 "The overnight creature of an un- usual gold discovery. the town grew up on site that probably could not have been worse fitted for community of human habitation. It is open to the full sweep of the violent storms and the heavy waves that often beat in from the sea. It has a relatively narrow beach and immediately within is a strip of tundra. frozen solid In winter, but A sea of mud during the open season. In this morass the town grew up. In the early days men and animals foundered through streets that were knee-deep in mud. Later the principal thoroughfares were boarded over. Each summer fool hardy newcomers built structures on the beach only to have them wholly de- stroyed by the blasts of September. when, almost without warning, huge waves sweep to the edge of the tundra and often into the town itself.
 Gold was first discovered near Nome in 1888, in one of the numerous creeks that rise in the hills back of the town and cross the tundra to the sea. This discovery was widely heralded through Alaska and the western states. Thou
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
Shippers Show Interest
 in Warrior River Traffic

N IL up and down the Warrior A shippers are interested in the operation of the Warrior barge line and are trying to have northbound merchandise from New Orleans and Mobile routed that way.
 They are saving differential of 20 per cent over the all-rail rate on every bill of goods brought up the river and delivered at the river ports. Three of these ports are equipped for business, those at Cordova, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. Birmingham enjoys the dual advantage of two ports, the charge being the same for delivery by the Frisco from Cordova and from the Port of Birmingham by the Ensley Southern railroad.
 The Port of Tuscaloosa is available for a large adjacent territory, just as the ports of Cordova and Birming. | ham are, and all at the same differ. entials. The news from Tuscalooss is to the same effect as reports from shipping circles in Birmingham; tht merchants are standing by the barg, service.
 | Shippers are bearing in mind tn, ] new policy of the interstate commerce commission, which has declared tha henceforth there shall be no rates mad, on potential river traffic. Actual pat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06

status of the equipment He indicated that persistence in the present develop ment of the waterway traffic was the only remedy for congestion on the rail- roads,
 "The government does not care for a monopoly of water traffic. he said, and every encouragement is extended private enterprise. Several large con cerns now have their own barges and considering this type of transportation. The most complete information is always available both here and in Washington.
 '"The service has under construction & lot of two and one-half-ton steel cargo boxes.' Colonel Mayo proceeded, Ito be used on open barges with coal. steel and orc for miscellaneous freight. These bcxes are handled by power cranes to and off the barges and flat cars. They can be put on trucks for movement in and out of warehouses. The advantages of these cargo boxes are obvious
 The capital expenditures of the Mis- sissippi- Warrior service to date are less than s9,5oo,0o0. A large part of this came from the s5oo, 900 revolving fund of the federal railroad administration.
 We expect our southbound transit time to be five days" said Colonel Mayo. after stating that the average would be 12 days up and down the river for q movement of 5000 tons "On through business destined beyond St. Louis. the regular rail deliveries will be in addition to the water transit time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
PAPER MAKERS COMING SOUTH

PAPER MAKERS COMING SOUTH From the Houston Post.
 The decision of one of the great pa- per manufacturing companies to estab- fish large plant in Louisiana to con- vert pulp made from pine into paper means the further development in this section of the country of an important industry which already has a foothold in the south.
 Manufacture of certain grades of pa per from pine pulp has been carried on successfully, though in a comparatively small way. at various points In Texas and other pine belt states. Pine pulp has not been found adaptable for mak- ing print paper. and with the demand for paper and paper products increasing rapidly as the practice of using paper containers for all sorts of commodities becomes more general, there is room for the building up in the south of units of the paper making industry that will rival those in the northern states. Since southern pine Is catching the attention of makers of paper, new ln- terest should be revived in the proposi- tion of using the. cotton wood trees of Texas for pulp in the making of soft varieties of paper, It has also been demonstrated that cotton wood Is well adapted as paper raw material and there is one factory in the north now said to be turning out cotton wood pa per regularly.
 l It is not probable that either pine ol cotton wood could be used in makinf newsprint the variety of paper in whic. the publishers are so vitally interestea but If large new supplies of paper r
 other varieties can be made in .te|
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
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Hon. Fatty" Arbuckle
 "Ambassador of Mirth"

A MONO the bright stars in the A movie galaxy, MT. Fatty" Arbuckle, thanks to his girth, his mobile features and a sense of humor, shines with radiance. MT. Arbuckle is now on a vacation, in Paris, to be exact. The joyous Parisians have given him a reception more spontane- ous than might now, alas, be accorded to President Wilson. He is, to quote veracious correspondent, ttthe talk of the town" His progress to and from his hotel in an automobile, fly ing two American flags, is wildly cheered. Wherever he appears, MT. Arbuckle stirs the Parisians to fresh outbursts of enthusiasm. Not even M. Fairbanks and Mime. Fairbanks, other wise Doug" and Mary" attracted
 2ag rable attention.
 Iuuanitv is grateful to the man w makes t laugh. MT. Arbuckle is : public bsnefactor and because our screen stars are almost as we'll known in Europe as they are in this country, they are in the truest sense of the word, "citizen of the world"
 At time when Americans are not quite as popular abroad as they were about two years ago, it is gratifying to have such an ambassador of mirth as Fatty" Arbuckle to represent us and to receive in the name of America the plaudits of multitudes. The movies may have their faults, but they are helping to strengthen international friendships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Not All Work

Members of the troop of cavalry now being organized in Birmingham are go- ing to find the service attractive from variety of standpoints," said Capt John C. Carter There is the military end to start with. The cavalry service with horse. pistol, gun and everything furnished by the government is induce ment sufficient in itself.
 But the social side is not to be over looked. The horses when not in mili- tary service will be available for mem bers of the troop to ride themselves and for their lady friends. Then there are going to be dances now and then. Some of the officers are already look ing to that feature of our side line Ac- tivities. We want clean, live young fek lows in the troop. and that is the kind that are applying"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
ronage of the Warrior is necessary fo

ronage or the WarrlOr IS necessary TOT perpetuation of river rates.
 The prospect of northbound busi- ness on the Warrior is already good. When wholesalers and jobbers begin to do extensive purchasing it will grow by leaps and bounds. It will be the pride and pleasure of merchants who do business along the river to have a hand in the development of their freight rate independence.
 In the end people served by the Warrior will reach out to the east and the Pacific coast for northbound river traffic. Then indeed the Warrior will have proved worth while. A janitor who fell heir to fortune says he will continue to wash windows and do odd jobs, but he is thinking of buying an automobile. His virtuous re- solve to stay at work won't last long. # # x A friendly conference between Mir. Will son and Mir Harding would help to smooth away the animosities created dur ing the recent chastening of the demo- cratic party.
 4 4 # With 100000 Europeans desirous of giving the Statue of Liberty the 'once over," it is high time we were making America safe for Americans.
 # # # If all wars were as quiet and blood less as the struggle between D'Annunzio and Italy, there would be no need for League of Nations
 < 4 4 The allies regarded voting for the re- turn of King Constantine as woeful desecration of the Sabbath by the Greeks.
 Germany's consumption of champagne, enormous as it is, is only drop in the bucket compared to Germany's consump- ton of beer.
 It is all very well to revive the pop ularity of bicycles but a bicycle is no match for an automobile in a head-on collision.
 Milwaukee woman urges ''brides' strike" to prevent wars. It couldn't sur vive the month of June.
 < * . The shftless toiler who worked when he felt like it during the war is show ing some anxiety to stay on the pay roll.
 F + E There is a shortage of school teachers, but anyone who wants to learn to dance can easily find a competent instructor.
 x x + If the militant reformers have thelr way. America will soon assume deep
 
 # # # When Mr Munsey buys a newspaper the first member of the staff to leave fhe premises is the cartoonist. # # # One wife is enough for the King or Siam. for economic as well as other req sons.
 # < # Even with Argentina out, the League of Nations still has enough members left to draw up an imposing set of resolutions.
 < # # ATS quiet below the Rio Grande except when peon gets an overdose of pulque.
 # < # The waning of the silk shirt era has greatly enhanced the dignity of toll |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
The Ynrd Mans Coffee

Mrs. S. L. Ledbetter has an old yard man whose name is William. Recently she employed a new cook William she says, is in the habit of getting his morning coffee at the kitchen. He came for it the other morning and the new cook, seeing his approach, handed the coffee through the kitchen window. William entered the following protest: Look here, woman, how long since done got so low down dat I can't eat in white folks kitchen?"
 The reply of the cook. who herself knows something about social distinc- tions. was this: T handed you yo' cof- fee thru de winder kase you is a yard man."
 It is not recorded whether William has quite caught the distinction or is still ruminating over it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
One Law In All
 the Sovereign States

M ONE states of the union had weak 2) executives, who allowed lawless- ness to run amuck a short time, but no state has ever suffered it to triumph.
 Troops were withdrawn from the West Virginia strike field. Violence broke out again. Several people were killed, many were injured, and property was destroyed in the Mingo coal basin.
 The soldiers have been recalled. The governor of the state of West Vir- ginia has issued official notice to the effect that the federal commanding officer is in supreme charge of Min go county with authority to estab- fish peace and order in said county by such means as he may deem best"
 The commanding officer, in turn, has promulgated an order similar to that issued by General Steiner in the Alabama field, but more drastic. This officer forbids "public assembly ex- cept such as might be held in regular ly organized churches" parades and the like, and no persons "other thar the military and officers of the law will be permitted to carry firearms oi be in possession of explosives"
 Americans residing in West Vir- ginia and those residing in Alabama are cast in the same mold. They vii not modest men who seek to accom- plish their ends by lawful methods but they will not suffer any set oi men to defy the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
"Hit Him Again. Lordo

In the course of a short talk exhort- ing generous giving by the community sing audience yesterday afternoon, Judge Hugh Locke told one that ran about thus:
 They were raising money to repair a church that was in bad physically. There was need of paint and carpets and the plaster was falling i'll spots. A man of means who should have given at least s100 when his name was called said he would give $5. The words were no sooner out of his mouth than piece of plaster fell from the ceiling and struck him on the shoulder. I'll make it $25,' he hastily calculated.
 "A voice in the amen corner spoke forth, saying. Lord, hit him agin.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
3uN1IaM4Aa,nsiH,
A TIP FOR HUSBANDS

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 A New York wife sought divorce from her husband. who. she declared, was ''so good as he was impossible" Those with failings will be glad to quote this ir breakfast table repartee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
LET THEM DARE.

From the Kansas City Times.
 The warning from Russia that bol- shevist forces will prevent the pleb- iscite at Wilma ordered bv the League of Nations evidently is bluff. The Russians know efy well that the league hs aa army of l.soo men and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06

south, it will increase the general sup ply of paper and indirectly affect the supply and price of newsprint. And at the same time it will establish in the south new industry usins, local prod-A ucts which will materially increase
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
MUST LOOK AFTER WILHELM

From the Detroit Free Press.
 The Prussian Parliament proposes to give the former Kaiser about $S35,000,- 900. This is one of the necessary ex- penses that makes it absolutely i'm. possible to pay the indemnity demanded by the allies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
.sstole n Pig. Away He Ranr

T am minus a pig this morning, which l just bought yesterday" said J. H. Leath. deputy clerk of the circuit court, who lives at East Lake. q have been trying for some time to buy pig and succeeded in getting a Red Pole
 which weighed SO pounds. and was only
 eight weeks old. I put the box in which l had the animal on the street car under the protest of the conductor,
 and on arriving home placed it in the pen had ready for it.
 T then walked down the street to my sisters and on my return an hour later
 the pig was gone. You can imagine my
 surprise when I went to see about my
 new. pet to discover that 1t had been
 stolen in broad open daylight. That
 certainly is my idea of hard luck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
Large Corporation
 to Build Cheap Homes

~ HARLOTTE, N. C., has found a N practical way to solve the hous-
 ing problem. A $225,0Oo corporation with virtually unlimited resources, 1" has been organized to build homes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
Fortune knows,
 A MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 When thou seemest far from me, o God, it is not through thine indif- ference but through my sin. Grant then, Lord, that I may cease my daily complaining and begin to fight! Amen.-M. s. B,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
SUGGESTION FOR JUDGE "AB." From the Sheffield Standard.

-Sii' @iS A'hSAiiciu
 Judge "Ab," BirminRhams best known jurist-Judge H. B. Aber- nethy-comes forward with a sug- gestion that all citizens of that big town be card indexed. and any per- son failing to procure the necessary Identification card be run in. Might also be a good idea. "Ab," to make the cits wear a metal Identification disc. so the victims of the gunner could be promptly identified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06

When he says: "In the case of Mary Garden we call her artistic aptitudes" the gift of versatility" I am on sympathetic ground, and feel like she is real human being and not mere case for the psy- chological sharps to discuss and dissect in their laboratories. "All distinguished actresses" according to James, have this serpent-like facility of shedding their skin and taking on fresh one at will" Now this is one of the truest and cleverest ways of putting it that I have ever run across
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-27
Mountain Trips Cost More.

Charles A. Parry, in writing Of a
walking trip in Japan, stopped at a
tea house between Ikao and Haruna.
He continues: -Four men soon came
up bearing two of the small convey
ances called kagos, which are light
open filters with wicker roofs on
which the travellers light baggage is
carried. With the kagO-men l had
a little chat on the question perennial
ly interesting to all men: 'How's bust
ness?' One said 1t takes five hours to
go from Ikao temple to Haruna tenn
pie, and three to return. The charge
is S2.10 for two men. Last year it was
S1.4O. Despite the increase, the men
have more custom in the fall of 1919
than they had last autumn. This print.
tive conveyance is sufficiently costly /;
but there is a still higher collar con-
veyance, the Chee-ay-ah, or true palan-
quin, with which, for the privilege of
being able to loll at full length and
of having four coolies close to your
person all the time, you pay $500"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-27
Important to all Women
Readers Of this PAPER

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrEa.
Bile and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-27
find WEALTH IN WINTER!
Canadian Farmers Turn Winter
Months to Good Account.

Large crops and good prices for the
wheat, oats, barley and flax from Ca
madam farms have made the winter
resorts in California at times resemble
a meeting of a Canadian farmers in
stitute, but the practice among sue
cessful farmers of spending their win
tiers holidaying seems to be on the
wane. After all, nothing can be more
tiresome than having nothing to do,
and the farmers of Western Canada
are now finding winter employment
right on their farms which rivals the
attractions of the sunny South.
Live stock is the explanation, ac-
cording to a six-foot Westerner who
dropped into the Canadian Government
Information Bureau at 81 Jackson
street, st. Paul. He was on his way
back to Western Canada with a car
load Of selected breeding stock which
had carried off blue ribbons at several
state fairs in 1919. "We have found"
said he. 'that there is just as much
pleasure and a great deal more profit
in developing herd Of prize stock as
in listening to the murmur Of the sad
sea waves. Where we used to grow
grain exclusively now we are raising
stock as well. The fact that steers
raised in Western Canada took the
grand championship at the Interna-
tional Live Stock Show at Chicago two
years in succession shows how we'll we
are getting along. And instead of de-
pleting our bank rolls we ada tidy
sum to them"
"But don't you find the life monoto-
nous?"
'Not in the least. You see, we have
a rural club which meets in our
school house, where we thrash out all
kinds of problems. Here we exchange
ideas and also have occasional talks
from government experts, and the man
who goes abroad for the winter only
realizes how much he has missed when
at a summer picnic he hears an ad-
dress by a neighbor that would do
credit to q college graduate.
'It was at one of these meetings
that we decided to import a prize
winning stallion, and today our dis
trict is raising some of the best draft
horses in Canada. The carload of
breeding stock which I am now ship
ping to my farm is indirectly the re-
suit of our club meetings. We are
going to make that little corner of
Saskatchewan one Of the big stock
centers Of America. Why shouldn't
we? Everything is in our favor-cli-
mate, fertility, cheap land, free graz
ing land adjoining lots Of FARMS
creameries, government supervision.
You know how energetic the northern
climate makes a man? Well, it's just
like that with stock. They get to be
great, husky fellows, hardy and big
framed-and that counts on market
day.
"Come up and see me some time"
were his parting words as he left to
catch his train. "Fll show you some
Of the finest land and live stock out of
doors, and treat you to real farm
meal-everything but the coffee and
sugar grown right on my farm. That
counts some in these days Of high
prices."-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-27
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in NostriIs to Open Up
Air Passages.

All! What relief! Your clogged nos
trils open right up, the air passages of
your head are clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking,
snuf1ing, mucous discharge, headache,
dryness-no struggling for breath at
night, your cold or catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Get small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply little of this
fragrant antiseptic cream in your nos
trils, let it penetrate through every air
passage Of the head; soothe and heal
the swollen, inflamed mucous men,
brane, give you instant relief. Ely's
Cream Balm is just what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has been seeking,
It's just splendid.-Adv