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next morning. the rsisdEs PASSED
oyer the railroad crossing and
turned south toward. Rock River.
On the outskirts aof. the town
loomsd up the sresidence Of John
Bennett. !. president 3 of the state
Sank Mr.. lBrewster's rival and bus
mess enemy. Because of the en-
nifty Helena although, ;; generous
woman felt. for the man and his
family "a strong dislike. But the
evening before shs had learned that
little Alice. Mr. sBennetts baby. had
been seized with the. epidemic in
Its most malignant form. and the
light burning brightly In the big
house indicated to her mind ter
rible vigil. AT sight OF it tears
flled her eyes, and wave of SYM
pathy came upon her That buried all
,unkind and uncharitabie thoughts.
There was mo road The only pos
sibls safe course lsy In following
the railroad track; and swiftly past
the telegraph poles ,whirlsd the
siedgs. Here and there the. poles
lay buried in. the snow. and Eric.
In making long circuits to avoid the
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that they must have in order to
finish the journey.
They were soon on their way
again, and now the face OF the
country began to change. for they
were approaching the stream Of
Rock River. II had to be crossed.
and in the steep descent from the
top of the bank to the surface Of
the stream would be their greatest
peril. Eric had foreseen this. and
the thought of 1t had all along lain
heavy on his mind. When, finally.
they came to the edge Of the pre-
cipice.- he stopped and looked
searchingly, fora place where the
descent might be less abrupt But
there was no path; nor sign that
any one had ever crossed the
stream. Eric looked at Helen: she
understood. The dogs must be
trusted. The rein was given to
them. and down they dashed ner-
rfly",tovard the frozen sncwclad
surface of the river. A moment OF
intense suspense. and they were
gliding over the snow, which lay
almost as deep on the. ice as on tn.
prairie. The river was here quite
broad, and. as the sledge sped gaily
toward the opposite bank, 10y and
thanksgiving shone in the radiant
faces Of the two. and a song was
rising to Eric's lips Then sud
denly they came upon . stretch Of
ice swept bare of snow by the wind; !,
the .sledge began to swing and turn.
and in another moment crashed vio-
lcntIy against a rock that jutted out
from the bank and the passengers
flung OF violently. The dogs.
frightened by the accident and
feeling their burden suddenly light
ened. darted away up and over the
bank, Helen. almost swooned at the
sight. but the stubborn Dane rose
at once sts his heels and ran wildly
up<ths bank In pursuit. When he
IchCueu tho sutihbit, inc uobS "sis
far of. speeding like the wind. He
could net catch them. He must call.
He filled hi. great elunss. and out
over the silent prairie rang the high
voice The dogs heardand reeogni1ed
IT. ana stopped and turned. Again
he called. And now they saw him.
and lesping forward. they ran back
to him ss quickly, as they. had ,ned.
their eyes bearing that look of
mingled love. fear 81 punishment for
misconduct and plesdfnE fer pardon
whieh 70 10 human that il. touche,
the heart.
The way now left the railroad line
md fellowed a frinEs OF trees that
.kirted tbs oank OF the stream. Ten
nssss directly ahead Of them they
ssv- the efswn Of Rock River, The
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So a5s alasbtnapn 1.ala aqazins p faurss and rtaa &c
THE BLIZZARD AT M()GENE

s. . 1
ness And. rich coicrtng But shs
was wrapped in deep thought. and
was unconscious of. .tbs slorfes OF /,
the scsns. suddenly shs rose and
hurried out e the house. Al. =
small house in, the same yard with
her own she stopped and khorked.s
The door was opened by a large,
over-srown boy. who startld when
he saw Mrs. Brewster. and ex:
'claimed. why you here! will you
come in, Mrs. Brerster?''
She waiked--in. but without sit
ting down. asked. Are the dogs ali
right?" - ~ q
Yes j think So" said he slowly
his blue eyes opening wide WIN
wonder e,',-'' r.
Are You willing to try to take
me and Rachel on the sledgs to
Rock River tomorrowr' :
The boy was for . moment
speeches.. 4 Thsns he exclaimed.
Rock River! That IL forty miles!
II would be inpossiblsr
"wiii you try itr' The .veies was
calm and almost stern. yet the BOY
felt In Il . note of pleading which
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tangled wires, saw clearly enough
the reason for the telegraph's ST.
lence. Desperate and intrepid
though It was. the journey had no
dramatic adjuncts to make It strik:
Ing. Dull and leaden was the sky.
and on all sides stretched 'theSbroad.
flat prairie. its white surface com
peting q picture Of monotony which
seemed to contain no radiant fea-
ture But to Eric and Helen there
was nothing of monotony i'm the
ride. The simple. true-hearted Dane
was inspired and wrought up as
men almost never are. Every foot
Of the way he scanned keenly; he
knew by the appearance OF the
snow and the lay of the land where
TO look for pitfalls. where there
was no crust and where rocks might
lie. A sharp turn by the dogs. a
snddsn fright to himself or his team.
q pull on the wrong" rein-any one
Of these things might mean an over
turned sledge and death. HIS mind,
directed automatically toward his
work, exercised double function
As he called to the. foremost pair of
dogs q word 6f warning and half
rose in. his seat to survey the tract
lust ahead, his thoughts were back
in his grandfather's house. He saw
with filling eyes the grief.stricken
face as the lone old man learned
dor by this time he must certainly
have received the dread tidings) OF
the death of his children. Now Eric
was recalling the incidents Of his
early childhood, when life was so
sweet, when there was no talk or
poverty. when he had never heard
of Dakota. and when the. thought Of
leaving home had never come in,o
his mind. Then suddenly dreaming
ceased. and as he turned sharply to
look upon those. whose liwss were
m his hands. the tide or his emo
tons almost .overwhefmed and un-
manned him
Two .datstions on ths- line Of the
railway were passed without a sign
from Mrs. Brewster. She did not
seem to. see them. The day was
hourly growing more cold ana
threatening. and Erie realized that
every moment of, Daylight was In,
,dispenssbis., But he also knew thar,
the journey could mot be completed
without rest and food for the dogs
He vsntured to iaEEsst. short
iIms before noon that they stop /.
f.w4 moments at Some farrhous.
tf.isn AZ hrss bskEess TO Sos ON. Nv,
.hs soon cav the wtsdetn efnstop.
ring. -. s
Presently appeared jus, ahead ,an
edd.. ssusrs house with a small az
.dition AZ: the. rear. Eric drov.
quickly up stol IT. and haireosd. bu,
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he could not Withstand. He looked
at her face, and cried with impetu-
Gus devotion, IT will stand by you
to the end. Mrs. Brewster. Yes.
will try"
Then be ready to start tomorrow
at daybreak." And she was gone.
Eric Lovaas sank into q: chair.
trembling and alarmed For the mo-
ment he wondered IL breeding over
her, thilds danger might have at
fectsd Mrs. Brswster's mind. He
was resolved to keep hisword with
her, though. for, like most Of his.
countrymen, and all simple persons.
he had not reached that pinnacle Of
supremacy where gratitude Is dis
carded, notion. Two years before.
he had come with his parents from
Greenland to join . colony! His
father and mother, becoming pros
trated with river fever. had died
leaving the boy: with nothing but
his four dogs. He had drifted to
Imogene, seeking employment, and
his honest blue eyes had caught the
fancy Of Howard Brewster. - . -.
It certainly vas the recourse Of
desperation-thfs proposal Of Mrs.
Brewsters. Few men, would have
dared, to think Of it. II any one had
asked her why she, thought of 1t. ;
she could not have replied ration
ally. But Rock River had been her
first Dakota home. There Rachel
was born, and there lived DR.. Young
who had won the mother'S cohn-
dence by his skill during the. early
life Of the child. He might be able
to save Rachel. Then. too, perhaps
her husband was there. for Rock
, River was halfway on the branch
railroad from Lambert to Imogene.
and the road from thereto Lambert.
being compafatiyeiy free Of deep
cuts. was less subject to blockades.
Of snoS than between there and
Imogsns. ~ y
% Va. !.
The idea Of using the4dogsiseemed
to have come to her a. ~ direct
inspiratson, SO quickly, had storm
followed storm that no hard -eru.,
had been formed on the snow. ana
to drive acrots the prairie with
horsesivould, be Impossible. because
the horses would break through the
thin crust and hopelessly heunder.
The dogs. however. trained bysTens
service. could skim aeresi the light
est surface. and might bear her and !,
her child. to . haven OF safety, ,1t
was the last resource. stany rate.
and to save: one life. even ar the
risk Of iosing tsrs.. sh. seized pp-
on It ~ zsf ~ ..T<.-~,
Ths town was, an silsht s-as tn.
chsrnei-ho IL seemed ibswAsn.
. b = = $ VII y
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the contract be awarded to the south ern Roads company on recon structed base.
 Amendment Lost
 This resolution was passed after Batson had left the meeting when the beard by three to two vote had voted down a resolution by Jerry Gwin. seconded by Lacey Edmundson, that the original minute entries be corrected 10 show that Batson had not recommended the award of the contract to the Dunn company as re- cited by the April, 1920, minutes. D. C, Ball chairman of the board, de- clared that he did not believe this board had any authority to amend the minutes of previous board and would vote against such amendment
 In support of Batsons request that the minutes be amended, Jerry GwiB declared that he believed every mem Der of the advisory board and the old board of revenue knows that the min- ute entries are incorrect when they state that the former county highway engineer recommended award of the contract to Dunn He declared that the members of the advisory board and all of the board of revenue ex- cept himself wanted the projects to be awarded as a whole, while he wanted each project voted on separ- ately. The steam roller was run over him. however, he said and against his judgment he agreed to vote with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
MORE FARES AND
 FEWER TRANSFERS
Cost of Two Cents Thought Responsible for Transfer
 Decrease

Keeping pace with home construc- ton in 1921. the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company had, on December 1, installed more gas meters than on December 1, 1920.
 The totals on dates mentioned were as follows:
 Gas meters: December, 1921, 1S.6SS. compared with 17,ss7 on the same date in 1920.
 Electric meters: December l. 1921. 2S.201, compared with 26,574 on thr same date in 1920.
 Number of street car fares reported in the year ending December 1, 1921, was 51.400,S76, compared with 61.- 732,2o4 in the year ending Decembe: 1, 1920.
 The transfer is not as popular as 1t was when it cost nothing. Trans fers issued in November, 1920 amounted to 1,507.757, while transfers issued in November. 1921. amounted to 992,s42. Transfers were free a part of the month of November, but The falling off in transfers is taken as indicating the many that w2re not needed and not used when had for the asking.
 Street car conductors say they dc not issue one-third of the transfers formerly issued, and they point tc their absence from floors of street cars, where they were once plenti- ful. being thrown away by these not using them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
ADDITIONAL NAMES
 ADDED TO VOTING LIST OF COUNTY YESTERDAY

A total of S2 additional names were added to the county's voting list yesterday as result of the visits Of the board of registrars to several ad- ditional precincts in the county. Women continued to outnumber the men in the registrations.
 At Robbins Cross Roads 15 men and 21 women registered yesterday, SIX women and four men at Linn's Cross ing and 14 men and 21 women at Adamsville. During the first two days of the registration, which continues until March 31, total of 171 persons have registered, which M. E. Morris. chairman of the board. declares is above the average for the rural com munities.
 Today the board will sit at Brook side city hall from 9 to 12 a. m.. and at w. J. Wheeler's store at Blossburg from 1 to D. m. Tomorrow the board will be at R. H. Matthews store at Littleton from g to 12 a. m, and at the Sayre commissary from to p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
BAR COMMITTEE
 POSTP0NES MEET Executive Body Goes to Mont gomery-PreSident Could
 Not Come Here

Because w. o. Mulkey of Geneva, president, could not attend the meet ing of the executive committee of the Alabama State Bar association here Saturday. the meeting has been postponed until Thursday, January 12- and will be held in Montgomery. This announcement was made by Col. Alex Troy, secretary. from Montgomery.
 Members of the executive commit tee desire to have the meeting be- fore the meeting of the state demo- cratic executive committee which will be held here Friday, January IS. At this meeting of the bar association's s committee a time and place for the next state convention will be se- lected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
INSTALL LOVEMAN
 AS K|WAN|S HEAD
Merchant Succeeds w. ]. Adams as Head of Popular
 Luncheon Club

Following an address sounding the keynote of Kiwanis 1922 hopes and aspirations. Joseph II. Loveman took office as president of that club yes- terday noon at the annual installation of officers.
 The meeting marked the retirement of ". J. Adams as 1921 president and the two years of service of $. N Wiley as secretary. J. Mercer Barnett past international president of Kiwants. made the presentation of the past presidents badge to Mir. Adams.
 President Loveman feelingly -ex- pressed it as his belief that the Xii wanis club has done more in it's short life in Birmingham than any similar organization and thanked the club members for the honor with the wish that his administration would be s effective as his predecessor. who had welcomed the incoming officer with the wish that he would receive the same type of cooperation from the membership that he had received
 New Years resolutions from each member present brought forth both q serious and humorous trend
 The following officers and directors will serve in 1922; President, Joe H. Loveman; first vice president, Err skine Ramsay; second vice president. w. A. Currie; secretary, George Crane; treasurer, A. M. Bruce; di- rectors. J. L. Davidson. Darby Brown, w. " Trammel and J M Barnett. i.
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the other nine. By adopting Bat sons recommendations he said the board would have saved S20,000 a mile on the roads under consideration al that time. Gwin told Huey he knew Batson's recommendations were not compiled with.
 Contends Minutes Wrong
 At this point Batson asked Huey if this were true or not and Huey said that Batson did all he could to have the contract awarded to the Southern Roads company. Batson declared this was not true and that all he wanted was for the record to be straight. Huey said that all he meant by stat ing that Batsop wanted the contract awarded 10 the Southern Roads com pany was that this company offered reconstructed base which Batson was in favor of Gwin then stated that if Batson recommended that the Southern Roads company be given tho contract that this in itself proved the minute entries of the board re citing recommendation of the Dunn company award to be wrong.
 In connection with the resolution finally passed the board adopted a resolution spreading on the minutes, a sheet of figures showing the bids of the various companies which of fered bids at the time compiled by Claude J. Rogers, county highway en- glneer, from the records in the office of the county engineer at that time.
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Order was restored when l.. C. Ball, chairman of the board, after rapplng vainIy for order for sometime threat ened to adjourn the meeting. The tilt between Batson and Huey came after the former had declared the minutes of the board were incorrect and that he wanted them changed to conform to the facts and the latter had asked Batson if he did not do everything possible to have the con tract awarded to the Southern Roads company, which was denied by Bat son. The former engineer later said that the Southern Roads company's bid was more in accordance with the type of construction advocated by him which the Dunn company's bid was not, being based on another type.
 After considerable wrangling the board passed a resolution by four to one vote, Gwin voting no, that the minutes of yesterday show that Bat son had protested against the recitals of the April, 1920, meeting on the ground that he had not recommended the award of the contract to the Dunn company but had recommended that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
COMMISSION WILL
 ALLOW SWIMMING
Dickson Suggests Separate Bathing Sections With One
 General Section

Swimming at East Lake park will not come under the ban, according to a resolution adopted by the city commission at it's meeting yesterday morning.
 Immediately following the vote on the resolution to permit the open ing of the dancing hall at East Lake park, which was defeated. Commis- sioner w. l.. Harpison introduced a resolution authorizing the continu- ance of the IInsley swimming pool and the East Lake swimming beach. It was unanimously adopted. How ever, Commissioner w. E. Dickson de- clared he thought some regulations should be thrown around the bathers at these resorts. He suggested that the beach at East Lake be divided into three different sections, one for women only, one for men only and one for both men and women NO action was taken on MT Dickson suggestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
COURT ID HEAR
 PAVING QUESTION
Judge Locke Will Preside Over Dunn Contract
 Trial Today

Hearing on the petition for tenn porary injunction filed several days ago by William L. White against the board of revenue and the Dunn Con- struction company, seeking to re strain construction of approximately eight miles on the North Bessemer road, in accordance with an alleged contract with the Dunn company by the board is scheduled to be heard in the chancery division of the circuit court this morning before Judge Hugh A. Locke.
 Following filing of the petition several days ago Judge Locke entered an order granting temporary in- junction on condition that the com plainant make bond for $1,000 to cover possible damages which might be caused by the injunction.
 Owing to the fact that an early hearing has been obtained on the pe- tition, it is stated, the bond was not made, and therefore no injunction is in effect and the Dunn Construction company has continued it's prelimi- nary work of stalking out several miles on the proposed road. In the petition the court is asked to issue a perpetual restraining order against continuance of the work.
 It is charged that the county will lose approximately $100,00O by allow Ing the Dunn company to construct the road on the basis of prices for material and labor obtaining in the spring of 1920, when the contract is alleged to have been made instead of reletting it on the basis cf such prices as they exist at the present time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
GASAND O|[ COST COUNTY S5O,0O0 II Months Operation Cost of Trucks and Cars to
 Be Reduced

Cost of oil and gas for the various trucks and automobiles of Jefferson county for the first II months of 1921 exceeded s5o,0oo, according to M. V. Henry, county treasurer, yester- day who stated that his office had paid warrants for that amount dur ing the year just past. Figures for the last month of the year have not yet been compiled.
 report showing the amounts paid by the county treasurer month by month for this purpose has been fur nished the board of revenue by the treasurer's office for their considera- tion and it is expected that the mat ter will be taken up by the board in the near future in an effort to reduce the cost on these articles dur ing the coming year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
COUNTY IS ASKED ID PUT CLINICS IN
 VAR|OUSSECT|ONS
Board of Revenue Is Told Work to Be Abolished Could Be Improved at
 Little Cost

Establishment of approximately 20 associate clinics throughout Jeffer- son county for the treatment of so- cial diseases to take the place of the free clinic from which the county has withdrawn it's appropriations was ad- yocated before the board of revenue at it's meeting yesterday by Dr. A. J. Dickinson.
 According to the representations made by the board, by appointing a physician in each community in which one of the associate clinics is estab- lished and allowing a nominal charge of S2 per treatment to be made, the clinic would be self sustaining and without cost to the county the neces- sary drugs being furnished by the state board of health.
 Dr. Dickinson declared that there are 10000 persons in Jefferson coun- ty suffering from social diseases and that private physicians charge such heavy fees for treatment that per sons who would be able to pay a small fee such as would be charged by the associate clinics are com burdening the county with useless ex- pense. The social disease situation would be under control in two or three years by this method, he stated, whereas the free clinics are so taxed that 1t will be impossible to control the diseases under 10 or 12 years, if ever. Seventy-five per cent of the negro population Is infected. he said, and the situation is, becoming alarm ing.
 There are 13 free clinics throughout tn, state in the larger cities, he said, and S4 associate clinics, where small fees are charged, in charge of compe- tent physicians under the supervision of the health department, which are giving entire satisfaction, but none of them are in Jefferson county.
 He declared that while appropria- tions are constantly being made for public swimming pools, which, he said. Is one of the most prolific methods of spreading the disease, nothing is being appropriated for its eradication. No action was taken by the board on the suggestions made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
COUNTY INTEREST
 TOTALS S2O,OOO
County Treasurer Received $1,600 Yesterday-BaI-
 ance, $600,000

Interest on Jefferson county funds on deposit in the American Trust and Savings bank during the coming year will amount to approximately $20,- GOO, according to estimates made yesterday by M. V. Henry, county treasurer, following receipt of the first months interest since the coun- ty funds have been placed at interest in accordance with the recent enact ment of the Alabama legislature re- quiring all county funds to draw in terest.
 Approximately s1,s0O was received yesterday by the county treasurer covering interest on the daily bal ance maintained by the county dur ing the month of December. The in terest received was paid on an aver age daily balance throughout the month of approximately $600,00o.
 The law requiring the deposit of all county funds at interest was passed by the legislature October 31 and be- came effective December 1 at which time the funds began drawing inter est. The depositary selected for the first 12 months was the American Thurst and Savings company, which was the lowest bidder among prac- tically all of the banks of the Bir- mingham district.
 Prior to the passage of the law no interest was drawn on the county funds which were deposited without the bank in which they were kept paying any interest to the county. The average balance on hand through out the year approximates half a million dollars, it is stated. This amount is somewhat lower at cer- tain seasons of the year and heavier during the period when tax collec- tions are being made in large num- bers.