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The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
For the Road Tax.
Editor Comrade: AS there seem

FeOES sAlC af&Osap dA'
Editor Comrade: AS there seems
to be mistaken ideas as to how the
public roads will be worked in case
the tax is voted on Dec. 9Th, | wish
to say few words, which will be
directed to correct such IDEAS
!. There is such a belief going
its rounds that the present system
Of workin the roads will be kept
up, but / wish to inform any one
having an idea or tr'tf that such
will not be The raA, haze VIII
be no n,orr a.n,.l IN! n;ss over.
seers nor hands tH!ns Summoned
TO work the roads Sach asysttm
Is . failure. which is one g"od rra.
son why he people should vote
the tax.
2. Another belief | hear spoken
OF is that there will be two or
three roads worked and the rest
90 unworkpd, which will not be-
the case. | am the one that sug.
gested the election Of two road
commissioners from each ward, and
[ did so for the reason that | De.
lieyed with two commissioners
from each ward that said commits.
sioners would see to it that the
roads in their respective wards
would he worked as we'll as tue
roads in the other fellows wards.
AS q citizen Of our parish expect
to vote the tax, and when do SO
7 shall do 40 believing that one
ward will have just as good roads
as another, and that every puollc
road we have in'the parish will be
taken care Of. We need not expect
to cut down the hills and bill the
hollows, but we can take opt the
stumps, roots, All up the holes and
level the roads, so that a person
can travel safely at night rs we'll
as day time. / may never traveI
all the public roads of our parish
but that does not keep me from
wanting every part of our parish
from having good roods. tit was
not an injustice to the rest OF the
pagisA for a few roads around
WINFIELD tn bp worked like city
tlorouglfa'rs. would not wan
it done, hepa,lAr if the business
people Of the lu'lah expect Z
further it's commercial interests
they must see to it that the people
in the most extreme, PORTIONS OF tn
parish get the benefit Of good roads
as much as those who live near tn
center Of the parish. If. q person
living twenty miles from W'nnfirlt
or nodson has q good smooth roat
to travel to get to market l' hat
rather travel the twenty miles owe
aood roads tAau1Q travel u mile
over rough roads to Columbia 0
any other market. It must D
remembered that III voting the ia
that the resident taxpayers vi
have less than 25 per cent of h
tax to pay, yet will get the fuI
]. benefit Of it.
90 II is like the public school ta'
There are d great many chlldre
today going to school that cou'
not possibly do 50 other a prlva'
suhunl SYSTEM
Yours for the tax,
3, j. HARPER.
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The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25

Two negroes met on the street
last Saturday. One Of the negroes
said to the other
my cotton crop this year was
almost a failure. Only made two
bales of cotton. and yet I am COM
tented, out of debt and going to
try for better luck at ootton, next
year."
The other negro said:
How did you keep out Of debt
on two bales of cotton?"
The reply was:
II raised my own meat. and
done it with one SOW that | kept
near the house. She raised me
ten pigs last year. I made corn
enough to feed my mules, bread
for me and my family and to fat
ten my ten hogs. | made 49
gallons Of ribbon cane syrup.
made sweet potatoes enough to do
me. I saved twelve bushels OF
peas for eating on my table.
had tu1nips i'll spring and fall.
had col;ards in the winter and my
wife made Ire Aomiqy during thu
fall and winter, and, niger, look
here at mo a minute, do | loof
like I had been living on hal
rations? My two bales OF cotto1
brought me, with the aeed, Sl6(
and | gave one.fourth Of it TO
rent on land and my store accoun
/ was only S65. Of course cleared
!! and I am thanking my God tina
the boil weevils learned me tt
raise at home the things l used t
buy from the store."- Mer Roug
Democrat.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
DR.. Bells Antiseptic Salve

Is guaranteed for eczema, salt rheum,
tetter, ringworm, running sores, chap
ped hands and lips, pimples on the
face, blackheads, BARRIERS itch. sun
burn, insect bites, fever sores and
nasal catarrh. 25c.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
Everybody Needs

good salve and DIR. Bells Antiseptic
salve is the best. 1t is a creamy snow
white ointment Guaranteed for all
skin diseases. 25c sold every where.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
A Regular Tom Boy

was Susie climbing trees and fences,
jumping bitches, whiting, always
getting scratches, cuts, sprains, bru.
ises, bumps, burns or scalds. But laws!
Her mother just applied Bucklen's
Arnica Salye and cured her quick.
Heals everything healable-boils, ul-s.
GERS, eczema, old sores, corns or piles.
Try it. Csc at all druggists
ga big, broad man is Taft" said
Secretary MacYeagh. And then
millions of voters scrambled to sit
on him.
"Talk about landslides,' writes
Uncle Kitchel Pixley, "When ]
went home election nite, I tried to
90 to bed in Samantha's second
story box Of geraniums and No
other landslides has interested ne le
SINCE
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25

Missouri went so SWEET as to be
almost navigable.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
WHY NOT GRANT FRANCHIsEr

Editor The Call: Mr.. Black of the
United Railroads insists that over
crowding during rush hours Is COM
mon to all large cities and that It is un-
avoidable. In point of fact. 1t is COM
mon only to those whose streetcar
service is not supplemented by steam or
electric trains sufficient to relieve the
pressure on the streetcars-
Take Oakland, for example. Besides
her streetcars she has the model Key
Route, the Southern Pacific with sew
eral lines of tracks and now the Santa
Fe and Western Pacific. Every day do
these lines convey to or near their
homes thousands Of OakIanders and
San Francisco commuters" And IT rs
just this supplemental transportation
that is giving some of the cities across
the bay such an advantage over u.s.
There are two lines of track clear to
the southern borders of the city with
spurs or recently expired franchises for
spurs toward the Sunset district. This
refArence, of course, is to the Southern
Pacific and Ocean Shore railways. For
years the Southern Pacific has talked
of electrizing 1t almost disused
branch through the Mission and run
ming electric trains to San Mateo. Why
not encourage IL in every way to do
so under reasonable restrictions? Why
not make any future concessions It
may ask of the city conditional on its
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
Answers to Queries
AN OLD Date. P j., Woodland. On
what day Of the week did May 1, 1892, fall?
Tuesday

AN OLD DATE-E P j., Woodland. On
what day Of the week did May 1, 1892 fall?
Tuesday.
the absence pennant on yacht be displayed?
At all times when the owner is not
on board.
derivation of ''dinkey," meaning small and
neat?
From the Scotch fdinkey," which
means the same in the highlands as in
the lowlands.
BLAINE-A. s. NJ, City. Frank
Storer of the Elmhurst Review has
kindly furnished the following answer
to your question about the eulogy of
Blaine in which he is called that
learned Rupert of debste":
The quotations not from Ingersoll. but
from the silver tongued orator, Thomas Fitch.
They were In the opening passage Of the speech
delivered at Union hall, San Francisco, on the
evening of June 21, 1875 at republican mass
meeting called to ratify the nomination OF
rutherford B. Hayes for the presidency. James
9. Blaine was the leading candidate. but was
defeated BY HAYES The entire passage should
to. Fitch said:
But before I speak of the principles pre-
sented and the candidates offered for our sup
port. let me give brief utterance to the feeling
that 1lls the hearts of many thousands of earnest
repuOncanS VINO dwell In this Golden state, and
who-from among the northern Sierras and by
the summer seas, from treasure veined hills and
waving plains. and evergreen forests and busy
streets-send message of love and greeting to
him who Is lesser than Macbeth. yet greater ,
to the fiery and unconquerable Rupert Of debate,
the chivalrous white plumed Navarro Of the
platform. the sagacious statesman. the great
hearted leader the gifted, the gallant, the glo-
rious Blaine
PROPERTY QUALLFICATIoN-A Med,
City Is there any state in the union that re-
quires property qualification TO allow citizen
to vote?
A Qualification in the state of Georgia
is that the voter must have paid all his
taxes since 1877. In Louisiana a voter
| must own property of the value of $500.
HENRY GEORGE, City. when did Henry
George the single tax advocate, die? Was he
candidate for office at that time?
He died October 2S, 1897. and atsthat
time was candidate for the mayoralty
of New York on the democracy of
Thomas Jefferson ticket.
are the "seven Greek maxims" or maxims OF
the seven wise men of Greece, before CHRISTI
SoIon of Athens had for a maxim,
know thyself''; Chilon of Sparta.
Consider the end; Thales of Miletus.
Who hateth suretyship is sure; Bias
of Priene. Most men are bad; Cleo
bulus of Lfndos, 'The golden mean or
avoid extremes; Pittacus of Mitylene,
Seize time by the forelock," and Peri
ander of Corinth, Nothing is impossi-
BILE to industry"
WATER-Reader, City. Has land company
opening new piece of property to the public
the right to take from settler the water sup
piled from well which he himself dug on prop
erty purchased from that company and in return
offer him pipe line supply?
Your inquiry involves matters of law
which should be submitted to an at
torney.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13

establishing this service at the earliest
possible date?
The same reasoning applies to the
Ocean Shore. Yet when that road lately
asked renewal Of it's franchise to the
Sunset district and the press generally
favored the request nobody appeared
before the supervisors 10 urge the
great Importance to the city at large
OF granting il. But some local properly
owners, who thought their immediate
neighborhood would be injured BY the
appearance OF trains, fought the fran
chise. The special interest. as so often
the case. was vociferous; the public
interest unvoiced. And by a vote OF
to the renewal OF the franchise was
refused
There are times when we must reg
ulate the public service corporations
There are times when we must dfsci-
pline them But at other times the
public welfare requires that their plans
should be fostered and favored In nv
opinion the late application OF the
Ocean Shore was one Of those times.
And II is to be hoped the supervisors
will ere long reconsider their late ac-
ton and renew that franchise. For
as above stated, our imperative need
is supplemental transportation AZ the
earliest possible date. Yours respec+-
fully. JOHN CHETWOOD
December 10.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13

the rank of assistant general freight
and passenger agents. the original or
der has been modified so as to apply
only to complimentary passes" Other
exchange transportation for business
purposes will be continued as here
tofore.
The curtailment as finally decided
upon is believed to have been chiefly
caused by inquisitions by the interstate
commission as to the issuance of free
transportation. in. the idea that the law
has not been as closely observed as 1t
should be.
t. E. Byrnes, presidents of the New
york, New Haven and Hartford, with
once at New York. is expected to visit
the Pacific coast about the first of the
year.
w. F. Schmidt, general western
agent of the Missouri Pacific, who has
peen in the northwest for the last
week. returned yesterday morning.
H. M. Adams, freight traffic manager
OF the Western Pacific, who has been
IN Chicago for several weeks attending
a conference of freight officials of
western railroads, is expected to return
about the middle of the week
W. H. Payson, assistant to the presi-
dent OF the Santa Fe and president of
the Northwestern Pacific, left last
night for Santa Barbara, where he will
meet with z. P. Ripley, president of
the Santa Fe, in few days on the
arrival of the latter from the east
A I. Henderson, travelling agent of
the Compagnie Generate Transatlan-
tique, with Office at New York. is in
the city for few days on one OF his
regular inspection trips
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
GOSSIP OF RAILWAY MEN

n II lit BLUM of the firm of ]. & l..
M Blum of VacaviIle, who main
tains that he is a warm friend
of r. r. Ritchie, general agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern, has been in
doubt for the last few days as to
whether or not Ritchie's friendship Is
worth anything. He made a test of
the friendship few days ago, when
he asked Ritchie to get him job to
last through the dull season-or at
least until the packing season was
ready to resume.
"Well, Milt, what can you do? What
line of work do you think you would
like to take up?"
business and Ritchie then promised to
get him a position on local paper at
a handsome salary. The handsome sal
ary part pleased Milt and he was to
have met the representative of the
newspaper Thursday afternoon He
failed to keep the appointment and
made another for Friday. This one
he also failed to keep and Ritchie de-
clined to make any more appoint
ments.
Yesterday Ritchie received a letter
from vacaville from Blum, in which
the latter insisted that he was ready to
go to work at any tfme.S
-He don't know whether or not am
fooling him and / don't know whether
or not he is fooling me-" said Ritchie
yesterday, and I am anxious to get
him a job. He's bright and l think
will make good in most anything he
tackles.
Charles S. Fee passenger traffic man
ager of the Southern Pacific who has
been in Chicago for several days, left
Saturday evening for this city. He
will stop few days in Los Angeles,
however, before he returns here.
The state railroad commission will
hold its regular monthly meeting this
afternoon in the offices in the ferry
building. special meeting will be
held Thursday. al which a possible de-
cisionf in the San Joaquin valley rate
case may be reached.
As a result of an unexpected storm
of protests against the action of west
ern lines in deciding TO grant no passes
to representatives of other roads below
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
The Morning Chit-Chat

day; ~ ~ 81" ~ ~
What's winter ostrich girl? Ma
Why, one o those ladies who S2#s
keep by burying the of herself Ek
urs and broadcohs from of cold
and leaving her little feet clad they n ]
July MM# I
This specimen had cuddy ur 4
made look a and 4
acualy-fur lined gloves while her feet /
a o high patent pumps the
hnnest of Isle stockings
E;5o just i9ns'd ss' G to tell that girl two things
At which she would probably laughed.
Secondly, that she looked absolutely
At which she would doubtless been very
But would have been the other all the
For otheth psychology
young is
tive looking aboninab1y thin clothes n
remember schoolgirl
nobility in
and that all the girls who themselves
to the looked fashioned"
And the thing of all
stockings all
Personally I i just opposite smart think
with such out footgear looks really stricken
she could not AFFORD winter shoes and had to her
teel like offering heavy pair boots for her
I "a IKE 70 Try that some time with some stysy dressed missile
acknowledges the beauty
The preteSt gown spoiled by being the
no one can dshe the Hng and OF high shoes
compared with low shoes thoroughly
the low shoes are no longer pretty.
I; Iet me ash some OF the pump devotees something
your iavote KIND OF 1urs! Let's say black lynx It's
lynx furs something admired July you
handsome of black lynx would call her
OF there lot of things that might tell
than the much footed corsets ever thought of being
But that probably wouldn't interest you
That argument would merely appeal
aimed your desire look we'll ~
So rest this tSA>TA- CoAo~oAas~o,
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
PERSONS IN THE NEWS

J. S. EASTWOOD, civil engineer. who is
gagged in constructing a dam in Bear valley.
is at the Palace with n. Hawgood. civil
engineer Of Los Angeles, formerly CHIEF engf-
neer of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake railroad.
GEORGE GATES, who made fortune by his
invention of the concrete railroad tie. regis
tered at the st. Francis from San Jose.
F. ARMBRUsTER, auditor Of the Diamond
match company OF Chico, Is registered at the
Palace.
Europe, have taken apartments at the Belle
vue.
A. G. IRWIN. railroad commissioners Of saers-
mento, is staying at the Palace.
]. HITCHCOCK, an automobile man from New
York, Is at the Colonial.
R. C. WET. Standard oil man from New
York, is at the Bellevue
S. B. LIETHICUM, an attorney of Portland. is
a guest at the Palace.
ing at the Palace.
L. WILSON, a merchant from Minnesota, is
at the Colonial.
c. H. wIDEMAN. merchant from Gonzales.
is at the Turpin-
A MART1NELu of Inverness is registered At
the Argonaut.
W. H. MOORE, a merchant from Denver. * At
the Turpin-
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
Shopped Too Early

First clerk-Isn't 1t fine the way the
shoppers are coming in? never knew
them to do so much buying so early.
Second cferk--It's fine, all right
with one exception.
First clerk-What is that?
Second clerk-It's Mrs. Jirnpson. She
did her buying so awfully early that
she's already commenced exchanging
thtngss-Cleveland Pain Dealer
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
Strange
Comedy of
British Election

OF importance concluded The verdict scarcely
construed imperative mandate make radical changes
constitution of the kingdom
Something be done, of limit power
exercised by the house OF lords The present
don and completely blocks all important legislation passed
liberal majority in the house Of If every the
liberals propose legislation general election be called
the lords compe referendum of the proposition
the whole people, that would be equivalent po-
ca chaos 1t would be about the thing holding pres
dental elections this country within twelve months
be remarked further that the of politics.
conducted behalf Of the lords touched plane
agogs than anything likely this
silly appeal passion prejudice charge that
American gold being used change British constitution
unknown ago shape the
but would simply be with contempt deson
nowadays The plea foolish that Punch sympahes
mostly the side of the Tories found in mark for satire
thus:
Darsi Not pounds francs; neither
the unstable Indian the Unconditional
with Russian rubles had deep
dollars his pockets bulge Canadn)
dollars that his pormanteau is stuffed.
1t phenomenon politics petty and in
plea like this advanced by people standing of Lord
Rosebery He wealth. noted writer
has been premier of Great Britain quite
that any equal standing in this country should be guilty of
such transparent demagogism.
LloydGeorge hits them hard he tories are like the
tribe addicted devil worship They always have
bogey evil spirit ready destroy England This time is
gilt edged bogey shman framed in American dollars All
this IS comedy but credabe men who in
the OF craftsmanship themselves up like Rosebey
unconscious bufoons
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13

z. / LANCASTER OF WIletts. q. Davis ~
Auburn and z. A. Riley OF New York are
among the recent arrivals at the Msux
EVAN ". KELLEY, who is associated with
the United States forest service. is among the
recent arrivals at the Stewart.
A. Z. CHENEY. an attorney Of Reno arrived
Yesterday on legal business and is making the
Palace his headquarters.
J. A. MITCHELL and W. S. Gallagher Of
the United States forestry service are guests
W. D. FORSTER, traffic manager OF the Tono-
pah and Goldneld railroad, Is staying At the
ST. Francis.
H. L. MccAUGHEY arrived yesterday from Sc
attic and is at the Palace with Mrs. Nc
Caughey.
TOM PATTON, a mining man OF Plaeerviue
arrived yesterday and is at the Union square.
Il. DUNNING, hardware dealer OF Marvxvs,,s
s Is among the recent arrivals az the ArEOuAut.
MR. and MRS. WHARTON srNK1xR ~ phil.
deiphia have apartments at the EaArmOnt.
L. NJ LYONS, the cantaloupe king Of Imuerfal
valley. is a guest at the Palace.
S. A. BLYTHE, an oil operator Of BsksrsAssa, !,
Is registered at the St Francis -
ARTHUR F. GAY. a capitalist Of Hopoluln i
registered at the Stewart.
A. H WOODWARD of Pasadena in At t6e F.ir-
mont with Ms vOO5EaxA
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
BaIIinger and
the Chronicle
in Full Accord

II
He evidently also believes that accruing from the
presumably condition
the that there
be guaranty 0 efficiency n administration.
would unchalenged
limits of the and the admins
would be such the judgment the people OF the states TO
secretary certainly opposed that the public
federal hands and the burden
federal nauonahsm
Monday drawn these columns to the
California being seized
Compensation regard public interests wherever the
government nerpoed safeguards That particular
concerned with the appropriation the total flow OF
the McCoud river for power purposes short time similar
claim the power of the Pitt in the region
defeated but only because the land Office able find flaw
the proceedings The object had been successfully
cot woke up department sense of its responsibilities.
It therefore, that the Chronicle should like Pnchot
and thinks discredt him by calling Quoting from the
editorial
In matters respecting the public domain Secretary Balinger is
left cabinet had
Of the muckraker of the Pinchot
OF the president, with other honest and
full with the principles of conservation for
which Pnchot stands Taft accord with Banger at ALL
but of ot personal loyalty he does desire dis
miss him in disgrace from the cabinet
surprising that the Chronicle should be in such
hurry throw these wide open for public punder be-
the in the present condition of California law When
speak Of public punde this simply that the existing law of
this and the federal laws where territory covered by the
forest permit the appropriation of these natural
without compensation for public property If the
had established leasing system retaining the fee simple rights
the property things might different they only
safeguard lies in federal control OF the for the
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13

HE brief prepared by Gavin McNab behalf
of San Francisco and the citys claim designated by
congress the site of the Panama Pacific exposition very
readable and very human document that
McNaDs Argu should have its convincing effect the
ment on Behalf quarter
Of Gan Francisco This paper differs essentially from the
= ~ 0l sort Of thing usually put literature
propaganda aid of community projects 1t is likely
bring the for such efforts which people call
the waste paper basket To quote
1t absurdy inconstentirony mpont
uggestionh the history whereby the
of the globe changed forever shall be by the
inland where
modern architecture o warcan
All the world laughed when Pnafore, Gilbert Sullivan
of Engand'
"Oh, landsmen all, if would be
The ruler of the queens navy;
Never
And you'll all be the rulers
OF
With much by of introduction the writer proceeds
solid Referring the proposition hold the exposition
in of the place like New Orleans there is this:
The will visit
He behold the
will be of immediate Tens of thousands will visiting
exposition which has brought into being No held else
actually exposition in
connected with other
The Panama canal should be made the important
pressv exhibit of the exposition and this only hold
ing in San Francisco
There is not here for the general scope argument adj
vanced by Mr. McNab and people mostly familiar with its
Details but that the for San
sented in highly effective
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13

our portals, and brings a chill
to gloomy mortals. Outside,
the world is said and dreary /;
the tortured trees are wailing,
weary; but in the kitchen all
is gladness, there is no sign
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13
Uncle Walt
T he Poet P HI o o p h r

The frost upon the ground is lying; the winds
about the caves are crying and winter batters al
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-13

Oh bucvheat maple yrupl Hand re and hea
chirrupl vanish never! They brace
man for high endeavor they fill him with noble ardothe more
have harder-hey fill with soothing vision OF
fragrant isles and fields esan and all the world seems bright and
joyous, and trng ills do Had the harp OF Burns
Shelley I'd sing rapture of mans belly when to its depth
the buckwheat passes, all nuO IN m
soaked in Canada mol N OOa2k>lI VaSo>t(