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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
FITTING OUT THE HALF MOON.

Rsproduction of Henry f4adson,s Ship
to DO Ready In July.
Good progress Is being made toward
completing the ship Haive Maen (Half
Moonl. recently launched from the
navy yard at Amsterdam. Holland
This queer looking craft which the
people OF the Netherlands are sending
40 q token Of their friendship for
America, Is. expected TO be- one of the
most attractive features of the naval
parade tel be held In. connection with
the Hudson celebrations in New York
III Ocfober.
When rugged and fitted out the Halve
Maen will be an exact reproduction of
the vessel sailed By Henry Hudson.
The ship Is built OF heavy oak timbers
and has the high poop and long nosed
PROV. of old Dutch and Spanish gal
Icons. She is about eighty tons bur-
den. sixtythrees feet long. has eighteen
feet beam and draws seven and half
feet Of water. Her crew will number
twenty men
The Have Maen Is being fitted with
three masts and sails of ancient pat
tern. Her armament viii consist of
several aAtiqne cannon handed down
from early generations of Dutch ad-
ventuFerss She viii be ready Iii July
and will be shipped On one of the Hol-
land-Ameriea liners for transport
across tie atlantic. On Sept. y
she viii make her official entry into
Sandy Hook. after which she will be
handed over 70 the American commit
tee II charge of the Hudson ceIebra-
ton.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18

No. I2,oo7-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La. !:
Il. ]. Allen, Trustee, VS.. Wesley
Stewart.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me directed, from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, in the above entitled
and numbered suit, I have seized and
will offer for sale at public auction, for
cash according to law, without the bene
mt OF appraisement, at the principal
front door of the court house of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales, on
SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1000,
Lot of the Dolly Warden subdivision
OF the City of Shreveport, as per map
recorded in book 2o, page 800, of the Re-
corders office of Caddo Parish. la. to-
gether with all buildings and improve
merts thereon. The above property
seized as the property of the said de-
PENDANT and to be sold to satisfy the
amount specified in said writ, saw in the
sum OF $4,000 due and to become due,
with interest and attorneys fees by nine
pronnissory notes bearing 8 per cent in
terest from maturity, of date August 6,
1907, as follows: For cash to pay and
satisfy the first four notes of $500
each, due nine, twelve, nineteen and
eighteen months from date, and on
terms Of credit to pay and satisfy the
remaining FIVE notes, each for $500, ex-
eept the last which is for $500, due in
81 "a, ~, 80 and 80 months from date.
and all costs of suit, including 10 per
cent on said sum and interest as attor-
neyss fees. ]. P. FLOURNOY,
sedneasiaf, May 9. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
TAX SALE OF IMMOV-
ABLE PROPERTY
Town of Vivian vs.. Delinquent Tax
Debtors.

T Vivian, La, May 8, 1909.
By virtue of the authority vested in
Ime by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana, | will sell at the
/ front door of the town hall in Vivian
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, within the
legal hours for judicial sales, beginning
at II o'clock am, on
SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1900
and continuing on each succeeding day
until said sales are completed, all inn
movable property on which taxes are
now due to the Town of Vivian, to en-
force the collection of taxes assessed in
| the year 1908, together with interest
thereon from the Ist day of January
1909, at the rate of 2 per cent per month
until paid, and ali costs. |,
The names of said delinquent taxpayf
lers and the amount due by each on thd
assessment of said year, and the i'm
movable property assessed to each to be
offered for sale are as follows, to-wit
Arkansas Improvement Company
Lots /, p 8. a, S, 6, z,8, g. 10 and II
block 20; lots 2, 8, a, 5, E, 2, g. 9 block
80, and twelve lots in block 81, and lots
8, 4, 5, 6, Z, 8, 9, 10, II, IL block 81. Tax
4.51; costs $3.75; total $3.50.
Fortson, w. A.-4o acres in east half
of northwest quarter of section 26, town.
ship %, range Io. Tax 5000; costs $.3z5;
total SOS.
hurry, Wm.-Lots I, 2, 8, a. S,
block "a. Tax $40; costs $375; total
$8.I5.
hurry, John--II I-2 acres in south
west quarter of northwest quarter sec
ton IS, township 22, range 16. Tax
S.45; costs $3.75: total ST.. 30.
On the said day of sale, | will sell
such portions of said property as each
debtor shall point ont, and in case the
debtor shall not point out sufficient prop
erty, ! will sell at once and without fur
ther delay, the least specific quantity of
said property of any debtor which any
bidder will buy for the amout of taxes,
interest and costs due by said debtor.
The sale will be without appraisement,
for cash in legal tender money of the
United States, and che property sold
shall be redeenable at any time for the
space of one year by paying the price
vlven, includingacosts. with 20 per cent
thereon r. C. Carroll.
Marshal and ex-OAicio Tax-Co1lector.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
AND THE BRUMBAUGH
READERS.

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aeks g. 1las SoIfsderacy, - convention
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
IS THE CONSUMER a MYTH?

Is TIE CONSUMER A MYTH?
This query is the headline OF an ed
itorial IN the New Orleans States of re
cent date.
S the consumer myth?
Fl fancy he IS. In reality he is not
The consumer is Of indefinite proper
tions, but he is compelled to pay tribut,
20 the protected interests and to tn,
infant industries" which have becom.
giants, and whose greed is Unsuitable
II the consumer is a myth, is it be
cause he is not as self-assertive in actor
as he is. in voluminous and endles!
words Of ineffective and senseless pro
tests.
The system Of protection, as devised
and maintained by the Republicans ii
Congress, is a snare and delusion.
Unfortunately, men, so-called repre-
sentatives Of the people, Inverted in Tho
garb Of Democracy, have repudiated b,
their acts the principles of their party
by deserving their associates and by vot-
ing with the Republicans in maintaining
tax Oh commodities essential to the
welfare Of the people and which, there
fore, SHOULD. be free.
Who are the consumers in the Unit
ed States" IS another query Of the
States IN the editorial Is the Consumer
MYTH
The consumers are the people who, to
use vulgarisna, ARE held up for the
benefit Of the trusts and combines The
consumers are the class who must toll
il the field and workshops and every
where that the favored few may fatten,
as they grow in power and in wealth,
and being fortified in the assurance of
protection, laugh TO scorn the protests
Of the consumers
Who IS responsible for such a condi-
ton
The consumers
The consumers have il in their power
10 compel their congressrnen and their.
senators to enact such legislation as
will relieve them Of unfair and unjust
taxation, and should they not heed such
demands, such congressman and sem
ators may be reIegated to the shades
of private life.
E s time chat the consumers were
becoming seriously self-assertive in re-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
PLAN lFoR sEALLooa FACE
Aero Clubs National af.s.7:7.,7-!.;
Contest Which VIII C.1os,ls dt..:eo

Aero Clubs National c.iaf.i i ss.,7s--!!.ii
Contest Which VIII C11si. ltl...--o
Interest in the national silsalnit. II
ship balloon race ef the nero Gsuss q
America, to be held in .Isdi.s .l:ss,t ~ Is
June 5, is fncreasingsssIn IN afs.eis. ha5
nouncement A. Holland Fer se5: 4 " sss.s !.
York, chairman eff tse contest co.'s
mittee of the Aero Cub of .AMpri i
says that every pilot who s;afts vi.
receive silver medal a.d his ;sssist
ant will receive bronze tssn'.
Among the new trophies Of tf,etl i
one by Carl Fisher of Indianapolis is. t,
the pilot remaining longest in the air
All the contestants viii lie eligible .fo,
the Lahm trophy
Leo Stevens of New York city re-
Gently completed FIVE balloons. all OF
which will be entered in the contest
On May rs the City of Springfield
owned by the Aero club of Springfield.
Mass. will make it's first voyage from
the ascension grounds of the club pre-
paratory to entering the national race
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. .I2,7se-First District Court, Far
ish OF Caddo, State of Louisiana !:
Succession of E. G. Morehead.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Mer-
tbs Morefead. Administrative, has this
day filed final account in said success
ion, and unless opposition be made
thereto within the time specified by law.
the same viii be duly holomogated as
prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. ]. Murff.
Judge OF said court, this the ard day Of
May 1909. sc. WILLIAMS =
May a T,eart, 1-ss.,.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
The Umpire.


Who is 1t, reckless OF his fame
And deaf to yells Of praise or blame,
Unmoved by glory or by shame.
Hands down decisions on the game?
His Jumps.
Who calmly stands where spinning
spheres,
Projected by. the hand that steers
The low or high, curved, straight OF
queers,
Whiz past his body. face and ears
And calls them balls or strikes. while
cheers
From grand stand throngs or bleachers'
jeers
Do not affect his hopes or fears?
His Jumps.
Who faces thousands every day
Hanged round the grounds In fierce array,
All with a hot desire to sIay
When he decides qnick, close play
not IN accordance with their way,
NO matter what they want and say?
His Jumps
who wears the diamond like king3
Who has the players on the string?
Who carries pennEsnts il q sing
y he simply runs The whole darn thing9
His IJmps
arnptorA IN New York Tines
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by ]. R. Mcdowell ten miles
below Shreveport on Red river and es-
trayed before me. the undersigned, one
red plebald COW, star in face mo marks
or brands. The owner will come for
ward, prove property and pay charges or
the same will be sold on the Leonard
place on June 2,fIeoo as the law directs.
B. R. JACOBS,
Justice of the Peace Eighth Ward Cad
do Parish, Louisiana. 20
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
CLUB TO LIVE ON FRUIT.

Society Called the Golden Age Is
Formed In LonGon.
A new society club formed in Lon
don, called the Golden Age. has been
established to advocate a fruitarian
system of living for philanthropie. hui
name and hygienic reasons. The club
Is for men and women who are inter-
ested in the suffrage movement.
It will be purely social, and bridge
and other games will furnish diver
sions. A medical leader in the move
ment affirms a man should reach the
age of 12s under the proposed diet
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
Ask Your Grocer For
Roses Sugar Sticks
Finest Made
Henry Rose Nero. & Mfg. Co.,
(LlMTED)
si7-52l Spring St. Shreveport. La

such sale. The attention of mortgage
creditors is especially called to these adj
verhsements Of tax sales, and they are
warned to take such steps prior to. the
sale as may be necessary to protect their
rights. R. C. CARROLL
Marshal and ex-OAicio Tax-Collector.
Caucasian, May 9, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
New Lake Full Of EveIess E;sh

Three miles southeast of Silver Lake.
Ind. subterranean lake has burst
its confines and has submerged the
highway to a depth of twenty feet
for 2 distance of 100 yards. The new
born lake seems 70 be filed with eye
less 6sh. g:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
HUGE AMERICAN. FLAG.
Worlds Largest Standard viii
Wave in fittsburg.
DIMENSIONS so BY 1850 FEET.

With It's Hansings the Flag Will
Weigh About Half Ton-Eaeh Star
Will 30 Eight Feet Hish-To Cost
About 5000.
Pittsburg, Pa. will unfurl the lar
gest flag In the world This giant
sample of Old Glory, which will likely
float between the courthouse and the
Frick building, will be so by $50 feet
In dimensions. The width Of each of
its thirteen stripes will be greater than
six feet. and each star will be eight
feet high. The material In the emblem
alone viii weigh 700 pounds. and the
dag with Its hangings will weigh about
half ton.
The best standard United States
bunting vial be used in the construc-
ton OF this whoppe insignia of liberty
and Independence which will be eight
cen times larger than the largest flag
in the government service and 400
times larger athan the standard storm
dag Of the United States army
The monster cloth of red, white and
blue will be acquired sby the city Of
Pittsburg through the patriotic energy
OF Captain Howard B. Oursler, private
secretary to Mayor Magee.
It viii take between $500 and 5000
to manufacture the flag, and Captain
0ursler has already put up 5000 as a
nucleus to- the fund It is Captain
'Oursler's intention and the hope of
Mayor Magee to have the flag ready
for raising with appropriate ceremony
on the Fourth OF July, which promises
to be the most enthusiastic Independ-
ence day celebration In Pittsburg's his
tory.
So great will he the weight of the
flag that Its seams. which will be
made Of the strongest shoemakers
thread. must be REINFORCED with heavy
tape, 1000 feet OF which will be used.
Were all the material that will 20 to
make the dag stretched in single line
1t would encompass Greater Pittsburg,
making chain eighteen and quarter
miles long
Captain tOursler has hit upon a
scheme Tor building the big standard
which promises to bring to the front
many Betsy Roses It is probable
that different sections of the flag will
be sewed by the women's patriotic So
clettes OF Pfttsburg. including the La
dies Of the G. A. r., Daughters of the
American Revolution, Daughters Of
1872 and number Of other organiza-
lions.
The Arm which has agreed to fur
nish the material to Captain Oursler
at cost price has also declared its will
Ingness to supervise the sewing OF the
material In order that the seams shall |
be uniform
Contributions to the flag fund will be
received by Captain Oursler at the |
Office Each contribution will |
be acknowledged Persons who send
IA donations will be given souvenir |
cards worth keeping certifying to the
contributions, and those who partici- |
pate In the construction Of the emblem
lIso viii be awarded certificates.
There IS mo Flagstaff in Pittsburg tall
enough orsstrong enough to hold such
] flag ass Captain Oursler proposes,
ind even II there were it would take
big hurricane to float 1t. Therefore
t has been suggested that it be strung
lcross Grant street between the court
seuse and the Frick building Pitts
,urg Dispatch.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
New Nose For Boy From His RIBS.

New Nose For Boy From His Ribs.
Surgical skill has given to eight
year-old Carl Treworgy Of Denver a
new nose, taken from the cartilage CT
onesof his ribs: About a year ago be
was run down by an automobile and
one Of the wheels passed over his face,
fracturing the nasal bone and practi.
ealiy destroying the organ DR. Ly9
man, q Denver surgeon. removed a
nose shaped piece of cartilage about
two inches long from the boys side
and drew skin from either side of the
face over II. This was penetrated by
tubes connecting with the original nos.
triIs
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
NOTICE
To Mortgage Creditors of the Town Of

10 mortgage Creditors of the Town oil
Vivian, State of Louisiana.
In conformity with section 6s, Act No
IS of 1888, and the laws in such cases
as provided, notice is hereby given to all
parties holding mortgages upon real
estate located in the Town of Vivian,
State of Louisiana, on which taxes for
the year 1908 have not been paid, that /
will begin the sale of same at the town
hall of Vivian on
SATURDAY, JUNE Il, 1909,
At II am, that number of pieces Of
property 50 delinquent are now being
advertised in this newspaper in con-
fornlity with the law. preparatory TO
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
Chance For Aeronauts

King Leopold of Belgium has offered
a $4,000 prize for the best treatise on
aeronauties to be brought out this
year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
sasbsrrpsion Price sa.oo a year !.

RBA9ieAed three times week, ON Sun
~ Inorning, and Tuesday and Thurs
~ aftsrnoons. It 81 Edwards ST.,
The Caucasiaa q Carney Printing
Campany, Limited, Proprietors
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18

Improvement of Rivers Rhine, Rhens
and Seine May Afford Hints 70,
Americans-Why AmericaHs Go q
Canada and Why canadians Come to
United States.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18
SHERIFFs SAFE

No. I2,oo7-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
T. ]. Allen, Trustee, VS.. Wesley
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-18

ssaazSselaef Aaa az 81 1900 So
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

Luther Latin Mills, noted Chicago
lawyer, died recently, the direct result
of second stroke of apoplexy, the first
seizure having prostrated him eight
weeks before. Mr.. Mills was born at
North Adams Mass, Sept. 3, 1S4S. His
father was Walter N. Mills, a pioneer
dry goods merchant Of Chicago and an
intimate friend of the late Marshall
Field, whom he had known in Massa-
chusetts. After being graduated from
the University of Michigan, Mr.. Min
was admitted to the bar when q years
old. He succeeded from the beginning
He figured in many celebrated cases
and opposed at the bar such legal
heavy weights as Emory A. Storrs
John Lyle King, Writ Dexter, Fred
Mitchell and many others. He appear.
ed for the prosecution in the first trial
OF the Cronin case and in many other
suits of much Importance. AS an ora
tor Mr.. Mills enjoyed wide fame. He
was interested in many philanthropit
enterprises and was president Of tht
Boys club and other institutions fol
the welfare of the young.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
GOOD LUCK TO sPARRows.

Shoe Thrown at Departing Bride
Now Home for Bird Family.
Suspended from the branches OF a
tree in McDonough street, near Reid
avenue, Brooklyn, the New York Her
aid says, is an old shoe which long ago
served its term Of usefulness to hu-
manity, but which now affords a COM
Portable home for Mr.. and Mrs. Spar
row and their little brood of baby spar
rows, which are just about old enough
to fly.
For three years the old shoe, care
lessly thrown into the tree after serv-
ing as a good-luck emblem at we'd
ding, has been swinging in the branch
es, defying wind and weather. There
have been storms In the neighborhood
that have uprooted trees and broken
Off their branches. but the tree in
which the old shoe has found lodg-
ment has withstood all weather sieges.
Not long ago two sparrows came into
the neighborhood and started house
keeping In the old shoe, which affords
Iuelu SuclttT ttuu 10 StiliSiehtiy ldt sc
for the simple tastes of aerial dat
dwellers.
Whether or not the great nation OF
birds is ruled by an pathological
Roosevelt is not known, but certain il
is that Mr.. and Mrs. Sparrow are not
believers in race suicide. and since TAX.
ing up their abode in the old shoe they
have raised large brood.
The Sparrow family has many OF
the comforts and conveniences of life.
The opening in the shoe serves all the
purposes of a vestibule. The tip not
only makes fine piazza for the whole
Sparrow family In fair weather, but
makes a fine swing for the Sparrow
children when the wind is gently blow
ing. Judging from the chirping, the
baby birds enjoy their fun just as
much as human children might enjoy
an old orchard swing
! Residents Of the neighborhood. ever
the children, appreciate the situation
and every day one Of the families
| whose homes are near the tree leaves
| out food so that the father and mother
bird need not send any of their brood
to bed hungry.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

OF those corpuscIes In your blood
that have been called Little
soldiers" Is 20 fight for you
against the disease germs that
constantly endanger your health.
These corpus cies are made
healthy and strong by the use Of
Hoods Sarsaparlila.
This medicine is combination OF
more than 20 different remedial agents
In proportions and by a process known
only to ourselves and it has for thirty
wears been constantly proving its worth.
No substitute, none "iust-as-good. "
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

There are $4,000 vegetarians In Eng
land.
There are in London over SU4,OOO per-
sons who live in one-room houses, and
over 100000 in two-room houses.
There is a daily average of one and
one-half deaths in New York City charge
able to injuries inflicted by other persons.
In the last five years. in New York
City, 593,714 tenants have gone into new
hat houses
Three-story bedsteads are now made for
use In apartments, steamers, camps and
wherever floor space is limited.
The secret Of the glow-worm and freely
Is yet unsolved by science. Their light ia
entirely unaccompanied by heat.
Three hundred girls are employed in the
saarness trade in New York, and Kentucky
has girl jockey.
Manhattan's postofice receipts amour,
TO S54,370 daily.
Much of the fuel used In Italy is mad,
OF the refuse of olives from which the
oil has been pressed.
Lord Seborne is the Grst British cab
met minister who has accepted an ap
pointment in the colonies.
Those who have wintered in Alaska say
that 1t is not the cold, but the mosquito
snat is the hardest thing to endure in ths
North.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
Had N Rea,on.

Editor (of Daily Thunderbolt) )-Yoop-
er, you have fallen down on two or three
assignments lately. You used to have
the best nose for news there was in the
office.
Reporter think l had-but it's been
pulled once or twice lately, and I'm get
ting cautious about using it.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
why They Wanted George.

The young wife answered the phone.
"That's another call for George" she
said to her mother. Somebody wants
him to come somewhere and play
bridge. It's the third invitation he's
had this evening"
..That would seem to indicate said
the mother, that George is very popu.
lar"
The young wife shifted.
''It unquestionably indicates" she
said, shat George is an easy loser
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01

"Don't you think, Mr.. Sply," said the
boss, you might as well take off your
hat?"
whats the use?" asked the new man,
who was filling a temporary vacancy in
the clerical department. I'm only going
to hold this job two weeks"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
Mix for Rheumatism.

The following is never failing re-
cipe for rheumatism. To one-half pint
of good whiskey, add one ounce syrup
sarsaparilla and one ounce Toris com
pound, which can be procured of any
druggist. Take in teaspoonful doses
before each meal and before retiring.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
rern,inoiogy.

oficious Salesman-Wouldn you like
10 look at some of our overcoatings or
suitings?
Dyspeptic Looking Customer-No, but
II YOU will be kind enough to tell me
where the drug department, is I'll take a
look at your piIlings and porous plaster
inrs"-Chicago Tribune.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-01
Making II rIe..art tor Hfm.

-Gentlemen," said the toassmasfer at the
banquet, I'VE have listened to some excel
lent orators this evening and l am sure
we have enjoyed their efforts very much.
have purposely kept one of our best
speakers for the last, and after you hav.
heard him know you will be glad to 60
home. Gentlemen, l have the honor to
present Mr.. Ketchum A. Cummin. who
will now address you"-Chicago Tribune.