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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
Frank NOrden,
Legislator, Die

Woodwork, N. D., May 10.-Frank
Norden, SO, who homesteaded in
Stutsman county 26 years ago, an
independent member Of the lower
house of the last legislature, died at
his home this week of pneumonia.
Coming without means he acquired
a section of fine farm land.
He was leader in civic activities
in his community. While he never
sought Office his candidacy was fre.
quently advanced by friends and he
held several positions of public trust.
For IL years he was Stutsman county
commissioner and last fall was elect
ed to the legislature.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
Slope Bankers
Meet Postponed

The Missouri Slope Group of the
N. D. Bankers Association has post
poned its meeting which was to be
held at Mandan on the Gath of Nav
This was done for Hhe reason the
N. D. Association meeting is to be
held at Bismarck in June at which
time our Group will hold short
business session. This was done to
save expense and time to the men,
bers, according t. Roy Seibert Of
Hazen. 4eg..5 aa4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
25 TO BE GRADUATED

Oakes,N. D., May 10-The gradual
ing class Of the Oakes high school
will present their class play "Am !
Intruding" here on Thursday and
Saturday evenings of this week. This
is the first event of the commence
ment calendar which will wind up
with the commencement exercises. on
Friday evening June l. Twenty-Five
members of the c:ass expect to re-
ceive diplomas at that time, the next
to the largest class in the history
of the high school.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
NO STATEMENT
IN WATER CASE

Judge George p. Flannery of st.
Paul, who is in Bismarck on bust
ness connected with the Alexander
Mckenzie estate, probably will re-
main until tomorrow or next day.
Many old friends of Judge Flannery
called on him at the Mckenzie hotel.
make regarding the water question
today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
INCORPORATED.

Articles Of Incorporation have been
filed with the Secretary of State for
the Cal-Dak Realty Co., Fargo, to ac-
quire oil and other lands in Califor-
MIA. Capital stock is $300, 900, and
incorporators are J. ]. Mccarthy, Long
Beach, CAL; c. F. Mccarthy, Fargo;
w. T. Mccarthy, Fargo; J. J. Banks,
Los Angeles Geo. Fowler. Fargo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
HOPE REVIVED
ON ADVICES TO
CHINA CAPITAL
Release of Two Young Sons Of
American Army Majors Is
Confirmed
NOTE is SIN GGL E D
Declares Withdrawal of Troops
Necessary to Avert
Tragedy

Peking. China, May l0-The
foreign legations nave just re-
ceivCd advices confirming re-
Orts that the two young sons of
Major Pinger and Major Allen
captured by the SuchOw ban
dts. have been released. The
two boys now are on their way
from the bandit fortress in the
hills back of Linching 70 a safe
city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
RELEASE IMMINENT
l6 KNOWN DEAD IN OIL FIRE
BRITISH SEND BATTLESHlP TO
STOP INTERFERENCE BY SOVIET
WITH VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS

London May 1O-Thc British warship 1larebel has been
ordered the Mman prevent further Soviet inter
with British vessels outside the threeme limit and
force if performing this mission the House
of Informed today by the unersccreary for
foreign affairs, Ronald Mcneil.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
RECEIVER NAMED.

John r. Durkin of Bowman has
been named receiver of the Farmers
and Mechanics State bank of Bow
man by the state banking board.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10

Fifty-foot lots abutting on water
mains will be assessed $109.2S.
This amount will be spread over
/. period of twenty years making the
average annual payment including in
terests, SS.74.
Fifty foot lots not abutting on
water mains viii, pay from "a cents
to So per year, depending on the dis
tancc the lots are from the mains.
Corner lots will be assessed the
same as are inside lots.
City engineer estimates cost to
produce and deliver water to consum-
ers with a new system will be very
much less than now being paid.
Cost to remove and replace paving
if new system is installed, $4,000.
Annual cost to each 50-foot lot
abutting on water mains for remov-
ing and replacing this paving ninety
cents.
Cost to remove and replace paving
if cid system is purchased and ad-
ditions are made to make it ade-
quate, $13,700.
Annual cost to each 50-foot lot
abuttIng on water mains for remov-
ing and replacing this paving, thirty
five cents.
Any property owner having serv-
vice pipe now in use from the main
to his building will not be charged
for another.
The bond issue of $225,000 and the
interest thereon will be paid out Of
funds derived from water sales.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
WEATHER FORECASTS

x Unsettled weather tonight
and Friday, probably rain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-10
New System.


Will have complete filtration plant,
two new rein orced concrete
reservoirs, assurance of pure soft,
wholesome water and adequate fire
pressure and eight miles more mains,
two hundred more service connec-
tions, 3S more hydrants, 1S more gate
valves and Is less dead ends"
City eng.neer estimate of COM
plete new system as outlined above
$706 ,92S.
City engineer valuation of old
plant, $225,000.
Water company engineers valuation
of old plant, 100000.
Railroad commissioners valuation
of old plant in 1929, $290,O0O
Method of Financing Complete New
System.
Total cost ............... 'Oo,3ZS
Bond issue ............ 225,OO0
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18
BOZ O TEsAksKoU sKOLU.

Pro zfizeni tfid pro tesars1xe
ucne. pri zdejsich obecnych
skolach zasazuje sc Sdruzeni
stavebnich zam6stnavatelI d
vysledek byl, ze superinten-
dent skol r. G. Jones odporu-
cil skolni lad6 jeiich organisa-
ci. Jedinou prekazkou jest
nedostatek financf,~ coz jest
divnym dost neb Sc nedostava
jen $4,000. v. dop'sq zaslanem
skolni rade' zajiste pravem
poukazuje vykonny fiditel
Sdruzeni, w. p, Carroll, ze me
sto NewYork ma odborne feme
slnicke skolstvi ven'uje rocne
7?7.282, kdezto Cleveland jen
as $4,000. !.
DIE nahledn Jonesa nem6ly
by chybici penize byti prekaz.
kou okamziteho zfizeni Skol,
zejm6na kdyz vejde v moe "a.
kon TaftIv, kterym bude moz.
no opatfiti penize ma skolstvi
zvl4Gtatilni pfiplatky k danfhnl.
Tesafske unie i Sdruzen
stavitead opaMily pfedb9zn
agitaci az TOO hochn jako "a.
kh move akoly, vedeny snahon
opatfiti tesafsky dorost, jehci
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18
sMUTNY NAsLEDEK zERTu

Y Otis6ve ocelarn9 ma Lake
side ave. vych. Is. ul. zerto-
val nry vcera Jifi Marecko, z
{. 1919 vych. 26. ul. sc svym
spolud9lnikem 38letym Janem
Blaidou, 2426 Lakeside ave. "a
"spasovani" byl Blajda usmr-
cen proudem zhuSt4neho vzdu-
'chu. Marecko byl zatcen a
dopraven ma policejni stanici
vych. "a. ul. a. Oregon ave-,
kkle vypravel, ze druh jeho jen
nahodou Sc dostal " dCtek 3
proudem. Zabity Blajda zde
zanechava til nedosp3le ditky
od 9 do Is roki. sTsr.y
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18

! Il. l. a - (
V bytl, y The Union Clubu
nalezen byl y nedeli rano a.
Tety Charles F. Hepburn, pre-
sident The Wilberite Roofing
Co. mrtvym. anN by dosud by
Ia -pFava .pffGina ,,smrti rozpo-
znana..s Soudi ze {zemfel bud
nasledkem popalenin Ia poza-
ru V byte poystaleho aneb zda
sc nestal obeti dymu. Osobni
jeho lekaf pravi, re Hepburn
byl nervovE nemocen q re neni
v.-loufena moznost, ,ze skon
jeho uspisen byl velkym rozci-
lenim. - 4
Posluhujicl personal Union
Clubu ucitil ma chodb6 dym ko-
lem 8. hods dop! Y enedeli. Je-
den 2. hostf zaklepal na.r Hep
burnovy dvefe a byl timto vpu-
stem. Pokoje byly plny koufe
"a V koupelne nalezeny ohofel6
papiry 2 rucniky. Host shled'al
|jei popalen@ho ma rukou, ale
nikterak tax nebezpecne, pres
to 'dopraven byl popaleny do
Huron rd.. nemoenice, kde; je-
Ste tyz den . 8. hod. odp. ze-
mfel. Hepburn byl vdovcem a
bydlel v Cleveland9 as 5 rokd,
ale dve odrostlejsi ditky pone-
chaval v Minneapolis. Otec
zcmfeleho, Barton Hepburn,
byval znamym bankerem new
yorskym. a seSel podobne as
pred rokem neprirozenou smr-
iii. byv zabit autobusem ma 5.
ave. v New Yorku.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18
DALSf PosTUP orosfCE !
~ PENsIJNf PoLIcEJNf
\ sssiSs RADE. fbs Il!

e.
/ Genefalni navladnf 1C.e G.
CrabPe aTokresni zalobce Edw.
C. Stanton budou pozadani,
ably rozhodli, zda pan mayor
Fred Kohler JIM placeni u
fednfci mestSti opravneni jsou
brati penei 2 pensijniho poll
cejniho fondu. fHnuti toto no
.dlaji rozvffiti move zvoleni o.
posicni div6rn1ci pensijni rady
poruc. A. Hagan a E. Potts. 0
akci rozhodnufo bude v pristi
schulz rady dne 26. zarj. Sou
casne bude vyzvana Pravnicka
Komora, aby j1nenovala zvlast
nj komiai, jez by cely., pfipad
prostudovala. @'"'"'s' I
Jak vcera pravil HaganA ne
bude prv Kohlerovi, Martinez
vi a fiditeli mestskych parkd
|vyplacena pense policejni, do
kud nebude vysetfen pripad pi
Janske, ktere jest pense po ze-
mrelem muzi, polacistovi, S35
mesicne odpirana proto, ze u
stanovena byla policistkou sa-
ma Y sobotu il byla pfirknu-
ia pense, ale "a to odlozeno je-
ji definitivnf jmenovani.
Oposice domaha sc pomoci
proti domnelemu pravu benpec
nostniho f,iditele MARTINEZ, kite
ryz pry mize usnesenf vetsiny
pensijni radyznemoaniti svym
vetem. Jin& snaha oposice
sm6ruje, aby vsichni policiste
bez rozdilu hodnosti NELL stej-
nou pensi $500 mesfcne a nj.
koli, jak az dosuh sc d6lo, ze
obycejny vyslcuzily policista
'dbstaval mnohem meme, nez-li
dostavali jeho pfedstaveni die
zvlastni stupnice.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18
ELKoiEPA vfRocNisvY-
" STAvA " PALAcl
& POKROKU".

MJas Clava.nd ehee pfedtsti
vsechnyf snSsta 4 snazi Sc. By s
zdejkf v1roblky byly nejen obe-
znamenys Hitbrz j, sddkladna o
ceneny: pfednesenf teto
chlouby vefmi spekne pfispfva
nase nadherne Auditorium
na seste ulici,, kde bude konana
tato vystava Cd 81 do 90 zafi
. -ku ktere Sc chilly bajegne
pffpravy po kolik tydnd, heb
sc :ocekav& obrovska navsteva
a,pekn$ zdsr. .
aCesk& obecenstvo bude zaji-
ste, zajfmati 'zvsdeti, ze mezi
vystavpvately budou Sc tel ma
l6zati Yif. Marie a Rizena Au-
brechtbvy.
SZahodno podotknouti; ze
jest velice pI6jemne nejen oku,
ale myslf lidsk& zfiti oznam-
ku. ktera svou cistou pravou
pfedstayou, rye obecenstvo ku
koupi. neb malo ktery vyrobek
dr,,hu kosln4tick6ho mdze se
honositi zlatymi medaliemi a
ceanymi diplomy. Nejv6tsi
po4ornoet v&hi bronzov8 media
liea obdrzen& ma Jubilejni' w,
|stave, Obchodni zivnostenske
Komory v Praze ro'ku 1908
|Skvcstna rucni prace ma teto
|medalii Sc musi zfiti, by &c
mohla oceniti. !
sNeopomente vyhledati bud
kMc. 40 v Aren9.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18
VYSvETLENl UNOSOvE
Historic. d

v novinach koloWala po ne
kolik dni "sensaeni" zprava Q
dnoau italske divky, 22-lete|
Marie Yakobucicve, jez m6la
byti unesena domoya rodicI
v Roseville, Mich, neznamym
nE1encem, prave kdyz vykopa7
vala brambory. Ae podobny
''dnos" neni mezi horkokrevny
mi Vlachy zadnou neobycejno-
sti, rozdul .otec divky cely pfi-
pad ma prvotridni sensaci. u
nesen& byla vsak nalezena ja-
ko pi. Dantaninova. Unosce,
Leo Dantanino hned po Ger
mem SVEN skutku sob9 ihned
|opatfil povoleni k shatku. De-
stektivove mlady ,parek ,vypa-
trail v byte Jamese Cikorie, {.
1920 vych. 105. ul., kde byl
|novopeceny manzei is hosti
ltelem Cikorii zatcen a dopra;
Iveni ma hlavni policejni stani.
lei. Pfedvolana byla j. byvald
Isl. Yokobuci-D Dantaninova i
lpi. Cikorii, kteraz poslednejs1
do. angliciny pfekladala italskt
lvypovedi mlalde zeny.
Nechce nikter.n od svshe
muze upustit. = Otec starry va
kobuci vyklada ale neco jine
no, Leon pry 81 promevestu pfi
Sel'v automobilu spolu 8 p. CT
korii a ohrozovali celou rodi
nu, nacez Sc spanile Mar!
zmocnili proti jeji Will, vsadil
do strojesa ujeli. DIE vseht
skonti celia historic vseobec
lnym smifenim. ~
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18
PoHNUTY DEN v cARAzI.

Mattel garaze ma Orange
ave. a vych.. %. ul. Ernest
Shreeve podal jednomu svemu
zakazniku lcet "a vykonan6
spravky automobilu. Tento &c
pozastavoval mad vySi obnosu,
povstala hadka a ma konec "a,
pas ma peste. Kdyz sc fortu-
ma zacinala priklan6ti ma 'stra-
nu majitele garaze, prisp6cha-
la ma pomoc reserva, manzelka
|vyplaceneho zakaznika, jeH
tasila revolver a hbite iednou
Iranou schladila bojovneho du-
cha Shreevova. Bojovnice pro
Izaimy manzela vypalila cell
KEN ctyrikrate a zranila Shree
va ma prav6 pazi. Stfelbou
|pfilakan byl policista Nathan
Obriaky, jenz prav6 jel v OBJ
canskem od6vu po. Orange ave.
Pfiiel kdyz bojovny parek pra-
We nasedal do auta a ujfzd9l.
| Obrisky snazil Sc vlastni karou
zatarasiti Jim drahu k It9ku,
| |ale stvanci mu vrazili do stro-
je a.znacne a jej poskodili, ma
fcez Sc jail 1teku pokracova-
Iti po vych. ID. ul. sm6rem k
Central ave. Mezi tim Sc -vssk
ma misto' dostavila telefonfcky
pfivolana letaci skadrona hla.
|vni policejni stanice, jez auto
konecne zastavila, ale ami ted
nebylo pfekvapeni konec, neb
parek jiz v automobilu nebyl.
~ riditka sedel docela j;ny
muz, jenz vypravoval, ze pa.
rex sice veil a ze tento jiz wy
'stoupil, aniz by Sc mu predsta.
,vil. Auto i ridicem bylo Cd.
vezeno ma stanici i Si6eh4om-
lynn autem Obrekyhb. sjszzo v "a
du bylo provazem pfipoutano
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18

Hl&vni osoba Louis Auerbach,
s' vypovidk jako svxdek.

"Musite vyjfti vstffc aneb va
Sc dovoleni * vybirani lihu z
vladnich skladist') ne.bude OBJ
noveno." TAX vyprav6l Louis
Auerbach jako sv6dek pred fe-
deralnim soudcem Westenha-
verem, ze tato slova k n6mu
pronesl We vlastnf 1radovne
obzalovany pravnlk z Column
bus, Eamuel A. Hoskins sice
nekdy koncem prosince roku
1920.
Ma tuto vybfdku odjel pry v
prdvodu pravnika Samuela
Rembrandta do Columbus, je.
likoz sc mu nechtelo zaplat;ti
vynucovany ma n6m 1platek
$240O "a poslednlch so .sudd
Thu. Zmineny Hoskins jednal
We prospech taktez zalovane-
no Freda Countse, jenz tou do
bou byl vsemohoucim federal.
MIN prohibicnim agentem. Ma
stale stuphovane zadosti dplat-
kard nemohl pristoupiti proto,
ze by o tyto SUNNY zdrazeny
lih nemohl prodati.
"Rekl jsem, ze mann sebou
$500 a ze by celia yec sc dala
vyriditi "a $1,000 a tu Hoskins
pravil: Louis, dejte sem $500
a celia zalezitost bude. v porad-
ku", svedcil Auerbach a do
znal, re ma tento navrh ypristou
pill, nacez mu Hoskins ozna-
mil. ze prvni permit v novem
roce obdrzi.
Auerbach byl iiz desatym
svedkem sensa6niho tohoto pro
cesu a bude vyslechnut jest6
dnes. Krone uvedenych udani
pravil, ze podobnym zpdsobem
zapravil cd $4,000 do $75..
600, by jeho clevelandsky OBJ.
chod byl chran6n, dale ozna
mil, re mu bylo pfedem hlase
no, hrozila-li jeho obchodu pr,
hlidka knih, dale ze mu FREQ
Counts osobne rekl, ably zapla
til a re vSe bude "all right.
Dale mu pry bratr agepta A
F. Counts na'bNel "a $500 pa
piry, tykajici Sc jeho pripadu
ktere uzmouti chtel z vladnicl
pfihrad a pozdeji slevil, hodl
je kousek provesti "a pouhycl
$3.50.
Auerbach vypravel celou hi
stonii do nejmensich podrobnc
sti a kazdou vypoved' doklada
prisluSnym datem; krone nj
no vyslechnuta byla celia rad
sv9dkd jinych, mezi mimi By
valy federalni zalobce E.
Wertz, pravnfk J. H. Mellor
a JIM trednici, ktefi vsak sv1
dectvim dokazali, re obzalova
ne spatrili nekolikrate We spe
lecnOsti hlavnimi svedky oil
zaloby, jinak vypovedi jejic
nejsou vlastne zadnymi diks
zy, O ktere by sc mohla zalob
podstatneji opirati. Obe strs
my jednaAy totiz $ krajni ops
trn0sti, jak toho povaha eel,
no cinu samozrejme vyzad,
vala,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-09-18

sc v tomto oboru. jevi. citelny
nedoetatek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09
THE BEAUTY OF VERSAILLES

Versailles, the palace gardens, and the Great and Little Trianon, will be restored to their former beauty by the French gov ernment, which has appropriated 1,350,0O0 francs annually for five years to repair the damage caused by time and neglect. There is no other spot in the world richer in his toric interest and tradition. The stately palace of Versailles symbolzes the past and present glory of France. Although 1t was so intimately associated with royalty,ai the days of it's greatest magnificence, it is still cherished by a republican France, who is done with kings.
 From the reign of Louis XIV, who built it, down to the signing of the Versailles treaty, the palace has been national shrine. Historians and Snovelists have described it's beauty and the part it played in notable events. It was there that the Grand Monarch" dazzled all Europe with the splen- dor of his court which, for prodigality and corruption, vied with decadent Rome, Baby lon and Nnevah. Its walls could tell of amours and intrigues without number, and tragedies which shaped the destiny of na- ton. Versailles recalls to mind the lovely nldiie AH.oiioeeo, WAio SoHqoeiSu hcA Woih- anly weakness and died bravely under the guillotine; the unfortunate Louis XVI and the missing Dauphin, whose fate is an un- solved mystery. Whether he died in prison after the execution of the king and queen, or was spirited away, has never been estab- lished. Probably more books have been written about little Louis XVII than any other child who ever played tragic role Tn history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09
ORGANIZED CHARITY

There is no real charity in chance and ill-advised giving. The spirit of charity is thwarted by unsystematized benevolence. result of which is that large proportion of the donations which were intended to relieve worthy causes are expended on the un- worthy. There is a consequent deficit in the treasury of those charities which are on a systematized base and do real good in an economic manner. thus reaching the most people with the least money. The Chamber of Commerce and the city welfare depart ment are commercially cooperating with view to listing the worthy causes and elim- mating those that have no just call on the public. The chamber has requested its mem bers not to give money or purchase tickets of solicitors unless they present permit from the welfare department. This permit will be obtainable if the case is one of real ueed.
 The community chest, which it is sought 70 establish and to operate on methodic lines. will enable the business man to de- eide automatically whether he should give ar not give to an applicant for charity and thus save his pcketbook from unwarranted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09
THE TRUE FUNCTION OF TEA

The world has been wondering what hap to Great Britain, he whose vociferations we formerly daily read upon all matters mum dane and even concerning the singularity of women's souls. During the whole of his recent visit to this his native soil he was practically dumb and he sailed from these, his shores, still speeches.. We knew then that some miracle had been worked upon the barEed angles of his intellect and were inclined to think that this was due to the soft and soothing school of diplomacy he was attending in Washington. But the St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09
THE WISER COURSE

The state senate has adopted the wiser course by postponing consideration of the bill for the election of county superintendents by the people until after the long recess. This measure has been urged on the spacious plea that it is designed to promote self-gov- ernment, but it is open to the valid objec- tion that it would result in dragging the schools back into politics and would place professional politicians, rather than trained educators, in charge of the county schools. It is the enlightened opinion of Alabama, including all of it's educational leaders, that the proposed bill, if enacted into law, would mark backward step. It would be re- turn to system which has already been tried in this state, to the detriment of the schools, and which has been abandoned in other progressive commonwealths. A meas ure which has aroused so much opposition and is contrary to the best interests of the state, may we'll be held in abexence for more deliberate study by the legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09
BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY g, 1923

Louis Post-Dspatch throws a different light: "At last it has been revealed how Colonel Harvey has been transformed from a pop-eyed, English-baiting irreconcilable to docile purring diplomat! The British have got him, and they have done it with nothing stronger thar tea" Also our St. Louis contemporary says in this connection that Senator Brandegee, when invited to a tea at the White House during the colonel's visit, thundered: "What is teal"
 In the light of this new information it would seem that the senator's question could easily be answered by pointing to Colonel Harvey himself, living testimonial to tea, a positive proof of its peculiar potency From a voice that went around the world to a silence as oriental as tea itself is cer- tainly tribute to the beverage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09
MOTOR BUS TRANSPORTATION

Thanks to the hard-surface road and the motor vehicle, suburban sections are not wholly dependent for transportation on cleo tric street railwaya and, where the latter fail to provide the needed service, the mo- tor vehicle is proving convenience as well as source of revenue to the operators. The motor bus system running out of Ensley to thickly-settled mining and mill sections has proved such success that additional buses are to be provided. Most of the territory served by the bus lines is without electric car connection. However, the street rail way could have inaugurated the auxiliary bus service, as private interests have done, or it might have extended its car lines into these outlying towns from Ensley and Wylam.
 More than hundred railroads and cleo tric car systems into the country use the motor vehicle as an auxiliary and feeder. It seems passing strange that so many cleo tric car lines have made no attempt to try out the motor vehicle, but submit to the in- roads of this competition. The electric car, in order to survive as a paying institution, must give better service and must extend the service into the suburban sections, or it will become less and less remunerative. People are going to have transportation and they will take that which is best and n1ickest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09
A Bill for Melon Men
(Dothan Eaple)

There is introduced in the legis- lature a bill that do much for the watermelon men of Alabama if it is passed. The melon men say that heretofore melons have been sold on a certain average per car, but they have always been guessed off, and not weighed, so that it would be known exactly how many pounds of melons are in the car. When these melons reach the market and are found to average much less than what they were sold for, the car turns out badly and the adjustment is left with the man at the other end, and it often is very unsatis- factory. The bill seeks to have all cars of melons weighed and count ed, so that the buyer knows exactly what they are worth in the market before they are moved from the sidetrack where the farmer has loaded them. The bill will do much ot protect the melon grower and should be passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09

French, when none other than Berlin di- rected the railroad strike, the stoppage Of all trains in the Ruhr, and deliberately brought about the conditions from which the population of that district is suffering
 Just as long as Germany stops the trains that bring coal, the bread of industry, to the mills of the Ruhr, just so long will the popus- lation of the Ruhr be without the bread of life But when the laborers of that district shall conclude that they will no longer carry, on their own empty stomachs, debt-evading battle being waged by well-fed Berlin, then the battle will be over and the debt will be paid. If Berlin's stomach had been pinched in the beginning there would prob ably have been no battle.