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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
You Never Can Tell

Noc1TTIH IIHeS-J OuTHSI1
 Henry Ford told insistent friei.ds in Atlanta that he would not be a candidate for president and that he had no desires or inGIinations Reckoning him in that ditectDon. Declining a bona f!de offer that afforded excellent opportunities to lead to the presidency would bN. however, quite another thinR Should Mir. Ford be tempted with the extraordinary honor of a nom. nation from either of the tvn great parties. then what? r,a. ching to become a presid entisi candidate. 1t has often been xh,vS in the past, only serves 70 furthnr ihfiase the boom and plass tt he. yond control.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Looking for Effect

The young physician was buy ing furniture for the equipment of his office. The salesman racked his brain to think of something else to sell.
 He had taken orders for almost everything that was appropriate or necessary, when he had happy thought.
 "Oh, yes; I nearly forgot!" he exclaimed. You need doormat."
 Not a new one," said the young doctor. "Pll get that at the sec ond-hand shop. A worn one will be a much. better advertisement for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Language As n Medium

 Enthusiastic Girl-Isn't this a topping party?
 Blase Boy-It'd be top-hole if the music wasn't so dud, eos the grub's not bad. what there is of 1t, and tho floors good enough in parts, and the girls aren't too dusty, only they dance as If their steeringgear was wonky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
There Are Others

' W dSIIIIlE ton StHrJ
 The South Carolina town which is to have blind mayor lacks much of being In class by itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

Now comes the report that Trotzky, too, IS "dangerously ill." It seems to De generally agreed, however, that neither of the worlds chief opponents of national chaos is in any more dan ger than the country they undertook 70 wreck for wholly selfish purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

II It IS true that the people of the United States will spend one hundred and thirty-five million dollars for toi let soap in 1923, they will have no ex- cuse if they don't "come clean"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
A Step For ConseFvatio- ::

NocIHId IIMeS.U OUfNAI1
 Tho appointment by the state conservation department oi special game and fish warden for Dallas county to aid in enforc. ing the game laws and in pro. tecting the wild life of the com munity Is a timely movement and will. undoubtedly, be the means of increasing our game supplies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
THE PARAGRAPHERS
Gone to Their Head

(Provfdence JournaD
 The Tut-ankh Amen hat has ap- peared in Paris. The Luxor craze has gone to the French head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Showing Health Record

AS matter of fact, any person who has studied the statistics that were compiled from draft records during the war can readily asoer. tain the truth that health oondi- tions in the southern statss are just as good as in northern states or eastern states. More recent statistics will show that no state in the union has made greater progress toward wiping out pre- ventable diseases in tho last four years than has Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Turning Thinx. Around

(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
 A Texas man inheriting $500,- 900 announces that he will hunt for a wife. Isn't it queer when the game imagines 1t is stalking the hunter?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Offering m Excuse
Nashville Banner>

 Conditions in New York City are said to be normal again. Sounds bad enough to enable even the most radical pessimist to say T told you so."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Chance For the orplfan

Ine orphan is to be pitied. The child has neither father or mother. and generally is without near relatives, 1t has an advantage over many another child which has two fond parents. The orphan is given real home training and discipline. both of which will be inyaiuable Tn later life. while many n child. gwen It's own way in nearly ey- cry Instance and knowing no rs. stfaint or discipline. Is going ty surfer greatly when it goes out into the world for itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
A Gloomy Picture

(Pittsburg Gazette-T -Times)
 psychologist says that in POO years there will not be a sane per son left in America. Some claim that there are a few now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Better Be Careful

Cleveland Plain Dealer) + France accuses America of bor- rowing all its plays from Europe. If we were an European nation, we'd be careful what we said to America about borrowing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Rather IncOnsistent
Detroit Free Press)

tDetroit Free Press)
 When the government publishes bulletin warning the people not to be extravagant just after an income tax installment comes due, 1t shows that somebody down in Washington needs a guardian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
A Good Deterrent

VSdVdNndn NeWS1 Burglars Saw Bars on Entering Store" So says a headline, See ing bars is a good deterrent for burglars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

Blowing up of six dipping vats in Alabama in one night shows that when ignorance and prejudice are mixed disastrous explosion is likely to occur,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

The president of the city commits sion has ordered the health department autos into the municipal garage at night to prevent joyriding.
 We presume now the joyriding will be done in. the day time.
 If the commission saves a given amount by keeping the cars 'in the garage part of the time, just think how much it would save by keeping them there all the time.
 The next logical step is not to allow the firetrucks out after sundown.
 This would mean even greater saw ing than the health autos.
 Then just think of the money the city is saving by not building the au- ditorium!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Hard to Keep Count
(AlbanY Journall

One never any more hears of the 400, or of any multiple of that once renowned group. It must have multiplied so rapidly and largely that it was impossible to keep count.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Beats 'Em All

(Sylacauga Advance)
 Without a doubt Sylacauga is the best market in Alabama. Eggs. butter and other products are today selling at from to 10 cents higher in Sylacauga than in Birmingham and other markets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
The Power of Hone

(Dallas News)
 The republicans are said to be hopeful of their foreign policy. Then it must be convalescent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

Some men live by ti.eir wits, others by their nerve and still others by the skin of thelr teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

Int man who never made any ene- mes IS not apt to De known fo. his athie ,ements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

their grit by gritting their teeth every
 time Frenchman looms up. Bavaria is quite distance from the Ruhr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

The only apparent good there is Tn some folks IS their Capacity to serve as object lessons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
The Love Ma .i..ine

We have with us the "Love Ma chine," a scientific marvel evolved by college student in Colorado.
 By ciamping 1t on the pulse, love lorn but cautious maiden can deter mine whether her shelk recipro. .ates her gentle passion or is merely trifling with her affections.
 It. has marvellous possibilities. It will drive the divorce mills put of bus mess, it will run the heart-balm at torneys; it will answer the ancient oonundruni. 4IIow to oe happy though married."
 But consider the havoc It will york .n the photo-dr ama;ic alt.
 Take, fol example, tho photoplay se- rial, such as "The Mistakes of Mag gie," or "The Disasters of Dorothy" or "The Hazards of Harriet," or "The Philanderings of Phyllis"
 Fo. fifteen weeks tne tiusting 1,a:. den hobnobs with Godfrey Marina duke, little suspecting his perfidy. He filings her into roaring water fall, he locks her in cage of raging lions, he throws her under the wheels of the fast mail, he dumps her out of an airplane 20,000 feet .n the air, he drops her into coal mine filled with poison gas, he chains her in the hold of sinking ship, he pushes her into the flaming crater of volcano, he leaves her to her fate in den of rattle snakes, he drags her senseless form to the sawmill and he forecloses the mort. gage on the old homestead.
 And still she trusts him. It takes her fifteen weeks of hardship and tur moil to discover that he is not the gentleman he seems to be, that a wicked heart beats beneath his neatly tailored coat, and that he seeks only to gain possession of the secret document which will prove that it was Godfrey him. self, and not her father, who mur- dered Simon Slade, the millionaire sloestring magratc on the nigh. of september 16, 1905.i
 Now the heroine will slap her Love Machine on Geoffreys wrist in the inst reel and the film will be ruint. And the public will have nothing to think about from one Saturday to an- other.
 One of these progressive days a newspaper, actuated b, spirit o, ad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
A Fine Market Offered

!JdSPer Mountain Eagle)
 A local express company is ship. ping cream to Birmingham for Walker county farmers on worry favorable terms, and about 20 farmers residing on Jasper Route and shipping cream regulariy, Join the procession. Farmers liy. ing within 40 miles of BirmIus- ham. blessed with fine climate, ought to be able to successfully compete with poultrymen and dairymen located thousand miles away. Get busy. Birmingham hungers for fresh country eggs and butter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
1 on.ghi

ion.ghi How calm and silent is the night After the busy day, When shadows dim Apollo's light And drive dull care away With Bedtime Taies rom XY1 And Male Quartets from CBA And Household Hints from JMT
 end J.zz from VBJ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

The people in Bavaria appear to be willing for those in the Ruhr to show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

Politics Makes Women Bald" But when one considers number of suc- cesstul politicians one IS convinced that the badness is not due to head work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
The Ukepest,

The Ukepest My favorlte pest
 Is Bertram Bailey, He plays al. nIsn.
 On a ukuleie. -J. 2. S.
 Liquid Notes Another pest
 Is Godfrey Coop; He Lays tune While eating soup.
 oParroWs The pestful sparrows fly about My hrmble he oltatio.i And perch upon my porch without A thought of sanitation.
 Gwen, The literary world heaves a sigh of relief. Luis Angel Firpo takes his Boswell in hand and reveals the story of his life. Little drops of water Make the motor wagon Sprinkled on the pave Skid and unbehave. The viaducts SHALL be built. Note the future tense!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

The next logical step is not to allow the firetrucks out after sundown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

One of these progressive days a newspaper, actuated b., spirit 0, ad- venture, will startle the universe by printing picture of Laddle Bo,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress, March 6, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

This would mean even greater say ing than the health autos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

Note the future tense!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

We presume now the joyriding will be done in the day time.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07

is spending few weeks with her
children ]. E. Samuel and Frank
Chapman and Mrs. Tony Kruse.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Altman of River
side, Edward McKenna of Mcdonald
Willie were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Egdar Moody on Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alma Chaffin enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Humph-
rey's and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson OF
Idaho Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Judd returned
Sunday night from Logan, Utah..
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Corey entertained
at three o'clock dinner on Thanks
giving: Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbert Corey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Corey both OF
Groveland, Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Brown
of McDonaldville, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
H. Silvers and their families.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Gardner en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. I. j. Larson
and family at Thanksgiving dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Taylor spent
Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07

A. Gardner in honor of Alvin Hiatt
and Roscoe Gardner. They left Fri
day to attend school Mr.. Hiatt will go
to Provo and M. Gardner will attend
at Ogden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Collins mo-
tored to Woodville to spend Thanks
giving with Mr.. Collins mother.
The Relief Society are giving a
carnival dance Friday night. Barrier
orchestra will be there. A good time
for everybody is hoped for.
Elverda Chaffin and Elda Rider
were guests of Iona Taylor Sunday.
Mrs. j. E. Chapman spent Sunday
with her sister Mrs. Ina Jewett of
Groveland.
Miss Jane Lufkin of Arco was a
guest at her sisters Mrs. w. D. Stol-
worthy on Thanksgiving.
w. q. Hiatt, Byran Jackman and
families were 6 uests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Jackman Thanks
giving.
Mrs. James Chapman Of Logan, o..
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07
ROSE
o o o o o o O o o

Amos Whitehead came up from
Riverside to visit his old home at
Rose Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Felt took six
o'clock dinner at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. j. Stone Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Judd motored to
Pocatello to the home Of Mrs. Della
Orr Wednesday. From there they
are going to Logan to visit Mrs.
Judd's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Boyle entertain
ed Mr. and Mrs. Louis Felt, Miss Mil
dred Felt Leo Montague and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. R. Ryan Sunday.
J. e. Chapman made business
trip to Moreland to see Peter Maharn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Ison of Rock
ford spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
John Norman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Chaffin were
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Chaffin on Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zenas Norman were
Thanksgiving guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Evans Of Blackfoot.
Miss Linda Packard Of Twin Falls
came to spend Thanksgiving and at
tend the institute with Miss Emma
Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Gardner enter
tanned at Thanksgiving dinner Mr..
and Mrs.U. w. Taylor, G. A. Taylor,
Walter Jackman, Ray Taylor OF Riv-
erside, Edwin Taylor Of Blackfoot,
Delbert Taylor and their families.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Chapman and
their family were guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Kruse at
Blackfoot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Of Blackfoot
spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and
Mrs. George Christensen.
Mr. and Mrs. John Chaffin were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hum
prey's Sunday.
The young folks of the ward gave
a farewell party at the home OF II.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07

rel used to be a resident OF this neigh
borhood several years ago.
The Misses Hazel Killian and En-
ma Haynes visited with Mrs. Blanche
Brown, Friday.
Miss Edna Fay spent Thanksgiv-
ing day at home.
Glenn Spicer returned to his home
in Eugene, Oregon, Friday after a
weeks stay here at the bedside of
his mother. We are all glad to see
Mrs. Spicer improving so rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Brown visited
at the e. S. Dearborn home Sunday.
James Stanger visited at the home
of his mother Mrs. Brigham Farms
worth Sunday.
Members of the Woodward family
visited at the Dearborn residence
Sunday evening.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07

C. A. Taylor.
Miss Emma Taylor, Miss Linda
Packard of Twin Falls and Mr.. and
Mrs. U. W. Taylor motored to Poca-
tello Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rider and fam
lily were guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Lemond Chaffin Thanksgiv-
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07

ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Parker have
built a new room on to their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Alma Norman gave a
Thanksgiving dinner in honor Of Mr..
F. A. Stewart, Miss Grace Walker,
Miss Iona Stewart and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. P. Bell of Pocatello.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07
CENTERVILLE

Thanksgiving was spent very quiet
y In Centerville.
Harry Fay has returned home after
spending few days near Pocatello.
Centervilleites were very much sur
prised to receive news Of the wedding
Of Earl Ferrel and Jessie Beasley,
which took place at Boise. Mr.. Fer
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07

Who denies the appropriateness of
HANDKERCHIEFS
Mlady's handkerchief has played an i'm
portant part in the world Of romance from
the early days Of the stage coach to the mod
ern aeroplane. This year she prefers either
pretty plain colored handkerchief or one
prettily broidered in colors, that if per-
chance she drops it her hurrying knight errant
of 1923 cannot fail to see It. Seegers are
nothing if not thorough, thus you will find
rainbow of colors in a wide range Of low
prices
Such useful gifts are
BEDSPREADS
Very likely no one else will think to give
that married couple bedspread and 1t Is
such useful gift that it's bound to be ap-
preciated Just lots Of people have to do
without a spread while their zone and only"
is in the wash. We have them in fine range
of patterns both marseilles and damask. Prices
range from $500 to $675.
Little girls like to receive
HAIR RIBBONS
There are always two people pleased when
you give hair ribbons, both mother and daugh-
ter There's wonderful assortment Of pretty
colors and designs from which to select. They
make excellent gifts to mail out of town.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07
So Full of the Old Time Christmas Shirt
old Time Values Hand in Hand With Santa Claus

o o
bnd goC Christmas bDngh ymohs only a here on
tina eaH wht awondrfm tmen o gf We have for he
1e You're hisnasp nh from to dime O.
dls antyo @ t oil time sdt preves store and o
tina in maxim ghs we been especially careful % the common vii O
profits h time Y I we have ge buying power to n
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07
Fine quality Jersey Silk
BLOOMERS

Boomers make such a nice gift from inti-
mate friends and relatives. A woman appre-
ciates the compliment of being given silk
undertakings. We have a very nice assortment
of colors at $5.75 and $6.75.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07

What could be more suitable than
JEWELRY?
One always feels safe in giving Jewelry.
No matter whether it is given to madmoiselle
in the early stages of affair de couer or
intimate friend member Of the family
jewelry is something that has appealed to the
eternal feminine from time immemorial That
is why we have such excellent assortments
of New Necklaces, earring, spun glass brace
lets, pendants, rings and hair jewels.
For Home FOlks-Give
TOWELS
Did you ever see housewife with too many
towels?-never To give towels is no longer
a prosaic gift because they available at
Seegers in such plentitude of pretty broid-
erngs in the buck towels and such charming
colored designs in the turkish towels. There's
a whole table devoted to them. Prices range
from SOC to $500.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-12-07

COMES EVERY IT'S AZ
MATTER XMAS PRESENTS
the delight getting
little
Truly case
supply
reasonable prices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-19

side and draw the facing on the
right side through the opering to
the wrong side to form a binding.
Draw each end back close to the
stitching and haste this facing in
place. basting from the right side to
keep an even width binding Fig
ure B.
Figure c shows the wrong side as
basted. Tiny pleats are formed at
each end of the buttonhole by the
facing. The buttonhole facing
should be trimmed and carefully
pressed at this stage.
Figure D shows the edge of the
garment turned back to cover the
buttonholes and form an underfac
ing. Turn the edge on the basted
line and haste around each button
hole to hold it in place. Cut through
the undertaking for each buttonhole,
and hem the undertaking back TO
the buttonhole. turning the edges
in with the point of the needle as
the hemming is done Figure E..
The undertaking should not be
sewed down to the dress; the but
tonholes hold it in place.
Figure F, the last, shows the
right side of the buttonhole finished
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-19
Deaths

Mary Markowitz, 81. 2s4O Ruckle. car
cinoma.
Iva Deming. 80 Central Indiana Hospital,
general paresis.
John McFeeley. So. Methodist Hospital.
hronchc pneumonia.
Catherine McElree. 90. Ill Raymond,
arterio scleTosis.
Mary p. Stark. IA. 302 N. Jefferson.
acute diatation of heart.
Charles Anton Wiese. "a. Methodist Hos
pital, interstitial nephrttis.
Katherine w Johnson IS. 1928 Riesper,
arterioscerosis.
James G. Patterson. 70, "a N. Walcott,
cerebral hemorrhage.
Blanche Van Meter. 60 1912 Wilcox,
acute tonsilitis
Edith M Anderson. IT, 1859 English,
acute dilatation of heart.
Charles s. Dunkle. 81, Methodist Hospital
general peritopitis.
Goldie Williams. z, 1414 English, diph-
liberia.
sallie Alexander, eb. $40 Indiana. arterio.
sclerosis.
Mary Catherine Sullivan. 2. 92s Indiana.
acute bronchitis.
Thomas w. Moorhead. II, 1855 Dinner
arteriosclerosis.
Frank Ross. n. 1884 W. Twenty Second
mitral insutficiency.
Joseph A. Rink, So, 4204 N Meridian
chronic myocarditis.
Dora Minters a. 40 N. Senate gastritis
Infant Zeigler, ! hour. 661 Sanders, pre-
mature birth.
Thomas Edwin Bertrand ~. 1898 w.
Thirty Third, apoplexy.
Rosanna Alexander IS, $50 E. Vermont
chronic myocarditis.
Sallie j. Elder rs, 1852 N Capitol
chronic myocarditis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-19
MOST GOOD HOGS
SELL DIME LOWER
Market Stronger When Good
Buying Is Reported,

Some strength developed in the hog
prices after opening transaction had
been recorded at prices generally
were at generally steady prices. The
opening dip was due to large week
end receipts of IL 900, inclusive of
2.065 holdovers, but strong buying by
local killers and come shippers caused
the market to steady itself before the
end of the first hour Heavyweight
hogs sold at top Of $3.50 as com
pared with IS on Thursday and light
hogs weighing 100 pounds or more
sold down to 81 while mixed hogs
sold generally from s7.25 to $3.50.
The average loss on the bulk of the
sales was regarded as a dime as most
good hogs were absorbed in the early
dealings. The bulk ranged from 40
to $40. Roughs and pigs sold gen.
orally steady, sows selling down from
1925 and pigs generally at $6.75 and
yards who expressed the belief the
bottom of the market had been
touched, temporarily at least
The cattle MARKET again presented
perplexities to traders, many of whom
are carrying grass cattle in their
pens that were yarded Monday and
on which they have been unable even
to get bids. some traders expressed
belief that even the better grades were
selling as much as a half dollar lower
than on the early week market.
The calf market opened steady at
$3.50 down for best calves, but later
weakened and most transactions were
at s11.50 and $12, at which the bulk
OF the veals moved Receipts, 500.
The sheep and lamb market was
quotably steady, though no lambs
were of a quality to bring more than
S11. while sheep were steady at So
down. Receipts. 100.