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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
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White population In Alaska, &C., cording to the department of the Interior. decreases. But the pop ulation of the Eskimo and the h. dian increases. There may be something smacking of retribu- tive jutice in the situation.
 Natives number 2f,153 and the gain for the ten years was 1922. Native inhabitants consist of four distinct races, the Aleuts, the Thil- ingits. the Athabascans and the Eskimos.
 Four hundred of the natives are voters.
 To facilitate dealings with for eigners living in America, and particularly to induce them to in- vest their savings with the post office department, the government has prepared tracts of appeal in twenty -four different languages, to-wit: Italian. Greek. Spanish, French. German, Polish, Hunga- rian. Swedish. Danish Norwegian Chinese, Japanese, Yiddish. Rus sian, Bohemian. Lithuanian. Croa- tian. Slovak, Bulgarian. Finnish. Slovenian, Ruthenian, Serbian. Portuguese and Roumanian.
 That is all very well. It would be more efficacious. however, were the government to pay de- positors a higher rate of interest. Uncle Sam Is a Shylock in this re- spect. He uses the peoples money at less cost to himself than any savings bank in the United States.
 It Is learned at the department of the interior today the petro- leum refineries, in an effort to meet the consumption of automo- piles. produced gasoline at the rate of 20,634.756 gallons per day during last April. This was a new record. The nations stock of gas- oline, May l. was 1,336,417,s71 gall Ions, and exceeded by 77,o00, 900 gallons the reserve for April l. But the man who operates a ma chine still pays an exorbitant price for his fuel. Senator Moses says that as long as we have a 30- cent gasoline problem and a 12- cent sugar problem, there should be no reason for the Republican administration to seek new trouble in Europe.
 At last 1t Is apparent what MT. Harding meant when he used the obsolete sterm, norm alcy." The Shriners, having gone home, should see Washington as 1t is today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
TopAY's WARRIOR HEARING

Today is the day for the friends of the Warrior to deal firmly and frank ly with the barge situation. Colonel Ashburn has come to Birmingham for a complete hearing of the case. He should not be disappointed; neither should there be any argument or data lacking to the exposition of the War rior's right to better treatment and greater consideration than it has had in the past. There is reason to believe that the administration of the Missis- sippi and Warrior service has been too much on the theory that to him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
 ! There have been alleged cases in which rates have been granted to the Mississippi and withheld from the Warrior without apparent good req son. The division of rates for joint .hauls between railroads and the Mis- sissippi are on fair and just basis, but the division on the Warrior is so unjust that that factor alone, it is ad- .mitted, makes all the difference be- tween financial success and failure for the barge service. The barge service has been reduced in order to improve it's financial showing, but that is an artificial status and is a deliberate cur tailment of the Warriors legitimate function in order to offset another ar tificial condition, namely, the injustice of the present rate division. There IS something more to be done than mere ly to make the Warrior show favor able balance-the public within the Warrior rate zone should be served.
 The friends of the Warrior may also properly receive from the federal di- rector of waterways some tangible facts relative to the negotiations now under way with the railroads. Unless the representatives of the shippers are convinced that the negotiations are likely to be successful, then, for the sake of transportation and commerce Throughout Alabama, some definite measures must be taken to bring about a fair basis of division. There need be no fear that those who are served by the barge lines, or who have a right to be served by them, are not a unit in this matter. Therefore, let this conference be both complete and searching in order that at its end there will be no doubt as to the exact status of affairs or as to what is necessary to be done to obtain for the Warrior >that treatment the public interest has so long vainly demanded. The people are properly appreciative of the oppor- tunity Colonel Ashburn gives to thresh this matter out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

The new histories of the American section of the British empire, written for the edification of our school chill dren, are quite lenient toward the re- bellious colonists of '76. While ad- hitting that Thomas Jefferson should have been shot, that Alex. Hamilton should have been hanged and that Patrick Henry deserved stretch in the hoosegow, they assume forgiving, benevolent tone toward such rebels as G. Washington and B. Franklin. Strangely, they neglect to teach the children to sing God Save the King"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
An All-ArouI(i Job

(Jasper Mountain Eagle)
 Every man who succeeds in a town is a help to it. The more money he makes if he spend 1t. the better for the community. The larger business he builds up. the more he advertises. the moro at- tention is called to the town. A man cannot build up an honorable business in a town without help ing the town. A town cannot build up without helping the country. The interest of one Is the interest of all. The rivalry that sometimes exists between towns in the same county is short-sight policy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Give Children a Chance !

(Wetumpka Neek1y Herald)
 The percentage of mortality in scholastic life Is appalling. We see huge classes in the first grade, smaller in the second and so on up. When we get into high school, the students drop off like flies, till in the senior year there Is but a scattering handful of those who began an education. Every parent should seriously question himself as to his responsibility toward his childs mind, and weigh we'll the seriousness of handicapping the child by insufficient schooling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Sharing His Talent
(Centreville Press)

Pistol Pete" who was an in- mate of the jail for some time, but one of the best mandolin players in the country, was here with his colored buddy" and spent some time in the jail entertaining the prisoners. That Is his gift and he is usng it to make others happy, and he is using his to a better ad- vantage than lot of white peo- pie. He used to be a trusty and played at all the dances, and was in great demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

While telephone inspectors complain that much time is wasted in saying, "Hello!" they haven't figured out how much is lost by, "Wrong number" and Excuse it, please"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
PUZZLED MESSENGER

(Lockhart News in Dallas NewS)
 Joe Rock, express messenger on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass road between Yoakum and Lockhart. is in a quandary. Rock receipted for one hound dog at Yoakum. properly crated and des- tined for point on the line. When the destination was reached Rock was dumfounded when he saw not one dog in the crate but eleven little hounds and the mother dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

A Detroit contemporary cannot un- derstand why girl with perfectly good complexion persists in hiding it under screaming pigments" Most young women these days prefer to be considered artists; hence some lean towards the impressionist school, while others elect to be futurists, or some thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

Acquisition of Monticello as na- tional shrine is we'll enough; but the best way to perpetuate Jefferson's memory is to steer clear of blocs and preserve an undiluted democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

Farmer in Kentucky reports bat tie between a rattlesnake and a cat fish, leading one to suspect that the enforcement officers in Kentucky are their work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

In New York the police raided a "white lightning" still in a room ad joining the mortuary of an undertak ing establishment. Yet who would call such proximity inappropriate?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

The coal barons have not yet started to advise everybody to get in early on "the ground floor,' but doubtless that familiar song will be revived soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

A fairly accurate illustration of an invisible participant in a social affair is the June bridegroom at a church wedding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Better School Building

NFrHtCVliIe FrOEreSS1
 If we vote a three-mill school tax for Prattville and do not guar antee at least fifty per cent of it for school building purposes, 1t will be a long time before we im- prove our school buildings. We cannot call ourselves progressive until we have a more modern pri- mary school building. We cannot expect outsiders to locate around Prattville until we have a moderu school building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Hogs at Homo

(Oneonta Southern Demoorat3
 According to government re- ports there are nearly two hun- dred thousand brood sows in Ala- bama. There ought to be twioS that number. We don't want td stop the packing houses from do- Ing business in Alabama, but we want them to buy our products in- stead of selling us the products of other sections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Trust Te Wise ola Hen

CTaIladeGa Daily Home)
 turkey hen Is not at all an in. human mother. but. she hasn't got as much sense about raising her young as a goose. Intrust her eggs and brood to some wise old sure-enough hen. and you will not regret it. Neither will your city cousins. who are fond of turkey, and are able to afford it. when the feast day and banqueting seasons roll round again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
For Better schoolhouses

(Prattville Progress.)
 The Progress wishes to see a more progressive spirit for better school buildings in all sections of Autauga county. Several districts have caught the vision and have made great progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Problem of Conduct

Problem of Conduct I've problem, not for laughter, But problem with tear, So I might as we'll start thinking And decide it now and here. Now the problem-well, I'll tell you Is about my care and strife: When I go on my vacation Should l lug along the wife?
 Dick AK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Expert To the Rescue

Greene County News)
 A little piece of melted lead on our linotype damned up a revolv- Ing pivot slot last week and stopped the machine. We had to get an operator from Tuscaloosa to show us what the trouble was, which he did in few minutes. H4 also stopped other kinds of dams,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

this country by returning some of our home brew. That would be punish ment-with a vengeance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Worthy of Pride

NDehdIU COunty HefaIdJ
 The man who is not proud of the rapid growth and the bright future of Fort Payne either has his eyes closed or is natural born pessimist, and should make way for progress before 1t runs over him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

A Kansas City newspaper suggests that it would be possible to get even with Canada for sending booze into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Wants To Keep It Clean
lOzark Soufhern Sfarl

The interior of the Dale county court house Is a beauty, and Is now the pride of all. Let those who are in authority keep 1t clean and neat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
ThazSSyIaORCH @BEARER

What we need is constitutional amendment protecting our innocent millionaires against phony master pieces. Consider the anguish of an honest overall magnate when an eX- pert comes along and tells him that his S50O,000 Leonardo da Vinci is the work of Joe Gooch, house painter of Paterson, N. J. Or that his $200,000 Benvenuto Cellini is the product of Irving Fishbein & Co.,, snappy silver ware. His only recourse is to hire another expert, at great expense, to tell the world that his old masters are all wool and yard wide. Experts in art are much like alienists on the wit ness stand. They strive to please.
 The riotous Penn students, we un- derstand, cowed the police by hurling milk bottles at them.
 Mussolini arises in his righteous indignation and puts a jody on bull fighting in Italy. Being an autocrat, he does not believe in competition.
 MT. Dempsey, the worlds greatest slugger, has opened active prepara- tion for his battle with MT. Gibbons. He is playing golf. Verify, pugilism is rude pastime.
 'I Go, But Shall Return" Slim birches, white against Sum-
 mer sky,
 Supple as reeds when the breezes
 blow;
 A placid pool, within whose mirrored
 depths
 Cool caverns offer refuge from the There would be, to dream the whole
 day through I, who am city bred, to tarry there
 in peace,
 Forgetting strife and hurry for
 while,
 But then return to where the city
 calls. BEE.
 If Old Man Plato, in person, came back to earth, he would scarcely recognize the platonic love that breaks into the front page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

tic merchant. You see We all do things that are not allowed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. postoffiee es second-chss matter under act or congress. March G. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
10 FAVORITE BOOKS
GA. Chosen by Will Irwinl

(As Chosen by Will Irwtn) Shakespeare.
 Treasure Island" (Stevenson). Allan Quartermain" (Hag- gard).
 "The Story of. an African Farm" (Schreiner).
 "Huckleberry Finn" (Twain). Peter Ibbetson" (Du Maurier). "The Outline of History" (Wells).
 Penguin Island" (France). Great Expectations" (Dickens). Pepys' Diary. Copyright by North American
 Newspaper Syndicate.) A MISSISSIPPI OBSERVATION
 Fayetteville Advertiser) People go to political meetings to "holler," but invariably read the newspapers to get the facts about what went on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Just Like That

Money talks. It says: Hello! Good-byw
 Jason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Sprinetime vs. Stenosraphy

OpriHBtI"o w. OtehoBF1Puy
 Dear Sir: Acknowledging the re- ceipt of your letter of May II regard ing the account we had open against you, we are glad (your eyes, dear, your eyes) to inform you q love your hands) that the account is now closed and we appreciate your patronage. We trust we may again be of service q would like to kiss your hands) to you. Yours truly,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

At last 1t Is apparent what MT. Harding meant when he used the obsolete sterm, "normalcy." The Shriners, having gone home, should see Washington as 1t is today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
Jason.
T Tragedy

Tragedy once knew the incest girl kind and considerate amiable and lovely sweet-voiced and loving babies willing to do the utmost to give happiness. and then one day we stood together in a drug store and while we waited serenely she slipped a box of cough
 drops into her pocket. once knew the nicest girl but don't know her any more.
 Jade. We are told that Turkish baths orig mated in Ireland, but that is nothing to get steamed up about. While the subject of names intrigues us not at all, we cannot help com menting on the fact that MT. Meek is president of the Chicago Lions Club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

2EDERICK L THOMPSON. .... President
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01
TO GET THE TRUTH BEFORE THE PEOPLE

Only in a print shop and through a newspaper can
practical illustration and demonstration of the points al
issue in the delinquent tax list controversy be made. AnC
it is for the purpose of illustrating the matter so plainly
gone to the trouble of setting the matter in the parallel
columns on this page.
An average column was selected from the delinquent
tax list as it was composed by The Poplar Standard and
exactly reproduced. In a column beside it the same mat
ter was composed solid, or without blank "SugS" being
placed between the different items, and in the exact style
used in setting up the county list by The Circle Banner,
the official paper of McCone county. 1t is submitted that
the McCone county style is servcable, sensible and honest
It not only saves 40 per cent in space but is chargable at
80 cents less per folio. Concerning what a legal folio IS
the Scobey Sentinel says:
"If the Standard is at all hazy about the wording
of the law it should not try to quote it. Where the
code defines a folio it says: 'One and fourteenth
inches in depth when set in SOLID eight point con-
Stitutes a folio Solid eight point does not mean a
line of eight point and then eight points Of blank
space and then a line Of type again"
The Standard, it is understood, puts up the claim that
County Treasurer Tidland ordered the tax list to be set in
the style used by the Standard. Pretty soft, don't you
think? If a county official has such authority as this
two columns wide and enclosed in a heavy black border.
Perhaps the McCone county style is not appropriate
for a populas and affluent county like Roosevelt. McCone
has only a paltry debt of a hundred and sixty thousand
dollars while Roosevelt boasts of being a cool million In
the red. And The Standard has done its share to put it
there. It has collected $1387 on this tax list job from the
old board and is pleading for $3.50 more from the new.
1t now appears that setting the delinquent tax list was
not subject to any special cut price under the Standards
famous contract that the old county board considered bet
ter than was submitted by anyone else. The Standard
can, therefore, charge the limit allowed by law besides
setting it in extra price style and stretching it over 40 per
cent more space than necessary. Verify Roosevelt county
cleaned house none too soon.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01
GET THE P EARLY

Roosevelt county is in the process
Of mixing ten thoucand pounds of
poisoned oats which will be ready for
distribution for the first of March.
The biological survey cooperating
with the state, is also mixing ten
thousand pounds which will be avail
able for use in Roosevelt county. All
the work is being done under the di-
r%ection of Mr.. Stephl, who has had
considerable experience in this work.
The gopher poison will be handled
on about the same basis as it was last
year with very little if any Increase
in price. All Roosevelt county farm
ers should avail themselves of. this
opportunity to get this cheap bait
and clean up on gophers early. Dis
tributors should send in their signed
agreement if they have not already
done 50 in order that bait may be re-
eeived into the community before the
gophers start to come out. Let's get
the gopher early. A pound in time
saves nine.-County Extension News.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01
THE ART OF FILLING SPACE

The white space, in the next column
to the right, of 8 column inches, null
tiplied by 81, equals 416 inches, or
POI folios. At $500 per folio for
the first insertion, and so cents for
each of the other two insertions, this
space amounts to $S73, the amount
that would have been saved the
county by setting the delinquent tax
list in SOLID instead of extended
style.
Also, if the list had been set in
the above style the whole of it would
have taken a rate of so cents per
folio for the first insertion, less than
it did in the style in which it was set.
This would have made a further saw
ing to the taxpayers of somewhere
about $225.0O.
Is the style used in the upper part
of the column a readable, intelligent,
sensible style for a delinquent tax
list or is it not? 1t is not a style de-
vised by The Herald but is the one
used by the Circle Banner in Nc
Gone county, with the exception that
the two initial letters Q and R have
been added.
The second column to the right
shows the style in which The Pop
lar Standard set the delinquent tax
list for this county, making almost
seven and one half pages of it.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

Jerome says he knows of a couple
of bills he would like to dispose of.
No doubt of it. There's Bill Young
for one, but who is the other? Sure
ly not Bill Tidland, who issues such
convenient orders.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

The U. S. Biological survey an
nounces the destruction of 100000
prairie dogs. After a casual, un-
official survey of the visible supply
of superhuous prairie town dogs that
appears to be about the right figure
to employ.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

B~ulgarians are said to have cut
three letters out of their alphabet.
If America should hold a referendum
vote on that proposition it would be
a race among dry, wet and
tax.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

Spring viii be here IN a few weeks
if some reformer doesn't object.
Next year is leap year, but every
year is leap year for pedestrians.
We sent soldiers to Germany
and they got married 50 let's don't
ever fight China or Japan.
The world gets faster. A man
can get married in two minutes or
drink himself to death in one.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

DR.. Hubert Work has been named
by the president to succeed Secretary
Fall, who resigned, as head of the
Interior department, and Senator
Harry S. New of Indiana has been
appointed to succeed DR.. Work as
postmaster general. Senator New is
from Indiana and was defeated for
reelection.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

Says the Independent (Poplar) +:
"We hereby challenge him to a box
ing match" Says The Standard:
''That challenge is promptly accept
ly accepted" Blessed are the piece
makers, for they shall inherit the
county printing.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

After the smoke and the chaff has
been blown away, how will the real
wheat of the legislatures labors
heap up?
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

The heliocopter, the air craft that
goes straight up, is announced to be
a success. The smart alec who has
been saying he would can now do So.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-01

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