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Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Good Report on Gas Supply.

Shreveport Il. CASTOR, Walker
Ellis and Adolph Boldt, the committee
sent here by the business interests Of
Houston to investigate the resources of
the Caddo gas field, with a view Of hav.
ing Galveston. Beaumont, Houston and
other Texas coast points supplied with
natural gas, returned from Mornings
port and Oil City, where they spent the
day. They left for Houston with data
that will prompt them to urge the build
ing Of a pipe line from the Caddo field.
Their investigation showed that there
are twenty-five gas wells, with a ca
pacity of over l5,00o,0O0 cubic feet
each. t~otaling 100000 cubic feet
daily. in the local field.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
ACTS ON RECOMMENDATION OF
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Railroad Merger Case Will Go Be-
fore Expeding Court Provided
by Antitrust Act.

Washington, D. C.-The president has
determined to press to Il conclusion Tie
pending suit against the Union and
Southern Pacific railroad companies,
looking to a dissolution of the merger,
and today concluded to deny the appli-
cation Of Judge Lovett. Mr.. Harrimans
successor, for dismissal of the suit.
Soon after Judge Lovett, with Il num-
Der of influential railroad people, aP-
peaIed to the president to quash the pro-
ceedings before Judge Nandeventer's
court in Salt Lake City, Mr.. Taft, fol-
lowing the purse that had been adopted
in the case of the famous New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com
pany when a similar appeal was made,
referred the matter to the attorney
general for examination and report.
In the New England ease it was fotild
that, owing to the action taken by the
state of Massachusetts and the insis-
niticance of the governments interests,
it would be best to abandon the prose
cutiou of :he railroad. and this was done.
But Attorney General Wickersilam
reached a very different conclusion in
ibis Pacific railroad merger case, and he
handed to President Taft Il voluminous
report, the conclusion of which justified
the president in the announcement that
there was a good case against the rail
roads, following the decision in the
Northern Securities litigation. There
fore, the proceedings at Salt Lake City
will be pressed.
The status of the case at present is
this:
The government has put in its testi-
mony. The defense must begin in April,
when the usual evidence in rcbuttal must
be submitted thereafter. Then the case
will 90 to that novel tribunal of four
judges provided for by the antitrust
act, known rs the cXpcditing court, and
doubtless in the end will come before
the supreme court of the United States.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
TO FIGHT COTTON EXCHANGE
Farmers Union President Says Con-
pressmen Must Make Stand.

Atlanta, Ga.-Presidcnt Charles S.
Barrett of the Farmers Union left At
lanta Wednesday FOR Washington, where
he goes to direct the fight Of that or
ganization against the New York Cotton
Exchange.
He will meet in Washington promi-
nent national leaders of the Farmers
Union from every portion of the South.
"The time has come" he said, when
the congressman who have been max
ing protestations of sympathy with us
in u fight on the iniquitous practices
of the exchange must show their faith
by works. We are going to give them
the opportunity to do that this trip.
We are better prepared than in many
years to demonstrate to congressional
committees the economic injuries wrought
by the New York Cotton Exchange. and
congressman from the South and West
must line up against exchange or an
swcr to the Farmers Union in elections
next fall"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Another Oil Well revived.

Lafayette Reports from Ansc la
Butte are that Herbert well No. /, on
the Bcgnand tract, WAS cleaned ont by
Manager Ed Rawson and showed up 200
barrels of oil per day. The well was
brought in several months ago, yielding
at first about 800 barrels per day. but
this capacity was reduced gradually to
thirty or forty barrels. This well is ex-
ceptional in the purity of oil. no salt
water as yet having appeared. Active
operations in several quarters of the
field have begun, and the prospects are
most encouraging, according to reports
Of oil men.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
New Directory of CAPITAL City.

Baton Rouge Arrangements are be
ing made for the getting out of a 1910
directory of the city Of Baton Rouge.
The Louisiana Directory Company has
been organized for this purpose. with
Louis P. Head president, NJ. B. Pittman
vice president, Joe Snyder secretary and
treasurer. 1t is proposed to issue the
directory about the last Of March. This
will be the first directory that has been
gotten out for four years One was is
sued in 1906 and another was published
in 1908, showing Baton Rouge to have a
population of $4,000, but owing to the
difficulties which the promoters had the
directory was not generally circulated,
and in reality it has been four years
since this city has had a directory.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
PRINCIPAL and Teachers RESIGN.

Brcaux Ridgc.-This community is
again facing a serious school muddIc.
and one which is causing a great deal
of comment, though student reasons of
why and wherefore are not obtainable.
The high school recently occupied was
vacated in a single day, when the prin-
cipa}. Professor A. NJ. Whipple of Baton
Rouge, and six assistants have resigned
and gone to their various homes. The
assistants were Miss Fannie Terrell of
New Iberia; Miss Isabelle Stewart Of
Breaux Bridge; Miss Alice Allen Of Ten
ncssce; Miss A. Pagan Of Alabama. Miss
Winfred Fullerton of Michigan and Miss
B. Latham of Tennessee.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
AGAINST APPROPRIATION.
Representative Douglass Would Give
More to Agriculture.

Washington, D. C.-Representative
Douglass, of Ohio, protested to the
house against the appropriation of II
per cent of the revenues for the army
and navy and only 2 per cent for agri-
cultural purposes. He proposes saving
slo,0OO,0Oo by authorizing only one
battlcship this year and giving half Of
that amount to promote agriculture.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Leaves Dance and Shoots Herself

~SpringviIIc.- Miss Doris Vicknair.
E.year-old daughtc" Of Prosper Virk.
nair, member of the police jury from
the Fifth Ward. attempted suicide at
the home of her father on Bear island,
at the lower end Of the parish. The
Nirknair family attended a dance at the
home Of "A ncighbor. and while the dance
was in progress, and %unnotired by any
of her family or friends, Miss Vicknair
left and went to her home, where she Sc
cured her fathers pistol. Placing the
muzzle to her breast, she fred. At last
reports Miss Vicknair was alive. and
the attending physician gave the family
hopes Of her recovery. though advised
her removal to New Orleans for treat.
mcnt.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05

ALL OVER LOUISIANA
EOYS' CORN CLUES HOLD sue
CEsSFUL CONVENTION.
Fl;ttering Inducements Held Out to
Youths Who Engage in
Crop Contest.

LAFAYETTE. superintendent NrlGht
and his assistants are being c"ngratH-
lated over the success of the convection
Of bows com clubs Of the parish here
February 3, one Of the most successful
meetings Of the kind even hrll heidi IN
the state. There are at present SOM"
thirty corn clubs, with nearly 500 mem
bCrS enrolled, constituting tn" largest
organization of this nature III Louisiana,
Flattcring Inducements ar" held out and
the authorities Ct the parish anI towns
will supplement the liberal cash prizes
already secured by special approprla-
tions to aid the movement.
Nine hundred pounds of fine seed corn
will BE used by the boys in planting one
acre each. Premiums Of $50 in gold
are offered. in addition to three trips
to the state fair and corn iaiSrrs' rX,
hihit at Shreveport. \ meeting Of tn"
LAFAYETTE Corn Growers Association
will follow the boys meeting. The
"i''H'HS "H"''01 o. t"' ''f' wac H'''
cred by Charles O. Mouton. The follow
ing topics We're discussed: "Prcpara,
ton ana Fertilization of Land, United
States Demonstration Agent \. a. Nor
row: "~Explanation Of Rules as to
Amount of Land to Be Cultivated. Rec
ords to Be Kept, Manner of Ascertain
ing licld,' Superintendent +. l..
Wright; "Cnltiva1ion Of the Crop and
Of Selecting Seed for Next Year, Y. l..
Manner Of Selecting Seed for Next
Year, Y. l.. Roy.
The program closed with an address
by State Superintendent of Education
T II. Harris and distribution Of seed by
Mr.. Wright.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05

= LOUISIANA PARAGRAPHS \


Deer are plentiful near Morgan City
this season. Parties from Crowley, la
fayctto and New iberia have recently
been on successful hnnts.
a general meeting Of the rice grow
ers Of East Carroll parish. has been
called by tine police jury for February
. to devise ways and means to prevent
damage to public roads and TIE de-
struction Of fish by irrigation work.
The Louisiana Society for the Pre-
v@ention Of Cruelty to Animals recently
held it's annual meeting in New Orleans.
Judge O'Neill charged the special
grand jury at Franklin TO investigate
the report that certain social clubs in
st. Mary parish acc a subterfuge to
cvade the Gay-Shattuck law ana VIC
late the Sunday law
Woman suffrage will be the subject Of
the annual debate between Louisiana
State University and Texas University
at Austin April -.
Fourteen guns were stolen from q
hardware store at Monroe. The thief
ought to be able to put up a good de-
Tense.
". A. Skinner. % years old, the father
Of thirteen children, suicidnd By shoot
ing in a saloon at Monroe. where he
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
THE SEINE IS RECED|NC
BUILDINGS WHOSE WALLS UN.
DERMINED MAY COLLAPSE.
New Crevices IN Streets of Paris.
Dozens of People Have Disap-
peared in Fissures.

Paris.-SIowIy, very slowly, the ,wol
len waters OF the Seine are subslling,
bringing Il sense Of relief to the desc
lated and distracted city.
The danger of some great calamity,
such as has been predicted, now seems
over, although the situation continues to
he critical at many points within the
city, particularly III the ncighborhool OF
the st. Lazarre station, where the en-.
tire streets and solid blocks of buildings
threaten to sink through the crust into
the waters beneath.
The effect of the removal Of the water
pressure has been to weaken foundations
generally, and this causes the greatest
anxiety. Besides, there will be thousands
of acres to be cleared Or repaired when
the water has recedcd, and there is also
the possibility of an epidemic breaking
out. 1t is generally believed that the
breaking of the dam at Genneviliiers APP
probably FASTENED the climax by relpas-
liS All immense amount Oh water. out
the consequences below are appalling,
Gennevilliers and Colombes, having 3d.
600 inhabitants, are completely sub
merged, the water reaching the tops of
the houses in the lower section, while
the flood is backing up into the very
heart of Asnieres.
Figures as to the number Of persons
affected by the food in the valley of the
Seine are pure guess-work, but certainly
4 10000 people have been driven from
their homes to the hospitals and other
buildings which have been placed at the
disposition of the refugees.
There have been a dozen instances
where persons have disappeared in crev.
ices suddenly opened under their feet OF
have been swept away in the eve
floods. Many pitiful stories are told Of
the rescue of half-starved persons who
had been imprisoned in their houses. A
number of persons have become insane
through fear and suffering.
One sailor who had engaged in the
work of rescue until he reached the limit
of physical endurance became crazed,
jumped into the Seine and was drowned.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05

New York.-It may be that DR.. Cooks
former secretary, Lonsdale, who took his
papers to Copenhagen, has sworn out a
warrant for his arrest. Lonsdale has IL
big bill against Cook fer services and ex-
penses. When a reporter called at the
home of DR.. Cooks brother, William l..
Cook, in Brooklyn, Mr.. Cook was read
ing, he declared, the latest of three epis-
ties from his brother, DR.. Cook, in as
many weeks. DR.. Cook is in Europe,
but the brother would not say wnere
William was also positive that Mrs. Cook
is with her husband, and that she has
not deserted him as false friends" would
have the public believe.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Irrigation Plant DESTROYED,

Jennings.-Fire destroyed the plant of
the Riverside Irrigation Company, The
buildings were a warehouse, 5lx170;
another 40xl70, mill. 40x40; fonr stores
and the pumping plant, with all the ma
chinery, except the pumps. Six hundred
sacks Of seed rice were also consumed.
The attention of two workmen was call
ed to a fire an hour before. which they
put out. 1t is thought that sparks
lodged in dry rubbish under the ware
house. The plant is located about six
miles from Jennings. i'll Acadia parish.
The estimated loss is $4,000.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
sIANDARDINNG COTTON.
Department of Agriculture's Sample
on Exhibition in Congress.

Washington, D. C.-The exhibiting Of
samples of cotton rs recently graded by
the department of agriculture in its
efforts to standardize that staple was.
discussed today by Representative Scott
of Kansas. chairman Of the committee on
agriculture. He told the house that by
the 1st of next September Secretary Will
son hopes to have his new system OF
standardizing cotton adopted by all the
selling agencies.
IN the place of ''innumerable classes
of cotton upon which prices had been
predicated. Mr.. Scott said he believed
the world would eventually adopt the
nine classes into which various grades
of cotton had been divided by the de-
partment of agriculture
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
BELLE SACRIFICES SKIN.
Saves Life of Child Burned Almost
to Death.

Atlanta, Cain order to save the life
of little Esteile Williams. Miss Alberta
Lively, a beautiful 20-yearold society
girl, allowed great strips of skin to be
torn from her body and grated on the
little girl.
Estelle Williams was terribly burned,
the injuries refused to heal, and the sur
geons decided the child would die unless
fresh skin was grated on the burned
places.
Volunteers were called for and Miss
Lively, among others, offered. She was
chosen because of her Astounding vitality.
Miss Lively was put On the operating
table, chloroformed and enough of her
skin removed to cover the burns of the
little girl. The operation was entirely
successful, the healthy skin of Miss
Lively is healing the burns of the little
girl and Miss Lively is recovering. Both
Miss Lively and the little girl are on adj
Joining cots in the hospital, and a great
affection has sprung up between them.
NO WHISKY IN PROVO.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Hopes for Coal Lands.

Washington.-John A. Ballaine Of
SEATTLE was introduced to the president
by Senator Jones of Washington and
briefly explained the proposition made
by him to the senate committee On ter.
%ritories to pay a royalty of so cents
per ton for the coal to be taken from
the government lands in Alaska. The
president only commented that he hoped
congress would some day make provision
for getting at the immense stores of coal
in that far-away territory.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Rather Tall,

That" said Senator Tillman of an
opponents argument, is an amusing
eXaggeration.'
He smiled.
In fact" he continued. 1T is as
bad an eXaggeration as the story
about Ben Johnson's height. They
said of Ben, you know, the candidate
for sheriff, that when he made a stump
speech, instead of getting a stump
ready for him to mount, they would,
because he was so tall, dig a hole for
him to stand in"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
d. Well Takes Rest.

ShrevepOrt.-Owncrs Of one Of the
largest producing oil wells in the field
surrounding Shreveport were nonpluyscd
at the sudden cessation Of the well s
flow a few days ago. Three days late.
the flow again started, with an est,
mated capacity of 5000 barrels daily.
Archbishop Blenk has approved plans
for the erection of a $4,000 church at
Lafayette.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Big Rice Purchases.

Crowlev.-Frank a. Godchaux OF
Abbeville, whose heavy purchases OF
rice in large lots have attracted wide at
tontion this season, has purchased from
John =. Burgin a lot of 1900 sacks Of
Japan at 1926 a barrel all round. Mr.
Godchaux has made this season two sin
gle purchases Of O,OOO sacks. both from
the Louisiana Irrigation and NH Com
pany.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
NO WHISKY IN PROVO.
Little Boy Died Because None Could Be
Procured,

Provo, Utah.-The druggists of this
,ity having entered into an agreement
neither to sell nor give away liquor for
sixty days, T. j. Smith was unable to
procure whisky declared by a physician
TO be necessary to save the life of
Smiths two-yearold son. The child
lied from pneumonia. The prescription
which the apothecaries refused to fill
vas endorsed by the president of the
Aty council and Que of tho councilmen.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Sold More Than a Gallon.

Cairo, lll.-Selling more than one gal.
Ion of liquor at a time caused the arrest
of Potts & Perkins, saloon keepers, on
warrants charging them with violating
the restriction in the retail license issued
to them by the city of Cairo. The po-
lice have been instructed to keep tab on
both wholesale and retail liquor dealers
to see that they do not infringe on each
others rights. This is the first case of
its kind.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
WILL PRESERVE ORDER,
Oklahoma Justice Will Preside With
Loaded Revolver.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-When Justice
OF the Peace Beal opens his court to hear
the case of c. A. Rodenser VS.. Frank
Muskowski, he will have a loaded re-
volver on his desk, with which to pre-
serve order. This is his announcement.
During a former hearing of this case
Rodenser called Judge J. Fl. Beatty,
counsel for Muskowski, a liar, and Beat
ty resented it by hurting an inkrtand
at Rodenser.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
An Educational Problem,

Little Margery has just begun to go
to the kindergarten, and is filled with
a due sense of the importance of her
studies there and the solemn value OF
the attachments that have thus been
put within her reach. The other aft
ernoon, after coming home from
school, she remained in a brown study
for a time, and then said: Mamma.
do | know as much now as /! don't
know"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Truckers vii, Plant Potatoes.

Zacharay.-The Zachary truck grow
ers are busy preparing to plant two
car loads of potatoes, which have ar
rived from Princeton, MINI. Four car
loads in all will be planted, in addition
TO other truck.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Wildwood Plantation Sold.

Napoleonvillc.-Thc Wildwood PLAN
tation Of William Beas]y was sold to
Clarence Barton. ST., and William Ber-
geron for $4,000. Mr.. Bergcron. who
has been manager Of the Little Texas
plantation, viii manage Wildwood.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
Artesian Wells at Amite City.

Amite City.-The third artesian well
for Amite City within the past three
months was brought in at the court
house, with a four-inch flow and a pres
sure sufficient to throw the water 100
feet high.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05

caused Il weakness
and broken down
condition of tho
system. | read SO
muchofwhatLydia
L. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women |
felt sure it would
helpme. andlmust
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all left me. !
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
WARRANT OUT FOR DR.. COOK
Polar Explorer Said to Be in Santa
rum in Neckar Valley.

Berlin.-It is reported that the police
at Heidelburg have received a warrant
for the arrest of DR.. Frederick A. Cook,
the discredited arctic explorer, who is
said to be a patient in DR.. Furer's sani-
tarium in the Neckar Valley.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
BURNED TO A CRISP.
Widow and Baby Meet Death in Bottom
of Canyon.

Dalhart, Texas.-Plunging 100 feet to
the bottom of Blanco canyon and then
burned to a crisp with her baby amid
the debris of a wagon that contained
all her household goods, was the fate
of Mrs. S. r. Break, a widow, near the
little plains town of Floydada. Mrs.
Break was moving across country in a
heavy wagon.
The horses became frightened ard
backed over the precipice. A stove in
the outfit set fire to the goods and a
can of gasoline exploded.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-02-05
WANTS Her
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit OF Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Minn.-"I was q great
sufferer from female troubles which
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-05-27
Season
Formally Opened
fa!!on Assists the Locals in Dedi-
cation Of Handsome Park Large
Crowd Sees Defeat Of Visitors

Reach's new baseball park was
initiated in befitting manner last
Sunday when Fallon. Mont, met
defeat at the hands Of the locals
before a large crowd of enthus-
astic fans. the score being 10 too,
The visitors were not only shut
out but the Beach slab artists got
the credit for pitching no-hit
game. Armentrout and Tower
divided honors in doing the stunt,
the former pitching the first five
innings and Tower winding up
the game with a strong arm.
Green. the old veteran, worked
behind the bat, and did good work.
in fact the whole team made a
favorable impression upon the
crowd, dispute the wind and dust.
At no time did the visitors ap-
pear to have a show of scoring.
while the locals had no difficulty
in connecting safely with the
sphere and crossing the home plate.
Next Sunday the locals 60 to VII
baux and on Monday play return
game with the same team here.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-05-27

Congregational church May 80,
at Sis.
j. A. Miller went to Dickinson
on legal business Tuesday.
Mrs. Bert Lush and daughter
of Dickinson spent Thursday in
Beach with friends.
Senator A. l.. Martin of Sen
tinel Butte was a business visitor
in Beach Tuesday and made the
Chronicle pleasant call.
David Thompson and Mrs. Mary
Rollins drove to Fallon. Mont,
on Wednesday of last week to visit
relatives, returning Monday even
ing.
Hon. rhos. Evans Of Taylor,
representative from Stark county,
was in the city Monday on his
way back home from the coast,
where he had spent the last year.
j. A. Weideman and family
were passengers Tuesday for Bel
field. where Mr.. Wiedeman has
purchased tract Of land, with
the intention of making arrange
ment for cropping it.
| FOR SALF-House in good con.
dition on corner lot; 81 nice trees
lot fenced and nicely located.
Cheap if taken at once. Address
lock box 435. Beach. or inquire at
the Chronicle office. 2Stf
The Ladies Aid of the Lutheran
church will hold a basket social
in Logan's hall Saturday evening,
June 4, to which the public gen.
orally is cordially invited. Bring
baskets we'll loaded.
FOR SALE Thirty-hors, CoIeaE
steam breaking outfit: 36X56 Alt
man Taylor separator; new ten
bottom Reeves ha.id lift pillow;
two tanks and cook car. Will take
81, 500, cash or bankable paper. =
Christ j ;hnson. Beach. 2Stf
| ESTRAYED-From my place or
Beaver creek, l6 miles north Of
Beach, six head of mare colts
one and two years old; fresh branded
- on left thigh. Reasonable
reward for information lead
ing to their recovery. Notify W
w. Lathom, Wibaux, Mont.p 2S-3(
Chas. Conkling and John Eberle
two capitalists of Bellevue, Iowa
were in the city Monday. The!
were in this region looking foI
land investment and took occasion
to call on their former townsmen
O. C. kucheman and the Chron
icle scribe.
G. l.. Brewer has an ad. in thi
} issue which is worth perusing
Mr.. Brewer conducts blacksmith
S ing, horseshoeing and wagon re
i. pairing establishment just west O
\ Ulfers & Merrill's barn. and ha
e recently branched out into tn
J. automobile repairing business
S having employed fer this latte
work an expert from the east.