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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
EXPROPRlATIONRE
Case Argued Today The Jury May
Reach Verdict This Evening.

The appropriation suit of the Texas
and Pacific Railway Company VS., The
w K. Henderson Iron Works and Sup
ply Company was submitted to the, jury
after the charge by Judge Bell this af-
ternoon. The railroad is seeking to Sc
cure corner of the defendants prop
erty on Commerce street, as being
necessary for the operation of IFS trains,
The defendants contention is that the
railroad can, operate its trains without
cutting off two feet of the property, and
he will be greatly damaged. He has re-
Gently ordered material for the building
and he will suffer loss in time and
money if the jury's verdict should be
against him. The plaintiffs have Wise,
Randolph & Kendall for counsel. Hern-
don & Herndan and Alexander & Viii
kinson represent the defendant.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
STATE CROP ESTIMATE
Cotton Crop the Smallest Ever Raised
and Corn the Largest.

Baton Rouge, Aug. 2-The Depart
ment of Agriculture today submitted its
midsummer crop report, showing the
smallest crop of cotton that Louisiana
ever raised, 65 2s-46 per cent by 46 par
ishes, but the report goes on to say
It is gratifying, however, to be able
to say that nearly all of the other crops
are fine.
THE yield of corn will perhaps be the
largest ever known in the State. The
report shows that it is I26 II-27 per
cent compared with last year in condi-
ton in So parishes, while rice is doing
well, even in the parishes of the north
ern part of the State, where none was
ever planted before. Its average per-
centage is no II-I2.
Sugar cane throughout the entire
State is Io2 II-I2 per cent, while corn
and peas are reported by so parishes as
Io8 I-I7 per cent; sweet potatoes for so
parishes los 1880 per cent; hay for 43
parishes 1o4 26-43 per cent. :"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
GOVERNMENT REPORT
On the Condition of Cotton on July
Twenty-ffth.

Washington, Aug. IA cotton crop
condition of 7I.o per cent of normal
on July 25 was announced by the De-
partment of Agriculture today, against
74.6 month ago, 83o year ago, and
500 ten years average on July rs.
The average condition of cotton on
July rs. 1907, was $50, and on July rs,
1906, was BAG. The average condition
by States on July rs, 1909, and ten-year
average of July rs, respectively, fol-
low: Virginia II, 81; North Carolina
II. 81; South Carolina II, 30; Georgia
78, 81; Florida 81, 81; Alabama 68, 80 !;
Mississippi %, 90; Louisiana So, 81 !;
Texas 70, 81; Arkansas 76, 81; Tennes-
see 80, 80; Missouri So. 81; Okla
homa 70, 81.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
NEW POSTOFFICE BUILDING
The Siattery Building Selected for
Temporary Use.

As preliminary to the construction
of the new postofice building it may
be said that the Slattery building on
Texas street. opposite the court house,
has been accepted for the temporary
postofice 1t is not definite when the
removal will take place, but not before
the required improvements shall have
been made and completed in the Slat
terry building. The Improvements re-
quired will embrace the boxes to the
number now used, so that there shall
be no delay in the business at the post
Office When all the details preceding
the removal shall have been arranged
the public will experience no delay but
will get their mail and mail their let
ters at the Slattery building as in the
present postofhce.
Judge Boarman has withdrawn all
opposition He will be accommodated in
such quarters as he will select and will
be made comfortable in every respect
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
McENERY AND THE TARIFF.

The Times Democrats Washington
special says At this time it looks as
if the tariff conference report will be
agreed to by vote in the ratio of so
to az. Senator McFnery of Louisiana
will vote for the bill, thus reducing the
normal Democratic vote against the bill
to 81 Eleven Republicans are regarded
as certain to vote against the measure,
thereby bringing the opposition strength
10 the figure mentioned in the first SEN
tence. The vote actually cast will be
fewer than 50 to 42, but ali absent SEN
ators viii be paired so the ratio will be
preserved :
Who can or will deny the oft repeated
assertion of the Caucasian that Nc
Emery is as good Republican as Al
drich? He never fails to vote with Al
drich and other stalwart Republicans
and yet he pretends to be Democrat
and to represent the people Of Louisiana
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
Ole beCauCasian0
Carney
Printing Co. Ltd.
517 Edwards Street
Is the Place for GOOD PRINTING.

principally because of heavy rains ia
widely scattered areas. Even where
weather conditions allowed of clearing
the CROP was considerably Injured by
working Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan-
sas, Tennessee and Missouri Jared bet
ter, whefe dryer weather enabled the
farmers 10 make more faYorable pro-
gress in cultivation But stands have
been almbst universally injured and the
plant IS small and only fairly fruited.
Many correspondents, however. report
the planf strong, and with favorable
weather may make fair crop. A late
frost viii be necessary, as the crop is
still two to three weeks late; IN Tex
as, however, it appears to be on time.
Boil weeyil threatened serious dam
age in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.
but dry, hot weather largely destroyed
them, except in Louisiana. where they
puncturea squares in large numheTs
Other insect damage throughoIt the
States has been practically nothing
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
FOULOIS DESCRIBES
His Sensations During the Flight With
Orville Wright

Washington, Aug. Lieutenant Ben
jamin S. Foulois of the United States
Army Signal Corps says fear does not
enter into a trip in an aeroplane, for
the simple reason you have no time to
be afraid.
Lieutenant Foulois is known in the
army as the man without fear. due to
the fact that he was in the habit of fac
ing blooi-thirsty Moros in the Philip
pines without regard for numbers.
Its surely a strange sensation, this
flying through the air in an aeroplane, :
he explained today Nov that l have
had chance to think over my trip of
Friday with Orville Wright. ] can't
say that | recalled being afraid.
Il suppose, if the truth must be
known, there was slight sinking SEN
sation in my solar plexus as we started
skimning along the ground on our
reeord-breaking trip You can't blame
chap for wondering whether the en-
gine was going to work and if we were
going up in the air or were due to run
head on into the army barracks
"Once we got going up / was kept
busy watching the engine, keeping tab
on the time and mirlding my own bust
ness and not bothering Orville. | had
perfect confidence in him and in the
machine, which. suppose, helped me
some.
''The sensation is different from a
trip in the balloons. / have made sew
eral such trips with Lieutenant Lahm.
In the aeroplane we Travelled at rail-
road speed, but did not notice any
thing beyond the roar of the wind
Z did manage to look at the country
over which we were flying, and could
not help thinking that the top of a tree
would not be good plane on which te
land.
1T has not been decided which of tht
Wright brothers will remain at the for
to give us lessons in the art of han
ding the machine. Lieutenant Lain
and | viii take our instructions during
the coming week.
No. | am not thinking about falls
The aeroplane is nc longer toy; it
here to stay. We need our machine il
the army, and we are all hoping tha
Herring will deliver his machine soon
.Oryille Wright estimated that W
were nearly 500 feet in the air at on
time. We had bad luck in striking
stronger currents of air, which held u
up and threw US slightly out Of on
course, but. all in all, the trip was
big success.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
PRESIDENT TAFT
Vice President Sherman and Speaker
Cannon in New Orleans.

New Orleans States: The Lakes-to-
the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association
will hold its convention in New Orleans
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, No
vember I, and 8. President Taft, Vice
President Sherman, Speaker Joe Can
non, some fifteen senator's, thirty rep
resentatives to Congress and twenty
odd governors and others will arrive in
New Orleans on steamers from ST.
Louis at 4 pm. Sunday, October 81.
President Taft will deliver his speech
on Monday, November I, either at the
City Park or the Fair Grounds, the
place to be decided later.
The convention will hold its delib-
erations in the Atheneum. 1t is prob
able that triunphal arch will be erect
ed on Canal street, and this and other
thoroughfares will be gorgeously deco
rated in honor of the President and
Vice President of the United States.
The entertainments will probably con-
sist of big open air meetings at one Of
the pargs or race tracks. 1t is likely a
big smoker will be given and it is prob
able banquet will be given to Mr..
Taft, Mr.. Sherman and Speaker Can
non. All the details are yet to be ar
ranged
Possibly from New Orleans President
Taft will come to Shreveport at the
time when the State Fair will be in all
its glory.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
FATHER OF 0UADRUPLETS
Rev. Samuel Howe Seccombe and His
Congregation.

Boston, Aug. 2-Ohicials of the Mas
sachusetts Home Missionary Society,
which has its office in Boston, are much
interested in the case of the Rev. Sam
uel Howe Seccombe, the only clergyman
in this State who is the father of quad
ruplets. There are eight children in the
household of this minister, four COM
ing at one time and four ranging in age
from four to fourteen.
Mr.. Seccombe, who was graduated
from Amherst in 1879, has been asked
to resign his charge by his parishioners
at Goshen, Mass, where he has been
pastor of the Congregational church for
several months. Why he has been
asked to give up his pulpit there, after
such a short occupancy is mystery to
the public. Mr. Seccombe has made
no statement, his -parishioners will moi
talk and the Home Missionary Society
officials are reticent.
When Mr.. Seccornbe went to Goshen
several months ago he accepted
church which paid only 5000 a year
He left his wife and four children be.
hind in Chicago. The quadruplets were
born in the West after he arrived il
Goshen. 1t is understood that he ha'
long been. engaged in the ministry il
the West and had several churches
there. The pastors wife, the quadru
plets and the other children arrived il
Goshen early in July.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
PROHIBITION IN FLORIDA.

Prohibition is growing in Florida as
in the other States of the South. The
returns of the election held in Santa
Rosa County as reported from Pensa-
cola indicate that it was landslide for
the dry" element, notwithstanding the
claims of the saloon men that the coun-
ty would give safe majority for them,
Only three precincts in the entire coun-
" were carried by the vets, and two
of these gave majorities Of only two,
while the other had only eleven more
votes than cast by the prohibitionists
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
COTTON DETERIORATION
The Monthly Report of the New York
Journal of Commerce. Decline in
All Except Three States.

The monthly report of the Journal of
Commerce of New York published
Monday, August 2, is as follows:
The condition of the cotton crop, ac-
cording to 1855 replies of special cor
respondents, of an average date of July
24 was 73.1, against 76.8 last month, OF
a decline of 81 points. Comparison with
previous years makes the present per-
centage condition the lowest in the Sc
ries of reports compiled by this journal
which in 1908 showed 836, against vs.
in 1867 and 8I.7 in 1906. In 1905 the
condition was 75.4; in 1904 it was S4.4
in 1908 it was 76.7; in 1902 it was 7o6
and in 1901 it was 7s.3.
The table of condition presented
shows decline in all States except Ar
kansas, Tennessee and Missouri, wher,
some improvement took place. Con
spicuous deterioration occurred in Tex
as, condition declining o.8 points Con
tinued drouth and high temperature
/ were responsible for this loss, the dam
age by boil weeviis being reduced t.
a minimum.
/ The large amount of grass which in
tested fields during June, owing TO ex
Icessive moisture in nearly all State
except Texas and Oklahoma was nc
thoroughly disposed of during Jul,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
NUMBER ro6
Printing
Printing

There lie all kinds of Printing: The
Printing which is fair and the Printing
which is good
1t is jy st as easy to have Good Print
ing, as tie kind which is only fair. Il
all depends on the printer and the print
ing and the stock used in the printing.
We have the printers and the press-
men, the best in their line, and we have
the stock fand do only Good Printing.
Besides Good Printing, the Price is
an all important consideration. We are
not operating cheap printery, but will
do Good Printing at prices that will
meet any reasonable demand.
Do not 5forget there is a difference be-
Printing and Printing.
The Printing we do is always good
because We know how to do it. Prompt
and satisfactory attention given to ali
orders fot Good Printing, telephone old
and new loco.
We are always appreciative of the re-
cognitionfof ali those who want Good
Printing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
THE TRACTION COMPANY
The Question of Transfers May Be
Considered Tonight.

1t has been stated that at tonight s
session of the City Council Councilman
Scoheld may renew the effort to secure
transfers over the lines of the Traction
Company by conceding to that corpora
ton the extension of franchises which
have now value and which in years
to come will range into the hundreds of
thousands of dollars. The Caucasian's
stand today is as it has always been,
for the people, and could never under
stand why some of the so-called repre-
sentatives of the people were, apparent
ly, so Jealous in fostering the interests
of this corporations
Company could have obtained, only for
the asking, anything it desired from the
city If ever there was crime COM
mitted against the people it was when
there was granted an extension of the
franchise of the Traction Company, sew
eral years since, at a session of the
Council, when six councilmen were
present, four voting for and two against.
The city attorney protested against
the irregularity of the proceedings but
in vain. For this extension the city
received not cent
The Caucasian entertains no i'll will
or feeling against the Traction Com
pany, but believes the welfare of the
people should be protected against the
interests of this company.
What are the benefits it is proposed
to give the people for the proposed ex-
tension of these valuable franchises?
1t is to be hoped there are council
men in the City Council who will de-
monstrate by their action as well as
their vote. that the city and the people
are entitled to some greater considera-
ton than the Traction Company.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Record of Realty Transactions d. the
City and Parish.

Furnished by the Caddo Abstract
Company Sam w. Mason, president
IF. A, Leonard, vice president; D. P.
Eubank, secretary treasurer. Office 5I7
Marshall street.
Lewis E. Chase to ]. Frank Harman
lots 5, 6, II and II Chase subdivision,
and part of northeast quarter of north
last quarter sec. 10, IA, 10; $I46o.
Lewis E. Chase to Mrs Maggie Har-
man, lots I, 8, 9 and 10 Chase subdivis-
ion; $2,o24.64.
VIM Hamilton to J. c. Mcmahon and
Erwin Auxter, southwest quarter Of
southwest quarter sec. SO, 10 I5;; $500
]. E. Jones to Miss Alice NJ. Jones,
half interest in part of lot 20 Penning-
ton land; ST 90.
Rebecca Paysingle TO Mark Bluestein
east half of southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter sec. 20, Fl, Is; $3.50.
Alexander R Thompson to Louis
Liebman. part of south half of section
28, southwest quarter section ~ and
fractional northwest quarter of north
west quarter section "a, and part of east
half Of section 50, 22, IA; $2778.32.
Mrs. Camille Levy Fischel to Mrs
Mary v. Crowder, lot 40 block 8 OF
Holmesville subdivision; $25oo
w. F. Rabun to w H. Grant, lot II
block 10 Queensborough; $500
Ella Pillows to Michael Grantham
lots I3 and "a Dolly Warden subdivis-
ion; S3zo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
NOTICE.

A meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Shreveport Northeastern Railway Com
pany is hereby called for Thursday J.
August S, 1909. in room 26. City Hall
ii the City of Shreveport, La, at 2
O'clock PM, for the purpose OF increas-
ing the capital stock of said company
from 100000 to $I2.ooo,ooo, and TO
amend the charter in accordance there
with. and in such other ways as may pc
considered necessary and proper, and 70
transact such other business as may
Droperly come before said meeting.
s. Is;enedl S. c. FULLILOVE.
Secretary.
Shreveport, La. June IS, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
CoTToN REGION RuLLErIN.

Reported by the Weather Bureau
August 8: Fair weather has mostly pre-
vailed over the western districts Of the
cotton belt, while scattered light to
heavy showers have been largely report
en- in the eastern half, particularly IN
Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas.
Maximum temperatures ranged from
an average of SO degrees in the At
lanta district to an average of Ica ia
the Oklahoma District.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
RIVER AND WEATHER.
his morning opened fair

1 has morning OpeIled IaII.
River Arthur City 90. a rise of OF;
Lewis Ferry ~, fall of OF; White
Cliffs IL Fulton 6.5; Spring Bank II,
fall of OIL; Shreveport I.8, fall of OF.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Fair tonight and Wednesday
slight change in temperature.
Red river forecast: The change will
be unimportant at and above Shreve-
port during the next 48 hours, with =
further downward tendency at Shreve-
port.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
THE FOREST SERVICE
What Is Has Done and What 1t Is Do
ing-The Beginning of Forestry in
the United States.


Firest Service, Washington, D. C.:
When did the United States begin the
practice of forestry? Few persons can
answer this question correctly Most
people are of the opinion that the be-
ginning of forestry in this country was
of very. recent origin, and that the first
step in that direction was taken among
the mountains of the West. Neither
fact is correct.
While Washington was serving his
first term as President of the United
States, a recommendation came to him
that the government ought to buy live
oak islands on the coast of Georgia to
make sure of supply of ship timber
for war vessels The idea appears to
have originated with Joshua Humphreys
whose official title was Constructor of
the United States Navy" although
about the only navy then existing was
made up of six ships on paper, and not
one stick of timber to build them had
yet been cut The vessels were de-
signed to fight the north African pi-
rates Five years after the recon-
n1endation was made Congress appro-
priated money TO buy live oak land.
Grover and Blackboard islands on the
coast of Georgia were bought for
$22,5oo. They contained 1850 acres.
Louisiana was bought soon after, and
in 1877 the Six Islands of 10000 acres
and containing $1,000 live oak trees,
were Withdrawn from sale, and set apart
as reserve. In 1926 Congress appro-
priated $4,000 to buy additional live
oak land on Santa Rosa sound, west
ern Florida, and subsequently other
Florida timber lands aggregating 2o8, 8,224
acres were reserved
Up to that time nothing more had
been done than to buy or reserve land
for the timber growing naturally upon
| it, but the work was to be carried fur
ther upon the Santa Rosa purchase.
The plan included planting, protecting,
cultivating and cutting live oak for the
| navy The timber was then considered
indispensable in building war vessels.
Much had been said and written of the
danger of exhaustion of supply Set
tiers destroyed the timber to clear the
land, and European nations were buy
ing large quantities for their navies.
In response to repeated warnings the
government finally took steps to grow
timber for its own use
Young oaks were planted on the
Santa Rosa lands. Difficulty was ex-
perienced in inducing young trees to
grow. The successful transplanting of
the oak is not easy, unless done at the
proper time and in the right way. The
plantations at Santa Rosa were gen
orally unsuccessful, but large quantities
of acorns were planted, and a fair pro-
portion of them grew But the chief
efforts were directed to pruning, train
| ing and caring for the wild trees. The
thickets about them were cut away to
/ let in air and light.
/ What the ultimate success of the for
estry work would have been can not BE-
told The Civil War brought a com.
plete change in war vessels by sutsti-
tuting iron for wood. Forestry worl
stopped The timber reserves were neg
lected. Squatters occupied the land
After number of years ali the re
serves, except some of the Florida land
were opened to settlement.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
TWO FIRES TO-DAY

About noon today the FIRE department.
had two calls The 6rst was from bOR
46, negro cabin on CEDAR street be-
ing badly burned. The other was from
4o, another cabin. this time on Howell
street, had the roof burned off.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
THE BOIL wEEyIL,.

The True Democrat: If the boA
weevil teaches farmers to farm, rather
than plant and leave the cultivation
wholly to the mule and the negro, It will
have been of inestirnable service to
Louisiana.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03

When you are looking for the good
kind Of stationery, remember that We
s.. still 1t srz Edwards street and will
riak that kind for you.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
HERMAN LOEB,
Dealer IL
Hides. Wool, TaIIoW, BeesWax, Furs
oommrRcr STREET. NEXT TO v O. railway.
SHREVEPORT LA
SHREVEPORT. Ia.

guarantee to the sellers prices obtained y Lsu ssu
sns ysbure Galveston Houston masss Propt sssass
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-08-03
COTTON MARKET
Office of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La. Aug. 8, looo-

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed steady
Receipts as bales.
Sales to factors none.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-25
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PERSONAL

Miss Flora Smith departed yes
terday for Elmhurst to spend the
holidays with friends.
Hugh Herd, of the Peart Mer-
camille company, was passenger
on yesterday mornings northbound
train, en- route to San Francisco for
a brief visit
Fred Seymour left yesterday
morning for Carson to spend
Christmas with his family who are
on a visit there.
Walter Drysdale left yesterday
for his former home at Virginia
City.
Former District Attorney P. A..
McCarren. who is conducting the
defense in the Sheridan case at
Goldfield, passed through Tonopah
yesterday morning on his way to
Reno. He will return Monday.
when the closing arguments in the
case will be made
Ed North of the Montana is back
from trip to the coast.
James Grimes was among the
number who took their departure
on yesterday mornings outgoing
train. Mr.. Grimes will end the
holidays at his former home in Ne
vada City, Cal
Mrs. Tom Risch returned yester-
day from San Jose, after an alb
sence of about six months, to spend
the holidays with her husband and
daughter, Mrs. Tom Kendall. 1t is
probable that she will be accom-
panied on her return to California
by Tom Kendall Jr., who prefers
ranch life to that of the desert.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-25
MIDWAY MINERS
HOLD CONSULTATION

Yesterday afternoon the force at
the Midway mine held a consulta-
tion and drafted letter of thanks
to the mine management for the
gift Of huge turkey which each
person received Thursday. The
boys were DESTROYS of thanking, not
only General Manager Billy Doug.
las, but Nels Nelson and George
Short superintendent and foreman
respectively The most cordial rela-
tions have always existed between
employer and employee at this
mine, which makes the gift all the
more appreciative.