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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
HAS ARRIVED
The City of Shreveport Reached This
City Yesterday.

The City of Shreveport arrived from
New Orleans yesterday afternoon well
freighted with variety of products and
merchandise.
The officers, who have many friends
in this city and along Red river, are:
George White, captain; w. H. Read
man and W. A. White, pilots; Charles
De Lacroix, engineer; Joseph A. Duke
and Henry Barnard, mates; John Nash,
watchman.
This is a reminder of "old times"
when steamboating was profitable, when
captains and pilots were paid from
$500 to $500 per month. In those days
flour by the barrel ranged from $4,000
upwards, and the freight paid on bale
of cotton to New Orleans was-we1l,
regardless. Everything was booming
and everybody had money to throw at
the birds.
The City of Shreveport is supplying
a want long felt and should receive the
fullest and the most generous of sub
stantial encouragement,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
THE COLD WEATHER AND THE
BOIL WEEVIL.

During the recent cold spell with ice
and snow in abundance eyerywa Is, a
casual examination of a cotton field
disclosed that all the boil weevils are
not dead at least many have survived !.
In Red River parish, on the Jack
Creighton place, there was picked cas-
ually a half grown boil, frozen solid,
which on being taken to warm room,
thawed and through mere curiosity il
was opened, and there, fully alive, was
young boil weevil, quite frisl,y and
as if ready for business.
From this statement, obtained from
gentleman of reliability and -conserva
i've in a general sense, the conclusion
may be reached that there will bs
>enough boil weevils to survive the colo
weather to propagate millions of theif
kind on the advent of spring. 1t fol
lows, therefore, that the only plan 70
operation must be in a diversifcation 0
crops with all the cotton planted whicl
may be cultivated and preserved re
gardless of this pest, the great enem
of the farmer
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
REAL ESTATE MARKET.

Furnished by Caddo Abstract Com
pany, Ltd, Office 5I7 Marshall street,
Jason White to James F. Fisher, loi
25 Lincoln Heights; $500
P. L Blaclrnan ct al to Martha
Holmes, lot 9 block 4 Fairfield Place
subdivision; $I3685.
]. D. Wilkinson ct al to Chas. Titche
lot block 9 Fairfield Heights; 500.
Hammett Lumber and Construction
Co. to James R. Bryant, lot 81 Pine
hurst $2I5o.
Sam w. Mason to E. v. Coly, lot 22z
and east half of lot 221 Pinehurst; $500
Philip Draiss to A. C. and c. S
Steere, lots 81 to 65 Fairmount; $4,000
c. S. and A. c. Steere to Philip
Draiss, lot 6S Fairmount; $3ooo.
Isadore Bluestein to L. E. Eetchison
rs interest in acre lots 6, 7, s in south
west quarter sec. 81, 81, IS; 500.
p A. Singlust to l. E. Etchison, 4;
interest in same lots; $Ioo.
Hammett Lumber and Construction
Marx Bluestein to L E. Etchison, L,
| interest in same lots; $Ioo.
Co. to Annie E, Brown, lot Fl and hal
of lot ~ in block. /, Insersoll Height
subdivision; $25oo.
Caddo Realty Co. to Miss Behind
Randall, lots I23 and I24 Pinef1urs
subdivision; $500.
Obie Dupree to ]. G. Hester, lot
block Talbot & Perrin subdivision; $5oc
ic L Campisi to Leo Melancon, lot 2
block u Queensborough; $275.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
PURE MILK
A Protest Which Should Be Followed
with Criminal Prosecution.

1t is criminal to sell tainted milk.
1t is criminal to sell milk adulterated.
Milk is the food of the child, if not
of the infant. It is the sustenance OF
the invalid, but there are many infants
and many invalids who are kept alive
on milk of the COW.
1-;S milk is the best, but the milk OF
the COW is the more easily obtained,
since it is sold by persons engaged in
dairying.
The first essential in dairying is clean
illness. By cleanliness is meant that not
only must the receptacles for the milk
be clean, but the cows and their stables
and their surroundings, feed and water
included, must also be clean.
If cleanliness is next to Goodness,
this rule could not be enforced too rig
idly in its application to milk and to
dairies.
The dairy which is governed by the
rule of cleanliness and applies it in the
distribution of its milk to its patrons
should be protected against the dairy
which is uncleanly Besides and above
all, the patrons of the dairy should be
protected against impure, unwholesome
and adulterated milk.
The dairynan who, for the sake of a
little profit, or who is so negligent or
Careless as to permit his milk to become
tainted, should be held amenable in the
extreme penalty of the law.
No sentiment should be wasted on the
dairy or the dairynan who will sell milk
which is not pure and wholesome.
1t will not be denied, at least it has
been declared to be fact, that cases
of typhoid have resulted from the use
of milk sold in the city from dairymen
So great has become this evil of sell
ing milk impure that the Shreveport
Medical Society has, by resolution
adopted at their sitting last night, ad-
vised that all suspected milk be dis
continued until such time as is neces-
sary for a thorough archaeological ex,
animation, but where is the laynar
who can detect the fatal germs in tht
milk he may provide for his infant, his
child or some invalid relative?
There should be devised more thor
ough system of inspection than nov
prevails. 1t is true that some dairyn1er
are not in need of certificates from the
! Board of Health or the inspector, bu
there may be some milk which coulC
: not always pass inspection.
How is the buyer of milk to know i
! milk he buys is pure and wholesome anc
free from germs, unless the dairymar
who supplies the milk is possessed o.
that character which of itself is a guar
antee that the milk he sells is free from
audlteration-that it is untainted witt
germs and that any infant, child or in
valid can drink it with safety and bene
fit.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
COLD WEATHER
Furious Storms in the North and Biz
yards in the West

The weather of yesterday and today
is the worst experienced in years. AS
reported from Washington severe
blizzard has swept over the Atlantic
coast.
In Chicago the gale with snow swept
along at the rate of forty miles an
hour. Several pedestrians we're blown
from their feet.
In New York the thermometer
ranged to zero.
At northern points the temperature
ranged from IS to 80 below zero. This
is the coldest weather experienced in
years.
There has been a heavy fall of snow
in Missouri and over the upper Missis-
sippi valley.
From Nebraska the worst storm OF
the season is reported. There was a
snow fall during the night which has
crippled business and railroad traffic in
that section.
From Des Moines, Iowa, is the report
of fifteen inches of snow and everything
is frozen and freezing.
The cold weather with snow has been
general.
In this section there was steady fall
of sleet and snow during the night. The
streets and sidewalks being frozen glis-
tened as if of glass. 1t was hazardous
for pedestrians During the early hours
lnilkmen and their teams had some try
ing experiences There were many falls
which fortunately were not. serious.
Vehicular traffic was practically sus-
pended. Only those who were COM
PEELED to go out with teams were Wis,
ible on the streets.
Pedestrians were nimbie of feet and
careful as they moved along slowly and
cautiously.
In the afternoon the sky cleared and
the weather is again fair.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
DIX. F. A. COOK
Expelled from the Institute of ARTS and
Sciences.

New York, Jan 4-Dr Frederick A.
Cook must strike off another item from
he list of his scientific honors, and this
time the blow comes from the folks at
home. The council of the Institute or
Arts and Sciences, it was announced
today, had voted that the discredited
explorer be dropped from membership.
The action was unanimous and the dis
n.issal is summary, and it is the first
time in the history of the institute that
similar action has been taken.
DR.. Cook was member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the department of
geography, and until his polar claims
were more or less shattered in Copen-
hagen he had been held in high esteem
by the members of the institution. He
lectured to its members on his polar
discovery soon after returning tc
America.
So far as known, no particular effort
is being made to discover DR.. Cooks
whereabouts.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
THE BOIL WEEVIL
The Application of Poison-Scientifc
Men Differ = Diversifcation = The
Cotton Crop.

The Homer Guardian Journal says
The government, both State and Ma
tional, is busy at work to devise the
best plan to fight the weevil this sea-
son. During last year they invaded
nearly all the cotton growing territory
so practically every individual in the
territory included has become person
ally interested in the fight.
The new method of poisoning with
powdered arsenate of lead is attracting
some attention The State entomolo-
yist has issued bulletins on this discov-
cry or method However, it is not
claimed to be specific by any means,
but it is claimed to be a powerful and
effective weapon with which to waGc
var on this universal enemy of the
South.
As a matter of fact it appears to us
hat all the poisoning remedies are I'M
-eliable, at least the application is 50
1ificult to make and has to be made
With such precision and care, till many
doubt the feasibility of any poisoning
remedy, especially as the remedies often
have to be applied by children or by
careless indifferent persons, which, like
medicine given to the sick, is of no
value unless given as the doctor pre-
ieribes. From the various poisoning
-emedies yet suggested, many are Of the
opinion that Mafston'S PaJlS green j:
he most effective and the simplest in
application.
Unfortunately the scientific men diff
fer among themselves SO much that the
ay1nen lose faith in their discussions
md opinions.
Evidently the unusual cold weather
has thinned their hosts ont some, but
lot like the corresponding spell of ho
weather would Now if each farmer
viii plant sparingly of cotton, confning
he acreage to what he can cultivate a:
The various demands, requirements ant
good judgment suggests, unless the cot
on making season is too unfavorable
there will be sufficient cotton made.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
CAPT. JAMES GORDON
New Senator a Picturesque Representa-
tive of the Bayou State.

New York Sun: We cherish the hope
that Col James Gordon, whom Gov
erner E. F. Noel has appointed senator
from Mississippi, will prove to be pic
turesque character as well as a useful,
if ephemeral, representative of the
Bayou State when he arrives in Wash
ington. He really does not know how
long he will be senator, for the Leg
islature of Mississippi, which is to elect
successor to the late Anselm j. Nc
Laprin, will meet on the very day that
Congress reassembles, January 4. Col.
Gordon may be a senator twenty-four
hours ,or less or more, or not at all,
tor Senator McEnery of Louisiana be-
lieves that Colonel Gordon is disquali-
fed to take the oath by the precedents
in the. Corbett and Quay cases. So the
colonel may present himself at the door
of the Senate only to have it shut in his
face.
Pontotoc, from which Colonel Cor
don halls, is one of the back counties
of Mississippi, up in the northeast cor
ner and not far from the Tennessee and
Alabama lines AS the crow flies it is
200 miles from Natchez, L5o from
Vicksburg and Is from Jackson, the
capital. The bear still roams the cane
brakes of Pontotoc; the Chowappa
rises there, and the Chookantonchi, and
among its towns are Toceopola, Buck
horn, Mudcreek and Troy. Pontotoc Is
filed with antebellum memories, and
Colonel Gordon was twenty-eight when
the war broke out There-or was it at
Okolona in the adjoining county-he
organized and equipped the Chickasaw
Rangers of Jeff Davis Legion, and al
their head went forth to the war. Later
| he modified the Second Mississippi
Cavalry, drew his saber, and rode to re,
inforce Forrest. Colonel Gordon also
served under Stewart, Van Dorm, Jack.
son and Armstrong A planter, he
heard the "tocsin" away back in Ponto
toe, and if he did not prove himself {
| thunderbolt of war, like Nathan Bed
! ford Forrest, he burned with zeal fol
the cause and made dasfing cavalry
colonel.
/ Colonel Gordon will be interesting a!
a new senator, if admitted, for thes'
reasons: He dates back long, long be
/ fore the civil war, and has always beef
one of the first citizens of Pontotoc
Jackson knew him as a legislator befor
i Sumter fell; he drew on his fortune tt
arm and equip his neighbors for tn
| field, and the conflict swept away tn
rest of his competence; he has rema1ne'
a poor man back in Pontotoc, but al
ways a first citizen, looked up to an
esteemed, proud of his civic and mill
tary record when he presents himsel
in the Senate to take the oath he wi
,, be entirely new to Congress and Cor
gress will be new and strange to him
full of memories of two generation
and two or thre epochs, he should haV
, stories to tell never heard in Washing
ton before; he will not come to set tn
Potomac on fire, for he says: 'Durin
my brief stay in Washington I may nj
be able to do much good to the Stat
but | shall certainly not do any harm.
Note-ColoneI Gordon has been al
!, mitted and is the senator from Missi
sippi as the successor of Mr.. McLauri
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
POTATO GROWERS.

A number of farmers met in Minden
recently and took preliminary steps for
a permanent organization of potato
growers at once, and as an earnest Of
their determinations $50 bushels of po-
tatoes were ordered. This organiza-
ton has also taken Zip the subject OF
ground pea culture, and a nunlbel
pledged themselves to devote more OF
less acreage to the production of tn,
latter. Another meeting has been called
for Saturday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
RIVER AND WEATHER.
his morning opened with snow

Hhis morning opened with snow.
River: Denison I.3, fall of OF; Ar
thur City 20; Lewis Ferry 80. fall of
OIL; White Cliffs, no report; Fulton
88; Ringo Crossing rs, rise of o.4;
Finley o.8, fall of Ia; Spring Bank
20, a fall of o.3; Shreveport a,8, fall
of OIL.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity Fair and continued cold
freezing tonight and Wednesday; tenn
perature of 20 degrees or lower indi-
Gated for Friday morning
Red river forecast The change vii
be uninportant at and above Shreveport
during the next 4a hours
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
NO PROHIBITION
In the Constitution of the State oa
Mississippi

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 5-The effort 20
launch a fight for constitutional prohi
bition al the current session Of the Leg 81
islature has proven a fuke. The snfiu- a
ential temperance leaders, men who
have played a prominent part il tlis
groth of the prohibition cause during !.
The past twenty years.rh have
take an active interest IN nd recorded n
and there SEEMS to be a tthAN. M LEVY
ton among members of psrlficio Deprtv Pe
leave the question severely
The opposition to cdglstparisb of cadd,
hibition. in fact, comes pFin.abovs and fore.
its friends. There are lea 4. ~ - 80 ~. !
and agitators who are indnstris .nossr,
striving TO bring forward the suI.T c.
5ut a careful inquiry anong inesah;.s - th;a
Of the committees on fusien
both houses Of the IegisI Iafafs nssiAuv
the forecast that a concurrent p.
ion on the subject, if presented.
be quietly pigeon-holed. and there IS e
sne chance in fifty that the subjeet VIII
be brought up for consideration N d1e
floor Of either body. -. .SSauuo: ):
Let well enough alone is gddo pa.;.I
being offered by conservative, 49, a1oa
tionists, and, as the finish of r;s;an. w aad
atorial contest will doubtless ~ - IT, IT,
lowed bysa crush of general ie5 no+;oa -
Subjects, there will -be liale Of II, tb.t an ~
for tiitkefing with the constitution
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
THE TENSAS LAND GRABBING
CASE.

Homer Guardian Journal: The Ten
sas Land Grabbing case has been dis
missed by Judge Mcintosh at Rayville,
before whom the case was pending
He decided the State had no interest in
the suit as the land had been donated
to the levee board. The effect of the
decision, if sustained on appeal, will be
to require the levee board to sue tht
Delta Land Company
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
sHFRIFFS SALE.

No. 1I,48I-In the First Judicial DIS
trict Court Of Caddo Parish, LOUIS
lana Candis Brice vs.. Grand Unit
ed Order of Odd Fellows.
By virtue Of a writ of fieri faeias' to
me issued in the above numbered ana
entitled suit, have seized and viii Of
fer for sale at public auction, for cash,
according to law, at the principal front
door Of the court house OF Caddo FAR
isb Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales, on
SATURDAY. JAN. IS, 1909,
One fat top desk and box Qocked) ano
contents. The above property seizeo
and will be offered for sale to satisfy
the debt specified in. said writ, say IN
tAe sum of $s4.z6 and all costs OF SUIT.
- J. P. FLoURNoY.
Caucasian, Dec. Io. Sne'in
Il you need some stationery OF t0s
better kind, telephone 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
For RENT

Two furnished rooms for light house
keeping, including gas, $2oo, $2.5o $500
ind $3.50 per week; one furnished room
for light housekeeping, $I.25, $I.5o and
$I75; furnished room $I.oo, $I5s $50.
$I.75 per woek. SIS Caddo street
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
COOKS ORIGINAL NOTEBOOKS

Copenhagen, Jan. 4-Dr. Frederick
A. Cooks original notebooks arrived
here today and will be examined by the
committee Immediately Rector Salo-
monson says, however, that the investi-
CATION will not alter the committees
judgment. He has seen the notebooks,
and is still convinced that the explorers
claim to the discovery of the north pole
is not bona fide
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
COTTON MARKET
Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport, La, Jan. s, 1910.

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed steady.
Receipts 34I bales.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
LOCAL RECEIPTS.
Thia Week
TAKE NOTICE

am applying for q eornrnutaticn Of
ssateaes DOsH MITCHELL
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06

YOU need some stationery OF the
better kind, telephone 1909.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-01
VOTE TO GRANT
NEW FRANCHISE
Sub-Strect Committee Recon-
mends Plan of Richmond Pow
er Corporation.

Patched with half "a score oil amend
ments, the franchise requested by the
Richmond Power CORPORATION will DE
granted if the recommendation ~
the subcommittee ON streets hoids
good
Attorneys TOR the petitioning cor
roratien and for the Virginia Railway
and Power Company, which latter h.,a
been strenuous in it's opposition To th.
terms of the proposed franchise. were
present at i, meeting IL consider ;he
question Monday night. Several oity
ofnctals We're also present. and made
suggestions calculated by them to pro-
tect the city
city Engineer Boiling urged IN
amendment forcing the company %
lay its conduits in advance OF street
paving. Consulting Engineer TrafIora
suggested that the city be given the
right to purchase electric power at a
wholesale rate of . cents per kilowat
hour.
Cit. Attorney Pollard asked that the
company be required to give guarantee
that its proposed power house would
be completed one-fifth complete be-
fore receiving permits for wires or
eonduits. Assistant City Attorney An
derson proposed lengthy amend
mcnt concerning the joint use OF poles
and conduits. MIR. Anderson's meas
ure arranges ii SO that the Richmond
Corporation IS allowed to use existing
poles. and Is required to grant the
same rights to other companies.
Several other amendments, one OF
them providing that the city acquire
the property at the expiration Of the
franchise term. We're suggested by MIR.
Powers. of the Street Committee.
The franchise. with its numerous
legislative patches, was finally refer I
red 10 the City Attorney to he prop |
erly drawn. II will be faeorably re-
ported at the next meeting OF the |
-frapt Committee
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-01
BAPTIST OoNGREGATIoN TO
PUT TIP HANDSOME EDIrICE

The congregation OF Tabernacle
baptist church 10 about ready TO be-
gin erection Of their new edIfice at
Meadow and Park Avenues Plans
have bsen filsd and approved by
Building Inspector Beck and IL 10 ex-
pectsd that the work will start short-
~, While the total cost will Aegr@-
gate something Hike $To.0O0. II 10
understood that only about $50, 900
will be expended for the time heinz.
sThe building Will be of brick. CON-
crete and stone. The committee ia
charge conStsts of Meeers. Henry
Wtnsotn. F. r. Eubank. and George
e Watkins
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-01
MAKES CONFESSION,
RENTERS CHURCH

ST LOUIS, MO. NOV. L. Helen
D'Brien Rowland. st. Louis heiress,
who last September eloped with. a
New jersey HE saver Is to-day re-
stored To grace in the Catholic
Church, from which. for being mar
ried by other than a catholic priest.
she was communicated. Her re-
storatiCn to the privileges OF the
church was authorised by Arch
Bishop John J. Glennon. who exact
ed from her a public confession. Mrs
Howiand wrote her own confession
referring To hon act as scandal
At st. Marks Catholic Church yes
terday the assistant pastor read aloud
the confession
Rowland is now suing the relatives
OF the bride Tor 100000 for alisna-
ton OF his wife's affections A suit
for divorce is probable.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-01
LOYALTY RALLY
TO ASSISTANCE
Negroes III aMs- Meeting Pledge
Support To True Refermers'
Bank Recently Closed.

In mass meeting at the Second Az
rican Baptist church Monday night
representative members of the colored
race from all over the city pledged
their support to the True Reforrners,
and though but few present were
members OF that order. everyone vot-
ed to exert his utmost efforts in as
sisting the bank recently closed 10
reopen its doors. and promised hearty
cooperation with the insurance
branch of the order
Race unity was the keynote of the
meeting. A great many present were
members of rival organization hut
it was speedily decided that with the
True Reformers in need of assistance
II was no time for pickering. and that
all differences could be put aside until
the failed institution is on. its feet
again.