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FARMING IS A BUSINESS.

In no other business is IL likely that
men can be found with $4,000, $4,000 or
$4,000 investments who never pretend
TO keep books OF the business. Farmers
books are too often kept in this man
ner-gain, money in the bank; loss,
money borrowed. The writer once ar
gued this question OF keeping books
with a well-tO-do American farmer, who
finally concludd his argument by say-
ing: Farming ain't all keeping books.
by a long shot"
There are stin thousands Of farmers
in the Middle West who do not know
the markets, who rarely, if ever, stop
to consider the relation between prices
of feeds and prices of beef and pork.
Hogs are fed because there is money
in hogs" and many an operation on the,
farm il done according to some precon-
ceiyed notion The writer knows a Ger
man farmer in western Minnesota who
has a beautiful, clean farm, and is evil
IDENTIFY prosperous. While watching him
feed his hogs one day this conversation
took place: How old are those .pigs?V
Sixteen months" ''Why don't Won
sell them?" well. 7 don't like to sell
a hog until he weighs up good and
heavy, Edward c. Parker in the
American Monthly Review of Reviews.
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numerous undertakings. He had
reached the Sweetwater river. and
had assembled 1t almost to the con-
tinental divide. The season growing
late, his provisions being short, and
there being little or nothing in the
country on which to subsist, he de-
termined to make his way back to
the Missouri river. He constructed
barges near DEVILS Gate and made
an attempt to reach the Missouri
by water. All went we'll until he
reached the first canyon below the
mouth of the Sweetwater. Here his
barges were wrecked and all of his
instruments We're lost in the river,
Notwithstanding he made strenuous
efforts to recover them, he did not
succeed, and they still repose some
where In the Grand Canyon Of the
Platte. 1t is within the region of
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Remains of Great Canals.

And in connection with this little
animadversion to the history of re-
clamation, 1t is interesting to note
that irrigation was carried on in the
North American continent as long
ago, perhaps, as it was in Egypt
AT any rate, this much is certain.
that in the course OF their inyesti-
cations and surveys the Government
engineers in the far Southwest have
discovered the remains of great IT.
rigation canals and bitches, buried
beneath the sand and dust and deb
ris of centuries, and probably of
decades of centuries. More strange
even than this, is the fact that thesa
primitive engineers. who did their
work perhaps before Abraham
watched his fiocks on the plains of
Chaldea, follow the same engineer
ing lines that ar accepted as cor
rect and scientific by the engineers
of the United States Army and Geo
logical Survey today, and were of
such magnitude that for a great
period of time they maintained a
wonderfully prosperous and extern
sive civilization in region that to-
day is a desert.
1t is certainly an interesting
thought that in the cycles of history
civilization has come back. after
scores of centuries, to this new-old
region of America, and that the civ
ilization of today, with all its de-
velopment of the sciences and arts.
can provide nothing better than was
afforded by that of an epoch, so long
gone that we can only guess what
sort of a people Possessed It!
The plan of this great reclamation
work. in brief, is that as fast as one
project is carried out, and the lands
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270 Feet AboUe RiUer BED.

Beside the trail at numerous
points lonely headstones mark the
graves of those who persisted on that
Western journey. In a few years the
face of this region will have
changed more than it has changed
since the 23d of June, 1850. With
the completion of the great North
Platte project, more than a thous-
and happy families will be located
in the valley and more than $50 600
acres OF the best land will be under
cultivation.
The Pathfinder Dam, which is TO
be one Of the marveIs OF American
engineering, will have a maximum
height OF 30 feet above the river
bed, 1t Will be 80 feet long at the
base, and $50 feet long at the crest,
and will create an artificial lake hav-
ing storage capacity Of 5000. 0OO,-
600 gallons. By the measurement
OF irrigation engineers this will be
equivalent to lake covering ], 100.-
600 acres with water one foot in
depth. The estimated cost of the
Pathfinder Dam is 81, 250, 900. When
constructed il will restrain forever
the destructive foods of the North
Platte River. which annually cause
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A Project That Marks
the Beginning Of an
Undertaking Which
Will Cost More
Money Than the
Panama Canal. "

- ALL mistake 10 SuDDOSf
that the Panama Canal is the
biggest enterprise Uncle Sam
has on his hands at present
AS matter or fact he has a
JoD OF engineering afoot these days
mat viii require more time. cost i'm
mensely more money, and probably.
when It is completed. will be a good
deal more profitable investment than
the big canal, in which he is going
10 spend something like $500, 600 900.
IN Iact. five times the money the
government is spending on the ca
nal would not be an excessive esti-
mate of the cost that will be in
Cured in carrying out the tremen-
dous series OF projects in the re-
clamation of the arid lands of the
Far West. True. all this arid land
irrigation work is not in a single
project, as in the case of the canal
but il is all involved in a closely
related series of enterprises that is
working a bigger endless chain than
ever extracted the gold from the
Federal Treasury. The main differ
ence is that this endless chain of re-
clamatiOn enterprises Is going to
work the other way. 1t will put the
money in Uncle Sans Golfers in
stead of taking it out.
1t is little hard to realize that
the Nile valley, the cradle of civ
ilizatiOn. the first home of the arts
and sciences and industries. so far
as We know, the richest territory in
the world, and richer now than il
was 5000 years ago. when the dawn
OF history first rose upon tit is
hard to appreciate that the Nile re-
gion is just another piece of re-
claimed land, and that it isn't near
ly so great, in area or wealth or pop
ulation. as the reclaimed areas of
Western United States will be when
the series of gigantic projects are
carried out, which the reclamation
service now has in contemplation.
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The Pathfinder Dam.

Among all Of the great irrigation
works now under construction by
the Government, none Is richer in
historical association than the
North Platte project in Wyoming
and Nebraska. It occupies more
than $50 miles of the old overland
trail from the Missouri to Salt Lake,
and TO the great gold diggings of
California. Along the lines of the
canals and in the areas TO be irri-
gated are found many of the most
interesting historical monuments.
The Pathfinder dam, which is the
pivot around which the whole prof.
ect reyolves, is located at almost
the exact point where Gen. John C.
Fremont, the noted explorer, met
one of the seYerest trials of his
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A Prosperous Wildcat Family.

One OF the prominent land marks
IN this section is known. as indie
pendence Rock. on account of there
having been held there one of the
greatest Fourth of July celebrations
ever held in the State of Wyoming
General Fremont, mounted on his
charger, assembled the rock and from
1t delivered his Fourth of July ora
ton. His audience. it is estimated
amounted to nearly 1000 souls. or
more people probably than could
be gathered at the same place on a
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were there in numbers, as were also
the soldiers, but by far the greater
number was composed of hunters and
trapRers and Of the emigrants MAX
ing their way Westward. This
rock at the present time Is the home
OF a prosperous family of bob cats,
who have become accustomed to the
sight of Uncle Sans engineers and
are to be observed daily and al
most hourly lying on the rocks. en-
joying the warm sunshine,
The great trail is dIstinguishable
in a score of places over a distance
of $50 miles, and it averages at
least 100 feet in width, It's great
width is not due so much to the
fact that new trails were made as
the old ones became worn and rutty,
but 10 the fact that the emigrants,
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especially the Mormons. travelled in
great companies, their wagons oft
times moving in a solid phalanx
five or more abreast. To one who
knows the country, the lot sands.
alkali dust, the dearth of water, and
the intense heat of the midday sun,
1t Is almost ineOnceivable how any
one could survive moving in the
middle Of that phalanx, with the
clouds OF dust and buffalo gnats as
constant companions.
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I WONDERS!

/ wonder if the fairies sit
on toadstools when they rest.
And If. when they would sleep a bit.
They like a mushroom best?
j. K. Bangs in st. Nicholas.
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possibility that in the excavations
which are now being made for the
foundation of the gigantic Path
finder dam some of the lost instru-
ments viii be recovered.
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damage far in excess OF the cost OF
the dam. The purpose Of the dam
is TO store the foods. Many miles
down the stream near the eastern
border OF Wyoming and the western
border Of Nebraska, a low diversion
dam Will be placed in the river 10
lift the water into canals on both
sides and extending down the val
ley Tor distance Of 40 miles. Thesa
canals will provide ror the irriga-
ton of $4,000 acres of land in two
States, or an area about double the
cultivated area Of Rhode Island.
The total cost Of the project will
probably be not less ynan s. 900 900.
At the present time most of this
region is utilized for a public range.
The climate Of this section is identi-
cal with that Of the Great Plains
area II has maximum tempera-
ture OF So a minimum Of 90 degrees
below, and a mean temperature of
40 degrees, and humidity OF 66 per
cent. The general elevation of the
irrigable lands varies from $500 to
1900 feet above sea level. The soil
is a fertile sandy loan, quite free
from alkali. Without irrigation
these lands are valued at from 81 to
S., but with water, sell readily for
from $40 to SO an acre. The ex-
pendituTe Of $4,000. 900 in these
works viii increase the value of tax
able property by more than $780,
600. IL will change a region now
valueless, save for grazing nomadic
herds, into compact farming settle
ments, with numerous populous and
prosperous towns and villages. The
lands under this project are tribu-
tary 10 three great railroad systems,
the Burlington, the Union Pacific,
and the Chicag o-Northwestern. The
principal crops under irrigation will !
be alfalfa, oats, and corn.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-03-10

NOTICE. to BIDDERS
On March 18th, 1906, at 80
O'Clock y NJ the Board of Trustees
of the City Of New Iberia will
open bids for the repair of cement
sidewalks in TIE above City.
The work to be done cons sting
of,
1915 so fit wearing surface for
cement sidewalks,
$50 SO f. cement sidewalk com
plete,
200 so fit cement driveway,
100 lineal feet curb, .
All work to be done in accord
ance with the specifications on file
in the office of V P Guilfoux, CITY
Engineer
Bids shall be made for price
per square # for wearing surface,
sidewalk, driveway, and for price
per iineal fit for curb.
The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and all
bids. as may serve the interest of
the city.
Successful bidder to furnish
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The Committee appointed at
the last meeting in regard to the
advisability of adopting an ordi
nance against the extension of
the limits of the Cemetary in the
West portion Of the City, reported
that this was a matter for the
courts and not the Council. Ii
was moved by Mr. Delahoussaye.
seconded by Mr. Dallas and carried
that the report of the committee
he accepted
In view of the fact that Messrs
Faulkes- Forbes Co have failed to
repair the cement sidewalk as per
contract 1t was moved by Mr.
Delahoussaye, seconded by Mr.
Dallas aud carried that the CITY
advertise for bids and have this
work done at the expense of the
Contractors, and that notice call
ing for bids be given by puhIica
ton in the Off cia! journal As fol
lows 10 WIZ
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OFFICIAL MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting

New Iberia, La, Mch. ), 1906.
The Mayor and Board of Trus
tees Of the City Of New IBERIA met
this day in regular session with
Mayor G. G. Laugblin, in the
chair and the following mem bers
present, to witt. Messrs K. D.
Stansbury, Jno. Fisher, K. F..
Dellahoussaye, O. Renoudet and
l.. Indest, Sr.
Mr.. Paul E VOORHEES, having
resigned as a member of the
Council, and Mr.. Geo w. Dallas
having been appointed a member
in his place, and having qualified
as such took his seat as member
of the Board of Trustees of the
City of New Iberia.
The minutes of Feb. 1st and 9TH
were read and approved on motion
of Mr.. Renoudet, seconded by Mr..
DellahOussaye and carried.
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bond for fifty per cent Of the con
tract price.
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from twenty five to thirty dollars
per month.
The Mayor stated that he had
suspended Mr.. A. J. StaffoSd
from the police force on the l4th
of February for being intoxicated
A communication from Mr.. A. J.
Stafford acknowledging that he
was intoxicated on the 14th of
Feby.. and promising not to drink
again if re instated was read 1t
was moved by Mr. Renoudet,
seconded by Mr.. Stansbury and
carried by the following yea and
nay vote, to-wi':-Yea Messrs.
Renoudet, Delahonssaye, Stansbu
ry, Dallas, Fisher and Indest, that
the action of the Mayor in sus-
pending Mr.. A. J. Stafford from
the police force is sustained.
The following applications were
then read for the position of dep
uty police officer, to wit-Messrs
X. F. House, Henry Mouret and
A. }. Stafford The Mayor ap-
pointed Messrs Dallas and Della
hOussaye tellers and the Council
proceeded to vote. which was as
follows, to wit:-Mr. Il. +. House,
one vote; Mr.. II Mouret, one vote
and Mr.. A j Stafford four votes.
Mr Stafford having received the
required number of votes was de
clared elected deputy police officer
of New Iberia.
A resolution forbidding any
member of the Council except the
Street and Bridge Inspector to Or
der any material for the streets of
City of New iberia was presented
BY Mr. Renoudet and reao, when it
was moved by Mr. Renoudet see
oaded by Mr. Delaboussaye and a
dOpted by the following yea and
nay vote, to wit:-Yea. Messrs Rem
oudet, Delahoussayp, Stansbury,
Dali S, and Indest. Nay. None.
Said ordinance as above entitled
wss then presented to the Mayor
for examination and after exami
nation the same was returned by
him approved and signed with the
seal Of the Corporation thereto af.
fixed.
Said Ordinance !, ads as follows
TO witt
Be it ordained by the Mayor
md Board of Trustees OF the City
# New iberia that from and after
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Mr. JEo. Keuhn appeared befol e
the Council and asked that bis
salery as janitor be raised from
twenty five to thirty dollars per
mo q ( b. It was NOV e d by Mr..
Renoudet seconded by Mr.. Del
ahousssye, and carried by the fol
lowing yea and nay vote to wit
Yea-Nessrs Renoudet, Delabous
saye. Fisher, Stansbury, dallas
and Indest-Nsy none-Thst the
salesy Of Mr. Jso. Keuhn be raised
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ed the sum Of twelve dollars per
month from the LIST Of March for
feeding his horse fog corporation
use in addition to his salery Of fiji
! " dollars as police officer.
The following bills were read
! and approved and ordered paid
j on motion of Mr. DelahOussayf,
seconded by Mr Renoudet and car
ried. and which are as follows. to
wit
VI Leblanc, for drayase from
Feb 9TH to March 4th OG, - -,
| S s. 3: J b Hughes, for shoeins
horse on Feb 10th 06, ! 90, Inc;
The Iberia Cypress Co Ltd, for
lumber as per bills, ) 80, 5 & b;
E + Willard, for printing as per
bills g. 81, official printing; } u
Leblanc for recording cement side
walk ordinances, 30 %, 5 & b;
New Iberia Brick Factory, for ~
barrels of shells, 90. S Il b; JOS
Brioan.i Il Co for Is barrels OF
shells. / 50, S & b; Max Levy iof
! ton of coal, 8 30, Inc: { " hst
lift. for work on street as per
bills, 10 -, ; 4 b; o } Trainors
Sons, for hoop on cistern etc, = %
Inc: J Il Taylor, for medicines for
panpers. -, Paupers; John otel
feDauer, for work on market stall,
) %. Inc; J G Leblanc, Clerk; ios
administering five oaths, az per
bill. . 30, Inc; L F Lallande, for
feed for horse for chief OF ponce
Fed OG. 10 10, Police; F n Mes
tayer, for feeding prisoners during
January and February, W ~
Feeding prisoners; Ellie Pess D.
for hauling boiler to Water WORKS
Plant, II co, Inc; Lewis Anger
for rent OF boiler for WAFER
Works Plant, 60 90, Inc; Ne"
IBERIA Foundry and Machine shop
for pipe etc, . 90, Inc; 0 keno'
Diet. for nails etc, as per OIL i'o"
Dec 1t o. to Feb 26th Oj, - ID.
5 & y: The Dl Leinlnger Chemies'
Co. for one fornaldehyde genera
ter and J doz jars, Is 81, B Of d;
Wells Fargo ca, for express ="
generator and jars, l 10, b OF n
J W Compton, for services 90
secretary I,ro tenn of Board OF
Hed&I on .ltlfH >, w
Ii
II wa, n,Grl by Mr Fisher,
seconded BY Mr stansbnry' anu
carried that the Board adjourn
until next Monday night the i.'.'
dorof March 1905. at 80 0'clocA
when the Board will meet for wy
purpose of transacting any an'
unfinished business.
G G. Laughlin, A .amI
Mayor.
CAarQH1A..s
s..,, =. ,1ss u w Q. ..sss
''s, !, EMZkzx -
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Send Us Three Names

OF reading farmers In your neigh borhood
together With this advertisement and Is one
cent staDpo--or . silver quarter securely
wPAppod-snd we'll enroll you for q four
Donths' trial trip subscription. Or Eve Of
yol may club together, seadieG . dollar
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The monthly reports of Collect
or, Clerk. Treasurer and impound-
er of stock were read aud ordered
spread on the minutes on motion
Of Mr.. Renoudnt, seconded by Mr.
Fisher and carried, and which are
as follows, to wit:
New Iberia, La, March !, 1906
Collectors Report for Feby 1906.
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| bond for fifty per cent Of the con
tract price.
The bid of Mr.. II HWinters for
| the pest house of $50 % was rea d
when it moved by Mr.. RenOudet.
seconded by Mr.. Stansbury and
carried that the same be rejected.
| The bill of Mr. Jules DreyfGs for
| the sum of SIS o. for feed for
horse furnished America Fire Co.
| No. from March ith, to June %,
% was read-when it was moved
by Mr.. Delahoussaye. seconded by
Mr. Fisher and carried that this
lbilt be paid and charged to the
fire Department. I.
Mr. Emile Hafe having paid the
City the sum Of fifty dollars for a
license AZ fRot peddler for the
year, 1906, and the ordinance only
imposing he sum of ten dollars
1t was moved by Mr. De ahoussaye
seconded by Mr Hcnoudet and ear
red that the sum of forty dollars
be refunded 10 Mr. Emile Hafe,
and that the same be charged TO
the incidental fand.
The East Side Concert Band hav
ing raid the City OF New Iberia
the sum Of twenty FIVE dollars for
the Schubert Symphony Co and
this performances being tor the ben
eft of this Band 1t was moved
by Mr. RenOudet' seconded by sir
DelahOuesaye, and carried that
the sum of twenty five dollars be
refunded to the East Side Concert
Band, and that it he charged to
the incidental fund. .
The resolutions by the East
Band thanking the Council for this
donation of the amount of licenses
required were read-when it wax
moved by Mr. Renoudet, seconded
by Mr. Delahoussaye and carried
that the same be accepted.
Mr. r d Stansbury rendered his
resignation as a member of the
Finance Committee-It was NOV
ed by Mr. Renoudet, seconded by
Mr. Indest and carried that this
resignation be accepted
The Mayor then Apo nted Mr.
X ID Stansbury a member of the
Street and Bridge Committee, to
fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of Mr. VOORHEES, from the +
Council, and he appointed Mr. G I
W Dallas a member Of the Fin
ance Committee to fill the vacan
cy caused ny the resignation of
Mr. stansbury from this commit
tee.
Nh Chas Goetz requested that
he be allowed more than seven
dollars per month for feeding his
horse-It was moved 10y Mr. Fish
er, seconded by Mr Indest and car
Iied that Mr. Chas Goetz be allow
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Tom WatSOn'S Magazine,

the Magazine with purpose back Of II, I"
vas established TO teach the best way OF
Sbolishing these special privileges. and,
hence. Of rendering the Trusts powerless to
rob the public. IL Ia big monthly maga-
xine OF 10 pages, with illustrations, cartoons,
MIR. Wats0n's brilliant editorials, special
stories, serial story. novelties. short story
and poems, ov the worlds best writer's. Reg.
uiAs price. q 90 per year; 10 cents the copy.
1t all newsstands. Every farmer Is inter-
ssfed In knowing the best way 70 cure the
Trust evil Aad how 70 bring II about. Nov
In Its secood volume. Ton WATooSs NA0A.
SIs8 10 firmly established, and .ts circula-
zion ID growing rapidly: but We want to ada
. hundred thousand subscribers to our liet
In the merit month or two.
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Total 1916 -
Respectfully submitted,
=. Jnbln, Coll
y I. Southern ID. y. Col. for
February, 1906. 1906 80
p. Jubn,
Coll.
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r. +. UeInOmmer,
City Treasurer,
New Iberia, La, March ), 1906.
To the Hon. the Mayor & mem.
bers Of the City Council Of the
City OF New Iberia, La.
Gentlemen
During the month Of Jan
nary and February, 1906, l re.
leased stom the pound yard 90
head of horses and two cows to
their owners, after collecting the
|regultr fee OF % cent-anb sold
two horses for IS 2j.
The tw, Lorses | had for the
Belion Lumber Co. was releasd by
me at a cost of *ll.7O. l paid J.
Brouseard for keeping and feeding
The two horses. 90
| paid telephone. .............. 20
Corporation .............. 800
Ny fees. ......... l 80
Total. .fll. 20
n-sczvg.,
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The Farmers and the Trusts.

OF all producers the farmer is hit hardest
by The Tfusts. They catch him coming and
going And the Trus. lives and grows be-
cause o. railroad rebates. the protective"
tsrI6. aud national bank control OF our,
money systen,. Evidently the remedy is to
cut OF these special favsrs which build up
and peYpetuate the Turst