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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs. s. NJ. Cox returned home
last week, after spending two months in
st. Louis and North and East Mississip-
pi. Mr.. Cox is now representing the
st, Louis Coffin Co. in Mississippi and
Alabama.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs. +. B. witkerson went to
jackson, Tenn, last week. Mr.. wilker-
son returned last Friday, but Mrs. Will
kerson will spend several days with rel
atiyes and friends.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

Look around and see If you don't
need some printed stationery. If SO,
the Iberian office is the place TO get
FIRST CLASS work.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03
The School Needs.

The public schools Of this par
ish, and especially Of this town,
need more money for their proper
conduct. The question Of how to
get it. is the one problem that is
to be solved
Last night the special commit
tee held meeting at the Court
House. submitting quite an array
of facts and figures bearing upon
the school question. We regret
that the lateness of the meeting
prevents our giving a full report
of it's doings this week.
There seems to be but one lOgi'
Cal way out Of the difficulty. The
needs of more school houses, MOI
teachers, longer school sessions,
can be provided for only out OF
the proceeds of a special tax. A
three mill tax is thought to be
sufficient.
With that tax it would be posi-
BILE for New iberia to make htI
school facilities sufficient to meet
the needs of every child applying
If that course be decided upon
then the 9th Ward will request
that it be given the benefit OF
''localized' schOols-that it be
permitted to withdraw from
community interest il a common
school fund-that it be allowed tC
raise it's own funds to be ex
pended within it's borders, at the
same time receiving a fair proper
ton of the public school funds
from the State.
A special report of the commit
tee will be prepared by Hon. r. f
Broussard and Prof. q. j. Ellis
which will embrace the ideas OF
the committee of the things need
full to be done. This report viii
be then presented to the Parish
School Board for it's approval
and recommendation. With the
School Boards approval the work
for better and more schools III this
city may be considered fairly on
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

Our esteemed Crowley Signal
and our esteemed Lake Charles
American are spatting at each
other about their respective and
out of date emp0riums, and We
suggest this as story either can
tell on the other. We stole it from
Champ Clark: One day as a train
from the east pulled up at the
dinky little station of most de.
pressing town in the fever and
ague district of Arkansas a pass.
enger, tI,rusting his head ont Of a
car window, demanded in bitter
tones of a detected looking citizen
who was leaning against the sta
ton door: "Tell me. what do you
call this dried up, dreary, Godfor.
saken placei "That's near enough,
stranger replied the native IN a
melancholy voice; ''let it go at
that. "-Shrevep0rt Journal.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03
The Avery Cannery.

After a shut down of some two
weeks, at the close of the oyster
season, the canning factory at
Avery's Island was ready to start
up this week on shrimp and fish.
A large number of fishing boats
and nearly 200 fishermen are en-
plOyed in taking the shrimps from
the sea to the factory. AS soon as
caught they are placed on ice and
80 kept till landed at the factory.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03
Pipe Line.

There is every probability that
New Iberia will be made enc Of the
te,mini of the oil pipe Ii"e leading
out Of The Jennings oil field. In
onothcr column will be seen the
telegraph'c report that the l'ne from
jennings to Butte la Rose has been
completed aud ,ba, oil is BENG
transmitted through it.
This week. Hons H. F. Is ou~
sa'd appeared tefore the PoI','
Jury OF this parish, then sitting at
its regular June session, asking fo'
RICH, of way for a branch l'"t
from TIE main line out of Jennings.
In this service be represented A.
M. Martin, special agent OF
Carnea Il 'ckpnsteln 4 Ras.are.
The request was granted. This
will enable the building of the line
TO be commenced at once. Within
the next 7 or 8 weeks the lh,ldlng
gang will reach the border lines Of
this town. Bv that time the OF
people will have definitely arranged
their Bayou Teche station and, II
necessary to reach it, will have az
piled to the city council Tor right OF
way privileges.
With a pumping station on the
Teche at or near this point New
Iberia will become the distributing
station for fuel oil for all the sugar
retineriss and pumping stations on
the bayou. Tank barges will be
employed on the Teche to supply
the needs of all the other towne and
out of the way places.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

An independence, Kas paper,
by way Of rebuking It's contem
porary, relates the story of a
young woman who had lost beI
dog. An advertising solicitor
heard of it and called to ask her
to advertise for the pet. 81 don't
think much Of it myself replied
the man, ''but think it is pretty
apt to reach the class of people
who stole the dog"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03
TELEPHONE GROWTH,

The Cumberland Telephone Telegraph Company has
ment of it's business for the month of April 1908 AMI the
."' "'''''' " " ..1aS
Number Of subscribers April LIST, 1909,
" added during the month '9'D
discontinued during the month. az
Total number Of subscribers April 29th 1905
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

The Mistrot Bros. & Co. having
bought the entire Wholesale stock Of
the ISLAND CITY manufacturing Co
of Galveston Texas at fraction of
manufacturing cost are having. at their
New Iberia Branch Store, sale of a
portion OF these goods which they are
enabled to offer at about so cents on
the dollar. The stock. consisting OF
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Furnish
ing goods etc., etc., is being offered
now for sale.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

Going West:
Teche improvement.
In a Special to the Times Demo
crat, published in Sundays issue,
we find the following.

Ill ~ 'oIVCidi w JIG IIIItS DtIIIO-
crat, published in Sundays issue,
we find the following:
'Opelousas; May q.
A survey and inspection of
bayOus Teche and Courtableau,
in this parish, is being made, I'M
der the supervision of a govern
ment employee, with a view of as
certaining the probable cost of
again opening the two bayOus to
navigation, in accordance with a
bill to that effect introduced IN
Congress by Hon. X. f, BrOussard.
Among other extensive improve
ments the cOntemplates the lock
ing and dredging of the Teche,
and the removal of drift from and
dredging of the COurtableau.
Should these bayou be again open
ed to navigation it is likely that
the re establishment of the steam
boat lines between Washington
and New Orleans would soon fol-
low, and thus place in close touch
with the market section Of our
parish which is at present com
pletely isolated from the trade
centers"
In the latter hours of the last
session Of Congress, through the
efforts Of the friends of the Teche
Senators Fosters and Congress
man 'BrOussard) the Rivers and
HarbOn's Bill had amendments
added to it in the Senate com
mittee carrying $245. 900 for the
Improvement Of navigation of the
Teche. This, among many other
appropriations, was opposed in the
conference and was stricken out.
The striking out of this appro
prlatiOn was not total loss of the
project; for the Teche secured
- 800 for immediate needs in
clearing the stream of bars and
distractions and a further agree
ment that new estimate should
be made as to the cost of the work
proposed. This new estimate will
be, most probably, before the
next congress for consideration.
The report Of Engineers. upon
which the s245, 900 appropriation
was asked, contemplated two sets
of locks-One at or near Keystone
plantation and the second at the
month Of Bayou Fusilier. Then
by dredging the bayou below the
locks and clearing the banks
above them, it was proposed to
secure six feet of water more
throughout the year.
Now, that the effort to maintain
an open navigabie channel from
the COurtableau to the Atchafa
laya has failed. the people of St.
Landry, it is to be hoped. are
wiling to co operated with the
lower parishes in the improve.
ment Of the Teche, which can and
should be made to contemplate
the upper Courtableau. AS the
route from Washington, La, via
the Teche, to Plaquemine locks
and the Mississippi river is short.
er than the old route via the At
chafalaya to Plaquemlne it surely
should command the earnest sup.
port of the st. Landry people,
Such a highway should be mutu-
ally beneficial to the commence of
both sections.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

The report circulated by Cy Lyle
to the effect that We had attempt
ed to commit suicide is a base
fabrication and there is no truth
IN it. 1t is true that we were
seen going to the water cooler but
we went there to wash our hands
and not to drink anything-llar.
deman Free Press.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

The metropolitan dailies of the
LIST inst, announced that the Gov
ernOI had issued q commission to
Hon. Leon NJ Lemaire as Mayor
of the city of New Iberia, vice
Jules +. Dupuy, resigned.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03
LEST YoUFoReEr,
We lenA Aopey for any
lBERrAB uKDIAa ASSOCIATION

Nebo gat off during the naval
battle Of last Sunday by heinz
taken out of the wet by the friend
" Japs. The stlittle father" may
be dlspleased, but Nebo knew
when to get Oh.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

On May 3lst, at the National
Capitol, President Roosevelt au
thOrized the announcement that
Paul Morton had resigned as sec
rotary Of the Navy, and that
Chales }. BOnaparte had been ap-
pointed his successor.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

4If you get . complimentary
copy Of the lberian it is tor your
inspection. We trust that yea
will find it a s'News-letter" worth
two (2) cents q weOk. Send u
your subscription - only d. 90 for
ayear Of 81 copies.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

Crowley has voted a five mill
tax, for ten years in favor of the
Gulf, Opelousas and Northern
Railroad.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

Governor Blanchard delivered
diplomas to the thirty two grad
yates from the Southwestern
Louisiana Institute 1T Lafayette
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

Crop reDOrts for this State show
q material reduction in cotton
acreage. Fertilizer sales in
creased 20 per cent.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-06-03

Admiral Togo is known as the
Nelson Of Japan.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Contributed to Campaign Funds.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-United States
Senator Thomas c. Plat testified as q
witness before the insurance investi-
eating committee today. Senator
Plat said that the Equitable society
contributed &c. 600 a year to the re.
publican state campaign funds. Sen.
ator Plat said the contributions were
in cash and were SEN by messenger
to this Office and he turned them over
to the state committee. They we're un.
solicited, he said.
Senator Plat said that $40, 600 was
frequently paid as an annual contri.
button to the state campaign fund, but
that it was not a regular thing and
that he could not remember the years
in which it was paid.
The New York Lite, he also said,
contributed, but not nearly SO much.
No other insurance companies con.
tributed SO far as he knew. Senator
Plat said he was expected in return
for contributions to influence legisla.
ton when any measures were hostile
to the insurance companies. Senator
| Plat said also that he had received
frequent contributions of $4,000 each
campaign from the Mutual Lite Insur'
ance company.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
MONTANA'S ANTITRUST LAW.

The decision of the Montana SUI
preme court in the action brought
against the Chicago packing house
combine is not what nullified the anti
trust law Of the state The decision
simply exposes the ridiculous charac-
ter of the statute, in its relation to
plain and specific provisions of the
constitution. To have upheld the act
the high court must have been as in.
different to constitutional require
ments rs the legisl ators were who vo.
ted for it.
This antitrust statute of Montana
was plainly an appeal by politicians
to popular prejudice. says the Butte
Inter Mountain. Every intelligent
man who advocated OF voted for it
must have realized that it was not en-.
acted to be enforced. One need not be
an eminent jurist o yet a constitu.
tional lawyer to understand that u
law which provides that an action
shall be a crime when performed by
one citizen and a right when UNDER
taken by another is bad law. That is
precisely what the Montana antitrust
law was framed to do. BY specific
terms and classification of persons it
proposed discrimination between citi-
zen engaged in business with objects
exactly similar. The legislator intent
upon %appeasing the wrath of his con-
stituents against trusts in New York
OF Chicago was confronted with the
necessity Of avoiding otfense to CON-
binations OF farmers or wage.earners
in Montana. Accordingly the law was
worded to catch the one and exempt
the other when both were engaged in
the same kind of enterprise to increase
profits. The constitution was to be
disregarded rather than campaign
promises or the possibilities of future
voting contests. Thus the state was
given an antitrust law worse than no
law because its only effect in attempt
at enforcement is to make law ridicu.
lOus. Our craftsmanship has made it
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Changes In the Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-Secretary
Shaw will remain as secretary OF the
treasury in President Ro0sevelt's
cabinet until the conclusion Of the
approaching session OF congress, and
perhaps for several months longer.
At least two other changes in the
cabinet have been in contemplation,
but it can be said authoritatively that
they will moi occur o Attorney
General Moody, having formed a law
partnership in Boston, expressed a
desire to retire from the cabinet last
July. The president persuaded him
to remain in the cabinet until a year
from the 18th of next March. He has
not received q definite answer from
Mr.. Moody on that point. Secretary
Hitchcock. of the interior department,
also has indicated his wish to leave
the cabinet before the conclusion OF
President Roosevelt's term of Office.
But he has informed the president that
he will remain with him during the
present fiscal year and perhaps long.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
P0stOffice Expenses Increase.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-Postmas.
ter General Cortelyou recently com.
pleted and forwarded to the secretary
of the treasury the estimates for the
p~ostofice department for the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1907. They
show a reduction of expenses wher.
ever it Is believed 1t will not impair
the service, but provision ia made for
development of postal facilities to
meet the growing needs OF all sections
of the country.
The estimates for the postal service
at large-the field service-aggregate
Sl93, OOO, 600, an increase over last
years appropriation of about S27,-
DOC, 900. This increase over repre-.
sents the normal growth of the ser.
vice based upon what the postal au.
thorities regard as the most careful
and conservative estimates. Each
succeeding year sees a large increase
in the business of the department
The principal items in the increase
are the rural delivery service, the
railway mail service, compens alton t
postmasters and their clerks and thu
compens alton OF letter carriers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
DRY FAR MING EXPERIMENTS.

Agricultural experts + engaged in
demonstrating the merits Of dry farm.
ing, and in%structing western ranchers
upon the scientific methods by which
crops may be raised in the so-called
arid region without irrigation. En-
pertinent stations have been cstab-
lishcd at several points, and for two or
three seasons past small tracts have
been cultiv ated under the dry farming
method with more or less satisfactory
results.
The course of procedure in these dry
farming experiments is generally
known as the Campbell SYSTEM"
having been originated by IN agricul-
tural expert OF that name. Its essen
tial point is that the natural rainfall
can be stored in the soil by keeping
the surface pulverized, thus forming Il
blanket of loose earth that prevents
evaporation. 1t contemplates q crop
every alternate season in localities
where the normal precipitation is too
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
PREPARING RAILROAD BILLS.
senate Committee May Present two
Measures On Railroad Problem.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-The sem ate
committee on interstate commerce met
here today 10 compliance with a call
issued by Senator Elkins, the chair
man of the committee, to consider the
question OF railroad rates legislation.
which will come up in the coming ses.
sion of congress. Ever since the hear.
ing on the subject closed, the COM
mi,tee has had two experts aud a mum.
Der of clerks employed, compiling in.
formation for the use of the committee
aud the senate. They have collected a
large mass Of data and will have it in
shape available for the committees
Fbeneit. The committee will take up
the entire subject as If no bill had
been considered heretofore, but it is
expected the chairman will be prepared
to present a measure of his own as a
basis for discussion. Senator For.
aker also has a bill which will receive
consideration. 1t is expected that the
committee will continue its work until
the opening Of congress or December
I, and it is by no means probable that
it will havs finished its work by that
time.
The committee 10 divided into two
factions. Senators Cullom, Dolliver
aud Clapp are strongly advocating
the passing OF a ~incorporat.
ing the views of President Roosevelt
on the subject of railroad rates legis-
~lalion, while the opposition includes
Senators Aldrich, Foraker, Kean,
Willard and Chairman Elkins. There
is practically no hope that the two
factions will be able to agree on any
measure and it is almost certain that
at least two reports will be submitted,
q majority and q minority report,
with possibly individual reports by
one Or two members who hold particu.
lar views on the subject and cannot
agree with their colleagues.
What the senate is going to do in
the matter is a matter of speculation
among its members. 1t is understood
that some of the eastern and southern
railroads have in some way signifed
their intention to support President
Roosevelt's policy and the opposition
Is considerably worked up over the
rumor that other important lines are
about to give up the fight and line up
with the supporters of the presidents
policy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Opportunities Arc Waiting.
Chicago Inter.O Ocean.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
James j. Hill, head of the Great
Northern railway, was asked in New
York the other day how a young man
could win material success.
Energy, system and perseverance,"
said MIR. Hill-'these are the compo-
nents OF success in a young mans life.
He must have q standard Of achieve.
ment-must make up his mind what he
is going to do, and keep fighting for
this standard. He must have the
ability to go with the current of
things. He must know how to take
a. advantage of opportunities--to use
his brains. With these qualities he is
bound to succeed"
1t was objected that the country had
grown so large and life SO complex
that the individual felt lost and weak,
and that the personal incentive had
diminished in proportion. Had the
young man OF today the same chance
for success as when Mr.. Hill was
young?
every bit as much chance and
more" said Mr.. Hill. eff the coun.
try has grown bigger, opportunities
have grown with it. If life is more
complex, the result is a greater va.
riety of opportunities. The great
trouble with young men Of today is
that that they expect opportunities to
come to them. A man has always
had to help make his opportunities.
There are nor opportunities than
there are young men to grasp them"
The truth of this may be seen by
any n who looks about him with his
eyes open. He will see that there is
not a business OF any size whose head
is not looking for more capable help
than he has, and perplexed and fret.
ting because he cannot find it..
The opportunities are here, waiting
for the strong young man to grasp
them. They were never more numer.
ous than they r today. The more
complex life becomes the greater the
variety, and the bigger the country
grows the bigger they grow. What is
lacking is not opportunities. It is
men.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
To Provide Funds For Canal.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-Leaders
OF the house of representatives who
will determine forms of legislation
have decided that in order to meet the
emergencies for the Panama canal
work, q bill will be speedily passed
after congress meets, putting the
canal bonds on the same footing as
the other 2 per cent bonds of the gov
eminent in order to facilitate the sale.
An appropriation will be made to
meet the payroll Of the canal, with a
provision that the money for this pur.
pose shall be reimbursed to the treas.
ury out of the sale of the bonds. Al.
ter that congress could, II necessary,
determine the type of canal without
Gripping the work in progress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29

q part of the permanent record that II
knows prunes from pork, but its effort
to demonstrate that a combine OF pack.
ers to enhance the price of pork is q
crime while a combine by h%orticultur.
lists to monopolize the prune business
is a public blessing has not been an
unqualified success.
Even that rare demagogue who is
honest enough to endeavor to serve
his followers with fidelity can be de.
pended upon as a rule for nothing
better than a betrayal of his cause
through incompetency.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Prince Louis And the Dentist.

NEW York, Nov. 21.-Prince Louis
strenuous life, in America included
several strenuous hours in q dentists
chair and that particular part of his
program proved costly. The total
time spent with the dentist was II
hours, according to q friend of the
prince, and the bill was $1,000. When
the bill was presented the prince said
nothing, but gave his check for the
amount. Later in the day, however,
he showed the receipt to his friend,
Col. M. Thompson, who declared /,
was pretty steep even for q New York
dentist.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Roosevelt Deuouuces whitney.

BOSTON, Nov. 2l.-All s achu.
sets Is stirred up today ' e the publ.
cation of the correspondence which
passed between President Roosevelt
and Henry NJ. Whitney, democratic
candidate for lieutenant governor at
the recent election. In his letter to
the Boston man President Roosevelt
In his characteristic manner gives the
lie direct to the statement made In the
campaign by MIR. Whitney.
Whitney with a committee visited
the president last winter, and during
the campaign he essayed to quote the
presidents statements with regard to
trade reciprocity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-29
Big Salaries Are Cut.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-At the regu-
lar meeting Of the trustees of the Mu'
tual Insurance company today the Of
fer Of President Richard A. McCurdy
to have his salary reduced from $780,
600 to $4,000 was accepted, and fur
Their reductions we're made amounting
altogether to $3.50. 600. The names OF
the officials affected We're not made
public. 1t was also stated that It was
decided to place all the general agents
on a salary instead OF q commission
basis.