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, BANKHEAD BELIEVES
WORK ON WARRIOR
__
Practically Impossible to Get
Rivers and Harbors
Measure Through
BUSINESS IS STILL
NERVOUS OVER M AR
Put .Senator Believes Unprecedented
Era of Prosperity Will Follow
Reopening of European
Markets
According to Senator John H. Bank
head, v ho was in Birmingham yesterday,
there- is probability that the present ces
sation in government work in Alabama
will be Indefinitely continued. He based
bis statement on his belief that it will
be with exceptional difficulty that the
passage of the rivers and harbors bill
in this session will be accomplished.
“In the first place," explained the sen
ator, “the rivers and harbors bill was
sidetracked in fbe interest of antitrust
legislation. When the antitrust bills are
enacted into law—and they will be, with
certain amendments—the congressmen
will be worn to a frazzle. And then
they will naturally obey an impulse to
rush home for the purpose of preparing
against the elections in November.
■ It is to be regretted by all Alabamians
that the present conditions have arisen.
For the rivers and harbors bill carries
an appropriation for Alabama streams of
$2,000,000. The item in favor of the War
rior river is $750,000. Had that amount
been obtainable this fall, tlie work on
the river w'hloh has been continued for
almost 25 years, would have been com
pleted. An open Warrior the year round
is destined to prove une of the distinct
blessings to Industrial Alabama.
“The Shackelford good roads bill pro
viding appropriations of $25,000,000 for aid
in good road building throughout all the
states has also been sidetracked. I do
not entertain much hope for the success
of either of these meritorious measures
during the present session.
“The east—like all other sections of the
county—is greatly excited In regard to
the European war situation, especially In
reference to the effect the war will have
on American financial and industrial con
ditions. It iH the consensus of opinion
that the war will not last long. While
it does last, however, there will be an
era of nervousness on the part of business
in America. As soon as it Is over, we
• • will be called upon feed the world while
European crops are being planted ami
grown, and to repair the damage to the
world caused through the destruction of
war. There is little question but that
America will become the market of the
world and that a period of unprecedented
prosperity will have arrived.
“In the meantime, the government at
Washington is to be depended on to ex
tend a helping hand. We are especially
interested in plans to protect the south
ern planter who has raised a fine crop
of cotton. Nothing definite in this direc
tion has yet resulted. One very good
suggestion Is th»vt the government ad
vance gold and t0ke cotton as security.
«’ottori is as stable as gold, and there
Is no good reason why this suggestion
should not be acted on favorably. If
my view is shured by a majority of mem
bers of Cbngress. then the farmer, while
the price of cotton is low. can afford tc
hold his cotton until the normal market
reasserts itself.
“Fine conditions are bound to prevail.
TTTIs is an intermediate period, as it
were, one which might be characterized
as a moment of suspended animation."
Senator Bankhead left in the afternoon
f«»r Washington.
INDUSTRIAL COURT
PROPOSED BY SMITH
Seattle. August 10.—Industrial courts,
to he composed solely of laymen, were
proposed to the Central Industrial Re
lations committee by Hr. ,1. Allen Smith,
head of the department of economics
and social science at the University ot
Washington.
lawyers and ludges. Dr. Smith said,
are not In sympathy with the rights of
the laborer, owing to their associa
tions.
Earl Constantine, secretary of the
Employers’ Association of Washington,
said he believed the dominant cause of
social unrest was the leadership In la
hor unions, "and especially the leader
ship that dictates the labor press."
COMMISSIONERS AT
WETUMPKA MONDAY
Wetumpka. August 10_(Special.)
Commissioner s court met In Wetumpka
today with a large crowd in attendance,
as several Important road mattera are
before tlie court.
Elmore has made great strides in the
direction of gpod roads within the past
few years, and her people are wide
awake in regard to their further devel
opment and Improvement.
While Elmores corn crop Is ratliei
poor, the prospect Is very fair for a
good cotton yield.
Card of Thanks
To our friends who sent floral offer
ings with love and sympathy and oth
ers who furnished us with loving serv
ice and their presence during our re
cent bereavement, we. as a family, ren
der our heartfelt thanks.
J. P. SHADDICK.
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trifugal dryers get rid of the last
particle of dirty water and leave
your linens like snow. Saves
- wear on your clothing, too. Have
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SUFFRACEHES ARE
London. August 10.—As * result of the
war King George today, through Reginald
McKenna, home secretary ordered the te
le ase of all militant suffragettes in prison
for breaches of the pea^e. Mr. McKenna
n.ade this announcen.cnt In tiie House
of Common*.
CLOSE INQUIRY INTO
MISSOURI COLLISION
| Neosho. Mo.. August 10.—Investigation
by the stale public* utilities commission
of the collision between a Missouri and
North Arkansas railroad motor car with
h Kansas City Southern passenger train
which caused the death of 40 persons a;
Th ton Ford last Wednesday, closed here
today. No new points were discovered.
Representatives of the interstate com
merce commission were present at the
hearing.
The names of Charles Copas of Alba.
Mo.. H. Cameron of Joplin and J. E. Ken
ney of Eureka Springs, Ark., today were
added to the list of known dead in the
w reck.
ESCAPED CONVICT
CAPTURED AT JASPER
Montgomery, August 10.—(SpecialA—No
tice of the capture of Robert Morgan, a
white convict, who escaped from Speig
ner's July 6, was received today at the
office of Hartwell Douglass, president of
the state convict department. Morgan
was captured at Jasper and turned ovefr
to Sheriff J. M. Gray, of Walker county,
who Is holding him In the Walker countv
Jail.
Morgan was sentenced in Jefferson
county to a two-year term on a charge of
burglary and had served only a few
months at the time of his escape. One
of tlie state transfer agents has gone
to Jasper to bring the convict back to
Speigner’s.
Williams Leading in
Oklahoma Primary
Oklahoma C'tty, August 10.—Official
returns from 70 of the 77 counties In
Oklahoma of the vote cast In the pri
mary last Tuesday give Robert L. wil
liams a lead of 1600 voles over J. B. A.
Robertson in the contest for the dem
ocratic nomination for governor. Un
official returns from the remaining
seven counties indicate the nomination
<>f Williams by a small plurality. Rob
ertson filed notice of contest today,
alleging Irregularities In four coun
ties.
WRECKAGE* HINTS OF
OCEAN TRAGEDY
San Francisco. August 10.—Wreckage
found on the beach late tonight hints at
an ocean tragedy. It consisted of several
doors painted white and highly var
nished. windows with heavy shutters,
also white, and a quantity of planking.
The wreckage was partially shattered
and has the appearance of having been in
an explosion.
One of the doors bote a brass plate
with the inscription, “ship s library.”
HEAT CAUSES THE
DEATH OF THREE
New York, August 10.—Heat today
caused the death of three persons in New
York. Nearly a dozen others were over
come. The temperature did ^not exceed
So legrees, but the humidity was high.
Bringing the War Home |
Globe Aril.. August in.—Twenty-five
persons! were injured here tonight In a
fight between Austrians and Servians.
Twenty-one of the rioters wfere arrested.
Further trouble is feared. 1
Mason Hearing Today
Preliminary hearing of John®D. Ma
son. proprietor of the Mason hotel,
charged with violating the white slave
act, w'lll be held this morning before
Judge R. B. Watts. United States com
missioner. Mr. Mason was placed un
der bond yesterday by Capt. G. C. Wil
lis, deputy United States marshal. The
charge against him Is that he paid the
fare of a woman from New Orleans to
Birmingham for Immoral purposes. He
denies the charge absolutely and claims
he is the victim of persecution rather
than prosecution.
Receivership Made Permanent
Fort Smith, Ark.. August 30.—The re
ceivership of the Kansas City and Mem
phis railway today was mode permanent
Ir. the United States court here. John E.
Felker and O. J. Llsman, the latter gen
eral manager of the road, will continue
as receivers with R. C. Bright of Uttle
Rock, appointed today.
Peace Delegates Leave
Vera Crus, August 10.—General Lauro
Villar and David Gutierrez Allende, who
represented provisional President Carba
jal at the peace conference with the con
stitutionalists nt Saltillo. ieft tonight on
a special train for the capital. They
said they never saw General Venustlano
Carranza during their mission.
Engage in Fight
Following a dispute over a witness
fee, Hugh Ellis, a well known attor
ney. and G. C. Sheppard of Avondale,
engaged in a fist fight In the basement
of the courthouse yesterday. Sheppard
was badly bruised about the head and
face.
Negro Killing Reported
A report was received at the sher
iffs office last night to the effect that
Lon Carter, a negro at Newcastle, had
■hot and killed a negro woman there.
Details were lacking. Coroner Spain
stated he would investigate the alleged
killing.
Mrg. Childress' Will Probated
T,1’® W,U of the lat® Mr®- Mary W.
Childress was probated yesterday by
Judge J. p. Stiles of the probate court.
Under the provisions of the will the en
tire estate Is left to her husband, W H
Childress and their children.
Deaths and Funerals
S. A. Smith
S. A. Smith, 600 Eighteenth street, south,
died last night at 10:55 at a local In
firmary. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
Mrs. W. D. Doster
Wetumpka, August 10_(Special.)
After an Illness of several months Mrs.
W. D. Doster died Sunday afternoon
and her funeral services were con
ducted by the Rev. C. C. Daniels Mon
day at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Doster was well
past three score years and ten; her long
life has been one of usefulness. She
was a devoted member of and constant
attendant on the services of the Meth
odist church. Her huaband survives hor
and two daughters, Miss Mollle Doster
of Wetumpka, and Mrs. Melton of Lou
isiana.
JOHNS Undertaking Os. rboaa IMA
Washington. August 10.—Americans in
Europe have stopped clamoring to re
turn home, according to today’s state de
partment reports. Ambassador Page, at
London, cabled that while steamars sail
ing Saturday carried 5000 Americans, since
the treasure cruiser startetd and banks
began advancing cash on demand, many
of those who first besieged the embassy
for appeals for transportation have ex
pressed willingness to remain indefinitely.
Secretary Garrison estimated tonight
that the number of Americans stnAded
in Europe who wish to return home has
dropped to 20,000. He doubts whether it
will be necessary to send any vessels
across to bring these people to the
United States, as commercial lines appear
to be able to take care of them all. One
or two ships, he thinks, may have to be
sent to some ports where Americans have
congregated beyond the reach of neutral
commercial vessels.
BURLESON TAKES
STEPS TO FACILITATE
HANDLING MAILS
Washington. August 10.—The Austrian
government has called the attention of
the United States to the Inconvenience,
loss and trouble caused by interruption
of mail between the United States and
Germany and Austria, giving warning
that mail for Austria and Hungary given
to English liners would be held in Eng
land.
Secretary Bryan forwarded the Austrian
ambassador's suggestion to Postmaster
General Burleson, who sent this reply:
"I have taken every measure to sec
that mail originating In the United States
for all countries he dispatched by the
steamship line which will most expedi
tiously deliver the mall at its destination.
There was no foreign mail originating in
this country left on hand In New York
yesterday afternoon. It had all been
dispatched.’’
The Postmaster General explained that
all mail for Austria-Hungary addressed
via Rotterdam had been ordered sent by
Dutch liners, unless it could be more
expeditiously bandied by other routes. No
German or Austria-Hungarlan mall has
been sent by British ships.
ROOSEVELT ASKS
CHANGE OF VENUE
IN LIBEL SUIT
Oyster Bay. N. Y.. August 10.—Theodore
Roosevelt announced tonight that his at
torneys In the $50,000 libel suit brought
against him by William Baines, Jr., re
publican state chairman, will ask a change
of venue to some county other than Al
bany county, where Mr. Barnes resides
and where tHe action was brought. Col
onel Roosevelt said his attorneys did not
believe an Impartial trial could be held
there. The colonel reiterated that he de
sired the ease to be heard as soon as
possible. It is probable the case will
come to trial In October.
TOO MANY CHICKENS
FOR WARDEN AT JAIL
The Birmingham police department is
sending out S. O. S. signals and other
well-known sigs of distress. Chicken
thieves have been very numerous during
the past three days. Incidentally the po
lice department has captured several
with the goods on. The "goods'' are
accumulating In the office of the warden
al the jail and no claimants have ap
peared.
Sundav morning Officers Watson and
Fuller caught a negro chicken thief, after
a hard chase. There were upwards of a
dozen and a half friera In a sack the
negro carried. All the chickens are
awaiting claimants.
At an early hour this morning North
side Scouts Harvlll and Moreland caught
two of a trio of chicken thieves, after
a hard run of severaFblocks. during which
shots were freely exchanged between pur
suer and pursued. The negroes gave the
names of Eugene Frost and James Mitch
ell. They refused to tell where they se
cured the chickens they carried—13 In
number—or to divulge the name of their
companion who escaped.
The chickens are being held for the
owners and the warden at the city jail
says It would -lie a real favor to him If
they were Identified.
Negro Held for Embezzlement
Officers E. A. Foster, Mlngea and Wolf
arrested Luther Calloway, a negro, last
night and placed hint In the city jail on
a charge of embezzlement. It Is charged
that the negro secured from a negro
woman a sum of money to get her son
out Jail. It Is alleged he appropriated
the money for his own uses. He was
captured by the officers at Forty-first
street and First avenue. Avondale.
Camping and Tramping
From Leslie’s.
Walking tours are a popular form of
Inexpensive vacation. Tours of Interest
ing parts of Europe are made this way.
Parties travel at second class rates with
first cabin accommodations on steamers
having only one-class service, and on
landing, the routes along good roads can
easily be obtained at any telegraph or
postofTlce or from automobile books and
maps.
Many college men. professors and stu
dents alike, and not a few women, take
walking tours through the country or to
some of our famous natural wonders, like
Glacier and Tellowstone parks. A tepee
or tent camp can be rented for 50 cents
a night. These ere located at convenient
points and are equipped with comfort
able beds and a heater. Using these
camps, tourists can tour the park at
about $1.50 a day, and sometimes even less,
according to their needs.
Physicians agree that walking trips are
especially adapted to those who lead sed
entary lives, and who are therefore espe
cially benefited by outdoor life and sim
ple far. Many who cannot lave home
for long vacation, trips take walks on
Saturday afternoons and Sundays to con
venient picnic grounds and enjoy the
pleasures of the day In a moderate and
restful wk\. Let no one give up the
thought of a vacation because he or she
cannot afford it. However simple the
home, and however moderate Its Income,
and however busy the father and mother,
there must be a few hours, at the cloee
of the week, for at least a walk through
a park, or the leafy suburbs of almost
any city.
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SAYS PROHIBITION
ISSUE 111 BE UP
—
Brindley of Etowah Will
Ask for Some Investiga
tions on the “Very
First Day”
If an extra scsion of the legislature
in November is dependent on the “sur
render of prohibitionists," there will hr
no extra srsion. in the opinion of A. K.
Brindley, of Gadsden. Mr. Brindley, who
is a member of the legislature with cre
dentials for service during another
term, declared that he, for one, would
not agree to "be good" while "the gov
ernor endeavored to immortalize him
self by reforming the state's judicial
system."
“It seems to me," said Mr. Brindley,
"that If it is now necessary to reform
the judiciary. It was just as neces
sary some months ago—or when the
legislature was in session in 1911. It
also appears certain to me that the al
leged determination on the part of the
governor to call the legislature togeth
er in November—which determination
grew out of an alleged caucus In Mont
gomery last week—has for its object
some scheme not connected with any re
formation.
"Therefore, the prohibitionists, in my
opinion, will, in the event of an extra
seslon, proceed to act just as they are
determined to act in a regular srsion.
Speaking for myself, l will make no
promises.
"On the other hand, 1 will introduce
on the first day of the session a resolu
tion calling upon the governor for an
itemized statement showing how the con
tingent fund was expended, i will also
introduce a resolution tailing on the gov
ernor for all the correspondence relating
to the recent investigation of the convict
department, and for the appointment of
a committee for the purpose of Investi
gating by the legislature the department,
especially the transactions of the de
partment when it was under the super
vision of former officials, and at the time
when Theodore Lacy misappropriated
funds of the department. And 1 will on
the first day begin the fight in ihe legis
lature for state-wide prohibition.
"An extra session in November would,
in my opinion, net no good to the state
In return for the expenditure of $40,000 or
$pO,CKK) which the session would directly
cause. If the governor desired any first
class legislation we would aid him in ac
complishing his purpose. But it ys cer
tain that a mutter as important as the
leformation of the judiciary could not be
accomplished in any limited period of
time, especially when I here would be con
stant interruptions in behalf of other mat
ters deemed of equal Importance to the
glory of the state."
All children who wish to take part In
the grand playground celebrations at tlie
State Fair grounds on next Tuesday,
August 18. are requested to he at the
Bnsley park every afternoon at 4 o'clock.
On rainy days the practice will be held
In the pavilion. New '*hildren are com
ing daily and all of the children of t ds
district are invited to take part in the
meet.
The final arrangements are not yet
complete, but the following children have
registered for events.
Folk dances. Lucile Williams. Viola
Waters, Ruth Welch, Katherine Craig,
Sarah McConley, Ethel Lovell. Bessie Gil
lett, Florence Gillett. Jessie Mae Jones,
Myrtle Lovell, Lena Mlnuetl, Helen Lur
r.er, Sarah Mashenzie, Virginia Hay, Edna
Stewart, Maxine McCarty, Dorothy
Youngblood, Margaret Norris, Lois Mar
tin, Mildred Tipper, Sue Frances Turner,
Julia Burgin, Elsie Landers. Margaret
Mathneu, Irene McCain, Clausie McCain,
Willie Thornhill, Annie Brooks, Adalaidn
Byrum, Myrtle Barnesfield, Annie Maud
Lowney, Ada McWilliams, Helen Shehay,
Margaret Mentzell, Maud Sullivan, Ruth
Palmer.
These girls will take part in the fol
lowing dances: Danish dance of greet
ings. shoemakers’ dance, bleking. Swed
ish Klapdans, and the May Pole dance.
A number of older girls will dance a
Highland Scottish dance, Coppcllan Mazu
rah, Russian ring dance and an aesthetic
dance. They will all wear while dresses
and sashes of the park colors. The girls
will also play the game of "Three Deep,"
dodgeball, volleyball and run races.
The boys have registered for events as
follows: 40-yard dash, 85 pounds, Ed
mond Welch, Francis McCauley, Joe
Kentz, Nelson Thomas and Herman Mat
zac: 50-yard dash. 100 pounds, Raymond
Matzac. Emmitt Phillips. Lawrence Sul
livan, Henry Mathneu, Wiliborn Williams;
75-yard dash, unlimited, Henry McCant
ley, Archie Stiles, Bob Southerlin, Virgil
Parker, John Burgin, Morris Sullivan,
Miles Kentz. Relay races will be run by
the same boys. Volleyball, dodgeball and
baseball will be played by the following
toys: Edmond Welch. Virgil Parker,
Raymond Matzac. Lawrence Sullivan. Joe
Kentz, Emmitt Phillips, Henrv Mathneu.
Francis McCanley, Fred Craft, DeWltt
Jones, Roy Clarke, Newman Davis. Mac
Rosenfield. Pierce Howell, Ellis Howell,
John Gallagher, Miles Kentuz. John BitV
gln, Curtis Burgin, Charlie Brooks, Guy
Hurst, Clifford Smith, Glenn Propst,
Archie Stiles, Milton I*onder, J. W.
Youngblood, Bob Southerlin, l^awrence
Welch, Ed Giles, Bud McWilliams, Rube
Blaylock and Ed Thompson.
Angus McNeil, a middle aged white
man, was instantly killed yesterday morn
ing about 9 o’clock when his head struck
a live wire in the Tennessee company’s
mines at Bayvlew. From what could be
learned concerning the accident, McNeil,
who is a machine runner, was moving a
machine out of one room to another in
the mines, and Just as he entered a room
his head struck a live wire throwing
him to the ground with such force that
his neck was broken. His remains were
taken to Echols & Angwin Undertaking
parlor and his parents, who live In Nova
Scotia, have been notified. Mr. McNeil
came to Bayvlew several years ago and
was an employe in the mines until. the
time of his death. He has many friends
who will regret to hear of his sudden
death.
A large number of the citizens of Ens«
ley together with the citizen* of Wylam
and Fairfield are proteating against the
action of the Birmingham Railway, Light
and Power company In regard to the
places of transferring. Since the com
pany put on the through car syatam
to Wylam and Fairfield passengers who
wish to transfer from one line to the
other are required to either transfer at
Tuxedo Junction or at Thlrty*fourth
street. The patrons of the car line state
that these places are without shelter of
any kind and that the Tuxedo Junction
transfer place is In the heart of a negro
settlement and yery undesirable for white
ladles to transfer there, especially at
night. The merchants of Bnsley are also
protesting against the company putting
the transfer places on the outskirts of
the town, claiming that It Injures their
business.
At the present situation If patrons got
off in Ensley they will loose the rights
of the transfer and have to pay another
ft'.re. The Birmingham Hallway, Light
and Power company claims that they
loose between $25 and $30 daily when they
transfer In Ensley, claiming that the pas
sengers exchange translevs. The matter
will be taken up with the Ensley club
u( the meeting next Tuesday night. An
other complaint from th * citizens of W y
law is tlie schedule that they are receiv
ing over the Owenton-Ensley line, claim
ling that it takes from an hour to an hour
anil a half to come from Wvlnm to Bir
mingham. This matter will also be taken
up with the Ensley club.
There will be a forty-two party given
at the Ensley high school building this
afternoon from 2:30 to 5 o’clock for the
purpose of raising money to he used In
the purchasing of material necessary for
the course in woodcraft. A committee
composed of Mrs. R. L. llassler, Mrs. N.
D. Gay. Mrs. C. Norris, Mrs. E. B. Pitts
and Mrs. \Y. T. Palmer was appointed
at the last meeting of the Ensley High
School Improvement society to make the
arrangements for the occasion. Refresh
ments will he served by a committee com
posed of Mrs. Price Dickens, Mrs. Cook
and Mrs. Harry Hillhouse.
Eighty-four boys and girls of St.
Joseph's Italian church of this city re
ceived their first holy communion at the
morning services last Sunday. This is
one of the largest classes _o be confirmed
that has every been held ill this city. The
church lias recently been organised and
It is steadily in membership.
There will lie a meeting of tlie mem
bers of the Women’s Christian Temper
ance union this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the public library. Several matters
of importance will be taken up and all
members are requested to he present.
Oscar Berney, Will Barney and Albert
Spencer left yesterday afternoon on an
automobile trip to Albertsvllle. They ex
pect to be gone about a week.
The Rev. and Mrs. T. P. Hay will leave
this morning for Hendersonville, N. C.,
where they will visit relatives during the
next two weeks.
J. H. Bates of Mulberry Is visiting rela
tives In this city.
Miss Grace Glass of Anniston Is the
guest of Miss Marie Broadnax.
Montana Holds Celebration
Great Falls, Mont., August 10—The sil
ver and gold jubilee celebration of Mon
tana as a territory and a stale opened
here today and will continue during the
week.
SCIENTIFIC MEAL
FOR ONLY 10 CENTS
A scientific restaurant where one
may obtain enough nutrition for 10
cents Is to be opened In the Bowery.
It has been scientifically demonstrated
that enough properly-balanced food to
keep an average man In good condition
Is not expensive, says the New York
\Y orld.
The food which it is proposed to serve
at this restaurant for 10 cents contains
enough calories (heat units) for an
average person doing light work. Prof.
Graham Lusk, of the department of
physiology at Cornell Medical college,
has arranged the menu, based on the
assumption that persons engaged in
different kinds of labor require differ
ent amounts of calories. A man who
Mrs abed 24 hours requires only 1680
calories a day; a rider In a six-day
Mcycle race requires 10,000 calories. A
man abed for eight hours and in a
chair fourteen hours, and having mod
erate exercise for twro hours, requires
2500 calories. The average farmer
needs 3600 calories.
The meal which will be served at
tills scientific restaurant will give ex
actly 1000 heat units, enough for a
luncheon for a man doing light work.
Professor Lusk has arranged this
menu, giving 1000 heat units for 10
cents:
7 2-3 ounces of beans.
1 ounce of pork.
2 1-3 ounces of butter.
5 ounces of milk and o ounces of coffee,
mixed.
Three |uch meals mean 3000 heat units,
and if one eats a heavier meal In the
evening, with this scientific luncheon
of beans and pork, he will obtain
enough calories for anything leas than
hard physical labor.
Professor Lusk at a meeting of the
Academy of Medicine, In March, said
he wished that some public-spirited
person would establish restaurants
where an almost ideally nutritive meal
of pork, beans, bread, coffee and milk
could be served for 10 cents.
A Bostonian, George Y. Banchor. of
44 Broadway, communicated with Pro
fessor Lusk on the subject, and as a
result Mr. Banchor Is preparing to open
a restaurant In the Bowery on Profes
sor Lusk’s plan.
“I know/* said Mr. Banchor, “that a
plate of beans and pork can be sold
for 10 cents. Beans and pork are ideal
food: I can eat them twice a day,
nearly every day. In opening such o
restaurant it is Important to select a
Ideation handy to a large number ol
people who cannot afford high pricec
for meals. I agree with Professor Lusk
that the Bowery Is the place. But
what part of the Bowery? To deter
mine this I am consulting settlement
workers/’
Professor Lusk has written Mr. Ban
chor:
“If you can establish such a restau
rant In the Bowery. I believe you will
get all the custom you'want. I do not
know of a better charity than to give
a beggar a meal ticket for such a
place. You may have the opportunity
of doing a great piece of educational
work."
Mr. Banchor remarks: “While I be
lieve this to be a good educational
work, I think I could make the restau
rant pay.”
Difficult Crop to Handle
From the Seattle Poet-Intelligencer.
"The agricultural department leeuee
■ome very Interesting and helpful bul
letin*.”
‘Anything: about handling lummw
boarder*?" Inquired Farmer Whlffle
tr*e. "Mine gimme a lot of trouble laat
year."
BIRMINGHAM’S NEW “CITY
BEAUTIFUL” DEPARTMENT
During the past few months there
has been a very gratifying development
in the idea of the utilization of vacant
property for gardening purposes. There
is no dpubt but that the growing gar
dens in hack yard spares and vacant
lots Is resulting in great Improvement
of the appearance of this city. In this
way the “city beautiful" movement If
receiving a* great impetus and ar the
same time a considerable addition is
being made to the wealth of the city.
Corporation Co-Operation
Some excellent work is being done in
gardening at the Avondale cotton mills,
Under the direction of the superviser
of home and school gardens, a large
tract of vacant property owned by the
Avondale Land company is being con
verted into vegetable guldens by the
operation of the Avondale mills. Forty
eight families have agreed to start
home gardens and 2ft girls have been
formed into a tomato and garden club,
The young ladles' settlement work
ers at Wesley House. Misses Handby
and Palmore. have immediate charge
of the gardening work In the mill Nil
lage. The successful development oi
the gardening idea at the Avondale
mills is due to the enetfketlc work ol
these young ladles. The officials of thf
_ .1
mill will pay for having the land
plowed, fertilized and fenced.
Several other manufacturing con
cerns are considering the proposition
of aiding their employes in starting
home gardens under the direction of the
gardening supervisor. The supervisor
will he glad to co-operate with any
manufacturer who (vlshes to take up
this work.
A Heal City Farmer
Mr. M. II. McDowell of Knsley Is
n real city farm<y. In the best heart
of Knslcy Mr. McDowell has n fieid of
cotton as fine as any the writer lias
ever seen. lie also has field of peas
anti corn In thv city which undoubtedly
are much more sightly than bare wood
grown vacant lots
Under the direction of the supervisor
of gardens. Mr. McDowell lias planted
a large garden in the main business
set t ion of Knsley. Fourteen dlffer«»t
kinds of vegetables have been planted,
in this garden, with the object of dem
onstrating the possibility of growing
Hti abundance of vegetables for faJl
consumption.
Mr. McDowell has also agreed to
plant a number of other vacant lots,
owned by the Knsley company, to elov
evs. vetch, small grain, eahbahe. onions,
etc . as agricultural demonstrations this
fall.
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Jammed In the Mississippi two miles
above the city limits is the largest
log drive brought from the headwaters
of the river in 10 years, says a Min
neapolis special to the New York Her
ald. Packed far above and below the
surface, the jam has formed on im
mense dam and has backed the water
for three miles. It is estimated that
there are 90,000,000 feet of lumber in
the immense pile, some of the logs
being driven 15 feet bemath the top of
the water by the weight of those above
them.
The logs—Norway and white pine—
constitute a summer's work for tho
Minneapolis mills, and the sight of
them extending along the river for a
mile does not bear out the often heard
.statement that lumbering in Minnesota
is a thing of the past.
The drive was two years reaching
Minneapolis from Pokegutna lake.
Itasca county. It was "hung up" at
Little Falls last winter. The logs will
remain where they are until the mills
require them. Small sections are
broken off each day and sent down
to be sawed.
To loosen a part of the jam the
workmen, with peaveys, select the key
log" and twist It out of place. Tho
current then catches n dozen, perhaps
100 or 200. Though river driving Is
Perilous work, not a man was lost In
the trip from Little Falls to Minne
apolis.
The timber, or Hie greater part of
it, belongs to the Weyerhaeuser syn
dicate.
When the Mississippi and. Rtim River
Boom company started to move the
logs from Little Falls two months ago
150 men were put to work. Ah the
drive moved down river this number
was gradually reduced until now there
are but 22 men employed to keep the
timber moving toward the mills.
The "wannlgan,” or houseboat, in
which the drivers eat and sleep, is
mcored at the rear of the jam. On this
cruft Justus Weidholm, the cook, Is
lord of all he survey* He tells the
men when It is bedtime and turns
out the lights. He calls them for
breakfast at 6 n. m.
The drivers shoulder their peaveys
Immediately upon finishing breakfast
and work until 6 p. ni., with an hour
for lunch. Their wages are from $2.J5
to $4 per day, according to their ex
perience.
Three of the oldest river men lit
the state are with the crew working
on the big lam. John Freeburg and
Dennis Violet, of Anoka, have worn
calked hoots and have canted logs Into
the Mississippi for 40 years. Fred
Ayers, of Elk river, haa seen 3f> years'
service. f -
A Baby Humming Bird
Perhap* they ware not the very tlnieH
thlnKH In (lie world; but, when Hie mite,
were brought In by my vonntry friend,
for me to feed and bring up, I gasped
In dismay:
“What do they eat? How shall they be
kept warm?”
Someone fortunately suggested that T
look In the encyclopedia, that haven of
the Ignorant mind “at sea.” I found that
humming birds eat some necigr, but llvo
principally on the insects that they cap
ture In the sweet hearts of flowers, says
a writer in the Christian Register.
Now you know what the tiny things
were—two baby humming birds. In the
prettiest, downiest nest that mother bird
ever wove. It was about as large as a
spool of No. 4u cotton thread, with a sort
of recurving roof to shelter the birdies
from the weather. Had the nest been
made of cobweb or silk. It could not havs
been daintier, and yet It was so stron4
that when an over curious friend, bung
ling. dropped on It a large magnifying
glass, the nestlings suffered no harm.
But the occupants of this dainty home
were anything but dainty. If you ran
draw a picture of an ostrich three-quar
ters of an Inch long, you will have a
Ilkelfncss of a Imby humming bird; and
you should sketch In a mouth occupying
a half of that fractional Inch.
The little things were very satisfactory
ns a show: at any noise about the nest,
they would raise their uncanny heads
and parade their one accomplishment of
mouth opening. I think I never exhib
ited them that they did not elicit a cry
of astonishment, almost of fear, so un
canney they were. Mr. Chinese cook, at
sight of them, said: “Huh! Where's the
ole benny?”
But their appealing mouths were to b«
filled. 1 fed them with a toothpick, from
a glass of sweetened water, in which
floated numerous hugs from my rota*
bushes.
But no stepmother for birdies la so
good ns their own warm blooded, bright,
winged mamma, who knows in which
glowing carollas to seek for the food
which will make the hideous little nest*
lings beautiful and radiant as the brilliant
blooms that are robbed.
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