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The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07
WHAT'S THE USE, ANYWAY?

What's the use of having a state
primary in Louisiana?
Why not let the city of New o.
leans select all the state officials in
future without putting the country
parishes to the expense of holding
an election?
The primary election, under the
present conditions, is a farce and
nothing more.
Three men enter the race for
acknowledgement of this state.
Under the primary election law,
all three are supposed to have
equal opportunities before the peo-
pie OF the whole state. But have
they?
In the first primary 95,488 votes
were cast. Of these, the country
parishes cast a little mora than
two-thirds, the remaining third be-
ing polled in the city of New Or
leans.
Of the 64,807 votes cast in the
parishes, Bailey received
1858, Lambremont 1894 and
LaWrason 1894. In other words,
Bailey lacked about 5000 votes
OF polling as many as both his OPP
ponenJs combined.
In the city of New Orleans 80
0OO votes We're east for lieutenant
governor. Of these, Lambremont
polled 1900, Bailey 5000 and
IaWrason $500.
How many of these seventeen
thousand voters in New Orleans
would know Mr.. Lambree@ if
they met him in the street, he
remaining 1890 voted for Lam
Fremont because their bosses said
vote for him.
Is that giving Bailey and Law
rason a fair chance?
In the second primary, with
LaWrason eliminated, Lambre-
mont gained 5000 votes in the city
of New Orleans, polling 20, 900.
while Bailey lost 1000 votes, poll
ing only 5000.
Did those 10000 voters in the
city OF NeF Orleans vote for Mr..
Lambremh mt because they thought
he was the better man for lieut.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07
question. II regret to be compel
led to return to the4ubiect, but as

question. I regret to be compel
led to return to heSubjeet, but as
a citizen and a RhurcRfnan who
loves his native npity, | am pro-
foundly impressgnSWith the sense
of its temporal andanon1ffaes1 Welfare.
Liquor would be sold here quite as
abundantly under prohibition laws
as under well regulated license.
The consequence will be that liq-
uor will be dispensed contrary to
law, instead of being sold in accord
with law. Then, too, the city will
be deprived of a large revenue,
which is so much needed for the
government of this community.
When a law is fagrantly and hab-
itually violated, it brings legisla-
ton into contempt. It creates a
spirit of deception and hypocrisy,
and compels men to do insidiously
and by stealth what they would
otherwise do openly and above
board. All good men good citi-
zens-are in favor Of thP virtue Of
temperance, and | regret to see
that the moral side of the question
has not been sufficiently consider
ed. You can not legislate men by
civil action into the performance Of
good and righteous deeds. If we
are to improve the morality Of our
city and make our citizens mere
temperate, let tie virtue of ten
perance be proclaimed in the
churches. Above all, let it be en-
forced in the family, that parents
both by we'd and example, may
inculcate IN their children the
temporal and spiritual blessings
which spring from a life of tenn
perance and sobriety; ard let
them impress upon their children
the terrible consequences Of drunk
enness. We might proitabIy leaN
a lesson from the old cities OF Eur
rope, which for two THOUSAND
years have been agitating this
question. There is not a single city
in Great Britain, Ireland or on the
continent which attempts to pro-
hibit by law the sale Of liquor.
They have learned from a long ex-
perience that the best method Of
regulating this article Of commerce
IS to impose licenses, to maintain
good order for the protection Of the
citizens and to punish the violators
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07
CARDINAL GIBBONS FOR HIGH
LICENSE

Cardinal Gibbons, who has re-
turned to Baltimore, where the
saloon question is in much the
same status as here, prohibition
being threatened on the one hand
and the saloons antagonizing the
regulation on the other, has ex-
3aressed himself for the third time
on the temperance question, and
has again reiterated his belief that
prohibition will not do for a large
city, and that the best method of
dealing with city saloonsis through
high license, backed by a law that
will punish offenders, fine saloon
men for their first violation Of the
saloon regulation laws, and take
away their licenses for a second Of
Tense. This is the law in many Of
the States, having been put in
operation in Texas during last
year and the ordinance proposed
by the Retail Grocers' Association
Of New Orleans is in line with this
proposition.
It will be remembered that the
Cardinal made a statement on
this subject some months ago,
when in anksnsre; that he re-
friendeddd patrpys at some length
paid onnae Co a reporter of the
Times-Democrat. He now re-
states his position on his return to
Baltimore, where the saloon cues
ton, as elsewhere in this country,
is showing new vitality and is
arousing much popular interest.
Cardinal Gibbons knows the stu
alton thoroughly, both as it IS in
Baltimore ard in New Orleans, and
1t II particularly appropriate that
he should publish these views, as It
was at Baltimore that the Catho-
Tic church at a coule,3 held some
years ago, gave out his views D b
the temperance question-from
which statement Archbishop
BIenk quoted with telling effect a
year ago when the saloon question
was under the consideration OF the
Council and the public.
Prohibition should under no.
circumstances apply to this city Of
Baltimore, the Cardinal declared
bis last statement on the saloon
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opposes him, who stands for de-
cency in government and in poll
tics, is placed under such a hand
cap that he cannot hope to win.
That such conditions exist \
the everlasting shame of LOUIS
lana, and more especially tn
shame of the city of New Orleans
But, as long as New Orleans !
possessed of the might to carry q
the elections, what's the use OF o.
balance of the state getting in n
game at all?-Shreveport journal
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07

enant-governor, a better man
than Mr.. Bailey?
Ninety-fve per cent of them
voted for Paul NJ. Lambremont
because their bosses told them to
do so.
Is that giving Mr.. Bailey a fair
chance?
There's more in this thing, men
of Louisiana, than merely the Soc
cess of machine politics, leaving
out of the question the undeniable
fact that the New Orleans ring
invariably endorses a man who is
least acceptable to the masses of
the voters throughout the state.
And what is true in the race for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is true of all
the other contests for the minor
state Offices.
Take the race for attorney-gen-
eral between Pleasant, Coco and
Guion as another instance. In the
country parishes, Pleasant led
over both his opponents, but the
city of New Orleans, at the behest
of the ward bosses, piled up a ma
jority Of $4,000 votes for Guion
over Pleasant. Did they vote for
Guion because they thought him
a better man for attorney-general?
No. They voted for Guion be-
cause the bosses of the city told
them to do SO.
It costs Caddo Parish thousands
of dollars this year to hold the va
rlous elections, yet, SO far as re-
suits are concerned, Caddo parish
and the balance OF the parishes of
the state outside the city of New
Orleans might just as well never
open the ballot boxes.
What shall it avail a Caddo par
ish man, or a Webster parish man.
or one from Rapides, or Caleasieu,
or St. Landry, Or Ians5pohoa, that
he aspires to a sets 6rfce for (which
he is eminentIy qualified? Even
though his qualifications be excap-
tional and be known all over the
state, his aspirations will fall to
nothing except to secure the con-
sent of the New Orleans bosses to
his candidacy.
For, with twenty thousand
votes to be handed over to any
man upon whom these bosses
happen to decide, the man who
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07

of the law. I, therefore, maintain
that high license is the only solu-
ton of the Soblem. The in
fiction &m-,eapon the violators
Of thaxssI sspli Wolf aJe first offense and
the RsRaie ahisStr of the license or
even imprisonment for subsequent
infractions wouldSbe proper pun
ishment."
These views will at once COM
mend themselves to all, whether
Catholic or not, as broad, common
sense, practical and as assuring the
ebest results. The Times-D Demo-
crat has gone over the same field
repeatedly in the last few years,
has given the results of the expe-
rience of various communities
with the liquor question presented
to them in many differen laws,
and no other conclusion is possible
than that the best results have
been obtained in cities like Balti-
more and New Orleans, not by
prohibition, but high license, ac-
companied by the rigid enforce
ment of the laws in regard to sa-
loon regulation and the teaching,
as the Cardin9 proposes, Of ter
perance in the home, the church
and the school.
High licenses decreases the num-
Der of saloons, getting rid OF tie
most Objectionable ones, and Als
reduces the work OF the police. The
competition between the saloons
is less violent, the temptation to
drink is not SO great. It provides
additional revenue, from which a
larger police force can be employ
ed, ard better supervision ard
regulation of tie saloons assured.
1t is not perfect, it will not stop
drunkenness; but experience show
th2et works well, practically, and
lreomplishes probably more in
the way of temperance (as distin-
guished from prohibition than
any other Plan has ever brought
out.-Times-Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07
COOPEKS FIND SUBSTITUTE
WOODS

The coopers of the United
States are probably suffering Nor
at the present time for want Of !
supply of timber than the men 9
any other Wood-usiDg industry
This condition is caused Largely
by the great decrease in the suppll|
Of those woods considered neess
sary for ceoperage stock, and ds
lack Of knowledge of the mefltsa
such species Of wood as might pos
sibly be used as substitutes. 4
few years ago the cooperage man
ufacturers of the Pacific coast oe1
tanned their supply of timber from |
the East, using very largely tha
better cooperage woods, such .
white oak and elm. Recently, thesI
manufacturers have been uslrs|
with reasonable success, varloe|
species of wood native to thea|
immediate section. Sitka spruce ]
now largely used on the Paclls|
coast for such slack cooperage y
flour, sugar, lime and bottle bal
rels, and tight cooperage, sen =
vinegar, pickle and cider barres|
butter and cheese cooperage, bucs1
cts and pals.
Recently, wine barrels nav
been made from Sitka spruce
these being coated within WITH l.
high grade of paraifine. Douga
fir is also used to some extern
Inferior grades of slack cooperagss
such as salt and lime barrels, y
sometimes made of white fir. 4
aGA&M
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07

The Populists will hold their
national convention at st. Louis
on April I'd, and the disputed
point Of whether Tom Watson ia
vors Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Roosevelt or
Mr.. Hearst, or is willing to sacri-
fee himself on the altar, will be
made clearer.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07

Good groceries and good service !
what you always get when you tIs's
with Allen T. Sandoz & Bro.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
Best Quality of
Table Oil Cloth
At 18c Yard
COMMITTEE WILL RAISE
$1,000 FOR POWER SCHEME

CONTINUED from Page One.)
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
CLASS DAY PROGRAM
At the HIGH SCHOOL

The class day program OF the grad
uating members OF the Canon City
high school was given In the chapel
Of the high school building in the pres
ence of a large gathering of students
and their friends Tuesday afternoon.
The chapel was handsomely decorated
for the occasion with the class COL
ors and never afforded a more ami
mated and attractive appearance than
on Tuesday The program, which was
a highly meritorious one, was as fol-
lows:
Piano duet, Ray Haggart and Vina
Armitage.
Glass prophecy, read by Ernest c.
Tremayne; written by Leila Morrison.
Class poem, Elizabeth Burgess.
Glass roasts, Edna Biggs.
Vocal duet, Annabel Gray and Floy
Stevenson
Monologue, Pearl Pittinger.
Class will, WinifEed Hooyer.
Ice cream and wafers were served
for refreshments.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
CONTRACT LET FOR REMODEL. ..
ING THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL

contracts and the variation in what
they we're willing to do the work for
was considerable. The contract for
the carpentry work. etc. was given to
W. F. Gleason and the plumbing to
the Harding Hardware company.
Besides new floors, new windows.
new stairways and SO forth the entire
outside of the building will be given
coating of concrete and marked of
in stimulation .of cut stone. A steam
heating system will be installed and
the interior made attractive, sanitary
and comfortable When the work Is
finished the building will have a mod
ern, up to date appearance and will
be far safer and more convenient
than it is at present. The work will
be done under the general supervision
OF the architect whose plans were ac-
cepted and must be completed In time
for the reopening OF school In Sep
tehmber. The remodelling process
will begin at once.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28

At special meeting of the board Of
education at the office of Judge NJ. s..
Bailey Tuesday afternoon bids were
opened for the remOdeling of the
Washington school building in accord
ance with the plans and specifications
or Architect G. w. Roe, of Pueblo. The
entire structure, both in side and out,
is to be altered in such a way as to
make it thoroughly adaptable to the
purposes for which it was originally
built and to that end two contracts
were awarded, one of them for car
pentry, masonry, painting, etc. and
the other for heating. ventilating and
plumbing.
The entire cost of the proposed i'm
provements under the awards made
on Tuesday will be $6,652.50 Of which
$3,45750 is for the woodwork, con-
creting, etc, and $3,195 for the heat
ing, ventilation and plumbing. There
we're several bidders for each of the
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
Restoration to Entry Of Lands In Ma.
tlOnal Forest,

Notice is hereby given that the lands de-
scribed below, smbfec ng i47 acres, within the
Pixies Peak National Forest, Colorado, will be
subject 20 settlement, sad entry under the pro.
visions Of the homesl cad laws OF the United
States and the act Of June II, 1895 10 Stat, 5ss)
st the United States land once At Pueblo,
Colorado, on July u. 1903. Any settler who
wss ectnally and IN good faith claiming any Of
said lands Tor agricultural purposes prior 70
January !, 1873, aad hes mot abandooed the
zane, has pveferssee nght e make = home
Said lands were listed upon Tie spplioattOns
o. the pessoss nestionsd below, Who hevs :
peefer6pce right subject 70 the prios hight Of
any such settler provided such settler or appli-
eaSs - qua,t1sd v nehe. bonsseead Sissy
. Jsix j. ia, 8 Va 30 g. 49, 1Slll
= 49, e ssee.s<sss ~ - s.sN q; ~
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
ACCIDENT ON THE D. g. R. 6.
NEAR RENO ON TUESDAY

An accident that seriously impeded
work on the Denver & Rio Grande
double tracking proposition between
here and Florence took place near
Reno siding, about five miles east Of
this city yesterday morning. Traffic
on the main line was not interfered
with and train service was maintained
on schedule time as the trouble took
place on the new roadbed. In going
over the track for the first time since
the rainfall Of Saturday night and
place the water had undermined the
rails, which, like Mahomet's coffin,
were hanging in mid-air. When the To-
comotive reached the ill-fated spot 1t
went down in heap at the side Of
the grade, injuring slightly Engineer
Battle of Pueblo and his fireman. An
other engine going over the track, only
a short distance behind the first one,
also ran on the sunken track and
added to the wreckage, dragging a
fiat car with 1t.
The wrecking crew at Salida were
appealed to and arrived here about 2
o'clock in the afternoon to assist In
getting the engines back on the track
and clearing up the debris. One Of the
engines after leaving the roadbed
struck COW that happened to be graz
ing ON the right-of-way. and by the
force Of the impact threw her over the
barbed wire fence. which marks the
company's property at that point. That
somebody was not killed In the acci-
dent ID considered a. remarkable.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
Notice.

The following shares OF stock in the
Fruitland Water Company have been
declared forfeited to said company for
the non-payment OF Assessment, and
if the same are not redeemed. In acA
cordance with the bylaws OF this COM
pany. said shares will be offered for
sale and will be sold at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash on Mon
day June goth. 1908. at 10 o'clock .. m.
at the ONCE OF said company in the
City OF Canon City. 1871 Macon avenus
Certificate No. SO. for 500 shaIGs,
No. GO. for 500 shares, and No. So. for
$50 shares. issued to II. 4. Stearns.
delinquent in the whole OF assessment
for 1907, a I7c per share: first half
due April !. 1907. bearing interest from
May LIST, 1907: second half due Aug.
I, 1907. and bearing interest from Sept.
!. 1907: first half 1908 assessment OF
l7c per share. due May l. 1905: whole
amount due, assessment and interest,
&33425.
Certificate No. 33l, for 80 shares. is
sued to II. l.. Adams. delinquent In the
second half OF 1907 assessment OF lie
per share due Aug. /, 1907. ana bearing
interest from Sept. !. 1907: first as
sessment 1908, due May !. 1908: whole
amount due, assessment and interest,
&525
Certificate No. 264. for $50 shares,
issued to Isaac Grinith, delinquent in
whole OF 1907 assessment: first half
due April !, 1907. bearing interest May
l. 1907: the second half OF 1907 as
sessment of lie per share. due Aug.
l. 1907. and bearing Interest from Sept.
/. 1907: first half 1908 assessment q
17c per share. due May 1. 1908. Whole
amount due. assessment and interest.
34l.S5
Certificate No 223. for Q shares, is
sued to C. J. Fredrickson, delinquent
in the whole OF 1907 assessment OF IVA
per share; frst half due April /, 1907,
bearing interest from May l. 1907:
second half due Aug. /. 1907. bearing
interest from Sept. /, 1907: first half
OF 1908 assessment OF tic per share
due May /. 1908. Whole amount due,
assessment and interest, SAL
Certificate No. 2s7 for 3 shares. ~
sued to Francis Hollingsworth, de
llnquent In the whole OF 1907 aa0ooD-
ment OF tic per share, first half due
April l. 1907. and bearing interest
from May /. 1907; second half due
| Aug. l, 1907, bearing interest from
Sept !. 1907: first half 1908 assess
ment OF tic per share. due May 1.
| 1908. Whole amount due, assessment
and interest. $Os4.
l.. l.. HARDING,
President.
Attest: L. d. DAWSON,
Secretary-Treasurer.
First pub. May 28, 1908.
| Last pub June IS, 1908
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28

matter and are pushing it along by
every means at their command and
their ardor became contagion at the
La Junta convention.
1t was reported at the authority Of
Mr.. Hulit this morning that two corps
of engineers would be put to work by
the Northern Electrical company on
the Arkansas valley power and rail-
road proposition within the next four
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
ORDINANCE NO. ..

Berries 1308.
An Ordnance Regulating the Speed Of
Horses, Automobiles and Other
Vehicles.
Be it Ordained by the Trustees of the
Town Of East Canon: u
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to ride or drive horse or
team of horses on any highway. street,
alley or other public place within the
corporate limits OF this town faster
! than fifteen (15) miles an hour.
Section g. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to ride bicycle or tricycle.,
or drive an automobile upon any high
way, street, alley or other public place
within this town at a greater rate of
speed than fifteen Q5) miles an hour.
Section 3. That all vehicles, wheth-
err automobiles, carriages, bicycles or
other conveyances, ridden or driven
upon the streets. alleys or other public
places within the town OF East Canon
shall observe the following regula-
tons:
LIST. All vehicles when meeting
shall turn to the right.
End. Any such vehicle In passing
any other from the rear shall turn to
the left.
3rd. At all street crossings all such
vehicles, whether turning the corner
or crossing the street. shall keep to
the right of the point of Intersection
of the center line OF the intersecting
streets.
Section 4. Any person knowing OF
any violation of this ordinance shall
make complaint to the police magis-
trate, and 1t shall be the duty OF any
police officer to at once arrest any per-
son violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance when such violation oe-
ours in his presence or proper warrant
is placed in his hands by the police
magistrate, and take such person or
persons before the police magistrate to
be dealt with according to law.
Section 5. Any person violating any
of the provisions OF this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty OF an offence
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than IS nor more than
500 for each offence.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts
OF ordinances In conflict with this or
diance are hereby repealed.
Adopted May 25, 1908.
f. G. WAITE.
Mayor.
Attest: F. p. Arthur,
Town Recorder
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
FUNERAL OF JOHNSON Hc1UL.
LEN HELD WEDNESDAY

The funeral OF the late johnson Nc
Mullen. who died at Anaconda, Colo
rado. the hrst OF the week. was held
at the home Of his mother In Chandler
this afternoon. the service belug con-
Quoted BY Rev. Strain. pastor Of the
Presbyterian church at Florence. The
burial was Highland cssnetsry in
Florence.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28
Notice Of Final Settle nent.

First pub. May %, 1908.
Last pub June IS, 1908.