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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14
PROFIT In ALFALFA.
One Of the Standard Crops Of South
ern California.
Methods u CuItlvation in Detntl-
Forage Plant That Yields from
Five to seven Crops
a Year.
IgpeeIal Log Angeles LeLter.l

ADRGClal Los angeles LeLeH.I
SaOURISTS are pouring into Cali
fornia in such numbers, many
- of them seeking sites for homes
as well as means for supporting
same, that the question is constant
ly arising as to the best means of OBJ
tanning a livelihood on the Pacific,
coast. This state, with it's great va
riety of climates, from constant ice
and snow to almost tropical heat,
furnishes an endless number of ways
of earning a living and even saw
ing money, but probably the two
best, safest and most conservative
propositions lie in raising oranges
and alfalfa. Like every other bust
ness, money may be lost in these en-
terprises, if the interests of the own
er are neglected, but, if carried on
intelligently, large results may be OBJ
tanned. California is, par excellence,
the state for alfalfa culture. This
plant requires heat, which is found
in the valleys, and thrives better
where irrigation is required. 1t is a
plant which must have a great deal
of moisture. 1t may be grown, with
more or less success, where the rain
fall is sufficient to keep the ground
moist, but the great enemies of the
plant, bermuda grass and gophers,
do great damage in such localities.
Gophers destroy the roots. burrow.
ing through them. A good irrigation
browns out and keeps down both Of
the pests, while the crop suffers
neither from an over or under supply
of moisture. Alfalfa is a feed clover
and yields beautifully, all the way
from three to seven crops per year.
When one hears of a field for sale
that yields II good crops, he wants
to proceed very carefully.
This plant needs rest as well as any
other. The first crop should be cut
in April, the last from September to
November, according to location and
other conditions. On a great deal Of
land, otherwise suitable for alfalfa,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

slowed upon young men who will
marry the plainest maidens in the
city. Crippled girls bring their
spouses a higher reward than any
others, while the girl who has been
twice Tilted is worth $50 to the man
who eventually leads her to the al
tar. The money for the purpose was
left by a Polish baron who died in
1897, since when a total of nearly
$4,000 has been distributed.
The chief desire of Baroa, in Chill,
is to be known as a second London,
and within the last decade money
has been poured out like water to
make it an exact replica of the Prtt-
ish capital. The streets have been
laid down and named after those
of London, while four competent
architects were sent over to study
LondOn's principal buildings, in or
der that they might be reproduced in
miniature. Now, to crown all, a sum
of $1,5OO,OOO is being spent in divert
ing the course of the River PrahI in
order that it may run through the
town and be rechristened the
Thames.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

there is alkali. A small amount OF
this does no harm, but to obtain best
results, the land, if alkali be present,
should be of a character to allow see
page, when after irrigatiOns, the alkali
will gradually drain off. Land strong
~ im~pregnated with alkali, of such a
nature that underdrainage is not prac-
teal, is of little use for any purpose.
A porous subsoil is always desirable
for alfalfa as underlying hardpan will
not give roots or water a chance to
penetrate to a sufficient depth. On al
mcst any land suitable for barley or
deciduous fruits, where plenty. of
water may be obtained, alfalfa may
be successfully grown. No fertilizer
is necessary. alfalfa being a fertilizing
plant. The seed may be sown in
December and a good crop taken off
the following April. To prepare the
land, all weeds and rubbish should be
removed and small hilloGlls scraPed
down, the surface being made even.
Next, the irrigation bitches should be
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14
THE MODERN BATTLEsHIP.
Most Complete Machine the Mind Of
a Ever Conceived and
Constructed.

An English writer has recently de-
scribed a battleship as the last word
that mechanical genius, naval con
struction and cash payment can say an
aggressiveness. From fighting-top TO
double bottom, from ram to sternpost.
she is the most complicated machine
the mind of man ever conceived.
There is scarcely a trade or an art that
IS not represented in her building,
writes Lieutenant-Commande Gleaves,
in Worlds Work, She is a house that
must be lighted, ventilated, drained,
and, last, but not least. painted; and it
is an astonishing fact hat to paint a
battleship requires $50 tons of paint.
She is a fort that must carry guns of
heaviest caliber for fighting other bait
tleships; guns of medium size for
piercing the comparatively thin pro-
lection of armored cruisers; scores of
rapid frers for protecting herself
against torpedo boats, and even a bat
terry of small Colts for picking off
sharpshooters and exposed men.
Above all, she is also a ship to be taken
to sea, to make passages from port to
port and long ocean voyages.
Moreover, she is a hosiery in which
there are 700 men who must be clothed,
| fed and housed, and for whose use
there is provided an ice plant having a
capacity of three tons of ice per day
and e~vaporators that daily produce
10000 gallons of fresh water; there is
also a bakery and an enormous kitch-
en- for cooking. Besides the ponder
Gus man engines of o. than 10000.
horse power there are nearly 100 aux
Hilary engines and about the same
number of electric motors. The boil
ers, with their 10000 square feet Of
heating surface, must not be forgot
ten, nor the coal bunkers, which, in the
Oregon, for instance, have a sufficient
capacity to steam that vessel a distance
Of $500 miles without ~recoaling.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14
MAps or AMERlaA
AHeereaainm Features cf Che
tnsa Of the Weeteen caatinen
tn che Laet centurE


An entertainment 81 much iaEeres
from the s~tandpoint 81 the an
quarian was given recently at The
Marquette school, under the difee-
ton Of Miss Fanny 81. Bacon. tile
principal, the main feature Of which
was the exhibition of ten old maps
Of portions Of the American conti-
nent. They are the property of AR
Sidney CIemensons Of Boston who SCI
cured them while travelling IL AUS
tralia from a French consul. and
were loaned to Miss Bacon. reports
the st. Louis Glohe-Democrat.
Eight Of them were made BY
Pownall, who came to America in 1853
as royal governor to the colonies Of
Massachusetts, New Jersey and
South Carolina in succession. He re-
turned to England ia 1861 and OBJ
tanned @ seat in parliament, The last
part of his life was devoted to ANTE
quarian studies. These maps were
published in London in 1894.
The other two maps were published
in Paris in 1906. One Of the English
maps gives the 10 original states;
one Of the French maps shows IL
stars and II states. None Of the
English maps shows Washington or
ST. Louis. The French map does.
There is no Chicago on either Of the
maps. Cahokia and Kaskaskia are
on all of the maps. One Of the old
maps gives the United States and bor-
dering Spanish possessions, gives the
four old paths across the country
upper" middle" lower and 'old
trading path.' One shows an old
wagon road, where the railroad now
goes through-Harper's Ferry. The
endless mountains in Pennsylvania
are shown, and the mountains in the
southwestern part of the old Unit
ed States in which there is a gap
for horses One map shows that
California is not an island" The
Gulf Of California seemed TO make
old California an island until finally
travelling to the head OF the-gulf it
was discovered that California could
be reached by land" New Albion
Is shown on one OF these maps. and
Mexico stretches north through the
present United States On another
map is marked 1.-THE French ascend
the River Missoury thus high, "And
the Mississippi unknown '.Fhe Wa.
bash, or St. jerome, according to tbs
French"
Many other interesting relies were
added to the exhibition, n Of then
being a copy of the first chapter o
the city of Ste. Geneyieve, Mo, pub
;isbed at Kaskaskia, Ill, in 1912. I
belongs to the library of the lat,
Gen. Rozier, of that city. A pail
Of slippers given by Pierre Lacleds
to Miss Valle belongs to the same
collection. A poem on the capture
of Fort Kaskaskia in IT'S, written BY
Capt. St. Gem, of Ste. Genevieye, is
now owned by Miss Chauncey Glenn
emit, a pupil who was in charge Of
the precious collection. Many of the
pupils assisted Miss Bacon in the en-
tertainment.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14
ALL HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS.
A belgium Town Where Every Child
Begins Life with a Deposit
to Its Credit.

Ambitions of towns are as remark
able as those of men. OF course, near
Iy every municipality desires to be
prosperous, have fine schools, liz
braries and parks and increase its
population. Many go beyond these
ordinary ambitions, says the New
York World.
aFor instance, the town of Mons, in
Belgium, is DESTROYS of abolishing
poverty within its borders. To this
end every child is officially regis
tered as soon as it is born, and a
banking account opened in it's name
by the municipal authorities with a
deposit of 20 cents. When the young
ster attains his majority a little nest
egg awaits him to assist his starting
in business.
Brock, in Holland, aspires to the
d~isti@tiUn of being the neatest town
and INLAND certainly no ex-
s5aTUa to make it so. The
2.7OO inhabitants are so strongly
bound by municipal rule that to
throw a piece of paper or waste of
any kind in the public street entails
a 25-cent fine, and it is only recent
" that horses have been allowed in
the streets. Once a year every house
IS visited by the town cleaners, who
scrub it from top to bottom, inside
and out, without any expense to the
tenants.
The town of Haschmann, in Ger,
many, is striving to give every girl
whether richly endowed with good
looks or otherwise, an equal chance
in the marriage market, and with
this object, municipal prizes, ranging
from $3.50 downward are annually be
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

located, the lay of the land for the
favorable flow of water being carefully
determined. The soil should then be
thoroughly packed by drawing some
heavy instrument over it several times,
that the young plapte may not dry up
easily in a too loose soil. In laying
of for irrigation, it is well to arrange
four or five blocks to each ten acres,
that the water may not stand too long
in any one place. It is we'll to SOW
barley with alfalfa. Some rake the
seed in. Others say it is rot neces-
sary. If a good rain falls Don after
the sowing, the results are excellent.
The seed is sown broadcast, seven to
ten pounds per acre. Alfalfa seed
now costs about IA cents per pound.
1t has been as low as six cents. About
ten cents is a fair price. After the
first cutting, the ground should be well
flooded, and after each cutting DUR
ing the year. Care should ba taken
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14
SHE KNEW HISTORY.
Rad mead-UD on "a and Wasnst Goihm
20 Have Her work for
Nothfm@.


at the Athletic club the other night
this was George AIDES contribution 10.
the stories that went arouad the table,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean;
Dear papa struck a gas web down
on the Indiana farm said he, "and
Maybelle and mother came to Chicago
to see life. The first night dear May
belle went into society she made good
with a young fellow who was home
from college for the holidays His fa-
Their owned four or Ave banks and o
few railroads, and he was the catch
Of the season. He had his name down
on Maybelle's dance card SO often that
all the other girls began to talk about
her. About the time they began to
call for carriages Archibald said be
wanted to call at her hotel the follow
ing night.
must ask mamma FIRST, said she.
Mamma. said she was foolish-to grab
aim and hold him tight. Wise mamma
had sized him up as a catch. May
oelle had a scheme, though, and told
aim he mustn't call for two days.
"Then Maybelle hunted up her dear
est Indiana friend, and asked what
she ought to do to make herself solid
with Archibald. Maybelle was a lit
tie shy on polite conversation and she
wanted pointers.
He's a college man, and / must
be careful what l talk about, she de-
clared.
History is always a good topic
said her friend. Put in all your time
from now until tomorrow night read.
ing some history. English history is
a cinch.'
"Maybelle got an English history
and never let Loose of it for two days
and most Of both nights, and by the
time Archibald was due she could tell
the date of everything from the reign
of Alfred the Great to the Boer war
and back again.
"Well, Mr.. Archibald called, May
belle was a trife disappointed when.
instead of putting on a lot of dog, he
seized her hand and shook it like any
ordinary person, without assuming
the expected distracted air and rum
ming his fingers through his hair. In
fact, he started right in giving May
belle her own bunch of talk about
what a pretty dress she had on, and
how he liked her dancing, and regret
ted that she did not have him call the
previous nightaas we'll, and a lot Of
the regular line that she would have
enjoyed down home.
"But Maybelle had not read Englisf
history without an object, and sh,
budged even when the stranglr
hold got A~rchibald's conversation fol
a minute. But Archibald got his sec
ond wind pretty quick and continued
shooting the hot air until suddenly h,
was all i'm
''Then anne Maybelle's chance. Sht
had listened for twelve and a half min.
uets to Archibald's commonplaces
and now sire was going to show hin
that she knew a thing or two. So in
the middle of a painfuf -she
gazed conqueringly at Archibald and
exclaimed:
Wasn't that awful about Mary.
queen of Scots?'
archibald started, stared, and
stammered:
"'WhyI What about her?'
MY goodness! Didn't you know
that the poor thing had her head cut
off?' asked Maybelle, proudly.
"And then Archibald asked for ice
water"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

Young Architect-Miss Sweet, Unjust
thank you for those specimens Of a
fine durable tile that you sent me.
They
Miss sweet-Tlsse Why, those were
Judges that made myself.-Phiiadsl-
phia Inquirer,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

A teacher in the university school, Of
Cleveland, askedsa boy to define 'gold-
smith" zone who mixes carrots with
gold, so as to make the goddard, (" said
the boy. The teacher found by fur
Their questioning that the youngster
had always thought of a 14-karat ring
as n made of gold that had been
mixed with IA carrots.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14
Hirh-PrInea 2

Friend-See here, George! what
does this bill Of $50 mean?
Amateur Photographer-You told
me that if I'd take half a dozen pic
lures Of your house, you'd gladly
stand the expense. That's the ex,
pense.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

she--I see they have finger bowls
at the restaurant. at last.
He-Well, that's the proper place
to have them-at last-isn't it2-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

Gussie-Yaas; ChoIy cut his fngah
just a twihe and now he's IN an awful
way.
Ascum-Don't say? did mortiRea-
ton set in2
"Yaas; modification set in when he
d~iseovahed that the blood wasn't
bIne. "-Philadelpbia Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

"she says that he is a man after
her own heart"
"Then 1 suppose he will get IT,
Judge.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

If to the pure all things are pure.
the chronic kicker must be a rank
specimen Of humaEity-Chicago Daily
News
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-14

Mrs. Kindheart-Do you like pieP
Tramp-Lady, 1 refuse to answer
till l see de pie.-Chicago American,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-30
SCHEDULE rs FILED.
KI0ndyke Creamery at Bristol Appears to
be Solvent According to Returns.

Klondyke Creamery at Bristol Appears to
be Solvent According to Returns.
Attorney Chester d. Barnes, recent
~ named as Receiver for the Farmers
Brighton Creamery, on Thursday filed
in the United States Court at Milwau-
kee the schedule of the liabilities and
assets of the company. On the face Of
this schedule the company seems to be
solvent. The liabilities as stated in
the schedule amount to $2,027, while
the estimated value Of the assets as
placed by the Receiver is So, 500.
1t may prove difficult to realize on
some of the assets and II IS possible
that with the court costs of settling the
business figured in, the creditors will
receive IN the neighborhood of seventy
i've cents on the dollar.
The first meeting of the creditors Of
the company will be held in the near
future and at that time a trustee to
settle up the business will be named.
Il Is expected that Attorney Barnes,
who j. serving as receiver, will be
named as trustee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-30
SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.

The State of Wisconsin provides for
the education of all the children within
its borders. For those who are blind,
or whose eyesight is very defective, a
special school is maintained at James
vile, Wisconsin. In this school blind
children are taught all the subjects of
the common school and high school
courses and besides receive instruction
IN music, manual training, and various
trades. Tuition, board, and washing
are free to residents of Wisconsin. IF
you have blind or partially bird
child in your family, correspond at once
with the school. IF you know of blind
children in other families who are not
members of the school, you should send
their names and addresses Of parents
to Mr.. CIR. Showalter, Supt., James
vile, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-30
E. H. Stafford & Bros, Big Chicago
Furniture Company Planning to
Establish New Factory.
KENOSHA AS POSSIBLE LOCATION
Mayor Pfennig is Notified That the Com
Dany Would Like to Consider Keno
sha as a Location for Plant.

The E. H. Stafford Company, of Chi
.cago, ore of the largest dealers in
office furniture In the west is looking
for location for new plant and has
written to Mayor Pfennig asking the
city of Kenosha to make some propo-
sition to the company. The company
is now operating large plant in Chi
cago 10 connection with their large re-
tail stores and it is the purpose to es-
tablish another plant in order to pro-
vide for the growing business.
The company makes no statement OF
what would be expected from Kenosha
to secure the location of the plant but
simply asks for Substantial encour-
agement."
The company will engage in the
manufacture Of Office desks, school
and church furniture, opera and as.
seubly chairs, stoves and stove re.
pairs. The manager states that the
company would prefer to purchase a
factory already built which could be
SO altered as to be adapted to the use
of the company. Three buildings, a
main factory, machine shop and a
foundry would be needed for the open.
ing of the plant. Besides these build
ings power house, varnish room and
many other smaller buildings would
be required.
The company employs mostly men
for the work and only few women
and children are needed. It is the
plan of the company to have the
factory built and in operation by April
1st, 1904. In concluding his letter to
the mayor, Mr.. Stafford says:
1--WE will bring to your city large
number of men, for whom homes must
be provided. We will employ your
labor and buy your supplies and raw
materials. The finished goods will be
shipped to every section of the country
and not little to foreign countries.
This means a constant inflow of fresh
money. In the course of years hund.
reds of thousands of dollars will be
distributed for labor and supplies In
the city where we locate. Every store
and shop will be- enriched by such an
industry; every piece Of real estate will
be increased in value. A factory ere
ates wealth, INSPIRES energy and thrift
and builds UP town.
The location of a desirable factory is
apt to lead other enterprisesthat spring
up as the result of a big, hust1ing
thriving and successful business.
We expect to have the factory in
operation so as to begin shipping
goods April /, 1904
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-30
F. Fl. LYMAN HoNORED.
Kenosha G. A. r. Man Made Chief Muster
ing Officer of Wisconsin Division

Department Commander Joseph p.
Rumble of the Wisconsin Division of
the Grand Army of the Republic has
notified Frank H. Lyman of this city
that he has been appointed chief
mastering officer for the department
of Wisconsin. The duties of the mus
tering officer are entirely honorary as
there are no posts of the Grand Army
being established. Notwithstanding
this fact the appointment is high
honor to Mr.. Lyman as it gives him a
seat in the administrative councils Of
the Wisconsin division and opens the
way for higher position in the future.
The new chief mastering officer is
one of the younger members of the
noble band of veterans, but he has
always taken the greatest interest in
Grand Army affairs and has always
had the best interests of the old
soldier close to his heart. Mr.. Lyman
has been an active member of the
Fred S. Lowell Post since its organic
alton, and has served as its command
err. He has also been active in state
work and IS perhaps better known in
the state councils Of the Grand Army
than any other man in the city.
His appointment as chief mastering
officer is pretty compliment to the
members of the Fred S. Lowell Post
and the members of the post are show
ering their congratulations upon the
new officer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-30

ISAAC STEPHENSON HERE.
Follows Example Of Senator QuarIes and
Takes Look at His Farm.

Follows Example of Senator Quarles and
Takes a Look at His Farm.
Isaac Stephenson, former member Of
congress from the Marinette district
and man who is supposed to have
aspirations for the seat of United
States Senator Quarles, has refused to
allow Senator Quarles to get any ad-
vantage with the farmers by working
ia the hay field and Wednesday the
former congressman came to Kenosha
and visited his big farm in the town of
Somers.
Mr.. Stephenson did not attempt to
go the limit with the senator but he
managed to don broad brimmed hat
and make couple of trips through the
hay field and to the other portion of
his farm. Ia the party wereI. Watson
Stephenson, son, and Edward Leroy,
who is member of the state legisla~
ture from Marinette and who, at home,
is the editor of the Marinette Star.
Mr.. Stephenson did not spend great
deal of time at his farm but he has
shown his Willingness to become a
farmer again if it is necessary ard the
junior senator from the state will low
have to figure out some new slant fol-
the aspirants for his position.
The Stephenson farm is perhaps the
largest in the county and the Marinette
manlis reaping a golden harvest from it
this season. With the exception of
the corn crop every crop on the farm is
in splendid condition.