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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06

that were overflowcd and nearly
as much more on the Red, Blac k
and the Ouachit; rivers. The
people lost their crops and a good
deal of their stock and had to APP
peal to the United States govern
mcnt for assistance. All tins
came from The floods If the Miss
isSippi pouring INTO the Red and
Atchatalaya through Old river
and the territory above where no
levccS had been built to prevent
these lands from beng flooded.
This is an outlet far beyond the
conception of Cowden and the
outlet advocates
Now. what has been the effect
0f this great outlet on the bed OF
the river According to the last
soundingS and survey t has caus-
Ell the whole bed Of the river Il
fill up from bank TO bank from
% to 30 feet and according to Tor
mer surveys of outlets made by
State engineers. there is nvarl-
ably A filling up of the bed OF the
river just in proportion to the vol
ume of water taken from 1t by
outi - or crgvaSSeS. 1t is Tor
this reason that Maj Kerr and his
Board of Engineers. who have
been employed for years III watch
NC the river. advocate divorce
ment as the only means OF effect
ing the reclamation of the eight
or ten million of the richest lands
in the world.
There arei some who make their
calculations by taking the river
at it's highest flood then estimate
the amount carried off by the out
let and on that basis estimate how
much higher il will raise the wa
ter below. just as if You could
drop dam at once to shut OH
the Mississippi from the Red and
Atchafalaya. when at its highest
stage! Instead, it will have to be
done in time Of low water and
gradually. so as to give the river
time TO wash out its bed ana
adapt itself to carry off its floods
without raising its flood height.
There is another consideration
to which ! wish to call the attcn-
ton of those living behind tie
levees. that is that the levees do
no belong to them alone but also
to those living in their rear and
owning lands as they do, for these
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06
A HOG SPECIAL.

GA Texas railroad has conceiv-
ed a brilliant idea and is about
to put it into execution. 1t is to
run "hog special over its hne.
The average person at once asks
what is a ''hog special?' 1t IS
train designed by the road for
the purpose of encouraging and
fostering the important work OF
hog raising in East Texas This
train will give a practical demon
stration of all matters connected
with the science of hog raising as
perfected SO far. Pig pens will
be on the stock ears and Berk-
shire, Duroc and Poland China
hogs and other registered breeds.
Accompanying the train Will be
recognized practical hog expert,
This authority will lecture at each
stopping point on the itinerary,
pointing out how big profits ar
to be made through the science
Iof swine raising.
This train is to start on July
) from Dallas, and is to run to
Liberty. 1t is to stop for day at
each principal station between the
two points. in order to enable Tar
mers to hear the lecture and to
examine the hogs and the farrow-
ing pens. in which will be the
mothers and their litters. The
lecture will give full information
on the breeding of hogs on the
best crops to make hog feed and
how to raise and harvest these
crops in the best ard cheapest
way. with special instruction IN
hog fattening.
1t is said that hogs can be rals-
ed anywhere in the South at a
cost ranging from l II to 3 cents
per pound. The market price to-
day is 9 to 10 cents per pound.
A profit of 300 to 600 per cent
S apparent. 1t is an inviting field
FOR every thinking farmer. Cot
ton may be high. or II may not
be. FoodstuffS have been high
for some years. and there is lit
tie prospect of lower prices. Hogs
are today being imported by the
thousand from far-off China, be-
cause of their high price here and
the thoughtlessness of the Repub-
lean Party in not putting up a
fence in the tariff against them.
The moral of the whole situation
is for the Southern farmer to get
busy raising hogs. not only for
his own use. but to seel in the
markets. birmingham News.
1t would be an excellent thing
for this State if in conjunction
with the agricultural exhibit to
be displayed by the Southern Pa
|cific Railroad. they would go
further and make up hog ex-
hibit to encourage hog raising
among the farmers of Louisiana.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06

boluw It, thoH OF what nso Ia tbs
outlet, and why the opposition to
closing it, when by closing 1t you
will not only protect some eight
or ten of the richest and most pro
ductive parishes in the State
from overflow, prevent the whole
river from taking that shorter
route to the Gulf. lis closing
will also ultimately result III the
reclamation Of SIN or clght NIL
lions of acres # the richest lands
IN the world, not low sea-marSh
and cypress swami lands like
they have below DualdsonNlI1 p
but high lands above the tides,
which drain themselves, whenever
the floods of the Mississippi oc-
eur. through the mouth of tn"
Red and Ola rivers. There are
twenty or more miles above the
mouth of the Red river where
they have never rebuilt the lcVceS
but purposely left them open ior
the floods to pour over them INTO
the Red, damming up that river
and causing it To overflow over
four millions of acres lying above
that RIVER and flooding nearly
equal amount IN the Atchafalaya
basin.
As long as this condition Of at
fairs is left as it Is now It M
possible to reclaim or improve
these rich lands. for how can You
90 about it as long as all the rlv-
ers. bayous and drains are over
flowed by the floods of the gie1'
Mississippi pouring upon them
The levee taxpayers IT thlS
State have through great taxation
and forced contributions bnl up
our present levee system and per
fected It to such a degree that we
have not had a crevasSe OF much
Importance for three years. not
outstanding the great flood OF
1908. They have demonstrated
that the river can be controlled
by levees and that our outlets are
not needed. They have reclaimed
from the floods of the great rlv-
er and its tributaries about 2,ooo,-
600 acres of land and improved 1t
until the taxable wealth Of the
seventeen levee districts IS S5O9,-
100000; that of New Orleans.
1924, 100000, making in all $343,-
600. nearly the entire taxable
wealth of our State. If we have
made it so profitable to reclaim
one-fourth of our overlooked
lands, why should we stop and not
reclaim as much as possible OF the
remaining fourth? This can be
easily and cheaply done by simp-
ly divorcing the Mississippi from
the Red and the Atchafalaya
rivers, By not doing this we will
have lost at least one million OF
acres of land in the Atchafalaya
basin which were never known to
overflow before our civil war.
10000 acres of which were i'm
proved or in cultivation in sugar
plantations and farms, but have
since been abandoned.
In 1908 we had on the Techc
$4,000 acres of cultivated lands
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06
RESUME OF COUNCIL PRO,
CEEDNGS.

The City Council held their reg
ular meeting last Monday even
ing at the City Hall with Mayor
Power in the chair and the fol
lowing members present: Messrs
O. Renoudet. Luke Trainor. Clet
Girard. VIM. Lassalle, r. 7. RIB
beck. r. ID. Southwell and Numa,
Migues. Absent, Mr.. Victor
Erath.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were duly read and ap
proved. A communication was
received from the committee wht
drafted the new Charter, placing
New iberia in the COMMISSION
form of Government stating tha'
the Charter had been passed by
the State Legislature 'anll pub
lished in the official organ OF the
State and that it was now read!
for the action of the Council fol
further action. On motion Of Mr.
Renoudet the communication was
received and action on same de
ferred to later date.
On further motion of Mr.. Rib
beck, seconded by Mr.. Southwell
that piece of property at the IN
tersection Of North and Man
Streets, now under fence anC
claimed as private property b!
Mr.. Herman Hauser be purchased
by the City and the same opene,
for the use of the Street. Carried
After reading of the bills agains
the City and their appnova
the Council then resolved ltsel
into a Drainage Board.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06
PROCEEDINGS OF DEM0CRA
TIC COMMITTEE.

New Iberia, La, Aug. 2. 1910.
At a meeting of the Parish Dem,
ocratic Executive Committee OF
the Parish of Iberia, held at the
City Hall. New Iberia at II
O'Clock noon. the following resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted:
Be it resolved by the DiemA
cratic Parish Executive Commit
tee Of the Parish of Iberia, IN
,pecial session assembled. that
Whereas. the date on which
candidates are allowed to enter,
and file notification. in the Prim-
ary Election for Police juror
Sixth Ward. iberia Parish, called
nv this committee for August 10,
1910. was closed on July %, 1910,
at p. ms and
Whereas. there is only one can
,}idate for the Office OF Police
Jnror for the Sixth Ward to ! II
the nnexpired term of Emile ia
ian removed from the Parish.
II is therefore, declared ihat
the said candidate. Carlos Mes
tayer, being unopposed, is the nom
NICE of the Democratic sarty Tor
the office of Police Juror ~ the
9Th Ward of Iberia Parish, Is
for the election to be held ON Aug.
q. 1910, as ordered by she Gov
ernor of the State of louisiana
without the necessity OF holdins
a primary election for said office
And, a.. ;,
Re it further resolved, inat i
COPY of this resolution be sent -
the Secretary of State, Batoh
Rouge, La.
A. j. MAUMuS.
Chairman Democratic Executive
Committee iberia Parish.
G. GIRARD,
~4xv sxs
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06
Silencel

The issaet OF modesty natral to woman A 9en
great hndra0k 70 the Of womany diseases. Womst
shrink from the pepna questions Of the local physician
which ndecats The thought Of examination abb
horrenf them and they esls in silence condition
= disease which surely progresses ire. das to wore.
II las Aeea Dr.. Pieres's 1eiHiIe6e - eass
1reae ss~y vsass wAo Asvo Hess6 refsis
1oe Rodes1 II BE offer ~ FREE eonsslEas
0ea ~ Isetes. m rerresposdesco n held
- sscredly con06es1aG. 69dress Dr.. Z. y.
Pterces Buffalo, n. y.
Dr. Pierces Psyprte Prescription sal regulates
the womany funoSas, ab0ishes pain and builds % aHj
ppts the 6nishinl touch n bealth every weak
wAc tives it . fair trial.
IL Makes Weak Women SkrOnf,
Sick Women Well.
fou can't aaoed :evsf Q substitute
fee ahis aonralcohols Redcias ~ KNOWN cossrosnioN
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06
TWO THINGS OF THE PEOPLE

of this country live in rented
houses; you cannot submit in
you old age or rent receipts.
They have no rebate or other
values except as relics of your
folly. Resolve not to live
another year (or month, if pos
Eble)) in house that can be
adorned with "TO LET" signs.
Let the landlord have it and
own your own home. Consult
our Secretary IBERIA BUILD
ING ASSOCIATION.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06

When the digestion is all right,
the action Of the bowels regular,
there is a natural craving and rel
ish for food. When this is lack
ing you may know that you need
a dose Of Chamberlain S Stomach
and Liver Tablets. They strength
en- the digestive organs, improve
the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Sold BY all dealers.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-08-06
INVITE \ GIRL

to have a glass Of soda and see
what she says. If it's a hot day
and she says mo" We miss our
guess.
ALL GIRLS LOVE SODA
and it's the business Of yNung
gallants to see that they have it.
Our soda beats them all. It's de-
licious. cool, and only . cents.
Try it.
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07
BOY TORTURED BY ECZEMA

"When my boy was six years old, he
suffered terribly with eczema. He
could neither sit still nor lie quietly In
bed. for the itching was dreadful. He
would irritate spots by scratching
with his nails and that only made
them worse. A doctor treated him
and we tried almost everything. but
the eczema seemed to spread. It
started in a small place on the lower
extremities and spread for two years
until 1t very nearly covered the back
part Of his leg to the knee.
FINALLY got Cuticura Soap. Cuti-
cura Ointment and Cuticura Pills and
gave them according to directions.
used them In the morning and that
evening. before l put my boy to bed,
used them again and the improve
ment even in those few hours was sur
prising. the Inflammation seemed to
be so much less. 1 used two boxes of
Cuticura Ointment, the same of the
Pills and the Soap and my boy was
cured. My son is now in his sew
enteenth year and he has never had
q return Of the eczema.
Il took care of friends child that
had eczema on Its face and limbs and
used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
They acted on the child Just as they
did on my son and 1t has never re-
turned. would recommend the Cuti-
cura Remedies to anyone. Mrs. A. ].
Cochran. 1923 Columbia Ave-, Phila-
delphia, Pa, Oct. 20. 1902"
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07
BUILT up GREAT BUSINESS
Frederick Mayer Boot and Shoe Com
pany a Monument to German
Thrift and Industry.

That the key to real business success II
often based on a sound principle, rather
than money, is best illustrated by the re-
production of the following biographical
sketch of Frederick Mayer, founder of the
+. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company, repro
American National Alliance:
Frederick Mayer, founder of the fac
tories at Milwaukee and Seattle now bear
ing his name. came to this country from
1851, and immedatel. proceeded to Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin, where he entered the en-
ploy of r. Suhm as a journeyman shoe
maker.
The spirit that prompted him to seek
his fortune in the, new, world was soon
responsible for another change, and in 1852,
year later he embarked in business on
his own accord, making boots and shoes to
order as only German apprenticed nrti.
san knows how. Subsequently stock of
goods was carried and a retail business con.
Quoted until 1880 when the manufacture OF
shoes was engaged in at Wholesale to the
trade.
In 1890 the business was well established,
the foundation firmly laid and the policy
well determined. From that time on the
the present Mayer factories at Milwaukee
and Seattle is 1900 pail. per day, giving en-
ployment to an army of people, paying an
nually over six hundred thousand dollars in
wages. and employing sixty-fve salesmen
who travel "a states in the interest OF
Frederick Mayer died on March 10. 1898,
after building up a large and successful
business. He is succeeded by his sons,
George P. Mayer, Fred J. Mayer and Adam
j. Mayer, who, by rigidly maintaining the
Boy Of the the % hsve 70 s
magnitude, where it stands as monument
of German thrift and industry.
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07
sIlaht Misunderstanding.

Mickey's mother visited young
school teacher on the East side the
other day, says the New York Sun. AS
nearly as she could make out from the
mothers splutterings the teacher had
been calling Mickey names that no
lady would use and no dacint mother
would stand for" The teacher thought
hard but could recollect no time when
she had given way to an impulse to
call Mickey dreadful names.
'Sure but you did," insisted the
mother. Il don't know what you meant
by 1t, but scurvy elephant is no nice
name to call boy. That's what he
said you called him, a scurvy ele-
phant."
"Scurvy elephant No." said the
teacher, In a relieved voice II didn't
call Mike scurvy elephant. called
him a disturbing element. and reiter-
ate my statement"
Mickeys mother went home partial
ly satisfied. but not quite sure that the
teacher hadn't been calling her names.
too
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07
PREFERRED WALK ON STREET
American Tourist Indignant at Seem
Ing Imputation That he Hao
Feline Procivities.

Senator Depew was asked by 70
porter as he was having his luggage
examined last month, II he had
brought any stories back from Europe.
The senator laughed and replied:
well, in the smoke-room of the ship
1 heard an interesting thing about .
Montanan in Chester. Chester, you
know, is walled. Its wide walls. on
which you could drive horse. are
famous. You can circle the town on
them.
But the Montanan knew nothing
about Chester. He had only arrived
In Liverpool that afternoon. And as
soon as he finished his quaint dinner.
he said to the waiter in the quaint
Chester inn:
"'What is the best way for me to
amuse myself here for an hour or two
before bedtime?'
"Well. SIR said the waiter. It's .
fine evening. the moon is full, and I
think you'd find a stroll on the walls
most enjoyable
1.-The Montanan, ignorant of the pop
ular promenade upon the wide walls
of Chester. thought he was being
guyed. He frowned at the waiter and
said bitterly:
"'What do you take me for? A tom
cat?'" F.,
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07
TubercuIosIs Death Rates.

The death rate from tuberculosis
among men employed In occupations
exposed to municipal and general or
ganic or street dust is higher than
among other employed males, accord
ing to recent bulletin of the bureau
of labor of the department of COM
merce and labor. The percentage Of
deaths from consumption among
males exposed to organic dust is 90.
while the percentage for all males
In the registration area is 14.S. The
percentage of deaths from tuberculo-
sis among workers exposed to metal
lie dust Is very much higher.
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07
GENERAL NEWS.

or Christmas mail 4.106 sacks were
brought to America from Europe by
the liner Teutonic.
The only brother of Pope Plus X
and his two sisters celebrated New
Years day with him at the Vatican.
The whole Turkish Cabinet resigned
December 28th, following the resigna-
ton of Hilmi Pasha, the grand vizier.
Andrew Carnegie slipped on an icy
spot while walking around the reser-
yoir in Central Park, New York. few
DAYS since and suffered painful in
Jury to his left knee.
In an official investigation of the
city prison, known as the "stockade,"
at Atlanta, Ca, charges were made
that white women were hung up on
the wall of a cell room as though cru
cified with extended arms. and that
at least one attempt was made to
whip a woman.
The Non-Conformist Anti-Socialist
Union of Great Britain has been Or
panized in London to fight socialism
in all its forms. 1t will try to prevent
the use of churches and school rooms
for holding political meetings.
Because he could not remember
part of his address, which he was to
deliver at banquet on New Years
day at Georgetown, KY, Judge John
c. vows, 80 years old, shot and killed
himself. Judge vows was one OF the
hest known members of the Kentucky
har and well known as an after-dinner
speaker.
Eighteen persons in and near New
York perished in the Christmas
storm or from accidents caused by 1t.
Six died from exposure after being
caught in snowdrifts. Others were
drowned, and several were killed by
trains.
Mary McCluskey, who was Kid
manned 1G months ago. when she was
three months old, was found n few
days since by the police in Brooklyn.
Four persons are under arrest. The
child's mother let woman take the
baby out one day and neither mad
been seen by her since.
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07
President is Unconventional.

Washington.-Presi Taft Sun
day took away the breath of those
who have maintained that the days of
Jeffersonian simplicity have long de-
parted and that the administration is
taking on all the ceremonial of Eu-
ropean court. when he calmly left the
White House and went on foot to call
on Judge Horace II. Lurton, the newly
arrived Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court. The affair was unique
in that it is the unwritten law that
new officials shall first pay their calls
of respects at the White House
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07

The dam of the Keystone plant q
the International Harvester Company
In the Rock river at Sterling, Illinois.
was washed out by high water and Ice
on the I'd inst. causing loss Of $4,000
and throwing 1900 men out of work.
Governor Noel has announced the
appointment of Col. James Gordon OF
Oklahoma as United States senator
from Mississippi to succeed the late
Senator A. J. McLaurin. The appoint
ment Is temporary until the Legisla-
ture can elect a senator for the unex.
pired term and is made with the un-
derstanding that Senator Gordon will
not be candidate for this term.
Charges that some physicians In
Philadelphia deliberately prolong the
period of illness of patients and neg
lect the use of anti-toxin in order to
Increase their income, are made by
DR.. Joseph 8. Neff. director of the city
department Of health and charities,
who offers this reason for the In
crease In diphtheria for the present
year. while all other preventable dis
eases show a decrease.
Francis ]. Heney OF San Francisco
has filed formal complaint in his New
York suit against William H. Crocker.
the California millionaire. basing his
action on an open letter bearing Mr..
Crocker's name which appeared in q
New York evening newspaper Decem-
ber 3rd. in which Mr.. Crocker defend
ed his action In first supporting Hency
in the San Francisco graft prosecu-
tions and later Withdrawing his sup
port.
Colonel James Gordon of Okolona,
Mississippi. who has been named Unit
I'D States Senator by Governor Neel
rim. was ono OF several Confederate
leaders suspected NJ being In con-
spiracy with ]. Wilkes Booth to kill
President Lincoln. A reward of &c.,
900 was offered for his arrest. He
later succeeded in satisfying the au.
thorities that he WAS in no way impli-
Gated in the crime.
Neon. a newly-discovered gas, is the
cause of the aurora borealis. according
to statement made at Boston by Dr..
w. J. Dudley, head Of the department
of chemistry at Vanderbilt University,
before the division of physical and In
organic chemists of the American As
sociation for the Advancement OF Sci
ence. DIR. Dudley showed what he
claimed to be the only sample Of
neon now in this country. 1t requires
over 100 tons of air to get q pint Of
neon.
Justice Mclean of the Supreme
Court Of New York, has signed an or
der making final adjudication of the
100000 estate of the late DR.. Thorn
as w. Evans, the American dentist Of
Paris. who rescued the Empress Eu-
genie from Parisian mob September
5th, 1871, four days after the battle
of Sedan. The decision will make 1t
possible for the city of Philadelphia
to proceed with the erection OF the
Thomas w. Evans museum and dental
college. which will be DIR. Evans chief
monument. About $6.000.0OO Is now
available.
The Springfield herald., 1910-01-07
For Celestlajs,

once visited a very rough boom
town in Oregon, near Cottage Grove.
In the leading saloon man in a red
shirt said to me:
"Ye wanter carry yerself almighty
straight in these parts, stranger. Go
wrong the least mite and, by crinus.
we'll lynch We as quick as look at ye."
smiled.
would you lynch me-" I asked. "if
I killed a dog?"
Would we?" he snorted. why.
stranger, we've lynched fellers here
for KILN Chinamen!"