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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-08
s. COYCAULT'
A0RSESH0ER
THAT S ALL
Shop at NJ. L. Harrison's
Third Street
Franklin Louisiana
An Ordinance.

1t was moved by :. AD.. S. He
bert, seconded by Mr.. Martin Dugas
and carried, that the following or
dlnance he adopted:
Whereas. the water hyacinths are a
menace to the efficiency of the Yellow
Bayou Drainage Canal. and
Whereas, Certain boOms have been
placed In position, and others may be
placed in position to prevent the en-
trance into the canal of the Water
Hyaclnth, and
Whereas, 1t has been reported to
this Board that parties navigating
the canals and the waters adjacent
thereto have tempered with the exist
Ing booIns In sucn manner as to i'm
pair their efficiency.
Be it resolved; That, taking advant-
age OF the provisions of Act No. 81 of
1904, Section one of which authorizes
Drainage Boards to adopt rules and
regulations for preserving the efficien-
cy OF Drainage Channels, and Section
two OF which makes the violation of
such rules mlsuemeneanOr punish
able by Imprisonment of from thirty
to sixty days, or a fine of from $50. 90
to $4,000 or both,
BE 1t ordered, That navigation of
the Yellow Bayou Canal is prohibited
except upon condition that parties
navigating same shall see to 1t that
ali oooms passed are left in position
to prevent the entrance OF the Water
Hyaclnth. All other parties are pro.
hlbited from tamperiny with the booms
or from taking any action that may
tend TO lessen the efficiency of the
booms or OF preventing them from &C
comprising the purpose for yhicn
they are installed.
Be it further resolved, That this
Board take steps to >apprehend any
and ali parties violating this ordi-
nance ana prosecute them to the full
extent OF the law.
CENTREVILLE, La, March LIST, 1910. |
l hereby certify the foregoing to be
a true and correct copy from fhe min
ultes OF the meeting OF the Board of
Commissioners OF the Yellow Bayou
Drainage District held at Centreville, |
La, on the LIST day of March, 1910.
L. 5. WOOSTER, Secretary.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District Court-Par.
ish of St. Mary.
Marietta Bedell, vs.. Andrew
Souby, ct ais. No. 12,57s.

Marietta Bedell, vs.. Andrew
Souby, ct ais. No. 12,57s.
Under and by virtue of a writ of tieri
faCias issued out of the Honorable 23rd
Judicial District Court, in and for the
Parish of st. Mary, and to me directed,
in the above numbered. and entitled suit,
| have seized. and will offer for safe, for
cash, to the last and highest bidde:, at
the principal front door of the Court
House III the Town of Franklin, Parish
of t. Mary, Louisiana on
SATURDAY, THE 22ND DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D., 1910,
between the hours of III O'Clock a. M.
and . clock p. M, the following men,
TONED and described property. to-wit:
That certain tract of land lying and
being situated on the west side of Bayou
Teche, in the Parish of st. Mary, State
OF Louisiana, aud containing Il superficial
area OF Three Hundred acres more or
less, and bounded on the north by Del
gado Plantation, in part, and in part by
lands OF Louis Grevemberg, on the east
by lands OF Delgado Plantation and
lands of Moresi, on the south by public
road. on the west by lands of John r
together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon situated AMI
thereto belonging.
w. 7. PETERMAN, Sheriff !
sheriff's Office, Parish st. Mary. La.
May 9TH. 1910.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-08
ARTICLE VII.

This Charter may be amended at any
regular or special meeting called for that
purpose after fifteen days notice by mail
to each m o2nH2r. b. Vote of two-third>
of all the members present at such meet
ing, and the corporation may be dissolved
at 4 special meeting held for that plrpose
after thirty DAYS notice mailed to each
member, by ali officer of this corporation
to be east either IN person or by written
proxy.
ARTICLE VIII.
Il In the event of the dissolution of this
corporation, by limitation or otherwise,
it, affairs shall b. liqudate1 by three
commissioners to be appointed by the
Board Of Directors for that purpose.
Thus done and passed at my office in the
Parish OF ST. Marc. on this 22nd day of
the month of August, 1910. In presence of
kernlon Y. Pickett and Clinton Benoit,
two competent witnesses who sign these
presents with said incorpordtors and me.
SAID Notary, after due readiug.
(Originally Siyned:)
ISAAC HENRY,
MATTHEW FoRTSON,
L. A. ROYSTER,
jerry FOSTER, JR.
WILLIE Tucker,
HENRY Ii. HALL.
Witnesses
X. V. PICKETT,
Z. BENOIT.
HENRY LAYER, Notary Public.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of st. Mary.
Having examined the foregoing Charter
Of The West End Social and Literary
Club Of Franklin, louisiana" and finding
nothing therein contained to be contrary
to law and the objects and purposes Legal,
| hereby approve the same, this 22nd day
of August, 1910.
L. VI. MILLING,
District Attorney Of 23rd Judicial District
OF Louisiana.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-08
Clerk, Office .

Clerk, Office,
st. Mary Parish. I.ousana.
]. wilbur ii. Kramer. Gle of the 23rd
Judicial District Court Of Louisiana, in
and for the PaIish of st. Mary. and eX-
oIticio Recorder thereof, to hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy Of the original now on Tile
and of recoId in my office, recorded in
Book ii OF Mortg Iges, Entry No. 3j,0l5,
Of date August 10th, 1910.
In evidence whereof, witness nv Off cha |
signature and the impress of tee seal Of
my office. this Both day of ugu,t. A. D.,
1910.
WILBUR II. knAmER,
Clerk and EX-Oflcio .;ecorder.
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hereby certify that | have examined
the foregoing act of in , aatlol or
charter of ''lh5 Irish Bend Independent
Association" and find nothing therein
contained contrary to law, and in my
opinion the same is legal and not repug>
nant to the laws of this State.
therefore approve the same this 24th
day of August. A. D., 1910.
t>ignedl L. NJ. MILLING.
District Attorney.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-08
\. A. Robinson

Witnesses:
W. 5. OsTHEIMER.
Jos. J. SCHWARTZ.
WILBUR II. KRAMER,
Clerk ex>Ottcio Notary Public.
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statesmen WANTED to look
after our interest in st Mary and ad
Jacent parishes. Salary and commits.
mission. Address,
THE VICTOR OH Co.. !
cleveland, Ohio.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

applied at once, but if for later winter
market the roots are kept in dormant
condition until the proper time has ar
rived.
The Gulf region will not have to use
heat to have early rhubarb If it is
profitable and desirable to force it, the
product will stand the cost of transpor-
tation.
St. Cloud, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01
EGG PLANT CULTURE.

1he eggplant requires an extremely
fertile soil to reach its highest devel-
opment. If the soil is not naturally
fertile it must be made SO by the ap-
plication of we'll rotted stable manure
or mineral fertilizers. have grown
this crop commercially on ordinary soil
and on very fertile soil, and I have
always found that it pays to apply fer
tilizers. I regard we'll rotted barnyard
manure the best fertilizer. 1t is impos-
sible to make the soil too rich for this
vegetable. It grows well in loose, loamy
soil, well drained.
The plants are tender when young,
but are hardy when mature. I have
kept them through the winter, pruned
and refertilized, and secured a second
crop early in the spring. The seeds
should be planted in a we'll projected
location and the soil kept moist. They
require temperature from So to 70 for
perfect termination. The plants start
off very slowly unless we'll protected
from cold. They require the suns warm
rays to make rapid growth. When once
thoroughly established they are great
drouth resisters and will mature their
fruit under degrees of heat, cold and
dryness that would be fatal to other
crops.
The plants should be taken from the
hotbed early in the morning and set in
hills three by four feet I always dip
the roots in mud, and, if the soil is not
extremely moist, pour a quart of water
in the hill, thoroughly settling the soil
around the roots to prevent drying out.
The cultivation is about the same as
for other hill crops. The earth should
be slightly drawn to the stem of the
plants while hoeing, but not sufficient
to come in contact with the lower limbs
of the plants.
The fruits should be. cut from the
plants with a sharp knife and taken
Immediately to the packing shed and
prepared for market. The fruits should
be we'll grown before gathered, but not
too old and tough. They should weigh
from two to three pounds. Too small
fruits are not salable and are liable to
shrivel They are generally marketed
in crates, hampers or baskets, holding
about three dozen fruits. They should
be very carefully handled to prevent
bruising. Shorten the stems to prevent
the one punching the other.-Sam H.
Dixon.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

41lS lllC Cd111CI k1IlQ.
AS fertilizer formula the following
will be found about right:
nitrogen .................3 per cent.
FOtaSh ....7 per cent.
Phosphoric acid ............8 per cent.
Use 1900 to 1000 pounds of the above
fertilizer per acre. Humus is a much
needed ingredient in the rhubarb soil,
and where this cannot be supplied in the
form of manure, we should get leaf
mold or muck.
Rhubarb above all other plants, can
stand deep cultivation and very thor
ough. In the fall, after the plants have
ceased to grow, the ground may be
thown up onto the row by stirring plow,
and this raked or narrowed down again.
Usually it is a good thing to cut the
roots and check the early feeding. After
the field has come into bearing, no other
crops should be planted in the field, and
the cultivation be simply for the rhubarb.
The ground must be cultivated in the
spring, but after the pulling season is
over, the field will usually take care of
itself. The large green leaves shade
the ground and prevent other plants
from growing, though here and there
weeds may spring up; these may be
pulled Or cut.
When the field begins to bear, which
was stated above to be when the plants
are three years old, the earliest leaves
are pulled when the stalks are about
eight inches long. At this size they are
quite tender, and care must be exercised
not to injure them in pulling. Later in
the season the stalks are allowed to grow
longer before pulling, but the earlier
ones are the higher priced.
The pullers gather the leaves until they
have an armful, when it is laid down
beside the road. After portion of the
field has been pulled, wagon is driven
along, and the armfuls are placed on
this and hauled to the punching shed.
The blades are then cut off and the
stalks tied into bunches Some of the
varieties are so brittle that it is nee
essary to let them wilt short time be-
fore tying. The size of the bunch must
be such as will suit the market, and
this can be learned only by experience.
This vegetable is shipped in ventilated
crates or barrels, and as the product is
removed from the package before the
consumer buys it, there is very little
choice in the kind of package. Forced
rhubarb is usually tied up in punches
containing six large stalks, which
sell for dollar a bunch; as soon as
the outdoor article comes into market
the price declines rapidly. Besides being
used as a vegetable, it is employed in
making wine; for this purpose it has
sold for $500 ton.
The lucrative price paid for fresh rhu-
barb in the winter has induced many
nurserymen to force this vegetable. In
the fall, after the frost has fallen, the
roots are taken up with as little mutt
lation as possible and transferred to
hot bed Or greenhouse. If the sale is
to be made in early winter the heat is
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

Structive article from Mr.. Golden. We
regret, however, that he did not give
his experience in preventing the plant
from running to seed premature1y; the
desirability Of growing rhubarb under
partial shade in this state, and COM
pariSOn Of the crimson with the varie-
ties he mentions We trust he, or some
one else, will cover these points in a
future article.)
Rhubarb, like asparagus, is a very
hardy perennial, and has not been plant
ed largely in the Gulf region. There
seems to be no natural obstacle to its
being produced here, and it is doubtless
due to the fact that vegetable growing
for distant markets is a new industry.
A dark, sandy loam is favorable soil
it may even tend to be gravelly, but
must not be dry. A we'll drained clay
soil is also good, and preferred by some
rhubarb growers. A light soil is liable
to allow the plant to produce large roots
at the expense of the Stalks" but when
the gardener is aware of this, it can be
overcome by proper cultivation. Or the
plants may be taken up and the roots
divided
Whatever kind of land is used, plenty
of fertilizer will be required; often fifty
to hundred loads per acre are used on
rich vegetable land. We1l-rotted muck
that has been worked into the soil deep
ly will be found a fair substitute for
manure, but we must not forget to sup
ply the needed potash and phosphoric
acid.
Seed may be obtained from seedsmen
and the plants grown in this way will
require about three years to obtain a
crop. It should be remembered, how
ever, that a field will bear for some
fifteen years or longer under proper
treatment. Sow the seed in drills eight
cen inches or two feet apart; thin the
plants to six inches in the row. The
seed may be sown any time in the
spring after danger of frost is past. AS
it is slow to gerrninate, watering may
be found necessary. It should be sown
as early as convenient, so as to have as
large leaf system as possible for the
summer heat AS the plants are ex-
pensive, it will be we'll to grow them
as soon as one is assured that the proper
land and facilities are at hand
To get quick start, plants should be
obtained from seedsmen. Work the
manure in as deeply as possible with
team, and be sure that the fertilizer has
been worked in WE'LL Lay the land off
in rows from four to six feet apart, and
set the plants from three to four feet
apart in the row, according to the va
riety of plants and strength of soil.
1t will be some two years from time
of setting out the plants to the time
that a crop may be expected; during
this time the field may be planted to
other vegetables, but an additional
amount of fertilizer should be supplied.
After the by-crop has been removed the
plants should be mulched to keep the
soil from drying out 1t is not good
plan to collect any stalks that may be
marketable before the second year.
There are several varieties offered on
the markets, but it is safe to plant Lin
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

More care and patience is required in
the early stages of turkey raising than
in any other branch of the poultry in
dustry. For the first six weeks they
need constant watching especially against
the early morning dews. However, after
they have passed that early period about
the only way you can kill them is with
the ak. The financial returns for those
early days of watching and care are
abundant. Every farmer should raise
some turkeys. The supply is thousand
miles short of the demand.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01
Culture of Rhubarb for Market
BY c. E. GODDEN.

naens Or Victoria. These two varieties
can be depended upon, the Linnaens be-
ing the earlier kind.
AS fertilizer formula the following
will be found about right:
nitrogen ..3 per cent.
Potash ...7 per cent.
Phosphoric acid ...........8 per cent.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

owe recently published an inquiry in
regard to rhubarb culture in Florida,
and in response have the following in
structive article from Mr.. Golden. We
regret however, that he did not give
his experience in preventing the plant
desirability Of growing rhubarb under
partial shade in this state, and a com
parison Of the crimson with the varie-
ties he mentions. We trust he, or some
one else, will cover these points in
future article.)
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04
WESTERN CANADA LANDS
SOLD FOR SMALL SUMS
Prices of Railway Holdings Are
About $40 an Acre

The sales of the Canadian Pacific
railway lands in the prairie provinces
in 1909 and 1910. fiscal years, were
376,64S and 1000 acres, valued at
s5,0S5,517 and $3.50 900. respectively
reports Deputy Consul General A. F.
GalpiT of Vancouver The average
price per acre was about 1882 in 1908
and about $40 in 1910.
When the railroad was constructed
it received a grant of 100000 acres
of land from the dominion government
of which 10000. 900 acres has been sold.
The land values in South and North
Dakota average approximately $50 to
$40 an acre, and in some portions of
Idaho s100 These facts, no doubt are
what are causing American farmers to
sell their holdings and move to west
ern Canada. The owner of 160 acres in
the middle states can dispose of il and
move to western Canada buy an in
creased acreage. erect buildings there
on. etc. and still have money on hand
from the sale of his lands in the United
States.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04
Queen OF BELGIANS
AVOWED SOCIALIST
Sympathy for Efforts to Improve
Conditions of Laborers
Causes Declaration
Children of Ruler Are Taught to
Hold Similar Opinions by
Mothers Order
Especial Gable to The Call

BERLIN. Dec. 3.-The leading social
ist organ at Munich says that the
queen Of the Belgians. who was born
Bavarian princess, is an adherent of
the socialist party When the king of
the Belgians, accompanied by the
queen, recently opened parliament there
was a noisy socialist demonstration
within the building. 1t was supposed
that the royal party must have resented
this demonstration, but. according to
the Munchener Post, the queen after
ward declared her sympathy with the
socialists. She is reported to have
said:
4 understand and sympathize with
the socialists and working classes.
They want something which they have
not got. and therefore they shout for
1t. [ sympathize heartily with the so
clalists efforts to improve the con
ditions of the life of the laboring
people, and I am doing my best to
teach my children to hold similar
opinions"
This story of socialist queen has
caused great alarm among the old
fashioned Prussians. who see the foun-
dations of empire shaking when a
crowned sovereign publicly prOclaims
SocialiStic principles
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04
TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
ARE FOUND IN TURKEY
Market Where All Goods Conn
pete on Equal Terms

The British consul at Constantinople,
in a recently printed report calling the
attention of British manufacturers to
the Importance of Turkish trade and
the necessity of their making special
efforts to secure that trade at the pres
ent stage of Turkish development,
writes:
People who come here to do business
must be prepared to spend a great deal
of time and patience and to meet ex-
tremely keen and sometimes tricky
competition, but there is undoubtedly
good business to be done. Payments
are now safe and fairly regular. and
the authorities are honestly desirous
of getting the best article for the price
Turkey is a neutral market, in which
all goods compete on equal terms. The
Turkish war office has been working at
high pressure during the last year to
thoroughly equip its large standing
army on modern lines, and large orders
have been placed abroad for all kinds
of material. Besides guns and ammu-
milton, woolen army cloth, gray and
khaki. has been ordered to the amount
of 100000 yards. Cotton khaki for
summer wear, T-cloth for tents, boots,
travelling cooking ovens. bed rugs,
blankets, canvas for knapsacks car
fridge belts. buttons for uniforms, sad
dies, harness, leather, iron bedsteads
swords. barbed wire. ETC., are among
the other articles ordered. None OIL
these are made in Turkey, and as many
of these orders must be repeated the
market is certainly worth attention.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04
DEMAND DECREASES
FOR HIGH PRICED PULP
Production of Mills Slightly In
creased During Year

There We're 253 wood pulp mills i'm
operation during the whole or part
of the calendar year 1909 i'm the United
States. as against 251 i'm 1908 The con-
sumption of pulp wood in these mills
during 1909 was 4O02, GOO cords, valued
at S3447S.O 900 as against S.347,O00 cords
valued at $2S.360,OO0 in 1908. an i'm
crease in quantity of about 10 per cent
1t is especially noticeable that since
1907 there has been q decided decrease
in the consumption of the best knOwQ
and highest priced pulp wood. namely,
spruce. this species contributing 6S1
per cent of the total in 1907. 64.5 per
cent in 1905. and 500 per cent in 1909
There has also been a slight decrease i'm
hemlock. whereas cOrresp spending in
creases have occurred i'm the cCnsump-
tion of woods heretofore little used as
pulp material. such as balsam, white
fir and several hard woods including
birch. beech, maple. gum and Eastwood
This increase is especially marked i'm
the ca Sc of balsam, the quantity of this
species consumed in 1909 being more
than double that reported for 1908
The steady decrease in the annual
consumption of spruce has been accom-
panied by a substantial increase in the
average cost per cord of this species.
This was $500 in 1907, 1898 in 1905 and
1886 in 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04
MANUFACTURE OF
LACQUER IN JAPAN
Procedures Famous for Produc-
tion of Seeds and Oil

Ye'no'abura" is a vegetable oil de-
rived from the seeds of the Perilla
ocimoides, an annual plant, which re-
sembles the Perilla pekinensis. and
uru'shi Is the sap collected from the
lacquer trees. writes Consul Genera
Thomas Sammons of Yokohama.
The oil is made in the Tochigi, Sal
tama, Chiba, Miyagi and Ibaraki pre-
lectures. which are famous for the
production of seeds and oil. Sandy
SOIL Is favorable to the cultivation of
the plant, and the yield is estimated
at 20 bushels of seeds per acre Sta
ustics show that the annual produc-
tlon throughout Japan amounts to an
average of $4,000 bushels, from which
over a gallon of oil per bushel is ex-
tracted. The oil is retailed at 35 cents
per sho (0.4766 gallon), and is used in
the manufacture of paper umbrellas,
lanterns, oil papers and artificial
leather. Tt is also used in preparing
er Ink, paint, varnish and lacquer.
The lacquer trees are occa sionally
cut down, but the usual method is to
tap them about nine inches above
ground. The gum which accumulates
Is coliected with spatula made for
the purpose. Four days after the first
eolecuon of gum the trees are tapped
again. This process is carried on
throughout the season, July to Sep
temoer The trees used are generally
70 years old. A large tree is estimated
70 produce 90 grams (3.17 ounces),
Mhole small tree produces only SO
Slams tl.SI ounces) of the gum.