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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-06-15

Oroville- 0 0 0 3 0 0 *-5
Keremeos 0 2 2 0 % 0 o.
Summary Two base hits, Ford,
Fields. Strike OUTS By Griffith IL;
by Madore 2. Base on balls--By
Griffith 2; by Madore 2. Hit by pitcher
By Griffith l.
More batsman fell victims to flies
than any game that has. ever been
played on the local grounds. Twelve
Orovile lads put the ball up In the
air for outs, while five OF the visitors
went out by the same route.
Keremeos made one safe hit OH
Griffith until the ninth when two SAL
ties were registered.
Tom Daily, who used to play pall
with King Tut, is back on the diamond
this season, playing behind the pat.
Taking up the role OF catcler MI. Dai-
ly has played every position in the
lfield at on time and another. In former
ldays. when Thomas was classed among
/ he youngsters, he was crack pltcher
and almost broke into professional
com pany, and it is believed that ser
ions attack of rheumatism was the only
thing that kept hin out OF fast comp
lany He is one of the most dangerous
n1ayers that has ever stood up against
a local team. He not only knows every
noint of the game but he is hard NIT
Ter and dangerous on the bases. What
is greatly to his credit he is one OF the
souarest players that ever swung
hat and he numbers every base pali
fan and player in the county among
his friends. e..
The local team has games on lor
Ievery Sunday for several weeks aheau:
lsunday they play oliver on the local
lpronnds and then a return game the
following Sunday at Oliver. There are
more games lined up with keremeos
land Penticton for the 1st ana Emu oi
ulv and a trip to Pateros Is on .he
hist With practice the boys are putting
m . hetter brand of ball and future
Games will be well worth patronizihs
Tho regular town grounds were III
snch a wet condition after the heavy
rain Saturday night that the game
, was slated at the high schooi gIouhus
IN the west part of town ana lheS
nroved to be in good shape when game
} was called.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

the need Of maintaining the national
shipping. Once the public Is aroused
to the situation congress may be ex-
pected to sanction some practical plan
TO keep the governments vessels in
operation" And the New York Times:
"If the old indomitable spirit Of Amer
lean seamen has not passed away
never to return, the country may hope
that the offers of the shipping board
will be accepted and that the Ameri-
can flag will again fly over American
bottoms transporting our goods to the
remotest seas and bringing back pro-
ducts from which our industry may
take rich toll
If the president and the shipping
board have been anxious as to public
opinion as reflected in the nations
press. they may be treasured, for in
the main it is with them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
1T is EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS

Inc question of a sanitorium for
the care of the tubercular of this COM
munity is one that involves not onlv
humanitarian and altrustic considera-
tons. 1t has also a practical side
which will appeal to all. The sanato-r
rum is designed not only to benefit
those already afflicted, but also to
protect the rest of the community
from infection. No family which
houses tubercular is free of the dam
ger of likewise contracting the dis
ease. No one who comes in contact
with tubercular patient can feel alb
solutely safe from contagion. In this
city there are over five hundred ac-
tive white and eight hundred active
negro cases of this disease. Unless
these cases are SO isolated as to pre-
vent contagion there is always the
dread that the disease will spread
to Others, as indeed'it is now doing.
1t is as important for the white
people to undertake the expense of
AAiie> iVA Iile negro sui erorS as for
the white. From the negro homes
come our cooks, nurses and house
maids. If they come from homes
housing the tubercular, or themselves
are infected, what more logical than
to suppose that they will pass the
menace along to the white families?
Inc tubercular germs know no dis
tihctlons of race, color or religion.
except that those whose religion is
carelessness and uncleanliness are in
the most danger.
Birmingham must have this sanato-
rum in self-defense. 1t is not
question of expense, for maintaining
the disease in its present status costs
more. 1t is not question of CHARITY
for it is in self-protection that the nro.
Ject has its foundation. 1t is not a
matter of individual inclination. for
the responsibility and the menace rest
equally upon all. 1t is not iect
to be postponed, for already it has
been postponed a thousand years too
long. 1t is not question only of ex-
pense, it is far more question of
community self-respect. Let those
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
ITO REACH GOAL"

You may be the last, and you
may be the first but. no matter
where or who YOU are. always do
your utmost, and always try your
hardest.
The biggest battles are the bat
ties with yourself.
The life of the world depends
on the people of strength Of the
world.
Hail to the brave. and to the
real leaders, and to the desperate
and TO the wonderful, and to the
heroes.
Just keep on hoping. and keep
on working, and all will come out
wonderfully.
Be an optimist; and never give
UP.
Persistency and bravery are
bound to win.
Keep going: and then you will
always have faith in your ability
to reach the goal before others
reach it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
BY THOMAS II. MARSHALL,
Former Vice President of the
IntfeL St0tea

The incident | am about TO re-
late occurred in the smokins
compartment of a Pullman car
One young man was urging any
other to join him in business
enterprise. He was earnest, sin
cere, eager to explain details.
which he appeared to have mas
tered, and confident of making
good if the venture was tackled
His companion manifested slight
enthusiasm. The details did not
interest him. What he wanted to
know was who was going to
guarantee the success of the en-
terprise. He made it known that
he cared nothing for the proposal
as an opportunity to accomplish
something. AS an opening for
work his friends project had no
appeal for him. But he was anX-
ious to learn how much probably
could be made out of it and was
particularly inquistive about the
insurance policy of success, if
any, that would go with it.
] get all sorts of letters. | am
informed by one writer of a poor
young man who wants an educa-
ton. and am advised that it is
plainly my duty to assist him be-
cause his purpose is laudable.
Mrs. Marshall is advised that if
she would deprive herself of a
dress which the writer thinks she
doesn't need, the money thereby
saved would help the writer to
buy flivver. Another writes.
evidently thinking I am still the
presiding officer of the senate,
desires a sliding trombone, which
would cost only S4o. He would
have me collect so cents from
each of the senators and thus en-
able him to add to the harmony
or discord of the world refer
to these requests which crowd my
mail merely to call attention to
the outlook of, fear, many young
persons in America.
These instances have caused me
to wonder whether the spirit of
adventure has deserted the nos
trils of mankind. Can it be, now
that the habitable globe is pretty
well charted. that the old race of
men rapidly disappearing is be-
ing succeeded by race of
strangely different individuals >
America has always been looked
upoii a. INC laHu ol opportunity
but the men of America who
achieved success did not lie abed
until opportunity rang their door
bells. On the contrary. they We're
great adveuturers pursuing OPP
portunity. They lived in an age
when life, health, accident and
success insurance We're not de-
manded before Il man would TAX
his chance. They were the Nasco
di Gamas floating on unknown
seas; the Christopher Column
buses sailing on and on; the Liv-
ingstons in tractless wastes; the
Greenfels in Arctic floes: the
John Hays Hammonds and the
Thomas +. Washes seeking op-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

find no man in human history
who, under such adverse circum-
stances. so seized opportunity
without guaranty, though.
spoke and acted Alright to the
glory of God. When the ques-
ton of human slavery was all
important, it ragged for time
around the District of Columbia.
The democrats said congress had
10 authority to prohibit slavery;
the whig, for political reasons,
shuffled; but Abraham Lincoln
laid down doctrine that IL lived
up to in the economic world of
America today, would restore
right conditions once again,
bring back the age of untrammel-
ed opportunity. and do more to
spell peace than volumes of stat
utory laws. He boldly took the
position that the congress had
ample authority to prevent slav-
cry in the District. but that it
ought not to do so save with the
consent of those who dwelt with
in the District He became the
harbinger of new day. He ut
tered the first clear note touch
ing Individual responsibility. lie
differentiated between the legal
right to do thing and the moral
obligation not to do it.
A man has right today to SOL
dier on his job, if he can get away
with it. A man has a right to
screw wages down to the starva-
ton point if he can find work
men who will accept that wage.
A man has right to say any
thing that he pleases about the
CT nj Of
United States. a man has a right
to be a trouble breeder. to raise
Cain if he will. But regardless
of his legal rights on all the
phases of life that go into the
making of our civilization. Il
moral obligation rests on him
not to exercise those rights ex-
cept to rectify a wrong or to pro-
mote the common good. If we
will just take the advice of Lin
coln-backwoods lawyer, mar
tyred president. greatest Ameri-
can-we Will forget what rights
are guaranteed to us and will
permit each American to pursue
his opportunity. untrammeled BY ,
illegal conditions and unhand-
capped by immoral purposes.
thereby promoting an honest race
for success. We will rebaptize
the American with the spirit of
adventure. and We will put with
out the pale of respectable demo-
crazy all those who pull law
and say that it permits them to
work their own sweet will re-
CARELESS of any moral that may
be involved in the transaction.
America became the land of op-
portunlty- upon a moral question
preserved a united people upon IL
moral question. engaged in the
world fight upon moral oues-
ton, and must settle her prob
lens. present and future, by
moral conduct participated in by
all her men.
Copyright, 1928, by Thomas r.
Marshall.)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
RETALIATION is PROPER

In calling upon the Alabama Power
Company to show cause why it should
not proceed to a revaluation Of the
utilitys property the Alabama Public
Service Commission is acting in full
accord with its duty and response
bility in the premises. There is sub
stantial reason to believe that the
tentative valuation of thirty-three
million dollars is approximately fifty
per cent. too high. The former asso-
ciate commissioners suspended the
valuation, after being overwhelmed
by storm of protest throughout the
state, and the valuation order never
has been formally validated.
There are some who believe that
the power company's valuation rests
on the same basis as that of the Mo
bile Gas Company, which the federal
court has forbidden the commission
to review, but it appears that there
are several points of difference. The
court held that the valuation of the
gas company, having been affirmed
by the commission, amounts to an
inviolate contract between the state
and the utility. In the case Of the
power company, on the other hand,
the final order of the commission con-
firming the valuation was withheld,
which to the lay mind appears to de-
stroy the theory that contract ex-
lists. Added to this incomplete rec
ord is the act of the legislature ex-
pressly providing for a revaluation
order within ninety days, or before
May IA. Surely the legislature, which
enacted the first law, has the legal
authority to enact potent legislation
setting aside or amending the first
law. Anyhow, unless there is legal
opposition and dilatory tactics en-
ployed by the utility, the revaluation
will proceed, and figure arrived at
which will stand the test of searching
inquiry and criticism, such as the ten
tatlve valuation was unable to endure.
1T the utility has regard for its
reputation among the people of Ala
oama and seeks only justice in the
valuation it would appear that its at
tltude would be that of inviting an
inquiry and not of resisting it. As
The Age-Herald said on a preyious
occasion: "The Alabama Power Com
pany, in legitimate field of indus
try, acting in harmony with the state
laws, teeking no undue advantage.
properly considerate of the public in
terest and working with and for the
public, could command and >receive
the cooperation of all citizens"
There is no enmity to the power COM
pany as power company seeking to
extend its service and deliver its pro-
duct to the people; but there is de-
clded onmity towards any policy on
the part of utility that appears ont
OF harmony with the state laws and
the state welfare. Such policy the
people and the defenders of the peo-
pie Will fight to the last ditch. and
as The Age-Herald remarked on the
same occasion mentioned above: 'In
the long eventuality no sort of cor
porate control can prevail over the
public advantage
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
A MAIDS MAXIMS

No woman dares to be cynical
about marriage unless she is
happy wife. The unhappy one
praises il. in the hope both of
hiding her miserable state and OF
Turing the unwed to share it; as
fer the latter, they remain eio-
quently silent--fearful of the
challenge, Sour grapes"
Why wife grows old faster
than her husband: He goes down
stairs to put the furnace fire to
bed and leaves the cellar light
burning all night.
If the man read copy on the
hearts outpourings, love letters
in our breach of promise and di-
vorce suits would be beth more
and ess--interesting.
Sometimes cat says, "Miau,
Miau" and sometimes she says.
at your age, darling. of course
1t would be perfectly all right and
no one would be shocked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

portunity beneath the surface of
the earth. Yes. America has been
the land of opportunity, but il
was because the American has
dared to take his chance. Call it
the spirit of the gambler if you
will, but there are some things
that are quite worth while to be
approached in that spirit.
de either fears his fate too much.
Or his desert is small,
Who will not put it to the touch
And win or lose it all.
With the wonderful develop
ments of modern science and the
opening up Of the Arcana of ma
ture to the exploration and use
of mankind. the age of opportu-
nifty has not passed. The spirit
of adventure ought yet to be the
predominant factor in American
life. Notwithstanding all injus-
tees and inequalities. opportuni-
ties for men TO succeed still ex-
list. But ] cannot help but be i'm
pressed with the feeling that life
in America is very rapidly seps.
rating itself into two antagonistic
camps, which by mental or physi-
cal warfare may destroy not only
the spirit of adventure. but the
very thing upon which adventure
tests. opportunity and the will
ingness of man to take his
chance. express no opinion
upon whether wages are too high
or too low. Much might be writ
ten from either viewpoint. Eut
no man can consider the wage
problem in America without be-
{ L.,
the wage, multitudes of men there
are who do not care whether
they earn it or not. They have
gotten their minds into a state of
belief that they are in industrial
slavery. and that therefore they
are perfectly justified in doing as
little as possible in return for the
wages they receive. Even in
creases in wage scales have not
changed the mental attitude OF
these men.
The reverse of the picture Is
just as bad. We find nothing in
spring when we look at the en-
pioyers' side. Here are men who
seem to he willing to do anything
| to show that they are able mana
gers, to prove that they are mind
full only of profits and-to demon
strate they are earning their sal
| aries. Their one object is to en-
able their directors to declare
dividends. Humanity is not for
them. Each Of these classes is
insisting, unconsciouslY perhaps,
that opportunity is not apportu-
nifty unless it is coupled with alb
solute certainty.
I am proposing no legislative
panacea for these manifest in
justices. | yet have unlimited
faith in the common sense Of the
American. TO me it is almost
| uncanny how things come out of
the life and public services of
Abraham Lincoln which are for
| the good of the republic. You
| may search all time and you can
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
just "Blo.vins HimseIfr
Tuscaloosa News)

Every once and while some
oiratasks this writer why IL is
'hat he does not jump on this
thing and that thing. says the ed
ltor of the Alexander Cisy OutIoo;l.
ihen he says that If he were run
h;hg paper he would snow peo-
pie what he would do. Right here
aii' .'W we want to stare that he
would do nothing of the kind. just
as he Gas been doing all uf hts
NE VI you ever notical it, You
call to mind that the fellow WHO
Is always Knocking something, or
wanting someone else TO jumo ON
something for him. is the fellow
who has done nothing himself but
talk. about people TO their backs.
and in such way that he thinka
they will not hear It,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

who come under none of these heads
congratulate themselves, and as
thank offering contribute to the pro-
ject. Let those who come under one
or more of these heads welcome the
opportunity to set themselves and
their families free for the small ram
som the undertaking calls for.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

One Covington county citizen
sent of sl1.50 to mail order
house whose catalogue had at
tracted him. This money was re-
turned by the receiver stating that
the company he had sent his
money to had gone into bank
ruptcy. Moral: Buy goods from
your home merchants where YOU
run no risk of losing it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

tSelma Times-JournaD

tSeIma Times-JournaD
Alabama has never developed
her berry industry. although there
are Isolated producers at York.
Castleberry and other places in
the state who have demonstrated
that the crop can be grown and
marketed with handsome profits.
The little town of York. in Sum
ter county. has become a flourish
ing berry mart. shipping an aver
age of % to so cars season and
giving employment to large
number of families. An individual
producer there has amassed a CON
siderable fortune growing this
savory table food
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

In Wisconsin they are going to
make state income tax returns mat
ter of public record. Apparently in
that state collection agencies will
have more satisfactory look-in.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
HOW TO HOLD HIM


Admire him, always admire
him." says a feminine authority on
the art of winning a husband. BY
and large, this Is the hardest job
ever set woman. BE always a
little unknown to him." a woman's
advice on how to hold a husband,
Is superfluous counsel to the CAD
abouts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

(Oneonta Southern Democracy
A few days ago we heard a
man make inquiry about coun-
try boy for a town job. Has it
reached the point where good,
honest country boy Is, given pref
erence over the town youth for a
job in the town or city? The
town boy has the advantage in
educational opportunities and in
various other ways, yet when a
boy is wanted for service and for
efficient work we turn to the
country for him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

Ell Paso is preparing to spend
$4,000 in advertising to correct an
outside impression that the city needs
Immigration. With that spirit of
self-confidence, there's no doubt the
investment will prove wise and effec-
tive. 1t is hard to get others to be-
lieve in one until there is demon
strated in practical way belief in
oneself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
BE Not Deceived

The correct crease in man s
pants may be necessary in SOME
places, but 1t certainly has no
financial meaning one way or an
other. In fact, the paying teller
at the bank is often apt to pay
no attention to the way his pants
hang at the knee when the check
Is presented at his window.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

Long ago the prophecy was
made that the building of one
good canal across the Isthmus of
Panama would deserve. and also
would pay for, another. Presi-
dent Harding's prospect may not
be so very many years in the flu
ture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Small Farms profitable

TTaIIauega Daily HOWeJ
Several big tracts of land are
being transferred of late. The
best thing In most cases Is that
aey are to be divided up and
thus make NOR. homes. It Is the
smaller farm that is profitable to
the state and owner of the farm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

Birmingham had been discharged
by the doctor for dishonesty. Soon
afterwards he was made city
street commissioner and later dis
charged again on charge of ir-
regular pay rolls, 1t does not
make for the credit of the Magic
City that such men can get and
hold place under the municipal
government.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

If a family of six can get along so
easily on $40 month, as a Chicago
welfare worker claims, maybe they
will start putting aside a luxury fund
to get away from that place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

Payment of one cent week for
tin-cans to boys in Nashville as a
cleanup method came so near caus-
ing riot that some thought that per-
haps rushing the growler" days were
returning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

full possession of what IS our own,
and this we cannot expect 10 do I'M
less we. are able to defend urselvc5
against the robber nations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
Question for Concern

case of they must get out of the
way or get run over.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
Not to Its Credit
(Opelika Newsl

NVpeIIKa NeWS)
One OF the men alleged guilty
of helping to flog DIR. Bowling. at
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the birmingham. Ala, postoffice as
second-class matter under act OF Congress-
March 6. 1873.
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FREDERICK I. THoMPsoN.....,P President