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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-05-18

MIR. Ned French who left here
four years ago to enter machine
shop in New Orleans to learn the
trade, came home this week having
com ple,ed his apprenticeship and
now hold his papers as finished
michinist.
The chief secret of beauty is
to stay young, So buy yourself an
Ideal Comb is lasting, it will not
wash off and the hair may be
crimped or curled or washed with
out the least affecting the color,
Jules Francois, agent.
There was a special meeting of
the Police Jury of this Parish here
Thursday evening to hear a COM
mittee from Terrebonne Parish re-
lative to the interest of those pa
risbes in securing the opening Of
water connection from Morgan CT
ty to New Orleans aud other mat
tiers of mutual interest.
There will be held at st. Mar
tiuville Methodist Church on June
7th to 9th Parish Sunday School
Convention under the management
of l. B. Elzey, Secretary Louisi-
ana State Sunday School Associs-
ton. There will be quite an in
teresting programme, which will
be both interesting and instruc-
tive. The public is cordially in
vited. A. j. Coburn, P. G.
President A. A. Morrow Of the
st. Martin Parish Fair Associa-
ton was here Thursday in the in
terest of the Fair. Mr.. Morrow
wants to make the Fair a Parish
affair and wants the people of
every section of the parish to take
an active interest in the matter.
Mr.. Morrow says the Board of d.
rectors are considering the idea
Of incorporating the association.
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BY BEST FRIEND.

Alexander Benton, who lives on
Rural Route l, Fort Edward, n.
T., says: "Dr. Kings New Disco
very is my best earthly friend. 1t
cured me of asthma six years ago.
1t has also performed a wonderful
cure OF incipient consumption for
my sons wife. The first bottle
ended the terrible cough, and this
accomplished, the other symptoms
left one by one, until she was per-
fectly well. DIR. Kings New Dis
covery's power over coughs and
colds is simply marvellous" Nc
other remedy has ever equaled it.
Fully guaranteed by L. j. Liable
druggist. SOC and $1,OO. TriaI
bottle free.
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HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any casa of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo. D..
We, the undersigned. have known +. j..
Cheney for the last Is years, aud be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions. and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
", acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
f.. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-05-18

dreds of acres of fine crops under
water; it is a pitiful sight to see
fields of fine corn, laid-by, in wa
ter several inches deep, which will
probably be entirely lost, and all
other crops are meeting with the
same fate, with no hope that the
water will recede soon enough for
these people to replant, as the sea-
son is already well advanced.
MIR. Charles Gutekunst, Civil
Engineer took the level OF tie
Teche and the Cypress Island wa
ter Oh May Sth., in the after noon,
and found that the Cypress Island
water was two feet six inches high
er that the water in the Teche,
the water in the Teche began fall
ing Immediately after the heavy
rains, and the water in Cyress Is
land is still rising aud rose per-
haps several feet since the level
was taken.
Had the tax been voted and the
| canal dug and other drain esta-
blished, there would not be any
water in the Cypress Island sec
ton to injure one acre of crop.
The same condition, We learn ex-
list in the Pointe Claire section, all
low lands are under water simply
for lack of drainage, the people
there having twice defeated pro-
ject submitted to them to vote
drainage tax.
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The High Water and Drain
mage.

Last year the people of the Cy-
press Island voted against the tax
that was submitted to them to Gre
ate drainage district of that sec
ton and the levy of a small tax to
run for a number of years to con-
tinue the cutting of the old canal
and other drains necessary to re-
moye the water from that section.
Two years ago several hundreds
of acres of fine lands were CON-
pletely drowned and crops worth
hundreds of thousands dollars were
entirely lost. Some of the plan
ters of that section were even CON-
PEELED to leave their homes and
move to higher land. The high
water of that year was very desas-
trous.
At this time, caused by the hea-
Wy rains we find the people of that
section in the same condition they
were two years ago. Bayou Yer
million being very high, the water
cannot drain and the result is that
the water in the Cypress Island
basin is rising and causing great
damages. There are already hun
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-05-18
SATURDAY, May IS, 1907.
They Are Awakening.

The people OF the several parish
es composing the Atchafalaya Ba-
Sin Levee District are realizing
that the money they are paying
every year is not being employed
to the best interest Of all the pa
rishes composing the district.
The Parish of st. Martin at its
last meeting has passed a set of re-.
solutions protesting against the
use of their money for building
the Donaldsonville locks.
The following circular issued by
q committee of the people of Ter
rebonne Parish will prove inter-
esting to our readers:
ITO the People of the Atchafalava Il
Lafourche Levee Districts Of the
State of Louisiana:
On April 18th, 1907, there was held in
composed Of a large number of the lead
ing citizens Of Trrrebonne who gathered
there to discuss the problem of the free
inland waterway from Morgan City via
Houma to New Orleans. This meeting
demonstrated the intense earnestnpss of
the people of Terrebonne in the matter
Of free water routes and their recon
mendatiOns to the police jury were i'm
mediately acted upon by that body.
A committee of eighteen citizens was
appointed and instructed to take steps
at once to bring this matter TO the at
tention Of the people of both levee dis
tricts whose welfare is 80 vitality con-
cerned in this project.
The police jury appropriated $500 tC
facilitate tie committee i'm carrying on
the good work.
A plan that suggested itself. is, that
the people of the various parishes Of
these two districts enter into the spirit
OF the movement and through their re-
spective police juries appoint like con-
mittees to act in conjunction with Ou
committee with an ultimate view O
joining in a petition to the Levee Board
to take such steps as might be necessa
ry to provide the waterways above allu-
ded TO.
We suggest the route as outlined oil
the accompanying map as being tn
most feasible fer the following reasons
LIST: II is the shortest route from tn
Atchafalaya and Teche country to New
Orleans over any other route by at leas
one hundred miles. By the route Out
lined the distance is ninety miles.
2nd:-Eighty (SO) miles of travel o
the Mississippi River is avoided with ii
current and waters unsulted for nayigs
ton by the boats and barges commonl
used in navigating the inland water
3rd:-The cost Of buying and develop
ing this route would be but q fractiO
of the uncertain expense and uncertai
results to follow the attempted cOnstru,
ton of locks at DOnaldsOnville.
4th:-A saving of one hunered (lO(
miles in travel would change this aux
Hilary branch of the Inter- Coastal Can;
system. into short and more availab
route.
5th:-NO route for the Inter Coasts
Canal System could possibly be devise
that would give urgent relief to more {
our people than this one for the distant
traversed.
6th:--Those parishes In the levee dis
trict that are not directly interested
these water-rOntes are directly concern
ed in the expenditure Of the funds Of Il
two levee boards aud therefore should f
vOr the adoption of plan that wou
save % per cent Of the cost over the Ori
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-05-18

nal plan for locks at Bayou LafOurche.
7th:-Fresh water and navigable ba-
you should compensate the people OF As
censiOn parish for the placing Of the
dam at DOnaldsOnville. and united eff
fort of the people Of the two districts
would, it Is believed. induce the State
and the United States Governments to
facilitate the Leyee Boards in the mat
ter.
On account of these cardinal reasons
we believe that instead OF spending one.
two or three millions of dollars Oh the
uncertain problem of lock construction
for DenaldsOnville, the LafOurche and
Atchafalaya Levee Boards should be
asked 10 devise plans for the supply Of
fresh water to Bayou LafOurche aud to
provide slack water navigation the year
round. Also, that they be- urged to pur-
chase the water-rOntes now opening into
the Mississippi River near New Orleans
and extending in an unbrOken chain to
Morgan City.
Steam boats and bargrs have been Op-
Grating through one of these canals since
last year and freights are carried from
the wharves in New Orleans directly in
to the warehouses and places OF bust
ness in the town of HOuma.
Progress il being made in cutting the
last link of a of mile between BayOus
TerrebOnne and Black, which when
opened completes the system from Nor
gan City to New Orleans. This should
be an accomplished fact within the nex'
80 days.
The following statement shows TIN
amount of mill and acreage tax levied
for the year 1906 in the respective dis
tricts; viz:
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In addition to this produce tax Is al.
so levied for levee purposes.
This statement speak for Itself and
The interest of The levpe districts as
whole should be considered; remember.
ing that the correct principle in the
matter is "the greatest good to the great
ct number"
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FOR SALE.

My twO-stOry residence OH Port street.
having one acre lot, also three other pro-
perties. Terms cash or on terms
Dec. 90. EDWARD MARTINEZ
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

22G0l; interest on same. $l,73L73, to-
tai, $H,95174; total receipts for year
1906, s121. .553.l3; in hands Of treas
urer Dec. 81, 1906 (cash) $22,9O4S5;
total to be accounted for, $l44,457.9S.
Warrants paid during year-Gencr-
al fund. $39,19565; street repair, $3,-
S5409 street improvements, $42, 1875 e
70; city hall, $26,Ol7.O7; bond inter-
est, s11,20594; street bonds, $1,33l.34;
interest on warrants and street bonds,
1,57690 total disbursements. $l29,-
907G9.
Cash on hand with treasurer, $14,-
5jO.29. Respectfully submitted,
(Slgned) OLOF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09
UNION OFFICERS ELECTED.
Central Labor Union Files Protest
Changes Constitution.

Astoria Central Labor Union met in
regular convention last night and
elected its new officers for the en-
suing year, the honors falling as fol-
lows:
President, Thomas D. souden; vice
president, o. R. Peterson; recording
secretary, j. F. Welch; financial Sec
retary, H. NJ. Lorntsen; guide, E. Net
tleblade; guard, c. E. Laukaster.
The council donated the sum Of SO
to the defense fund in favor of Moy-
er, Haywood and Pettibone, the Col
orado miners, and set Sunday, Feb
ruary II, as a day of protest against
their persecution and decided to have
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09
a celebration on that day.

At this session of the council the
constitution Of the local council was
amended by the repeal of section 4,
Of article /, which reads:
"All question of partisan, political
or religious character, shall not be
discussed at any of the meetings, and
no Endorsement Of any candidate for
political Office shall ever be made by
this council"
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Geo. c. McRobert to Mrs. Maggie
c. McRobert, west 40 feet lot
3, in block 5, and south so feet
lot 4, and north so feet lot 9,
block IA, Shively's Astoria. ..$
Geo. c. McRobert to Margaret
McRobert, NJ lots 3 and 4,
block 73, McClure's Astoria. ..
D. K. Warren to Sarah E. War
rem, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, s, 9, 10 and
II, block 3, at Warrenton. ....
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09
Tho prioe Of Peace.

The terrible itching and smarting,
incident to certain skin diseases, Is
almost instantly allayed by applying
Chamberlains Salve. Price, 25 cents.
For sale by Frank Hart. and leading
druggists
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

"Pineules" (non- aIcoholic) made
from resin fro mour Pine Forests,
used for hundreds Of years for Blad-
der and Kidney diseases. Medicine
for thirty days, $1.00. Guaranteed.
Sold by Frank Hart's Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

bill of sale was filed at the GUS
tom house yesterday, whereby Mrs.
Sarah Piekernell conveys TO the Call
lender Navigation Company. for the
consideration of $1,000. each. the
steamers Shamrock and Maytlower.
The former vessel will be duly con-
veyed by the Calender people to her
prospective owner, Captain ]. W.
Reed, of Grays Harbor in due sea-
son, and she will be recorded at the
seat of customs" at Port Los An
geles.
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Shamrock and MayfIower Pass,
BY Title.
RENET SVENSON MAKES A BUY
Della Leaves Out for Nestueca-Geo
w. Elder Arrives in from Califor.
MIA Coast-W. L. Iadd Under.
going Repairs.

The steamship Geo. w. Elder docked
at the Calender pier yesterday at 3
o'clock p m. She had stiff winds all
the way up the coast, but her officers
say she is warming up to her work
In great shape and making good time.
She brought thirty-five people in from
Port Kenyon nearly all of whom were
from the Tallant- Grant canneries
there, Mr.. Will Tallant accompanying
the party. She laid here long enough
to take on big load of freight and
went on her way to the metropolis at
dark.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

The steamer Alliance came down
from Portland early yesterday morn
Ing and went to sea with lots Of peo-
pie and freight on board, before 5
o'clock.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

Bar Pilot H. A. Matthews has sold
and delivered his interests in the fine
bar schooner Joseph Pulitzer, to Bar
Pilot Renet Svensen, for the sum of
$500, the deal being closed yesterday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

Work on the steamer Lurline Is be-
ing rushed at Portland and as soon as
her dynamos are installed and con-
nected up she will come out on her
run 1t is hoped she will be on duty
by the middle Of the month.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

The steamer Coaster was among the
arrivals from the Bay City yesterday.
She vent on up the river for a load
of lumber outward.
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Receipts (For Year 1867

Pacific Coast Telephone CO., $3.50;
shooting galleries. $40; teams, $2.-
147; billiard, $50; pool, $3.50; laun-
dries, 5000; theaters, $3.50; pawn bro
kers, 800; bill posters, $50; wharhng-
ers $195; peddlers, 800; street cars
$21O; dogs, $4OO livery stables, 800;
slot machines, $500; solicitors, 500;
sundries, $500; total amount of sun
dry licenses, $8,772; retail liquor H.
censes, $22,4O0; wholesale liquor H.
censes, $4O0; total licenses sundry and
liquor, $31,572.
Fines and fOrfeitures, $15,575; city
cemetery, $277; building permits, $40;
taxes (rolls prior to 19O4), $890.40;
taxes 1905 roll (generaD, $18,36933;
taxes 1905 roll Especially $12,140.GG;
franchise Homc Telephone Coz, $500,
sale Of horse, $40; rent Of street
roller, $7j; rent Of fire Of hose, 81; to-
tai, $48,O23.39; total receipts general
fund for year 1906, $79,595.39.
From street assessments paid, $40,-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

The motor schooner Della went to
sea and Nestucca yesterday morning,
with all the stuff she could carry, as
usual
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

The government dredge w. S. Ladd
is undergoing some needed repairs to
her boilers, both of them being in
volved, She will be out of commits
sion for the rest of the month, and
will then resume her work on the
river shoals.
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General Fund.


General Fund.
Police Department-Salarl 81
$3.50; salary Especially $500; feed
ing prisoners, $352.7O; miscellaneous
S33O.67; total, s8,23387.
Fire Department-Salaries, $4,961.-
Is; 1000 feet Of hose, 100000; hauling
s116.35; brass, hydrant gates, $10O.06;
fire alarm boxes, $285.OO one mile Of
wire, s1903; three horses (purchased)
$4,000; repair to Amoskeg engine
$500; shoeing horses, $14400; coal,
$21725; light in No. 3's, $1,000; feed =
ing horses and miscellaneous. $1,748.-
"a; total, s9,179.78.
Health Department-Sal city
physician, $4,000; account Of contag-
ious diseases, $4,000; total, $4,000.
Auditor-Salary, $1,80OOO; total, ST.
10000.
Pound-Salary and rent Of pound,
$246.75; total, $24s75.
Stationery, blanks, etc.-Postage
stamps, $4,000; printing and station
cry, Gncluding charter amendments),
$1,233.75; $1,269.75.
Janitor, Fuel, etc.-Salary, $4,000;
fuel, etc, $275.1O; total, s1,O55.1O.
Surveyor and Assistants--Amount
paid, $1,051.50.
Street ighting-Amount paid year
1906, $4,446.59
Public property-Cost of steam roll
Ter, $4,000; taking same off r. r. car,
1915; lights, power and gas, city hall,
$422.60; repairs to public buildings,
$31O64; fixing lawn Getty halD $115.-
%; miscellaneous, $398,19; total, $4,-
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Morning Astorian, 90 cents per month
Delivered by carrier.
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75e4l.

! 75G.4l.
SalarIcs-City attorney. &l.OS0: Su.
| perlntendent Of streets, 5000 treas.
urer. 5000; sexton. $500 mayor anc
councilmen, 1925; councilmen. balanc,
! due from last year SO, total. 81,
2s5.
Observation-Disclosures, $2Gl9j.
excess on Streets and city property
SlGj2.7s, installments granted on
streets, &5G33l3; retail liquor licenses
refundcd) $2.lS7sO; refunded over
payments on redemption OF property
$1l8.04 miscellaneous. ;50O.75, total
$1O,3544j,
LitigatIon-F J. Taylor ct al IL t.
Astoria PclIcc Commission (oplnionD,
$4,000; Myra Reed vs. City Of Astoria,
s5S.lj, damages allowed Mrs. J. G,
Mauk, $ll2.50; Barry Goodln inyestl-
CATION, $28.75; total, %259.4O.
Public Llbrary-12 months, at so
per month, &84O; total, S26,OO3.35. To-
tai amount Of general fund warrants
drawn, $4S,62855.
Bond ntercst-Warrants drawn,
:11,2O5."i
Street repair-Warrants drawn, 3d.
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Bad Stomach Trouble Cured.

Having been sick for the past two
two years with bad stomach, friend
gave me dose of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They did
me 80 much good that | bought a bot
tie Of them and have used twelve bot
ties In all. Today am we'll of a
bad stomach trouble.-Mrs. John Lowe,
Cooper, Maine. These tablets are for
sale by Frank Hart and leading drug
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09
ASTORIA'S ACCOUNTS
ANALYZED
JUDGE ANDERSON FILES HIS AN.
NUAL STATEMENT OF CIVIC
AFFAIRS FOR THE REVIEW OF
THE COUNCIL AND PEOPLE.

The annual report Of the auditor and
police judge of the City Of Astoria,
Oregon, showing amount Of claims al
lowed by the city, for what allowed,
and amount Of warrants drawn from
January l, 1906, to December 81, 1906.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-09

That's the house the doctor built
The biggest house you see;
Thank goodness he don't get our mon
ey,
For we all drink Rocky Mountain
Tea.
For sale by Frank Hart.
Free press., 1907-01-12

his position. and for weeks he and his fam
ify were near starvation. He had credit
with restaurants, groceries, and, never hav-
ing borrowed from his friends OF acQuaint-
anees he could get little or nothing He
was a worthy man and an honest one He
made the mistake of borrowing dollars, even
half dollars. from friends, touching dozens
of them before he finally got TO his feet
again. He could have borrowed $25 OF $50
from one or two, but the fact that he bOr-
After he was firmly on his financial feet
credit He borrowed from everybody He
borrowed from friends, aequaiBtances-
If that man were TO lose his position today
and 90 nat broke, he could borrow 81. 900
ment, and he could get credit for $25 at
places that a few months ago would have
refused to let him have 25 cents worth of
goods.
have another friend who was annoyed
by the laundryman coming around once
run over week. and the collector was after
him every minute He paid and let the
that. Now he lets his bills run two months,
and the collector never thinks. o. coming
after the money. The laundry" knows he is
good
The principle of doing business on cash
bad One-and if it is bad In business it GER
tainiy is bad in private life. It is stated
eago that attempt TO do business on a cash
basis, or buy goods for cash. The others
want tnelr ready money ana oD9ecI TO nav
ing huge capital tied up in stock. They
the money, and the wholesale houses
that sell to them wait willingly for TIE quar-
terly settlements.
So recognized is the principle that sixty
days time is expected and is counted as a
cash payment in many lines.
The on a salary should, of course,
pay his bills promptly and to the full limit.
But he should be in debt. Debt is reeog-
nized by the greatest authorities as being
of the best incentives to work ON the
Part of any man. With bill to meet at the
end of the month the household economics
regulated to the emergency and saw
ing results, showing that debt is q good
thing. Meantime the debtor has had the
of the money in hand and the opportu-
nifty to turn it over to some advantage. He
has asked no more of the tradesman than
the tradesman asked of the wholesaler. or
the wholesaler asked of the manufacturer
and why should he pay cash when all
these are doing business mainly credit?
But the main and chief advantage of run
ming bills-and paying them promptly-is
that it establishes the Individual in a posi-
tion where he be certain of credit for
a short time at least, should he happen to
need it-and those times come all too often
in the lives of salaried people who are do
ing household business on a narrow margin
that may be wiped out in a few weeks by
Doctors bills death.