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Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18

LOCATING MODEL ROAD,
Hot Fight is On in De Soto par.
ish.

ish.
Manstield.-The most important
business 70 be considered by the pc.
lice jury is the location of he model
road through De Soto parish, which
is to be built jointly by the parishes
Of Caddo and De Soto from Mansfield
to Shreveport. The contract with the
penitentiary board of control, which
is TO build the road, provides that
the road shall be located by the state
engineers in charge. with the. advice
and consent OF the police jury. 1t
seems 10 be an accepted fact that
the road shah run from Mansfield to
Graud Cane, but its location from
Grand Cane to the CaddO line is be-
ing vigorously contested. The prO-
pie Of the town of kealchic want il
to go via that town, along the Old
stage road, but the people Of Gloslcr
and StOneWall want it 20 follow the
line Of the Texas & Pacific railway,
which rims through those places. 4
large delegation Of citizens living
along both routes were present, lob
bying in their respective interests.
State Engineer LamDard has inspect
ed both routes, and prOnOunces both
of them practical, and it is pre'umed
that he has no choice as between the
two locations and that the decision
of the police jury will settle the mat
ter. and with this end in view the
police jury appointed a committee Of
four to investigate the matter. The
committee is composed of 7. ID. John
son, A. V. LOTUS, ". W.. Williams
and J. B. Dillon, and as Mr.. johnson
is from the keatchic ward and Mr..
LOTUS is from the Glostcr and Some
wall ward, and will advocate the
claims of their constituents, the mat
ter will be determined by the Other
two committeeman, and, as Mr.. Dill
lon is i'll and can take no part, the
matter rests in the hands Of W. W.
Williams, the member from the Elf h
ward. This is the hottest fight ever
inauguraled, but as the people Of the
middle and southern part Of the par
ish have no interest in the matter,
they are enjoying the fun. The To-
cation Of that part of the line that
is in De Soto will necessarily intlu-
ence the location Of the line in CaddD
parish, and hence the citizens Of Cad
do are taking a hand in the contest,
which adds much interest 10 the mat
ter
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
PESTS DESTROY
VALUABLE CROPS
STATE CROP PEST COMMISSION
ISSUES BULLETIN DEALING
WITH THE ARGENTINE ANT.
TO TRUCK GARDENS
To Fight the Ants the Gardener Must
Provide Feed for Them and Give
the Seeds Planted Time to Get
Root-valuab.e Information Con-
tanned in Official Report.

Baton ROuge.-A very interesting
bulletin on the common insects in
furious to truck crops has been is
sued by tn" state crop pest commits
sion, written by Wilmon Newell and
Arthur II. Resented. and dealing eX-
tensilcly with the different pests that
attack the crops. There is a very
interesting description OF the "A"gcn-
tine Ant which has caused a great
deal Of annoyance to the ~hOusekeep-
erS of New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
other southern cities. On this pest
the bulletin says:
The small dark brown ant, so com
non in New Orleans, BatOn Rouge
and other southern Louisiana and
Mississippi towns, known as the Ar,
genuine or New Orleans ant, is of.
Ientimes a cause of considerable an
nOyance to gardeners. The workers
have a most a%ggrayaLing habit of dig
sing up lettuce seed as 0 0 as it is
SOWn and carrying it away to their
nests. The writer's have tried, with
out success, heavy applications of
lime, sulphur and tobacco dust, re-
Spcctively, on the lettuce beds after
being sown. The ants pay little at,
tentiOn to these substances and bur
row through them to get the lettuce
seed almost as readily as through
soft earth. On the grounds of the
experiment station at Baton Rouge it
has been found that the ants are as
fond of corn meal as Of lettuce seed,
and if corn meal is sifted literally
oyer the beds when the seed is plant,
I'd the ants will engage themselves
in carrying this away. If sufficient
Of the meal is put Oft the seed will
have terminated by the time the ants
finish The s~elf-appointed task OF re-
moving the meal and by that time
the young plants will be safe from
their attack.
ITO fight the ants with any degree
Of success the gardener must know
something of their life history. The
ants live in colonies, these colonies
establishing themselves in the earth,
in decaying wood, in rubbish, under
boards and fences, and a variety of
places. In each colony there are two,
and sometimes three, different kinds
Of individuals. The most abundant
individuals are the workers.. which
construct the galleries. feed the
young and forage over the adjacent
territory for food with which to sup,
ply the main colony. The workers
are the ones which are guilty of get.
tins into sugar, syrup, honey, lard
and other foodstuffs.
In each colony there is at least one
queen, and in large colonies any mum.
Der of queens. The queen has but
one function, and that is to deposit
the minute white eggs which hatch
into little footless larvae or 'grubs.'
The males appear in the spring of
the year. They are comparatively
large winged creatures, and disappear
by the middle of June"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
New Oil Wells Produce.

Shreveport.-State Legislator W.
H. B. Groom telephoned w. 3. Nc
cormick of Shreveport from Moor
ingsport, 20 miles north of here, that
the latter's oil well, which for sew
eral months was practically aban-
doned, has been cleaned out and
drilled in as a producer, with a ca
pacity of at least 800 and maybe
1900 barrels. The we'll is located
within the town limits of Mornings.
port.
It is reported from Oil City that
the Gulf Refining company brought
in a producer in section 10, southeast
Of here, with a capacity of 700 bar.
rels. These being the first live de.
velopments disclosed during the sum.
mer, the operators are much encour.
aged,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18

ture from Etah made a good passage
through the long channels, and ar
rived safely on the shores of the sea,
where the explorer was to start on his
sledges for the north pole.
But at Cape Sheridan Peary was not
as far west as he probably had hoped
to be. He had announced his inten-
ton, in the previous year, of making
his sledge route to the pole along
some meridian much further to the
west of his route in 1906, when he
made the highest north attained up
to that time-S7 d. 6 m.
lmpeded by Drift Of Ice.
On that occasion he was greatly i'm.
peded by the rapid drift of the ice to
the east which a little retarded his
progress north, and worse still, car.
ried him so far to the east that he
had to make his landing on the coast
Of North Greenland, many days march
from the Roosevelt, his base of sup.
plies.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
PRESSED HARD
Coffee's Weight on Old Age.

When prominent men realize the in
furious effects of coffee and the change
in health that Postum can bring, they
are glad to lend their testimony for
the benefit Of others.
A superintendent of public schools in
North Carolina says:
my mother since her early child.
hood, was an inveterate coffee drinker
and had been troubled with her heart
for a number of years, and com.
planned of that weak all over feeling
and sick stomach.
"Some time ago I was making an Of.
fetal visit to a distant part of the
country and took dinner with one Of
the merchants Of the place. | no
ticed a somewhat peculiar flavor Of
the coffee, and asked him concerning
1t. He replied that it was Postum.
:" was SO pleased with it, that after
the meal was over, l bought a pack
age to carry home with me, and had
wife prepare some for the next meal.
The whole family liked it so we'll, that
we discontinued coffee and used
Postum entirely.
81 had really been at times very anx.
ious concerning my mothers condition,
but we noticed that after using
Postum for a short time. she felt so
much better than she did prior to it's
use, and had little trouble with her
heart and no sick stomach; that the
headaches were not so frequent. and
her general condition much improved.
This continued until she was as we'll
and hearty as the rest of us.
81 know Postum has benefited my
self and the other members of the fam.
lily, but not in so marked a degree as
in the case of my mother, as she was
a victim Of long standing"
Read "The Road to Weilville," in
pkgs.
"TheTe's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
interest.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18

rived Cape Sheridan, at Grant Land,
September /; wintered at Cape Sheri.
dan.
The sledge expedition left the
Roosevelt February Is, 1909, and
started for the north. Arrived at Cape
Columbia on March 1; passed British
record, March 2; delay by open wa
ter, March 2 and g.; held up by open
water, March 4 to II; crossed the
eighty.fourth parallel. March II; en-,
countered open lead, March Is;
crossed eighty-fifth parallel, March IS;
crossed eighty-sixth parallel, March
%; encountered open lead, March %;
passed Norwegian record. March %;
passed Italian record, March "a; en-
countered open lead, March 26;
crossed eighty-seventh parallel, March
q; passed American record, March
%; encountered open lead, March %;
held up by open water, March 20;
crossed eighty-eighth parallel, April 2;
crossed eighty-ninth parallel, April 4;
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18

the internal heat of the earth, and as
terrestrial electricity is due to the
sun, the able concludes that the earth
is at the mercy of the great orb O:
day. According to his theory the out.
look is anything but bright for Oh,
planet. Fearful earthquake throes
will cause upheavals and disasters,
With regret the able predicts that
la belle France will suffer greatly, "a
it lies directly in the track of likely
disturbance and will practically disap
pear, while the British Isles will b4
obliterated from the face of the earth
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
Records of Other Explorers.

The Italian, Cagni, of the duke Of
the Abruzzi expedition, who made the
highest record till Peary beat it in
1906, made an average of only about
seven miles a day on his great jour,
ney, and in ten days, on account OF
deep snow, they covered only 43h
miles to the north of their ship.
Cagni expressed the wish before he
started that he might make ten miles
a day, but said he knew this was i'm,
possible.
Peary has not only reached the pole
but he has attained it at an earlier
date in the year than any of the other
high records in the arctic have been
made. He was at the pole one day
earlier in the year than Nansen
reached sc degrees and five minutes
10 days earlier than Cagni reached sc
degrees "a minutes.
This is significant Of the surpass.
ing achievement in sledge work that
Peary has accomplished, because all
such endeavor is necessarily limited
on n side, as far as sea journeys
are concerned, by the time of sunrise.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
Fleeing Convict Captured.

Alexandria.-The negro giving his
name as Newton Fields, who was ar
rested here on the supposition that
he was Lonzy Bradley, an escaped
convict from the penitentiary at Lit
tie Rock, ACKNOWLEDGED while being
photographed that he was the mar
wanted. He said that he was sent
up from Miller county, irk., June,
1906, for burglary and larceny to
serve a term of five years, and that
after serving thirteen months he es-
capped.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
Good Roads Plans Prooress,

Baton Rouge.-One of the most en-
thusiastic good roads gatherings since
the campaign for them began was
held in Gonzales, Ascension parish,
and was followed by an overflow
meeting held in Donalasonville. 1t
was for the purpose of bringing inter.
est to a head on the Baton Rouge
New Orleans model road project, now
assured. Ascension parish c%ontribut-
ed heavily to the individual subscrip.
ton list at both meetings, and the
police jury will pledge the parish to
its official part. Work on the two
great highways, n on The east bank
and one or the west bank, will begin
within the next six weeks.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
biq Hardwood Tract Sold.

Dodson.-Mr. Jones, who is former.
ly of Tennessee, but who has a large
hickory mill at Jonesboro, was here
last week, and purchased a large
tract Of hardwood near here, on
which he will erect a hardwood mill
in the near future. Mr.. Jones has
had 80 years experience in the hick.
Dry and other hardwood business, and
he is convinced that the timber in
this vicinity is of a very superior
grade, and has the advantage Of good
transportation facilities.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18

form, with four faces and three sum-
mits or peaks. The faces are the
great ocean basins, those Of the At
lantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and
n in the Arctic circle. He places
the peaks in Canada, the Baltic and
Siberia.
According to the Able, earthquake
shocks number about 10000 a year.
They seem to occur with some regu.
larity. being more numerous in winter
than in spring, and mor frequently
happen at night than by day. AS vol
canic and earthquake shocks indicate
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
First Authentic Account of the Arctic
Explorers Expedition, by Himself.
Gives Brief Summary of Progress To and From
Frozen Morrill, -Explanation of Condensed
Dispatch By Wel-Known Scientist.
north pole, April s.

north pole, April s.
All returning left north pole April
7, reached Cape Columbia April 23, ar
irving on board Roosevelt April q.
The Roosevelt left Cape Sheridan
July IS; passed Cape Sabine August
s; left Cape York August &c; arrived
at Indian Harbor with all members of
expedition returning in good health
except Prof. Ross G.. Marvin, drowned
April 10, when a. miles north of Cape
Columbia, returning from sc degrees
north latitude in command of the sup
porting party.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
CHASTITY FUTURE FOR EARTH
French Scientist Predicts All Kinds
Of Misfortune in the Not Dis.
tant Future.

In a recent number of "1'Illustra-
ton" Able TIL. Moreux depicts the
future OF our earth as a CHASTITY spec
tacle. He assumes that earthquakes
have caused its surface to contract in
such a fashion that in course of time
1t will take a shape Of pyramidal
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS.

The following preliminary account
by Commander Peary Of his success.
fuI voyage to the north pole was is.
sued on September 8 by the New York
Times Company at the request Of Com
mander Peary and for his protection,
as a book only, copyrighted and ex'
posed for sale before any part OF it
was reproduced by any newspaper in
the United States or Europe, in order
to obtain the full protection Of the
copyright laws. The reproduction OF
this account, in any form, without per-
mission, is forbidden. The penalties
for violation of this form Of copyright
include imprisonment for any person
aiding or abettina such violation.
Copyright, 1909, by the New York
Times Company.
Report on the Discovery Of the North
Pole by Robert E. Peary, Com
mander U. S. NJ, Copyright, 1909,
by Charles h. Miller, as Vlce-PreS-
ident of the New York Times Conn.,
pany.
Battle Harbor, Labrador, via Wire
less, Cape Ray, N. F.-As it may be
impossible to get my full story through
in time, partly as a prelude which
may stimulate interest and partly to
forestall possible leaks, | am sending
you a brief summary of my voyage to
the north pole, which is to be printed
exactly as written.
Summary Of Expedition.
Summary Of north polar expedition
of the Peary Arctic club: The steam
sr Roosevelt left New York on July 6,
1908; left Sydney on July II; arrived
at Cape York, Greenland, August /;
left Etah, Greenland, August 8; ar
Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
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fire a, her wharf.
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NOT opeu until January |.
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The Carter Bros. Packet company
Of New Orleans will establish a boat
line between Baton Rouge and Nor
san w.
A new sugar refinery will be erect
cd in Lafayette parish, following the
building of a three mile railroad from
Landry switch to the Dennis Long
p'al'a''o"'
The 1000 convicts in the Louisiana
p~enitentiary are to be photographed
by a fellow prisoner, the portraits to
lUl Ill Il SdliCl " ucS W III bSoA
of control.
An ordinance regulating l.. & n.
traffic In Elysian Fields avenue Will
pass the New Orleans city council.
The road will sue out an injunction
on arrest for violation.
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the Lamar Mo.) bank, was arrested
while on a visit to his brother near
Alexandria, charged with violating
the Missouri banking laws.
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test against the use of $50, 900 by
the Atchafalaya leyee board in build
ing the proposed Lafourche locks.
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Lower coast gazette., 1909-09-18
How the News Reached the World.
On his expedition of 19O5-06 he tried

On his expedition of 1905-06 he tried
hard to force the Roosevelt a good dis.
lance to the west of Cape Sheridan,
but the ice bafled him. For one rea-
son or another on the edge of the are
tic winter last year he did not or
could not take his vessel along the
northern coast Of Grant Land to the
west of Cape Sheridan, and so 1t spent
last winter not so far from its old
berth in the ice in the winter OF
1866.
The sledge expedition left the Roose.
welt on February Is, while it was still
practically dark in that latitude. The
sun scarcely begins to peer above the
hills for q few minutes a day, even
several hundred miles to the south OF
the coast where the Roosevelt was
wintering. 1t comes into view a little
later in that more northern latitude
and the party made slow time to the
west as it felt it's way along.
Coast Difficult to Travel.
The northern Grant Land coast is
likely to be exceedingly difficult to ira.
verse. especially in the early spring,
on account of the masses Of sea ice
that have been pressed on the shore
or broken into great blocks and
stranded along the sea edge.
1t is no wonder that it took the
party IS days to travel westward as
fas as Cape Columbia. It is likely.
however, that Commander Peary sue
ceeded, before winter set in, in cache.
ing supplies to the westward so as tC
accelerate a little the westward
movement of the sledge party before
it struck out northward over the sea.
Peary's summary seems to show
that he was a little over IS days on
the journey from the land to the
north pole. In this time he was de.
layed about IA days by water leads,
leaving a little more than three weeks
for the actual sledging work.
We may get a good idea of the
average rate of travel by taking the
first sea and the north pole records.
He passed the British record on
March 2 and reached the pole on
April 6. The distance between them
is AGO statute miles, and the time in
making the journey was 81 days, in
Guiding the time Of detention by wa.
ter leads. This is an average of lit
tie less than IL miles a day, which
is the best record ever attained for
long route sledging on the open polar
sea.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-22
.COBURN SELECTED
FOR SECRETARY
AT MEETING OF BOARD OF d.
RECTORS OF THE CONNER
CIAL CLUB HELD MONDAY
NIGHT.

George w. Coburn, formerly of the
First National bank of this city but
now of Hood River. Oregon, was on
Monday night offered the position of
secretary of the Wenatchee CONNER
cial club, made vacant by the leaving
the city of w. B. Halling. Mr.. Co.
burn was not consulted in the matter
and it is not known as to whether or
not he will accept the position, but
on yesterday morning a letter was
written him by the acting secretary
of the club, Mr.. Gellatly, and it is
thought likely that Mr.. COburn will
accept the position. He is well quail
flied for this character of work re-
quired by the Wenatchee Commercial
club ana it is expected that his SER
vices if he accepts the position will
be very valuable to the club.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-22
COMMITTED FROM
CHE[AN

George Mettlin was brought dOw1
on yesterdays boat from Chelan, -
be taken before Judge Grimshaw for
examination as to his sanity. Mettlin
had an attack of hemorrhage OF the
brain last July and has never fully
recovered. His speech is paralyzeo
and he is otherwise unfit TO care for
himself. The Mettlin brothers are
old timers in Douglas county. jim
Mettlin and another brother accom-
panied George and were seen this
morning at the court house. They
felt that they could accomplish the
most good by having him commit
ted to Medical Lake, where treat
ment would be available. DR.. Went
worth, of Chelan, did not entertain
much hope for the patients recovery
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-22
JONESTOMOVE
bA[l|NGER
PROBE
SENATOR FROM THIS STATE To
ACT WHEN CONGRESS RECON
VENES-PRESSUR is VERY
STRONG.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 22-Sen-
investigation of the interior depart
ment and forest service will pass the
senate probably the first day it is
introduced, January 4, when congress
reconveneS. 1t will be a joint resO-
luton and therefore must pass the
house before it becomes effective.
Until today the house leaders have
maintained that there Will be no in
vestigation, Dalzell of the rules com
mittee. a strong Cannon man, hav-
ing so declared, but the pressure 70:
investigation became so strong on az
count of the speech of Representative
Hitchcock that it became obvious
that public sentiment demanded 4
thorough probing.
When this became plain Secretarr
Ballinger seized the vantage point Of
asking for an investigation, writing
to Senator Jones letter which was
the result of previous conferences
between them.
While Jones says he acts not as a
special champion of Ballinger, his ac-
ton was at the direct request of Bal
linger and complies with Ballinger's
ideas as to how ii should be cor
Quoted
It was learned today that friends
of PinchOt will scrutiniZe the mem
bership of the inquiry committee
with exceeding care. insisting that if
any partisans of Ballinger be there
on it must likewise have one or more
friends of the chief forester.
Senator Jones will draft his resOlu
ton after consulting the president,
Ballnger and certain senators. It
VIII give full authority to summon
witnesses and get records.
Any doubt that the whole force of
the Taft administration is to be be-
hind the investigation demanded by
| both sides of the sO-called Ballinger-
| Pinchot controversy was dispelled b."
! events in and out of congress today.
| Without question President Taft him
self is as eager for the merciless prob
| ing of the whole matter as hitherto he
| has been reluctant to admit the neces-
sity for it.
A motive much deeper than willing
ness to do justice to Secretary Ballin-
| ger is ascribed to President Taft by
senators. representatives and Others
active in politics.