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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-04-04
We Haue
With Us
Today
Frank Branch Riley,
Portland Ore.

Lawyer.
Nearly 40 years ago Frank Riley
was born In Osceola. Ia. There he
spent his early childhood.
As young man he went west ana
became attracted by the vastness OF
that section OF the United States.
After academic training at Leland
Stanford university he went to Har-
ward and received his degree in law.
After graduation from Harvard he
returned to the west and settled In
Portland.
Although the succeeding years have
been spent In the practice OF law,
Mr.. Riley has found time to study
and learn to know his country He
r. northwest enthusiast" and
spends a great deal Of his time travel
ing about the country lecturing on
the beauties Of the mountains and
rivers Of Oregon and Washington.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-04-04
Alcohol Deaths Now 10.

Toledo. O.. Aprii s.--Denatured al.
cohol and poisoned liquor continued
to take it's death toll here with three
additional fatalities today and slast
night. tringing the total number Of
victims 10 ~.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-04-04
Roads Bill Passes.

Washington. April 3.-Approprla.
ton OF s72,boo,ooo for the construc-
lion Of roads and trails In national
parks was authorized by tho senate
today. The bill already had passed
the house.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-04-04
The Weather

Precipitation, inches and hundre,hs;
Total Q. Total since January |. s.Ss. ex-
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-04-04
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Lee the world Be bettsr. brigh1er
For you having trcd its ways
Let your light be seen afar,
Fer sInks down iife's little day.
Sister Dora
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
REASONS FOR C1TY's GROWTH

Records and reports from nearly every f;ald of industrial and commercial ac- tiyity and from conditions and influences hearing on the city's growth indicate not onIv +be r.anid increase of Birmingham's nonulation. but a proportionate progress and exuansion in constructive lines that nromise even further community pros neritv. Comparisons in telephone ex- tensions, postal receipts, school attend ance. bank clearings and savings ac- counts, building operations, street lm- movements, gas consumption ana many other conditions indicate large grown Ill population and industry. It IS conserV- atiyely estimated through these com parisons and other trustworthy data that for some time Birmingham has been growing in population from ten to twelVe thousand year. That is probably an un- derestimate as respects the last year or two. The increase during that period has been around fifteen thousand year or more.
 One of the most reliable indications ot a city's growth is it's increase Tn water connections with additional demands TOT service, During 1924 the water WorKs company made more than 4,5OO new con nections. which is about three times it's
  These connections represent new water consumers. and chiefly in private homes. It was the best year the company ever had. and there is every reason to believe that continued activity in the building industry will be reflected in a similar in- creased demand for water. In the ab- sence of any signs of let up Tn building operations, the water company looks TOT a continued steady growth in its volume of business.
 There is not man of foresight and analytical attainments in the district who does not interpret the signs in the light of progress and prosperity for an ex- tended period. Birmingham is the only city of it's class which is carrying out SO large a building program, including ln- dustrial, commercial and residential con- str+1ction, It is well balanced program that shows general expansion. Nine build inps ten stories or more are under con struction, and two more being planned for the early future. Keen observers ot conditions and careful students of the 1n- dustrial outlook have expressed them selves as of opinion that the building program is in no danger of being over done.
 Nor is it believed that industrial ex- pansion has approached it's height. New enterprises are constantly being estab- ished and enlargements and betterments for increased production are feature of the development. There are many large projects in the making, and others announced for early construction. Under present conditions and highly encourag- ing outlook for even further expansions in diversified lines, it is not surprising that the city is showing more than sub stantial growth in population. People who look for opportunities invariably are attached to places where there is some thing doing that offers rewards for vision, investment and industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
REVEALING THEIR PURPOSES

Whenever the water power interests and the fertilizer trust undertake to ob- struct the proper development of Muscle Shoals, their selfish purposes are re- vealed. One of the recent attempted Instructions was protest made by the president of the National Fertilizer as- sociation against the Underwood bill. The substance of his protest was that enact ment of the measure would disturb the fertilizer market. That is one of the purposes of supporters of the bill. It IS designed to reduce extortionate prices of fertilizers to farmers, and, more lm- portant still,. to protect the government in the event of war or threatened war with foreign power.
 These purposes gre secondary to those of the fertilizer trust which are to man. tain the high prices of fertilizer, just as they are made secondary to the aims of the power trust to keep up prices of power by getting control of the Shoals There are meantime reasons to believe that the fertilizer trust and the power interests are working together to prevent the settlement of the Muscle Shoals er' terprise under plans to protect the tov' ernment in the event of an emergency and to spare the farming interests the burdens of abnormally high priced fer tilizers. Practically every move of tht fertilizer trust and the power interests reveals tEeir selfish purposes.
 Not long ago when Henry Ford with drew his bid for Muscle Shoals the price of Chilean nitrate stocks advanced heavily. These nitrate interest are con trolled by British capital. If Ford coule not do what he said he would do a Muscle Shoals in the production of nj trates, as the fertilizer trust and tht power interests have vigorously con tended, why did Chilean nitrate stock' advance immediately following the with drawal of his bid? Evidently those wht held these securities believed that Fore could and would make good. So dit those who held and speculate in Chilean nitrate stocks. So did the fertilizer trus and the water power interests.
 Thus the hand and purpose of thes' special interests who are trying to pre- vent the development of Muscle Shoal properties into practical producers fo the benefit of the nation and the farmers instead of for private profits, are agaiI revealed in their selfish plans. Thei objects are by this time pretty we'll un derstood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
The Right Word
PLACING THE ADYERB
By W. CURTIS NICHOLSON

Goold Brown, a great authority on English grammar some years ago, discusses the placing of an adverb in connection with an lnfInltlve He maintains that while it is more elegant to place the adverb before the infinitive; as, quickly to place; there are times when clear ness calls for the adverb after the infinitive. The following will be found in GOold Brown s voluminous work
 eff any man refuse so to implore, and to so receive pardon, let him die the death. The latter word so if placed like the former, might possibly be understood in a different sense from what it now bears. But perhaps it would be better to say, If any man refuse so to implore, and on such terms to receive pardon, let him die the death.' Honour teaches us properly to respect Ourseles. Here it is not quite clear to which verb the adverb properly relates. Some change Of the expression is therefore needful. The right to place the adverb sometimes between to and its verb should, l think, be conceded to the poets as, Who dared to nObly stem tyrannic pride Burns --..e z- ..
 1.-The Right Word" has always advised it's readers not to split their infinitives. But, on the other hand, split infinitives have ap- peared in this column, and they were not deliberate errors. They were not intended to be errors. Probably the greater prOpor- tion of infinitives are not split, as you will notice in your reading. This is usage So with usage as the greatest authority, "The Right Word" advises placing the adverb be- fore the ito" or after the verb. But what is one to do with such an expression as the following: He was able to more than double his earnings?
 Yesterdays Error.
 Wrong: Quite few examples from Goold
 Right: A number of examples from GOold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
Watching The Parade
AsT night there was little dinner
By JOHN PILGRIM

Y AST night there was a little dinner at the table next to me in the club. Four A elderly men and a boy just out of col lege. Not more than a year out of college at least. The four elders were husky, white haired, sharp-eyed old tacks Each had the manner of a driver and a success. At first they rather neglected the boy. Then one grunted few words his way.
 "I do not think SO" said the boy in reply. "For this reason"
 He was perfectly respectable and not in the least fresh" and above all not in the least awed by his company. He was just as much at home as though he were in company ot seniors talking about the latest football tragedy Before the dinner ended he was taking his full part in the talk, and the four old gentlemen seemed to like it.
 The reason why was that he was perfectly natural. He was not embarrassed, he did not try to put on any side, and he did not emphasize the college manner which he had Tn some degree. He was bOyish, of course, and had youths appreciation of humor which was not always clear to some of the old men but seemed to be enjoyed by them just the same. In a word he was. neither frightened nor affected. And know why.
 The kid is the son of friends of mine and from his first speaking days he has been en- couraged to think of himself as one of the family, and not as a small item to be snubbed or petted or ignored. When he first began to cast lambs eyes at small girls, no one laughed at him. He was not made bashtul by the very poor witticisms small boys usually suffer from at such times. When he made his little errors, as small boys do, he was asked to explain. Punishment was imposed when he disobeyed, but when he simply made mistake he was convinced of the fact with out the adventitious aid of a gad.
 While we were getting our coats {! heart one of the old gentlemen offer him job
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
USERS OF THE PARCEL POST

The surprising statement is made by George c. Lucas, director of transport tation for the National Publishers As sociation, that the cost entertainment report of the postoffice department shows less than ten per cent. of the par eel post service to be used by farmers. Mr. Lucas argues, therefore, that the government should obtain additional rev. enue from this source to pay postal work CTS larger salaries, and that service charge of five cents on each parcel post package would not burden on the farm CTS, for whose benefit the parcel post was established.
 This suggestion may or may not be practical, but it is interesting as show ling how congress intended to do one thing and actually did another. Most of us recall that when the parcel post service was established it was hailed as great blessing to the farmer, which would en- able him to send his perishable products to market in small lots for quick delivery. Likewise, he woud be able to obtain sup plies from urban centers in much less time and at a great saving over freight and express shipments. It was not ex- pected that the farmer would ship his corn, pigs, cotton, or some other heavy commodity by parcel post; or buy fer tiIizer that way, but the farmers were the class whom the parcel post system was intended to serve the most.
 It is extraordinary how many differ ent articles now go through the mails, but the bulk of the parcel post business | is between towns and cities, not between the city and the country, or vice versa Why this should be so is not hard to explain. The urban dwellers outnumber rural dwellers, and they make greater use of the mails, not only the parcel post but all other branches. Possibly the plan of MT. Lucas would not work hardship on any particular class of the population because all of us, to a greater or less extent, use the parcel post. The thought to be kept before the advocates of in creased postal rates, however, is that when people are asked to pay more fol given service than, they think it is worth, or that they feel they can afford to pay, they will not use that service! and there is as consequence loss ot revenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
Pleas For Education
By DIR. FRANK CRANE
THEY have a secretary of commerce ana
 labor in the Presidents cabinet, and q

TyHEY have a secretary of commerce ana
 labor in the Presidents cabinet, and secretary of the interior, and secretary of war, and a secretary of almost everything else you can think of, but the one secretary they have not, and ought to have, and the one that is most important of all, is secretary or education.
 I would like to have large, deep voice like an ocean liner, voice that would megaphon- ically reach every citizen of these states, ana sneak to them and say that the one great big necessary and vital business of us all IS tne proper training of all the children. a
 It is city business, township, county, state and national business Education mas as much to do in the cabinet as agriculture or commerce. etef
 This people has never realized it's duty to-, ward the children To be sure we have spent millions; we ought to spent thousands Of ml- lions. We have done more than any other na- tion but that is not proper test, for they nave done precious little.
 This nation should be one great university. It should be primarily an educational insti- tuition. Its main concern should De to DIilu schoolhouses, maintain school farms and alto gether convert itself into child-training ma chine.
 Schooling for children is not family mat ter; it is a national matter.
 Our present schools finger under the curse of the class system. The moth-eaten ldeas of the class universities contaminate the pub lie schools. Education is supposed to be for the exceptional man or woman. We have not yet grasped the truth that every child among us ought to be cared for and trained. Education IS for the com'aon man.
 We keep up lot of battleships so that no foreign country shall destroy us; we are in deal more danger of being destroyed by our own ignorance and vice due to child-negIect. | Our worst enemies are at home. We allow brutal parents to maltreat children; we allow children to enter the maelstrom of money making; we allow organized vice to traffic ID their souls and bodies.
 Every unschooled boy running the streets of our great cities is a menace more for midable than foreign invader.
 We send children (some of them) to sun day school an hour a week to learn morals. What pitiful trifling. A child should be trained in honesty, sobriety, courage and cleanliness every waking hour. The conten- tion of religious sects has reduced school ln- struction to dry shucks. Teachers and school boards are afraid to instruct children not to lie and steal because the sects in town don't agree on the mode of baptism. The place for ethical instruction is in the day school.
 It is high time the American people woke up and strengthened, enlarged, deepened widened, and exalted the meaning of educa- rion.
 If we could have a president and congress who for one administration of four years would hand every other business over to clerks and devote their entire time to provid- ling for the right training and schooling of children it would be the greatest thinkable blessing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
THRIFT IN ALABAMA

The annual report of the state super intendent of banks shows surprising interest in savings and indicates great prosperity for the state durnig the year. There are 13O,OOO savings accounts in state banks, compared with 295,OOO checking accounts. The total of the say ings deposits is $41 ,643,22755, while the total of open accounts is $73,47O,- O42.38. In other words, more than one third of the deposits now held by state banks have been set aside for emer- gencies, and are not needed in the ordi- nary business of the state.
 On the savings deposits $1,579, ,377. 19 was paid as interest during the year, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
EITRoPEAN FOWL DISEASE

Dr. C. A. Cary, ctate veterinarian, mas established quarantine against the shlp- ment of poultry into or through Alabama: It results from the appearance Tn several states of the European fowl pest, a dls- ease heretofore unknown to the United States but common one in Europe. The Alabama quarantine is in line with the action of other states. It IS stringent measure, yet one that appears to be jus tified.
 The poultry industry has shown rapid growth in recent years. It represents heavy investment now. However, the market for poultry and eggs is calling for a greater supply. Nothing should be done to prevent the development of the ln- dustry. .,,
 There is evidence that heaN / loss will be suffered by those interested in poultry unless the European disease is promptly checked. There is no cure for it. The birds attacked die. Dr. Cary gave the following plan of campaign against the disease: "Prevention is the only treat ment. All birds that die should be cremated. Houses that are not of much value should be burned or thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. No birds should be brought from infected states or ln- fected places and at the present time, due to the uncertainty of the definite loca- ton of the disease, no birds whatever should be bought outside the state of Alabama"
 The importance of fast and effective movement against the disease has been emphasized by the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars by the con gress. Those who will be temporarily inconvenienced by the quarantine should understand that it may prove a great saving to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31

from the one that was written. Amer ican soldiers held the line at the critical time under General Bullard's leadership.
 There is regret that the policy of the war department requires the retirement of General Bullard at this time. He is only sixty-four years old. His life has been spent in the army. He has attained a knowledge that can come only by years of service. This knowledge is valuable to the American army. The war depart ment has always been of the opinion that young men should do the fighting. Yet older heads are necessary in the planning. General Bullard, like General Pershing, demonstrated a talent for perfecting a military organization that would function to a high degree. His genius was recog- nized not only by the war government of the United States, but by France, Bel gium and Italy. That service might well be retained by the nation.
 General Sibert, retired, has assumed the important task of constructing the port at Mobile. General Pershing has already been assured of call to an im- portant service in civic life. General Bull lard will receive his call. But it does seem that the retirement of men whose lives have been devoted to the nations good, merely because of their terms of service is a short-sighted one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
Fascism's End,

Some observers are surprised at the dra- matic suddenness' of Mussolini's decision to hold a general election. Yet the dictator could hardly do otherwise and still continue to lay claim to the democratic character of his administration. The abstention of the liberal opposition from parliament brought him face to face with an impasse. In addition there is a constant threat of split in the fascist ranks which make his sway very doubt full He will no doubt see to it that his black shirt faithful have a plentiful supply of castor oil, torches and strong clubs before he ven lures into an election. And still even with those weapons he may meet a superior force -the ballot of the Italian people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
GEN. BILLIARDS RETIREMENT


 Announcement is made at Washington that General Robert Lee Bullard of Ala bama will complete a service of forty years in the army early in the year and that he will automatically go on the re- tired list. This brings in review the valuable service rendered to the nation by General Bullard since he became a lieutenant in the army at the age of Itwenty-four General Bullard has been an active figure in most of the nations military movements since he left West Point. .z
 The first major operation of General Bullard was the campaign against the forces of Geronimo, the Apache chief, lin Arizona. In the Spanish-American war he was advanced from majo" rank won in the movement against Geronimo, to a colonelcy, and was in command of the Thirtieth Infantry of United States volunteers. General Bullard's work in Isuppressing the activities of the recall citrant Filipinos attracted wide attention among military men, and occasioned of ficial commendation of the war depart Iment
 Alabama knows General Bullard best tbecause of his service as commanding officer of the Third corps, American Ex peditionary Forces, in the World War. To him has gone the credit for the won derful fighting qualities shown by the American troops when they were pitted against the trained German soldiers in 1918. There is not an Alabamian who does not know of the glory that came to the American forces when they held their own against the Germans when they were making their last effort to break the allied line and to open doorway into
 Paris. If Germany had succeeded, his, tnru would record a result quite different
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
Forum Of The People
Choosing Your Own Vocation" ;" -ha Editor of The A1e-HaraId.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 have read with much interest the two articles on Choosing Your Own Vocation, " by Julian Pennington, which have appeared in your last two Sundays papers. The choosing of a vocation is one of the most im- portant as we'll as one of the most difficult decisions that everyone who earns his living has to make. Many of our greatest men have floundered around making failures for years until they hit upon the right vocation which led to success. The Age-Herald is to be com mended for stimulating public interest in this all important problem. And especial credit is due you for selecting series of articles which deals with this problem in such Q practical, usable, and scientific manner.
 H. H. HIMROD.
 Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 20, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
To One Who Sings

Your dear, dark head will never lie At peace upon my breast, And I will never touch your hair,
 And yet, know, 'tis best! For you are made of wind and flame, No love could hold you long! You were meant to spread your wings And scale the heights with song. Human ties would break your wings;
 Nay, do not weep-but go! Life's every day has stopped my song And so, my love, I know Eleanor Allen in Contemporary Verse.