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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17
NOTICE..

The office of registration for the Par
ish of Caddo will be established at the
following polling places on the dates
mentioned below, for ate purposes OF
registration:
Wednesday, January I, 1908, Jewella
Thursday, Jan. 2, Dixie
Friday, January 3, BeleheF0
Saturday, Jan. 4, Gillian.
Monday, Jan. E, Hosston.
Tuesday, Jan. 7, Mira.
Tuesday, Jan. 7, Ida.
Wednesday, Jan. s, Blanchard.
Wednesday, Jan. 8, Mooringsport.
Thursday, Jan. 9, Mt Gilead.
Friday, Jan. 10, Rodessa.
Saturday, Jan. II, Myrtis.
Monday, Jan. 10, Hadley.
Monday, Jan. 10, Spring Ridge.
Tuesday, Jan. IA, Magnol3,
Wednesday, Jan. IS, Sand Beach.
Thursday, Jan. 16, Greenwood.
Friday, Jan. II, Vivian.
S. Q. HOLLINGSWORTH,
Registrar of Votes
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. II67S-In First District Court OF
Louisiana: Succession of Emma
McC1elland.
Notice is hereby given that Sarah
Jones has this day applied to be appoint
ed administrators of said succession, FL
ing together description and valuation
of property belonging to said succession
as follows, to- 1T: Real estate, two CD
acres of land, II ore or less, in each half
of southeast quarter of section IA, town.
ship y, range IA, west, in Caddo Par
ish, La; ond hundred fifty dollars
($I5ooo) Ard unless opposition be
made within time specified by law, she
will be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. J. Murff,
Judge of said court, on this the 2Ist day
of November A. D.. 1907.
A. F. HAYNES,
Nov. "a. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
November "a, 1907.

Department of the Interior, Land OF
fee at Natchitoches, La, Dec. II, 1907
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice OF his
intention to make final five years proof
in support of his claim, and that SAID
proof will be made before the Clerk OF
the Court, at Shreveport, La, on Feb
ruary Is, 1908, viz: Homestead Entry
No. zoS,. c. H. Perkins, Rodessa, La,
made April II, 1890 for the south halt
of southwest quarter section ~, town
ship q north, range 16 west, Louisiana
meridian. He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land, VIZ;
John Payne, John Stewart, Jake Gillum,
John Keel, all of Rodessa, La.
]. ERNEST BREDA,
Caucasian, Shreveport. Register.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17
LIQUIDATION NOTICE.

No. Io,257-In First District Court, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana !:
R. Lee Richardson Printing Com
pany, In Liquidation.
Notice is hereby given that B. H.
Lyons has this day filed his final account
and tableau of debts in said liquidation,
and unless opposition be made thereto
within the time specified by law the same
will be duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. J. Murff,
judge of said court, this 10th day of No
vember 1907.
w. M. LEVY,
Nov. 10. Deputy Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17
ESTRAY NOTICE.
w. M. LEVY,
Deputy Clerk.

Taken up by l. W. Miller on the P.
B. Cash estate, about two miles north
of Caspiana, and estrayed before me the
undersigned authority, one dark brown
mare mule, about IS hands high, white
collar marks, also white saddle mark /;
no brands, IS or 10 years old. The own
er will come forward, prove property
and pay cost, or the property will be
sold at Caspiana on Saturday, Deem
Der 2S, 1907, at II o'clock m.
w. B. DANIEL,
Justice of the Peace Eighth Ward Cad
do Parish, Louisiana.
The Caucasian, Nov. Fl, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. 1I,s555-First District Court, Par
ish< of Caddo, State Of Louisiana !:
Succession of George Hanson.
Notice is hereby 2ikszssEtsaisatt-v eros
1nFaAaS ffiis day filed amendment to
final account in said succession, and UNI
less opposition be made thereto within
the time specified by law, the same will
be duly honologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable Judges of said
court this goth day of November 1907.
S. O. WILLIAMS,
Dec. /. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17

Attest:
]. F. LOONEY.
w. P. HALL.
GEO. WHITFIELD JACK,
Notary Public
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-17

Nov. "a.
Douglas Island news., 1907-09-18
Did not do miracles.

A little town near Providence boasts a church whose pastor, besides being an eloquent preacher, is a man of stall wart proportions. At one of his even- ing prayer meetings the services were disturbed by two young men who audi bly, scofed at everything they saw or heard. Finally the pastor demonstrated with them on their behavior, and asked them why they attended the meeting.
 "We came expecting to see miracles performed" ;" impudently replied one of the rascaIs. Leaving the desk and walking quietly down the aisle, the pastor seized one after the other by the collar, and, as they disappeared out of the door, remarked: "We don't per form miracles here, but we do cast out devils. ."-Boston Globe.
Douglas Island news., 1907-09-18

the most imaginative persCn in the world; Alaska with her brave and loyal God fearing and patriotic American I citizens; Alaska with her churches and -&chools, her splendid institutions, her towns and villages; Alaska under the blue dome of the Union sky and in the shadow of the midnight sun; Alaska with her incomparable glaciers, with her great harbors and iuLumerable { lakes and countless cascades; Alaska, in the name of all these and more, in the name of this generation and the glory of our institutions, I ask why you should not have the right of home rule; of local self-government, and all the rights of the territorieS?"
 And E. Burton Holmes, famous as lecturer and author, in speaking of AL aska says:
 "The Yosemite is beautiful; the Grand Canyon of Arizona is colossal; but Alaska, with its fjords and noun tains, glaciers and rivers, possibilities and distances, is all of Shese.
 Ut is not only colossal, but wonder ful and beautiful as we'll"
 A late testimonial comes from c. Bic Ravndal, formerly American Consul at Dawson City. In a recent interview in the Yukon World, published at Daw- son, Mr. Ravndal says:
 It strikes me that this fascinating Northland will before long loom up as an attraction to tourists equal to Swift zerland and Norway. Tie inside pas sage between Seattle and Skagway, practically all the way, presents scen- cry of natural beauty and grandeur and picturesQueness only equalled, not surpassed, however, by the fjords of ! Norway. Between Skagway and the White Pass you revel in the delights of Switzerland. Sailing down the Yukon in luxurious steamers, with abundant opportunity for hunting, fishing, eX ploitation and scientific research, is an experience never to be forgotten"
 And Alaska does rival Switzerland and Norway in it's scenery and the AL askan voyage will be one of the feature side trips to be offered to the visitors to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 19O9
Douglas Island news., 1907-09-18
AIaska---Some Misconceptions
 and the Truth.
By LLOYD ". McDowELL IN JAMESTOWN
 MAGAZINE.

MAGAZINE.
 Nearly every visitor to the James town Exposition seems to have some >sort of an idea of Alaska; an impression left from reading the stories of the struggles of the early prospectors, the pioneers, so to speak, of this great dis tricJ. Their knowledge of theresources of the country shows an evident lack of study of the possibilities of one of Uncle Sans richest possessions, and the popular opinion of Alaska of those unacquaiuted and unadvised is that it is mighty iceberg, with zero weather the year around.
 When you inform your visitors that grain higher than your head is raised 400 miles north of the Arctic circle and refer them to the Alaska exhibit of the United States Government at James, town for proof to bear you out in this statement, they seem to be amazed, and their interest iulthe district increases at once. Or the 329, ,OOO acres of ground comprising Alaska, more than 229,OOO,OOO lie in the temperate zone and are capable of agricultural devel- opment. In fact, the commissary de- partment of the United States Army has reached the conclusion that is is no longer necessary to ship canned veget- ables to Alaska for the use of the troops stationed at the various military posts because so many kinds of vegetables are raised there that it is possible for the troops, at nearly all of the stations, to be supplied with fresh vegetables all the year
 = And all this in tue land of'perpetual snow and ice!
 A careful study of the Alaska agri- cultural exhibit at the Jamestown EX- position will bear out the officers of the commissary department in their contention that vegetables and grains of all kinds are plentiful in Alaska. Here are to be seen exhibits of peas, carrots, beets, potatoes, cabbage, and, in fact, all sorts of garden vegetables. Wheat, oats, rye and barley thrive eX- oellently under the climatic conditions of the territory. To encourage and i'm provo agricultural pursuits in the ter ritory the government some years ago established several experimental sta tions and the results have been satis- factory.
 At the Alaska .Yukon-Pacific Expo sition in Seattle in 1909 the Alaska ag- riculturaI exhibit will be one of the leading features of the Alaska build ing. There the resources of the dis trict will be brought to the attention of the world on larger scale than ever attempted before.
 Alaska not only holds out every in- ducement to the home seeker, but is one of the richest gold regions. All known minerals are found there and the yield of furs is greater than in any part of the United States. Seattle will soon be the fur mart of the country, owing to the enormous shipments of furs from Alaska and Siberia passing through the city. It is asserted that Alaska will eventually control the cop per market of the world, since the visi- ble supply is so great. At this time the
Douglas Island news., 1907-09-18

ties for everyone. It is d country not alone for the miner and prospector, but for the merchant, farmer and railroad builder, and a fairyland for the tourist on pleasure bent.
 One of the great highways of Alaska is the Yukon river, more than 2,5OO miles in length. Iu the summer months the vessels of the British Yukon Navi- gatiou Company ply between White horse and Dawson, carrying thousands of tons of provisions and supplies to the interior. From Dawson the steam CT lines extend to Fairbanks and be- tween Dawson and St. Michael the North American Transportation & Trading Company has it's fleet of river packets handling the freight shipments for the mining districts.
 June always witnesses the depar- ture of the ocean steamships from Sc. attle for the Nome gold fields. During the winter months the ice floes from the Arctic close in the port and navi- gatiou is at an end, The steamer lines, all pioneers in the Alaskan trade, are factors in the progress of Alaska and the best vessels in the fleet of the White Star Steamship Company, North western and Pacific Coast Steamship Companies are placed in the Behring Sea trade during the months of June, July, August, September and October of each year. The service to Valdez, Seward, Katalla and points on the West ern coast is furnished by two big lines, the Alaska Coast Company and the Northwestern Steamship Company, successors of the Alaska Commercial Company During period of twenty years this company alone paid the Un- ited States government nearly S7,0O0,- OOO for it's rental of the Pribylotislands and tax on all sealskins taken. This sum nearly amounts to the total pur- chase price of 37, 100000 paid for Alaska to Russia in 1867. The betterment of transportation facilities has been in keeping with the general progress of the country and at the present time the shipyards of Seattle are turning out big steel vessels, some for the passen- ger trade, while others are great freight CTS built to carry supplies to the dis trict and return laden with valuable shipments of ore, salmon and other exports of the North.
 Prominent men in every walk of life, government officials and tourists from every part of the globe, have visited Alaska and all return with many words of praise for the district. There is such fascination about the Alaskan voyage that few persons make the trip who do not express a desire to return at some later period. It was after trip to Al aska that Hon. William Sulzer, of New York, was led to pay the following tribute to Alaska in his speech before Congress:
 "Alaska with her population of near ly 100000; Alaska with her splendid and invigorating climate; Alaska with her beautiful scenery, her magnificent distances, her towering snow-capped mountains, her majestic rivers, her fertile fields, her great industries of fish and furs and timber and agricul- tural possibilities; Alaska with her immense wealth in gold and copper and silver and lead and iron and coal- mineral wealth beyond the dreams o
Douglas Island news., 1907-09-18

The closing down of the Guggenheim operations at Dawson has thrown 2,400 men out of employment. The furry in money circles is said to be not respon- sible for the close down which is at tributed to the inability of the company to secure material for carrying>o on the work of construction.
Douglas Island news., 1907-09-18

CTS at Katalla, ou the Western coast, building standard gauge railroad to tap the copper mines. An instance that the moneyed men of the East have their eyes on Alaska is evidenced by the fact that the above interests are spending S3,OOOO0O in the building of a brealwater at KaJalla to provide dock iug facilities for ocean liners. At Sew. ard the Alaska Central is reaching through the fertile valleys headed for the Fairbanks miuing district, rival of the KIondjke.
 The question of fuel is settled when government experts recently pro. uouuced the coal deposits to be of bi- luminous, semi.anthracite and anthra- cite. equal to the coal fields of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Great oil fields have been found on Comptroller Bay and the output, although small at this time has been pronounced to be of the high est grade. Then the salmon industry alone has reached an annual valuation of S1OOOO,O0O. Alaska is also rich in timLer and the latest figures on the to- tai gold output show that it easily reaches above 510O,OOO,OOO.
 This briefly gives an idea of the size and resources of Alaska, which the 1909 Exposition iu Seattle will exploit together with the Yukon territory and British Colum bia, both adjoining Alas ka aud enjoying the same rapid growth.
 The minds of . great many people seem to be confused regarding the way to reach Alaska from Seattle and few realize that the class of passenger steamships plying in northern waters are vessels especially built for. the trade and compare favorably with the best types of steamships operating along the Atlantic coast. Southeastern Alaska is the mecca for thousands of ezcursionists every summer and the tide of touristF travel is fast being turned from Europe to the Pacific Coast.
 Each summer excursion parties spend from eight to ten days visiting the to- tenn pole villages and glaciers along the Alaskan coast and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company built the steam ship Spokane to be used as an eXclu- sive excursion steamship. The voyage from Seattle to Skagway covers 1000 miles and is often compared to the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence, since the vessels pass through inland waters throughout the trip.
 The White Pass & Yukon Railroad has it's sea terminus at Skagway and the ride to the summit of the White Pass mountains is one of the grandest rail trips known. In June, 1905, Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and party of Congressman and Senators made the trip from Seattle to Skagway and thence to Lake Bennett over the White Pass line. Upon his return Speaker Cannon, in an interview in the Seattle Daily Times, said:
 "I have been surprised and pleased with the grandeur and beauty of the scenery along the inland sea channels, which form the course of the voyage to Alaska. It seems to me that here in this thousand miles are gathered more pleasing mountain and sea scenery than can be found anywhere else on this continent, or perhaps in the world"
Douglas Island news., 1907-09-18

Northern Light Rebekah Lodge No. meets at Odd Fellows hall second and fourth Saturdays
 Visitors are cordially invited.
 MRS. IDA WHIPPLE, \. G. MRS. GERTRUDE LAUGHLIN, Sec'Y
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-25
DEVICE TO L|Fl
WELL WATER IS
INGENIOUS
Interesting Experiments by an
AIamogordo Man Who Makes
an Ordinary Old Well One
of the ArteSian Variety,
CAiamogordo News.)

Last week the News made brief
mention of "a successful device that
w. A. Dennis had installed In a well
on his ranch at Aiamogordo. the ar
rangement converting the well into a
flowing artesian supply.
That the device Is successful is
proven by the fact that the water IL
actually flowing out of "a siX-inch pipe.
the top OF which Is three feet above
the surface.
The device is owned and controlled
by W. J. Wallace. OF Alamogordo. who
put 1t in operation i'm the Dennis well,
and the system Is very simple and ef-
fective. The Dennis well b. a 6-inch
pipe inserted In a bored well ~ feet
deep. the bored hole being - inches
in diameter, thus leaving a space OF
3 inches between the 6-inch pipe and
the sides OF the bored hole. Mr.. Wal
lace attaches to the bottom of the
pipe before sinking. a surrounding
Jacket material which contains certain
chemicals, the nature and properties
Of which are secret. this tacketing ma
terial closing the space at the bottom
81 the pipe which existed between the
pipe and the walls Of the well. When
the water comes in contact with the
chemicals az the bottom Of the pipe
the resultant action IN an upward force
that gradually forces OF lifts the water
In the pipe 20 the surface, q once
the water has begun an overflow al
the upper pipe outlet, a syphon has
been Established and the flow Is con-
%tinunus from this time on without any
additional assistance.
The offices performed by the chemi-
Gals are very temporary. simply last
ing long enough Co force the water %
the surface and create the syphon.
which when once accomplished is per
pctual in its action.
in the Dennis well. the third strata
uf water was encountered al a depth
N - feet and the appliance was in
stalled at thai depth. MI Wallace
states ~ a the first water strata was
found az a depth Of % feet. The sec
uuu IA 81 feet this heinE much the
strongest flow but the well was sunk
tn - feet, taking water from the third
strata.
The second water strata o. found IN
coarse sand aud gravel az fN feet and
the water j. rs pure and palatable a.
the Alamogordo spring water. The.
water bearing strata is strong
Nf sulphur showing conchlsiyely that
ius original ource j. the same as the
tnrIEoE0 supply. The Ture water
strata and the greatest noN. undouht-
cdIN from the neighbnrhood 81
Tularoa and La Luz. the topography
nf the country indicating this condi-
lion.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-25
SUNDAY LAW APPLIES
AT L0RDSBURG MINES
Officer Breaks II Gently To Eighty
Five Company That They Must Run
a Six Day Shift Hereafter or BE
Punched.

The enforcement Of a sunday mine
closing law is a new wrinkle to mining
men. but according to II II. shelley.
who Is in charge or the "Eighty-Five
Mine" which is located four miles
from Lordsburg, this law IS not only
on the New Mexico statute books, but
II Is enforced by the officials, says the
Tucson Citizen.
Two weeks & Mr.. Shelley was no
titled by an officer that he would
have 10 cease working his mines On
Sunday and IA the plant n a six
day scale only. The officer explained
that the Sunday closing law l. being
enforced to the letter and added that
no n was being overlooked.
1T has been the custom of mines ~
over the country to work seen DAYS
each week n in fact on the majority
Of the mines three shifts are worked
each day so that there Is not a single
I'd 2 moment during the week. How
ever, with the enforcement of the New
Mexico law the mines there VIII be
permitted to work only six days IL
each week.
There is n exception under tla,
law, and that is i'm properties where
there is water coming into the mines, :
remarked Mr.. Shelley. o such
properties h regular shifts may be
worked sever days each week.
There is not a great deal or activity
in the Lordsburg district just at pres
ent as h properties there w felt
the copper slump just as the Arizona
have and as q consequences
cut down their operations con-
siderably.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-25

Linfield, OF the Montana agricultural
experiment station at Bozeman, who
has made II a business TO interview
leading stock raisers Of Montana, the
deterioration OF the range has been
not far from One-half from not so
many years ago. 1t II not hard to
find why range grasses are poorer in
quality and smaller in quantity. over
stocking Of the range has been the
potent factor.
To realize the enormous loss sus-
tanned in Montana through poorer
range II would be wen TO take the last
book Of the department OF agri-
culture. In this Il Is found hat the
value Of cattle. horses n sheep was
put at about 100000, 600. From this
industry the gross yearly income has
been placed at around $40, 0O0, 900,
Of which Is derived from the
Thus tho methods of handling
live stock I'm Montana, as we'll as in
other western range states. where
general conditions are no better, must
in untold loss.
losses In Two Directions.
Director Linfield, anent the situa-
says in the Helena Independent:
The losses from present methods of
feeding are In two directions.
First. the winter losses. which are due
to overlooking the range and
to lack of adequate preparation
winter feeding. or to a desire to
get out onto a good range early in
he spring before the other fellow
yets there and when n late spring
storm may destroy the already weak
sned stock.
The loss from this cause must be
enormous, and during the time the
'ange industry has been in existence
ave exceeded two or three
lines the present value of the live |
itock of the state.
Ranges Can BE Restored.
1.-THE next question is, can this range
,e restored to its 0ld-time crop yield?
Montana | believe the ranges can
,e restored. In districts where the
round Is baTe and the grass eaten TO
he ground, II the country is level a
Of dykes turned up with the
low would help materially to hold
snow and the water till IL soaked
nto the ground. In a rolling, hilly
ountry small dams In the %cOulees
nd series of diversion canals TO catch
nd carry the water out OF the
would prevent a rapid "a off
nd help to more thoroughly wet the
ground"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-25
WILL ASK FEDERAL
AID IN PROJECT
FOR TAJ|QUE
of Canyon in Man
zanos Would Ifrigate Thou
sands of Acres of Fertile
Mountain Slope.

Especial Correspondence Msrnins journal ]
Estancia. y. NJ. Nov. 2f-Fo build
a big dam aud reservoir 1t the mouth
0i the Tajlque canyon and thus store
an Immense volume Of water that
run down the gulch eyery year Is the
plan now being forwarded by resi-
dents OF Estanrie. willard and The
Estancis valley. The aarer that runs
10 waste down this canyon from the
Mauzano mountains could be used 70
great advantage III irrigating thou
sands Of acres o. fertile land about
the foot Of the mountains n would
mean the establishing pf a nourishing
agricultural colony IA this section. The
matter win be placed before The gov
eminent and federal assistance asked
Ia the execution Of the project which
engineers have pronounced entirely
favorable. The Commercial club OF
Estancia and the Commercial club OF
willard are each working on the mat
ter and writing letters and otherwise
enlistinE Influence that VIII do the.
good. Every settler IN the val
has been requested 10 write to
one who's aid would be advan-
Including senators and con-
sressmen. The scheme Is a very at
.ractive one and would do much for
prosperity Of the valley