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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-26

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BISMARCK. S. 3D.. Feb -i
Something is soIus tu .lHDN .Yun 800
Noitu pakut.
Eith,r th" u"upar,sJI League.
with Ha 'I,1m ct % Sew la. boo
Eu GO utu'ut.
Or The ~urpauized opposition ui
'u~usvr,ttllr political d husIn,s-
forces. ]-upp1tt'd ty She concerted
financial mt'r' us uf th, ,ouulr,
III, i'agu, can be- Killed aud ml
Dec hut unless it's l'tu,Ia muk'
% .umpltt. surrender tho killiu" viii
be- costly. perhaps wr,ckltr .hr
whole public ana private financial
structure ut the -tat,
state l. Broke
Right now IN" state, officially, is
Hat brol, fur ready money Pubic
Officials cannot, get then pay Checks
utsh.d Th' stHt, bank, only public
institution uf its kind m th, trii"i
States, mas suspended payment
t,'npurarll.
IT, tn, ,lIs.s eft "a f|IN,-yrIr puIiii-
cat aud ,,uunmi, battle. ut uuppr-
tll'lrd bitterness ilory BE- m" back
ground.
Two years tg" th, league. loo ,uI
uIHtr control "i state offices Y
legislature, created lH, Bank u
Ntl.N llhhNlh. u Hl'u'N lHf IANl
ness rs months ago 10 was .u
finance tho program tur state-uNr'I
flour mills grain elevation ioaur goo
h1my builders aud farmers Bond,
fut 81, 600 uup wen, authorized II"
Htuk NI- mtdt depository ut state.
county and city tInds-ou which
private banks had lucr,i,Ir uHtd
u'tlo interest.
Private Bank, Hit
Thr-, combined m, sut,s threat
ouru th. most profitable parts ui tu.
utl,It, ranking business quite mac.
ural',. the financial interests. state
uud national united to scotch them.
Tn, uig bond b were cout' g.
ed through 20 tle ruuri Iud their
legality finally upheld hy Oh" supreme
court ut the United S'Ii's lui
Ladies' Aid society In church parl"rH
Friday. 80 g. m Opening s'--
ion ol christian EHdolyur couN'u-
ton On th, south Methodist church.
Com, to the above services
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21

are being moved by the railroads.
 Much of the improvement is sea sonal and incident to the harvest ing of crops. There is some past due deflation yet to take place, es- pecially among the railroads. The greater part of the deflation, how ever, appears to have been accom- plished.
 Men have quit looking backward. They are anticipating the bumper crops that are about to come to market.
 The reports of wholesalers of good collections are significant. They show that the farmer was not hurt as badly as he thought he was, otherwise the country merchants could not have met their bills so promptly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
CoAs11NG

 Burt Franklin Jenness. in New York Timts. Give me the sea with a spanking
 breeze,
 And | shore line on my lee, And let me feel the dip and the lurch [ Of q coAater under me. Give mo q cruise by shoal and reef With the pull of running tide And lot me hear tho leddsmen call The green depths overside, And lay my course with lights to lift. Through channel. strait and reach; By rack and sound. by cape and spit. And shininx strips of beach; With | buoy to sight or a beacon k fiAsh,
 or . iishtship off to port; Where avery trick has new-found
 thrill
 And . danger there to court. By isle and dune and charted rock; By headlAnd. Gray-i in the mist; On freiGhter, tank or battered tramp With a shifting cargo list 1ll do my turn on d coastinS craft, With the friendly harbors nigh, And take my chance in the beaten
 track,
 Where the coast lights let me by. Through fir ana swell. in gust and
 sQuail,
 Tn foE and slAet and rain Let me 60 back to watch and watch On . ccSstwise ship again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21

7 7 ow many people theer are in IH search of a will O the wisp.
 In these times when real es- tate about Birmingham is low and all other good things which one can see and touch are available, so many people decline them and look over the horizon for investments.
 The newspapers are full of adver- of foreign investments and the people are grabbing for them. The more foreign these investments the better they like them. There seems to be more of gamble in the foreign stuff.
 For instance, the public round about here for quite a long period of time have been daffy on the subject of buying German marks because they are cheap. German marks arc now worth about 1.2 cents. Before the war they were worth something like 22 cents. Lots of people thought of coarse they would go up and bought them-or, better, options on them when they were selling at and 8 cents. Of course they lost their money.\ The only man who mads anything out of buying German marks Is the man who went to Ger many on visit and bought food and lodging and raiment with them. Ills had to go over there to get his money back, and take 1t out in trade.
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 Although practically everybody in Birmingham who bought oil stock were salted. they continue to buy them.
 Only the other day the story was told of a crowd of Birmingham peo- pie who invested heavily in an oil we'll in the Burkburnett field. They were told that the drill in a certain we'll would strike oil at 2 o'clock the next afternoon. As a matter of fact the drillers had already struck oil, but there was so little of 1t that 1t wouldn't flow. The drillers were busy all night pumping air into the hole. and the next afternoon when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Some doctors are more dangeroSs than the disease.
 Some mems nautical experience is confined to hardships.
 lis a poor patent medicine that can't get itself initiated.
 Why is it that man seldom coaxes his wift to sing for him?
 More marriages would be success full if fewer men and women were failures.
 womap's inhumAhity to woman causes many men to five and die in the bachelor class.
 Cats. unlike politicians, give voice to the most decided utterapces while on the fence.
 Lots wife evidently passed somt other woman and looked back to set what she had on. Don't form an opinion until you kave heard both sideh-sxctpt In tha Ieeas Of bass drum.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
RAILROAD VALUATIONS

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Nearly a decade has passed since the interstate commerce commission embarked on what it believed to be { frontal assault on the railroad uroblem-the valuation of the car rters. That work is still being car ried. From time to time state ments have been issued by the railroads saying that the official valuation fully vindicated their book values. / Outside of that they have contributed nothing to- the current study Of the transportation problem. Many of tho Nigh hopes held out for the result of this great constructive work of valuation have faded and vanished. The nation has spent more than Sls,o0o,coo on . valuation of its railroads only to find that that the fluctuAtion Of money during the war inflAtion. and after, has practically rendered 1t valueless. If q valuation is designed to ascertain the original cost of building the carriers, it Is not necessary. for that fact can be ascer- tained by consulting the books of the roads themselves. If it Is designed to ascertain the reproduction cost, the whole issue revolves around the time at which the valuation Is made. Certainly . reproduction cost based on wartime values would be decided ly favorable to the roads. The same issue enters into an effort to ascer- tain the so-calied fair value,' which is- the mean between the original con struetion cost and the reproduction eAat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
TINED BRACE TALKS ABOUT MEN WHO LOOK . OVER THE HORIZON FOR INVESTMENTS

the visitors congregated the valves were opened and the oil spurted sky ward for few seconds. The valves were quickly closed for the alleged purpose of conserving the oil The spectators Ninvested and left their money permanently there.
 Very few people realize that the big oil companies have prospectors put all the time and are buying up everything that is good occosaiot- ally little fellow strikes something and makes a fortune, but 1t Is rare
 Several million dollars have gone out of Birmingham in the past few years into German marks, foreign in- vestments, far away oil stock and various other things which would seem to nestle beyond the horizon.
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 It was only a few years ago that 8 good looking fellow from Cincin natl came down hero and made 3 deposit of s5o.ooo in local bank. ap- bearing on the surface to have made gobs of money. He began privately selling stock in an organization that had a sure thing of beating the horse races. He promised to pay 10 per cent month to all who invested in his secret and confidential corpora tion. The suckers bit like hungry fish.
 Those he solicited were told to ask the bank if he did not have deposit of s5o.ooo. They found his statement true and invested. Men who took $1,oo0 of his stock got a check for $1oo dividend the first Of the follow ing month, and the second month they got another check for $10o. The thing appeared SO good that some in- vested another $1,000 and some went up as high as $5,0o0. Sure enough on the first of the third month each got check for 10 per cent of tha amount he had invested. Then they began to scramble for more stock. They had gotten 10 per~cent div idends each month for three months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
Improving Church

When the remoleding of the First Presbyterian church on Fourth ave nue and Twenty-first street is com pleted it will be one of the prettiest and most modern churches in the city," said A, l.. Akers.
 When services are again held in the building the corfgre gation will find the beauty of the old church un- disturbed but there will be added many modern and attractive features. The main entrance will be in the cen- ter of the Fourth avenue end of the building and the main Sunday school auditorium has been thrown into the body of 4he church.
 "A gallery has been placed and on either side are the office of Dr. J. A. MacSporran, the pastor, and the rooms of the women's societies. Open fireplaces form & feature of these rooms and. taken as whole, the Presbyterians will have much to bs proud Of when the old First is the New First so far as it's home is concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
Relief of Russia
 Marks an Epoch

1TSHE rehef of scarving and pesti-
 J lence-laden Russia by the na- tions, to whom Russia has set her self superior, only to be dragged into the depths of suffering and degradation, bids fair to prove epochal.
 Russia undertook to live in direct contravention of the ways of other peoples. Brushing aside traditional methods of work and allowance of credit for individual exertion and accomplishment, she endeavored to prove to the world that all men are alike and that the ideal government is that which reduces them to com mon level. She destroyed initiative. She took iron, men of means capa- ble of employing others the money with which they would have oper- ated industries and paid wages.
 Endeavoring to rise above the common lot of humankind, she cs- tablished a government by theory where none should have more than another, even though more indus trious and more intelligent. She looked about on creation with it's gradations in power and capacity and said there were none. She es- saved to make a better world by going against the laws which gov7 ern the world.
 After exhaustine the calendar of follies, which, in turn, led to com mission of all the crimes known to the human race, stricken Russia comes to that world above which she set herself asking to be saved from her own misguided course.
 Just as the World war was epochal in disposing of the theory that any one nation may rule all and estab- fishing the law of the autonomy of nations, so relief of Russia by other nations living within practical limi- tations proves the fallacy of bol- shevism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES AND ELSEWHERE
Letter from Henry Ford


 fI have received letter from Henry Ford. which is good reading said Mason J. Diliard yesterday.
 The direct benefit to all the peo- pie if the government accepts His proposition, does not apply to any section or people, but to all the pec- pie of the country. It further shows that the people through the south are expressing their co-operation and are working. The letter reads:
 Dear Sir MT. Ford has asked us to acknowledee receipt of your lei- ter of August 6. with which you en- closed a clipping of an article vou contributed to the Birmingham Age Herald relative to Mir. Ford's pro. posal covering the Muscle Shoals de velopment, which is very interesting and well written.
 The sentiments you express arc similar to others we have received from people all through the south. and if the government accepts Mr. Ford's offer on this project we feel sure 1t will result in direct benefit to all the people of, the country. We thank you for putting your shoulder to the wheel" ia this respect, and as- sure you that your action is apprc. ciated.
 
 FORD MOTOR COMPANY, "'B. F. Walker, Secretary to w. B.
 Mayo, Engineer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

THE GROANING BOARD. Liver or Kidney Or Cranberry Pie; If I had to eat 'em I'd certainly die.
 New York Tribune. Gizzards and Parsnips And Turtle called mock; Before I would eat 'em I'd, jump off the dock.
 Macon Telegraph. Poke Salad and Okra, And such as this lot; Before I'd eat 'em I'd prefer being shot.
 -Conyers Times. 'Possum and Frog Legs, And Chit'lins, too; Before I'd eat 'em I'd join the zoo.
 Walton News. Squash and Cucumbers Are always about; If I had to eat 'em I'd just flicker out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
By Frank Willis Barnett

is princeiy estate of 1000 acres of the richest farming land in the south. The old homestead, which was burned a while back, is being replaced by . great country home. which tops ! hill with a wonderful view. The Short horn herd is noted throughout the state and has many blue ribbons from the International show at Chicago. The prospective prize winners beint made ready brought forth raptufous praise from the cattle judgss in the party. The visitors were tAnder1d . dinner and shown every courtssy.
 The visit to the famous HiggiuD farm. where the Black Angus are fea- tured, brought the breed to the favor- able notice of the cattle lcvsrs. and the $soooo bull which had hung up two grand chan,pipnships at the IA- ternational. was worth long tripHts see
 pr. HugEins took a worn-cut fArn and made out of it show place. Ths party was the guests of Msssrs. Hug gins & Swan at supper at DandridtA It was a happy but tired party which motored back ss miles to Knoxville. arriving about midnight The crowd is leaving Friday morning for Chat tanooga over the route through Lou. don. Athens and Sweetwater
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21

we'll as off. are standard for her Al- low townsfolk. M
 When Watseka was asked to select
 a queen to takN part in: pageant to
 be held in Chicago in connection with
 the development of the Dixie hish-
 way, it's citizens had only one choice
 Miss Laux. They named her, we are told, not alone because her face wal good to look upon, but becadse shs embodied those qualities which Wat seka would emphasize most strongly |-couraks. faith in ones self. ability to keep sweet and cheerful under any
 handicap and. above all, friendly neighborliness. Emma LAux is ou;
 most typical girl" one of the towns committee ia quoted as saying. we selected her because we wanted other cities to judge us by her"
 The watseKA standard may be al
 high as 1t is extraordinary. yet ns community which believes sincerels that preerSss consists of judiciou' lblenAing of thl material and the spir' ,tuAl Aill find 1t inpossibls of At' tAiAintAt ','.s s..s'1 s V X. z.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
TENNESSEE FARMS

Knoxville. August 20.-(Special.)- The Anniston Chamber of Commerce party of agriculturists seeking to learn better farm methods in Tennes- see, put in a full day Thursday, rid ing 15o miles and taking i'm wide sweep of country in and around Knoxville. The objective point was Morristown, to get A line on the poul- try industry as 1t holds the record in America of being the greatest chick en market. Knoxville comes second. and each week . special chicken train leaves the latter place and picks up the poultry along the Southern, through east Tennessee, becoming | solid train load of fowls before 1t leaves the state. it's destination being New York.
 Newport was as far as the party could reach on Thureday and get back to Knoxville for the night. as the Newportians had arranged such an extensive itinerary as to make it im- possible to take in Morristown, much to the disappointment of the latter citizens who had prepared to extend many courtesies to the. visitors.
 The big thing at Newport waS the great canning establishment of the stokeiy Bros. the largest and oldest concern in the south. with plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
Home for Predetermined

.We of Tuscaloosa are proud of our building and progress in varlo- ous lines" said Dr. w. D. Partlow, superintendent of the state asylum at Tuscaloosa, ''but we feel greatest interest in the first units of the state home for. the feeble minded that is under construction.
 The first five units are being built now at a cost of s17b,ooo and that will complete the appropriation. The other units will be added from time to time.
 .The first five units are being tuilt will be 16O persons. This in itself will be great step forward in car ing for these wards of the state. This institution marks another mile stone in Alabamas progress 'tlong ethical and Humanitarian lines.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21

and went in heavier. On the fourth month they got another 10 per cent check and were happy in their for. tune.
 When the fifth month came round there were no checks and investors found the account had been with. drawn from the local bank. There was nothing doing The company had exploded. Every investor had known that he could hold no one legally, as it was on it's face a gamb- ling organization and illegal in its inception.
 The smart organizers had simply trailed along giving back every in- vestor 10 per cent of his amount each month for four months. In other words, he kept 50 per cent of the cash and returned to the inyes- tors 40 per cent of their own money.
 German marks and some of .hs other foreign moneys on which ops tions are being dealt In, on margins, may be good in years to come. Lots of people thought this about Gen. federate money when the printing presses were running day and night in Richmond in the cos The chances are the printing presses are running continually in some of the foreign countries.
 Those with money to invest ana with which to speculate can have much more ease of mind, more safety more chance of good profits and more pleasure in buying what they can see in and about Birmingham. Real es- tate is cheap now and can be bought easily. If you have this you can gs out and see it and stand on 1t and know you have 1t. :.
 As a matter of fact, things round and about Birmingham are in better shape and investments here promise more profit than in any place know of.
 If one insists, upon gambling let him buy some land hereabouts and shoot craps on his own land.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21

array one section against the other is the cheapest and most blatant kind of politics. It is a form of chi canery that no longer creates resent ment so much as it evokes ridicule. Massachusetts narrowly missed having q lynehing. As every news paper in tho south has mentioned on divers occasions. the mob spirit Is apt to crop out anywhere.
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 It is an inspiring sight to see faction in Congress defending the sanctity of the home, which has lately become rendezvous for pro- hibition officers.
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 It is all right for young Italians to come over and grow up with the country, but we strongly object to their coming over and shooting it up. The man who said he was hired to kill Mrs stliman just wanted to get his name in tn. papers in con Eection with cause celebre.
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 If plague, or something of that sort, were to carry off most of Ger rnany's Younkers, she might have a brighter future.
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 America may strain q point and thank tho soviet authorities for per hitting her to feed starving Rus siars. While moppng our steaming brow we were inexpressibly thrilled to hear that the tax on snowshoes will be repealed.
 Former King Peter of Serbia may have had his faults, but he headed his army instead of bringing up the rear.
 By the time there is a town of 4oo.- 900 people at Muscle Shoals, Birming- ham will have 1,ooe.ooo. We should worry.
 Secretary Hughes maintains his af- fsbiIity against great odds, the odds being in Europe.
 Mt is claimed that conditions in Russia have been exaggerated. It is impossible to exaggerate an inferno. It may be news to motorists to dis cover that there Is no complete topo- sra phical map of America.
 Every little town has its Main street ana EOmcWucIc dicHS sh~~ thoroughfare is a movie palace.
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 Eliminating murder scenes from the movies will have no effect on the ladies who love first and shoot later.
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 Service in Spain's Foreign Legion pays well, but the climate of Mo- rocco is nothing to brag about. A F F * + 4$ ss Our court rooms might not be so crowded if lawyers didn't insist on reading the letters inS the case.
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 Devalera is acting like person who has more than passing ac- ouaintance with poker
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 Hardly day passes that Bill gcrah doesn't try to live up to his lighting face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
THE MEANEsr MAN am the Kansas City Star.

q
 It is doubtful whether even Chi- cago can produce | meAner man than the unnamed and unspeakabls motor ist who drove down road by the evergreen cemetery. near Fort scott- one day recently overriding two boys trudsing down the road, accom- : panied by their two beloved bull pups. As the car swept by the bays stepped outsof the road. but the pups, which were only four months oid. failed to xet out of the way, ana ons . of them was killed instantly. The boys picked up the dead AniinAl ana in their excitement forgot about Inc otKer. The motorist drove down the road short distanes. turned around, came back and deliberately ran ovsr and killed the other pup. Ths motSf- list needn't fear vengeance. Aeeordiax [ to the Fort Scott Tribune, for ths .b6ys w4re 10 excited and Askst- broken that they failtd to t6t the li- cense number 6f the car
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
keeps Him nusy

"Yes, this semi-centennial ke DDS me busy" said sydney J. Bowie. but I am willing to give my time and thought to such really fine propecs. am not pioneer citizen. but my interests are all here and believe I love Birmingham as much as any of thom.
 While l am in general charge l try to attend all the committee meetings so as to help out wherever can. The committees are working hard, and feel that we are going Ito make it truly splendid event and one worthy of the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
Local Packing Plant

T was very much pleased to learn yesterday aftsf a visit to the Bir- mingham Packing company's plant that Birmingham meat Is now being shipped to eastern markets" former Gov. Emmet O'Neal said yesterday.
 "It seems rather strange. though, that at the same time this meat is being sent up north, western meat is being brought into Birmingham
 "The plant of the Birmingham Packing company was really'a reve- lation to me. I have visited mum Der of the leading Chicago packing plants, and am glad to say the local Isplant compares very fAvdfAbly with them. In fact, it seems to me that it is far more sanitary than the Chi cago plants, and I believe few Bir- mingham people realize what splendid plant we have right here