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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
AT the Washington

Repletc with novelties, sensations
and humor is the program arranged
for the coming week at the Wash
ington. The headline feature is
"Lora, the Human Bird" Euro
pean novelty. The act is known as
The Transformation Parrot, in a
curious calculating exposition, also
introducing an element of mystery.
'Lora' is young girl disguised as
large parrot, and in her act de-
scribes infinitely and accurately
with lightning rapidity articles
handed her two assistants who pass
through the audience. A most as
tonishing . and extraordinary feat
That is accomplished by this clever
girl is that of instantly announcing
the sum of d row of figures selected
by any one in the audience.
There is also real thrill of the
drama in next weeks bill. This
number will be supplied by Angus
tus Neville and his clever company.
A better known legitimate actor and
a more universal favorite has never
entered the vaudeville ranks. Mr..
Neville will make his first appear
ance in vaudeville here in the politi-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

II what you just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like a lump of
lead, refusing to digest, or you
belch gas and eructatc sour, undi-
gested food or have feeling of
dizziness, heartburn, fullness,
nausea, bad taste in mouth and
stomach headache-this is indiges-
ton.
A full case of Pape's Diapepsin
costs only so cents and will thor
oughly cure your out-of-order stom-
ach and leave sufficient about the
house in case some one else in the
family may suffer from stomach
trouble or indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on these
~50-cent cases, then you will under
stand why dyspeptic trouble of all
kinds must go and why they usual
ly relieve sour, out-of-order stom-
achs or Indigestion in five minutes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

NEW YORK, Dec. 31-Off with
the cowboy hat; on with the peri
wig. Off with the blue flannel
shirt; on with the vescut. No more
furry chaps and high boots with
spurs, but, instead, knickerbockers
with silk stockings and buckle
shoes. Oh, see bow Dustin Farnum
looks now!
In his new play, Cameo Kirby"
by Booth Harrington and Harry
Leon Wilson, Farnum looks too
sweet for anything; he'd make a
matinee girl forget her chocolate
drops.
The scenes are laid in New Or
leans. Kirby, played by Farnum, is
believed by the Randall family to
be the gambler who got all the
money of the head of the family
and caused him to commit suicide
on a steamboat trip. A crowd of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
This Is the Story of the
Near Author Who Died
a Drunkard's Death. !:
makes for love, and love looks
to the east with finger to her

makes for love, and love looks
to the east with a finger to her
lips"
:. Within year Smith wrote a
play, The Irish Duke" He was to
play the leading role himself. But
the play was twice postponed The
leading man was drunk. Smith be-
came broke. A friend came to his
aid.
TN advance the money to bring
out the play if you will keep away
from booze was the proposition.
Smith accepted.
The night of the performance
came. 1t was pitiful thing. Smith
had tried and had failed. He was
not strong enough to conquer the
vice that held him. Contrite as he
always was over his failures, he
went on trying, and by sheer will
power managed to get through his
lines.
But it was the last sprint. Smith
had exhausted his strength, his
power to do anything for himself
The candle was already Pickering,
Lower and lower he sank till at last
the end came.
And all that Patrick Smith might
have been, all that he might have
done was gone.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
"T'HE LAND OF NOD AT
THE SPOKANE

Theatergoers of Spokane will
have another opportunity of wit
Messing that delightful musical ex-
travaganZa, THE Land of Nod"
next week, starting Sunday, at the
Spokane theater. This fine produc-
ton was presented here last sea-
son and it is not an eXaggeration to
say that it proved to be one of the
highest order of excellence. 1t
comes at this time still headed by
that excruciatingly funny comedian.
Two prominent members of this
seasons cast are Neil Mcneil and
Anna McNabb, who are we'll known
hera Last season they were feat
uredT with Charles B. Dillingham; s
production of THE Red Mill" The
balance of the cast includes Bessi-
lee Merrill late prima donna of
The Motor Girl and Eddie Foy's
company; Adelaide Harland
George Fox, Lillian Boyd, e. d. Coe
William Morgan, Nelson Riley and
Robert LaLonde
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

One hundred and forty-one mil
lion acres of land in Texas are not
in cultivation. 1t is doubtless the
largest area OF uncultivated land in
any state in the union. Moreover,
much of it Is owned by the state
itself and is on the market at rea-
sonable prices.
Texas land is going fast and
much of it is going at prices more
than the land is worth. But IA the
great section between the Red river
| and the Gulf of Mexico, between
TeXarkana and lei Paso, there is
room for thousands of happy fami-
| lies.
Texas Is just beginning to
awaken to the conclusion that IL
the state had been advertised as
California, northernerS would be
coming to the land of the Lone
Star in winter when they seek cit
matte delights, instead of going to
the border of the Pacific.
Texas today is still essentially
| an agricultural state. Its develop.
ment in manufacturing has barely
commenced. Texas is as different
from what the average man who
has never visited it believes 1t is as
the days of the high booted, long
haired cowboys are from the pur.
suits of the market gardeners along
the coast country who raise vege.
tables all the year round and put
out their biggest onion and cauli.
flower crop in January.
The acres of Texas are crying for
men. The Commercial Secretaries
association of Fort Worth has per-
fected an organization which has
the resources of the state at its fin
ger tips, and many man who Is
struggling in the smoky air of a
northern industrial center might do
we'll to get in touch with these peo-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
o . = = = 9 . . . = . = . q q
q AUDITORIUM THEATER
y ATTRACTIONS DURING
. MONTH OF JANUARY

. January and 8, Marie Ca
. hill in THE Boys and Betty"
. January 10, Ia, Is, Blanche
. Walsh, in "The Test"
. January 10, 20, "The Right
. of Way"
. January 81, Carreno, the
. Wagner club.
= January 30, "a, %, 26, Nc
= Intyre and Heath in "Hayti."
q January 80, Maud Powell,
. the worlds greatest woman
. violinist.
= January 81, top O the
= World with Bailey and Aus
= tin.
. = . 9 O q . 9 o = q = = = .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
NEXT WEEKS OFFERINGS AT SPOKANE2S THEA7ERS
the identity Of the other, they fall

the identity Of the other, they fall
in love.
In the third act Kirby is proved
to be a perfect angel of a man. and
he marr.es the girl, and the Randall
family Is put back on its feet, with
the exception of father. who Is still
dead But then even Booth Tark-
ington could not revive him, artis-
tically.
Miss May Buckley plays Adele
Randall. George Thatcher, the old
time minstrel, has the part OF a
negro. 1t is very pleasing per-
Torrance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

New Orleans folk start out to get
Kirby, and while they're hunting
him the audience learns that Kirby
entered the game only to protect
Randall from Moreau, profes
sional gambler, and that he in
tended giving back all his winnings
to Randall. While Kirby is fleeing
he meets Miss Randall, daughter OF
the suicide, and before each knows
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

torneys, seeks the fortune He
ties it up in the courts. Writs,
hearings, habeas corpuses, post
ponements, referees, appeals-well,
rything that any trust ever used
in court to delay justice is used
against the girl.
And the great, magnificent syS-
tenn OF justice, which ought to help
her, grinds her mercilessly until
she feels the very pangs of poverty
though in name she is a rich
heiress.
Hedwig Reicher, the famous
German actress, who recently
learned the English language in
four months in order to play in
America, takes the part Of the
heroine.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31


Charles Klein wrote THE Music
Master" he was in a tender mood.
When he. wrote "The Third De-
gree" he was angry at the police.
Now, in his newest play Of 1910,
THE Next of Kim" he attacks court
procedure.
Long before President Taft
said that our criminal laws We're
wrong. Klein concluded that our
civil court procedures were evil,
and he has written this play to
prove it.
The heroine Of the play falls
heir to vast fortune, in her
youth, when her parents die. An
uncle, with the aid of famous at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
5O-CENT CHICKEN; $500 JUDO
MENT.

MARCO, Mo-, Dec. 31.-A iudg-
ment for $500 was given today to
Mrs, Cynthia Lucas. So years old,
against Daniel Bruner, 50 years old,
as damages because Bruner had
Mrs. Lucas unjustly arrested,
charged with stealing chicken
worth 30 cents
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31
cal playlet by Oliver White, entitled
Politics and Petticoats."


Another splendid feature of the
week is The Battle of Too Soon"
This travesty is to be presented by
Mathews and Bannon, two very
clever comedians well known here.
A most artistic number will be
next on the bill and will be pre-
sented by Herbert the Frogman,
the well known contortionist. The
scene for this act represents the
Everglades of Florida, and is yet
to be eclipsed for gorgeousness and
artistic beauty.
Patter comedians are always
laughable, but Bernard & Ortiz are
in a class by themselves when 1t
comes to original humor.
Miss Winifred Stewart, delight
full baritone solcist, will furnish the
musical number of the bill, with a
repertoire of songs that are new
and catchy. Miss Stewart is pos
sessed of a remarkably charming
personality.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

Spokane bankers do not give
weight to the new federal law pass
ga last March, which prohibits the
drawing of q check on bank for
less than ST. They say that bank
ers generally are paying no heed
to the law and that it will be ig-
nOred
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-31

City Treasurer J. Oscar Peterson
is thinking of recommending to the
city council the purchase of a tract
index system for the city. At the
present time it costs the city 10
cents per name to find out who
owns a piece OF property.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

President Taft delivered him.
self of a very remarkable mes
sage on the. assemblage of Con-
gress. W. think the document
was, in che main, very good,
while I undoubtedly established
a record for the President as a
shrewd diplomat, willing to in
fuence or shape legislation so as
to conform as much as possible,
to all the wishes and desires OF
party men of both leading par
ties. He advocates such amend
ments to the new tariff law as will
relieve the country OF the incon-
veniences or rather annoyances
continually arising under the
present new tangled up affair
called tariff law One of the
good things, we believe, strongly
urged by President Taft is the
passage of ship subsidy bill
such as will encourage the build
ing up of large American mer-
chant marine, somewhat like the
one controlled by English capital.
Since the United States has be-
come a world power there can be
no question but what merchant
marine is an imperative necessity.
Not only would it be of great as
sistance to the exporting trade of
the country in times of peace, but
in times of war these merchant
ships could be converted into
transports for the use Of the war
department. All will rem embe~
the delay and expense of trans
porting an American army of
Is 900 men to Cuba some ten years
ago. Not only the delay, but the
expense. and it is a sad commen-
tary to say that English ships
had to be used for the purpose
Japan at we'll as England, has a
large number of these transports
merchant ships owned by pri.
vate companies, and this warlike
nation would have signal adj
vantage over US in lhis respect
were we to become involved in a
war with the Mikado. som ething
not at all unlikely in the not very
distant future A ship subsidy
bill that would meet the require
ments of the nation is very good
and needful thing, we believe,
and Congress ought to lose no
time in passing one that will fos-
ter and encourage enterprise in
the direction desired.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.

The time of the year has again
dawned upon us when mankind
turns to thoughts of mirth and
good ,fellowship-it is the joyful
Yuletide or Christmas-that great
epoch of all Christian peoples
which marks s8other milestone
since the birth Of the Savior. For
ages that this custom has en-
dured, against all the attacks OF
unbelievers, there must, in truth,
have been some latent force in
spring the birth and the life of
Christ, for were it not so, the
traditions and reverences of such
a distant past would long since
have been buried in the "vault OF
of the Capulets". On this occa-
sion the BANNER desires to offer
its warmest greetings to all OF its
readers and wish them a Merry
Christmas and many returns.
May long life, happiness and
blessings galore be the blessing
of all. friends or foes, within the
reach OF our hum BILE influence.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25
Notice Of Stockholders Meeting

Office of the Houssiere-Latrelils o. O.
Company, Franklin. PARISH Nam =,
Mary, State of Louisiana D00''1
Der Il, 1909.
Notice is hereby given to the Sso q,
holders of the Houssiere- Latrellle ". =.
Company that. pursuant to resv o..
ton passed by the Board OF DlreI ~.
Of said Company on Tuesday. D% !,
ember q, 1909, General Mee.lns Iii
the stock holders of the Company w.
be held at the domiclle OF " M,
pany in Franklin, Parish OF ~. AZ, m II
La. on Thursday, the lOtn asy u
February, 1910, between the nours oss
10 A. NJ. and 4 p. NJ, for the purpyssS ~
of considering and voting uPon ..;ro
question of amending and re-e1@ Com.
Article of the Charter OF salo NJ NJ
pany, passed on the 9TH day OF u. m r.sr
1903. so that Article OF SAID cns .h.I
as amended and re-enaceo'
read as follows: ,os ,he
'.This corporation ASSUMES Ia.
name and title of The Houssi,eio ohall
treble Oil Company; It's dom0clle: II
be in the town of Jennings, ra. "a 4
Calcasieu, State of Loulslana, s ~ Is
shall enjoy and have succession d
cornorate name for the perlou
ninety-nine years from date ne I'M
III citation and legal process sD 8.
be served on the President ana ~ "a 10
absence on the Vice res oen' ,.ossry.
the absence of boti On the oe0''
Treasurer. - are ~
All stock-hold. Of record ar Os;ns.
ouested to be %, ~. at said mee'D'
either in persca - ~ proxy; ,...ors.
Nv order OF - i3oard OF DirecI.
L ae1|T ~ Sscretary.Tress
urer. -
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

The Trusts appear to have
entered on hard lines. The Stand
ard Oil Trust has been order to
dissolve. A Jail sentence is in
the air over the managers of the
sugar trust. The leaders of the
Labor trust have been sentenced
to terms in Jail. The Food trusts
and the medicine trusts have been
or are being disciplined and life
under ANTITRUST conditions prom
ises to be wholesomer and better
worth living.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

The report of the special com
mittee Of scientists which the Uni
versity OF Copenhagen appointed
to scrutinize DR.. Cooks claims
that he had discovered the North
pole, has been given out, which
shows that Cook never reached
the pole and is unrelia BILE. Cook
has proved to be the biggest fakir
Of The age, having fooled the peo-
pie from the King OF Denmark
down.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

At meeting of the stockholdeis
of the Atchafalaya Bay snip
Channel Company held in Morgan
City last Saturday the following
board of directors were eie scI.s
for the ensuing year: F. b. WI
liams, Oscar Zenor, H. B. hewes'
S. c. Trevis, A. A. Bourgeois. Jos'
Brig, H. M. Young, L. W. tlipel 3
j. A. Thornton, Gus. Crews, =. n
Price, E. P. Pharr, 9. X: nl ''.
nell, A. T. Garrens, j. D. ENRICH
E. A. Hanson, w. A. Burke, ?;
NJ. Young, l.. S. CLARK, Jr.' Ff "
Wilbert, J. F. Prohaska' y ~
Burguieres, c. A. Bibblns, \; Z Z
bowman, John Dalton, u; n p .
Milling, j. A. Peterman, =; =
Munson, w. E. Mount, G. A. par =
bour, w. T. Peterman anu -
Caffery, Jr.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

Mr.. Joseph Becker was drowned
ia Bayou Teche at Baldwin on
Sunday last while crossing the
bayou in small boat, and when
in midstream the boat capsized,
and not knowing how to swim
drowned before he could be given
assistance. Mr.. Becker was as
sistant foreman of the Baldwin
Lumber Company's saw mill, and
leaves a wife and child.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

The Editor of the Louisville
Courier Journal 1--WE believe his
name is Watterson) has just land
ed from q vacation in Europe and
made the startling announcement
that there is q move afoot to make
Theodore Roosevelt next presi-
dent. II he had remained in
America he might have known
that nothing else has been expect
"a since March the fourth.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

Turkeys government has just
placed with firm of cotton mill
owners of Leeds, England, an
order for about 100000 yards Of
khaki cloth for the Turkish army.
The contract is the largest placed
for khaki since the Russo-Japa-
nese war
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

The Mardi-G ras rates have
been announced by the South
eastern Passenger Association.
The rates will be one fare plus
Is cents for the round trip, and
tickets will be on sale from Feb. 1
to Z inclusive with a return limit
to Feb. 10th.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

The corn crop of 1909 is worth
81, 72O, 600, 900, that of wheat $780,
600. 900, cotton $3.50, 600, 900, cattle
500, 900, 900, oats $500, 600, 900, hay
secs, 600, 900, and farm $1,000, OOO,-
OOO-the total farm products for
the year amounting to So, 76O, OOO.-
600, breaking all previous records
by $685., OOO, 900.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

Judge Lurton, of Tennessee,
has been appointed by President
Taft, to succeed Judge Peckham
on the United States Supreme
Court. The new Judge is a DEM
ocrat and an ex-Confederate SOL
der,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

The Semi Centennial celebra-
ton Of the Louisiana State Uni
versity at Baton Rouge will take
place on Jan. 2, 8 and 4th, and the
program that has been prepared
will be an interesting one.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25
ALL GOODS MUST BE SOLD
REGARDLESS OF PRICE
The Bloch Clothing Co.'S: Dry Goods Store
Main Street. Ph1ne 1874 Franklin, La,

Franklin Lodge No. 81, F. + a.
NJ, at a regular meeting held On
Sunday evening last, elected ana
installed for the coming year the
following officers: o. J. ByeTIs,
w. w; L. G. Williams, 5. W.;
Frank LeNormand, J. w.; A. =.
Allen, secretary; John D: Bell
treasurer; j. T. Baldwin, tyler; H.
E. Keenze, S. D.; w. h. Latham
j. D,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

Send your buggy, delivery
wagon and harness to G. S. Brenn
ii you want tirst-class job.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

Blacksmithing and wheel
wriehting at G. S. Brenn's.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

The city council at its next
meeting should authorize the
street commissioner to have put
down a crossing of some kind in
front of the high school building,
which is badly needed. During
the present bad spell of weather
if was impossible for some of the
little lots to cross the streets, and
a number were compelled to re-
main home.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-25

main nome.
At a meeting of ST. Mary's
Branch No. 800, Catholic Knights
O; America, held Sunday morn
ing, the following officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing
year: Rev. J. H. Trainor, spiritual
director; L. B. Tarlton, president;
Edwin Folse, first vice president;
Mr.. K. H. Pugh, second vice
PRESIDENT; j. E. Louistalot, re-
cording secretary; Charles bert.
financial secretary and treasurer;
Miss Carma Lanclos, sentinel;
Clint Breaux, sergeant; Trustees,
Clint Breaux, one year; Gustave
G. Gronen, two years; j. Gabriel
Martel. three years.
Mr.. F. F. Kilbourne, aged 81
wears, died at his home in Nor
gan City last Tuesday after a
long illness. Mr.. Kilbourne was q
native of New London, Ohio, and
had been a resident of Morgan
City for nineteen years, where he
had photograph gallery. The
deceased was well known here,
and had many friends who regret
to hear of his death. He had a
branch photograph gallery in
Franklin for the past few years
where he spent portion OF MS
time. The deceased leaves a
widow. four daughters and one
son, to whom the BANNER ex-
tends its sympathies in their hour
Of grief.
DR.. D. n. Foster, Prof. Chas.
Colt, Messrs. w. P. Foster,
Bailey Chadwick, Homer Puckett
and Louis Kramer, who left here
on Friday last for Belle Isle on
duck hunt arrived home. on We'd
nesday. 1t was their intention OF
returning home on Sunday, but
thew encountered bad weather on
their trip and the north winds Oh
Saturday and Sunday last blew
out nearly all the water OF several
lakes they had passed through,
leaving them water bound in
small bayou back of Abbeville.
They were rescued by party
who left here Wednesday in
gasoline launch, who went within
about eight miles of the hunters.
who were transferred from their
boat in skiff, the hunters being
compelled to leave their boat in
the bayou until the water again
rises in the lakes. Major Foster
says "never again" will he go
on q duck hunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-07
POPE TO TAKE ORPHANS.
Will Care for One Thousand Little
Quake Victims.

ROME, January Pope Plus has under.
taken to educate 1000 of the children
who were orphaned by the earthquake
He will also clothe and feed them unit
they are able to earn their own living.
His holiness has been SO profoundly
moved by the calamity that his healts
has perceptibly suffered.
That thousands persisted who might vel
be alive today is the opinion of Japa.
nese commissioner who had been sent by
his government to consult In regard te
methods of safe construction OF buildings
in regions where commissions Of the earth
are to be expected, as Is the case
throughout Japan. He happened to be ir
Rome at the time of the catastrophe. A:
soon thereafter as possible he made
tour of investigation in Calabria and
Sicily, especially studying the ruins OF
collapsed houses. He has now returned
to Rome.
II have inspected the wrecked houses
in Calabria and Sicily" the commissioner
said. Their whole system of architect.
ure was in the highest degree unsuitable
Their walls were weak and their roofs
were heavy. Exactly the reverse should
have been the case. A good many house.
which were built after the earthquake o;
three years ago withstood the shock.
without material damage to themselves Of
to their inmates.