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, 1924-12-11
Despite Cold Weather
Building Still Going
On, Shown by Permits

Although there has been some let
mp in the building program in Raw
Inns duo to the cold weather. the issue
OF building permits by the City Clerk
sivea evidence that some building IL
still going On.
Tho Engstrom Motor Sales Com
pany took out . $500 Dsrmat'to erect
81 BY 30 II. concrete aad glass stock
room and garage on lot Z In block -
In the Original Site. II IL estimated
.aat the building will be completed
in about . weeks time.
The fore part Of the month. Efisco
Cruz took out . $500 building permit
to erect . residence on lot IL. block
C.. IL the School Land. This resi-
dence will BE- completed in about Is
days.
". N. Jones took out q $500 per-
init to make an addition to his resi-
dsnee on lot - block c Ia the OriEi-
nal Site. This addition will be com
piseed In about 80 days.
, 1924-12-11
THE TAX THAT KILLS

All the professors OF economics
who ever lectured before college
classes never enunciated sounder phi
losophy than was contained in the
ancient fable Of the farmer who kill
ed the goose that laid the golden
eggs. Many q man has tried that
policy. 1t has been tried by COM
munities, by states and by nations
and 1t always loses.
Communities have encouraged
men of enterprise to establish indus
trial concerns in their midst. and
have rejoiced where these industries
furnished employment to large num-
bers of their citizens and furnished
a market for local raw material pro-
ducts. But as the industries grew.
political demagogues saw an oppor-
tunity to promote their own interests
by railing at the wealthy corpora
, 1924-12-11
E,lMENsE IRRIGATION WORK


WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-Ths an
auai report Of Commissionsr Eiwood
Mead Of the Reclamation Bureau
makes rs realise the immsnstty OF
the irrigation work that the Federal
government 10 conducting. During
the agricultural year Of 1873. TO
which the report rslatss. the Bursao
irrigated l.1i3.7oo acres Of land. ia
eluding . cropped area Of ~l.l7s.s7s
acres. The crops Gfown had . gross
value Of 4SS.0oo.o 900. pr SIS per
acre cropped. ~ compared with .
gross value Of 3so.ooo.ooo and 3<3
per acre In iS12.
The irrigation works operated BY
the Reclamatioa Bureau included
100 storage and diversion dams.
mors than 1900 miles Of canals.
bitches. and drama. $50 miles OF pipe
line. l%S miles Of flume. aud thous-
ands Of structures incidents TO the
carriage and distribution OF the
water. Great progress was made
during the year In extending the ir.
rigation systems. Eight hundred
miles Of canals. ditehss. and drains
were constructed. $500 canal strue.
lures and 100 bridges we're built.
$4,000 linear feet Of pipe and a.
900 linear feet OF flume were laid.
and $4,000 900 cubic yards OF earth
and rock were excsvated. bringing
the total excavation OF the Bursss
, 1924-12-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior. U. s.
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
December 8, 1924.
Notice Is hereby given that George
j. Wilson. of Hanna, Wyoming, who.
on February 10, 1920, made Stock
raising Homestead entry. Serial No.
020738. for All Of Section .12. Town
ship FL N. Range 81 W., 9Th P. Mer-
idian, has filed notice OF intention to
make Three Year Final Proof, to es-
tablish claim to the land above de-
cribed. before Stella Jungquist, Clerk
of the District Court. At Rawlins.
Wyoming. on the 21st day OF January
1928.
Claimant names as witnesses: Ray
Tolliyer. 8. e. Tolliver. both Of Raw
Inns, wyoming. Anna Wilson. Soren
Siersen. both OF Hanna, Wyoming.
MART T. CHRISTENSEN,
Register.
First publication Dec. IL, 1924.
Fifth publication January 8, 1925.
, 1924-12-11
APPEAL FROM
SSACHUSE
MAN FIND SON

William Heinig, 70 years old. of
Boston. Massachusetts. and father OF
Walter Heinis, has appealed to Act
ing Governor. F. E. Lucas Of Wyom-
ing to assist in locating his son Wal
tor.
Young Heinig was last heard Of in
1908 when he left his home in Mas
sachusetts to come to the great West
in search Of fame and fortune. Mr..
Heinig Sr.. who is nov getting very
old and feeble. states that he longs
to see his boy before he dies and he
feels that his days are but few.
1t Is requested that anyone know
ing OF the whereabouts Of Walter
should communicate with William
Heinig at 101 Calender Street. Dor
chester, Massachusetts.
, 1924-12-11
CONSTRUCTION
WORK MAKING
GOOD PROGRESS

Practically all houses under con-
struction in Parco are completed. At
the present time there is only q
slight amount OF work to be done
such as the wiring and hanging of
electrical fixtures and painting. Back
porches are being constructed on rev.
eral of the earlier houses. These
have been needed for quite a time
and the residents are glad to see the
work under way.
The new hotel Is going up rapidly
and some idea OF the magnitude OF
the building can be gained now by
viewing the structure. The framing
for the partitions and floors on the
way. The cold weather has slowed
first and second storys Is now under
down the brickwork. however. every
thing Is In readiness to proceed as
1t will only be q short time be-
soon As the weather clears.
fore the Lube Plant Is ready to OPP
crate. and the manufacture Of lubri-
eating oils will become a reality.
Work In that end Of the refinery 10
being pushed and a. . great part
OF It II interior work the bad weather
has not affected It's progress 30
noticeably.
The erection Of tho large new
electric sign over the boiler house 10
now going on and II will only be q
few days before Parco will be eiium-
mated BY its briliianey through tho
winter evenings.
The telephone system throughout
the town IL nearing completion and
Il 10 expected that II will be in full
BY the first Of the year.
, 1924-12-11

Dubois Fish hatchery building
nearing completion.
Rawlins - New Ford warehouse
being built in eastern section Of town
Wheatland- Local beet growers
receive $780, 900 for seasons crop.
Rawlins-T Todd Mercantile Com
pany, new concern with capital stock
of $4,000. files articles Of incor-
poration. ~
Cheyenne Cutoff completed on
Lincoln Highway through Telephone
canon ffs 81
Rawlins-. Good Roadway being
made ON Hatfield No. 2 OH we'll.
Rawlins-.Rawlins National Bank
to increase capital stock from $780,
900 to $4,000.
, 1924-12-11
Wyoming Weekly
Industrial Review

Midwest Refining company INSTALL
ing 100000 electrical pumping
system in Salt Creek oil fields to
compensate for reduced gas pressure
and oil flow.
Pavilion. - Well to be bored to
augment city's water supply.
Rawlins. - Good Roadway being
made In test we'll on Sherard dome.
Wyoming's 1924 beet largest in
history of state.
Rawlins--Old opera house being
remodeled and redecorated.
Cheyenne New school building
dedicated.
, 1924-12-11

tons" Oppressive regulation. xces-
sive taxation, and hold.up legislation
followed. with the result that the
industry was discouraged, crippled
or destroyed.
Taxation has been the means BY
which much Of this sort Of thing has
been accomplished. 1t has been &C..
complished In 4 Wholesale but SCARCE
ly discernable ann when income
taxes became 20 high that men Of
wealth sold out their Industrial In
forests and put their money into nom
taxable public securities.
But the unsoundness of an OPP
pressive tax system Is more and more
realized. Two years ago the state
OF Oregon enacted. BY popular vote. .
state income tax law which added to
the burdens OF the Federal income
tax. So injurious was the new law
that at the recent election the law
was repealed by = popular vote. A
manifestation Of appreciation Of the
injurious character Of heavy taxa
ton vas shown in Florida where the
people by popular vote adopted = con-
stitutional amendment declaring that
nc state income tax law shall ever be
enacted. This was. OF course, . d.
rect bid for residents Of other states
to move to Florida to make their
homes. States that find their citi-
zen leaving on account Of taxation
will have to do some figuring on
revision Of tax laws II they wish
to stop the outflow OF capital. Tho
same 10 true of the nation. Ameri-
can capital will readily go elsewhere
II 1t car find q larger net return
for its use.
, 1924-12-11

thorough investigation OF the un-
used agricultural resources Of the
that utilization In the different
West. the water laws which affect
States. and the working out Of a
program of reclamation and power
development affecting the whole arid
region and extending over a long
period OF years."
, 1924-12-11

viii bring an excessive proportion Of cold air into the house and
thereby increase tho heating demand on extremely windy daya
{" Most people do not appreciate that tho burning gas can do
no good before the cooking vessel is placed over the Are or after it
he's been taken off. Therefore gas should not be turned on until the
weasel is ready to place over the Are, and should be turned off the
moment tho vessel il removed.
"Gas may be turned down after boiling begins. and the vssssl
kept boiling with . smaller quantity Of gas, Il 10 important 10 bsAr
in mind that whom a cooking vessel bols it cannot Be made any hot
tor. and any use Of gas other than that merely required to keep il
boiling. is . needless waste.
Rooms are more healthful il kept at about IS degrees Fahren.
heit. with q proper humidity, yet much gas 10 wasted BY keeping
room temperature higher. A thermoatat control will ceAtly aid in
eliminating waste from this source.
"a thermostat on the baker Of . cooking stove 10 also desirable,
because it will use just enough gas for the particular baking operation.
without waste.
"The heat radiated into furnace rooms from the furnace, tho
furnace piping. hot water and steam piping does not enter the room
that is to be heated, and is therefore wasted. Proper insulation Of
furnace piping will greatly curtail this loss"
, 1924-12-11

Much has been said by the Bureau Of Mines and BY others
about the waste Of natural gas, ono Of the most valuable mineral
assets Of the country. Investigations as to the efficiency With which
the domestic consumer uses the gas supplied TO him have disclosed
that perhaps .twothirds Of the gas that has been mAered into his
house has been wasted and onethrd consumed usefuly.
sr domestic consumers waste more than 80 per cent Of tho gas
received. The efficiency Of most cooking and heating appliances
could be trebled. BY making natural gas worth saving the 100000
domestic consumers in the United States could get the same cooking
and heating service with one third of the gas-that is, make one foot
of gas do the work Of three. ,-
1.-THE wind has no effect on the heating value Of natural gas, but
may affect the consumers use in either Of the following ways:
"(a) for heating stoves an excessive draft caused by . high
wind may take q larger amount of the heat produced, up the chin
ney, thereby greatly increasing the chimney loss, and, Of course, de-
prving the room Of that much heat Cutting down the draft with
. damper will correct this
"(b) Many houses NJ rather loosely constructed and ire more
susceptible to a high, cold wind than TO merely . cold quiet tenn.
perature, even though the quiet temperature may be much colder
than the rapidly moving wind. The effect Of this is that q high wind
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
THEFT DE COAL
 H INVESTIGATED
Infringement Upon U. s. Righh In Walker County
 Charged

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 29.--An Tn vestigation by the federal governmepi through the southern division of thu general land office, located here, oi alleged usurpation and infringement upon government coal reserves in north ern Alabama, was begun at. Jasper, Alas today, according to James w. Neal head of the land office here.
 Mir. Neal, who will have supervision of the investigation, stated that severaj agents had been assigned by the gov ernment to carry on the inquiry and that they had started their work ir Jasper today.
 He stated the agents would fnvss. tigate charges that millions of dollars worthsof coal had been mined and sold from the government property by pri. yate mine owners during the last few years NJ
 The area controlled by the govern, ment was said to be approximately 30O,, GOO acres, containing some of the richs est fuel deposits in the country. Tho title to the land was obtained by tho government in 1883, following the feds eral survey of that year, Mir. Neal said.
 One of the men. engaged in the ins vestigation at Jasper is Glen B. Nor gan, former sate geologist of 'Wyo.l ming who, Mir. Neal stated, was credited with the discovery of the Teapot Doms' territory in that state. s s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
BIBB IS SEEKING
 LINK IN HIGHWAY
Prizes Offered For Each Hawk
 Killed In Centerville

CENTERVILLE, Ala, Feb. 29.- Judge W. L. Pratt, judge of probate of Bibb county, Alabama, and Senator George W. Randall, state senator of the Eighteenth Senatorial district have returned from Montgomery where they appeared Tuesday before the State highway commission in the interest of the link in the Mobile Birmingham high way fron Marion to Centerville. The address of Senator Randall before the highway commission brought fourth many congratulations from those who heard the masterly effort.
 Road Bad
 The almost incessant rain during this week have put the Cahaba River at flood stage and all farm work, road work, and saw milling have suspended for an indefinite time. Public roads are impossible, and there is no rift in the clouds of industrial depression in this section.
 Critically III
 s. J. Boiling, one of the most influen- tial citizens of this section is critically i'll.
 Prize For Hawk
 1ne blDD CounCy lSn ana Udue aS sociation has offered twenty-five cents for each hawk killed in Bibb county during the month beginning Febr1nry 29, and ending March 2S, March the 2e has been designated hawk day. when the prizes will be given and lunch served to all who have presented evi' dence of having slaughtered hawks dur ing the month. A prize of $5 has been offered to the person killing the greatest number of hawks during the month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
COLLEAGUES TO
 SPEAK IN STATE
 FOR UNDERWOOD
Huddleston, However, To Oppose Senator In
 Campaign

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Repre- sentative W. B. Oliver of the Sixth Alabama district, is preparing letter urging the voters of his district to support Senator Underwood for the presidency. &@~
 As soon as the Muscle Shoals vote is had in the house, Representative John McDuffie of the First district, will go to Alabama for the purpose of making speeches in behalf of the Senator's candidacy.
 The Alabama delegation, with the exception of Representative Huddleston of the Ninth district, and possibly Rep resentative Hill of the Second, supports Senator Underwood. The state com mittee has requested that each con tribute his influence to the campaign. MT. Oliver stated today that when a great issue confronted the people of the state, it was the duty of all public men to take position on one or the other side.
 Senator Underwood returned last night from speaking tour of Missis- sippi, Kentucky and South Carolina. He declares the attention he received was flattering, and that he is entirely satisfied with conditions in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
MISSOURI HOLDS
 ANTI-REED MEETING
Senator Is Called Traitor To
 Democratic Principles

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 29.-The first of fensive in the campaign in Missouri against Senator James A. Reed, as can didate for the presidential nomination, was launched at a meeting here tonight at which Frank H. Farris, of Rolla, Mo-, state senator and chairman of the democratic state committee, and Chas. NJ. Hay, of St. Louis, were speakers.
 The meeting was primarily an anti Reed affair rather than rally, in be- half of the presidential candidacy of W. G. McAdoo. Farris explained at the opening of his address that he ap- peared on the platform as an individual at demand, not as chairman of the democratic party.
 The senator, ''who forced himself into this contest without solicitation or rec ommendation or advice of the democracy of his. state," Farris decided. has proved himself traitor to democratic priciples and to the democratic party Farris declared that the contest in Mis- souri was to determine whether party organization shall survive "or be swal- lowed up in the whirlpool of favor. ite son. the admitted and confessed ally of the republican party"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
HOUSECLEANINC LOOMS AHEAD
tcsntIausd From psss One,

Every person familiar with political conditions knows that there has grown up at Washington net work of wire pulling, grabbing, raiding and melon cutting. Senators who are demanding the full truth resent the defense that the public has no interest in these matters. They insist that it's the pub lies business if there is footing at the center of government, and if official acts are colored by private connections and money rewards.
 This is the real significance of what is going on at Washington today, and though personalities and the curiosity it is a part incidental to the funda- mental question at stake.
 Sordid Story
 There is another sordid story in the campaign contributions which has not been uncovered. It has many ramifica- tions some of which are smeared with oil. There is an ex-convict who paimed himself off of certain persons of influ- ence and basked in high favor until his past and his misrepresentations were discovered. There is the case of another man who was intimate with Harding and was driven from Washington by the late. President for selling his influ- ence.
 Ex-cabinet members, ex-senators, ex- congressman and ex-officials of all de- grees are to be found pulling wires among various government departments obtaining tax rebates, large claims, and contracts on the strength of the personal influence, built up while they held pub lie office. The McAdoo lcase-the fee of $200, 600 for obtaining a tax rebate for the Republic Iron and Steel Company is typical of this sort of thing.
 Republicans and democrats alike are affected. Both party organizations are tainted with moneyed and personal in- fluences.
 These reports can only be hinted at in the newspapers until some responsible body with proper authority brings them to light officially. But there is enough circumstantial evidence surrounding these reports to justify a complete in- vestigation as Senator Lenroot now acknowledges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
DAUGHERTY SMILING. CHATS IN BIRMINGHAM,
 SAYS"TWON'T RESIGN"
Has No Comment To Make On Heflin 8 Latest Attack
 In Senate

Attorney General Harry NJ. Daugh. erty spent fifteen minutes in Birming. ham Friday evening while the train on which he was travelling to Florida stop ped to change engines.
 Daugherty got out of his drawing room and walked around the station Many persons recognized him and cu- rious crowd assembled.
 Nothing to say" he told the report CTS. '"The interview l gave the press associations in Washington stands. I'm still the Attorney General and won't re- sign. went to Chicago on government business which could not be delegated to an assistant, and I'm going to Florida to see my wife, who is ill."
 The Attorney General said he had no opposition to offer to the Wheeler reso- lution, which proposes a full investi- gation of his administration of the de- part of justice.
 .. Silent on Heflin
 Likewise, he had nothing to say about the charge made in the Senate Friday by Senator Heflin of Alabama that the Attorney General had instructed west ern district attorney not to prosecute a certain national committeeman.
 Teapot Dome revelations do not ap- pear to have bothered Daugherty in a physical way. He seemingly was the pic. ture of health when he alighted from the train and smiled repeatedly.
 The Attorney General was not pre- pared to say how long he would be in Florida. He indicated this would de. pend on the condition of Mrs. Daugh. erty.
 "I'll get back to the capital as soon as possible" he said land, in the mean. time, will keep in close touch with the affairs of the department of justice, and will see that the work is carried on prop erly."
 "Daugherty's attention was called to the bitter Senate debate of Friday, in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
ROW IN SENATE Wheeler Resolution On Daugherty Is Debated

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-The row over Attorney General Daugherty plunged the Sneate into violent session today-almost unprecedented for the exchange of bitter personalities and in- situations of misconduct. As a result action was forced over until tomorrow on the proposal for an investigation of MT. Daugherty's official record.
 The storm which broke on the inves- tigation asked by Senator Wheeler democrat, Montana, swept over all boundaries of Senate rules and decorum
 There were charges and counter charges of attempts to ''pack" the in- vestigating committee there were at Jacks upon a number of officials pres ent and past from the White House down and upon the personal conduct an. affiliations of presidential candi- dates.
 Galleries Repeatedly Warned
 For more than five hours the debate continued amid frequent outbursts from crowded galleries despite repeated warn ings and threats from the chair. The Senate recessed tonight with the debate in full swing, but with adoption of the investigation resolution in prospect to- morroy after another hectic period of discussion.
 Chairman Lenroos was challenged by Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, to summon Boyce Thompson, New York banker, for questioning about a loan of $3,500 which the Alabama senator said Thompson obtained in 1920 lon a dum- my note" for use in the republican presi- dential campaign.
 William Boyce Thompson IS a stock holder and director in the Sinclair Oil companies" Senator Heflin said, land Sinclair stock was used at collateral for that dummy note.'"
 Most of today's battlefield was the at torneys official records in various mat ters including the oil scandal. Many old charges were repeated and new ac- cusation was made by Senator Heflin, who declared the attorney general had written letter seeking to protect, from prosecution an unidentified national committeeman from the west. Senator Heflin said he had seen a letter to a western district attorney saying that any favors to the committeeman would be appreciated, and adding that 'he is our man."
 Willis Defends Daugherty
 Mir. Daugherty was defended by Sen ator Willis, republican, Ohio, who as serted that the -atotrney general would be vindicAted completely if given an inn partial trial. The Ohio senator was the only republican to speak in Mir Daugherty's behalf, but Senator Bruce, democrat, Maryland, while expressing the Opinion that Mir. Daugherty WAS not qualified for his position, said il was yet to be proved he was not an honorable man.
 At the outset today an unexpected move by Senator Wheeler injected a new issue into the fight already under way over the investigating committee personnel. He modified his resolution by providing that the committee should be elected by the Senate. a procedure provided in the Senate rules but seldom followed. Senator Wheeler dropped his original plan to name the committee. including himself. and with Senator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
REPORT OBRHON
 RESTORINGpRDER
Complaints From Africans In
 Mexico Are yer

WASHINGTON, Eel ks9. Indica- tions of the restoratiq President Obregon of orderly cond E in Mexico are seen by officials M the falling off of complaints frol fnericans in Mexico of disturbances teir vicinity. The American governn it was said today at the White Hoj as no means of getting a compreh6 picture of the situation in Mexic would dis close the extent to whf revolt has already been crushed uring the earlier days of the rev nary move ment, however, there VI quept com plaints. of disorder American sources in Mexico and E have not been repeated recently
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
COOLIDGE AGAINST
 POSTAL PAY RAISE
President Thinks Increase Would
 Prove Disturbing

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Any gen eral increase at this time in the pay of postal employees will be opposed by Pres ident Coolidge.
 Legislation pending in Congress which would provide a general increase amounting to $125,000,OO0 or $150,- 100000 annually, is classed by the Pres ident among the bills which he has said would have disturbing effect on- the country if enacted.