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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

GOVERNOR SANDERS Gulf Deep Water
OF LOUISIANA. way association
will be held on Oct. 81 and Nov
and 2, and the Crescent City on this
occasion will entertain more promi-
nent men than ever before in her his
tory.
There will be present at this con
vention to help the good work along
notables from every part of the coun-
try and many from abroad. In addi-
ton to the nations chief executive,
there will attend Vice President Sher
man, Speaker Cannon, several cabinet
GERS, over 200 congressman, seventy
five United States senator's and about
thirty governors of states. besides sew
eral foreign ministers aud their aids
and over 1900 delegates. A monster
| feet will be in the harbOr. including
many warships. and the entire city will
be lavishly decorated in honor Of the
visit of the president and the water
ways meeting.
| An interesting feature of this affair
will be the start from st. Louis for
! New Orleans on Oct 25. The prPsi-
dent will leave the Mound City on that
| date on the steamer Mississippi a. Il
| guest of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep
Waterway associat ton, and there will
accompany him down the river to New
Orleans a hotiIla of steamers carrying
most of the notabes going to the con-
vention.
The passenger boats will be escorted
down the Mississippi by feet of
United States torpedo boats. and en-
route many other steamers will fall
in line. At every town and city at
which the feet stops commercial bodies
have arranged to entertain the guests.
President Taft will make many
speeches Oh the way south, sometimes
from the boat, sometimes on an i'm
provised platform on the leyee and
at other times in public halls or or
plazas.
At many points extensive prepare
tions are being made for the entertain
ment of the party. Governor Deneer
of Illinois has ordered six batteries oil
the state militia to report at Cairo t.
salute the president with twenty-one
guns. The batteries will be placed OIL
barges in the river, and as soon as
the feet heaves in sight the salute vii
begin. Three companies of state mill
tia will be lined up on the river banl
to escort the president uptown, where
he will make an address
At New Orleans President Taft vii
be the principal speaker of the con
vention. His address will be made a
2:30 in the afternoon on the opening
day Vice President sherman vii
speak on the second day and Speake
Cannon on the last afternoon. Tht
convention will not only present bril-
Liant ensemble. but 1t will also be th
most effective in its expression of til
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

when golfer is addressing the bali,
When the player is "a president of the
United States it Would be high crime
and mfsdemeanur to exhale sigh. 81
in the tense aud awful quiet Mr.. Taft
made two preparatory aand graceful
swings over the ball TO gauge the
range. and then no one who has moi
played golf can conceive what crit
ical moment it was-and then be let
himself 20. and. whack. away scared
the white bali new no doubt, and just
out Of the box. Like an AFRO" i De-"
into space Straight and true it sailed
down the course. and when it settled
on the ground Il drive Of 200 yards Wis
announced.
After which Mr.. Taft shook hand
with and beampd OIL forty caddie<.
who knew Il golfer when they SAL"
him
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

STEAMBOAT hANDiFG, NEW ORLEANS
of q oentt,rv France and Germany have
hoen exnending in dredging their riv-
ore and in hnflipp canals show the
r,rnn which they Mace upon water
communication. Az except in military
.nd naval ont,av those governments
seldom suend Il dollar unless they can
see a financial return from it, it is to
bg nrnsumed fiat they have profted
~ hus;nass way from their invest.
nent Of money in river Improvement.
The construction Of the Manchester
canal has made that city the center OF
industrial dpvplapneut aud the second
MORT Of Great Prifain the improve
ment of The ClvJp river has made
Glasgow one Of the greatest CONNER
cfal ports in tie world. and the tmstcr
dam canal is credited with being TIN
chief cause of the prosperity Of thu
civ
Nfo,ifoettv tha growth of populatiul'
ord tho evnansiou and the diversiE,u
+ion of the indr tries will eventual,
brine s,cl, n t,rpssure of traffic upon
TRANSFORMATION facilities as will compei
Tho United states government to do
for ire navipahlp streams all over the
country what Germany and Franco
bava done and are doing for theirs
Tbo aelaoatas are chosen to the
r.okos to the G11lf Deep Waterway con.
vontion rs follows; one member is to
no onnoinfod inv tbs governor from
ooob conversational district in states,
ronrosontod in this association; one
n,ar,hor IL amounted by the mayor
from zach city having population Of
ono and less than >. 800; two members
ora annointed bg the mayor from each
c;ty having = ,IopuIation of $500 and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

TALK ABOUT aouR finds is said to be
MAN BIRDS. stronger than ever.
Michigan. too. has team that should
give ii good account of itself In a
scrimmagc with the pigskin. and both
Indian and Northwestern are very OPP
timistic, their teams showing up well
in practice 50 far. Although Chicago
has lost five OF BIER last years players.
other good ones have been secured 10
take their places. The Army and
Navy teams are expected TO be up to
their usual strength
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

-. a. 49,, rAar+ STUNT.
mouth. also appears strong, but Cor-
nell, with seven of her veterans miss
ing. looks to be ia rather bad shape
However. it must be remembered that
there are surprises in football as well
as in other sports, and one can never
tell just what some of the new men
will do.
In the west this season the football
eIevens appear to be in splendid shape
for the coming contests. and Chicago
will have to battle to keep its crown,
as several other colleges nave their
guns trained on the headpiece. Wis
consin has lost Steihm. Messmer. Rog-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

WHERE EADS BR1DGE ChOSSES Ihb mlo-
SISSIPPI.
demand of the people of this country
for the building of the most important
waterway of the century. In the his
tory of this government no greater
project has ever been slated for discus
sion. With a waterway such as is
wanted it would unite the waterways
of the middle west and bring about
trade and traffic conditions that would
benefit the whole country.
At present the deep waterway work
is in this condition:
The sanitary district of Chicago has
built the deep waterway practically to
Joliet. nearly forty miles. and SG000O,.
600 has seen spent thus far on the
work. The entire route of the lakes to
the gulf deep waterway from Joliet to
| New Orleans through the Des PLANES
river. the Illinois river and the Missis-
] sippi river has been surveyed under
direction of congress by United States
engineers. who have officially reported
to congress that the building of the
deep waterway is feasible The peo-
ple of the state of Illinois have adopt
ed constitutional amendment proyid-
ing for d bond issue of S20.000,000 the
money to be spent in constructing the
fieep waterway southwark from Joliet.
A bill introduced by United States
Representative Richard Bartholdt of
Missouri is now pending in congress
providing for the issue by the United
States government of bonds TO the
amount of sJ0000a,o00, he money to
be spent ii. constructing this deep wa
terway from the lakes TO the gulf and
other mpritorious projected river i'm,
prove ments. II is intended to ask the
sixty FIRST congress to pass = bin pro-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

HIS DAY NOW. tests before the sea-
son closes, and much interest is being
taken in the work.
In the east Yale is said to line up
stronger than any of the other elev-
ems this year. having retained many
of her 1908 stars. while. on the other
hand, Pennsylvania is most unfortu-
nate In this respect, no less than seven
of her good players having gone by
the graduation route. The outlook for
Carlisle. too, is rather discouraging,
her team being practically new one
this year. Coach Haughton of Har-
ward is working hard to develop an
other eleven of championship caliber,
but it will be difficult to make up for
the loss of such men as Nourse. Burr,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17
CODYS GOOD WORK.

Another American Aeroplanist Who Is
Making Some Remark5bIs Flights.
American aeropuniStS have act ONLY
been astonishing the world recently in
France. Italy and Germany. but also
in England. where Captain +. $. CodE
has been marking some wonderful
fights. On Que of these occasions be
made a cross country journey of forty
seven miles in sixty-thrPc minutes. a
record for that kind uf "trip. His big
machine is always under perfect CON
troll. and be has taken up many pas
sengers. Including Mrs. Cody.
CAPTAIN Cudy is one Of the oldesI
living expefimonters in aeronautir&
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17
THE PIRATES LEADER.

Captain Clarke and His Clever Work
For the Pittsburs Nationals.
The victory Of the Pittsburg Nation
IS in capturing the baseball pennant
again is due in great measure to
the work of its captain, Fred g.
Clarke. The team has been the won
der of the maior leagues this season
That 50 many Youngsters should be
given regular positions and the team
maintain the high position in the race
was considered little short of wonder
full bv fans and writer's in many cities,
With but one veterinarians wagner
in the infield and another in the out
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

will acc o NJ pany
President T n T t
from st. Louis to
New Orleans. His
assistants are rep
resentative citizens
Of tw n t Y five
states. and the as
snciaticD's advise.
RI beard consists
Of the chief execu
tive Of twenty-five
states. On the ex
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

bringing strings LARGEST BALL OE
TO her or else STRING IN THE WORLD
tucking them under her door If she
happened TO be absent. Friends from
almost every state in the Union have
contributed to this large ball of string.
Her purpose was TO teach an object
lesson to little children by showing
them what may be accomplished by
saving what otherwise would be
thrown away as useless. Mrs. Cleaver
has provided that after her death this
ball of string shall be sent to Read
ing's Home For Friendless Children.
where her novel idea can be carried
out.
One of the best trained bulldogs In
this country Is Lunatic, a clever ca
nine belonging to Captain Durrant of
the United States army veterinary
corps. and. dressed up as soldier. the
animal goes through regular course
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17
Some CuriOS
Being Talked
About
paeeee . Q Q % . ooeee 3
wN INCHOT. Il settlement in the
tE.-I heart of the Bitter Root moun-
HA tain cOllntrv ON The swift WI

E tain country on the swift wa
ter of the ST. Joe river, in
mort bern Idaho. founded by Odeboir
Pinchot in 1919. celebrated its siXtieth
anniversary recently. The founder was
the sole resident of the place and lived
there alone more than half u century
until two years ago. when the Chicd-
go. Milwaukee aud Puget Sound Rail
way company extended its main line
westward. He was killed by falling
tree.
While fairly well educated. Pinchot
used the figures 80 in signing his name
TO letters and legal documents. and dur
ing tile last few wears of his life he
changed his name to Forty nine.
One Of the Interesting things he left
is a chicken which will fight dogs and
eats or any other animal. The bird
was presented to the old man by two
women who had rescued it from a
hawk nest near st. Maries, Ida.
While the photographer was max
ing tue camera ready the chicken, cali
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

college yell. For sew
eral weeks now the
long haired elevens
have been hard as
work. and it is pre-
dicted by the grid
iron shaips that the
big teams in the
east and west will
furnish some close
and exciting con-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

eps and MuekIe-
stone but still re-
iains some stars and
some new material Of
great promise. Min
nesota loses Plank
ers and Stafford. but
with several new
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17
FOOTBALL AGAIN.

How Some of the Big Teams Line Up
For the Season.
Once again we turn from baseball to
football, and once again we can hear
the merry shouts of the surgeons as
they frisk lightly along the side lines,
taking an arm here and u leg there,
while the enthusiastic cripples give the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

Mrs. Cleayer be-
gan to wind all
the little odds
and en- d $ Of
string that she
ecu m u lated
frem grocery.
dry goods and
] other packages.
! Then the , chill
dren of the
n e ig Dor hood
found out what
she was doing
and, anxious to
see the b a |
grow. b e Z a n
l,rinrinr rtrinpS
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

White. Yer Wiebe.
Cutler and Hoar.
Princeton's chances
look good to those
who have seen the
teams work. and
many Of her cracks
of LAST year are still
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17
Tdft's Visit
To New Orleans
a4oxe*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e4 o*sts

No a d GU b. }a -, the
tant affair
that President Taft
will participate in
on his IS W i n Z,
around the circle
will take pla c q
during his visit to
the city of New Or
leans. 1t is here
I h Il t the fourth
annual meeting Of
the Lakes to the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

Of training The picture shows bin
sitting nuAAde bis tent dressed IN fnll
uniform. Tie also rides big white
horse.
eantaln 9urrant has been offered
large SINUS for the dog. but refuses 20
part with him At any price
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-17

AS everybody knowsi it is an unpar-
1onahle ofTanse to cough or whisper
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30
Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
inexperienced, But Efficient.

From the New York Times
For child of the rich who had
lived sedulousiy protected life of the
sort that is supposed to be fatal to in
dependence and initiative. Adele
Boas in her little journey out into the
big world showed a remarkable eff
cheney in taking care of herself. Her
parents thought she needed a servant
to convey her to and from school, but
she knew better herself and she pro-
ceeded to demonstrate her abilities
by travelling alone to Boston and on
arrival there by finding without as
sistance both safe place In which
to sleep and something to do by which
she could at least supply her imme-
date needs. Certainly she is not Z
sentimentalist, though her thought
lessness as to the sorrow and suffer
ing her conduct would cause was the
mark of her age rather than OF any
special caliousness. She has the ever
ready. and not altogether empty. ex-
cuses of childhood--she didn't mean to
and she didn't think. They never do
till afterward. In that respect they
are exactly like adults In the ethnic
stage of progress, which childhood du-
plicates so closely, to the jusHncation
Of the scientific principle that ontoge
ny repeats philogyny.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30
A LOST ART.

Secret Of the Tools Used BY the ineas
and the Axtees.
What was the combination Of met
ais from which the Egyptians. Axtecs
and the Incas Of Peru manufactured
their tools and arms? Though each OF
these nations reached a high state Of
civilization. none Of them ever discov-
cred iron in spite Of the fact that the
soil Of all three countries was largely
impregnated with it. But they substi-
tuted for ii a combination of metals
that had the temper OF steel. and the
secret Of the combination Is lost to
mankind
Humboldt tried to discover the lost
art by analyxing chisel found In IN
ancient Inca silver mine. but all he
could make Of 1t was that It appeared
to be q combination Of a small portion
Of tin with copper. No present known
way OF combining these two metals
viii gire the hardness OF steel. 20
there must have been something else
in the chisel which Humboldt missed.
And these ancient races were able to
prepare pure copper so that It equaled
the temper Of the finest steel produced
at the present day by the most scien-
ti1c process. With their bronze and
copper instruments they were able to
quarry and shape the hardest stone
such as granite and porphyry. and
even cut emeralds. The ancient PEG
pies must have independently discov-
cred the art OF tempertng copper. and
yet II II q secret that battles modern
scientists OF the whole civilized world
New York Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30
To The Voters of Richmond

Yesterday various
library decided to make appeal
their influence in debating
suitable
press for publication today:
years
The League
attention
statements in report Of
finding that DR. Zimmerman while Of
capacity certificates Of good health
inmates house the city makes tho following
comment: #-t .-e~#
action
this matter for until the recent .cp co0e was enacted As mayor
city, judicial and presided
and police Judge certainly
qured him effort and to cause the
committing within his
him well knew
which he stood ha extsnded psrtod
given ground that
was purely a professional -.a..-.es
candidacy who
disgrace the city! insult decent
meeting which
and creeds.
AT this meeting the following resolutions were unanimously adopted
Resolved TIA. the IN the nuniep. e.D.is not
but whether vice in Its dangerous forms shall be protected sup
pressed 5t@.Es -.. .a.-# .----
Resolved present mayor dealings
ognon Of
press
That We attack the purity Of our homes
all the election Of the capable
Their appeal was heedsd-zramerman defeated
problem than
his whether voators
the law shall be punished e whether shall regain its hold
community.
Zimmerman again candidate He
pretended
advise which tho other candidates Will the
matter decide But earnestly
treat Zimmerman
differences
the disgrace and danger having
a man VIII o
MORRISON President
w. BRADBURY,
BY odero Of Boarl Of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30

The Gordon Flip-F1Op

And Bennett poatca eoesuH ana
Wade and the Hon
William Dudley citizens Of Rchnon Win IN
controverbe ne
a and b leads,
This another his consistent onand decisions os
class Of cizns or S
he said They the he'll I'll do next but one
thing he did admit his He did that wnen ne
plored aid
Bennett Of credit for his pohta
ne-hat quantity variable But
still 1t is in line with his Does Gordon THINK tn
either the ne at
while
desoy--they make
And it up
wet friends in the short memory
For him political and caws into It, bury
himself of William Dudley Fouk
Reverend him. there be feeling Of
should the tombstone
forming nip-fop"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30
"ANoTHER COUNTY GONE Dry"

"ANoTHER COUNTY GONE DRY"
That is getting to be slogan or a
saying repeated with sxultatton or dis
gust according to circumstances. And
its repetition crows. More interest
is taken in these elections now that
the total is approaching the fifty
mark. Speculation is more rife, dis
cussion 10 more vivid, and there is 9
greater belief. in the potency of the
anti-salocn cause. 1t is common to
hear that the drinking vote is voting
out the saloons. 1t is SO common
that il can not be put aside as mere
emotion: 1t Indicates fact.
MuDcie and Delaware county, how
ever, present something more than
food for speculation. The latter be-
comes the banner county in this con-
test which has landed nearly fifty
counties dry This was not unex-
pected: the inspiration OF it sneverthe-i
less is correspondingly great. But
greater still is that of Muncie. This
is the largest town in the state that
has SO far voted dry" presenting a
singing contrast to Richmond. Mum
Gle fs manufacturing town. 1t
bOQsts Of commercialism. The Ball
brothers and several thousand other
mechanics dominate that town. We
are told always that the workingman
Will not have an interference with his
"llberties,' by which is meant an ap-
petite for drink and its qualification;
an adaptation Of the English campaign
rhyme:
DIN his eyes II ever he tries
To rob the poor man OF his beer
Why the poor man should be suppos-
ed to be any fonder of drink than the
rich man we do not know. We have
had high ecclesiastical authority de-
nominating the saloon as the poor
mans club''-a fine commentary on
tho poor mans taste. surely! Wei.
Mnncie Is young giant In the way OF
q manufacturing town. and there WAS
fine chance to prove the theory.
Consequently the campaign was hot"
measured even by the temperature OF
. quadrennial campaign. And one OF
those Ball brothers was astride Il
horse. riding at the head Of the anti
saloon procession! The sight was pro-
phetic. We have this town of thous-
ands Of workingmen, constituting rel-
atively % large part Of the popula-
tion. going dry Looked at from
whatever standpoint, Muncie and Del
aware have set pace and precedent.
the Significance Of which is to be un-
derstood without explanation This
sturdy city, with It's large army of
workmen. has made a record that will
stand against the aspersion that the
workingman peculiarly must and will
have saloons.-Indianapolis News
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30

FoR Mayor.

ron MAYOR.
9EIgRY w. DEUKER IL . candidate
for mayor. subject 70 the Republi.
can nominafiou-
SAMUEL X. MORGAN. candidate for
Neyos, subject to the RepublicaE
nomination.
EDWARD H. HARRIS IL . candidate
tor Mayor. subject to tie Repubh-
c1n nomination.
FoR CITY CLERK.
BALTz A. BESCHEk IL candidate
for tho nlfice OF city clerk u AJch-
mend. subject to tho Republican
nomination
FOR JUDGE OF CITY COURT.
LUTHER C. ABBOTT 10 candidate
Tor Judes of the City Court a Rich
ros,d, lad, subject to The Hepubli-
can nomination
COUNCIL
HATT Won FEM u candidate 1oe
the ONCE a Councilman-at-large.
subject to the Republican noninar
uon.
ron COUNCILMAN.
JESSE J. EVANS. candidate Tor
Comedians for Second Ward, cub
tect 70 the Republics nominattoa.
: ~ 3 - 80 =
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30

OF intelligent public opinion demands
this improvement in the management
OF the public business. Just as in the
case of the federal service, the de-
mand will become effective not so
much through the members. OF the
personal influence Of those making
the demand. but through the evident
necessity of the change in the public
interest The people who want the
Improvement are absolutely disinter-
ested- They have no axes to grind. It
gives neither them nor anybody else
any plufs. 1t abolishes fayoritism and
scandal. 1t fosters the idea that
public Office is public trust"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30
a HAroine.

.Oh, Hen. Thou art a wondrOus bird
On duty, still intent.
From thee no protest e'er is heard,
Nor useless argument:
Thou soest on thy simple way 2
Unmoved by pride or greed.
Content your Offering to lay
Before the public need.
There Is no tariff TO apply
TO thy especial use;
And yet nobody can deny
Tho goods thou dost produce.
When looking for an honored name
To - pronounced by men
with admiration and acclaim.
Il should b thine. Oh, Hen!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30
On Being Dictated To

compimented
will be
mud
something about is striking
should boseed and that he
hope
that had enough confidence
his points
prophesy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30

melted. ana bake In a moderate oven
for ten minuteA- When done cut the
omelet in half. put on q hot platter.
with the following lemon Jelly between
the layers, ana serve % quickly as pos
sible:
Lemon Jelly.-Take one-half cupful
Of sugar. 4 tablespoonful Of butter. the
juice and rind Of one lemon and two
well beaten eggs. Beat together and
stir over the IRE until thick.-Deline.
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