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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-08-04
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Wonderment which got nowhere.
The sheriff's car returned before Fair
child reached the bottom of the grade,
and again stopped to survey the scene
Of defeat.
Dangerous character?" Fairchild
hardly knew why he asked the ques
ton. The sheriff smiled grimly.
"If II was the fellow we were after,
he was plenty dangerous. We were
trailing him non word from Denver
described the car and said he'd pulled
daylight hold-up on a pay-wagon
for the Shelter company-so when
the car went through Golden, we took
up the trail a couple of blocks behind.
He kept the same speed for a little
while until one OF my deputies got u
little anxious and took a shot ut a
tire. Man, how he turned on the juice |!
I thought that thing was jack rabbit,
the way II went up the hill! I guess
it's us back to the Office"
| The automobile went its way then,
and Fairchild his, still wondering.
And so thoroughly did the incident en-
gross him that 1t was not until truck
had ceme to full stop behind him,
and driver mingled a shout with the
footing Of his horn, that he turned to
allow It's passage.
Didn't hear you, old man." he apol-
ogized. "Could you give fellow a
liftT
Guess So" 1t was friendly, even
though bit dlsgruntled; "hop on"
And Fairchlld hoped, once more to
sit ON the tailboard, swinging his legs.
but this time his eyes saw the ever
changing scenery without noticing 1t.
In spite OF himself Fairchild found
himself constantly staring at a vision
of a pretty girl in a riding habit, with
dark-brown hair straying about
equally dark-brown eyes, almost fren.
zied In her efforts to change tire In
time to elude pursuing sheriff. Some
way, 1t all didn't blend. If she hadn't
committed some sort OF depreciation
against the law, why on earth was she
willing to part with ten dollars, mere
ly to save few moments in changing
a tire and thus elude a sheriff? II
there had been nothing wrong, coulC
not moment of explanation have sat
Isfled anyone of the fact?
II was too much for anyone, ant
Fairchild knew 1t. Yet he chung grim
ly to the mystery as the truck clat
tered on, mile after mile. A small
town gradually was coming. into view
A mile more, then the truck stopped
with jerk.
where you bound for, pardnerr
"Ohadl."
"That's 1t, straight ahead. l turl
Off here. Miner2"
:. Falrchlld shrugged his shoulder
and nodded noncommIttally.
"Just thought I'd ask. Plenty o
work around here for single an,
double Jackers. Things are beginning
to look up bit-at least in silver"
: "Thanks. DO you know good plac
to stop?"
"Yeh. Mother Towards boardln
, house. Everybody goes there, sOone
, or later. You'll see II IN the left-han
side of the street before you get (
, the main block. Good old girl know
how to treat anybody In the mimi
game from operators on down. Sh
] w9s here when mining was mlningi"
Fairchlld lifted his bag from tn
S rear OF the vehicle, waved farewe
r. to the driver and started into the vi
, lage And then rhe vision OF the gil
r departed, momeDtarily. to give plaC
: to other thoughts, other pictures, Of
: day long gone
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-08-04
"HuRRYi"

sYNoPsIs.-At Thornton Fair
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been dark period In
his fathers life which for almost
thirty years has caused him suffer-
ing. The secret is limited at In a
document left by the elder Fair
child. which also informs Robert
he Is now owner of mining claim
In Colorado. and advising him to
see Henry Beamish. lawyer.
Beamish tells Robert his claim,
silver mine. Is at Ohadi. thirty
eight miles from Denver. He also
warns him against a certain man.
''Sauint" Rodaine. his fathers en-
envy. Robert decides to go to ohadi.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-08-04

The first machine gun was invented
by NJ, du Perron of Lyons, France. II
was rejected by Louis XVI as beins
TOO murdercua
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-08-04
som.thInn Like ROYAL earb.

When the king of Siam Is attired
In his full complement Of royal robes
md Is wearing NIL his state decora-
tluns their value amounts to some
thing like $1,000,000.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-08-04

Nearly 1000 British towns and VII.
lages have namesakes in the United
Stntes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06

phone usually has one in his place of business, or private exchange. With more than 9,O00,- 900 motor cars now in use, the percentage of individual owners is much higher. Compara- lively few. automobile owners have more than one carat time. Apparently more people own motor cars in the United States than tele- phones.
 A business man informs The Age-Herald that in 1907 or 1908 the New York Herald published an editorial asking how much longer the American people could stand the expense of so many automobiles At that time there were about 125, ,00o cars in use in the United States. In the past seven years the number increased approximately 100000. The ex- pansion of the telephone is indeed remarkable, but the increase in motor cars is even more astonishing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06

Piteous appeals were made to Missouri voters to consider the stricken Woodrow Will son and defeat the man who helped to wreck his health. It was good sob stuff, but the voters hardened their hearts. Nearly all the experts agree that the coal industry needs stabizing. Coal miners ara of the opinion that 1t can't be stabilized with mine guards.
 It is reported that Dr. Einstein will live in retirement and avoid publicity as much as pos sibe. It isn't as if Dr. Einsten were gland specialist.
 tdoesn't do any good for an old-fashioned poet to call the attention of the free versi- fisrs to Shelley. Those bards are all hard boiled
 Reed, says a commentator, was the black bass and Long the minnow. We all know what happens when . black bass meets min- now.
 The life s5 bill is shorter in New York than anywhere else in the country. because of the swift transition from one pocket to another.
 
 A former running mate of Carrie Nation broke loose in Kansas the other day. The scant publicity she got was hardly worth the effort.
 < It really doesn't matter whether Theodore Roosevelt ever swore or not. He had the happy faculty of creating that impression.
 Y Y V
 There is no reason why Mir. Dempsey should whip Bill Brennan again, except that both gentlemen need the money.
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 The voters in Tennessee don't seem to bs influenced to a noticeable extent by pre-elee- tion fasting and prayer.
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 Father hasn't introduced you" said Matilde Mccormick to a group of newspaper men. Snobbsh Matilde.
 After making the fur fly in Missouri, Sem ator Jim Reed is resting his jaw.
 
 No summer lasts forever, and the same thing can be said of strike. Rum running is more popular than piracy and far less opprobrious.
 It's shame to make Mir. Harding walk the floor with the railroads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
INTIMATE VIEW OF LLOYD GEORGE

INTIMATE VIEW OF LLOYD GEORGE Sir John Foster Fraser, in Arts and Decora-
 tions
 All the great statesmen of tho world who had to do with war have disappeared except Lloyd GsotgsI Ills hair has become very white. heard him speak in the Commons four days before he went abroad and as have known him for over a quarter of century, I could not fail to mark an absence of the old vivacity which used to mark his orations.
 Hs makes 10 secret that he is tired man and that he wosd Hike to lay down the pre- miership, go off to his native hills to play golf fish and sing Wslch hymns. But as he has many enemies who have been plotting for his overthrow, he holds on with tenacity so that they will not take to themselves the credit of his retirement.
 But he will not retire from politics. He will not disappeAr He il not made of the stuff which seeks seclusion. He will have long rsst and then within year he will be back into the fray again.
 I never prophecy, but if am asked who think will be the next prime minister, would say that 1t is not at all unlikely to be Winston Churchill, who as politician is more astute than Lloyd George himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
THE WITNESS OF THE SOUL

"The fool hath said in his heart, There Is no God So the Psalmist wrote several thousand years ago. l wonder what that Psalmist would have said about a man who not only said 1t in his heart, but who loudly
 proclaimed it from the house tops as mar
 vicious discovery which he had made. From
 time to time we meet men like this, who regard their unbelief as the sign and seal
 of high type of intellect; who look upon
 the Christian faith in God as the mark of
 a generation still simple and childlike in
 it's mental attitude; who point to the ever
 increasing knowledge of the vastness of the
 universe as evidence ofsman's insigniftcance,
 and proof of his presumption in pretending to know the author and creator of it all.
 "There is no God" he says; and then hc
 weakens bit and says, If there is God
 it is impossible for us to know anything
 about Him." Such men would really like
 to be atheists, but they are driven from that
 position by the contemplation of the very
 vastness and beauty of nature which con-
 tinually unfolds before their eyes. Some
 where, sometime, something must have made
 all of this. They take refuge in weak
 agnosticism and say, Man cannot know"
 It has ever seemed strange to me that
 agnostics quarrel with the dognas of Chris
 tian religion, for they are equally dogmatic,
 and that in a negative way--which is the
 most unreasonable form of dogmatism. If,
 through personal experience, l have been
 led to belief in God, even if that belice
 were a mistaken one, it would not be un-
 reasonable for me to set it forth as the
 truth, for the only gauge of truth that is
 possible for me in the testimony of my own
 seeking soul. But if I have never sought
 the truth, or if seeking I have failed to find, it is the height of wicked presumption to say there is no truth, or that no man can find it, just because have failed. This is as if the early explorers had said "There is no North Pole,' just because they had failed to find it; or it is like men 30 years ago
 who said, "Men cannot fly" because their efforts up to that time had been failure. If there be such thing an agnostic who is intellectually fair with himself, the most he can honestly say is this: If there be God, I have failed to find Him." To go beyond that and say God cannot be found, is to impugn the sensitiveness of soul, the honesty of purpose and the deathless con viction of millions who have sought and who are satisfied that they have found. One heart-broken creature's positive assurance of God as living power in this life is worth more than the negative evidence of any
 number of those who, not conscious of hay ing so found Him, deny the possibility to others. My own experience satisfies me that there is a God, whom l may know In pro- portion as I live His life. Men theorixe concerning Him in vain. think that they
 must find Him through their own experi-
 ence, or not at all; but the fact that they may not find does not mean that He is not
 waiting and longing for them to come.
 MIDDLETON S. BARNWELL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
TELEPHONES AND MOTOR CARS
 IN THE UNITED STATES

Ask the average citizen which he regards as indispensable, the telephone or the motor car, and he will probably say the telephone. City people in particular, who are accustomed to seeing telephones everywhere, in business of- fees and residences, can hardly realize that anybody can exist nowadays without this con- venient means of communication.
 The latest available figures show that on January l, 1921, the total number of tele- phones in the United States was 13,411,379, one to every eight person, or every two fam ilies. At first glance this number is imposing, but in the ss he year there were in use in the United States s,ss7,b72 automobiles.
 strieMy speaking. there was not one tels- phons to every eight persons. That was merely the percentage based on population. !Ihs man who pays tolls for residence tele-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
USEFUL THINGS ARE NOT
 IN CONFLICT

The farm hand who cut wheat with scythe that work, yet the demand for men in harvest fields Is greater now than when grain waa cut by hand. The linotype did not reduce the demand for printers, but increased it. It caused the expansion of the art of printing as farm machinery has increased the production of farms and given more employment. = Ol was discovered and adapted to service in ships and locomotives. There Is need for coal IS before and more coal is mined the world over. Natural gas in coal-producing states paused no decrease in it's production. Hydro electricity has come and coal has not suffered, but serves mankind in new ways.
 The manager of the American Gas associ- xtion declares that electricity has not dis placed gas. On the contrary, the sales of manufactured gas tripled in the past 20 years and have doubled in the past 10 years. As he observes:
 'srhe gas industry of the United States is constantly developing new and improved methods for the manufacture and distribution of its products; it is constructing apparatus and devising means for its most efficient utilization; it is making energetic and success ful sales efforts and it is dsplacing other fuels in an Increasing number of industries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg.
 --Hamiet.
A MORNING PRAYER
 When l cannot find the beautiful life l seek, then help me, Lord, to seek the beauty in the life thou givest me. Amen.--M. 5. B.
GENERAL WARRIOR AGENCY
 FOR BIRMINGHAM

The announcement that Manager Brent of she Mississippi Warrior barge line system will establish a general agency in charge of the Warrior river line at Birmingham is extremely gratifying to those who have studied the de- velopment of the Warrior and realize its needs. be an experienced traffic man and have com petent staff of rate experts and other assist ants.
 This means that the Warrior barge line op- erations will receive continuous and expert attention, designed to promote business on the Warrior and secure such rates and divi- sions of rates on through traffic will enable the river to operate paying basis.
 It is to be hoped that MT. Brent will appoint to the Birmingham office a man familiar with the industries and in sympathy with the inter- ests of this district. There is an ample sup ply of such talent in Birmingham. It might prove serious mistake to bring in out slider, no matter how capable he might be otherwise.
 Auc Waiiiol ID III Aaih way so oSAso <Ai~- bama, as was intended, with the establishment of a general agency here we'll equipped for promoting business on the river. It is the one thing required to complete the machinery of it's operation. With competent man in that position and capable staff under him, the Warrior ought to show earnings rather than losses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
MILLER ENDORSED

From the Baldwin County Times.
 When on August 8 you start marking your ballot make a robust X in front of the name of Walter Miller, and reward a country boy who is making his way to the fore in Alabama's public affairs. Walter Miller is a candidate for secretary of state and is 8 sure winner. He deserves to be. His only formidable op ponent is man who indorsed Walter for the job and then later, pressure being brought to bear entered the list against the man he in- dorsed. He was brought out'' in effort to beat Walter, and we hope the people of old Baldwin will refuse to ratify such politics by overwhelmingly indorsing Walter Miller for secretary of state at the polls on August s. The editor of the Times knows personally the three leading candidates for this position and unhesitatingly recommends Walter Miller for the place. Vote for Walter and help country boy who is making his own way in this world, and doing jam-up job of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
OUR LIFELONG ANARCHISTS

From the Houston Post.
 The Posts Twenty-Five Years Ago. col- umn recalls that Emma Goldman succeeded in inducing the Central Labor union of New York to indorse a petition for the release of Alex ander Berkman, convicted of shooting Henry C. Prick, the steel manufacturer, and sen- fenced to 22 years in prison.
 This is the same Emma Goldman. and the same Alexander Berkman who are now clamor- ing to be permitted to come back "home,' v after having been deported for their seditious activities just prior to our entrance into the war.
 They were preaching anarchy and resorting to assassination quarter of a century ago. Their wartime offenses were not committed on the spur of the minute Anarchistic agita- ton was an occupation with them, and the coni- ing of the war only gave them new oppor- tunity to stir up trouble.
 Tn the light of their lifetime records what reason is there for even considering their ap- peal to return to this country? We are not concerned with the fact that the land which has put their pet theories into practice has made it too hot for them to stay in. We are rid or them, ana tne oiiiy ciiiie 'o pe " gretted is that they were not sent abroad years ago when Berkman was fortunate enough so be released from prison
 And isn't the career of Berkman sufficient warning to labor unions against showing sym pathy for the radical element that is hostile to our institutions? Perhaps many of those who signed the petition for Berkman's release a quarter of century ago were well-inten- tioned Americans, but what harvest of dis sension and treason followed their act, which was instrumental in turning Berkman loose to resume his career as an e-emy of the country,
 It has been just such ill-advised recognition of radicals as this which has confused labor unionism with anarchy in the minds of many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago Ncws.
 Well, what do you expect in August!
 It sometimes does you good to hear no good of yoursslf.
 Marriage. like salad, is failure when the dressing ia poor. It takes woman to point out the faults of another woman.
 whAn you arc expecting m opportunity it usually misses the train.
 All of the enjoyments of our youth become . md misfit in our old age. Some parsnts should take the example of thS birds and push the nestlmss out.
 Wsmen ars not having real 3ood time un- less four of tAem arc talking at once.
 It . held by seisntists that human being cannot livs without hssin. which only scss t6 provo how mistsksn seisnsists ean bs oc- essionslly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
LETTERS TO EDITOR
DEATH OF ESTEEMED YOUNG MAN

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Never before has this community been 50 overshadowed with gloom and depressed with grief as in the sudden death, by violence, If Portis McKeithen.
 The McKeithen family of strong and fine Scotch ancestry, as the name implies, havs been for several generations among the moat prominent and highly esteemed citizens of this community, the family relationship extending widely over the stats.
 The numerous and varied expressions of sympathy extended to MT. and Mrs. J. 5. MeKeithen, his lovely and devoted wife and sisters, in the death of this most dearly loved son, husband and brother, have comforted but by no means assuaged the deep sorrow and suffering that have come to them
 was born and reared in this neighborhood and have always known intimately, five genera tions of the McKeithen family. Rarely have met young man more truly loved and trusted by his family and friends, one more polite and considerate in his attention to all.
 When the body of Portis McKeithen was laid in it's last resting place, the large concourse of people assembled--people representative of the best in the surrounding country-attested the love and sympathy felt for the greatly be- reavsd family, and for the untimely death of one who only few hours before had mani- fested the life and vigor of youth.
 The dead cannot speak. Let us withhold our judgment. The veil of mystery some day will be lifted. Respectfully yours,
 A. T. GOODWIN.
 Robinson Springs, August 5, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US

By William Wordsworth.
 The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in nature that is ours. We have given our hearts away, sordid
 >boonl
 This sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be bowling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers, For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves me not-Great God; I'd rather be A pagan suckled in creed outwort- So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn, Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
ALABAMIANS WILL VOTE FOR
 BRANDON AND MCDOWELL

Tuesday the citizens of Alabama will nom- mate Judge w. w. Brandon for governor and Charles s. Mcdowell for lieutenant governor by an overwhelming majority. Both candidates have conducted clean and able campaigns. The mud singing, vituperation and abuse which so often mar political contests, were absent. Both candidates are known to the people of Alabama as worthy of the offices they seek and competent to serve the state. No charge can be brought against either one that reflects on their integrity or ability.
 No man in Alabama ever had more ac- quaintances and more warm personal friends than "Plain Bill' Brandon. He has tremen- dous following because of his sincerity and the qualities of mind and heart which have made him unique personality in the public life of this state for many years. His services to his state, his county and city of Tuscaloosa have been characterized by conscientious devotion to duty.
 As everyone knows in Alabama, it has long been Judge Brandon's ambition to be elevated to the governorship. When he made such splendid race against Governor Kiby it was admitted by discerning politicians that nothing short of cataclysm could prevent him from being elected to succeed Governor Kilby. All indications point to the confirmation of this prediction at the polls next Tuesday. It will be landslide for Brandon and McDc~el, who are friends, think alike on public ques- tions and will do the right kind of team work in Montgomery
 Repeated inquiries among stats politieians have failed to bring anySconvineing reason for Col Bibb Graves belated entry into the race in circumstances that made his defeat certain. Colonel Graves is no novice in politics, but he has chosen the wrong time to run and the wrong man to oppose. It would have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
LIKES MANY FEATURES

To the Editor of The Age-Hersld:
 have been . reader of your valuable paper all summer, and am greatly pleased with 1t. like the way 1t is edited, but, most of all, like its features: To-day" by Brisbane, whoss news does not appear after 1t is old and stale; My Favorite Stories," by I. s. Cobb; "Tht 0umps" Winnie Winkle," and best of any, Brigss' cartoons, 'It may be comedy for somA folks but it's tragedy Tor me-
 Your sport and radio pages are very com paete and the Sunday paper cannot be dupii- cated.
 Hoping you keep up the good work, and wishing you every success, I am, yours sins eerely, \ EDWARD H. 0EBEKT.
 Elberta, August 3, 1922.