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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-08
GOLD PROJECTORS
ON ARCTIC BORDER
Adventurous Men Winter at Very Rim
of Continent and Expect Much


DAWSON, July S.-The quest for
gold is being pushed right to the last
border of the continent by number of
hardy prospectors now securing the re-
gion along the rim of the Arctic ocean
between the Mackenzie river and Point
Barrow. Daniel Cadzow, the Rampant
house trader, who arrived on the last
steamer from the lower Yukon, lived
nearer these far northern prospectors
the last winter than any other trader
located within the drainage slopes of
the Yukon. and brings some news of
their exploits. He says:
''On Firth river. Gus Freeman, Gus
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-08
Open New Railroad.

JACKSON, Miss, July S.-To take
advantage of the new trade territory
opened up by the recent completion of
way. the Jackson board of trade is
conducting an excursion over the new
line today. a.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-08

side 'front.' underarm and Sideback
seams and the panel front gives length
and style to the garment; the sleeves
while in coat are cut loose enough
to not crush a sleeve beneath it. The
shawl, 'notched or applied collar may
be chosen and the sleeves may be fin
ished plainly or with cuffs or plain
bands.
If the visit is to be short one
with these frocks already n hand it
may be necessary to get but one other
for nice occasions. A pretty gown
can be secured from some of the bor-
dered goods and a pretty cotton crepe
in wood brown or ashes of amethyst
would make a dress that would give
great service during the rest of the
season. The border is rather more
narrow than is usually seen and
outlines a front and back panel that
is carried on its outer edge over the
shoulders in suspender fashion;
joining this under the arms and car
ried down over the hips to a little
below that point is a panel beautiful
ly fitted and set in are a few tucks
or plaits with strip of the border.
This border is used for outlining the
armholes. the neck and the sleeves
that open on the upper side from
shoulder to wrist over a white lace
piece are also bordered on each side
of the lace. Borders are being used
to decorate plain waists in surplice
fashion and all sorts of pattern con-
ceits.
For travelling great many women
provide black combination suits and
black petticoats, but a number of
little undervests of the usual kind
take up little room and an over
blouse and drawers of pongee or dark
wash silk will with two suits carry
one to the end of most Journeys.
Be sure and provide a little cap over
which aIveil can be tied for the ocean
voyage and on the train have this veil,
for even the shortest journey to wear
the hat all the time will tire the head,
and the veil will keep the hair clean
and the draughts from the head Pro-
vide a paper bag for the hat which is
to be placed on the rack above you.
Take bottle of smelling salts with
you, a lemon or two for the lettering
of the taste of the water, have some
little bath tablets for washing, and
which take up very little room. This
question of room is one that must be
considered unless you wish to be con-
stantly tired out with the care of lug
gage. In this matter you can econo-
mize in many ways; there are little
| the room taken by the bulky soap box
and cake, there are little books with the
leaves saturated with powder and little
chamois cloths for wiping the fact;
there are small tubes of face cream
that will just about last the ordinary
| journey. Something that will add to
your comfort, although a little bulky,
| is a small pillow for the head, and i
| pair of old or loose shoes. Do not for
get the small whisk broom. have
small bag to be worn inside of the cor
sets for money and jewelry; carry old
handkerchiefs with you that you can
afford to lose or throw away. Have a
small fold of tissue paper with you,
for nothing will take up the dust on
your face and hands better and many
uses may be found for it. Carry col
lapsible cup with you, a paper of court
plaster, benzoin tablets, box of cam
phor ice, a little brandy or wine and a
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02

one section. might not inundate all Of the rest.
All human experience has shown Thai the
best conceived works Of man will perish when
they come in conflict with some Of natures
forces. The dykes of Holland have often given
away and even in China, where probably the
Oldest and most carefully calculated dlklng and
levee system in the world exists, the Hoang Ho,
their great Yellow River, or River Of Sorrow, -
as it is termed because of its having caused so
much destruction, has changed its course and
point of discharge into the sea every three or
four hundred years and vast amounts of prop
erty, as well as thousands Of human lives have
been destroyed when the great breaks in their
levee system have occurred.
We shall sincerely hope that the Plaquemlnes
Parish East Bank Levee District will be enabled
by it's own resources and by the aid of the state
to rapidly repair the damage done to the leVees
bv this great storm and to so perfect it's system
as to enable it to keep out even such waters as
were brought in by the hurricane of 1909.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02

rum upon its fermentation and OF
butter upon which one of the
various ferments has been util-
lied in securing the ripening OF
it's butter fat, or cream. Sclen-
tihc research takes old facts and
demonstrates their accuracy and
thus paves the way for the dis
covery of new laws, the elabora-
ton of new theories and the
demonstration Of the accuracy OF
the theories if the theories be
correct: .a*. 80. .,"
We must not omit to say that
every friend Of diversified agri-
culture in the Parish Of Plaque
mines should encourage as far as
he can the growth of tobacco and
of all proper efforts to make it
another staple crop for our
parish.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1909.
The Passing of the Storm.

With the passing Of the great storm OF Sep
TENDER 20, 1909, news continues to come in OF
deaths, suffering, destruction of property, of
acts of heroism and of brilliant rescues. The
daily newspapers have given a full account OF
all of these and We are taught by the stores
that we read of the great amount Of latent good
that lies in the hearts of the people Of our coun-
try that develops itself spontaneously, as 1t
were, whenever the emergency demands it. IN
the presence of great storms or other nantes
tati0ns of the forces of nature, humanity IS
compelled to stand abashed, as it were, and to
accept whatever may come, whether disaster OF
relief. One touch of nature makes all the
world akin. In the storm Of 1883, which was
far more destructive OF human life than the one
just passed, We heard Of one man who was SO
dazed that when his house was blown O and
his wife imprisoned and perhaps crushed within,
was unable apparently to lend any aid whatever
in rescueing her. AS a rule, however. these
great dangers bring out strength in some un-
expected places, and 50 many level heads and
strong arms being brought into service greatly
diminish the dangers and disasters of the storm.
AS already recounted in these columns, at
Pointe-a-Ia-Hach the local community threat
ened with danger was generally gathered into
the courthouse. The ONE of the community
being cared for by Sheriff Movers at his strong
ly built residence a short distance below. At
Empire Mr.. Fred Stockfeth, whose sympathetic
benevolence was so wide reaching in 1893,
again had his house open to all the distressed
and they came to him from far and near and
were cared for free Of charge. The pilots at
Pilot Town were on the alert and made some
brilliant rescues of human lives and Of ship
wrecked vessels. And 50 we may. say that if
all the good and heroic actions that have brought
about by the storm were put on record, it would
require d big bookto contain them. "v ~ W
Now that fine weather has come and that
the SUMS shining, we aresled to wonder what
nature means by her frightful treatment of
humanity when she assumes these stormy moods.
We must submit to the inevitable when it comes,
but nevertheless should keep up our courage
and be ready to do all that we can to aid each
other in these periods of great distress.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02
The Rice Propaganda.

Senator Henry L. G%uaydan, OF Gueydan, La,
has been directed by the Rice Association OF
America, with headquarters at Crowley, La, to
undertake actively the dissemination OF the
merits of rice as a foodstuff. During the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo, some seven
years ago, such efforts were made and did much
good in familiarizing the people OF this country
with the value Of rice as a staple t0odstuft, the
value of which millions of our people had never
previously considered. Three-fourths OF the
people of the United States look upon rice as a
luxury, an article to be used in making up des-
serts and therefore, only to be used upon special
occasions. That it should enter active compe-
tition with oatmeal, grits and the hundreds of
patented breakfast foods as a staple commodity
for use every day and especially at the break
fast table, does not seem to have occurred to
them and it is for this purpose that the present
renewed efforts are being made to get the peo-
pie of the federal union generally interested in
rice on it's intrinsic merits as a staple foodstuff.
Over half the people of the earth utilize rice
as their staple food and it is produced in larger
quantities than wheat and is more nutritious
and more readily digestible than any other
known cereal. At the prices now prevailing for
rice, at least at wholesale, it ought to enter into
very general consumption. The difficulty now
seems to be that rice, being regarded in the
West and North as something of a luxury, sells
when handled at retail, for double or triple its
normal price. Excellent head rice, good enough
for anyone, can be bought in New Orleans in
thousand pound lots, for 4. so cents. When this
rice is sold in St. Louis, or St. Paul, in Cincin-
natl or Pittsburg, and reaches the retailers
there, it is generally dealt out at from 8 to II
cents per pound, and thus, an article just as
plentiful in the world as wheat and of a quail
ity superior to wheat as foodstuff, is tripled in
price by the time that it reaches the consumer.
There are millions of acres of land in the
Southern half of the United States we'll adapted
to the production of rice and if sufficient atten-
ton were given to the food value of this cereal
to make a market for all the rice produced,
there is scarcely any limit to our possible pro-
duction.
For these reasons Senator Gueydan is reach
ing out everywhere among his extensive &C.
-quaintance in this and the adjoining states, ask
ing the cooperation of everyone concerned in
aiding him in his rice propaganda and it is to
be hoped that the press generally will take up
the matter and do all it can to aid Senator Guey-
dan in his praiseWorthy enterprise.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02
Home Grown Tobacco.

The Tobacco Trust is making the tobacco
habit quite an expensive luxury and we now
revert to the matter from the fact that in our
own parish in years gone by it was quite the
custom to produce more or less tobacco. Years
ago the parish Of Natchitoches produced quite a
quantity of the famous perique tobacco and in
St. James parish more or less is done in perique
growing even up to the present time. Some of
our elder citizens are probably familiar even
now with the standard methods of tobacco
growing in this parish and we should very
much regret to see it become one of our lost
arts.
Recently in some scientific researches the
fact was brought out that a peculiar ferment
was produced in tobacco under pressure, a fer
ment different from that produced without pres
sure. This is the secret of success in the manu-
facture of perique tobacco. A screw press
bearing down on a mass Of tobacco in the pro-
cess of it's curing and manufacture, only has a
definite pressure when it is screwed down tight,
as the tobacco adjusts itself to the pressure thus
exerted upon it the pressure then ceases and it
requires constant renewing in order to maintain
any given pressure. The perique tobacco man.
ufacturers seem to have learned long ago this
fact so recently brought out by our scientists
and that is that they could only get their desired
favor by a constant pressure prevailing on the
tobacco all the time. Their tobacco arranged
in certain forms, was placed under a lever
pressure and at the end Of the lever weights
were hung on and as the tobacco adjusted itself
to the given pressure the pressure continued
because the lever would go down as the tobacco
became more and more compact.
1t would seem strange to find that our scien-
lists in their research work are thus able to
bring cut and explain we'll recognized facts that
have rot been previously accounted for. The
flavor of tobacco depends upon the character Of
its fermentation as much as does the favor Of
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02
The P!aquemines Parish East Bank
Back LeVee.

While the back levee in this district did not
keep out the hurricane waters of 1908, it seems
to have materially diminished the force of the
tidal wave in a considerable part Of the district
Of which the levee is designed to protect. Few
persons have any idea of the occasional stress
that is put upon the east bank portion Of this
parish by these great easterly storms that oc-
casionally befall us. The citizens of the East
Bank Back Levee District have been willing to
tax themselves to the limits Of their ability and
are engaged in constructing the levee which
has not yet reached completion, although
the work has been continually in progress.
Several contractors who were engaged in the
work having failed to meet their obligations;
more or less delay has occurred in the construc-
ton of the levee, and yet those who are the best
informed in regard to the matter, believe that
the back levee has already several times saved
to the residents within the limits of its district
far more than the cost involved in it's c%onstruc-
ton and maintenance thus far. That it should
be completed and made far stronger than ever
and that all this should be done as soon as pos
sible, is demonstrated by the storm through
which we have just passed, and the Board of
Commissioners for the district will undoubtedly
press the work to completion as far as lies
within their power and will undoubtedly appeal
to the state for such relief as can be given to
the district, the very existence of which is
threatened if the integrity of the levee be not
maintained.
At the mouth of the river it has been a
recognized fact from the beginning that the
eastern jetty is the one that has received the
brunt Of all the storms and has been the most
difficult one to maintain, while the jetty on the
western side Of the river, with only thousand
feet of flowing water between it and the east
ern jetty, has been comparatively easy to main
tain. The full force Of the storms in the past
falling upon the eastern jetty has displaced
great blocks Of concrete weighing many tons.
The constant repair Of the jetty has maintained
itAnd the result is the keeping open the navi-
CATION Of the Mississippi River to all the world.
We only refer to this as accentuating the diff
culties that environ the present Back Levee
District. We believe that it is now some forty
miles long and it would seem to US that perhaps
it would be wise to divide it up with cross levees
at properly selected points, such as would divide
the risk 50 that the sea, If it broke through into
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02

The harvest. season of 1909 brought
the usual cry for help from the western
farmers. The scarcity Of farm labor
ers has become chronic everywhere, in
spite of the fact, that every day sees
5000 immigrants from Europe landed
at u gates, though one seldom nova
days finds a "greenhorn" in any farm
ing community save in the newly set
tied states. These foreign seekers
after fortune in. America flock to the
manufacturing c%enters, and to the rail
ways, canals and other public works,
which seem to absorb them by the mil
lion without producing congestion. In
the meantime, the opening up annually
Of thousands of new homesteads in
creases the dearth in the farm labor
market. Farm Journal.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02

Oscar Arroyo to Fl. Martin. light wash.
H. Martin to j. Cosse, 70 per cent.
Drain box washed out at II. Martins.
J.. Cosse drain box washed out.
B. Savoie, lower pace, z5 per cent.
Haspe' and Davis. verr !,ght.
Crevoesn between assrei 4 Davis
and Steven !~rtigue, 80 Zee. wide.
Stevens Lartisne 70 widow J. Martin
S per cent.
Drain box at A. Martins washed out.
Widow J. Martin to Leo Martin. no
wash.
Hing|e and Movers drain box washed
out, 80 feet wide.
Martin Brothers, SO per cent.
Haspel & Davis to Jos. Cosse Gre
vase 20 feet wide.
Jos. Cosse, drain box washed out, Is
per cent.
Leo. Martin to Haspel and Davis.
small crevasse, wash. SO per cent.
Schayot and Martin drain box washed
out, Is feet wide.
Schayot and & Martin to Grand Bay
on, small crevasse, 50 yer cent.
Grand Bayou to F. c. Movers, 10 per
cent.
f. G., Movers 400 feet of small ere
vase, SO per cent.
Drain box washed out at F. c.
Movers.
F. c. Movers to lower line Of Rohe-
mia, no wash.
Lower line of Bohemia to center.
widow Jennie Burton, no wash.
Centre Of widow J.. Burton to Vim.
Cannon, 5 per cent.
VIM. Cannon 200 # to small crcvassr.
so per cent.
Drain box washed out ut Haspel and
Davis.
Chas. Fox to James pinaud. numer-
Gus small crevasses, drain box washed
out, 80 per cent.
James Pinaud to Edward Sims. 20
per cent.
Edward Sims ty Henry Hincks. mum.
erous ~crevasses, so per cent.
Henry Hincks to J. & A. Pinaud, 80
per cent.
J. & A. Pinaud to center of NJ.
Walter 5 per cent.
From center of NJ. Walter to Has
pei e. Davis very slight wash.
Haspel & Davis to r. Walter 80 per
cent,
From K. Walter to Joseph DAVID
Co., Ltd, no wash.
Joyeph DAVID Co., Ltd, to Nestor
Canal, Is per cent,
Nestor Canal to Henry Taylor no
wash.
Henry Taylor to John Bowers 5 per
cent.
Louis Zetwoch. creyasse L" '"t
VIDE.
Jos. Bowers 70 =, ra'c'r 3 per
cent.
c. Cscco.. c:o~- vestr 2 Feet
below Sraar ~ re: w:!'
~ " >le, ,,:ct g Ter
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02

In such places rs this a recurrence
Of this trouble can be avoided i'll the
future by building a levee Of consider
ably higher grade than in other places,
where conditions are more favorable.
Another feature which contributed
largely to d%isintegrstion, was lac rb'
sence of grass Of plant he on the ieSee,
1t might be we'll, therefore for the
Board to invest in wholesale Bermuda
: grass planting along the entire line
There were all told some ten drair
boxes washed out, nearly all of which
were recently constructed, the sur
rounding earth thereto having easily
yielded to the force of wind and wave
by reason of its fresh structure.
While Mr.. Monget would say nothing
officially as to a general estimate OF
the work he thought would be required
he nevertheless kindly furnished u
with his valued notes which are herein
below published and which will nj
doubt interest all who are Interested If
the future of the back levee.
Due to the peculiar nature of tn
damage, it will be a difficult matter t
estimate the percentage of the leVet
which it will be necessary to recon
struct, but it is safe to say that it will
cost nothing less than $50, 600 to re
pair the leyee and in most place
heighten it, say two to three feet abov
it's present grade.
Following are the notes furnished u
by State Engineer Monget showing tn
extent of loss sustained:
Harlem to lower line Of Union, leve'
intact.
Lower line of Union to l.. Cazalas,
per cent wash.
l.. Cazalas to Mrs. <. Cornin, leve,
intact
Mrs. E. Cornin to Pierre Dragon
S per cent, wash.
Pierre Dragon to widow Sal. Hingle
10 per cent. wash.
Widow Sal. Hingle to Collin Chanov'
Is per cent, small crevasse.
Collin Chanove to P. Gravolet, 5 pc
cent. wash.
P. Gravolet to A. U. Sordelet, mum
erous crevasses, Is per cent.
A. U. Sordelet to Haspell and Davis
Is per cent.
B Savoie, 300 feet washed nearl,
away, rs per cent.
B. Savoie to Haspel e. Davis, so pc
cent, small crevasse.
Hapel e. DAVIS to widow j. Kicharm
20 per cent.
Widow J. Richarme, box washed on
20 feet wide.
Widow J. Richarme to St. Thoma
Church, light wash.
Church to c. V. Thibaut, 10 per cent
G.. V. Thibout to Mrs. S, Carlo, .
per cent.
Mrs. S. Carlo to F. c. Mevcre, ha!
crevasse, 50 per cent.
Drain box washed out at Felix Hin
gle, 80 feet wide.
F. c. Movers to Dudley MoS.:c-. Pc
cent.
Dudley Morlier to Oscar Arroyo, \
per cent, small crevasse.
Drain box washed out on Oscar z 'oy'
20 feet wide.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02
The Daily States and the Tariff

1--WE desire to state a statement
So states the DAILY StateS,'
(which will rate as a first rate
Berating, Of those awful tariff rates.
Just think Of the bitter dose
We must swallow at ore gulp;
Not one blessed cent reduction
On the list for wooden pulp.
Now We are going to see to 1t
At the very next election,
That only Congressman are elected
Who are pledged against Protection.
Here in dear Old Louisiana
Our Gaylorious State,
The planters will surely love US.
Because We advocate
That sugar be allowed to come
To this country free;
This will make the planter prosperous,
As no doubt they'll all agree.
And in our sister State Of Texas,
The State of the Lone Star,
This writing upon the wall
Appears to US from afar;;
Those Democrats who voted
For protection on their hides,
Will 90 down in history
As Democratic Snides.,
In Florida the Flowery State,
Nothing else would suit,
They insisted on Protection
For their citrus fruit;
To accomplish which, Of course,
They made disgraceful trades.
This puts them on the list
With other renegades.
And South Carolina Democrats,
With your success i%ll-begotten,
With your nefarious trades
For Protection on Sea Island Cotton;
Of course, as an additional
Excuse, for your swapping vice,
You point with swelling pride to
The Protection on your rice.
And each bright Georgia Statesman,
Afraid of being a back number.
Was willing to concede most anything
For Protection on their lumber;
And into the constituents eye,
They threw a few more cinders
By demanding in stentorian tones,
Protection for their %pindars."
And now SO states, the statesman
Who is stationed on the States,
by their own acts they've tripped
Themselves, like men or roller skates
For all these Democratic Statesmen
Who had Democrscy to burr,
Have burned it for Protection
To get Protection in their turn.
Now there's one thing false, Democra
We're going to do to you, my hearty
We shall rise up in our mighty wrath
And read you out Of the Party
But the Statesman IN the States
Has heard the mighty roar,
OF dissatisfied subscribers.
Who were satisfied before.
And what do you suppose
Is the song they sing,
Well it's: 81 love my Daily States,
But Oh Ew Wing
t@ By.
L'ENVOIE
To the Statesman of the States:
Upon this subject in the future
If you are a wise Democrat,
You wont give US thing but silence
And very little of that. -.
...c,. BY.
Assumption Pioneer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-02

Dead men tell no tales-and ven
their epitaphs are not always believed.
The right kind of man doesn't have
to spend half his time looking for a job.
The wind frequently turns an UNI
brella, but a borrower seldom returns
it.
If a detective is on your trail you can
go down to the ferry and give him the
slip.
Even the expressman may at times
have some difficulty in expressing him.
self.
No, Maude, dear, you can't always
fatter a sailor by giving him salt water
tatfy. -or."..
In n argument what a woman lacks
in logic she more than makes up in
tears.
The turning point of many a young
fellows life is when a girl. turns him
down.
The pawnbroker with whom you
intrust your watch is a sort Of time
keeper. -. .,&:~
Tipping the scales is the only sure
means Of getting your own weigh in
this world. .~y::
Life wouldn't be worth living to
some people if there was nothing to
kick about.
It's strange how many people are
ready to come to our assistance when
we don't need it. .. ..