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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT GOOD ROAD
 BUILDING GOING ON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
5M IRMINGHAM and Jefferson I6 county have reached the
 mint where fhav can hnoin

M IRMINGHAM and Jefferson lM county have reached the
 point where they can begin hragging about good streets and good roads,
 Both have made phenomenal strides ir this respect within the past year or two.
 Everywhere one rides can be seen raving under construction The city streets are in splendid condition, thanks to the present City commis- sion
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 And the county board of revenue is doing great work. The road through North Birmingham and out beyond Mary Lee Mines going to- wards Decatur, IS as we'll done as any paved road in America. Like 'f'SN N''S +NNA 8 biiit+Y HE way out Twentieth street and to the top of Shades Mountain equals the great Co., lumbia Highway in oregon. The Mount Pinson road and the road from, Pratt City toward Jasper are perfect. That road of chert for 40 miles out toward Lock 17 is ideal. The three n'ile stretch from the end of this great Highway down to Lock 17 will be provided for at the board of revenue meeting on the Fist. Then Birming- hams great and beautiful river resort VIII be opened up. No lake, in America is more picturesque or mere beautiful than this Lake Bank head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
Muscle Shoals Ready
 for Plant Operation

61HE huge nitrate works at Mus U cle Shoals are capable of be- ing utilized for variety of pur- poses immediately. If Henry Ford, who recently visited the plants should make an investment there, he need not wait on completion of the power dam.
 The government has built at Sheffield large steam electrical plant of 90,000 horsepower capacity and a smaller one at the No. nitrate plant. The transmission lines of the steam plant of the Ala bama Power company on the War rior river also extend to Sheffield, affording still more power. MT. Ford could begin manufacturing at Muscle Shoals in very short time after taking over the plants.
 Meanwhile, the Wilson dam could go on to completion. Nothing, however, need pause for that ulti- mate achievement. The machinery for action is there.
 Alabama cannot lose whether the government or private parties op- crate at Muscle Shoals. This state will profit by the development of the Tennessee rivers power through the Wilson dam and it will benefit through operation of the Sheffield plants by steam power, pending the coming of hydroelectricity.
 Muscle Shoals can no more be sidetracked than Niagara Falls. The power is in the river and American ingenuity is not going to allow it to remain idle.
 Not only the power, but the de- velopment of navigation on the river will benefit Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
MESSAGE FOR EMPIRE DAY

Alfred Moves, in the Empire Mail There's but one gift that all our dead
 desire,
 One gift that men can give, and
 that's a dream, Unless We, too, can burn with that
 same fire Of sacrifice; die to the things that
 seem; Die to the little hatreds; die to greed; Die to the old isnoble selves we
 knew; Die to the base contempts of sect
 and creed, And rise again. li-.e these, with
 souls as true. Nay (aince these died before their task was finished) Attempt new heights, bring even
 their dreams to birth, Build us that better world. O, not
 diminished By one true spiendor that they
 planned on earth. And that's not done by sword. orT
 tongue, or pen. There's but one way. God mako us
 better men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
Advertising Commended
 by Reserve Bank Head

MM B. WELLBORN, governor GVUo of the Sixth district federal reserve bank, told the mem bers of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World that he "likeo to see the banks advertising, espe- cially our member banks" And he added
 "I have noticed that advertising increases deposits and when depos- it's are increased, our reserves are automatically increased"
 Advertising is making people ac- quainted with what one has to of- fer. He sells the most who enables the greatest number of people to know what he has to sell and most forcefully presents its merit. There can be no exception to the rule.
 Ministerial delegates attended the advertising clubs convention. Why not let the people know about the churches by advertising Progress sive churches are using this form of publicity.
 Securities of railroads, utilities and counties, states and empires were formerly floated by inside banking agencies. Now the people are invited to purchase them.
 Captains of high finance were wont to criticize the uninitiated man and woman because they bought wildcat stock. That was the only kind that was advertised. Just as soon as the government Advertised it's securities the people bought them. They are purchasing the se- curities of the big industrials and railroads and those of their local utilities because they are being ad- vertised in newspapers.
 Newspaper advertising is the best because more people yead news papers than all the books, periodi- calls and trade journals on earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

Along the crest of Shades Mountain from the end of the paving on the Montgomery highway in westerly direction toward the old note; on Shades Mountain is being builded a beautiful boulevard which will prob ally be completed within 3 few weeks T his will connect up the drive from the smyer Road near the filtration plant for some seven or eight miles on the crest of this beautiful mountain up to the Aldrich place. some distance beyond the old hotel The Berry road, going up 10 Linger Longer Ledge, is already in beautiful con- dition. and the road from Edgewood Lake into Rosedale is to be paved, the contract to be awarded by the board of revenue on next Tuesday {
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 It is the purpose of the Board of Revenue to continue the paving of the Montgomery Highway to the county line; and the state and gov ernment are expected to take up the matter immediately of a completed paved highway from Birmingham to Mcntgomery. In that event the trip by motor to Montgomery can easily be made in from three to four hours. The distance is only about 95 miles.
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 The road from Birmingham to Gadsden and then up to Chattanooga will be paved in short while. Jeff ferson county is going ahead imme- d.ately with completing the road from Roebuck Springs on up to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
EVOLUTION

An interview with Dr. Vernon Kel-
 logg, permanent secretary of the
 National Research council.
 By Science Service
 To learn by intensive study how to make useful to everyday present human life the scientific facts about heredity and prehistoric man that have been brought to light recently by the biologist and the anthropo- logist will be the next progressive step in evolution. This is the opin- ion of Dr. Vernon Kellogg, formerly land Stanford Junior university, and now permanent secretary of the na- tional research council that is en- gagged in the big job of making science aid mankind in the most ef- fective way possible.
 More has been learned about he rcdity since the days of Galton and Mendel in the second half of the last century, and more about the character and history of Glacial time man since the beginning of this century than had been learned in all previous time," he explains
 If humankind of today is de- sccnded from a prehistoric human kind--and all biologists and an thropologists are convinced of tive want to know all we can about those primitive ancestors of ours who lived a hundred thousand or more years ago. We may find in this knowledge clues to some of the prob lens that human life presents to- day.
 "It heredity is the deciding factor ia determining what a man can or cannot do in this world-and there is constantly growing evidence that if it is not the deciding factor it Is | ct least very important one--we want to know all we can about it SO that we can take this knowledge into account in our work of educa- ton. prison reform, correction of de : fectiAeness and delinquency. and other l lildtlGIS III WHICH We nope to QO so much for the race by the use of good environment. We need to know just how far goo0 environment can offset bad heredity. lAlso we want to use in practical way our knowI- edge of heredity in the work of breeding better domestic animals and plants, and even human beings"
 We know now that primitive man was a good deal of beast both as to structure and mind, and that much of what is beastly in us is a carry from these half-beast an- cestors of ours. But by gradual ev- olution man has moved forward nor } and more toward real humanness, | and by adding to this natural ev- olution all that we can in the way of education. good environment and an expanding social inheritance we can look forward to a better ano better future type of man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
ZONE OF SURGEONS BOYS' By Frank Willis Barnett

once more upon the high seas on h.s way to this country, and is very proud that next month he gets his papers making him a full-fledged American citizen.
 It is more than passing curious that "one of Spurgeon's boys" found his way into the Moody Bible insti- ute at Chicago; for believing as l do in special providences I am confi dent that the Heavenly Father was leading and guiding the steps of tho orphan lad who opened his eyes in London to find shelter through the good work of an English preacher to the care in this land of our own beloved American evangelist, Dwight L. Moody.
 Only a few of the worlds great preachers have been able to leave be- hind institutions which "carry oa~ after-they have been called sosthstT heavenly reward. The two
 ing cases being Sturgeon sAo who lives in his school and
 age, and Moody, whose mell IS kept alive both at Northfield and at Chicago. The story of the institu tions founded by these two world figures has often been told. but never grows stale. I haven't time to set it out here but the good they do is not easily summed up.
 I can't follow the peregrinations of Pastor Carter, but will say that after leaving the Moody Bible institute he was grounded in the ways and thoughts of Baptists at the South western Theological seminary and in time was called to serve churches. Knowing the situation at Clanton, am sure that he was led of God to take up the work in Chiffon county. for by prayer and persistence he mas done the seemingly impossible; for while the loyalty of the band of Bap- lists is not questioned, yet at the end of the war and on the crest of the financial depression to drive ahead and start the erection of beautiful church is a tribute to lone of Spur geons boys as well as a testimony to the self-sacrificing spirit of his congregation. I greatly enjoyed hay ing part in the laying of the corner stone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
BLACK GOLD"
Aubrey Fullerton. ln LeslIe,s.

l Aubrey Fullerton, in LeslieS.
 Seven hundred, perhaps 1000, men will be going into the Mackenzie country of northwestern Canada this summer, from pretty nearly all parts of the continent The reason is oil-- black gold" One strike having al ready been made. in a hole away up toward the top of the map, it is ! somewhat better than a guess that more holes will produce more strikes, and the oil-seekers are going narth to try it out.
 The center of activity in the oil belt is Fort Norman, a Mackenzie iriver post, 1,5OO miles north of Ed monton, and nearly 1000 miles north of the international boundary. At that point, only little short of the arctic circle, black gold' strike was made last August, and in the drilled during the present summer But almost the entire region covered by the Mackenzie river basin for a distance of 1,200 miles is potential oil field The rush now under way may be fairly localized as between attitudes 57 and 66, following close to the main Waterways of the Mac kenzie system.
 It is a tremendously big piece of ground to work in. From south to north, it covers an area of 100000 square miles, or four. times the size of New York state, counting, at that, only narrow strip on either side of the waterways. Not all of this big tract is actually oil-bearing land, but the geographical formations of the greater part of it are favorable, giving substance to the claim that this is geographically, at any rate, the greatest oil field in the world.
 By any route, travel to the Mac i,kenzie oil fields is not cheap The overland trip on the winter trail costs from s250O to $S,OOO for one man and dog-team, Fort McMurray to Fort Norman and back. A return trip ticket by steamboat, with meals and berth, sells for $500. The fare by airplane will be from s1,o00 to S1,500. As to time, the air route has a decided advantage, and will appeal to men who are in a hurry. On the initial flight, with everything rnfa- miliar, the J.L.-6 planes made ..S5 miles an hour. The steamer trip is matter of about 10 days each way, | if connections are good and the port ages not too full of delays.
 The Mackenzie field proper will be of it's remoteness. After a commer- cial supply of oil has been assured, there will still remain serious transportation problem. If the Great Slave lake field proves productive it will materially simplify the problem, being 300 miles nearer to market, but in any case railways and pipelines will be necessary. Probably from seven to ten years will be required actually to deliver Mackenzie oil and gasoline to the Canadian prairie trade, their logical market.
 pipeline to bring the oil out from Fort Norman is estimated to cost in the vicinity Of s5O,O00.o 900, and will therefore be possible only as a government undertaking or by pow erfu! company financing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
How Much likeness
 Might Be Prevented

IT TOW far Birmingham might H U have prevented some of the plant idleness and that of wage earners and salaried men had it pat ronized it's own industries is seri- ous thought for consideration. This kind of indifference is retroactive, because he who practices it will suffer, in the end, along with the neglected industry.
 The president of the Alabama Manufacturers association, with many hundreds of members and con- versant with manufacturing condi tions and affairs, is authority for this statement:
 It was found in the case of a
 Birmingham manufacturer with
 $l00,000 invested in business in
 1920 and payrolls of s1o0.o0O.
 that in given month the largest
 order from a Birmingham jobber
 was for 75 of his products. while
 orders from customers in Mis- souri, Arkanas Louisiana. Flor N ida, Georgia and Mississippi ran
 in volume from 100 to 1000.
 Does Birmingham need som acne to tell it how to care for itself :? Shall our jobbers continue to over look quality and price under their noses and thus help bring about the conditions which they must help re- lieve?
 Birmingham must learn more about itself. It must do more for itself. It has broken many records doing for others. It should seek out what it can do for itself. Local
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
A Larger Age-Herald

Colbert County Reporter;
 We like the change in the makeup of the Birmingham Age Herald. Ic now presents q more metropolitan appearance and the paper should con- tinue to gain in popularity for this display of progress
 Sheffield Standard:
 The Age-Herald has increased it's size from seven to eight columns per page. This fine paper will give it's readers additional news space, and the change also standardzes the size of the paper. The Age Herald IS easily the leading paper in point of state news; it gives more space to State happenings than any other state daily, and its general news, editorial page and feature articles are of the highest class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
THE FLAGS ORIGIN

From the New York Tribune
 The perennial and apparently inn perishable yarn bobs up again that the Stars and Stripes were designed from Washingtons family arms. with this amazing additi on. that such origin is a special reason for cherish ing and reverencing the flag The t-of-arms. the family flag," we are told. is something ,to rally around"
 It does not seem to occur to the propagndists of the wretched myth that if the story were true it would present Washington in discredita : ble light If he used the words tradi : tionally attributed to him in report ing the design of the. flag to Con : gress and declared the flag had been designed from his arms, he said what wasn't true or was guilty of colossal vanity. It is certain that he did not make it known that he had exploited his family arms. If he had, if there had been any sus- picion that he had done so. there would have been a loud protest.
 Unless all our ideas of Washing ton of the cherry tree are false, he was just about the last man in Amer ica who would thus under false pre- lenses have sought to giorify him. self. Happily, there never has been the slightest foundation for the silly story, while there are convincins evidences of an entirely different and logical origin of the Stars and Stripes. It is pity that the in- vention should persist and period cally reappear; but it is pious and pleasant dhty to hit it whenever II does
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
THE MELANCHoLLy DAYS

From Charivari.
 They met at the shore and soon afterward became engaged. Doesn't the autumn make you sad" she asked dreamily as the sea- son drew to its close.
 He had been so busy planning to get married that he hadn't thought of it. NO, why should it?" he asked.
 She sighed. Men are so heartless! Dent you care at all that I am going away and you will never see me aeain?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
CATS IN THE OIL
h q Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 Hiram said Mrs CorntasseL "oklahoma has lost over a half-mil- lion dollars because crows were at the corn.'
 Them folks seem to have more than their share of trouble with the animal Kingdom. It's only little while since we heard about how wild cats was playin' havoc with the oil"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
--- Quick Organization

T am gratified at the quick and adequate way in which the relief committees, have organized to care for the handling of the eases need ling help" says Col T. O. Smith.
 Nothing has been left undone, either as to the gathering and the distribution of the funds and the other gifts. Not only is this true. but careful study is being made in order to find places for those out of work.
 Take, for instance, the case of the negroes who in some way got the name of boil weevils.' l do not know whether it originated among themselves, or whether it was given by some humorist, but it describes those who come to town from the farms without any equipment what ever for city work and occupations.
 Many of them are now out of jobs and in want, and the committee is endeavoring to place them back as largely as possible in the communi- ties from which they came"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWH HERE
Great Outing

Clarence Lloyd may well qualify as sign writer, judging from some of his handiwork along the route to the Southern club barbecue yester- day" said Dr. C. w. Shropshire. T don't believe anyone could have got ten lost on the way to the scene of iollity.
 "One direction which Clarence gave could not be fathomed until a little country church was sighted. The query Left Where?" was then explained
 That barbecue was some thing to talk about Plenty of good meats Mexican chili, Brunswick stew and cold drinks were to be had. Some folks had more or less of q good time rolling on the tables while others hunted for the product which made Shelby county famous Swimming was a treat, with the ole swimmin hole decked out in ropes and springboard in fine shape. Every one had a good tme'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
A QUEsTIONNAIRE

Answered by H-n-y C-b-t- L-d-g-e) To the Editor of the World:
 Who lost the Battle of Waterloo? Wilson's grandfather.
 Who caused the Johnstown flood? Wilson.
 What started the great Chicago fire? Wilson's cow.
 Who advised the Kaiser to start the war? Wilson.
 Who rooted for prohibition? Widson.
 Who hooted at prohibition? Wilson.
 Who chased Eliza and her child across the river choked with float ing ice? Wilson. Who caused the Wsil street, bomb explosion? Wilson. z t4s-@ EDWARD E. KIDDER.
 New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

, Trussvine and to springvine. mai.ing paved highway connecting up with the road through Ashville and 10 Gadsden. all of which Is to be paved
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 The Board of Revenue of Jefferson county is entitled to all credit for the splendid highway work they ars doing at present. The roads are be- rng builded to last for all time. The foundations are substantial ana the surface is perfect. These roads are being builded with concrete cooings on either side to protect the surrace from spreading and prevent the nit ulithic from breaking on the ec-es. In this respect Jefferson county has gone ahead of the roads of the north ern and middle states
 Soon we shall have Jefferson oaun- ls roads in condition where the far mers will have no trouble in reaching the market with their trucks; the in dustria1 men can reach their mines and properties, and the pleasure seekers can enjoy themselves without destroying their automobiles.
 Jefferson county will soon oe show place, and prospective investors can easily see what we have.
 All praise to both the Board of Revenue and to the City Commission for the splendid work they are doing hereabouts.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

manufacturers should realize that
 advertising a product handled by brokers gets results as well as the advertising that is done by retailers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

SECRET OF SUCCESS
 "Dr. Pillards has a large practice" How do you account for that?" He tells his patients the most fashionable resorts are the health
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
Good Investment

Business in the north and east is rapidly taking on it's old-time swing said Capt. S. M. Anderson last night, after a trip to Chicago. By Novem- Der l. hard times will be thing of the past in my opinion" he con tinued.
 While in Chicago, Captain Ander- son stated that he succeeded in dis posing of a $25o,oOO bond issue for the Home Builders and Finance com pany, inc, of Birmingham, and that the real money on this deal would be forthcoming just as soon as the bonds are out of the hands of the engravers which will be only a few days
 John B. Reid of Birmingham is vice president of the Home Builders and Finance company.
 Birmingham and what it has to offer to the world in the way of industry, manufacturing and busi- ness Is we'll known to the men of finance in Chicago and I find that there Is plenty of money there seek ing safe and sound investments in Birmingham and in the Birmingham district" Captain Anderson con- cluded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
PUBLICITY WORK
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 T want to see Gertrude Gladeyes, the movie star, who was sentenced to jail for speeding" said the brisk young man.
 "Is it important?" asked the war den.
 T should say it is important. I'm her press agent and I've only half an hour to get the story in the first editions"
 A DISCONNECTED STORY "'You had a narrow escape my friend.' said the farmer who had rushed to the scene of the accident ''So I-did, replied the aviator, as he crawled out of the wreckage of his plane and nonchalantly lighted cigarette.
 How did it happen?" T don't know. went into d tail spin and then I saw you.''
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
PASS TT ON
n the Toledo Blade.

From the Toledo Blade.
 Scott Bone is to be official head of Alaska. tYou say it; we haven't the hearth