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The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
GENERAL NEWS.

Former United States Senator NJ. C.
Butler died at Columbia, S. c., on the
14th inst.
Probably the most unique Marathon
race yet run will be at the mile track
on May End at Glen Falls. NY, when
many horses will race the full distance
of 26 miles and 1856 yards. Go-as-you-
please rules will govern, but each en-
try must be hitched to a two-wheeled
gig.
The New York Senate adopted an
adverse report on Governor Hughes
direct nominations measure. This fl
nally kills the bill.
At Bangor, Me, April 18th, Johnny
Hayes of New York, the Olympic
Marathon winner ran fifteen miles
and won his race against a relay
team. His time was 1:27:14Ih.
The Socialists of Newark, n. j., are
threatening to sue the Outlook for H.
bel because of an article by Theodore
Roosevelt criticising that party The
matter has been referred to the ma
tional committee.
Judges Gray and huntington in the
United States Circuit Court at Phia-
delphia, have fixed June 1st next as
the date when counsel representing the
anthracite railroads and coal compa.
MES shall complete their testimony in
the suit instituted against them by the
government to dissolve the so-called
coal trust.
The Sultan of Turkey las formed a
new cabinet, appointing Tewfik Pasha
grand vizier, Edhim Pasha minister CT
war, and confirming Zia Eddin Effend
as Sheik VI Islam.
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23

The farmers living under the Hol-
brook canal north of La Junta have
petitioned the county commissioners
that an irrigation district be formed
there. They want to buy the canal
from the Holbrook heirs, build more
reservoirs and enlarge the one already
built from 1900 to 10000 acre-feet.
The district will be bonded.
l.. T. Davis will build the Davis res
ervoir east of Greeley. 1t will have a
capacity of 100000 cubic feet, draw
water from the South Platte through
the Fulton ditch and cost several thous-
and dollars.
+. NJ Marshall. farmer at Sloan,
near Florence. has encountered one OF
the greatest artesian water flows that
has been struck in southern Colorado.
At a depth of $40 feet a well was
opened thot flows 600 gallons min
ute. sufficient to irrigate 800 acres di.
rect and over 1000 acres through stor
age.
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
Defiance sprina heat.

Many years ago Professor A. e.
Blount, while at the head of the Asri-
cultural Department of the Colorado
Agricultural College, introduced the
Defiance Spring Wheat. Fifty thou
sand acres of this variety are now
grown each year in Colorado, and it
yields from three to eight bushels an
acre more than other kinds. making, it
is claimed, an annual increase in lie
profits of Colorado farmers of over
$3.50, ,O0O-sufficient TO cover the OK
penses of the Farm Department for
four years.
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
Too Literal,

well, yes" said Old Uncle Lazzen-
berry, who was intimately acquainted
with most of the happenstances OF the
village. "Almira Stang has broken off
her engagement with Charles Henry
Tootwiler. They'd be goin' together
for about eight years, durin' which
time she had been inculcatin' into him,
as you might call it. the beauties OF
economy; but when she discovered,
just lately that he had learnt his les
son SO well that he had saved up 217
pairs of socks for her to darn i'm
mediately after the wedding, she
'peared to conclude that he had taken
her advice a little too literally, and
broke off the match."-Puck
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
Pc RUNA
For Catarrh of the Throat OF Two
Years Standing.

81 was afflicted for two years with
catarrh of the throat. At first it was
very slight, but every cold took made
it worse.
al followed your directions and in
very short time began to improve. !
took one bottle and am now taking
nv second. can safely say that my
throat and head are cleared from ca
tarrh at the present time, but ! still
continue to take my usual dose for q
spring tonic. and find there is moth
ing better."-Mrs. W. Pray. ESQ
Twelfth ST., Brooklyn. N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23

A good many destructive insects
sreed either on grass blades or in the
ground. If tillage is so thorough that
grass and weeds cannot grow, such in
sects are seriously disconnected and
their numbers materially lessen. If an
orchard Is cultivated once a week dur
ing the early growing season. the first
broods OF insects have hard time of
1t.
Dogs are very expensive things
among cows. A dog can do more dam
age in five minutes than it ever was
or ever can be worth. Anything in the
nature OF excitement is injurious to
dairy cows.
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
Table Talk.

able Talk.
A story in which Webster Is said
to have figured: The statesman was
once asked by woman at a dinner
given in his honor. how he varied in
his eating and what he generally ate.
Madam" the answer ran, 81 vary in
eating in this respect; sometimes I
eat more. but never less"
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
One rhino She Was Sure OF.

Grace-Really, mother. you seem
cross this morning.
Mother (sternly)-How often have l
told you not to let that young man
kiss you?
Grace-I don't know, mother, but
certainly not as often as he has
kissed me.
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
GENEROUS.

Clarence Dubb-May I have this
dance, Miss Sharply?
Miss Sharply-Certainly l don't
want it!
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
They Deserve II.

She (horror-stricken)- my
new spring hat in the chair there!
What are you doing, John?
He (meekly)-I am sitting on the
style, Mary.
The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23
The Easiest Way.

The Easiest Way.
81 wonder if there isn't some way
we can get our assemblyman to advo-
cate good roads?"
"Give him an auto."-Brooklyn Life.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-08-28
Breaux Bridge Protest.
PROTEST AGAINST USE OF PEOPLES
MONEY IN BUILDING LOCKS.

PROTEST AGAINST USE OF PEOPLES
MONEY IN BUILDING LOCKS.
Breaux Bridge. La. Aug. A.-An indi.
gnatiOn meeting was held at the Breaux
Bridge Town Hall. on Sunday. Aug. %.
for the sole purpose Of protesting against
the board of Commissioners of the Atch-
afalaya Levee District and cOndemning
its action in apprpOriating $4,000 Of
the funds OF the board to construct locks
in bayou LafOurche. which is outside
the limits Of the Atchafalaya District.
There were fully 500 to eco bona ide tax
payers from the overlooked district who
attended. The meeting was called to
order by Mayor G. d. DOmengeaux, who
was afterward chosen president; Hon.
Alcee Champagne. police juror Of the
Fifth Ward, vice. president, and Vic. j.
Jaeger, secretary. The following gen.
tlemen from st. Martinville. addressed
the meeting: Hon. F. T. Guilbeau, po-
lice juror; Albert BienveEu. Luke BO-
min and Attorney Emile VuillemOt, and
also G. ID. DOmpDgeaux. Breaux Bridge.
and Alcee Champagne. Cecilia. all Of
whom spoke in loud terms, denOuncing
the action of the levee board.
The following resolutions were adop-
ted:
Whereas it has come to our know
ledge by newspaper and different sources
that the Atchafalaya Leves Board in.
tends to appropriate $4,000 Of the
funds Of said board to construct locks In
Bayou LafOurche. which is outside the
limits. therefore. be it
Resolved, that the citizens and tax
payers Of the upper part Of the Parish Of
st. Martin, In a mass meeting assem-
bled. this day. do now enter a protest
and strenuous objections to the spend
ing of tho peoples money for other pur-
poses than the protection from overflow
Of their homes. property and lives from
the waters Of the Atchafalaya. We fur
thrr protest against the disbursement of
the amount above stated for work out
side the limits Of the Atch,faiaya Levse
District.
Resolved, That copy Of these resO-
lutions be forwarded To the leading news
papers in the city Of New Orleans"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-08-28
Intense Colicky Pain Relieved

"FOr some years l suffered from in
tense cOlicky pains which would come
on at times and from which could find
no relief" says l. S. Mason. of Beaver
Dam. KY. "Chamberlain's Collie, Chols-
ra and Diarrhoea Remedy was recon-
mended to me by friend. After taking
few doses Of the remedy was entirely
relieved. That WAS four years ago and
there has been no return Of the symp-
toms since that time" This remedy is
for sale by ALL DRUGGISTS.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-08-28
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. A. G. Goulss visited rela-
tives in Lafayette this week.
Mr.. Ezra Breaux of Rayne was
visiting friends here this week.
Misses Marie Louise Martin and
Rowena Lopez left Monday for
New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Beslin of
Broussard spent the week here
with relatives.
Mrs. Eugene E. Soulier of
Broussard spent several days here
this week visiting relatives.
Judge Felix VOORHEES, returned
last Sunday from Marlin. Texas,
where he spent several weeks.
Mr.. Paul Dautreuil loft We'd
nesday for Crowley, whore be has
secured employment in a bakery.
-Messrs. j. G. Bienvenu, F. E.
Delahoussaye and DR.. j. r. Oil
vier made a trip to Baton Rouge
this week.
The young people Of the town
were out in full force picnicing
last Sunday. One picnic spent
the day at Bayou Million, the 9TH
or on the banks of the Teche.
They all report having spent
pleasant day.
New dry corn in shucks for sale
by the barrel, l.. Bienvenu, feed
dealer.
LOST-A Screen Pirogue" was
lost on the Teche. Sunday night,
Aug. 18th. between Parks aud St.
John, the person having found
said pirogue will please notify the
undersigned and received reward.
John F. Franz, st. Martinville, La.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-08-28

oiuo WOTbo.
"The Parishes of Lafo urche and
Assumption have protection first
6y the levees, and then by the dam
at Donaldsonville. West Baton
Rouge, Pointe Coupee ahd Iber.
vile have had protection from the
levee on the east side of the Atch-
afalaya, but the building of these
levees has flooded the district in
st. Martin, Iberia and St. Mary,
and as these levees Oh the east
bank of the river are pushed south,
our condition is growing great
deal worse"
I've admit" said the members
OF this committee, "that we have
protection from the levee on the
Mississippi River, and are not try
ing to get around this, but we had
just as we'll be drowned by the wa
ters of the Mississippi as those of
the Atchafalaya.
"All the other parishes, being
thoroughly protected from over
flowing. We demand that the levee
board do something for our side
of the river. and We protest against
the expenditure of our funds be-
ing made outside of our district
for the purpose of facilitating ma
vigation on the Lafourche. JUS
tice ought to compel our sister
parishes to give US protection, and
We do not think it right that the
use of our taxes should 20 for the
purpose of improving their
streams, while we are suffering
from overiows that are running
our lands. Twenty-Five Thousand
acres of land that were under cul-
tivation prior to the building of
the levee on the east bank of the
Atchafalaya are now worthless the
year round. Lands planted in
cane, cotton and corn a few years
ago are now going under the ham,
mer at 81 per acre.
"The Atchafalays Levee Board,
when appealed to three years ago,
claimed it had no jurisdiction, but
afterward admitted that it had the
Jurisdiction, except on the lands
lying in the Courtableau district,
but this has now been remedied,
as in tho last Legislature Repre-.
Delahousssye had a bill
passed giving it this jurisdiction.
although the board has con-
fessed the justice of our claims, it
has done nothing in the past three
years to give any relief. We are
protesting, and will 60 to court to
prevent our funds from being used
of the district, to aid in
the building of the Donaldson
vile locks"
The committee states that q |
large committee will appear be-
fore the board at its meeting in
Baton Rouge in September, aud
that arrangements have already
been mado to have a special train
carry the delegation, and an earn
est effort will be made to get some
/, 70 ban
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-08-28
FOR SALE.

My twO-srOry residence OH Port street.
having one acre lot, also three other pro-
perties. Terms cash or on terms
Dec, %. EDWARD MARTINEZ.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-08-28
St. Martin Appeal For Re-
lief From Overflow.

st. MdTtlH appear TUT re.
lief From Overflow.
Believes Protection Of Their Side Of
the AtchafaIaya More Important
Than Locks at DonaldsonvilIe
Will DO Before the Levee Board Meet.
Ing at Baton Rouge In September
With Special Trainl0ad of
Interested Citizens.
Picayune. Aug. "a.
The people of st. Martin parish
are demanding relief from the over
flow of the Atchsfslsys River, at
the hands of the Atchafslaya Ba-
sin Levse Board, and 80 great has
become the feeling in that parish
that something must be done, and
at once, that the people of the pa
rish have hold a great mass meet
ing, and appointed committee to
see the governor, and ask that a
special meeting of the board be
held in September, so that they
can be heard. Arrangements have
been made to secure special train
from st. Martin to Baton Rouge
at that time, SO that largo dele
CATION of the people can be pre-
sent, to protest against the board
appropriating money to build the
Donaldsonvills locks, while this
great territory is more or less un-
der water the year round. on &C.
count of the fact that the building
of the levees on the cast bank of
the river has concentrated the over
flow to the west side and thereby
inundating over thirty thousand
acres of land that at one time was
worth from $50 to 500 an acre.
The committee, which is in the
city to see the governor as to the
calling of the special meeting of
tho board to consider the griev-
snce of these people, is composed
of Hon. F. +. Delahousssye. re-
preventative from that parish; j.
G. Bienvenu, registrar of the pa
IRISH; and DR.. j. r. Olivier.
These gentlemen are very much
in earnest % to the need of the
parish of st. Martin at the hands
of the Levee Board, and state that
they are going to fight until they
get relief.
The conditions, briefly a. stated
by these gentlemen, are a. follows:
The board has built levees along
the Mississippi River. Bayou La
fourche, and on tho east bank of
the Atchafalsya but has not erec-
ted any levses on the west bank of
this river, aud as q result, thou
sands of acres of lands on the west
side of the river are made worth
less by the foods, and citizens
have lost wealth and the parish
has lost taxes by this inundstion.
To show to what degree this
flooding has done damage, the
gentlemen point to one instance of
where a farmer, we'll to do, and
prosperous, had hundreds of acres
of land, worth $50. and over, an
acre, and assessed at $40 per acre,
who was last week dispossessed Oh |
aJudgment for $50. and THE same
land only brought one dollar per
acre. This depreciation was the
result of the overflow. Where
once, five years ago, was large
areas of land raising every year
cane, is now nothing but swamp,
aud absolutely worthless.
1.-THE people of st. Martin are
very much wrought up over this |
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Automatic Service

The growth of the Los Angeles
Independent plant is phenomenal
Ii is built and building with the
best material and is equipped and
being equipped with the most up
to-date equipment in the most sub
stantial manner. This is the sur
est way of affording the best pos
sible service to the public, con-
dition absolutely necessary for sue
cess.
Possibly the most popular feature
of the local telephone service is the
installation of "automatic phones"
as the fact of being able to get your
own party direct appeals to busy
men and women and saves much
of the petty annoyances Of calling
through an exchange. While the
initial cost of these phones is much
greater to the company, the prompt,
efficient service given the public
has much to do with the continu-
ously increasing number of sub
scribers.
The San Francisco Home Tele-
phone company has already in
stalled over 1000 telephones and is
now installing about 200 telephones
per day, and the people are simply
delighted at the relief the service is
giving them. The company has
spared no necessary expense in con-
structing it's plant, and it is un-
doubtedlv the best equipped one in
the world, being entirely of cable
construction, largely underground,
and equipped with the latest de-
vices.
Southern California will soon be
connected with them by a long
distance line, which will be the best
that money and brains can con-
struct. When completed this long
distance line will be a source of
profit to the Los Angeles and other
local companies and a convenience
to their subscribers.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Good Management

Have you ever been through the
general office building and the
branch or sub-stations of the Home
II. & T. Co.? In no department of
this mammoth enterprise will you
notice anything going to waste or
anything out of place. Every ave-
nue. for waste is carefully guard
ed; and 1t is a set axiom of busi-
ness that where there Is no waste
there can be no extravaganza. Ger
tainlv some one must be respon-
sible for this we'll being-and 1t isn't
very hard for even a stranger TO
find this dominating force OF hu-
man endeavor, for in an unpreten-
tious office you will find the di-
recting mind embodied in a cor
poration president who works just
as long hours each day as he asks
of his subordinates. In the selec-
tion of its executive officers the
directorate of the Independent
telephone company did we'll to put
Mr.. A. B. Cass at its head.
The figures scheduled above as to
the growth of the independently
Home Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany of Los Angeles are evidence
that there is no visible limit to the
possible development in each city.
town or locality. Population grows
and telephones grow; business
grows, and more telephones are put
in. In offices where formerly only
one telephone was in use there are
now two, three, four, five, six or
more In constant service. In the
offices of large concerns there Is
telephone on almost every desk. By
the use of small sub-stations the
telephone can be. and is, carried to
suburb after suburb. If they so
choose, capitalists and business
men can stay in their homes and
manage their affairs by telephone.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Dec /, 1oO2-Rng up Home phone Alpha 10000, please
Dec l. 19Oo-Ring up Home phone Omega 35,2oC, please

the telephone world
the business mart
that
supplied with an lnde-
golden
Telephone Telegraph Co.
with commendab CIVIC
mountain torrent
today
youngster
when first its in
FAINT voice calle insulated wires
commercial
than35 Ohomes and TO i bell
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

AS in the case of national and
other banks locally owned, the good
will of each local Independent tele-
phone company becomes increasing
ly valuable as populations and tel
ephone use increase. Like penny
postage" the telephone industry.
and particularly Independent tele-
phony, grows with what 1t feeds
on" The more local companies put
in operation, the greater the tele-
phonic facility offered to the public,
and so the more telephones will be
put in service. And the funds for
making these installations are
forthcoming because 1t is patent to
all that investment in a popular
public necessity, one that is needed
in all kinds of financial weathers,
must be safe and profitable.
It can reasonably be expected
that Los Angeles will have a pop
ulation of at least a million by
1925: and that the bringing to the
city of the water of the owens
river. at a cost of from twenty to
thirty millions of dollars, with the
immense surplus which will be
available for power purposes, viii
make Los Angeles and Southern
California a manufacturing center,
as we'll as what it is now, the nm
est pleasure and health resort In
the United States. BY that time the
people will be still more educated
as to the value of telephone service
and the Independent company oil
Los Angeles alone will be serving
at least 10000 patrons.
It is fair to presume that the
growth of Southern California and'
indeed. of all California, will be In
proportion. In the near future the
stocks and bonds of the Los An
geles Independent company and also
of the other Independent companies
through the state will be the most
sought after of any securities on
the market. Bonds and stocks
based on a necessity of life must
be "A1" in every market.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

ri OF only in the city of Los An
IN geles, but in nearly all the
other cities and towns of Southern
California, is the Independent tele-
phone preferably in use. Santa
Monica and other seaside suburbs
of the city of Los Angeles have
ell-patronized Independent COM
panies of their own, as in fact have
practically all the cities and towns
from Santa Barbara in the north
to San Diego in the south. Fully
sc, 900 Independent telephones are
In service In the eight counties OF
Southern California, while all the
Independent systems in this Gar
den of the West" are in touch with
each other through the United
States Long Distance Telephone &
Telegraph company.
Good Investment
As avenues for investment the
stocks and bonds of Independent
telephone companies are safe and
attractive-first, because the utility
is a popular necessity in constant
and growing use, and second, be-
cause the companies are handled
with great economy. Being locally
managed and owned it is not neces-
sary to charge to ''plant account
and falsely carry as assets items
which belong to expense account"
in order to make, to foreign owners
and foreign officials, an apparently
profitable showing.
There are no disgruntled STOCK
holders in this company, for it is
patent at a glance that the popu-
iarity of the "Home" phone must
OF necessity continue to make
money for it's owners; and where
investments are secure the know
ing investor never interferes.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Phones

business succeeds by chane and the beginning plenty
Telephone
firmly increas
social life of Los An
the rate of from
10 to
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Independent Telephony in Southern California
Investments Because They Succeed What
Watchdogs of Homes and Business.

introduction let get better acquainted W
show by actual figures its annual measurements:
The yearly growth has been:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-15
Vanilla Cream lee.
Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved.

Mr., Edward E Henry, with the
United States Express Co., Chicago.
writes, our General Superintendent.
Mr. Quick. handed me a bottle OF
Chamberiain's Collie. Cholera and Dr.
arrhoea Remedy some time aga tn
check IN attack NJ the old ehnunic
diarrhnea- | have used it since that
time ana cured many on our trains
WIN have been sick l am an old
soldier who served with Rutherford r.
Hayes and William Mckinley four
years in the gard Ohio Regiment. and
have To aiun"nt except chronic Ill
arrha@a. which this remedy stops at
once" Far sult. by all druggists.