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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
GUMDROPs OUT OF BATt.
EsI<Imos Prefer Everlasting Chewing
Gum, Skipper Reports.

EskImos Prefer Everlasting Chewing
Gum, Skipper Reports.
DR.. Cook, whose claim to having dis
covered the north pole ruffled the tenn
per of Lieutenant Peary, said he took
a barrel of gumdrops with him to the
arctic because the Eskimos would do
anything for three or four Of the con-
fections. There is now evidence that
chewing gum has gumdrops beaten to
a fragile.
Such is the opinion of Captain John
Backlund of the trading schooner Vo-
lante, which arrived at Seattle from
trip to the extreme north Of the CONT
nent with 100000 worth Of arctic
furs.
Captain Backlund took north 300
tons Of general merchandise to trade
with the natives, including everything
from sewing machines to delicatessen
The sticks Of chewing gum were the
most valuable asset of all for filing
the hold with ermine, sable, fox and
bear skins.
what appealed to the Eskimos," ex-
planned the captain, was that, while a
gumdrop was consumed in few mo-
ments, a wad Of chewing gum lasts
practically forever and can be used
turn and turn about by the whole fam
lily" The gum brought more than its
weight in gold.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
JUDICIAL SALE

We. 0s83o-Hn the First judicial Dis
GA-io0 Court Of Caddo Parish, Lsuis-
6an0: =. q. Herndon vs. Minors af
Wouells ana Katie Tyson.
BY Sirtus Of 9 commission to sell, to
A@ directee @orn the Honorable First
yudici3 District Court of Caddo Parish,
louisiana, ia che above numbered and
entities 01is, v will offer for sale, for
cash a1s according to law, at public ate
tiO@, - the principal front door 81 the
couN house % Caddo Parish, La, dur
ing a1S legal s1ourS For sales, On
SATURDAY, DEC. "a, 1919,
Tie southwest quarter Of section fsdr-
4eeH 90, 6wnship twenty-one (aI),
range fifteen (I5) and the east hal7 Of
the Southeast quarter of section Gfteaa
(I5), ownship twenty-one [s1), range
fifteen (15), Caddo Parish. Louisiam,
together with all buildings and improve
ments thereon. Said property to b asla
as belonging to the parties itisans kpr
cash and according to law fer the par-
pose Of affecting q partition,
J. ?. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, sx-On1cie Axet1snser.
Caucasian, Nov 20, 1919
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
INDICATES
SOCIALIST PARTY
New Congressman From MlIwau'
kee Radical In Theory. but
Mild and Temperate In
Giving Doses of
New Doctrine.

the most conservative of them delaying
the advent of the millennium till 1915.
They are all certain it will not take
longer than that Since COmrade Ber-
ger Is in congress and some Oh the
other comrades are in various state
legislatures the advent of the golden
age is at our very doors. BellamyS
Looking Backward" is to take forn@
and dwell among us. There shall be
no more poverty, and the trusts ana
high prices shall trouble us no more.
Reason For Joy.
Well, one can hardly blame the cons
rades for their joy. They have beep
working for long years now, and this
glimmer of hope must be as balm In
Gilead. When year after year the
small vote would come in they would
bravely pat each other on the bacS
and say, eve do not want to grow
too fast; we are trying to make Social
lists, not victories; we prefer 1t this
way since it assures us that every one
10 a thorough convert before he joins
u.s." etc. 1t was a cheerful way to
look at 1t, almost pathetically cheer
full, since it was quite apparent that
they were not growing too fast. No
danger in that direction, at any rate.
But this Is all changed now. The tide
Is their way, their ships are coming in,
and the miIlennial dawn is fairly
blushing in the east.
Well, here is hoping that they do not
awaken too soon. It Is a pleasant
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
Ma 13,eo4-Tn the Fret Jndicisl d

Ma 13,eo4-1n the Fret Jadicisl 10
trict Court Of Louisiana: A. n.
Solly Va. A. c. Pitts.
By virtue Of writ Of aeri Adj =
me directed from the Honorabls Hnm
Judicial District Court Of Caddo r.
lsh, Louisiana, in the above nurnA~Sa
and entitled suit, I have ssised and WITH
offer for sale, at public auction, aor nzGh
according to law, at the principal Aren't
door Of the court house % Caddo Yr-
ish, Louisiana, during the lsesl hears
for sales, On
SATURDAY. DIG. ~, 1erA
Lots SIX and seven Is and y f the
Town of Rodessa, Cadae Parish. Snah-
lana, with all buildings aad lwnxsps~
ments thereon, said sale 10 BE- made De
cash according to Law, to pay ana sat
isfy the debt specified in said writ ssx
in the sum Of $15o.oe, with Q per sszt
interest from October ?, 1908. isea @sa-
its Of $4,000 paid February 9, ree7, aad
5000 paid February 10, 1908, and tsa
per cent attorneys fees on amount Sead
for, together with eli costs 81 this ~,
and recognition ef vendors seeeiai fen
and privilege. J.P. FIOURNOY.
Sheriff and cx-Okeio Aus4easer.
CaucasiaA, November 70 sore.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08

practically all industrial agencies and
utilities will be socially owned. They
are not strong On patriotism, but be-
Heve In international brotherhood of
all toilers; hence are opposed to war.
Taken all in all, they form new and
important factor in the world, not only
by reason of their numbers, but be-
cause of their ideals, and, judging by
the recent election, they will have to
be reckoned with hereafter in Ameri-
can politics. -..--
Mr. Berger does not purpose to give
the nation the whole Socialist dose at
once, however. He will do as he has
done in Milwaukee, where the homeo-
pathic pellet and the soft pedal have
been in vogue. He will be a parlor
Socialist and perfectly ladylike in his
methods. In theory Berger goes as far
az Kari Marx, but in practice-well,
that is different Before gaining the
cooperative commonwealth it is neces-
sary to gain power, you see.
Mr.. Berger was born in 1860 and was
educated in the Universities of Buda-
pest and Vienna. Before he graduated
his father failed in business and mi
grated to America. The boy worked at
trades. then taught school and finally
became a newspaper man, editing the
Daily Vorwaerts, the Wahrheit and the
Social Democratic Herald Of Milwau-
kee He has been member Of the ma
tional executive board Of his party
since its organization: also delegate
to the international congresses. He
has also been a candidate for congress
and other offices and was an alderman
at large in Milwaukee when elected
this year.
In Milwaukee everybody calls him
Victor, and, considering what hap
pened to him, he seems entitled to the
name.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. 13,86o-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Mrs. Anna E. Horn vs.. Mrs.
A. V. Perrin.
By virtue of q writ of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, l have seized
and will offer fer sale for cash and &C
cording to law, without the benefit of
appraisement, at the principal front door
of the court house of Caddo Parish,
La, during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, DEC. 81, 1910,
The rear half of lots eleven and twelve
III and 12) of block sixteen (I6); also
lot five CD of block eighteen (IS) and
lots eleven and twelve (1I and I7) of
the Tucker & Thurmond subdivision, ali
in the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, to-
gether with ali the buildings and in-
provements thereon. Said property
seized as belonging to the above defend
ant and to be sold for cash and accord
ing to law, to pay and satisfy the debt
as specified in said writ, say in the sum
of four thousand three hundred and
seventy and 8o-1oo dollars ($A37oSo)
with eight per cent per annum interest
from June 8, 1908, and all costs of this
suit, as we'll as ten per cent interest on
said principal and interest as attorneys
fees. J. P. FLOUREOY,
Sheriff, ax-OAcie Aussisaeer
eRueasian, NsvsaaSse -, zeFe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08

dream, and they have earned the right
to It. Yet they may find that it is
rather far cry from squeezing in one
congressman from Milwaukee to elect
ing a president Of the United States.
There have been many third parties
In the land, from the days Of the old
Knownothings and Free Sellers down
to the Greenbackers, Prohibitionists
and Populists. And they all sang that
same glad song. Only little longer,
brethren, for the light is breaking and
the truth will prevail! Well, in the
end the truth did prevail after a fash
ion, but not through their parties. The
Greenbackers elected many congress
men and governors Of states, yet they
went the way of the earth. The Pop
ulists in little more than two years
jumped up to strength of nearly
100000 votes, had twenty-five or thir-
ty congressman, six or eight senator's
and more than that number of COVER
nors. Yet they likewise took the long
trail Exactly so, retort the Social
lists, but the Greenbackers and Popu-
lists fused themselves to death, and we
have resolved never to fuse Well,
that may be saving grace, and it
may not. The Prohibitionists never
fused
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. I4,IoS-In First District Court Of
Louisiana: Succession Of Jsk Hsa-
derson.
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Cadds:
Notice is hereby given that Ansa Hm-
derson has this day applied to be a.
pointed administrator Of said suecessiea,
and unless opposition be made therets
within the time specified BY law, she
will be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorables T. ?. Bell
and A. J. Murf, judges Of said esart,
this a3rd day of November rors.
?. A. LEONARD.
Nov. "a. Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
AN ORDINANCE

Creating a drainage district, to be
known as North Caddo Drainage
District; appointing three of the
commissioners therefor; fixing the
limits thereof; and designating its
domicile and time and place of the
meeting of the commissioners in
conformity with Act 3I7 of the Gem
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana Of 1910.
Section I. Be it ordained by the Pc
lice Jury of the Parish of Caddo, in le-
gal session convened, that drainage
district, to be known as the North Cad
do Drainage District, and the same IS
hereby formed, which shall include all
OF the al1uvial lands and all lands sub
Jet TO- or liable to, overflow in the Par
ish Of Caddo embraced and situated
within the following described boundar-
les, to-wit: All alluvial lands and all
lands subject to or liable to overflow in
that part Of the parish lying between
Red River on the east and the Kansas
City Southern railroad on the west, the
Arkansas line on the north and the said
Kansas City Southern railroad and the
corporate limits of the City Of Shreve-
port on the South There IS excepted
from this district all sections of lands
through which the State or district levee
passes, and should said levee hereafter
be built through any other sections,
they to shall from such date be likewise
ipso factor taken from said drainage
district.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That A. C. Dominick, M. A Dickson
and John Glassell, electors and residents
of said district, owning lands therein
whose assessed value exceeds $4,000.
be and they are hereby appointed COM
missioners for said district; the first
TWO TO serve for a period of two years
and the last named for period of four
years. These three, with two to be ap-
pointed by the Governor, as provided by
law, shall constitute the Board of Com
missioners OF the said North Caddo
Drainage District.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained ETC.,
That the domicile of the said drainage
district shall be, and is hereby declared
to be. at the City of Shreveport, Louis
lana, and all of said commissioners shall
meet at said City of Shreveport the first
Monday in December 1910, and they
shall proceed to effect an organization by
electing president and vice president,
secretary-treasurer. and such other of
icers as they may deem necessary And
when so organized the said Board of
Commissioners of said North Caddo
Drainage District shall be corporate
body as provided by law.
Carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Wynn. Miller. Mahlen. Pole
nan. Smith, Winter. Scott, Magic, Moss,
Crawford Nays None
VT. CRAWFORD, Pres.
DI1RINGERs Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08

The pioneer grubs out little clear
ing in the forest and there dies and is
buried. Years afterward a city springs
up where his cabin stood. The millions
in the city may not remember even the
pioneers name. Yet he played his part
in the drama of progress. All honor TO
the political pioneers in whatever camp
they are found. Whatever of truth
they utter will live after them and will
ultimately triumph, though not in thefr
way nor yet in their day.
In some aspects the Socialis& partS
is different however, from any Of those
that have gone before. For one thing
1t has an existence in many lands. 10
B the balance Of power III Germany,
is Sery influential in France and has .
strong footing iB &reaS Britain ana
generally throughou& Europe. For an
ethics thing, 9E d. compactly organized
and it's devoteea are Zealots, as eeady
to go tojail 40 to congress. For third
thing, it will noe enter INTO combina-
8On @Fith ether parties as already
noted. For fourth, it's elected eepre-
@entatives are not liable to 0etray and
discredit 1t, since each enc teaves a
written resignation IN the hands % Glis
local organization, to De sprung at any
Nime that he goes counte to the party's
will All these things make 6Os ger
manence and solidarity" Q Wor0 aD
most as mucA in sogue among che eonN
@ades 40 "class consciousness
Resun1s az sociahss 92esA
ct is impossible % puD fne SociadsS
demands 9nto Cries compass ana do
them justice. IN word, they can for
the collective ownership o. the means
of production and distribution. Cos
eminent ownership ana municipal
ownership are not genuine Socialist
doctrines, yet are advocates Gy some
members Of the party az stepping
stones to something beyond. Gapital
is regarded as the surplus product of
labor and, since it becomes IN turn o
tool of further production, should not
be left in private hands. Since labor
produces all wealth the workerS-and
by this is meant all wage earners-
should stand together for theip own
class. In other words, they should Sc
class conscious.
In the end the Socialists alm at The
co operative commonwealth, Vhere
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08

Thirty-two Miles of Books Here.
In the British museum library there
are more than thirty-two miles of
shelves filed with books.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08

II you nssd letter heads, wx Aixs we
can please yeu. Hhaas HoAo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
Third Parties Do Good.

All these new parties make for good
IN the end. They sow the seed. and
these terminate and grow, but others
reap the harvest. The spirit of Pop
uiism was carried forward by Bryan
and Roosevelt, and now the progress
sives are bearing it.alcng. So even If
the Peoples party died Its labor was
not wholly In vain The Prohibition
lists never elected a president or any
other official to speak of, yet county
after county and state after state are
adopting some form OF prohibition.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08

Australia Big Wheat Raiser.
Australia raises nearly 100000
acres OF wheat year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
BERG[R'S VICTORY
GROWTH OF
Not Necessarily Election of Third
Party President In 1912,
but Triumph at Polls
Means New POIit.
iCdI Factor.
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.


RN the late election the Socialist
party polled approximately 100000
votes, thus continuing as the third
/ party in the nation and taking like
rank in most of the states. In New York,
Wisconsin, California, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Oklahoma, Indiana and Kansas,
for example, its gains were marked. 1t
carried the city Of Milwaukee and the
county In which 1t is situated, elect1ng
thirteen members of the state assem-
bly, and one senator. More important
than all, it made Victor L. Berger
representative in congress.
Now, Berger 1s not only Socialist,
but a political general of no mean
parts. One would not expect the two
things to go together, and in nine hun
dred and ninety-nine cases they would
not. But the one-thousandth case is
Bergers and il an exception.
Some Of the simon pure Socialists
accuse Berger Of being an opportunist
They say that, having elected the may
or and council Of the city Of Milwau-
kee last spring, Berger, who engi-
neered the job, should have seen to it
that the whole Socialist program was
put into immediate effect. Instead OF
that his mayor and council have gone
along doing about what any reform ad-
ministration would have done and
have neither waved the red flag nor
put all the means Of production and
distribution into the common pot.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08

Now the Socialist brethren are talk
ING about carrying the country In 1912
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
soarnaI of Caddo Parish
'p''0n Price sa.oo a year.
I5ss s : s SEN AToRsHIP.

Jlsdss = ~ sEAgATORSHIP.
lectsd i, s,.l0n Of Rapides has been
ates nc Senate of the United
vas dictated 81 Governor
gislature - 'sS "'S'0i'''
objection could be
s. *|se Thornton. Indeed,
gentleman, but he
Sthe seat vacat-
aof Cadesr McEnery,
Yrs. Ma
epe memory of
LAY be said that
God Republican by
Il a tariff issue was in
ling sugar, rice and lumber,
and 4 Democrats vote was needed to
strengthen the grip of the trusts and
combines at the throat of the people.
AS to Judge Thornton, will he pirate
of his Democracy, and as McEnery
align himself with the Republicans to
protect the special interests
Had he proclaimed boldly his opposl-
ton to the special interests, and had he
declared himself to be Democrat,
standing uncompromisingly on the plat
form Of the party, would he have re-
ceived the votes of the members of the
General Assembly from the sugar and
rice district? Would the lumber inter
ests have voted for him?
Without those votes Judge Thornton
could not have been elected to the Unit
ed States Senate.
Judge Thornton is indebted for his
success first and foremost to Sanders
dictation to the majority of the General
Assembly. and to the special interests
who stand hand in glove with the pres
ert Governor of Louisiana
Fortunately. with this contention ovel
the senatorship. there is visible the enc
of the one-man power.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
No Excitement as Yet.

About the only thing startling Mayor
Seidel has put over was to say some
things about Colonel T. Roosevelt, and
they were mild and ladylike compared
to the epithets hurled at the colonel by
eminent f1nanciers and other perfectly
respectable people in New York.
In answer to his critics Berger could
say that had he followed the course
Of demanding the whole Socialist pro
gram at once there would not now be
enough Socialists In Milwaukee to
elect the whole county ticket-thirteen
members Of the assembly, one senator
and one member of congress. He has
said this in effect and has added that
If he had lived in New York instead
of Milwaukee the metropolis would
now be in the hands Of his party.
Berger has never run for president
and never will, for the reason that he
was born in Austria. But, then. there
have been a few good men who never
ran for president; also other good men
who ran, but did not arrive. There
were Clay, Webster, Blaine and Bryan.
to say nothing Of Debs. Mr.. Debs has
been running for president on the So
cialist ticket long enough-we1l, long
enough to get him used to it. He did
not expect to be elected; said SO him
self. He also said, as I recall 1t, that
If he had expected to be elected he
would not have run, which shows that
the sour grapes fable may apply to
candidates as well as to foxes.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
Berger Long In Game.


When Debs ran for president there
was Berger behind him. Couldn't lose
Berger. He was necessary man. For
one thing, be had that Indispensable
quality known as brains Men with
real gray matter, Of the sort that stays
on the job when needed, are not SO
numerous as to glut the market.
Berger has been with Debs ever
since the days Of the Peoples party.
In the Populist national convention Of
1895 Debs was candidate for the
presidential nomination, and Berger
was the man in charge of his boom.
1t would not go, however, and Bryan
was named. During that campaign
Debs supported Bryan. and presuma
bly, Berger did likewise. After 1t was
over the two men, together with some
of Debs' Railway union following,
launched the Social Democratic Party
of America. There had been Social
ist Labor party prior to that time, and,
for the matter Of that, there is one
yet But it never reached 10000 votes
in the entire country and in 1908 had
fallen to less than 1900.
After few years the name of the
Social Democratic party was changed
to plain Socialist At the start 1t was
rather uphill work for the new organ
ization. In 1900 Debs, as candidate
for president, received only 1874
votes, but in 1904 he jumped it up to
4O2, 2S3. During the next four years
the vote remained almost stationary,
since In 1908 Debs received 400, 793.
Socialist Increase Large.
The following table viii give some
indication of the increase since 1908.
The figures for 1910 are only approx
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
Socialist Increase Large.

The following table viii give some
indication of the increase since 1908
The figures for 1910 are only approx
mate:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-08
SHERTFFS SAIR

Caucasian, Nov. 20, 1910.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-01
Sheriff Now Out
After Packers
Trust Magnates
Capiases Issued for Arrest of Men
Indicted by New Jersey
Grand Jury.

NEW YORK, Feb 2S.-Capiases for the
arrest of the indicted meat packers and
summones for the six indicted meat cor
porations were ordered today by Prosecu-
tor Garven of New Jersey, who will hand
them over to Sheriff Kelly for execution.
The sheriff will find out who Of the in
dicted men are in his jurisdiction. Mr..
Garven said:
''The defendants know Of the indictments,
their lawyers have conferred about the
Indictments and proceedings will now take
their regular course. cannot say now
just what l will do after 1 receive the re-
port Of the sheriff. The logical thing for
the defendants to do is to come into court
and plead, but the attitude of their at
torneys does not indicate that they mean
to do that
Some time this week. will make appli-
cation for the dissolution OF the charters
of the Corporation Trust company and the
corporations named in this prosecution II
they fail to produce the minutes Of their
annual meetings and other records as re-
quired by the subpoenas."
Counsel for James E. Bathgate jr., one
Of the New Jersey directors in the meat
combine, appeared before Judges Blair and
Carey today and bail for $3.50 was furn-
isher for his appearance when wanted.