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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
Men OF the East Come to Look Upon
the Gigantic Canal Project,
Which Is to Make
ST. BLOOMLIkE
THE ROSE OF SHARON.
Spirit OF Brotherly Love Manifested
Between People of the South
and People of the East.

Mr.. Schell sho funny. He gets
outen the buggy, dig holes in the
ground, fill dem wild water; den he
puts tin cans inside ofem, watches
EN-; den go to mother place and do de
same thing, den come back and look
at his playhouses ter see how much
water left inem, and if anybody had
teched dem. OATS all / know about
him, Mr.. Lawler."
Mr.. Lawler and others familiar
with the antics, put him down as a
railroad promoter. But this play
house" adjunct to his movements
puzzled people that was not in the
line Of railroad building.
Then Mr.. Schell discarded The SER
vices Of Nose. He would use 4 sad
die horse, and pick out a time when
it was raining. He would go to the
Courtableau CHS playhouse" opera
tions were mostly in the Mamou
country, and along up to the Gourta-
bleau bayou throw chips in the
stream and watch them for hours.
Some who happened topass the bayou
and saw him thought he was crazy.
Finally his seheme-that he wanted
to promote a gigantic canal to irri-
gate this boundless country-leaked
out. Astute Judge Blackman, Of
Rapides, heard of it, and hurried
with a proposition that Mr.. Sehell
take the initiative in d canal scheme
at Phillips Bluff on Caleasieu river.
But Mr.. Sehell had not spent his days
in working out the plan Of a canal
from a source from which there was
no danger Of salt water, to accept
one that may be rendered useless in the
future by salt water. His very object
was to find a source Of supply suf-
feient in quantity and safe from the
dangers Of salt water. He had found
1.-THE Courtableau would furnish
water inexhaustible, drawing its
supply from the great Atehafalaya,
and the great Atehafalaya from the
still greater Mississippi.
But Schell had no money. In the
Spring of 1902 Mr.. j. G. Lawler Of
fered him moderate assistance, which
Mr.. Schell accepted. Mr.. 7. j. Cald-
well had, about this time purchased
q part interested in the Lawler stable,
and Mr.. SchelPs movements had also
aroused that gentleman's interest.
and when Mr.. Schell told him that he
would like to secure an option on the
Jake Plonsky place, near Washington,
Mr. Caldwell volunteered TO try and
make the deal with him-or purchase
q place this side Of Washington.
4 sixty days option was secured
on the Plonsky place, and BY the tine
the option expired Mr.. ScheH had Sc
cured sufficient money with which to
purchase the place, or rather, make
the first payment on it. When Mr.
schell went to close the deal, Mr..
Plonsky refused to take a check
signed By B. G. Webb, Of Rayne, and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
PENNSYLVANIANS DE
PART FOR H0HE
-Four Days Pleasantly Spent III EnpFapa
Excursion 10 Several Points SaldFdE
WILL RETURN NEXT luH.
are Delighted with the PFogFss b ne @la
Canal, ln Which They ase aaalag
Interested.


The party Of prospecng PsaHsY
Yanians has returned home. &a
spending five days id Lana
short period Of time being spsat q
Acadia visiting Che irrigation eaa
of that parish.
The party arrived here "a Ni
day evening Of last week and le
their Pennsylvania hone g
morning.
They came here primarily l9A
into the work done bY Halqa Ri
CATION Company, the big esnal
promoted BY ]. Franklia s
The success Of which seems
Many Of these Pa~nnsyIgaalans fs
already Stockholders ii the eonpaaRi
while others cams I'd PERSONALLY
the situation with Cue dea q
ing. We have the word g
the party that those whsAad
invested were highly ga
those who came prospeea1e Hss
home stockholders ID N
AIT Washington TIE
tertained lagishly and ssg
able entertainments
ines we're rendered the
Thursday afternoon
the arrival of The train peasg s
to Washington, B ride Na a
work Of tie Rrigaaon
taken. and hat evening
served to them. Dr. Il asss
Grand Prairie and Mr IAas
of OpeIousas welcomed t1s
and response 81 behalf Y Eag
was made bY Rey.
gohnstoWn, Pa, and ply
tie Pennsylvania STATE
Department
On Saturday the
number Of 0peIoasas a SIS
people. we're the guests 2 5.sa
onsss, GuIf & N@orsasass ~
ne washington pa aad
gylganians came oveF sas M
Pacific from Washington
their arrival At 0pe
dent Flanders add gen
and Freight agent 3orasa III
of them.
rs Crowley over ne
81 Church Point ana
way. wsr
through tie riea als
carriage drive ths
g N " e Crowley after
pumping plants tRs . Isl
.f ono & ! Pacific, aad
to EDniee, where S. su
received 81 some &
-4t&4nr Sfffftg
joined the party IS
which vas made oysf
81 tracks. Aanaa
The Psnng
impressed Uth
of the country 1as
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
whenever they needed It.

whenever they needed it.
Naturally this was d geFy unssr.
tain way Of making Fiea, but 4 II.
Yorable years, many farmers najs
well. Then came The advent II tbs
deep well and pump, and of shs puns
IN the large streams, and then hi
canals.
Now is about to evolve this gfest
canal scheme, which Il so fafaa
ready water for two parishes.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
The Canal.

The Union Irrigation Co. eontem-
plates a canal system that will cover
the finest rice country in the world.
The main canal is TO be $50 feet
wide, and is to start near Washing
ton, laterals radiating from the main
canal throughout the rice district.
The Eomnany's FIRST installation
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

water IS not furnished their rice 50
that they can make good crops.
With the Union Irrigation canal
there viii be no danger Of failure.
Il will be d rice crop, rain or shine"
The supply is inexhaustible.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-11
YOUNG MAN HELD
FOR GRAND LARCENY

New York. Aug 10.-Donald L.
Persch. an ambitious Young financier,
Is In the Tombs tonight In default Of
$4,000 ball. and thereby hangs a tale
of tangled finance through which some
body In Wall street nipped F. Angus
tus Heinze, the one-time copper king.
for $4,000 Persch Is specifically
charged with the larceny OF $4,000.
profit obtaining by the sale OF 49,
GOO shares OF Ohio Copper common
and 1900 shares of Davis-Daly Copper
common, which All agent for Heinze
placed with the Windsor Trust com
pany as security for loan of $50 900.
in some manner, as yet unexplained,
the stock was not held by the bank
but was turned over 10 clerk acting
for Persch and at the latter's orders
thrown on the curb market and sold
for approximately $4,000.
How Persch obtained the capital to
carry through the deal and why the
stock was relinquished by the trust
company are points yet TO be cleared
After his arrest Persch intimatcd
that there were men higher up'in the
trnsactlon. but refused to say more.
upon the advice OF counsel He was
arraigned late this afternoon before
a magistrate and after efforts to have
his bail reduced to $4,000 failed was
committed to the Tombs.
In opposing the reduction of bill AS
sistant District Attorney Mott said to
the court:
There are other powerful people be-
hind the man, your honor, and he
should have no difficulty In Furnishing
$50 900 bail
"On August 6 this man had $4,000
In his possession Fifty thousand dol
lars bail Is not too much,
Persch was arrsted on statements
made by John Sherwood. another note
broker He said that at Perschs re-
quest he procured the securities from
the trust company. after having OBJ
tanned $4,000 for the purpose from
J. J. Fields & Co, dealers in curb
stocks, He thought 1.-The transaction
entirely legitimate and was ready to
act for a percentage He exhibited
orders from Persch TO redeem the Sc
curities and to put them on the mar
ket
The foregoing features seem plain
enough, but behind them Is the mys-
terry of how Persch knew where NJ.
NJ Joyce. representative Of F. Angus
tus Heinze, placed the securities.
While there is nothing TO indicate
that the bank is criminally ro-
sponsible, Mr.. Joyce says it was sttp-
ulated when the loan was made that
the stock was to be pinned 10 his note
and retained Shortly afterward, how
ever. the shares appeared on the curb
and an investigation began. The trust
company SAYS II was acting merely as
an agent in placing the loan, and this
agent now appears to be Sherwood.
representing young PerSch, who, In
turn. Inmates that he was acting for
someone above him
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-11
CHANGES IN DESIGNS


Washington Aug, 10,-Several i'm
portant changes in the designs of the
paper money of the country are 10
take place soon
Secretary MacYeagh. Assistant Sec
retary Norton and Director Ralph of
the bureau of engraving and printing.
have under consideration a general
scheme of systomatiZing the designs
of all issues Of paper money in such n
manner that the same portraits or en-
blems Will appear on all notes of the
same denomination
Distinctive designs for one dollar
five dollar twenty dollar and fifty dol
lar bills. and perhaps those of even
higher denominations. have been pre-
pared. The two dollar bills may be
abolished, 1t is reported If the two
dollar bill is retained, IL Is certain
that its design will be such as to
make it stand ont from pile of ono
dollar and five dollar bills at a prom
inence that Will permit of no mistake
In It's handling
Some treasury officials are inclined
to favor even a more radical change.
and recommend that paper money he
reduced 10 about the size OF French
and Italian notes of smaller denomin-
ations. These notes are about three
flfths the size OF the American Kind.
and are more convenient to handle,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-11
PRINTERS SUPPORT
THE BARTENDERS

ST. Joseph, Mo, August 10.-The In
ternatlonal Typographical Union today
decided to support the International
Bartenders' Union.
James A. Anderson. OF Kansas City,
an organizer of the Bartenders' union
appeared before the convention and
asked that no saloon not bearing the
international union cards be patron
lied. st. Joseph has two bartenders
unions. one OF which has seeded from
the international and started an or
ganiZation of It's own, This is true Of
no other city. The printers decided
TO stay by the international bartend'
ers
The bar in the hotel which is the
headquarters for the delegates is pre-
sided over by the seccssionists. and
as a result is receiving no patronage
from the printers.
Anderson appealed TO the printers
to fight the prohibition movement
Atlanta. Salt Lake and Minneapolis
are asking for the next convention
Minneapolis was stated tonight TO be
In the lead
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-11
THE STANDARD: OGDEN UTAH WEDNESDAY, H. 1909

greSs is being made the tool OF the
corporate interests, whose agents are
being made members of important
committees for the purpose of doml'
neering the activity of the congress.
And said he, II believe ] could
point out one genial and uroane gen
tleman. an attorney for the interests.
who is here now"
George S Long, representing the
lumbermcn of the northwest himself
connected with a big concern in Sc
attic. denied that the interests OF the
lumbermen arc inimical to those OF
the consumer. He said that the lum-
herman Is only irving TO supply
healthy demand and that re-foresta-
ton will begin in earnest when the
demand has reached the high price
point
r. T. Allen. United States district
forester. elected applause when he
appealed for safe and sane numbering
and for the conservation OF water
Addresses on this subject also were
made by E Nj. Grifnth Of Wisconsin
and F.. r Campbell OF Canada
J. y Teal of the joint conserya-
ton committee, made an appeal for
the enlargement of the scope oil wat
erways on the Pacific coast He
pointed out the possibility Of making
nayigable the Columbia river for
distance OF $500 mileS by applying
the cost of n single battleshlp to the
work. He declared that river trans
portation is the greatest Of automatic
rate adJusters.
]. E Chilberg president Of the
Alaska -Yukon-P Pacific exposition at Sc
attic. was a speaker in the afternoon
He invited the delegates to attend
the exposition and concluded With an
appeal for re-forestation OF the noun
tains for the protection OF the
streams.
Alexander Mcpherson. secretary OF
the Idaho State Board of Horticul-
ural Inspection. described the method
In vogue in his state for Irrigation
A resolution was offered, which VIII
be acted upon Thursday, urging stale
legislatures to remit part OF the
taxes of farmers who plant trees along
the roads adjoining their property
Politics did not enter the lobby dis
cussions today but much comment
was heard for and against the resolu-
tion which will be proposed by Secre-
tary Hooker. Of the board of control.
asking a bond issue OF five billion
dollars bv the national government to
be loaned to finance irrigation pro-
iectS.
This afternoon the commercial
bodies Of Spokane gave a parade. H.
Illustrative of the commercial develop
ment OF the northwest. The parade
passed a huge reviewing stand occu~
pied by the delegates. Two other pa
rades of similar character will be Civ
en- before the end of the week.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-11
VALUE OF WOOD PRESERVATION

Denver. Colo, Aug. 10-One of the
most useful discoveries to the wood
using public Is the methods which
have been developed for preventing
the decay of wood Most OF these
methods depend upon the fact that the
decay-producing organisms can be
poisoned the same as any other forms
of plant OF animal life. Poisonous
substances In liquid form are In
jected into the wood and so long as
these remain. the decay cannot act.
Wood preservation is especially I'm.
portant In Colorado, because Of the
rapid decay of most Of the native tim
bers OF this region when used In con
tact with the ground. The use OF
these timbers becomes more neces-
sary every year for telephone poles,
railway ties. mine timbers, and many
other such uses which expose the
wood to decay The farmers of the
state also use vast quantities of tim
Der for fence posts. and preserva-
tive treatment of such posts would
enable them TO use native wood for
this purpose instead of shipping IN
cedar posts which command Il high
price and become every year more
difficult to obtain. The substances are
principally used for the purpose of
wood preservation, namely, creosote
OIL which is q product distilled from
the coal tar which Is produced In tho
process OF making illuminating gas
and coke and chloride of zinc. a
white powdered chemical which Is
used for this purpose by dissolVing in
water. CTeosote is the most effective
because 1t Is comparably insomble In
water and, therefore, is not readily
leached out of wood Zinc chloride
is even moro poisonous to the decay
producing fungi than creosote. but II
is moro readily dissolved out Of the
wood and hence is not so lasting. II
is much cheaper than creosote, how.
ever, and Is much used where condl
tions are not too unfayorablc.
The United States Forest Service
gives much attention TO the preserya.
ton Of timber from decay. Informa-
ti0n In regard to II, and advice as to
the apparatus necessary and methods
of conducting such work will he glad
ly supplied on application to the dis
trict forester. Majestic Building, Den.
yer
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-11
SEVEN BIG PILOTS
HAVE FAILED TO LAND
or the 10 Big League Managers Only
Have Made Good.
(By Ed Bang. Sporting Editor Glove
land NeWS

(By Ed Bang. Sporting Editor Glove
land News)
Seven of the l6 managers who were
IN charge of the American and Ma
tional league teams when the 1909
campaigns opened last April have
failed 10 deliver the goods.
Nine OF them have done very well.
thank you,
Four of the American league lead
ers failed TO come up 10 expectations.
Our own Nap I.aJOie heads the list.
The Maps finished the 1908 campaign
one-half game behind the Detroit Tig-
ers
The team was materially strength.
eGed during the winter, and II was
predicted the Maps would he in first
place or thereabouts from the start to
the finish
Not a baseball critic in the country
thought the Maps would have the
punk percentage Of .527 as late as the
last day OF July
Still that's the Maps mark this day
OF grace.
The team has played rotten ball ur-
der Lajoie. and Larrys managerial
judgment at times has been IN keep
ing with the general play Of his ath-
lctes
lin McAleer of the ST. Louis Browne
was also picked TO have a fighting
chance for the pennant. 1t was said
he had the batting and fielding
strength and also tho pitchers.
Seventh place is McAleers best
tight now
Managerial woes have set heavy
on the brow of Billy" Sullivan. sue
eessor TO Fielder Jones as chief OF
the Chicago White SoX.
Sully's like Lajoic's playing has
been affected. Instead of being q CON
tender for tho pennant as last year
the Sox are in fifth place
The last member of the quartet OF
failures in Ban Johnson's league is
our old friend Joe Cantillon The
wiseacres picked Washington to have
a fighting chance for first division
lerth.
It was said he had the best pitching
'iafT In the country. the best catcher
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-11
QUEER NAMES DRAWN
AT LAND OPENING

Occur d'Alene, Ida. Aug. l0.-Judgo
Witten resumed the drawing for the
Coeur d'Alene reservation al o'clock
this morning The crowd. small at
first, increasd soon to scyerl hun
dred, but at no time was there the
same enthusiasm as was manifested
on the first day, probably due TO the
fact that numbers after l,500 are con-
sidered OF little value
One of the interesting features of
the day was the number of persons
calling at the land office 10 make sure
they are the genuine winners Of the
numbers Sometimes two men OF the
same name appear and the judge hands
each a piece OF paper on which he
asks them 10 write their names, ages,
height. etc, and these must correspond
with the particulars on the application.
The first rejection OF an application
occurred today when the name OF A.
D. Boughman of Charlotte, Mich.
through Agent Edwin l.. Coy of the
same place. was read II was rejected
on the ground that Ellerton R. Bayles.
the notary public Of that town, did not
specify that he was authorized 10
make out papers for land drawing. Out
OF the 5000 drawings this is found TO
be the only one defectively executed
The men employed to call out the
names as the envelopes were opened
met many that were almost unpTo-
nounceable, but he was completely
staggered today when he ran across
Miecyiplawadolf JaklewicZ Of Aber-
deem, Wash.
Word from the camps of the ap-
praisers who are on the Occur d'Alene
reservation states that the land VIII
be appraised in plenty Of time for Al
Ing I'm April, 1910 II Is claimed that
the timber VIII not be estimated any
more than 10 classify as timber, agrl-
cultural or grazing land. This means
that the governmet will have only
an approximate Idea as 10 the real
value OF each quarter
There will be no drawing tomorrow,
but on Thursday morning the fourteen
cans containing the 81 900 applications
for Flathead lands viii be opened Six
thousand names will be drawn for the
$500 claims. No timber lands are In
volyed. Next Monday the drawing for
the Spokane reservation begins.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-11
WOLGAST READY
FOR M'FARLAND
Milwaukee Fighter Willing to Bet
$4,000 He Can Defeat the
Chicagoan.
CBy Ed w. smith.D

Chicago, Aug. l1,-Thls young NIL
waukee fellow certainly has started
something. He has sent the biggest
sort of bomb into the Pacllcy Nc
Farland camp and everything is now
astir out at the stockyards- Ad VOL
CAST may not be a champion and may
never be. but when ii comes TO HASH
ing some ambition he is entitled to
first rank. And as for his confidence.
there is no gainsaying that the boy
from the brewery town Is so full OF 1t
that II is just oozing out of him. II Is
especially prominent when he is in the
vicinity of a newspaper Office.
Well. the boy has $500 posted with
the Chicago American in support of his
challenge 10 Mcfarland to box at 1873
pounds. the weight TO be made three
hours before the battle starts.
Inasmuch as Wolgast is little more
than rweiGht-indeed, ne
wants to fight Abe Attell at 122 pounds
at the rlngside-this is fair PROPOSE
ton from his viewpoint
Mcfarland. however. cites the fact
that his recent challenge TO all light
weights was at 1873 pounds. the weight
TO UG us1Nlc dA - u NipNFh plA 'ht isil VI
the fight. Evidently there is going 10
be some trouble here about making a
match, just as there is likely TO be
between the big fellows.
Wolgast does not hesitate to throw
some peppery shots into Packey on the
weight question. Having a very fair
sort of a memory. the young Milwau-
keean calls to Packey'S attention the
time of rather recent date when he
himself demanded a ringside weight,
not once, but several times, and when
he failed TO get it Immediately de-
clared OF all negotiations. OF course,
Wolgast does not blame Packey for
finding himself getting bigger. but he
does blame him for sticking to the
lightweight class If he is not a light
weight.
Ad says that Mcfarland boxed Char
ley Nearly at 1872 pounds at o'clock
and then after beating him refused
him a match at any weight but 1873
pounds at the ringside, a figure that
Neary did not care TO attempt AS
result he never got another battle with
the little lrlshman
Ad also suggests that Packey rack
his memory bit and recall the time
that he would not box Abe Attell at
l33 pounds at the ringside. and yet
out comes the statement that George
Memsic. a strong. dangerous sort Of
fellow. makes 1873 pounds at the ring
Just the same.
Though we haven't had eide bet
fight In this country In many. many
l. -
diversion for the fighters 10 talk up
into four figures when mentioning the
names of their hackers. Wolgast says
that he Is willing to gamble TO the
extent OF at least $4,000 that he can
defeat Mcfarland in fight of any
length from ten rounds to a finish
fight
This is bold talk and one that will
force somebody to show, and before
many hours pass.