The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
The AIaban1a Press
Opinlone ot Other EdltaEs

ne;rand For Extension There is . grow ing demand increasing day by day in favor of an extended corporate limits, the necessity for more streets and sidewalks being m eVi- denee on every hand. Huntsville Times. Egg Prices And The Demand.---WilI some one explain why the family wants dozen eggs two or three times a day when they cost 60 cents a dozen, and loses it's egg appetite almost entirely when the price drops 10 ~ cents!-Opelika News.
 Stamping Out Malaria. The health depart roent of Madison county is determined to stamp out malaria in the county. The best way to do it is to conduct such campaigns as have already been under way in this coun- ty. Huhteyilie Star: ..,,
 Keeping Friendship In Repair. The man who fails to make new friends as he passes along through life is courting lonesomeness in old age, if he should live to that period. Friends are constantly dying off. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair.
 Ashland Progress. iyss
 The Weather Mans BIunders.- If the weather man was at all inclined to do the right thing he would save some of the cold with which he is chilling the land and use it to temper the heat next August. Most any bodx could beat the weather man running his business. --SeIma Timsssg Journal,
 Depends On Enforcement- wisest of laws serve no useful purpose if they are not obeyed The success Of the state forester's work will depend in large measure on the kind of support he receives from the owners of timber lands and officials whose duty iE is to enforce the laws on the statute books Mobile Register.
 xz~t. ne sx,,...h.- r...m...sxsn,, f..ns..~a tion laws are of great importance as the enor- nous losses through carelessness and indif- ference will attest. Those who appreciate the value of the states timber and believe in con- servation. as any who study the question must believe, will readily do their part toward helping to carry out the statute.-G Gadsden Times Newss as-vss
 Should Not Ignore LiAladeFdale.-ATo think that the highway department will absolutely ignore Lauderdale county in the big program of road building is tinreasonable. No section of the state has attracted as much capital in recent years as the Tennessee Valley. The government is pouring millions of doIlsrs into this district and is ready to pay it's part in the construction of fEtha road to Killens-- Florence Times
 Burden On ChlehSE gDWners.-of course, one way to keep chickeus out of garden is Z chicken-proof. But in city where fences have been cast aside as unsightly. 1t is not easy to fence in front lawn and it should not be necessary to fence in d backyard gar den. Owners of chickens, of course, should fdo the fencing, keeping their chickens in chickele yards with fence that will not pc. init egress. Putting the burden on the chicken owner, as ia done in Birmingham, appears the fair and Fight thing to do, where there are laws requiring the keeping up of chickens -Anniston StAe. Making Ready For T6urista.-The 'Tin Can Tourists will sosf be with us, but we should not allow thems.to find any of the last-year cans still lyine about. Let's have our spring cleanup campaign early this year and present a good appearance to the early corners. If we look good to those who come early they will have time,to tell their friends to visit us before the season is over.s If the early visitor Is ashamed to advise his friends to come this way, we are the losers. If it be true that the early bird gets the worm, it must be equally true that the early beauti- fiers attract tourist travel. The moral is obvious.-Florence Daily News.
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 Farmers And MaEkets.-The farmer in proximity to consuming centers is always prosperous. And he is prosperous because of the nearby market that he enjoys--a market that yields top prices. And he also prospers despite any and all handicaps that competi- tion in the labor market may make for him. This has always been true, is true now, and we see no reason for assuming that the law will change in it's application to the situation that the coming of Ford to the Shoals will create in Alabama. The coming of Ford will mean a miracle in the-industrial development of the state. but to no class of our people will it mean so much in certain material prosper ity as to the farmers.--Muscle Shoals Sunday News g.
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