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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
MISSISSIPPI SEEKS NEW OUTLET

H. H. Dunn, in the December Popular Me
 chanics Magazine
 OT7HTS Mississippi river is seeking
 new channel to the sea, nearly 1co
 miles west of it's present course
 Apparently tired Of being confined be-
 tween high walls of earth, made to run
 deep. and work hard through the semi
 tropic miles from Cairo to the gulf. the Father of Waters is slowly but surely
 cutting his way through the Red and the Atchafalaya rivers down to the Gulf or
 Mexico, and. to help himself in finding
 this new channel he is just as slowly and surely filling his present channel with river-made dam of silt, a bit below the mouth of the Red river.
 From a stream barely 15 feet wide in 1S40, the Atchafalaya Mas gorged on the
 waters of the Mississippi until it is now nearly 1,7O0 feet wide 70 feet deep and possessed of current some 15 per cent
 faster than that of the Mississippi river
 at, the same distance from the gulf. But tho most serious part of the whole
 matter is the fact that the Father Of " ateSS, moving ms cnanncl lW mics westward, calmly ignores city of nearly
 4oo, ,0o inhabitants, the main port of the Mississippi valley, which Nsits on hts banks, 1to miles from the Gulf of Mexico. There is, it is true, another city on the Atch hafalaya, just where the new course
 the Mississippi is seeking runs into Atchs- falaya bay, but the city of New Orleans has no intention Of yielding to Morgan City, and allowing the commerce of the Mississippi valley to flow down a new channel. past new port, making useless more than $l5o,oo0 0oo worth of public utili- ties and private industries, just because & little thing like a river, half a mile wide and 100 feet deep. has decided to change it's channel for a shorter one. "The remedy, in my opinion" says Cap tain l.. V. Cooley, Mississippi river ca4tain and boat owner, ''is to close the mouth of the Red riversS compelling it to flow to the sea down the course of the Atchafalaya, and completely separate both the Red and the Atchafalaya from the Mississippi river. To do this, how ever, it must be understood that the Red and Atchafalaya rivers and the Raycu Terrebonne were once mouths of the Mississippi and that the closing of these streams will force tremendously greater volume of water down through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
Bankers Helping Out
 fhe Cotton Producer

eTf1HE cotton producer cannot say he
 ll is without friends.
 At short meeting of the Alabama State Bankers association held in Montgomery on Friday, the banking interests of this state subscribed more than their quota to the capital stock of the international banking corpora tion now being organized by bankers of the southern states. '.
 Equally prompt action was taken by the bankers of Georgia and Louisiana. The brains and the financial sinews of southern bankers are enlisted in the cause of marketing the crops of southern farms.
 The state superintendent of banks reports that loans and discounts of the state banks at this date show an increase of $17,0oo,Ooo. The banks have exerted themselves to care for the interests of the cotton producer. This increase in loans is directly and almost exclusively due to advances made to cotton growers enabling them Q avoid dumpage of their product.
 The cotton producer would do well cnce and for all to, abandon the idea that the world is in a conspiracy to rob him. Once he gets it into his head that there is no studied conspiracy against him., but only that cotton is as much subjecA to the laws of buying and selling as all other commodities, lw will have reached that most de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
Who's to Blame:

Tt looks to me very much as though some of the cotton producers are not especially entitled to sympathy" said R. M. Johnston of the Alabama Power company. "A few days ago I was in Athens, Ala. While there a reputable banker told me of client of that insti- ution who was quite indignant because the bank, after carrying him for three years on loans on cotton, called on him to liquidate at least portion of his in- debtedness.
 Shortly afterward I was in Jasper. A prominent business man there said hs had brother who had held his last years cotton from the market. For the life of me I cannot get up sympathy for the man who refused 40 cents for his cotton last year. nor very much for the man who passed over two good sca- sons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Community Singing

The community singing idea is Tn the nature of a safety valve for the people of Birmin sham," said Walter Carter. '"The people have been fight ing long enough. There have been the recent political differences, and the mine trouble and numerous other ills that affect the people of any city. What we need to do Is to get together and forget them all and every one work for the upbuilding of Birming- ham.
 There is nothing that will do more to help in this line than movement of this kind. People simply cannot sing when they have a grouch, and my ob- servatlon has been that MT. Erickson will come as near making them sing as anyone can, hence they will be forced to forget their troubles.
 Then. too, is is a big advertisement. for the city. A town of this size should have a symphony orchestra, and it will eventually come if the community sing ing is continued"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
aV N V Murders Still Numerous In the United States

1T HUMAN life is more unsafe in D U America today than it has ever been before in the nations history, according to statistics from 31 cities, compiled by Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman for the Spectator.
 These cities have a total population of 2O,O0oOO0. Seventeen showed an increase in the number of murders in 1919 and IA a decrease. Last year homicides totaled 1881, or 9.1 per 100000 of population, while in 1918 the total was 1872 and in 1917 it was 1,777.
 In 1919 Memphis had more homi- cides per 100000 population than any other city. Its rate was 55.9. Savan- nah had AZ, Atlanta 4O.S, Charleston 30.8, Nashville PAT, and New Or leans 23.3. Milwaukee's rate was only 2.5 and New York's was per 100000 population, the same rate it had been for the previous four years.
 Human life has always been cheap in America, and so far prohibition has had no effect in reducing the num- Der of murders. That, however, is no real test of prohibition, since large quantities of liquor are still being con- sumed in the United States and a great deal of it is the sort of poison which is apt to lead to more crimes of violence than the liquor formerly sold in saloons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
Different Aspect

The recent World war put very different aspect on many forms of em- ployment," said J. A. Smith. The rib- bon counter clerk among the male pop ulation got such setback that it will be hard for this position to be filled even though many thousand men have been discharged from the quartermas- ter's corps.
 Such distaste for the quiet walks of life took hold on the public that it is with difficulty that lawlessness is be- ing suppressed throughout the coun- try. When it comes to a show down, however, those guilty of desperate acts now are not the ones who were found on the firing line when democracy was being saved.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE

From the Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
 graph.
 blushing maiden approached the postoffice window and inquired of the clerk:
 Have you any letters for Miss Smith, please?'
 The young clerk, being something of wag, said:
 Business letter or love letter miss?"
 "Oh, b-business, please
 Thereupon a large bundle of letters was quickly run through in vain, and the young lady hesitatingly went away.
 A few minutes later she returned, and approaching the same clerk, and blush ing more easily than ever, said: "Oh, sir, would you mind looking through the love-1ettersT'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
NUMEROUS PROGENY

From the Washington Post.
 Three hundred years ago one little ship brought the Mayflower bunch over. Today 1t would take the fleets of the world and all the ships that Germany sunk to carry their descendants back if you listen to them,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22

sirable point where he will ask him. self in what he has failed. When that is done real cooperation on a basis of self-help will evolve. Then and then only will the producer get what comes to all who do business in a business-like manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
JOHN WAS A NOVICE

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Sporting writers who have been try ing to line up Sullivan with Jack Demp- sey fail to appreciate the fact that there is no ground for comparison in Judging the men. John L.. wouldn't have known the first thing about going out for a purse of $5O0,O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
RJJMANIA AS. LARGE AS ITALY

aries and the Rumanian oil fields. many of which are again in operation. viii find an outlet to the worlds commerce. The fertile areas of Bessarabia, added to those of Pennsylvania and Bukowina, should bring tremendous wealth to Ru- mania. The wheat fields of these pro vinces are among the largest on earth. More than S3 per cent of her cultivabie area is devoted to the growth of cereals, a proportion only exceeded by Serbia, South Africa ana, formerly. Russia With could feed all of Europe, and she should quickly regain ner former prosperity.
 TT IS TO WEEP From the Houston Post. pr. Eliot is sure that short skirts en- danger good morals. In some cases, no doubt. But we are conscious of having our sense of pity deeply stirred by many of the short skirt revelations.
 LIE BRAssARD
 The Origin of the Red Cross CAfter the French of Vicente de B0r
 reIiij
 By Hannah Coale Baker. Once, years ago, dying soldier lay Upon the battlefield at close of day. When, on soft wings, angelic Pity came Ana bound With loving toucn ms pieeo-
 ing frame, Fast wes she fleeting back when a
 weak cry Went up-"Your name-your name be-
 fore I diei" Swiftly she turned and to his stde bent low, Smiled, and, as written word she did
 not know, Dipt her slim finger in ths crimson tide Which slowly ebbed from meath his
 wounded side, Quick traced upon 8 bandase winding
 white A cross-red -hued! Then vanished
 through the night
  And still in France women ef mercy
 frame Upon their arms the pityiss azgers name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
Turkeys Hixh

'I read in the Age-H Herald recently that there was a scarcity of turkeys for Thanks giving and also that the Phillips, which, of course, means that both will be high. I want to suggest that good young pork shoulder or green ham makes a mighty good substitute for turkey, served with ap- rle and sage sauce it makes a mighty palatable dish. On account of the dif- ference in price it is possible to have a mighty fine dinner. for about one half what a turkey dinner costs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22

sold in saloons.
 Wars Thrift Lessons
 Are Not Forgotten 61HE thrift lessons taught during J the war by means of War Saw ings Stamps, Liberty Bonds and the like have not been lost. Even though many people have disposed of their Liberty Bonds, the habit of thrift has survived.
 The postoffice reports show that less than per cent of the postal savings deposits have been withdrawn during the year. An average of $500 worth of Thrift Stamps per week are sold and $4O,000 more was deposited in postal savings last month than dur ing the same month last year.
 Appearances are often deceptive. Judging by the manner in which Lib- erty Bonds were rushed to the market at the close of the war, the American people were indulging in an orgy of extravaganza and were saving noth- ing. There was much extravaganza, but the status of savings banks de- posits and postal savings suggests that even the reveller did not spend all their money.
 Americans are not one-half as care less as they seem to be. They do not throw away as much money as their outward display Nopld indicate. The lull in business has not brought about and will not bring about an army of unclothed and unfed. There is a sub- stantial residue back of the average famlly'S current needs.
 Much credit for this state of affairs is due to the improvement in the per- sonal habits of the average Ameri- can.
 Raymond Hitchcock attended a spirit ualistic seance in New York recently and a humorous reporter wrote col umn about it from the New York World, Strictly speaking, Mir. Hitch cock doesn't need press agent.
 * < < An English poet begins some lines thus: Faces Of blank decorum, and bald heads Introducing bald heads into poetry is excessive abuse of poetic license.
 A prohibition enforcement officer says the saloon. except possibly for swinging doors, will soon be thing of the past. What use will there be for swinging doors then?
 *: sF +
 It may Console Venizelos in this try ing hour to know that the American press considers him a better man than Constantine. regardless of what the Greek people think.
 * # #
 An advertising solicitor who married a young woman said to be the highest paid chorus beauty in New York should be taking the air in an expensive motor ear.
 The most eaptiious person in the world is the splenetie individual who criticizes columh conductor for his grammar.
 Mayor Hylan uses 8 great deal of current slang on the witness stand, but that may be the result of minglins with the common people.
 x # #
 Nothing was to be gained by picking on President Wilson's brother-in law. as the President is to all intents and purposes eliminated from politics.
 < x *
 Instead of giving up the ghost when the democratic party was showed under, President Wilson dispensed with his cane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
Misery makes sport to mock itself.
 --Richnrd H. x x x
MouNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 Give me to pray with courage Lord, when the promise of life seems ended, for thou art closest to me when the world is farthest away Amen.--M. 5. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22


 York, and they looked like picture gardens Just think of the possihil- ities of trucking.
 have just ridden through q county that has made a banner corn cto2, Alabama can be one of the banner corn states Take oats. rye. barley, and to certain degree wheat. Then the Va rious pea crops. know that l nm writing in haphazard way and not covering the things which can be raised in the state with any degree of exact itcde, for as a matter of Tact nearly anything which can be produced in the United States in the way of crops can be profitably cultivated in Alabama
 overlooked the strides made in hog raising. I'll not talk about it now. as spoke of the hog show at Livingston. which is just one picture of what IS going on throughout the state. Then the question of Sheep and goats has never been gone into with any degree Of enthusiasm, and yet both can be profitably raised in Alabama. Poultry could in itself be made one of the great revenue producing things in the state. Chickens. geese, ducks and tur- keys just naturally thrive in this eli mate.
 have set down enough here to keep any one from giving up just because in the process of readjustment from war conditions times seem to be mighty tight. The hour demands that our people get grip on themselves and resolve stand by their farms. ard not sacr Tee their crors and cattle without a fight. It calls for co-opera tion between farmer, merchant and banker. and the public can help. know of ho place where the chance 10 make living is better than in Ala bama.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
A Feeling Of Security

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs. /
Such a medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root. !
1t is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
1t is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
1t is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad-
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of DIR. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root.
If you need a medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv. !
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
TREE HAS CANDY" FLOWERS
indian Product That Rivals the "Gn-
gerbread House" of the Remem-
bered Fairy Tales.

We have all read the story of the
gingerbread house" in the fairy tales.
Well, there is family of trees in
India that have candy" flowers, or
the next thing to 1t. These trees are
known as the "Bassia" trees, and of
the three important kinds. two have
sugary flowers and the third is called
the Indian butter tree" The petals
of the flowers are rich in sugar md
drop from the tree in the early morn
ing. They are picked up by the wom-
en- and children> and are spread out
on mats to dry In the sun. A single
tree will furnish 300 pounds of flow
ers in a year. When fresh, the flowers
are very sweet and taste much like
figs. They are eaten fresh or cooked
with rice, shredded eoconut, or flour.
The seeds of the butter tree are full
of Oil, and this Oil is used to make q
kind of butter, and also for soap and
candks.-Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
PECULIAR TYPE OF ORATOR
Small Wonder That in This Bombastic
Age He Created Something OF
a Sensation.

The speaker of the occasion was OF
such unusual appearance that the au
cience gasped or giggled, according to
The preference of its members, when
BE came. upon the rostrum.
Ladies and gentlemen" he harshiy
began, poverty would be abolished in
this country if we could only save and
devote TO some useful purpose the time
we waste in listening to Hans. Chau-
tauqua lecturers, pointers with pride
and viewers with alarm, singers who
cannot sing, babbling bards. parents
of bright children, bearers of mes
sages to the. waiting world, and sun
dry other bores whom it is not neces-
sary to mention at this time"
And peculiar as was his personal
appearance, his procedure was more
unique, for, having said his say. he
bowed grimly and retired from the
rostrum.-Kansas City Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
Poor Results.

The tramps were working the little
town together. They called at alter
nate houses, and agreed to share the
proceeds.
AS one waited at the gate of a dear
little fiower-embowered cottage his
hopes ran high. Surely the people
who dwelt in this peaceful spot must
be kindly.
SCOT anything?" he whispered eager
ly, as his pal came through the gate.
mo, mate !" was the reply.
'Did you tell 'er t1aat tale about yer
relatives all being dead, and that you
was a poor orphanT'
"Yes. And all she did was to offer
me some flowers to put on their
graves"
A girl seldom smiles as sweetly on
her own brother as she does on the
brother Of some other girl.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
What Really Happened

':Some of my children had little
trouble with the schoolmaster yester-
day" related Gap Johnson of Rumpus
Ridge.
ibid he whip emf asked a neigh
NOR.
Nope. j reckon not. i didn't pay no
pertickler attention to their chatter
about it when they got home, but as
nigh as I made out him and them had
some words about something or nnth-
er, and five or eight of 'em ganged
him and pounded him considerable.
Pears like they said they had more
trouble with him than they gener'ly
do a-liclling teacher.'-Kansas City
Star.
No discourse tiat is long can be
nleaSiDg-DOn OuiyOte
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
Every Drop of Your Blood
Should Be Absolutely Pure

Any slight disorder or impurities
is source of danger. as every vital
organ of the body depends upon the
blood supply to properly perform
its functions.
Many painful and dangerous dis
eases are the direct result of a bad
condition of the blood. Among the
most serious are Rheumatism, with
its torturing pain; Eczema. letter,
Erysipelas and other disfguring
skin diseases; general debility,
which makes the strongest men
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
Catarrh

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is a
Tonic and Blood Purifier. BY cleansing
the blood and building up the System.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE restores
normal conditions and allows Nature to
do it's work.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
+. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25

helpless, and many other diseases
are the direct result of impure
blood.
You can in large measure avoid
liability to disease by the use of
S. S. S., the wonderful blood rem
edy that has been in constant use
for more than fifty years. S. S. S.
cleanses the blood thoroughly. It
is sold by druggists everywhere.
For valuable literature and med
ical advice absolutely free, write
today to Chief Medical Adviser.
159 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ca
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
cutlcura soothes Baby Rashes

CutIcura SootheS bdpy HdSHcS
That itch and burn with hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cudcura Ointment.
Nothing better purer. sweeter,. espe-
cially if little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the I'M
,sh. 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
The Proverh Rsfuted.

"My husbands a doctor"
HAS he practiced long"
Eyes, but It hasn't made him per-
feet. Boston Transcript.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
Quite So.

"They say now that shoes are COM
ing down. "That is very good
movement TO be on foot"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
Well Fitted.

"That boat is nothing but an OLD
tub" isn't it all the better fitted
for the wash of the sea?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
NaturaiiY.

'What gushing style the new
author has" Probably because he
uses fountain pen.'
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
His FEELINGS EXPRESSED.

~ understand, Lucinda, that Bill
is very fond of his wife,"
"'Deed he am dat, Mis- Jones. He
jes analyses her."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
Most Are.

':.May 1 ask, madam, what is your
husbands income?"
Certainly, sir. 1t is mostly outgo."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
DYE RIGHT
Buy only Diamond Dyes"

Each package of Diamond Dyes
contains directions so simple that any
woman can diamond-dye worn, shabby
skirts. waists, dresses coats, gloves,
stockings sweaters, draperies every
thing, whether wool, silk, linen, cotton
or mixed goods, new, rich fadeless col
ors. Have druggist show you "Dia-
mond Dyes Color Card"-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25

Two things of which there is enough
for all-fresh air and sunshine. Get
yours.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25

Viroqua-A large collection of per-
sonal letters, papers and relics, as well
as part of the library belonging to the
late Gov. jeremiah M. Rusk has re-
Gently been donated to the State His
torical society by the governors
daughter, Miss Mary E. Rusk of yiro-
qua. The letters, which number some
fourteen volumes, INCLUDE correspond
ence with many of the most prominent
Wisconsin and national statesmen
during the period between 1882 and
1893, when Mr.. Rusk was governor of
Wisconsin.