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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
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TIN the hollow of the hand of one
 man who gazes out of window
 there cluster daily the lives of hundreds of citizens as they go about their work and to and from their homes. Upon what this man can see put of his window, upon what he has learned from his stay of 27 years on one job, and upon the finely-strung wires which respond to his touch, their lives depend
 This man is Walter Herbert He is the train director in an Eastern rail- way tower, and each day he stands at his window and watches the streams of passenger traffic wind their serpen- tine way in and out of the Reading Terminal under his guidance. His long-trained memory, his watchful eye and the safeguards set about him by bcience make the hollow of his hand secure.
 To keep the daily traffic moving without mishap and without delay is the job of Herbert. So closely do trains follow each other and so care fully Is everything timed that the least miscalculation, the least slip and the stream of traffic become entangled.
 No Room for Another Car.
 During day at the Reading Ter minal 139 trains leave and 135 arrive. During the hours of the commuters
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trees that will take the place of the spruce. hemlock and fir. when those supplies are exhausted the Forest Service has conducted experiments for years at the forest products laboratory maintained at Madison, Wis, and the earnest workers in this experimental plant have produced results of ines timable value to the industry. They have not only found means for utiliz- ing seemingly worthless species for making wood pulp, but they have de- vised ways to increase production and to turn into useful products the waste materials and by-products of comx mercial sawmills. By showing paper manufacturers that it is possible and profitable to utilize slabs and edgings from spruce, fir and hemlock, made in- to lumber, it is hoped to eventually turn into something of value the 1,600,O00 cords of this class of mill waste not utilized at present.
 Those who have studied the paper pulp situation say that it is possible to replant the cut-over lands in the New England and Lake states, so that in generation or two the lands now bar ren would again contain the forest covering of half century or more ago.
 Wealth of Alaska.
 We are apt to look upon Alaska as a land bleak and snow-driven, but it's
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gives the word to his leverman to switch the engine to the tracks where the Chestnut Hill cars are waiting.
 Before the leverman there is a table with S2 levers, each controlling a switch in the yard. When Herbert in- forms his leverman that the engine, which can be seen coming down the tracks. is the Chestnut Hill engine he touches lever. switches fly on the ground and the engine follows the course mapped out for it. When an engine starts puffing in the Terminal and pulls it's train be- hind it, Herbert calls out Main Line Express" there is a touch on lever and the proper switches move on the ground. Below this set of switches there is another set which controls the signal arms on the bridge at the Terminal and halts the engineer or gives him the all-clear.
 In a glass case above the lever table there is a miniature set of tracks cleo trically operated. On this miniature switches fly from one track to another before Herbert's eyes as they do on the ground in the yard. At any time he can see how the switches lie and which tracks are occupied.
 Safeguard on Trains.
 Above the miniature network of tracks there is a set of small signal arms which prance about in answer to the touches on the signal levers. When
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lock and fir in the New England states and New York Is approximately 3,262,- 900 cords. and at this rate the supply will last approximately IF years The estimated annual cutting in the Lake States is 3,030,000 cords, and if con tinued will exhaust the supply in that region within IS years. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Caro- lima, with their small forest resources are even worse off, the annual cutting being calculated at 1,470,000 cords. at which rate the pulping woods will last but 10 years. Only in Alaska, Wash ington, Oregon and California are the reserves in no immediate danger of exhaustion, if the cutting is continued at the present rate of 2.21S,000 cords a year.
 If our entire timber resources were all placed in one pot they would last but 75 years, for pulp-making pur poses, at our present rate of consLmp- tion. Alaska, however, is capable of giving us a sustained cut of over 100000 cords of pulp wood annually, if her forests are managed along seen tific lines, and only the annual growth used, as in Norway.
 Trying to Solve the Problem.
 In an effort to solve the problem of perpetuating our paper pulp industry, through the discovery of new species of
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These devices are of great assistance Is what he carries in his head. When he sees an engine coming down the track he may have received word that it is the engine for the Norristown train. but he must know instantly on which track in the terminal the Nor ristown cars are waiting. When a train pulls out of the terminal he must know what train 1t is and where 1t wants to go.
 Similarly, when the drags of eight cen or twenty passenger cars are brought down from the Huntingdon street yard, Herbert must know what trains are in them As they go by his window he must recognize among the twenty cars composing the average drag the six for the Lansdale train, the five for the Chestnut Hill local the six for the New York express and the three for Newtown. He runs this drag in on one of the tracks In the Terminak and then when the engines for these four trains come down the road Her bert must remember on which of the thirteen tracks he put the cars.
 When train comes into the Ter minal, Herbert must remember which tracks he has full and which are clear. If his memory slips, he will have pas sengers alighting at Race street and walking over the tracks into the Ter minal.
 Between all of the incoming and outgoing trains Herbert must get his empty cars and light engines out of the way and must keep them from inter fering with the regular passenger traf- f1c and from running into anything.
 A Novel Undertaking.
 All of this looks like a hopeless maze to the layman, but Herbert stands at his window and looks up and down the track and at the disks and the models in front of him with nonchal-
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SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS.

The lowest form of animal life has been found to be the microscopic jelly fish, which is simply a minute drop of gelatinous matter.
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Tungsten which has only in recent years come into general use, was dis cussed exhaustively in Spanish trea- tise written in 1871.
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The postal service of Japan is the lowest in the world in point of cost. A letter goes in that country for very trivial fee.
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The Chicago elevated railroads have operated for eleven years without
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AUTOMATIC INDICATOR IN SIGNAL TOWER.

the Frankford train is run over the tracks the leverman pulls the signal on the bridge in the yafd and the small arm on the wall in the tower shows how the signal stands. During the day the signals can be seen on the bridge by the leverman from the tower window, but at night entire dependence is placed on the set of arms on the wall.
 One of the most certain of the safe
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guards placed upon the running of the switches. When the Brown street lev erman opens the track for Race street Herbert throws the switch opening the track from the terminal. As soon as Herbert's switch is thrown the Brown street leverman's switch is locked. He can not move the lever and no trains can run over that track except the one for which the switch has been thrown.
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Wealth of Alaska.

We are apt to look upon Alaska as land bleak and snow-driven, but it's
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
PRIMARY SYSTEM A FAILURE

unless he wanted to. This adj
dition TO campaign expenses by
the primary works more evil in
state and county contests than in
national, because of the small
salaries local officials receive. 1t
practically shuts out the poor man
out OF official life unless he
makes concessions an office seeker
ought not to make. 1t puts an
additional premium on money as
an election factor.
The other objection is that vot-
ers are deprived of the privilege
OF expressing their preference for
those who do not get their names
on the official ballot, unless they
exercise the privilege py writing
in name. In this respect some
of the state presidential primaries
have this year been extremely far 7
cical. These evils of the system
would be mitigated somewhat if
the original purpose of the pri-
mary system had been achieved,
that of loosening the hold Of bos-
ses upon the party machinery, and
especially upon the selection of
candidates, but in that respect
the effort has failed. There Is no
percepuDie deci ease in the power
of the bosses. Political ma
chimes seem to work with undi-
minished power. They will con-
tinue to do so until the voters
themselves show more interest in
elections than is exhibited by
merely going to the polls to vote.
provided they have taken the
precaution to register, a precau-
tion many thousands of them
neglect. A third objection, per.
haps not so fundamental as the
other two, but serious. especially
when the office of president OF
the United States is concerned,
is that it leads to an undignified
scramble for the nomination,
something the best type OF men
are 10th to engage in. Even In
the matter of local Offices this
has the effect of preventing some
of the most desirable material
for officials from holding public
office at ALL The officiai noml-
mating primary election has dis
credited itself. and should take
its place among the things that
were.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
A certain amount of opposition is a great
help to man; it is what he wants and must
have to be good for anything.-John Neal
MISREPRESENTATION VS.. UN1oN1sM.

Here is an incident which recently happened
In Chicago and it is worth careful attention. In
attempting to solve its housing problem Chicago
resorted to the purchase of portable buildings.
These were ordered from a source outside the
city, but all the work was done in union shops
by union labor When the first house was de-
livered and was being put together by union
carpenters, the walking delegate Of a local
union stopped the work Explanations follow
ed and it was proved to him that these houses
We're products of union labor. The delegate re-
fused permission, however, to allow Chicago
labor to erect them, saying: II consider that
the only really union-made house is one manu-
featured on the ground by Chicago carpenters. :"
Now here we have self-determination opposed
to unionisln. Mr.. Gompers bitterly assails the
plan Of plant organizations including represen-
tatives Of workers and management: he wants
to have all industrial disputes recognize the
national unions as one agent. But evidence is
accumulating that the principle of organization
which Mr.. Gompers champions is not holding
support. OF what use are agreements made by
carpenters unions Of national scope if any 10
cal union denies these agreements binding
force? If the only union-made product in Chi
cago must be made on the ground bv Chicago
workmen, where does Mr.. Gompers come in?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
Hair Often Ruined
BY Careless Washing

Soap should be used very carefully, if
you want to keep your hair looking its
best. Most soaps and prepared shara-
poes contain too. much alkal. This
dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle,
and ruins it.
y The best thing for steady use IS Muf-
sihed cocoantit oil shampoo (Which is
pure and greaseless), and is better than
anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply
moisten the hair with water and rub Il
in. 1t makes an abundance of rich,
creamy 1ather, which rinses out easily,
removing every particle of dust, dirt,
dandruf and excessive oil The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves
the scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get Muisified cocoanut oil
shampoo at any pharmacy, it's very
cheap, and few ounces will supply
every member o. the family for months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
THE KNOX RESOLUTION.

The Knox peace resolution now before the
senate is the work OF master mind who knows
as well as any other man alive the relative
rights of the Legislative and executive branches
of the government The resolution therefore
does not ask of the president anything that ne
could refuse and justify his refusal by histor'
zeal precedents, but merely repeats all wartime
legislation and requests the president to open
peace negotiations with Germany. Adroit as
the president is in his state papers and pubic
utterances, when he is at his best, it IS calcu-
lated to tax his powers to justify veto For
the resolution is no invasion OF the executive
authority while veto of it would be clear
denial of the constitutional powers OF the legls'
lative branch.
The president long ago took the bit IN his
teeth and determined to have his own way In
spite of arguments, facts and opposition. lie
can have it. He can keep the country IN
fictitious state Of war until after the San Fran
cisco convention, or possibly until after the
coming election, which is what he seems to de-
sire He might, for that matter, veto every
measure congress sent him; but unless he Were
able to advance something that would pass for
justification of his course, congress would over
ride his vetoes and take legislation wholly out
Of his hands.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
A GENTLEMAN.

Des Moines Register: An elevator
girl at Hotel Fort Des Moines is
quoted in the Register as saying
that a male who takes off his hat
when alone in the elevator with the
girl opeaitor is a gentleman that il
he leaves his hat on regardless Of all
feminine occupants he is just a man,
but that if he takes his hat off for
other women, but leaves it on in the
presence of the elevator girl he is
neither man nor gentleman.
That there is certain keen anaIy'
sis in this nobody will deny. 1t en-
phasizes the Importance OF democ'
racy. and shows up snobbishness,
which is disgusting.
But it is just as important to un-
derstand that all supposed tests" Of
gentlemanHness are fallible as it Is
to have a few tests in mind.
Judging another human by few
signs of appearance or behavior Is
the most hazardous thing on earth.
There never has been a perfect
gentleman" any more than there has
been a perfect lady" or a perfect
anything. except in poetry.
A man who ignored all the implied
rules of hat tipping that the elevator
manliness in 6, real crisis that brought
out real stuff than anybody we know
And man who fastidiously kept the
rule of hat tipping might be cad
from tip to toe.
Mark Twain long ago learned that
you can't tell by the looks Of a frog
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
To DARkEN HAIR
APPLY SAGE TEA
A few applications Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur bring back it's vigor,
color, gloss and youthfuIness.

Common garden sage brewed into
a heavy tea, with sulphur added, will
turn gray, streaked and faded hair
beautifully dark and luxuriant. Just
q few applications will prove reve-
lation if your hair is fading, streaked
or gray. Mixing the Sage Tea and
Sulphur recipe at home, though. is
troublesome. An easier way is to get
a bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound at any drug store all ready
for use. This Is the old-time recipe
improved by the addition of other in.
gradients.
While wispy, gray, faded hair is
not sinful, we all desire to retain our
youthful appearance, and attractive.
ness. By darkening your hair with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound,
no one can tell, because It does 1t so
naturally, SO evenly. You just dampen
sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time; by morn.
ing all gray hairs have disappeared,
and, after another application or two,
your hair becomes beautifully dark.
glossy. soft and luxuriant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
ALASKA RAILROAD TRAFFIC,

Progress IN the construction OF the Alaska
government railway and the probability that
it will be completed within two years induce
preliminary plans for giving ne railroad some
thing TO DO IN the way of traffic when it is COM
pleted. The development of coal lands into
production should furnish a steady and pro-
Life source Of freight carriage from the mines
to the seaboard. Development Of quartz min
ing in the districts opened to transportation
should swell the volume of bulky freight Farm
products Will, in time, furnish further bulk to
the general traffic. And beyond the potential
freight traffic that will come only after prelim-
mary preparation and development, the gov.
eminent lines should have a promising source
of revenue in the tourist traffic as we'll as the
regular interdistrict passenger business that
viii grow up.
Aside from the general scenic attractions of
Alaska, the mountains, the long days and the
short nights, the midnight sun, the charm and
interest for eastern people in the whole terri
tory, Alaska has national reservation, the
Mount Mckinley national park
Mount Mckinley, twenty thousand, three
hundred feet, Is the highest mountain IN North
America, and is surrounded by national park
two thousand, two hundred square miles in ex-
tent. On the northern slopes Of the mountain
are the breeding grounds Of game great herds
OF caribou, mountain sheep, moose and bear in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
THE LADY JANE WAS TALL AND SLIM
AND THE LADY JANE WAS FAIR

stipation, stomach and liver troubles
Mrs. Jane Goodwin. Gideon, Mo.
writes: For IL years l was troubled
with drppsy and bad blood. | took
numerous medicines without benefit
until got a bottle of Number 40.
and 1t helped me SO much that got
two more bottles and since taking
the second bottle, l am feeling fine.
/ wish to recommend Number 40 to
anyone needing blood medicine, as
/ believe it is good as recommended. =
Made, by j. C. Mendenhall, Evans.
vile, Ind, 40 years druggist Sold
by McGrath Bros. Drug Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
Illinois constitutional convention,
in session in Springfield. is likely
to eliminate the primary election
from the Illinois political system.
1t is proposed to limit elections to
one year, and as the state SUI
preme court has decided that pri
mary contests are elections, this
would cut out the official primary.
OF course, political parties could
hold all the unofficial elections
they might choose or select their
convention delegates IN any man
ner pleasing to them, but the lie gal
necessity for candidate for Office
to make two campaigns would not
exist. The primary election idea,
In the beginning supposed to be
the sure method of choosing can
didates without boss dictation,
has been carried step by step until
1t has reached an absurd and eX-
tremely burdensome stage with
out accomplishing its purposes.
II is time it was abandoned.
There are two fundamental OBJ
jections to the primary system.
One is that it is too expensive,
both to the state and the candi-
dates, who are required to make
two campaigns. This expense is
very large, as is shown by the con-
troversy over the charges made
by Senator Borah, that large sums
of money are being expended by
presidential candidates. 1t has
been suggested that $4,000 in
each state would be reasonable
maximum expenditure to be al
lowed by law for each presidential
candidate That would mean a
total of $4,000, quite sum for
candidate who did not have re-
sources of wealth behind him.
which resources are always open
to suspicion as to the disinterest-
edness of those who devote them
TO that purpose. Also such limi-
tation arbitrarily by states would,
if providing only sufficient funds
for Nevada, obviously not provide
enough for New York. Abolition
of primaries would not necessarily
eliminate the large nomination
campaign expenditures, but it
would at least not compel eandi-
date to go into such a campaign
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11

No lady can be fair and beautiful
with a sallow complexion. pimples on
the face, skin, eruptions, obesity,
which are all the results of impure
blood. Number 40 For The Blood by
its wonderful Alternative powers,
changes certain morbid conditions
from a diseased to healthy state,
thereby reducing flesh when in ex-
cess. 40 is demanded In female irreg-
ularities and all depraved conditions
of the system, especially of the blood
and general health; in eczema and
skin eruptions Of every character,
rheumatic and equity conditions. con-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
Be Young In Body, Mind and
j Looks Despite Your Years

How often you have
wished that you could
indulge in the strenu-
Gus exercise of out
door sports with the
vigor and enthusiasm
of youth But the
end of the week finds
you all in you are
tired, listless and lack
the energytogooutfor
a vigorous walk or a
round of the links-or
any other exercise that re-
quires much physical exer-
ton. Many q man, even in
his middle forties, has a
vague feeling that he Is
getting old"-and right
at a time when he should be
at his very bestphysically.
Andheisgrowingold, not
In the sense that the years
are pressing heavily upon
him but in the sense that
his vital forces are wasting
away faster than Nature re-
places the worn out tissues.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11

his cohorts, in the name of socialism
and of Marx. its prophet, to place the
seal OF socialist authority upon the
conception of socialism as state OF
society in which the Individual is
wholly subordinated to a bureaucratic
state. 1t is in the organic law Of the
RUSSIAN socialist federal republic
that this tyranny of the state finds
its supreme expression.
AS one Of the millions who have
seen in socialism the hope and the
promise of a larger individualism, |
frankly admit that | would rather be
hungry in any capitalist nation I
know of than be ever SO well fed in
such a ,servile Utopia. Better rags
and a. crust OF bread with freedom.
than fine raiment and rich fare with
servitude.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
Character in Speech.


Davenport Democrat. Someone has
pointed out that the national charac-
teristics that won the war are painted
in colors as clear as truth by the
phrases Of the soldiers who fought in
the ranks. Here is the way it Is put
in stars and stripes:
They shall not pass" said the des.
perate Frenchman.
The boche tide beat against him. He
prevailed.
Garry on" said the dogged Briton.
He held, and history viii say there
was no telling how.
Lets co. said the exuberant Yank.
And go they did, over and through
and beyond.
1t took all three phrases, in Glenn.
enceau's phrase, to make the war
apd win it.
The spirit that was in those phras-
es, and in the men--poilu, Tommy and
doughboy-who said them, did the
business
What is more characteristic, after
all, than the phrases that a people
coin under the pressure of great emer-
gencies? Perhaps ours was ready
before we began to fight, but none the
less it expresses the spirit of our sol
diers as we'll as those of our COM
rades in arms expressed theirs,