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The Indianapolis times., 1924-05-19

Judge Page ruled that the rates
set by the commission Aug. II. 1928,
upon the Bell petition for increased
rates, were confscatory. He sus-
tained these contentious of the com
pany.
Company's Contentious
1. That the commission property
valuation Of about $2S.00o,0O for
rate-making purposes was too low.
.. Thlt the allowance Of less than
Az per cent of the company's reve-
nues under the license contract with
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company is illegal.
3. That a per cent rate of re
turn is too low.
4. That a per cent depreciation
rate is tco low.
The court made no attempt to SCI
a proper" valuation. although he
lntimated that the figures of plaintiff,
based on five-year average cost
from 1916 to 1920 of $35,773, ,299, was
about correct.
Utility Is Continued
The company was criticised in
several particulars.
The judge said he believed that
the inclusion for rate making pur-
poses of any Increase in value Of
property occurring after it has been
incorporated in the utility is funda-
mentally unsound."
THE public pays for all depre-
citation" the court said. IF ap-
probation through the increase of
market values is to be added in the
rate basis then the public pays not
only for appreciation, but for de-
probation"
Judge Page also said, referring to
a license contract between the Bell
and the A. T. and T., my own
opinion is that the company should
be able to devise some better method
of fixing the compensation than Az
per cent of the plaintiffs gross
revenue"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-05-19

~ y - Ne'yife
NA9Ii4N11ON' May ~ j ne
dream OF the Postal Depart
ment continuous transconlinen.
ftal air mail serVice-is TO become
a reality July 1.
An air mail pilot viii take off
from New York at noon. arriving
in ChicaEo at sundown. There
another pilot win take off with his
cargo Of mail in pursuit OF the
setting sun.
When darkness falls. he will be
guided by a line Of beacons 600
miles long. between Chicago and
Cheyenne. Wyo.
C0mino, into CHEYENNE with the
The Indianapolis times., 1924-05-19
Forecast

UNSETTLED tonight and
~ Tuesday with probably
thunder showers. Cooler Tues
day in this vicinity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
WOMEN TO SHOW
EXHIBIT PICTURES
Voters League To Enter
tain Local Manu-
facturers

Pictures showing every booth in the
third annual Manufacturers and House
wives Exhibit. held recently at the new
municipal auditorium. are to be shown
at the luncheon at II 80 o'clock Tues
day at the Hillman hotel by the JEFF
ferson County League of Women Vo-
tiers, Mrs. c. B. Jaynes, chairman of the
luncheon, announced Monday.
These pictures, which are educa-
tional in that they display the wide di-
versity of Birmingham-made products,
will be especially timely as manufac-
turers who had booths at the exhibit
are to be guests of honor. Each picture,
in the form of a slide for use at thea
ters, bears the name and slogan of the
manufacturer.
An effort has been made to have ev-
cry phase of Birmingham civic life
represented on the program and the
speakers will be George Gordon Craw-
ford, president of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company Mrs. j. L.
Haley, Erskine Ramsay, j. c. Hodges
and Rev. James A Bryan. In addition
Mrs. o. l.. Stephenson is to sing and
Bernard Sold will give a reading.
Because of confusion in regard to
making reservations, Mrs. Jaynes an.
nounced Monday that reservations
could be made until IL o'clock Tuesday
by calling Main 3194-J or Main 6351-J
but that preparations had been made
to serve all who attended, whether ad-
vance reservations had been made or
not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
BONDSMEN HELD
ACCOUNTABLE
IN SMITH CASE
Smyer And Guaranty
Company Must Pay,
Verdict Says

Rufus B. Smyer, former Birmingham
postmaster, and his co-surors, the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty company,
were held responsible for the $4,000 of
post office funds alleged to have been
embezzled by John A. Smith, former
assistant superintendent of mails in
1923, in verdict Monday afternoon
in the district federal court.
Because of the many legal points in
volved, the case was submitted to Judge
w. /. Grub without a jury. Smith
was convicted of embezzlement of the
parcel post funds and served a year in
the federal prison in Atlanta. Suit was
brought against him and his co-surors,
the Fidelity and Deposit Company of
Maryland. Damages were given by
Judge Grubb Friday of $2,S6250 and
1920 to the government on breach of
two bonds.
The government still held Smyer and
his co-surors responsible for the embez-
Element made by Smith and a verdict
directing Smyer and the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty company to pay
the United States $4,000 and interest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
DEATH OF MAN
is INVESTIGATED
Coroner Russom Turns Case
! Over To BlOunt Officials

J. H. Brown, of Fort Worth, Texas,
who died Sunday night at local hos
pital, was shot Friday by officers of
Blount county who were conducting
raid on a still in that county, it was
learned by Coroner J. ID. Russum Mon
day morning when he began an investi-
CATION into the mans death. After as
certaining this fact the case was turned
over to the Blount county coroner.
Brown was brought to Birmingham
Friday night and at first was believed
to have been shot in raid conducted
Thursday by state law officers and JEFF
ferson county deputy sheriff's at Glov-
er's Bend during which the officers ex-
changed shots with the alleged distil-
lers, and during which one wounded
prisoner escaped.
The wounded mans name was given
by his companions who surrendered as
Lee Patterson, of Glover's Bend. The
body of Brown is being held at Johns
Undertaking company pending word
from relatives in Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
COMPANY
TO OCCUPY new
G. M. E. BUILDING
Further Plans of General
Motors Project
Announced (,

Additional details regarding the ga
rage to be erected for General Motors
on the so .theast corner of Avenue 4
adj Twenty eighth street, was made pub.
lie Monday by NJ. H. Lane, manager of
the Birmingham branch of the General
Motors Truck company.
The building will be used as a show
room and service station for the truck
company, Mr.. Lane said. Present quar-
ters at 212 Twenty-second street, south,
have been outgrown, he asserted, maxi
ing it necessary to find a new location.
The structure is to be. of one-story
brick and to be built for the company
by s. j. Brintle, owner of the site, Mr..
Lane stated. A five-year lease had
be n signed with an optional renewal of
five year. The lease contains no buy
ing clause, he declared.
A triangular site is to be used for
the building which will face Avenue
F along 60 feet, have 190-foot depth
with a 60 foot entrance off Twenty
eighth street. The corner proper,
40x19O feet, will be disposed of in
some other manner. Mr.. Brintle also
owns 100 feet adjacent to the proposed
structure on Avenue + which will allow
expansion by the company in case such
a program is needed.
Negotiations for the project were car
ried on between J. Winston Hale, rep
resenttive of Mr.. Brintle, and Fl. L.
Hurst, assistant general manager of the
General Motors Truck company. w. f.
Mayberry, comptroller, who was in Bir-
mingham Friday, closed: the deal.
A contract for the project calls for
construction to commence by December
Is and completion March Is. The
truck company will move into its new
headquarters by April 1.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
I'LL FOUR YEARS,
PATROLMAN DIES
Fellow Officers Will Act As
Pallbearers At Funeral

Thomas Luther Perkerson, 81, vete-
ran police officer, died late Sunday
night at his residence following an i'll
ness of approximately four years.
Mr.. Perkerson Joined the police force
for the first time in 1902, according to
records at headquarters and served
period of six years. He re-entered the
service in 1918 and served until illness
made it impossible for him to do active
duty.
He is survived by his widow and one
child. Funeral services will be held at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning from the
residence, 4216 Poplar street, Central
park. Burial will follow in Elmwood
cemetery with Lige 10y in charge.
Pail bearers will be Joe Nix, J. G.
Ballard, Sergt. E. w. Crump, C. e.
Griswold, G. NJ. Norrell, G. c. Keadle.
Other members of the police force will
serve as honorary pail bearers. 80
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
WARNS OF DANGER :.
FROM FOREST FIRE
Charles F. Fuechsel Completes
Work In jefferson County

Charles F. Fuechsel, agent of the
state commission of forestry, who has
been in the Birmingham district for sew
eral days, calls attention to the need
for extreme care, especially during the
dry period, in order to remove the dam
ger of forest fires, which annually do a
great amount of damage, not only i'll
Alabama, but throughout the country.
Mr.. Fuechsel reports the placing of
a number of signs along the highways
of Jefferson county. calling attention to
the fire menace. A number of recent
fires which have endangered property
of Shades mountain, obviously have been
set, either by ignorant or lawless per-
sons, according to Mr.. Fuechsel, who
calls attention to the state law of 1928
which classes such an act as a serious
miSdemeanOr.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
WYLAM CERTAIN
TO GET SERVICE,
HARRISON SAYS
Birmingham Electric Co.
To Approve Gas Plans
Soon

Gas service for Wylam and Pratt
City is now assured, Commissioner Will
liam L. Harrison said Monday in an
nouncing that plans for extending the
mains at cost of 100000 are virtual
ly complete.
Details of the extension work have
been prepared by the city and furn-
ished the Birmingham Electric company
The plans are expected to get final
approval within the next few days. Har-
rison looks for an actual start of the
extension work within two or three
weeks.
The city's program for 1925. accord
ing to Harrison, contemplates laying of
gas mains into additional suburban ter
ritory. Applications from other Sec
lions for service are on file and will
be given attention early in the new
year, he said.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
HEARNG7ASKED \
IN PERMIT CASE
Bondsman Asks Commits
sion For Formal Re-
view of Case

J. Morgan Flowers, professional
bandsman whose permit was revoked last
month by the city commission, hit back
Monday with formal demand for a
hearing.
my permit" he declaAed in letter
to commission members, was set aside
without notice to me. Under the law, /
am entitled to heating on the charges
against me, if any," Il. ~.
Flowers case has attracted muci at
tention, due to his long standing fued
with Safety Commissioner Cloe, who
led the fight for revocation of his per-
NIT. Flowers place of business was
in the city Jail alley and he signed
bonds for scores of recorders court de-
PENDANTS every week. .t.. ..,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25

Dividends. The dividends Cor wages earned by
the money you invest in this stock) amount to
$500 per share year. They paid every three
months. $l.75 per share January |, April |,
July and October at which time dividend checks
are mailed to stockholders.
Fully Paid and Non-Assessable. The stock is is
sued as fully paid and is not subject to assessment
Preferred as to Assets and Dividends. Besides hav
ing preference in regard to dividends this stock is
preferred as to assets and the Company must pay
you, in case of liquidation. $4,000 and accrued
dividend for each share of Preferred Stock before
anything can be paid to Common Stockholders
Redeemable. For every share you own you will re-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
Preferred Stock

ceve $1,000 and accrued dividends in case the
Company should wish to redeem the stock, The.
Company must give you 80 days notice if it desires
to do this. ~ .-e.-# .@.. .aso ....
Cumulative. This stock is cumulative therefore the
Company must pay the dividends in full before one
penny of dividends can be paid to the Common
Stockholders.
Tax Free Features. The Company pays taxes on all
its properties therefore if you live in Alabama you
will not have pay any personal property taxes on
the money you invest in this stock Also, you will
not have to pay the present normal Federal Income
Tax on the income, money you will receive as
dividends. from this investment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
CHAMBER GETS SEATS
New Home Being Furnished With Biz
mingham Made Goods

In keeping with the motto of prac-
ticing what it breaches, the Chamber
of Commerce Monday received the first
benches for its new auditorium from a
local concern, the Terry Showcase COM
pany. I'VE might easily have pur-
chased these seats ready-made from an
out-of-town firm" o. L. Bum. man
ager of the chamber, said. But we
are attempting to furnish our new head
quarters complete with Birmingham
products. The benches were made oc-
cording to specifications and l believe
will prove just as satisfactory as any
we might nave purchased"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25

ONE MAIL DELIVERY
ON THANKSGIVING
Partial Service Promised Sub
stations To Close

One delivery of mail will be made in
the business section of Birmingham
Thursday Thanksgiving Day., and no
carriers will make deliveries in the
residential section, according to an
nouncement by J. G. Bass, postmaster.
Parcel post deliveries are to be made
and the windows in the main office
will he open from 8 to 10 o'clock
Thanksgiving morning. All the sub
stations are to be closed all day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
Signs You Can Believe In

your breath is bad and you have
spells of swimming ir the heaG, poor
appetite, constipation and a general
no-account feeling, it is sign your
liver is torpid. The one really de-
pendable remedy for all disorders in
the liver, stomach and bowels is Her
binc. 1t acts powerfully on the liver,
strengthens digestion, purifies the
bowels and restores fine feeling Of
energy, vim and cheer1 lness. Price
Coo. Sold by Alleys Seve- Store =
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
TURNS WEATHER PROHPET
Auditorium Manager Says City To Get
Rain Next Week

Gordon Erickson, auditorium mana
ger, has turned weather prohpet.
,"We're going to have heavy rains
next week, and want bit of grading
done around the auditorium before
hand,' he told Commissioner Harrison
Monday.
Harrison laughed. Lets wait till it
rains; l don't think you know what
you're talking about-and l hope not,
for I'm planning hunting trip in a
few days" he told Erickson.
But Erickson insists he is not wrong,
and says the weather bureau will be
backing up his prophecy before the end
of the week. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25
Healthy Women, Happy Homes

Good dispositions succumb. Irrita,
bility and snappy retort take the place
of happiness and amiability. Sunshine
is driven out of homes, in fact, they are
often wrecked, and friends are es-
tranged because women suffer with
ailments peculiar to their sex. The
use of Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will overcome such ailments
and restore health and happiness. Do
not resort to strong stimulants or mar
cotics when this great strengthening,
healing remedy made from roots and
herbs is always within reach.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25

Alabama which also extends issues or BLOCK
Public Commission of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25

r HIS stock speculation The Company not unce
tainy not mere possibility The Birmingham Electric Com
pany supplies railway electric light and electric
NECESSITIES everyday life wemanaged firmly
established company Its worth millions of dollars
dug spiked eented the ground The services
are deeply embedded everyday life of the Birmingham District
AS Birmingham and grows this bound to thrive
and grow Being you will always be in touch with
its growth and progress
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25

Buy your shares
from our Motor
men or Conduc-
tors or any other
ernploye of the
& o m p a n y
they're our sales
men.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-03
TEAM RUNS AWAY-wAGON
sMAsHED--NO ONE INJURED

The team Of John Handy Of willow
creek ran away from the creamery
Monday and ran until finally they
were wrecked by tree near BrOdie's
mine.
Alvey MatsOn, a small boy who was
in the wagon, jumped and escaped
serious injury just before the crash.
One Of the horses rubbed his bride
off and when the boy climbed into the
wagon the team became frightened
They ran down the street by the Iaun-
dry, the boy pulling hopeIessly on the
reinm, crossed the bridge who're a man
alnost stopped them but had TO let
go because he was being crowded IN
to the bridge trusses. They turned
around the stone barn and continued
unchecked until they collided with
tree near the BrOdie mine. The wAg-
on was badly wrecked, the harness
was broken, but Ehe horses were un-
hurt.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-03
GIRL rs KILLED WHILE PLAY
I ING ON sTOCKETT r. r. TRACK
gtoekest Child Is Crushed By Coal
Train While watehing Play
mate Garry Phonograph

PAuIins Linget fOur-year-oid daugh.
ter Of Charles Lingel q driver for the
Cottonwood Coal company at Stock
ett, was instantly killed at 1:2O p. m
Monday by 3 coal train while playing
on the tracks. The body was severe
Iy mutiIated, according to Or. Lee Roy
McBurney, coroner, VINO investigated
the accident.
The little girl was standing on the
tracks watching 3 playmate carry .
phonograph up 3 neaxby hill when
coal train came upon her. Box cars
on another track made Il impossible
for the engineer to zee the little girl
says DIR. MeBurnex. She was one Of
q family Of IS children.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-03
Storm Hits
Spring Greek

TAs hail storm Of Saturday aftar-
noon was more destructive than first
thought. The worst Of the storm
seems to have come FROM the west
and 20 have travelled in an eastsriy di-
rertion acrOsA Spring creek and just
south ~ Belt. The greatest damage
was done in the neighborhood Of
Spring creek where Sam King lost 900
acres Of winter wheat and others less
heavily. It is reported that the crops
Of John Krebs, Mat ShonnOn, Brown,
Frsnchy. the J. B. Long comp@ny and
others were injured more OF less by
the storm.
Mat Richardson Of ArninKton re-
ports some loss to grain and other
crops but chiefly in his alfalfa fields
where the fast growing and tender
stalks were badly beaten down.
The winter wheat too badly dam
aged viii be cut for hay and since
there is so much moisture in the
ground, It is possible that the stalks
may spring up again and always de-
pendent upon the weather. may pro-
luce 8 Late crop.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-03

Wednesday. june 25th. at high noon
IN the Methodist church at Belt oe-
CURED the marriage Of Miss Agne.
johnson Of Belt to Melvin C. Henry
Of Tacoma. Wash
Just before the hour Of twelve, Miss
Maggie Young Of Helena took her
place at the piano and sang 20 Prom
ise Me" and Il Love You Truly then
followed Mendelsohnn's Wedding
March. The bridal party. consisting
Of Miss johnson and Mr.. Henry, Miss
Edith JOhason, cousin Of the bride,
Carl johnson, brother Of the bride.
Rev. Harry Stong, pastor Of the local
Methodist church. and Rev. Charles
G. Cole, district superintendent Of the
Glacier Park district, took their place
at the altar where Rev. Cole, assisted
by Rev. Stong, pronounced the we'd
ding service.
The bride is a well known Belt girl,
having been born and reared in this
community, graduating from the high
school, then taking her nurses train
ing at the Great Falls DeacOneas hos-
pital. For the last three years she
has besa superintendent Of nurses at
the Glasgow DeacOnsss hospital.
Mr.. Henry Is also q Montana young
man having spent most Of hts life IN
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-03
100 WILL MAKE
LIVESTOCK TOUR
Choutaau Ceanty Sending Delegation
to Attsnd Cascade County
Livestock Tear

Choutsau county farmers and busi-
mess men win attend the farm tour Of
Cakeads county Wednesday. July Q,
according to F. E. Macspaddsn, cOun-
ty agent, who said Tuesday that In
Formation had been received from Fort
Benton % the effect that Iarse dsI-
egation might be expected. The tour
win take Ia three Of the outstanding
dairy herds aaSweIl 81 purebrsd Here
ford castla and Berkahirs, Poland
China and DurOc Jersey hogs, end
visit to some Of the beat farms h Cas-
cade county.
The start with be made from the
federal building In Crest Falls at Q
>. na., ama ~. Macapaddsn nsid thnk
if possible ths ensirs party wizl be-
back In Great Fails shortly after q.
The tour will be known 80 che Cas-
cads county livestock tour The best
types Of Holstein. Jersey and Ayr
shire dairy cattle viii BE- seen on the
trip and J. o. Tretsven, extension
dairy specialist, Montana state col
lsge. viii give short talks and demon
stratlons at each farm.
In addition purebred Hereford cat
tie and the best bred hogs win be
sean, and r. B. MilIin. livestock spec
Imlisk, Montana state college, will
give short demonstrations at each
stop. Types Of breeding, methods Of
feeding and care Of livestock viii be
discussed.
Among the farms to be visited are
he A. B. McVay place ct Fife; II. b.
Mitehell's Ayrshire dairy south Of
Great Falls; Jude Huber and the I'd
Woods ranches at Belt. Members Of
he Great Fails Commercial club and
,ther civic organizations are planning
% make the trip, and It is believed
hat there will be more than 100 men
n the party. Mr.. MacSpadden said
tuesday that this would be a good
for business men Of Great
Falls to learn more Of the agricultural
industry, to note crop conditions in the
ounty and visit some Of the best
ar7ning communities in the north
rest.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-03
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Harry 7. StOng, Pastor

Morning worship at II o'clock. Ser.
mon BIZ Archie Joscelyn. Evening
service st 8 o'clock. Sermon BY Ed
win Dover. These young men need no
introduction to Belt folks. The best
and meet practical way to express
your appreciation for past services
whiclF they have rendered US is to be
present for each Of the services.
Sunday school at II o'clock. We
expect % increase our teaching staff,
and By establishing more and smaller
classes 20 greatly increase the general
effieiansy. Your presence and coop
erats0n h this great work are de-
sired.
Junior League at 3 o'clock.
Epwsrth League at 2 o'clock. Sub
Jet zew We Got Our Bibia-S
rFaxex service Thursday evening at
8 o'slets
Che pzarssce Friday at O'Clock
jay IL: Epwsrth League institute
bsgims ~ KEness HlII The pastor has
Just raasavsd the official program
from sAa stats superintendent The
splsmssaa 9aensty, the wonderful loes-
ton 81 szsm msw grounds, and the fine
yoaa@ pessssa ef esntxaI MontanA VINO
win - ghssm mnS factors which aasaEe
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-03

EjN H9ps Rock DriiIssg
COsfesg, Ball Cars,
Field Sporfs. etc.

At Neihart the hardrock drilling
Aentest viii occupy the center Of ths
slags while ball game and all kinda
IS sports with dancing to the music
nf Art Dowse's orchestra and picture
ahOws at Tony Faller's win keep the
8gowd in q good humor.
TIE inspiring mountain scenery and
ahe cool pure water o9 Belt creek may
aamps q few away from the sports and
pasasurss Of the town bat the great
znajOritv win leave those pleasures
ker amekher day and on the Fourth Of
#zlss2 iuBs eaiebrat@.