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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
WINFIELD Millinery Opening.

A representative of theoentInel'
remembering that the opening OF
the Winfield Millinery Company
would take place on yesterday.
walked into their store late in the
afternoon and was met by Mrs.
Smith. who showed us through
and explained the virtues and ex-
cellence of the different articles
displayed. The decorations all
around the store were magnIfl-
Gent and showed artistic taste in
the blending of the colors, the
elaborate and tasty display of
hats and other millinery goods.
The store was a veritahle bower
of beauty. The company had in
tended serving refreshments dur
ing the day, but owing to failure
to, get their ices the day before,
and only got them late in the
evening yesterday, they were
served later. We were fortunate
in being able to go again and was
served with delicious strawberries.
ice cream, cake and wine. Each
visitor to the store received a
souvenir, a little Japanese fan.
which was very pretty aud for the
occasion appropriate.
This opening demonstrates the
fact that the ladies of Winfield
know and appreciate their right
to be given as good display of
millinery goods to select from as
are given in larger cities. This
company being aware of that fact
have, or should have, gratified
the most fastidious taste. We
noticed a number of ladies max
ing the second visit.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Stopping the Paper.

She came down the street thrd
steps at time and sailed into q
Sentinel office like whirlwin@
She waited for no ceremony D.
wildly asked:
is this the printing Officer
Eyes, madam.
Il want to stop my paper.
"All right madam
stop it right away, too.
'.It's stopped" we repled
making blue line through ~
husbands name ON the suA
seription list.
"Mebbe that will learn III
some boss sense and how to g.
the square thing next time, ~
not slight people just becan1.
they are poor. If some rich
stuck up folks happen to have
bald-headed, knock-kneed, Gro
eyed brat born to 'em you're =
an awful hurry to put it in g.
paper and make it out an angd
but when poor people have 4
baby You can't say a word aboez
it. even if 1t is the purtiest CHI
horned. That's what I'm stop
the paper fur. This ort to Be 2
lesson to every paper in Leu
iana," and she went out of u
Office as mad as wet hen.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Geological Survey Finished.

Geological Survey Finished.
Aspecial to the Picayune from
Baton Rouge says:
George FL. Harris, State Geolo-
gist, who is making topograph-
ical survey of Winn parish, has
practically completed his work
for this season, and will return in
the near future to Cornell Uni
versity to resume his duties at
that institution. Mr.. Harris de-
votes six months of his time to
the state of Louisiana as its State
Geologist, and for SIX months oc-
cupies one of the important chairs
in Cornwell. Mr.. Harris topo-
graphical survey of VIM parish
has been in every way successful,
and will, the authorities think,
lead to a development of the rich
mineral resources of that parish.
In addition to discovering a salt
deposit of more than 1000 feet
in thickness, Mr.. Harris is con-
WINGED that a gas and oil industry
could be worked up in that sec
ton. and easily placed upon a
paying basis. There are several
gas wells in VIM parish, one of
which has been constantly burn
ing for more than year. There
is a mixture of salt in the gas,
and those who have studied the
matter say that the two could be
profitably worked.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
THE cORHAM BRIDGE.

1t behooves the police jury to
get behind the contractor for the
bridge across the Dugdemonia
and Port de Luce at the Gorham
crossing and have him to put up
at least the steel portions of the
bridge.
We are informed that the
bridges across those streams are
dangerous and the road almost
impossible. Even when the
water is within the banks of the
streams and the weather good the
road through the swampis almost
impossible on account of the
excavations made for the dump.
Il would be better to have the
contractor to complete the steel
structures over the streams and
finish the balance with wooden
piling. as was done at the Crooked
Bridge. 1t is certain that the
rarthen levee will not be salts.
factory unless it is capped with
either rock or gravel ballast or
plank. and should plank be useJ
! trestle would be preferable to a
lump of earth.
Gentlemen. the matter is up to
,ou.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1906.
A THOUSAND FEET OF SALT.

In another column in this paper
will be found an article from
Baton Rouge embodying a letter
from Prof. Harris, geologist, con-
corning the. salt indications in
this parish.
1t has been known for many
years that there must be salt de-
posts in the vicinity of where the
we'll was drilled near Goldonna.
The Drake salt works. for that is
the name by which the whole
state knows the place, was ex-
tensively operated during the
Civil war. The editor of the SEN
tinel has seen between two and
three thousand men engaged in
making salt at which is known as
brakes old salt works. The salt
was made by evaporation from
water taken from surface wells
not over fifteen feet in depth. in
fact all the salt used in Louisiana
after the capture of New Orleans.
was made either at what was and
is still known as brakes and
Prices salt works in Winn parish.
Rayburn's and Bistenea salt
works in Bienville parish. There
was some salt made at, what is
known as Cedar Lick. only three
miles from WINFIELD, near where
the gas well is now located.
The limestone mentioned in the
article referred to has an out
cropping within four miles of
WINFIELD. samples of which have
been in the museum at the Lou
isiana State University and A. &
M. College since 1883, and was
awarded the blue ribbon by the
Cotton Exposition in New Or
leans in 1884. the Worlds Fair at
Chicago in 1893. and the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition at St.
Louis in 1904 for being the best
marble. These salt and marble
formations have an outeropping
in number Of places in the
parish of Winn.
The only trouble or reason the
salt industry has not been de-
yeloped was the matter of trans
portation. The Louisiana & Ar
kansas Railroad now runs through |
the brakes and the Cedar lick
sections and the industry only
lacks capital to develop.
Prot. Harris closes his letter to
Director Dodson with this state
ment: Il think. too. that gas.
oil-salt industry could be profit
ablystarted in Winn6eld."
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

The only way in which Minor.
ity Leader Williams could get the
federal quarantine bill up for con-
sideration was to invoke the Re
publican gag" rule which he has
SO often denounced. Mr.. VIII
Hams justifes this action by blam-
ing the Republicans for the nee
essity of it They have to get up
z week in advance to get ahead of
John Sharpe.-Shreveport Times.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

With the advent of the many
new enterprises which are headed
our way. we must insist that it IS
the first duty of our new town
council to inaugurate a plan by
which we can have waterworks.
Capitalists are shy on making in
vestments when that investment
has no protection from the rava-
ges of fire. And the present IN
surance rates in our town are al
most prohibitive.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
A Gratifying Showing.

The first quarterly statement of
the VIM Parish Bank will be
found in another place in this
paper. The showing for the first
three months OF this new financial
institution should be gratifying
to the stockholders. We are in
formed that it exceeds the ex-
of the management.
This new bank has one of the
best equipped and one of the
buildings in the state
of the large cities, a
picture of which is shown in
another place in this paper.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Dangerous Discipline.

A popular Cleveland doci.|
tells this story of a bright h.
his own, who had reached q
mature age of nine after an Ell.
career marked by many wild "a
misehievous pranks.
His restless nature has msa.
him something of u torment :
his teacher at times, and Il
afternoon not long ago she ken
him after Others were dismissi
and had a serious talk with hin.
Perhaps she was a little afra
that her admonltions were falEn
on stony ground. Anyway e
finally said:
Il certainly will have to 8;
your father to come and see h. Y
Don't you do it." said O.
boy.
The teacher thought she II
made an impression.
"Yes," she repeated, II nusl
send for your father. -
"You better not" said the b..
"Why not?" inquired q
teacher.
"Cause he charges 81 a visit !
said the scamp.-Clevela.l
Leader.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Il Governor Heard has mol
taken his ear from the GROUND he
has heard a call from DeSoto by
this time. Brother McClanaham
e the Mansfield Journal says the
people Of the parish will gladly
rally 20 his support if he wants to
give up his bank job in New Or
leans and be governor again
Monroe News.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

The oman's Missionary Union
met last Monday evening at the
church. After the meeting they
repaired to the home of Mrs. l..
Siess where they were delight
fully entertained. Miss Barnette
favored the union with an ex-
cellent talk on the missionary
work of the state.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
THE STATE EDUCATIONAL REPORT.

State Superintendent of Public
Education Aswell has issued his
report to the Legislature for the
two years ending. respectively
Dec. 81. 1904 and 1905.
Commencing with the financial
condition of the schools, Superin-
tendent Aswell reports:
During the year 1905 the police
juries of the state appropriated
for public school purposes the
sum of $S3S,2oI.Io; the amount
raised bv local taxation was SI6I,-
$3.50; the town councils appro-
priated 500, 7S2.43, while the sum
that did not pass through the
school treasury, but was invested
directly by the people for building
and equipping schoolhohses, was
SIS3.334.67. From these sources
the public schools in 1905 re-
-ceived the sum of .223.o556S,
while from the same sources in
1904 the records show So22. 3o4. so,
the increase in local taxes alone
being s7I,I25.3o.
This is a gratifying increase il.
the fund raised for education, and
it is to be hoped that the state
an dthe people by both general
and local taxation will continue
to devote all the money they
justly and honestly can TO the
cause of public cdnc,tion. 1t is
true that the ill.lc-acy of Louis
lana is extreme compared to many
other states, but it is the result of
conditions which are not at all the
fault of the State Government or
its people.
Louisiana is large state with
a small population in comparison.
For instance, Louisiana had. &C
cording to the Census of 1000.
only thirty head of population to
the square mile, while Massachus-
etts had more than ten times as
many, or 34o to the square mile.
Such a dense population engaged
in active industries creates taxable
values, which afford a porpor-
tionally great revenue. of which
a large proportion can be appro-
priated to the purposes of educa-
ton. But now that the popula-
ton of Louisiana is increasing
with corresponding growth of
productive industries, we may
well look toward to a time not
greatly distant in the future when
Louisiana will be able to provide
fully for the education of her
people.
Superintendent Aswell's recon-
mendation that two-thirds of
the entire school fund should be
given to the common schools,
meaning. evidently, the primary
and grammar schools, is very
proper one. Mr.. Aswell's recon-
mendations generally are intel
gent and practical, and where
they can be made to improve our
school facilities. should meet the
of the General Assem-
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Senator Lodge says that the
present Senate's character IN
honesty and integrity is as high
as that of any of its predecessors,
1t is perhaps fortunate for Mr..
Lodge that most ex-senators are
dead.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Congressman "Bobbie" Brous-
sard announces that he is not yet
ready to announce his candidacy
for governor in the approaching
election, which. by the way, is
two years in the misty future.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

There would be less trouble i'm
pending in China if a lot of the
papers would call home their
special correspondents who make
their living writing about it.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

The Monroe News says Ex-
Governor Heard has his ear close
to the ground listening for call
to become candidate for guber-
material honors again.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

The Natchitoches Enterprise
says we cannot shut our eyes to
the fact that the equalization of
taxes as advocated by Governor
Blanchard is extremely unpopu-
ular-with the tax dodgers.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Poor old Dowie has been de-
posed as head of the Zionists,
shorn of all authority and re
lieved of his earthly possessions.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Senator Spooner ought to feel
some hesitancy about calling
Illlman corn field lawyer"
considering how much trouble a
cofnseld lawyer has managed to
make for him over the rate bill.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

No more liberal proposition was
ever made than our offer to send
three of the leading American
magazines and The Sentinel. all
four, one year for the small sum
of $500.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Five thousand miners in Ar
kansas are idle. But Jeff Davis
manages to get all hands busy
when election day rolls around.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06
Remember the Four.

Remember we will send you
three of the best and Largest
monthly magazines published and
The Sentinel all four one year for
$500
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

The esteemed St. Helena Echo
frankly admits that it IS not re-
sponsible for the present State
administration. We feel relieved.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Attorney General Moody ought
to be thankful that he escaped
getting indicted himself.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Secretary Root says that he
does not want his coming trip to
South America termed a junket.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

All that now remains is tc set
tie the type of the Panama Canal
and dig it.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

An unusually high water is
coming down the Mississippi
river.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

Our job printing pleases every
customer. Let US do yours.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-04-06

~Try an ad. in this paper.
It viii stimulate business.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07

1t has not happened often that such
distinction should fall to an Individual
that a whole nation should benefit
from the reflected glory. In the dis
tinction of Benjamin franklin it seems
to us this rare occurrence emerged.
Was he not known abroad-in both
scientific and diplomatic circles-as
the great American" And to-day
what name does the visiting foreigner
use when addressing American audi
ences? He says your Washington"
but also your Franklin
1t was most fitting the two hun
dredth anniversary of Benjamin Frank
Inns birth should be celebrated by the
tribute of nation, that we as ma
ton keep green the memory of this
great citizen, this great fellow coun-
tryman.
We hear repeatedly the phrase "the
many-sided Franklin" but in reflect
ing on his career as whole we like
best to call him citizen. But what
ever the term-citizen, philanthropist,
inventor, scientist, philosopher, diplo-
mat, atesman-Franklin's fame re-
mains undimmed; We moderns, SO
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07

taxes on their private lands for the
support of the English troops; this
they had refused. Franklin had given
his personal security to the Pennsyl-
vania farmers for supplies and trans
portation for Braddock's men at the
time of the French and Indian war.
The matter of the Penn taxes satisfac-
torily settled, he turned his attention
to the stamp act and helped secure its
repeal.
1t was service rendered during the
revolutionary war that is especially
notable. He obtained from France aid
and concessions which it is agreed no
other man possibly could have. To
the French he was especially "gratia,"
and to the most exclusive circles of
Paris he had entrance, was there re-
ceived with warmest appreciation. Po-
litical, scientific, literary France ap-
proved of this American, he was given
what he asked for And for once he
was not modest; in asking for his
country he asked much. Every school
boy knows the aid he gave the Amer
lean navy, every schoolboy knows the
gift made by France to John Paul
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
FALL WHEAT RAISING
IN ALBERTA.
Tie Spring Wheat Areas Are Eapidly
Increasing.

1t is only few short years since
the impression prevailed that a large
portion of the Canadian West was un-
fitted for agriculture. To such an ex-
tent did this impression prevail that
districts larger than European prin-
cipalities were devoted solely to ranch
ing purposes, and fiocks and herds
roamed the ranges. But the agricul-
turist was doing some hard thinking,
and gradually experiments were made,
slowly at first, but surely later on. AS
result, to-day in Southern Alberta,
which was looked upon as the "arid
belt" large quantities of the finest
winter wheat in the world are now
grown, and so satisfied are the farm
ers and buyers that the industry has
passed the experimental stage that
elevators by the score have been erect
ed in the past two years and others
are in course of erection, to satisfy
the demands that will be made upon
them in the near future.
Manitoba mo. 1 Hard" spring wheat
has achieved worldwide reputation,
and there can be no question that ere
long mo. 1 Hard" winter wheat from
Alberta will attain similar repute
The great market for this production
will undoubtedly he the Orient, and,
with increased railway facilities and
the erection of additional elevators and
Touring mills. largely increased acre
age will be broken to winter wheat.
The increase of population in South
ern Alberta in the past year has been
largely due to settlers from the United
States, who have brought in capital,
and enterprise, and who have been
uniformly successful in their under
takings. A few more such years of
growth and Turkey Red" winter
wheat will wave from Moose Jaw to
the foothills. Information regarding
lands in the Fail and Spring Wheat
belts may be obtained of any Canadian
government agent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
international Peace.

AS we are looking forward to the
good time coming when the law OF
nations shall be established by an in.
ternatioTal congress, we perhaps do
not appreciate how far we have al
ready gone in practical international
legislation. Already such legislation
controls artistic, literary and indus.
trial property, hygiene, justice, trans
phonic communications, and, says
Baron d'Estournelles, will soon con-
troll wireless telegraphy, submarine
and aerial communications. 1t is be-
ginning to regulate labor, and even
production. There has been an inter-
national conference on sugar. Why,
then, asks the Independent, should
not the regulation be settled interna-
tionally of the amount of money ma
tons should spend on the navy, and
the number of men who should be
withdrawn from productive pursuits to
be trained as an army? If this were
done it would be exactly in the line
of what has already been done, and
in a year or two would seem the only
natural course to be pursued. The ma
tons have agreed, have passed laws
for themselves, to limit their charge
for carrying letter from one country
to another; let them now agree to
limit themselves as to how many bat
tleships they shall build and how large
a standing army they shall support.
This is a chief lesson of this Bethle-
hem season of peace.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT.

The Sahara has over one-half the
area of the United States Its popula-
ton is very small for its area. The
Libyan and Nubian deserts are only
continuation of it to the red sea.
Quiacll. the Oldest Indian in the north
west. died recently at his home on Sat
sop river, Chehalis county, Washington.
He was at least 120 years old, as he was
old and gray-haired when the Oldest set
tiers came to Grays Harbor, SO years
ago.
A remarkable towage feat was accom-
plished by the Australian steamer Airlie
during her voyage from Singapore. She
to~ed 2,500-ton sailing vessel to Goode
island, distance of $500 miles. in the
quick time of 16 days. The daily tow
ing ranged from 1913 to 200 miles
1t is computed that farm properties
in the II states that once seeded from
the union have risen in value more than
billion dollars in two years. The av-
erage yield of these lands since this
century began is OO.O00.OOO a year
greater than it was in the preceding six
years.
Several young men of Clyde, Pa. near
Philadelphia, have been engaged in
catching and shipping frogs to the city
market. The business pays those en-
gaged in it from five to nine dollars a
day. From 60 to $50 pounds of frogs
legs can be secured daily, which can be
readily sold for Is cents pound.
Some one has been specializing about
the Importance of salt to civilization.
The Oldest trade routes are said to have
been opened for salt traffic. Salt de-
termined to a considerable extent the
distribution of man. He was forced to
settle where he could obtain it. This
brought him to the seashore and started
maritime commerce. Lastly, preserva-
ton OF food by salt made long voyages
possible and opened up the world to civ
ilization.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-02-07
Fasting for Health.

A New York business man claims to
have tasted 45 days, working from II
to Is hours a day during the entire
time. Mr.. Shaw, the faster, was over
fed, and took this method of reducing
his weight. He lost 36Ha pounds dur
ing the fast. He found himself strong
and in good health at the end. 1t is
clearly evident, says Good Health,
that we are less Immediately de-
pendent upon our daily meals than
has usually been supposed; and there
seem to be cases in which fasting for
a short period is decidedly beneficial;
but it undoubtedly requires strong
constitution to abstain from fooe Tor
month and half, as did Mr.. Shaw,
and most people will be wise enough
not to try the experiment. Fasting
for day, or even for two or three
days, will sometimes be found very
helpful in overcoming biliousness, re-
ducing fat, getting rid of severe
cold, or some other acute febrile at
tack. 1t is very doubtful whether any
material advantage is really gained
by prolonged fasting; at any rate,
it would seem that all the advantages
gained by Mr.. Shaw by his long fast
might have been secured equally well
by taking daily a small amount of
food, fruit perhaps, though the time
required for reducing his flesh to the
desired point might have been some
what prolonged.
There is a danger involved in tho
complete withdrawal of food, in that
the foundation structures, the frame
work of the body, may be broken
down for the consumption of fuel tc
maintain heat.