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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-29

| The commissioners are hereby in
| structed to count the votes immediate
ly after the closing of the polls ane
make due returns Of the results to tn,
city council-the said returns to b,
handed to the city comptroller, to be b,
him safely kept until the meeting of tn,
council to be held thereafter for tn.
purpose of compiling the returns anc
declaring the results according to law
Sec. 9. Be it further ordained, thai
the mayor and the city council shall, ir
open session, on Wednesday, May "a
1903, at E o'clock pm, proceed to oper
the ballot boxes, examine and count the
ballots in number and amount, exam
me and canvass the returns and declare
the results of the said elections.
Adopted by the following vote:
Ayes: Busbey, Conger, Currie, Dick
son, Foster, jenkins, Lowenthal, Ouig-
les, Rand, Thoman, Wise.
Nays: None.
+. April 2, 1908. ea
Now, in, accordance with the provis-
ions of the above ordinance, the same
being made part of this notice, and
also in accordance with the law in such
cases controlling, / therefore give no.
tice that the above mentioned election
is hereby called and will be held
throughout the city of Shreveport on
- TUESDAY, MAY II, 1909,
at the polling places hereinbefore indi-
Gated.
If majority in number and amount
OF the property taxpayers, qualified to
vote. shall vote IN favor Of any or ali
of the above bond Issue propositions.
then the city Of Shreveport will Sc
authorized to incur debt and issue bonds
accordingly. .
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Uby More Of Chem Don't Harry

'If she isn't she ought to be-" he
said aloud TO himself.
If she isn't what?" demanded
sharp little voice at his shoulder.
He jumped with surprise. turned and
found-the han girl. Married he
answered, simply.
Wei. she isn't. and not likely to
be-" volunteered the girl.
His eyes sought Ben's plaster ones,
as much as to ask. What did you lie
about it for. old feIlow?" and then he
asked the girl the reason for her pre-
diction.
why do you suppose the young Ia
dies come TO these stately halls of
learning the hall girl began. rs it
TO learn all manner OF wonderful things
out of books that they may waste them
on some foolish man? Are they to
hide their light under a-under a (she
was a remarkable girl. but the smile
failed her)-well, under a dish pan.
when
But she did not finish. There was a
sound of many feet and a burst Of
chatter which announced that the
evening chapel was at an end. The
hall girl fed, and he waited, wonder
ing.
They came down two stairways in
an endless stream. Some of them
passed him. never looking. Others
smiled. for he was terribly alone. the
only man i'm all that army of women.
A mob of them gathered in the hall
near the door. but he could make Moth
ing out of their chatter. Womanlike.
every one seemed to talk at once.
A new idea came to him-he would
try to pick the Vassar type from the
passing throng in the hall. He didn't
find it, for the Vassar type really does
not exist. The young women do not
even walk alike.
Then his senior came, and he was
happy; but she had another senior
with her. which was not SO happy.
They talked on many things before he
asked, can you tell me why it is that
more college women don't marry
Don't many of them marry2" they
asked i'm surprised chorus. we
thought they did. and surely we have
hopes?" And they laughed.
a woman came to Nassar the other
day" said his senior. speaking more
seriously. sand asked the senior class
that question. 1t seems she is doing
an article for SOME woman's magazine
or other. and the college authorities
told her she could use anything she
could get from the girls. So we were
called together and she began to ask
questions
e Now, my dear I wish you would
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a bunch of comrades intent breaking him out Of
the jam. But by one and by sheer strength. the
sleds crept and shot from sight IN the darkness
of the overhanging banks.
Jack Harrington had anticipated this crush and
waited by his until it untangled- Louis Savoy,
of his rivals greater wisdom in the matter OF
dog driving had followed his lead and also waited
The rout had passed beyond earshOt when they took
the trail and it not until they had travelled the
ten miles down to Bonanza that they came upon
it. speeding along in single hle, but well punched
little noise and less chance Of passing
another at that stage. The sleds, from runner to
measured sixteen inches the trail eighteen;
but the TRAIL packed down fully foot by the traffic,
like gutter. On either side spread the blanket
endeavor to pass his dogs would waow, perforce,
their bellies slow down to a snails pace. SO
the lay close 10 their leaDing seds and waited
No alteration in position occurred down the fifteen
miles of Bonanza and KlOndike to Dawson, where the
Yukon encountered.
Here the first relays waited. But here intent to
kill their first teams if necessary, Harrington and
Savoy had had their fresh teams placed couple OF
miles beyond those of the others IN the confusion
Perhaps thirty were still leading them when they
shot onto the broad breast OF the Yukon. Here was
the tug When the river fTOZe in the fall mile of
open had been left between two mighty jams.
This had but recently crusted. the current being
swift. and il level. hard and slippery
a dance floor. The instant they struck this glare
ice Harrington TO his knees. holding Drecar-
ousy with hand, his whip singing hercely
among his dogs and fearsome abiuratOns hurting
about their The teams spread out the
smooth surface each straining the uttermOst But
few in the north could lift their dogs did Jack
Harrington. At he began to pull ahead, and
Louis Savoy, taking the pace, hung on desperately,
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fessiOn. from the scientific accuracy
with which the steel skeleton must be
placed together to the pure business
transaction of buying material.
He still realized that knowledge of
theory to a certain extent stamped an
engineers worth. Accordingly he con-
tinued his study of text books. and in
this way bridged the gap that separ-
ated him from the engineer with the
diploma.
Ii was about ten years ago that the
elder Mr.. Stewart retired from active
supervision of the firms work. It was
then taken up by his three sons, John
l., A. NJ. and James Stewart. All are
engineers. and are in the east
From 1890 the interests of the bust
ness became diversified, and more and
more of the responsibility fell upon
employees. In 1895 "A New Orleans office
was to be established. In 1898 the Buff
falo Office was inaugurated, and in 1900
the Pittsburg Office.
In preparation for his Galveston eX
perience he shared responsibility in
several big contracts. The one in
vOlved the construction of mills at
Chalmette. La. at what is called the
Battle Ground Plantation" 1t is on
the site of the battle OF New Orleans.
The mills covered thirty-five acres
and involved a total expenditure Of
oc0u.VOV. Announcer mammoth TASK was
the construction of what is called the
South Pass" sea wall.
1t is an immense wall at the mouth
of the Mississippi, protecting the chan
mel
When the news of the Galveston dis
aster, OF the havoc wrought and of the
thousands who perished startled the
world. James Stewart Immediately
made preparation to depart for the
scene.
He had previously done over $1,000
coo worth of work in constructing ele-
vators at the southern port. and
thought that he could be Of assistance
TO his stricken customers and friends.
Upon the night following the disas-
ter Stewart started south, accompanied
by Lohmann.
They arrived before many of the
newspape correspondents who were
dispatched thither. Then they beheld
the tangled wreck of a once beautiful
city.
The wharf was torn and twisted The
warehouses were down and the upper
stories Of the elevators blown away
Stewart and Lohmann. putting their
heads together. decided that one ele-
vetor could be refitted for business
within ten days.
This startling statement was beyond
the belief of the officials OF the Calves
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ton Wharf company. They We're tOl1
that they might get ready to receive
shipments within ten days. They rele-
graphed this news to their customers.
The contract was fulfilled to the let
ter. The elevator was ready
Meantime plans for rebuilding the
entire water front were drawn up, AMI
the work begun. No contract was
made. The Stewart firm was empOv-
cred to go ahead. and it went The
entire job was completed within four
months.
The task involved the building Of
warehouses and wharves covering
forty acres.
One thousand cars Of lumber were
required exclusive of that needed for
the elevators. Twenty five hundred
kegs of nails were used. 5000 to the
key, which means 15.OOO,0OO nails.
Stewart remained only a short time
on the scene. His London venture was
being contemplated at the time and
soon occupied all of his attention The
execution devOlved entirely upon young
Mr.. LOhmann.
Mr.. Lohmann is short spoken. though
Of noticeably good nature. and seems
eager to make friends and hold them
Outwardly he is a smooth shaver
young man. with a round face, which,
nevertheless. IS not fiabby' and has
stamped upon il distinct character.
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HNoU can call any night in the
week" wrote the Vassar senior
to the New York man whom she
met during the Easter vacation. IF
you promise not TO try to stay later
than 10 o'clock. or, better still, come
in the afternoon and I'll show you all
the beauties OF the most beautiful
campus that ever was"
The man wrote back that he would
be glad to come as soon as he could
get away from business. Then he tore
her letter up, which was habit he
had. and forgot all about her for a girl
who lived below Fifty-ninth street
which certainly is nearer than Pough-
keeosie.
One day the very business from
which he intimated he could not get
away took him to the city up the river.
and it was then he remembered the
Vassar girl. He found his way out to
the college that evening in a veritable
seagOing chariot and. remembering
the 10 o'clock rule, he arrived early.
TOO early" the messenger girl at
the door told him. but you can wait
here in the DarlOr until the young wO-
men come from chapel
So he sat down in a colonial paTlOr.
which had its dOric columns enameled
white, walls slightly tinted and grim
plaster bust of Old Ben Franklin look
ing down upon him from the corner.
There was no sound in the halls. moth
ing TO indicate that he was m the re-
ceiving room of a woman's college eX-
cept a book bound in red leather which
rested on a center table.
The book held the photographs OF
the seniors of '02, the class which had
gone before. He opened il, and on the
very first page beheld beauty Her
signature was under the photograph.
She interested him. and he tried to
read things about her in thst carbon
print and the ink scratches. Then he
remembered that the more women he
knew. the less he knew about women.
and he felt the foolishness of it, He
permitted himself just one specula-
ton.
as she married? ?" he asked the bust
Of Franklin. There was no other au-
thOrity about. not even the hall girl,
and the bust seemed to answer with
an Affirmative nod.
He went on through the book to the
very last page, seeing pictures Of girls
Of every sort. None of them troubled
him but that beautiful dark creature
Of the frontispiece. He turned back
TO her.
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ers what an American could do. dem
oEstrated also that he could select an
ONCE boy well-a thing which many 4
business man will tell you is not such
simple proposition.
The outcome of his choice was that
when he set forth after worldwide
laurels by tackling London towns un-
foreground problem and a succession of
monster tasks that eliminated the
other day in his snatching one OF
Johnny Bulls government contracts,
Stewart could leave at home his Office
boy to attend 70 such minor Jobs as
rebuilding hurricane-ridden cities.
Lohmann graduated from the st.
Louis High school when Il. He was
born I'm St Louis
HIS father was Henry LOhmanu. the
proprietor Of feed and grain business
here in the SOS
Fresh from school he entered the
offices Of L. c. & William NJ. Buckley,
architects.
He received no pay whatever but
was initiated into the mysteries of
craftsmanship.
He worked for a year over the ar
chitect's blue prints. studying archi-
lecture 'On his own hook at night. He
read what books he happened upon and
such as his employers suggested.
He spent year in these offices and
then. at Is. went to James Stewart
q CO.
At that time the elder Mr.. Stewart
was the head of the firm. From the
Stewards ne received a salary. but il
was an extremely small one, an
amount per week equal to about the
cost Of a first-class supper at Faust's.
His work with the Stewards at first
was merely that Of being generally
useful around the Office
Soon he was promoted TO craftsman
and in time became chief craftsman.
The latter gains an idea Of all the
branches of the engineering done by
his G-m.
Beyond the mere drawing Of the
plans as dictated by others, he could
obtain an understanding of the full
work in all its details
With the Stewards this was a thor
Ough schooling.
The methods OF the firm at that time
were unique from most OF their com
petitors. They were both contractors
and engineers.
If they undertook to construct an Of
fee building they did everything con-
nected with the task. from the original
design to the interior woodwork ami
turned it over complete to the owner.
Thus young LOhmann was enabled to
get an insight. from the practical side
Of all the details Of an engineers pro-
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But competition at Forty Mile limited With
the camp devoting its energies to the equpping OF
either Jack Harrington Louis Savoy.
unwse enough to enter the contest single handed 1t
was stretch of 100 miles to the recorders Office.
and il planned that the two favOrites should
have four relays of dogs stationed along the trail
Naturally. the last relay to be the crucial one.
tsans strOve to obtain the strongest possible animals
So bitter did the factions wax and high did they
bid, that dogs brought sitter prices than be-
fore in the annals of the country.
And it CHANGED, this scramble for dogs turned
the public eyes still searchngly upon Joy MOli-
neau. Not only she the cause of il ALL but she
possessed the finest sled dog from ChilkOot Boring
As wheel or leader Wolf Fang had equal.
The man whose sled he led down the last stretch
bound to win There could be no doubt it.
But the community had innate of the fitness
for his use. And the factions drew consolation from
the fact that IL did not profit by him. neither
should the other.
However. since man. in the individual or in the ag-
gregate has been fashioned that he goes through
life blissfuly obtuse the deeper subtletes of his
womenkind. the of Forty Mile failed to divine
the inner deviltry of JOY Molneau. They confessed
afterward that they had failed to appreciate this dark
eyed daughter of the whose father had
vading it. and who had herself first opened eyes on
the scintilant northern lights. Nay, accident o
birth had not rendered her less the had
1t limited her wOmans understanding of They
knew she played with Them but they did under
stand the wisdom Of her play, its deeDness its
dizziness They failed to than the exposed
card, so that to the very last Forty Mile was in
state Of pleasant obfuscation and it not until
she cast her final trump that it came to reckon up
I he
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discussed their relative merits for full hour at fifty
below before they permitted to pull out At the
last moment JOY Molineau dashed in among them
her sled She drew Lon McFane, who had charge of
Harrington's team, to side and hardly had the
first words left her lips when it noticed that his
lower jaw dropped with celebrity and emphasis sug
gestive of great things He unhitched WofFang
and mushed the string of animals into the Yu
kon trail.
Poor Louis SavOyt'' said, but joy MOineau
flashed her black eyes defiantly and drove back to
her fathers cabin.
Midnight drew Olaf Nelson's claim. A few
hundred furclad men had preferred sixty below and
the jumping to the inducements of warm cabins and
comfortable hunks Several score of them had their
notices prepared for posting and their dogs hand.
had been ordered duty, that fair play might rule.
The command had gone forth that should
place stake till the last second of the da~ had
licked itself into the past. In the northand such
commands equal to Jehovah's in the matter of
potency; the dum-dum as rapid and effective the
thunderbolt
1t was clear and cold. The aurora boreals painted
Palpitating color reveIs the sky. Rosy of
cold brancy swept the zenith, while great
stars. a Titans hand reared mighty arches above
the pole And at this mighty display the wolf dogs
howled, as had their ancestors of old time
A bearskin coated policeman stepped prominently
to the fore, watch in hand Men hurried among the
dogs. rousng them to their feet untangling their
traces Strengthening them out. The entries to
the mark. firmly gripping stakes and notices They
had gone the boundaries of the claim often
that they could have done it blindfoded. The
furs and blankets and with final cinching of
a. q
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be quite frank with me, in perfect con-
fidence. you know. Do you expect to
marry?'' she asked the prettiest girl
in the class.
".Alas. no" the girl answered.
promptly.
"'Ah. poor child! Is it because OF
some experience in your life?' was the
next question.
That is it: a terrible disappoinf-
ment.' said the girl, quite brazenly. L
cannot tell you of it; the memory is
too sad And actually she began to
cry.
Now, that girl never had a serious
thought about a man, and her life is as
free from sOrrowful experiences as a
life can be. 1t was a shame, really. to
make fun of the woman. but the girls
caught the spirit Of the thing and the
information she secured should never
so into a text book
What brutes men are!' the ques-
tioning woman exclaimed, as Beauty
went back to her chair
THE next girl expected to get mar
ried if she found the right man. What
qualities would you expect in the man
Of your chOice2 the woman asked.
Kindness. a loving nature. sObriety.
truthfuluess. q disposition to stay IN
at night not too much education,
physical strength. but not too much.
and about a. dozen other qualities neg
alive and Affirmative
And you expect to find all that in
mere man" exclaimed the writer
woman.
" / want a man who can smoke a
cigar and wave the American flag.
declared another victim of this marital
cTOss-eXamination
" All. that is interesting; by the flag
/ suppose YOU mean a patriotic man.
and she made copious note.
She got many more startling an
swers, invented on the spur Of the
moment. and none Of them true; for
really the class of '03 has not yet made
UP its mind on matrimony."
And -Ou?" asked the man. What
did you answer"
You Will have tx ask me anotn-s
way" she declared. milling mischiev.
ously.
He did not have time. for at thai
moment, the psychological one, the
gong rang and the electric lights ficA-
cred the signal for men to go. He
caught q midnight train to this city,
and all the way down the river he
wondered if she meant IT, Some day
ne Will ask her-Derhaps.-Ne York
Tribune.
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He Rebuilt Galveston

A n OFFICE BOY rebuilt fallen CAL
u weston, or, rather, one who had
been a few years before an office
boy. and had risen. performed the task
TO which the regenerated city owes
much of the commercial prestige it
has gained.
The man, says the St Louis Repub,
lie, was II. w LOhmann, 80 years old
the St. Louis manager for James stew
art d Co. who is trusted absolutely
in all the western work of that firm
now that the senior officer has invaded
Great Britain.
Lohmann bore the responsibility IN
the immense task Of reconstructing the
entire wharf front and warehouse sys-
tenn OF the fated Island City of the
Gulf.
He rehabilitated Galveston as a
shipping point. As such is the impor-
lance of the city determined.
This young man received only a
high school education. Now he is rec
ognized as competent in all matters
pertaining to building.
Whatever he has attained he owes
TO his own efforts his perseverance.
his tenacious mastery of details. his
careful work as a beginner. his natural
abilities, with perhaps an allowance
for his association with and the train
whose feats are matters OF internatiOn-
al comment.
The instance OF Mr.. LOhnann would
be interesting 10 all who make COM
PARSONS between college bred and
"self-made" men.
In the field of business proper, opin-
lens are about equally divided as 10
the chances OF success for the univer-
Eity man and he whose university is
the practical workaway world.
But in the professions the dictum is
almost universal that preparation
must be had in the institutions OF
learning
In Lohmann is presented an eXcep-
ton and a fat contradiction.
His university has been a fifteen
year course with James Stewart & Co
His returns are more than by far
the majority OF university made engi'
neers can count.
Financially his abilities command
large recomDense. The work OF his
hands he can view throughout the
south and west.
IT is enormous grain elevators. cot
ton mills towering Office buildings
many structures OF many kinds-and
then the new Galveston.
one inference to be drawn from Lob
mann's career is that James Stewart
before he began to show the British
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nearest recording Office the police barracks at
Fort Cudahy. just across the river from Forty Mile
but when IL became bruited abroad that EldoradO
creek was treasure house. it quickly discovered
that Olaf Nelson had failed TO make the down-Yuko
trip to file his property. Men cast hungry eyes
upon the oWnerless claim. where they knew a thou
sand thousand dollars waited but shovel and sluice
box Yet they dared not touch IT, for there a
law which permitted sixty days to lapse between the
stalking and the filing, during which time the claim
immune. The whole country Of Olaf Nell
sons disappearance. and scores of made prepar-
Fort Cudahy
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Early in the week the camp turned out to start
Jack Harrington and Louis Savoy their way.
They had taken shrewd margin of time. for il
their wish arrive Olaf Nelson's claim days
previous to the expiration of its immunity, that they
might rest themselves, AND their dogs be fresh for
the first relay. On the way they found the men
of Dawson already stationing spare dog teams along
the TRAIL and it manifest that little expense had
been spared in view OF. the millions at stake
A couple of days afte the departure of their cham
pons Forty Mile began sending up their relays-1rst
to seventyfive station then fifty, and last the
twenty-five. The teams fer the last stretch
magnificent. and equally matched that the camp
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A Limited Transaction.
lAtlanta Constltutlon.l

A Georgia darby who could not write
his name was paid a sum of money at a
pank' and required TO make a cross-mark
as a recent. For while he fumbled and
weighed the silver dollars in his hand.
then exclaimed:
All dis here money fer deS maxim nv
cross-mark! Lawd knows how much.
would a got ef ! could 4 des writcd out
nv name in full.''