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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-14
LETTERS TO EDITOR
SOUTHERN RAILWAY AND STRIKE
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 wish to take exception to the criticism of the Southern railway system by the Brming- ham Traffic association, as contained in your paper of Saturday, August 5, and to call the attention of your readers to the following, which to my mind shows that the criticism was unjust, uncalled for and prompted by selfish and ulterior motives:
 It will be remembered that this is not the first time that the Southern railway system has refused to be bound by the action of the majority of the other large railway systems when the public and it's employees have 5ene- fited by the policy of the Southern. For, under the provisions of the Esch- Cummins act, rail road lines were guaranteed per cent re- turns on their investments if they cared to qualify therefor, and all the large systems with the exception of the Southern railway system, took advantage of this provision; and it has been generally argued that the public suffered large losses as result. The South ern railway system, through it's administration declined to participate in this guarantee and it's results, preferring to receive only what it could earn through efficient railroadng without digging into the public pocketbook.
 In the present dispute all the railroads, vita the exception of the Southern railway system have joined in the movement to completely destroy organized labor. The records of the Southern railway show that it's treatment of it's employees is humane, which is in direct con- trast to the treatment by other railroads and by the Alabama Manufacturers association, whose mission is to destroy organized labor.
 These facts force open mind to the con- clusion that the article to which I refer II. the first paragraph of this letter was prompted in an effort to force the Southern railway sys- tenn to join in the policies of destruction of organized labor and paying dividends and ex- penses with the peoples money.
 An investigation will show that the South ern railway system is giving at least as good service at present and under existing conditions as any railroad in the United States. For ex- ample, oa the Louisville and Nashville rail- road, which is competing line Henry Ford has had to offer to furnish motive power, equipment and men in an effort to provide service for himself and other industrial coal consumers in his vicinity, while the Southern railway is meeting with the requirements of the interstate commerce commission so far as they apply to coal and other commodities which take priority.
 No passenger trains whatever have been annulled on the Southern railway system, while the reports of the press show that on practically all other systems throughout the country numerous passenger trains have been discontinued And embargoes on other rai,- road lines prohibit the majority of freight originating on the Southern railway system moving to destination. Yours truly,
 CHARLES K. HALL. Birmingham, 1116 Twenty-ninth street,
 North, August 12, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-14
MOTHER

By Thomas Campbell.
 Lo! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps, She, while the lovely babe unconscious lies, Smiles on her slumbering child with pensive
 eyes,
 And weaves song of melancholy joy "Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy; No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine; No sigh that rends thy fathers heart and
 mine;
 Bright as his manly sire the son shah be In form and soul; but ah! more blest than he! Thy fame, thy worth, thy flial love at last, Shall soothe this aching heart for all his past With many sAile my solitude repay, And chase the worlds ungenerous scorn away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-14
REPUBLICAN, TICKET

"We expect to put out a full republican ticket, both state and county, at the meet ing of the republican committee to be held next month"; said Archie Mays. eve are contemplating putting out some of the best known and prominent citizens of this county for the various county offices.
 "We have a strong legislative ticket in mind, as well as able candidates for other of fices As soon as the nominations are made we expect to conduct active campaign, and of course expect to land our candidates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-14
THE OLDEST DRUMMER
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.


 Unfortunately nobobdy seemed to know how old the late John Shell of the Kentucky noun tains was. "Wrinkled Meat" an Indian be- lieved to be more than 125 years old had no family Bible with the date of his birth in it. Some doubt of his extreme antiquity existed when he went to the happy hunting grounds of his tribe few months ago.
 George Joels of Rochester, declared ''the oldest drummer" is, according to story he does not contradict, 91 years old, and he is quoted as saying he is going strong and does not contemplate retiring from the road until old age overtakes him.
 MT. Joels "has pursued the active calling a commercial traveller" TO years. In his young days he travelled from Rochester to Portland, Me, commercially, in horse-drawn vehicles.
 Even if 'sUncle John" She'll was not older than Wrinkled Meat, the honors for toughness of physique and durability remain with true Anolo-Saxon race if MT. Joels of Rochester has for 70 years pitted his digestive powers against the bills of fare at small town hotels between Rochester and Portland and is able to say truthfully at s1 that he is "goins strong"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-14
GETTING THE RETURNS

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 The personnel, equipment and appurtenan- ces nearly all of which were in addition to the regular personnel, equipment and appurte- nances, with which the Gazette received and tabulated the vote in the democratic primary on Tuesday night consisted in the main of the following-and the Gazette accounted for 54, PIP votes on the morning after the election and told the results in nearly all of the contests 6 long distance telephones.
 long distance operators.
 adding machines.
 adding machine operators.
 8 dog. sandwiches.
 2 gals. coffee.
 dog. "cokes."
 X doz. (and dozing) office boys.
 2 gross cigarettes.
 doz. boxes of matches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-14
REUNITED DEMOCRACY IS
 BEHIND BRANDON

of Alabama, has issued straightforward and 9manly statement from Tuscaloosa, pledging s'himself to carry out his campaign pledges and
 expressing gratitude for the remarkable loy-
 alty shown to him by the people of Alabama. Judge Brandon also asks delegates to the state convention to write platform embody- Ing the principles on which he based his cam 
 :.spaign.
 y Judge Brandon says, "A reunited democracy sjn this great state means peace, prosperity and
 3rotherly love. The primary election left no
 
 sears. and Alabama citizens stand united for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-14
ADMIRABLE LIST OF BOOKS
 FOR YOUNG READERS

A model ''two-foot book shelf'' for the school children of America was selected by the American Library association and the Ma tional Educational association, consisting of 25 volumes chosen from possible 100 They are now being exhibited by Columbia univer sity in the school of journalism building.
 The list of titles, in the order in which they were selected, is follows
 Little women." by Louisa M. Alcott; "Alice in Wonderland" by Louis Carroll; Robinson Crusoe," by Defoe Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain; Treasure Island" by Stepenson Boys Life of Abraham Lincoln" by Nicolay; Jungle Book" by Kipling; Fairy Tales." by Anderson "Aesop's Fables"
 Garden of verses.' by Stevenson; Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" by Pyle; "Taes from Shakespeare" by Lamb; "Boy's King Arthur" by Mallory; Story of Mankind" by Van Loon; "Re- becca of Sunnybrook Farm" by Wggin; Home Book of Verse for Young Folks" by Burton E. Stevenson.
 Last of the Mohicans." by James Fenimore Cooper; "christmas Carol" by Dickens: Rip Wrinkle" by Irving; Mother Goose" Hans Brinker,' by Dodge; "Boys Life of Theodore Roosevelt" by Hagendorn; Wonder Book" by Hawthorne; Wild Animals Have Known" by Thompson Seton, and "The Arabian Nights"
 For obvious reasons it is easier to pick out a satisfactory list of books for children to read than for older people. There is hardly one book in the 25 that is not an excellent choice for juvenile readers It would be hard to improve on this "two-foot shelf," which in- cludes volumes treasured by every book lover, no matter what his age may be, but it should contain perhaps "Ivanhoe,' by Sir Walter Scott.
 
 The child who doesn't get acquainted with Dickens, Stevenson, Mark Twain, Defoe, Lewis Carroll, Fer'~aore Cooper and Shakespeare when treated for juvenile consumption, not to mention several other authors in the list, misses a splendid opportunity to develop taste for good literature. In the 25 volumns there are books :, suit practically every kind of youth ful reader. It is understood, of course, that "The Arabian Nights one lf the most pop ular of all books for boys, is carefully ex- purgated.
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

many a steer, broke many a pony
leg, left many a rider lifeless on thu
ground.
After every night stampede there
was a counting of human noses. Ihls
was done with anxiety which always
was as tender in spirit as 1T was nip
pant in form. The riders, returning
n by III during the next days
morning hours, came into camp, and
an atmosphere of banter-banter
which, In joking phrases and with
several participants, ran on one oc-
casion somewhat as follows. "Hulloa
Shorty, where'd you come from!
Thought you was dead. /.
Where's Badly? Guess he's gone OIL
to git married. . i. No, he amt
Here he comes. !. Everybody's
in but Jack and Skinny. They must
a ridden all the way to Omaha.
There's Jack now, comm up owe the
top of that rise"
The banter suddenly ceased, for,
as soon as Jack had cone completely
over the top Of the hill and into clear
view, he had begun to ride rapidly in
a small circle. This was one Of the
equestrian Indians two signals Of
important news or of request for
strangers to advance for parley, and
was often used by whites as a mes
senger. of like import or of serious
tidings. At the first circle, some one
remarked "Mebbe Jacks playing with
a RATHER. No, he amt. There he goes
again. He's shore signalling" while
some one else added Jack wouldn't
do that for no cows. 1t must be
Skinny" The camp had risen to its
feet and started for the tethered
ponies.
Suddenly there floated down the
breeze three faint sounds evenly spaced.
The wind had shifted, and its new
course straight from Jack to the camp
giving promise that sounds would
carry thither, he had used his gum.
The camp gasped, my God, it's
Skinny" and then the foreman said,
with ~machine-gun rapidity but Jelly
quiet tone, "Pete, quick. get them two
Cledu SDlIlS l1idl D QiylHS OH tHe
tongue. We may need 'em for
bandages." Nobody mentioned any
thing about a shovel. but a collision at
the wagons tailboard and the sound
of rasping metal showed that three
men instinctively had sought for the
sometimes sad utensil, and that it
was in hand.
In rapid strides of exaggerated
length the punchers approached their
horses. One beast SHE'D away, but
stopped the instant there rang out
with tinny sound, Damn you, Bronc,
quit that and thereafter the brute
crouched and trembled and made no
opposition to taking it's bit and sad
die. Bits were driven into horses
mouths like wedges into split logs. No
effort was made to gather in cinches
and offside latigos, to lay them atop
the saddles, and to place the latter
gently on the ponies backs. The sad
dies, each grasped by horn and cantle,
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

accounts of horse-races, unf1atterine
opinions of the cattle, strings of pro-
family, the voluminous text on the la
bells of coffee or condensed milk-cans,
mere humming sounds, alike and with
seemingly deep religious fervor, were
poured On many a night into the ap-
preciative ears Of an audience with
cloven hoofs.
Thus tired men, kidnapping but
always grooming, were out in the
black, their ponies steadily, slowly
patrolling, though half asleep; but
man and horse were ready to wake
like a shot and to act the instant
that a steer started to roll his tail"
or, In less technical English, to gallop
with his tail bumped up at it's shore
end, an infallible sign of confident ex-
pectation to disregard both distance
and time.
All through the journey the animals
had proceeded quietly and rested de-
Gently until one moment when there
came a snort, a below. What caused
the snort and below nobody knew or
could stop to ascertain. Merely tails"
had "rolled," and a stampede was on.
From a common center cattle were
darling toward every point of the
compass. 1t was "all hands to the
pumps!" and into saddle and on the
run for every man. Riders armed with.
saddle blankets, with dotted coats,
hastily plucked sage-brush plants, any
thing that could be waved, holding
pistols, the only attainable objects
that would make a commanding noise,
galloped out beyond the fleeing ami
mails, headed and flanked them, "cut-
ting In" all incipient, bovine meteors.
Finally, the frayed edges of the mass
CONSTRUCTED, and the whole was re-
duced to a ragged, narrow, rushing
column, one set Of galloping cow
boys guiding its n another, as flank
riders, guarding Its sides and en-
deavoring so far as possible to soothe
the animals. The forefront of this
column was, under the pilotage Of the
attacking horsemen. swerved into the
shape of a shepherds crook, and a
moment later the herd was pouring
itself into the form Of a capital letter
"U."
When it's two ends came opposite
each other. they were welded together
by a yelling, waving, shooting set
of madmen on the backs of flying,
snorting horses.
This started milling" q merry-go-
round which kept up until the oar
ticipating cattle quit from exhaus-
ton. Of course, milling did not take
place in a circle, an ellipse, an oval,
or in any other geometrical form. 1t
occurred in an irregular chunk of
grunting, believing cattle, overspread
and surrounded by an unbreathable
cloud of biting dust, with cursing
cowboys acting as satellites.
A stampede at night and in a coun-
try beset with "cut banks" /. e., pre-
hillsides, beset also with deep
canyons, with vertically sided arroyos
With gopher and badger holes, killed
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

fenced ranches. But 1892 saw the
end Of the "Open Range and the hey
day Of the cowboy.
Anyway, Philip Ashton Rollins In
his new book, "The Cowboy" speaks
Of the cowboy in the past tense. He
says in his preface:
The American cowboy, by reason OF his
picturesqueness. has been a frequent sub
ject for the dramatist, the novelist, the
illustrator, and the motion picture pho
tographer.
All these producers have been limited
by the technical requirements of their
arts, and nave stressed the cowboys pic
-turesqueness to the exclusion of his other
qualities. They have done this so def
nitely and attractively as to create an
ostensible type which rapidly Is being
accepted by the American public as an
accurate portrait of the now bygone
puncher.
The portrait is often charmingly pre-
scented, but it is not accurate. The cow
boy was far more than a Theatre char
acter. He was an affirmative, construc-
tive factor in the social and political de-
velopment of the United States.
Consequently he desires to be assured
more kindly treatment by ultimate history
than presumably he will receive unless,
while the testimony of eye-witnesses be
still procurable, such testimony be gath
cred and recorded.
+ MI. Rollins, a college man and now
a New York lawyer, is not Of those
who seek experience to get local color
for a book. He Is of those who write
down his experiences because con-
WINGED that they are too valuable to
be lost to posterity. The writer hopes
ne is among those who convinced Mr..
Rollins that 1.-THE Cowboy" should be
written.
Following Is the story of a night
stampede during a cattle drive-one
Of the many dramatic incidents which
an adequate book on the cowboy neces-
sarily contains:
All through the darkness men of the
might herd" working in shifts of
from two to four hours, rode about
the animals; and as the men rode
they constantly serenaded the beasts
by grooming to them songs OF chants,
which, when so used, were entitled
hymns" This serenading was done
partly to hold the cattle under the
compelling spell of the human voice,
and partly to disabuse from the mind
of any fearsome member of the herd
suspicion that either a puncher's
silhouette against the skyline or else
the noise of his moving pony might
represent a shopping dragon. The
rider, when singing to the cattle" as
his vocal efforts were styled, dis
gorged all the words he knew set to
all the tunes he could remember or
invent, but omitted any sound or In
Election which might startle. Sacred
airs were usual, for from their simple
melodies they were easy of remem-
brance, and also they then still held
national popularity which since
has passed to the tunes OF the music
halls; but the words set to these
shurchly airs well might have sur
Drised the clergy. The proper words,
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12
AS Times Chance.

do you remember the wicked old
dance halls in Crimson Gulch?"
Eyes," replied Piute Pete; "and I'm
here to say them old dance halls
would have had to close up if they
tried to put on some Of these here
modern Dances"
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12
Perfectly All Right.

Doctor" said the business man, 81
will double your fee If you will pre-
scribe for my wife u summer at the
seashore.
"AlI right I'll do 1t at once"
"Fine! What had you intended to
prescribe for herr"
"A summer at the %seashore."
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12
A Foghorn Conclusion.

Mr.. Beach Cat his seashore cottage)
My dear, please tell our daughter to
sing something less doleful.
Mrs. Beach-That's not Helen that's
the foghorn.-Boston Transcript.
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

clutched against a riders chest.
There were jerky, vertical single
mods Of heads, Jack supplementing his
W nod by one later, slow, horizontal
turning Of his head to right and then
to left. A gentle sigh rose from the
arriving punchers, two hands impo-
tently opened and let two shirts flutter
to the ground. Jacks inquiring look
was answered by Ike's slight raising
of the handle Of the shovel, which thus
far he had e~ndeavored to conceal. Then
came the first spoken words. Jack
commenced The conversation, and in
part it IN Hes up at the end Of
the big draw, right by the split rocS.
Went over that high cut bank. him
and a mess Of cattle. He's lynn I'M
der 'em. He never knowed what hit
him. i. . No, / warn't with him.
Just now seen his sign as I was com
ing acrost. / seer it was headed for
the cut bank, SO I chased wei there"
The foreman added: "Well boys, let's
get at it,"
Then the little funeral cortege, hav-
ing silently smoked a cigarette or two,
fell into juggling trot and headed for
the big draw.
The funerals ofSthe men who died
In this way. Of many Western men,
were deeply affecting from their crude,
sincere simplicity. About the open
grave, which was at merely some
where on the plain" would gather a
serious-faced little group. The body,
wrapped in a saddle-blanket, would be
lowered gently into its resting-place.
and her would come a pause. Each
attendant strongly wished that some
appropriate statement might be made
either to God or about the dead; but
each man felt himself unequal to the
task, and stood nervously wiping his
forehead. Perhaps the strain wrung
from some n person a sudden ejacu-
lation. 1t so, the requirement for
had been satisfied, and all
the mourners felt a buoyant sense of
relief. If nobody spoke, ONE wander
ing eye fastened on the shovel.
When the filled-in earth had been
pounded 70 sm%oothness and had been
OVERLAND with rocks. as a barrier to
marauding animals, 1t was time to
leave. That parting would not be
accomplished or even begun until there
had terminated the strained, awk-
ward silence under which most Ameri-
men cloak their deeper feelings.
The silence usually was ended by an
expression spontaneously emitted from
)verwrought nerves, and often pro-
fame in form though not in intent.
At the foot of one Of the noblest
peaks in the Rocky Mountains lies a
rave. It's occupant died in a STAN
1ede. All that was said at the inter-
nent came out hesitatingly and as
follows: ITS too bad. too bad. Tom.
liz a little deeper there. He'll, boys,
le was a man, and presently. when
he burial had been completed, bill.
We boys leave you to God and the
mountain. Good-by, Bill. Damn it,
i'm, look out for your bronze"
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

30 Happy Day" sang the %laundress
as she hung the snowy wash on the
line. 1t was a Happy day" because
she used Red Cross Ball Blue.-Adver
tisement.
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12
cuticura Comforts Baby's skin

Cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin
When red, rough and itching, by hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches Of
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
10Y and then Of that exQuisitely scented
busting powder, Cuticura Talcum, one
Observation-Disclosures.
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

Every boy believes that some day
he will be able to lift a half-ton.
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

were waved In air to straighten out the latigos,
and were slapped onto cringing backs with a
sound like that of a Stating sail on a windy day.
AT times like this when men were fierce and in a
killing mood, their horses seemed to sense the
situation. The most chronic buckers would forego
their pitching avocation, and, s~quatting low In
tremOr, would receive their load and never make
a single jump.
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12
objection to Scrappin

Objection to Scrapping.
Mermaid-What is that sign you
put up?
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are forbidden to
throw ships In the water.
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

and wonderful combination of Don Quixote and
Sir Lancelot; who always ride the best horse on
the range, wear two guns and beat the head vii
lain to the draw; who rescue distressed maidens
from cattle-rustlers or Mexican bandits.
In the heyday of the ranching industry-1875-
1892-the cowboy dotted the plains from Central
Nebraska to the foothills Of the mountains of the
Pacific slope and from Montana to the Mexican
border. Then came the homesteader, the farm
and the fence. In 1892, during the "Rustler War;
in Wyoming, the stockmen and the cowboy Of the
open Range surrendered to the United States
army and the farmer. In this year Of grace 1922
A. d., there are still unfenced areas of grazing
land open to the public. There are still large
The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-07-12

Wits IS an anomaly IN these Twentieth
century days. That as the cowboy is
passing from the West he bulks in
. creasingly large in fiction. The
presses of book and magazine pub
fishers are apparently working night
and day in turning out so-called
# ~"virile" stories of the Great West.
Mostly this popular literature" is de-
voted to cowboys who talk a lingo in
vented by writer's who never heard