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The southern sentinel., 1908-09-18

| Every visitor who comes to
Winfield, when told that the GEN.
sus of 1000 showed a population
of I37. can hardly believe it. when
told that the assessment of the
property in the city of WINFIELD
for the year 1907 was S23 1000 more
than the entire assessment OF Winn
parish in 1883 and exactly the
same amount as the parish OF
Winn was assessed for in 1884.
While we have published the fig
ures in September. 1906, many
who saw them then have forgot
ten and many have never seen
them. The assessment as given
out by r. L. Jackson. the assessor,
in 1883. and 1884 for the entire
parish of Winn is as follows:
Total assessment, 1883. S4S5.46s
1884. 5oS.oo5
1906. 4.S2o.2oo
1907. 5.32I. 1913
Total assessment City of Winn-
field. 1907, S5o8.ooo.
These figures look unreasonable
but they are copied from the Of
fetal records.
The first brick business house
was built in 1901. There were but
three business houses in WINFIELD
in IS83-M. Bernstein, S. M. Brian
and DR.. ]. F. Kelly; one hotel.
two law Offices and two physicians
WINFIELD has now two banks
with combined capital and sur
plus of about $500. 900; three drug
stores which are as nicely fitted up
in fixtures and fountains as are in
any town in the State; two whole
SAFE hardware and furniture stores
both of whom handle undertakers
goods and collins; two up-to- date
jewelry stores, fifteen general mer-
chandise stores with a combined
capital of over SIoo. 900. two livery
stables, three blacksmith shops,
eleven grocery stores, one exclu-
sive news stand, FIVE hotels, The
City. three-story brick; the Com
rade. the L. & A. the Norrid and
the Valley. which are two-story
frame buildings; one wholesale
grocer and feed store, one Chinese
laundry, one brick factory. capa-
city $4,000 per day; one machine
shop and iron foundry. two car
penter shops, one novelty WORKS,
three printing Offices and three
newspapers. The Southern Sem
rinel. The Comrade and Union
Banner and one magazine. The
Guardian; seven restaurants, two
stores. three shoe shops, |
two dairies, two planning mills. one
stave factory, one 4o-ton ice plant,
one 4oo-drop telephone plant. a
market house with two butcher
stalls, ten attorneys-at-law. eight
practicing physicians. two fire
insurance agencies. four real estate
agencies, three lumber and tie
companies. two express companies
and Southern; four
Island, Louisiana
I Arkansas. louisiana Railway &
Navigation Company. fremont &
iulf. the latter having their gen.
al Offices here. and Que under
,onstruction-the Southern Min
raj & Land Company's road to
he Marble Quarry. We have
even outlets by rail. and have
sixteen passenger trains daily i'm
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-18
For Congress.
HON. JOHN T. WATKINS,
Minden, La
Campaign Fund subscriptions

At the suggestion OF q number OF gentlemen
ami Democratic voters, THE SENTINEL viii
open . list of subscriptions to the National
Democratic campaign fund and will publish
the names of the subscribers each week, and
send the amounts so received to the National
Democratic Campaign Committee. The list
The southern sentinel., 1908-09-18
Friday. September is. 1908.

Notice
Having been elected Parish Printer by the
Police Jury of winn Parish, La. at the regular
session, July. 1905, I do hereby designate
TuK SouTHKlN SENTINEL as the Official journal
Of Winn Parish, Louisiana
WILL. A. STRONG, Parish Printer
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
BOILING Is OF NO AVAIL.
Water Must he Heated Under Pres
sure to BE Thoroughly SteriIized.

Water Must he Heated Under Pres
sure to BE Thoroughly SteriIized.
The man who wishes to be we'll and
TO keep well is in hard straits these
days. The jangles between science and
medicine put him, II both parties will
consent to see no special application in
the phrase. between the devil and the
deep sea.
If there were some fixed standard (;
If when science laid down its dictum
1t were always sure to be the true
word and the last word; If medicine
could prove as well as affirm it would
be all right. The ordinary man would
then simply follow directions. But
what, in the name of common sense
is he to do when the doctors disagree
and the scientists are at loggerheads2
What was our meat yesterday is our
poison to-day and heaven only knows
what it will be tomorrow. Things in
sanitary become sanitary when a doc
taps the keys of his typewriter. Food
values come and go from our favorite
dishes. the medicine that had marvel
GUS curative properties a few short
months ago loses them in a jlffy at
the pronunclamento of some great
man. Everything is unstable, every
thing Is shifting, everything is mysti-
flying and, in a measure, disheartening
Here, for example, Is the case Of
water versus the public health. Judge
Medicine, sitting on the bench In soil
tary state, handed down the decision
that 1t was not enough to filter water
Of the impurities 1t held more or less
in solution; it must be boiled to destroy
the noxlous germs. Whereupon we all
set about carrying out his mandate and
a precious lot of trouble 1t has made
rs every housewife will testify. Still,
It was for our health and so the work
went cheerfully on.
Now comes a writer in Cosmos of
Paris, an authority in science. who
makes the startling assertion that boil
ng water does not completely sterllize
It, as we. have been fondly imagining.
1t simply makes it unpleasant to the
,aste, while many troubles of the stom-
lch and intestines follow its use.
We must heat the water under pres
sure, it seems, instead of boiling 1t.
Then the germs will be killed and the
water will be palatable. While the
heat that makes the water boil will kill
he majority Of the germs, certain
spores require much higher tempera-
ure for their destruction. SO num-
,rous machines have been devised
which subject the water to pressure
It temperature which must range be-
ween 266 and 302. Then it is to be
absolutely healthful and as pleasant to
he taste as at first-Cleveland Leader.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

IL may not be generally known, bun
many twig diseases of trees are spread
by the pruning tools. One very sue
cesSrui nurseryman dips his pruning
knives and saws in solution
OF carbolic acid before beginning to
prune another tree, so If any germs
are on the tool this treatment will de-
stroy them. AS soon as a wound Is
MADE 1t Is a good idea to disinfect and
paint 1t to keep out the moisture. There
IS danger of trees contracting disease,
as the germs enter the wounds and dis
eased places result, or the exposed parts
Will begin to decay as soon as the mols-
ture gets a hold.-Apple Specialist.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Saving the Glover.

II Is falling Of the American farm
er when blade of grass or a stem Of
clover makes a strong showing to try
to turn 1t into beef, mutton or pork.
IN this effort to utilibze it he entirely
forsets that the plant may need a little.
winter protection. He does not under
stand how little is often sufficient to
save the plant from frost destruction
where the clover is not pastured it is
often allowed to perfect its seed, which
Is as fatal to the crop next year as the
winter freezing. Clipping would save
the crop where 1t is SO forward as to
oloom and perfect seed.-RuraI New
Yorker.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

hands above the blaze to account for
the tremor in his voice.
How do l known" repeated Zeno.
There was in Milan a national commit
tee, and l was a member. This fellow
tried to bride me. l know his face. l
should know it in a million, but 1 have
forgotten what name he went by. That is
OF no consequence. l know the man. If
you doubt it, bring him face to face
with me-"
What do you know of himT asked
Dobroski. rs he an able manp E.
"A fool" said Zeno. He Is a Greek
and he came to me at first pretending to
be Pole. l talked with him and he
made fifty mistakes in hundred words"
How long ago was this?" Dobroski
asked.
Seven years next August" responded
Aeno, after an elaborate calculation upon
his fingers and much knitting of his sandy
brows in thought.
You will tell anybody you happen to
meet" said Dobroski, taking UP his felt
hat from the table and turning to Frost.
1t is well that all should know it. /
shall meet you again, Mr.. Wroblewskoff,"
he added, shaking hands warmly with
Zeno, who took the extended hand in both
his and kissed it.
Frost lighted his guest downstairs and
saw him into the rainy street. Then he
came blunderingly upstairs again.
"Well?" said Zeno, who was toweling
himself before the mirror. Did he know
meT
II do not know" said Frost, with ex-
IRENE slowness, whether he knew you
or whether he didn't. But If an opinion
is any use to you he was no more taken
in than l was"
Pooh ~ cried Zeno.
Anyway" replied Frost, II amt fool
enough to ask you to pitch your tent on
my premises just at present. The best
thing for you to do is to slide before
the old man has time to set a watch on
this particular tenement"
Give me his address," said Zeno. ~ |
will know whether he suspects or not
shall call upon him tomorrow"
ITO be continued.)
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
NEW FAD OF KANSAS FARMERS

Have Public Sales to Dispose OF
Stock and Farming Implements.
Never was there such an epidemic Of
public sales on the farms as this
spring. Seven auctioneers have been
KEEP busy and others are in training
for auctioneers' schools. Some of the
auctioneers are "Colonels" They claim
that title when they have 'cried" 100
sales.
But it is only the result Of the farm
ers getting rich-and of the land boom
which causes much change Of location.
Central Kansas has reached a time
when the farmers who have made their
home here, writes an Abilene CORE
spondent of the Kansas City Star, have
acquired more material than they need
to run their farm, or are anxious to
change their residence, and SO want to
have sale" They go to the county
seat and make arrangements with the
auctioneer, and have their bills print
ed. The latter are put up in the post
office or are scattered on the fence
posts or the vicinity.
The attendance on the public sales
Is usually good, nothing but bad wealth
er keeping the farmers Of the vicinity
away. The women frequently accom-
pany their husbands and form an in
terested portion of the audience when
the household goods and canned fruit
are sold.
The crowd that has looked over the
possessions of the household curiousiy
and nodded at the various flaws In the
implements of the farmyard has also
had rude sort of entertainment. On
every sale bill in large letters appears
Free lunch at noon," and some of
them have the additional legend.
Bring your tin cups" This is Greek
to the city resident, but the farmer
knows what 1t means. 1t is q promise
that there will be great steaming cans
of coffee, with plenty of sandwiches
and perhaps pickles. The task of pro-
vidlng cups for hundred or two visit
ors Is formidable one, and the pru-
dent housewife asks that the Corners
bring cups to use at this function. The
habitual auction attendant is fully
equipped with the cups to use on such
occasions.
During the winter all sales begin at
10 O'Clock, but as the days lengthen the
noon start is more common. 1t all de-
ponds upon the amount Of material to
be sold. Sometimes there is something
more than coffee to drink, but not
often.
The amount of property changing
hands in this growing method of dis
posing Of used farm material Is enor-
nous. In this county alone probably
sales have been held since
the first of the present year, and they
have averaged more than $1,000 each,
or at least 100000 worth Of second
hand goods disposed OF by farmers to
their nelghbors. The same condition
exists in nearly every well settled
county Of the State, and 30 common IL
the custom becoming that it Is unlike
" that it will show any dtmlnutiOn
FOR some time to come.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

A 7-year-old had a great appetite
for buckwheat cakes, and could stow
away an amazing number of them for
breakfast
One morning the grandfather, who
was watching the performance, asked /:
"Have you ever in your life had all
the buckwheat cakes that you could
eat?"
Eyes, SIR" replied the boy. Lots of
times I've felt I'd had enough"
How do you tell when you have had
enoughT"
81 just keep on eating until | get a
pain, and then eat one more to make
sure"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

A good time to do your dehorning Is
to dehorn the calves with good de-
horner when they are few days old.
Mark them with an aluminium earmark
so you can keep a record Of them.
Keep a record Of the breeding of
each cow, 80 you will know when she
Is due to calve, and then allow her to
go dry six weeks before calving.
The dairy bull should be fed like a
working horse and should receive plen-
ty of exercise. Work him in a tread
power.
The milking is one of the most i'm
Dortant parts Of the dairy business.
TIE cows should be MIXED quickly,
"leanly and quietly. Do not excite your
COWS or they will not let their milk
down. Don't abuse COW because she
kicks. IF she kicks there Is some cause
for it. Look for the cause and remedy
It. 1t may be a sore teat, 1t may be an
innamed udder or 1t may be that she
has been misused and regards her milk
err as an enemy that she must fight. If
such Is the case, treat her kindly and
she will soon learn that you are not
going to harm her
Clip the long hair of the udder and
tanks and tail, and wipe of the udder
with a damp cloth before milking, and
YOU will be surprised to see how much
cleaner the milk will be.
Weigh each cows milk with an ac-
curate scale and test the milk with a
Babcock tester and you will be able to
see how many of your cows are paying
FOR themselves.-Dr. David Roberts,
State Veterinarian.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Red Texas Onfn.

The strain Of the Red Texas oats
which has given the largest yield for
two seasons and which stands third in
order of weld for the four years trial
mas been grown at the Kansas station
for four years and has seemed to i'm
prove rather than to deteriorate in
quality and yield. Oats are not consid-
cred well adapted for growing in this
State. 1t is the general experience
that oats soon run OUT in Kansas,
ana farmers consider it necessary to
secure new seed every two or three
years. The trials at the Kansas sta
ton, however, indicate that it is not
only possible to maintain the quality
and yield of oats, but also to even i'm
prove them by good culture and by
sowing only the best grade.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Beans Fed to Swine

Beans can be med to swine onIv in
the cooked form. The pig seems IN he
unable TO utilize beans which are at
all hard or firm, even though they have
Oeen boiled for some time; hence II in
very essential that they be thoroughIv
and carefully cooked, says R. s. shaw
Michigan. To supply a single feed NJ
nalr-cooked beans to pen of hogs robs
them of their appetItes and relish for
their food, If Indeed it does net mt
them of their feed. Pu'
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
CHAPTrR xL.


Fer q moment Frost felt hollow. and
had some ado to stand upright. He held
the handle Of the door In one hand, and
with the ether prOpDed himself against
tho wall.
"2@nOT he cOntriVed to say, in a voice
which he knew to be much unlike his
own. "Ah. The spy"
He expected some SORT Of instant con-
demnation, for to his startled mind the
statement that ZenO was there meant
that ZenO was actually within the house,
and was Of itself proclamation Of the
discovery Of treason. He had time enough
&c be ShOt. stabbed. poisoned, abducted.
and tried for treason in his own swift
darting, frightened fancy before Dobroski
spoke again.
Yes" said Dobroski, ''he is here. 1t
Is well that everybody should be warned
Of him"
"0f course" returned Frost, trembling
In his limbs, and speaking with a shake
In his voice. HE seems to be a danger
GUS SORT Of fellow"
DObroski mounted the staircase In a.
lence, and entered Frost's room In obedi-
ence to wave Of the hand from the regu-
lar occupant. Frost followed in time to
see Zeno turn In his armchair and look
at the newcomer with a casual air. This
vas succeeded by q start Of surprise. and
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

Burn on the asparagus beds new ami
clean the ground thoroughly. .rr,v,nS
manure plentful1y. All bushes ana
weeds that have not been cleared FROM
tne ground will serve as Aarbortnr
places Tor mice and insects. when the
materials on the surface of the rrmnd
wnicn nave been destroyed BY frost
are dry' and the grass also dead II IA
nOt uimcult to burn an entire bed over
ana mus consume many seeds :, N.
ground tho
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Wheat in the Cotton Belt.


The first week in November is early
enough to SOW wheat throughout the
middle portion Of the cotton belt. This
crop often succeeds we'll sown as late
rs Dec. 1, provided the conditions shall
be favorable for termination for two
weeks after sowing (not too cold and
wet). Land covered with a thick
growth of grass or other vegetation is
not considered the best condition for
wheat, for the reason that wheat likes
a compact, smooth surface soil. Turn
vour land well, then harrow, then roll
with heavy roller, then SOW the seed.
A one or one and half ton roller run
over freshly plowed surface once or
twice will compact the three or four
inches of surface soil. The wheat seed
should then be put in with a regular
wheat drill. says a Southern authority.
I would not apply less than 400 pounds
Of fertilizer per acre and would prefer
800 to 600 pounds unless the land be
already rich. I recommend this for
mula: Two hundred pounds acid phos-
phate 400 pounds of cottonseed meal
and 80 pounds of muriate of potash
per acre, supplemented with a top
dressing Of 80 to IS pounds Of nitrate
Of soda in March If the appearance Of
the plants seem to indicate the need
Of more MISUNDERSTANDING.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

Careful potato growers can no longer
doubt the advantages Of spraying In
"bllght" years; but some doubt whether
the practice is profitable year after
year, Tests along this line have been
continued for five years by the Expert
ment Station at Geneva; and the evil
dence presented in Bulletin No. 200,
giving details of the fifth years test
and summaries of preceding ones. seems
conclusive in favor Of the practice.
The gain each year has been profitable;
and there is already much more than
enough excess Of gain over cost to pay
for spraying five years more. Similar
gains, though not quite 50 great, were
obtained by farmers under tests care
fully checked by the station and by
much larger number of farmers who
sprayed independently.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
WiaterinE sheer.

1t AS not cold weather that hurts
sheep 30 much a. 1t is getting wet
Sheep to fatten well should be fed reg
ularly twice a day. morning and even
Ing, Sheep naturally drink 4 little and
often, and should have water con-
vsnlent to them all the time. Don't
feed well and give good shelter, then
allow your sheep to drink ics water to
cool OF.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Lamb Values Advane,nr

During the past ten years there has
been a building up period in the lamb
trade. Lambs are now in demand in
every consuming center and the trade
appears to have No limit. The fact Of
the matter is that lambs are becoming
scarccr each year. Any arst-class
lambs win be Surs Of strong prices for
many years to come
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

rests the gate piece, which is of a suit
able size to turn easily. Through the
upper part Of the post a two-inch hole
Is bored into which is driven one prong
of a hedge fork. A small hole 10 bored
through the end Of the prong and a Din
inserted to hold 1t In place.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Only Healthy Antm.I.

Pure water only should be allotted n
the hogs. Do not think that the hos
will eat anything and It will be hast
for him. Clean food and drink ara hot
ter and more profitable for any animal
Healthy animals only are profitable In
this age. ]. Watsrstripe, In swine
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
HEARTS OF NoNsMoKERs.

Percentage of Defects Greater Than
with Smokers in Yale Glass.
Less than q third of the freshman
class at Yale University are smokers,
while seven, who confessed to having
smoked at preparatory school, have
Sworn off" since entering college, says
the New York Tribune. These and
other statistics of the use Of tobacco
and effect of nicotine upon the young
sters at Yale are included in a report
on the subject made public by DIR.
William G. Anderson, of the Yale
gymnasium. He gives this table:
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

1t Is a hard matter TO d,s+,n,-...
the sex OF guinea fowls. Some autbori-
ties claim that the male chatters ~ .
quick manner, while the female CIV
or sound like "Otrack" mr. a.
Pratt" or 'Buckwheat." The maIo
gives a sound similar to a .,.n naie
turned into a laugh. 70ch
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Not what He Asked.

In these days Of indlvIduallsm in
thought and action the balance Of oe-
cision tips more and more toward the
personal. Even in the matter Of SPELL
ing, the ego asserts itself in the face
Of tradition and history. Bobby" In
Tit-Blts. Is not the only person who
constitutes himself the final court of
appeal in the realm Of photography.
80 you go to school, do you Bob
by" asked the minister.
ayes, sir" answered Bobby.
"Let me hear how you spell bread. &"
"B-r-e-d-e."
''The dictionary spells 1t with an a.
Bobby"
"Yes, sir; but you didn't ask me how
the dictionary spells It; you asked me
how spell 1t"
Mexico Is beginning to grow rice on
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Ben Davis Coed E,o,u.

A Maine farmer who has beA" u.,
ing money during the past eleven var.
from growing Ben Davis apples re-
Gently disposed Of a shipment of tbi,
truit at S4.S5 net pront per hsrra,
When all other apples are past tho,-
usefulness, old Ben Davis I. -I
enough for the most of the peoo,s
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

1otal ..,.............. l2O
OF the 14S smokers whose hearts
were examined, 10 showed irregularity.
OF the PAL non-smokers whose heart
condition is recorded, &c were slightly
abnormal and were thus classified. OF
the 14S smokers 1888 per cent showed
heart uncertainty of the PAL non smOk-
ers, 27.3S per cent Said DR.. Ander-
son:
1.-THE investigation of the heart of
the smoker was not made to defend the
freshman. but to approximate facts re-
latiVe to his habits of using smoking
tobacco. Much has been written against
cigarette smoking and much harm has
been laid at its door, but we must not
forget that 1t is the excessive use Of
tobacco that does great harm, and that
the cigarette smoker suffers much from
associate evils. A few conclusions are
deduced. The 1909 man was a pipe,
and not cigarette smoker. He smoked
cigarettes on the streets because the
use Of pipe by him Is tabooed. This
custom gives him the reputation of
being a cigarette smoker His health
and heart are not injured to the extent
generally believed, but his lung capa-
city is deficient and his weight Is be-
low the average. 1t is the consensus
Of opinion among most athletes that
smoking Is detrimental and the ma
jority of men training for teams do not
use tobacco. And, finally, academic
Of the smoker Is lower than
that of the nOn-smoker."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17
Grain WIN Increa.. Co.,.

1t Is claimed that cows that are fad
a little grain in connection with tbe,r
pasture yield a larger proportion Of
cream in the milk and always make
hard butter