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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-15
Grain Letters
H. & B. BEER

n steady and shortly. after the opening saualied yesterdays best figures but then fected the market and there was in ad- dition persistent selling by a local eleva- at Winnipeg. The market closed near the low point of this movement. Bradstreets report of the weeks export of wheat at, and nad flour form North America as S,s07,O00 hnshels. bringing total since July, 1.194.- 7I200o. Again the seaboard reported ex- port business eraed remense Ssayy rains ana fear of damage in consequences. The reports seemed to make no impression either here or Liverpool though 1t does seem that a wet harvest in Argentine could change tho worlds situation materially. Official pre-. lminary rsport or omsn m sa'es ba Five months July l. to November 30. gives total clear snces as s7,sso.ooo bushels including flour @ produced from>wheat imported TOT mill There was nothing to account for the continued pressure on the corn market un. fact that tho movement remains small leads many to believe that 1t must in. crease some day. Again as for the last several days, there was a steady run of small buying orders and these furnished the best support.
 KAHN BROS. & VIRGIN
 CHICAGO, Dec. 14.--wheat showed con- siderable steadinsss eariy y, win sIns nressnrs Weakness in corn led to scattered iqui- dation, however, and 1t was disclosed tnat early selling was against purchases at Winnipeg had about supplied the demand Prices cased off with buying largely con fined to resting orders on scale down; to nne-half cent higher. Seaboard re- ported lack of export business. Sales of so 0o0 to go to store were made.
 ''; Corn: Some important selling late 1t was was followed by the locals. Declines caused hv scattered liquidation on stop loss or ders. Buying largely confined to rest rest ing orders on the way down. Cash prices firm fir early but eased off. closing one half tn one cent lower. There were no de- liyeries but sales were moderate to go to store. Weather eonditions e;nss generaly l;sh more
 Oats: Local sold and l.,sr scattered tered. laui- d csusa of the weakness in corn Volume of husiness not large. Cash prices were steady to iac up. Deliveries on December contracts. 10000. s,,. q. break in other grains led to-. scattered liquidation and prices eased orr a1ter an
 Proyisions: Weakness in grains led to local selling of lard and prices eased of from an early bulge Hogs 2oc up' top s725-Fenner & Beane
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DISTRICT NO. 4

DISTRICT NO. 4 | Will include all territory in the following counties in Alabama: Blount, Etowah, DeKalb, Cherokee, Cleburne, Calhoun,
 Chambers, Tallapoosa. Coosa, Shelby, Lee | and Elmore. Bell Maggie, Dadeville .74s-5I0 Brown, w. A., Edwardsville. .74s,400 Buttram, W. w.. Rt. l. Springvile. .74s, 500 Clayton. DeLera, Ft. Payne. ....747e4O Gates, J. A., Columbiana. .749O2O Clark. Mrs. M. E.. Alexander City .74e 100 Darden, Mrs. John. Goodwater. .74e, ,260
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Arthur Mrs J. G. 5o1 S. o6th St. ...........57s160 Abbott, Jennie; 1894 10th Ave, s..,...... a4s9so Bromal James N, 1908 1-2 32d .749,9sO Brown Mrs. Katherine, 2l01 Highland Ave. 74997o Barr F. H.. 2S17 35th Ave, N.............. 293 4S0 Carmichael Mrs. O. G., 721s Walker Woodawn. .743s6 Chambers Mrs. Vema, 1908 N. 30th St. ...749,9s0 Dismukes Grover 2720 N. 16th .T4S, 9s0 Dill Vivian 3918 Lakevew Ave. .749,99o Dickson A C.. 20I9 9th Ave. N. .T49, 99O Fortner Loner, 627 N. Sd Ave .235 300 Fleming Mrs. w. A. 2615 17th St., N. .T49 ,950 Gibbs John 1215 12th St. St................40l 40l ,66O Gottlieb Bertha, 1717 7th Ave- .749, ,9so Hughes Mrs J. G., 5100 1st Ave. Woodlawn. .2Os, Hiedon Mrs Lee, 6909 Higdon Rd. ........ .T49,5I0 Hom j. D. 116 1-2 24th St.................. .375.2 Leath Mrs. Odia 2804 32d St.. N B'ham. .733,700 O'Dell Mrs. R. D. SIT s. 18th St. .749950 Pappageorge Elaine 2320 18th Ave. NJ. .74924O Park D. L.. 1117 s. 14th St............... 1852 560
 Tuck Clara 2317 Ave G................... .749 9S0 Taylor Mrs R., 6431 Division Ave. .514 050 Waltha Mrs Lucille Boggan 1900 1-2 N. 2Sd. .749500 Wiams Mrs. c. L., TIA 30th St., S. ...... .74S 97O Wilton Katherine, 2030 Qunlan Ave. .747 7S0
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DISTRICT NO. 2 Will include that part Of Birmingham of Center street (not on) within the city lilits. The city of Bessemer and Fairfield will also be included in this district.
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guard against possibility of loss members The rucin d ndw heveyE line carefully ~ N " VT
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NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 14.--All the news and statistical reports received fa- some how the market was called ul on to absorb more selling than it was abs to take and values slipped 70 to 75 polNts. The consumption figures for Novemb ' were favorable, mill stocks are nearly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-15

With the final hour, o'clock tonight December l5 firmly fixed in their minds stirring battles for premacy are being fought by candidates in The Age Heralds great Help Yourself Club subscription pagn.
 Aroused to the unprecedented opportunity of win ming fourteen automobiles and twenty cash awards, the candidates are showing increased energy. Every where they in eager and anxious search for sub- scrptions that will bring them votes-and in the end splendid prize.
 Exciterpent was never so tense as now. Claims and counter claims are being made. Rivalry has reached high stage, both in Birmingham and the districts outside
 Everyone seems to be talking about the fact that fortune in prizes is to be given the largest vote-getters, and who the winners will be is matter of great speculation.
 As the narrows down to the last hours, candi- dates with practically one accord redoubling their
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DISTRICT NO. 1

Will include that part of Birmin gham and of Center within the city liits Tarrant City and Irondale included in this district.
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MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 1z.-Whoat, NO. ! northern, s1.1oB LIZA; Corn, No; yellow, 6S863isc. Oats, No. white SsS @39Nc. Flax, No. l. $3.44@2.41.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-31

Some people sent valentine post
cards. Nancy couldn't help reading
them as she put them into the mail
boxes in hickory tree .postOffice.
There were valentines for nearly ev-
erybody, even for those woodland folk
who had not returned from Dreamland.
Their mail would be waiting for them
when they came back.
One TO Phil Frog went:
Your vest is white, your coat is
green,
You look just like Fairy Queen.
And if at last bug you see,
just give a hop and think OF me-"
Crazy ~ said Nancy.
"That's a homemade ONE declared
Mr.. Stamps. ,
aren't they all homemade" asked
Nick.
"Goodness no." answered Mr..
Stamps, perfectly surprised. There :
a little fairy called-called-oh, for
got what he's called, who writes yalen-
tines TO order. Nice ones. funny ones,
ugly ones. loving ones-oh, Just any
kind at all. Ha, have it. He's call
ed 'Forget-me-not.'
Here's one he wrote. It's for Chick
Chickadee to send Belinda Bluebird.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-31
Story by Hal Cochran
Drawings by Leslie Elton

Help and
However,
afr
the ground so Flip could enjoy them.
The chilled Flip, and himself
frockng He finally
threw in of
having King appeared CCohud5
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-12-14
Makes the Deaf Hear
Remarkable Invention Enables the
Deaf to Hear All Sounds
Clearly m

Everyone who is troubled with
deafness in any form will be interest
ed in the announcement of the Dicto-
graph Products Corporation, Suite
402-A Sharp Building, Kansas City,
Mo-, that they have at last perfected
a device which will enable every one
whose auditory nerve is not entirely
destroyed to hear as perfectly as one
whose hearing is normal. To test it
thoroughly they sent it to number
of people who had been deaf for
years and they report most gratifying
results. Many state that they hear
the slightest sound with perfect ease
and that their natural hearing has
been greatly improved. The manu-
facturers are so proud of their
achievement and so confident that
every deaf person will be amazed and
delighted with it, that they offer to
send it to anyone by prepaid parcel
post on ten days free trial. They do
not ship G. o. D., nor do they re-.
quire any deposit, but send it entirely
at their own risk and expense, allow
ing the user ten full days to try it and
decide whether they want to keep it
or not. AS there is no obligation
whatever, everyone who is troubled
with deafness in any form should
take advantage of this liberal free
trial offer. Just send them your
name and address for descriptive lit
erature and free trial request blank.
ADV.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-12-14
TOURISTS EXPEND
MONEY IN STATE
SIX MILLION DOLLARS TOURISTS
OUTLAY IN YELLOWSTONE
@ THIS YEAR sW
While Glacier Park Tourists Brought
$1,250,OOO to Montana During the
Same Period; Million Have Visited
Yellowstone. M nlla 4

Glacier to Gulf motorway is a three
thousand mile international high
way north and south across the Uni
ted States from the Canadian Ola
ciers to the Gulf of Mexico, from Cal
gary to Tampico via Glacier National
Park, Great Falls, Billings, Cody,
Yellowstone National Park, Thermo-
polls, Wind River Canyon, Casper,
Cheyenne, Rocky Mountain National
Park, Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pixies Peak, Pueblo, Trinidad, ANA
rilla, San Angelo, San Antonio, Cor
pus Christi, Galveston, Brownsville
and Matamoros. mH
The Glacier to Gulf Motorway as
ISOLATION with general offices in the
St. Anthony hotel at San Antonio,
Texas, is the active organization in
the development of this great high
way following the eastern slope of
the Rocky mountains, intersecting
and connecting with every east and
west trans-continental highway in
the United States, Canada and Mexi-
co so as to form, a loop to any point
on the eastern slope of the Rocky
mountains from any part of the east
or west. Austen North of Billings,
one of the best publicity men in Mon
tana since 1889, is president of the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-12-14

the construction. Seventy yards o
i gravel were necessary, which wer,
hauled, from the river mile dis
tant.
After several days this task wa
completed, but in the meantime ;
carpenter had been employed to put
up the forms for the first story
which was made of concrete. Wher
the forms were completed the COM
munity assembled again and con-
crete for the entire first story was
poured in one day. The women, not
to be outdone, on this day served
bounteous chicken dinner to the
twenty men at work on the build
ing. Towards evening when the
toll of hard days work was evil
dent among the workers the wom-
en- again furnished encouragement
by bringing lunch to stimulate the
weary muscles.
In order to complete this task in
one day work could not cease at 6
o'clock, but an incessant line of
wheelbarrows was kept going I'M
til 80 that evening.
And so with what money the
school had in its treasury, with
what the community pledged and
with the large amount of work that
was donated the new high school
building was realized.
The dimensions of the building
are 81 by OF feet, two stories high.
The upper story serves as an au-
ditorium for community gatherings
and as high school assembly room
for the school. 1t is finished with
a paneled design of pressed steel
which has been decorated by an
artistic color scheme which is
healthful to the eye. This room is
also used as basketball court and
the stage at one end permits its use
for school plays and programs. The
basement has three class rooms
used for high school purposes. All
the rooms are sanitary with health
full ventilation, light and steam
heat.
Another feature of community
spirit that is quite typical can be
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-12-14

I School had been conducted in TIL
reclamation buildings in quite
satisfactory manner but the com
munity with a great deal of pride
wanted their own building fol
school purposes instead of asking
the government each year for {
school building To raise suffi
cient money for this venture it was
necessary to bond the district and
this procedure was quite a novelty
notlasa common as it is III the pres
ent day.
To successfully complete this
bond issue, Mr.. Sauke, one of the
pioneer members of the school
board, walked the entire distance,
81 miles, ITO Great Falls, wrote out
the blanks in lond hand to save ex-
pense and because printed forms
were not available at that time.
Thus at the end of several journeys
to Great Falls the bond issue was
successful and the community
school house became reality.
Ever since that time a great COM
.munity spirit has pervaded and, in
time of need, it has always crept
forth to overcome the difficulty.
Progress in school affairs was RAJ
pid. The building doubled in size
and then trebled. AT one time the
school was in charge of Mr.. Wig
gin, formerly principal of the Great
Falls high school, In 1914 the
school boosted of a three year high
school. s fee, st,s.as
In 1922, the community found it
self face to face with another situa-
ton that called forth the pioneer
spirit of the people. A new build
ing was necessary to house the
high school but it was impossible
to bond the district at that time and
economy seemed necessary. The
problem was solved much as the
first oneEby7 personal sacrifice:
The people of the community gath
cred together at public meeting to
discuss the situation: The result
was a clear conception of the need
and they pledged themselves to
give $1,000 in money and an I'M
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-12-14
MAIDSTONE WILL
BE TESTED SOON

Location for test we'll on the
Hailstone structure has been made by
the Mid-Northern Oil company and q
rig will be moved to the site at once
according to Max Bauer, chief geolo
gist for the concern. Drilling will be
begun as soon as the rig can be set
up, which will probably be in about
two weeks. $3.50
The location is in the center of the
SW IA Sc IA of section 1920
east. The test probaly will not be
so deep as those on Big Lake and
Six Shooter, as it is expected drilling
below $500 feet will not be neces-
sary, all the formations likely to
prove productive lying above that
depth. Tools will be brought from
either Ringing or Dutton, and water
will be obtained from Hailsttone
creek, 200 feet from location.
The we'll will test all formations to
the Kootenai and will include the
Colorado shale, Frontier, Dakota and
Lakota formations. A hole was
drilled several years ago about two
and a quarter miles east of the Mid
Northern location by the Amalga-
mated Oil and Gas company to
depth of 1,4S5 feet and obtained
showings of oil and gas, but in very
small quantities.
Another we'll was drilled by Mr..
Molt about two miles northeast of
the Mid-Northern location, which |
vent down 5000 feet and obtained a
small showing of gas and large
low of water in the Ellis. The water
5 still running about 1000 barrels
/ day, it is said.
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S0N1MS COMMUNITY ENlARGES
ITS PUBLIC SCHOOL; LABOR !"
!. AND MONEY DONATED "

limited supply of labor, to over
come the difficulty and maintain
the principles established in the
building of the first schoolhouse.
A few days later a group of peo-
pleawho. could spare the time as
senbled with excavating machin-
cry and excavated the basement for
the building in, one day. On the
next a larger group came to haul
the sand and gravel necessary for
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-12-14

The petition asking for the forma-
ton of the Malta irrigation district
was granted by the court at the hear
ing recently. The judge has not yet
named the commissioners for the dis
trict, taking the matter under adj
visement. Judge John Hurley of
Glasgow acted as attorney for the
petitioners and e. E. Roddis repres-
ented the reclamation. service.
This is the largest irrigation dis
trict yet organized in the United
States, comprising 70, 642 acres, and
extending from the Dodson dam in
the western end of Phillips county
to Vandalia dam in Valley county.
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association; ID. E. Colp, of San An
tonic, the original good roads cham
pion of the state of Texas, is mana
ger; and H. L. Miller is secretary
treasurer. .a. 4
Good roads have become a COM
merciaI asset in the United States
of first importance through the en-
ermous saving of time, wear and
tear and the tremendous all year
tourist travel which they have
made possible and the citizens of
every city and town ON trunk
highway are capitaIizing this new
resource. Figures made public by
the United States department of
the interior show that six million
dollars was spent by tourists in and
near Yellowstone National park in
1928; five million two hundred
thousand dollars in Rocky Noun
tain National park and one million
two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in Glacier National park in
northern Montana. One million
tourists have visited Yellowstone
National park since it was estab-
Hshed Mar. l., 1872, and One-third
of these in the past three years.
The Yellowstone contains 3,34S
square miles with 2,142, 72O acres
and more geysers than in all the
rest of the world. Glacier Nation
al park, created i'm 1910, contains
1854 square miles, and Rocky
Mountain National park, in 1915,
with 1858 square miles, of wonder
full mountain scenery equal to any
thing in the world.
More Texas MOTOR tourists visit
ID the Rocky mountain parks and
he progressive cities on the Glacier
o Gulf Motorway in 1923 than in all
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-12-14

OK INCE the conception of tht
~ irrigation project about Sirnm:
in 1906, the people of that com
munity have been vitality interested
in schools for their children. Many
tales of personal sacrifice and eff
fort have been told of those early
days but one more outstanding than
the rest depicts the frugality, ear
nestness and effort Of those pioneer
days.
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Found Body

Late Sunday afternoon he went
into the woodshed and found the
body of the Mayfield woman. Scan
tily clad, it lay with the head pill
lowed on a mackinaw stolen the
night before from a neighbours
wash line.
The case of Ruth Mayfield is
one of the saddest in the annals of
dope addiction in Butte. Twenty
five years of age at the time of her
demise, she had during the five
years prior to her death fallen as
low as it was possible for one to
fall ais eFssI esf as 81 rs
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One Large Group

To properly understand the
spirit of the Sifnms community it
might be well to explain that there
is no such thing as town and coun-
try in the division of the commun-
ity. Everyone feels as if there we're
just one large group, the people are
all part of the country and the
country is part of the town.
Everyone takes an active. part in
civic projects. Everything is dealt
with on a community basis.
The Community fair had every
one working who could afford the
time. The fair is an institution
sponsored by all alike and it rivals,
in size all surrounding fairs. Prod
ucts from the Sirnms Community
fair captured approximately $500
in prizes at the state fair last fall.
In the undertaking of the fair the
school takes an active part through
its agricultural department.
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TRAGIC DEATH OF
VICTIM OF DRUGS
YOUNG BUTTE WOMAN, FOUND
STRANGLED TO DEATH; BODY
THROWN IN WOODSHED
Once a Woman of Beauty, Became am
Addict; Made Brave but Unavail-
ing Fight Against Drug Habit;
Murdered, Say Jurors.

Ruth Mayfield, rs years old, once
beautiful, a drug addict, was found
strangled to death in a woodshed
in the Cabbage Patch district, near
Butte, few days ago. The autho-
rites are Of the opinion that she
was murdered w ss3 spa
'o The jury which sat through an
inquest conducted into, her death
by Coroner John C. Murphy also
thought SO and returned a. verdict
of death by strangulation after a
mass of testimony had been offered
during the course. Of which suspi-
ciop rested upon one and then up
on another person.
Authorities will conduct a thor
ough investigation into the strange
case and the person or persons I'M
known" accused in the jury's YER
dict, will be discovered if it is with
in the power of county and city au-
thoritieS to do so. sHtfasse
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Heard Dragging Sound

John Turk, proprietor of the
woodshed in which the body of the
woman was found, was the princi-
pal witness and his testimony fell
like bomb into what promised to
be an ordinary probe.
He said he had heard someone
something into his wood
shed late Friday night. He was in
his cabin at the time, he testified,
and did not leave his bed to inves-
tigate the noise. f 4a4
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Spurns Husband


She found her in ramshackle
room of a rooming house on South
Main street. She renounced her
new husband and disdained the box
of apples which he had installed in
her room as wedding present.
The husbands sister returned to
her home and told her brother of
his brides condition.. He appealed
to the police and officers sought to
Influence the bride. All no avail.
For several days the husband
struggled with his wife against her
habit and finally in despair return
ed to section gang with which he
had labored before affi1iating with
the army and before meeting Ruth
Mayfield.
His wife now lies in the Cassidy
and Gosselin funeral chapel. Few
have come to view her body. None
have offered to pay for her inter
mert. Her relatives, if she had any,
are unknown to the authorities and
Ruth Mayfield will fill a pauper's
grave. @