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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10
Heart toHeart
Talks.
A Plea FOR OLD THINGS,
By EDWIN a. .NYR.

Be not too swift to be off with the
eeld and on with the new things of life
There is craze Ia our day for some
uaew thing. not because the new is
ceased in reason or founded on con
viction, but because 1t is new. Unrest
lis not progress.
When the disputing philosophers
teanae to Diogenes asking definition
's5f progress he got out Of his tub,
groiled it dowa a street of Athens and
then back again. got into it and open
ed his mouth for the first time He
said;
fThat is what you call progress
and much OF what some call prog
ress today is mere tub rolling keeping
something going on, making the wheels
Ego round
People crave the new. That is why
1aEhe fashion mongers are able to set
ztae fn0sr ridiculous styles and make
FGashi0n's followers dance attendance
upon their fearsome freaks.
And not only in fashion, but in other
Ethings-ia amusements. in business, in
Literature. in politics. even in religion
people are quick to follow fads and
fancies
Speaking of new things in religion,
do you remember Talleyrand's answer
Sc the man who had devised new
religion and wanted to know how to
make it go2 Cruelty yourself and
rise from the dead OIL the third day.
answered Talleyrand
Do not give up the old until you
know more about the new. A thing
is not necessarily true because it is
old. But it is apt to be old because it
is true. Be very sure the new is the
better.
We are in a transition period In
the changes that will come about a lot
Fof superficial isms are put forth.
Tub rolling is not advancement In
che turmoil and hurry of the new. the
hasty, the novel, there is room as well
1as place for the things that abide
For instance, every now and then |
a new book that Twill make an epoch" |
Is announced. 1t may be good, but |
you know the old books are good Ell. |
Joy the good and wait.
And so of new theories In science.
great discoveries. and all that
And old friends
The friends thou hast. and their adoption
tried.
Grapple them to tiny soul with hooks of
steel.
sus do not oull thy palm with entangle-
Enent
or each new Matched. unnedged comrade
Be not carried away with every wind
of doctrine. Hold fast the things that
are worth while. enjoy the stable
things. Take time FOR comfort and
cUntenpla and the sense of Sc
eerity. the comfort OF old ways. the
10y OF familiar things
DO snot trade these treasures for
somebody's fad.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10
SHERIFF,s SAFE

NO. I3,457-In the First Judicial HE.
tr1ct Court of Caddo Parish. La.
F, B. Dickson vs.. Burke Miller.
By virtue of writ of feri facias -
me directed from the Honorable FIRE.
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parisb
Louisiana, in the above numbered and
entitled suit, have seized and will ~
Ter Tor sale at public auction. for cash
according to law, during the legal hours
Tor sales, at the principal front door Of
the court house of Caddo Parish To,,;s-
lana, on i0o''ie7
SATURDAY, APRIL 80, 1910
The northwest quarter of sectio,, 80
ty-two (22), township sixteen l,61
range fourteen (I4), Caddo par;sk L'
Louisiana The above property se;za .i
and to be offered for sale to satisfy a.
deDt specified in the said writ. saw n tte
sum OF nine hundred (sooooo) dollars
with eight per cent per annum ;n+erest
from January 10, 1907, and all costs o.
SUIT including 10 per cent on said s,tn
and interest as attorneys fees. i
]. P. FLOURNoY. .
-'-A' ~ u Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10
Woman Is Apple Queen.

mo future but marriage for the
working girl? / don't believe it." said
Mrs. Marion McRea Of Hood River,
Ore, on recent trip to the east. Mrs.
McRea left the east six years ago be,
cause she had her own way to make In
the world and was weary of working
for a firm indoors. She wanted to get
out into the open, where are fresh
air and freedom With capital of
$40 she arrived in Oregon and man.
aged to get hold of twenty acres of
land in the Hood river valley which
nobody else seemed to want. You'll
fall" her friends told her Many wo
men-and many men-w would have civ
en- up after that croaking prophecy
But Mrs. McRea is one of those choice
souls who succeed. tossing discourag.
ing advice to the breezes She SCI ol7t
her acres in apples and waited for
them to produce She waited six
years, for it takes that long for an ap
pie orchard to give respectable Yield
In the meantime she Kept her eyes
open and handled real estate. now and
then making sales at reasonable com
missions, to keep the wolf from the
door. Also she planted strawberries
between the rows of apple trees. and
the berry yield helped to pay for the
fern. The twenty acres cost her $3.50.
Today, she says, her land is worth
81 600 an acre $4,000 made in six
years--and the trees are beginning to
bear well. 1T is not unusual in my
section" Mrs. McRea says, ito make a
profit of $1,000 an acre on single
crop Of apples
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10


anese are the first words that for
zsnany a year have come to the world
rom the Empress Eugene. now fad
@ed woman of eighty-four years and
one OF the most pathetic figures of his
tory now living.
What a history was hers!
BY sheer charm she raised herself to
"a throne Her destinations won Napo-
aecn III. and forever linked her desti-
any 10 his and with the rise and fall of
nm empire.
When Napoleon landed at BouIogne
with his tame eagle and proclaimed
his rights bis country men were In
cafned TO laugh at him, but the fevered
dream OF republic was over, and Ma
p0aeon took up the reins Of govern
2ment.
He made good
And the world knows now that much
sse1 the success was owing to Eugene
I'm beauty and grace she was the first
woman of Europe. Bismarck once said
She was always one OF the most
dcAaru1tng OF women.
But
As this gracious woman was respon-
sible for much of the brilliant reign OF
tie last Napoleon. she was also the
cause of many of its failures.
Eugene more than any other was
Ehe author of the III fated attempt by
Macmillan to plant an empire on the
North American continent in Mexico.
She was the moving spirit In the ia.
Eai war with Germany. While his BET
ter Judgment told Napoleon that
france was no match for the Prus-
SLAMS. Eugene urged him on.
And what woes were brought upon
France. eliminating in the siege Of
5 Sedan! Won Moltke's soldiers crushed
her lilies under their iron heels. aud
Eugene fed TO England with her hus-
band and child.
There was sorrow when Napoleon
iiied In exile. but fate reserved tise
worst blow for Eugenie IN 1sT9-tlfs
Heath of her son. The bright boy WAS
all that was left to her
And now this pitiful old woman SIT
IN the ashes OF her desoIation. whesz
esor forty Years she has incurred her
ssas
sHeronsy crown il .'segTosy's sfewn a'
sorTows- remembering happier things.
True. aaach of her sorrow she hrough
1pon herself Which links llss. wifi
man ofsAis. We are nil 81 Drane
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10
CHARTER
OF THE OAKDALE LAND COM
PANY.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Before me, the undersigned authority
ON this day came and appeared the sew
eral persons whose names are hereto
subscribd, who declared that they dc
hereby form a corporation under the
laws of the State Of Louisiana, for the
objects and purposes and under the stip-
ulations following. to-wit:
ARTICLE 1.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized are hereby
declared TO be the purchase and sale of
real estate and other property, with the
right of holding and disposing of same,
or Of mortgaging, leasing or pledging
the same, as the directors of this cor
poration may see proper.
ARTICI E II.
The name and style of this corpora
ton shall be the OAKDALE LAND
COMPANY, and under its said name it
shall have power and authority to enjoy
succession for a period of twenty
(25) years.
ARTICLE III.
The domicille of this corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana; citation or other le-
gal notice shall be served on the presi-
dent, or in his absence on the vice pres
ident.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in and exercised by
a board of directors, composed of three
Cd stockholders, which said board shall
be elected annually by the stockholders
on the FIRST Monday in February, begin
ming with the year 1911. The officers
of the corporation shall be president,
vice president, second vice president and
secretary treasurer. The officers shall be
elected by the board of directors, and
the first board of directors, who shall
serve until the first Monday in Febru-
airy 1911, or until their successors shall
have been elected, shall be E. R. Bern
stein, w. S. Penick Jr.. ]. P. Ford and
J. |. Schumpert, with E. R. Bernstein
as president, w. S. Penick Jr, as vice
president; J. l. Schumpert as second
vice president, and J. P. Ford as secre-
tary-treasurer. Notice of stockholders
shall be given by ten (Io) days
publication in any one of the newspapers
published in the City of Shreveport,
Louisiana, but such notice may be 4
by the stockholders. At all
stockholders meetings each share of
stock shall be entitled to one CD vote,
and may be cast by the owner thereof
Or by proxy. Any vacancy in the board !
IF directors shall be filled by the re-
directors. Three Cd directors
shall constitute quorum. The direc-
tors shall have full power and authority
70 adopt all rules and bylaws that may
'e necessary or needful in the manage
nent OF the business of the corporation.
ARTICLE V.
The capital stock of this corporation
$ hereby fixed at twenty thousand dol
ars ($2o,ooooo), to be divided into two
hundred (2oo) shares of one hundred
iolhrs ($Ioo) each. The stock may be
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10
ARTICLE V.

The capital stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at twenty thousand dol
lars ($2o,ooo.oo), to be divided into two
hundred (aoo) shares of one hundred
dollars ($Ioo) each. The stock may be
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10

put our clumsy fingers into the weav-
Ing of destiny.
Meantime the world only remembers
of Eugene in her mantle of sorrow
that she is forlorn woman-and wan
a mother,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10
TIE BETTER PART.

PRETTY afarv fsosriEfn Of New Yer
plaYcsi 'stsereli.i he other day
Mas asaidseryanf Of Mrk Aslat
Wehesei, Powell. society wonlan Ii
9rsse:' til please her mistress Mar
Te-e :aTs aevn 1t sIrs Pcwsgit
masked ball and mingled with tbt
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10
ABOUT WOMEN
Who SUCCEED
Grand Opera Promoter In St. Paul.
Apple Queen In Oregon Grow
ing Rch---Chicago Widow Is
Graduated From High School

N these latter days Of domestic
and industrial revolution, sutrra-
ID gettes. boosterettes and even
farmerettes, behold the unquench-
able woman advancing upon new
strongholds of action heretofore held
by man exclusively! Since the ancient
era OF Sappho we have had women
poets, and since Jane Austen and the
Bronte sisters we have had women
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10
SORROWS CROWN OF SORROW.

81 am an old woman, poor In every
ching that makes a woman rich. MY
eyes no longer turn to the future.
Awe only in my youth There is moth.
z1ng for me but to wait My dreary
swinter is nearly over"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-10

issued either in cash or for its eauiya-
lent in property; provided, however,
that no stock shall be disposed of by the
directors at less than par This cor
poration is authorized to begin business
when one hundred (Ioo) shares of it's
capital stock shall have been subscribed
and paid for in full.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be amended witsFthe
consent of majority OF the stockhold-
ers, at a meeting called for such pur-
pose, after ten (Io) days notice in writ
ing. When this corporation is dissoiyeS.
its affairs shall be liquidated by TIVE e2)
commissioners, selected by the sleek
hsders, at meeting called for such
purpose
Done and signed at Fay Office in the
Parish Of Caddo, State of Louisiana, on
this the eth day of February A. D. tose.
b. r. BERNSTEIN.
w. S. PENICK JR.,
J. P. FORD,
]. 1 .SCHUMPERT.
Attest:
T. C. BARRET.
N. C. BLANCHARD.
LEON r. SMITH,
Notary Public, Caddo Parish. Ia
This is to certify that l have exam
med the above and foregoing charter Of
the Oakdale Land Company, and find
ing nothing therein contrary to law.
hereby approve the same. Dated and
signed this 9th day of February 1910
]. M. FOSTER,
District Attorney, First Judicial Dis
trict, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Marcg,
9, 1910. s. O. WILLIAMS
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
hereby certify that the aboyeand fore
going is true and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now ann.ars
on flle, and of record in my Office. Given
under my hand and seal of Office tb;s 9TH
day of March 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS.
Deputy Clerk and ex-oficio Deputy Re-
SOAuCi. 2-Io
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
Lawyers Sue Davis Estate.

BOSTON, J au. 3.-Another new fea-
ture has been added to the long and
hard-fought contest over the estate OF
the late Andrew j. Davis of Montana a,
in q bill! in equity filed with the ~.
preme judicial court here by two Mon
tana lawyers, who seek to establish q
claim of $40 1000 against the S579, 600
to be distributed in Mass achusetts.
The action is brought by John B.
ClayberR and Milton 8. Gum, both
of Helena, and they claim that under
an instrument dated January 1S, 1902,
Joseph A. Coram and Henry A. Root,
Individually and as sdministra tors of
the estate OF Sarah Maria Cummings,
In Montana, agreed to pay them out
OF the Massachusetts portion of the
Davis estate for services rendered in
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
Weather Conditions Durirg 1909.

A review of the local METEOROLOGICAL
conditions during the year 1909 is
given in q press bulletin issued by G.
w. Ling, observer of the weather
bureau station at Havre, in which the
following official data are presented.
The mean annual temperature was
Al degrees, which 10 slightly below the
normal. The highest temperature was
SO degrees on August 20, and the low
est 40 below zero on January 6.
The total precipitation for the year
1877 0 inches; which IL 200 inches
above normal. The greatest amount
in any "a consecutive hours was FL
inches on June 10 20. The wettest Pc
riod during the year was from June
l8 to June %. Excessive rainfall &C.
Cured on July 9, when 70 OF an
inch fell ia SO minutes. The rainfall
for the months of May, June and July
was considerably above normal, June
heading the list with 3 81 inches. Ang-
ust was the dryest month during the
year, only O.l8 Of 40 inch of rain fell.
The prevailing direction of the
wind was east and the highest velocity
was 40 miles an hour on August 10.
Number of days of clear weather, ISL;
partly cloudy, l33; cloudy 81.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
Rush For Land Continues,
Great Falls Leader

0A00t T 0AAe Ao6ucE.
Winter weather appears to cut nc
figure with land seekers and in spite
of the fact that the ground to q great
extent was covered with snow and
during a portion of the mouth the
TEN per azure registered far below zero
the selection of homestead tracts and
the attendan rush in the Great Falls
land Office 10 Decembe was almost as
great as had been experienced during
the months of October and November.
Land seekers by the hundreds, from
all parts OF the country and from
Canada, focked into the Office or sent
their filings in by mail and the month
which was expected by the land Off.
cials to prove q light one actually
showed the business to have been
greater than ever experienced in any
single year before the commencement
of the present grand rush.
At the time OF the closing of the
land Office last evening, the last day
Of the month and also OF the year,
Burlingame ascertaiued that
there had been received during the
month the enormous aggregate of
O25 entries.
Very few of these settlers filed pom
Of less than l6O acres each and
10 many instances they filed upon
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
A PUNJAB CIRCUS.

Program, In "Punch and Jab" English,
a Good ~ the Show.
The sun never sets on the English
language. This overdose Of sunshine
sometimes warps It out Of shape. In
the Malays it becomes pigeon" in
the south seas It is either sandal.
wood" or "beche de mer." and among
the erudite along the water front at 70.
kohama it ia "banzai." Here is q sam.
pie of a brand sometimes called
punch and jab' English. It was cap.
tured alive by a Calcutta exchange ed
itor armed with his scissors in the jun.
gle of advertising literature that threw
its shadow ahead of a native Punjah
circus:
PROGRAMME.
Under patronage Of Royal Duke OF
Knaught. K. c. B.. &C..
N. B.-This Circus is the very better
therefore he comes to see that.
The performance preparation will COM
mence at 8 p. m. sharp.
PART l.
l.. Some horse will make very good
tricks.
z The klown will come and talk with
that horses. therefore audience will laugh
itself very much.
y. The lady will walk on horses back
and horse is jumping very much also.
T. The klown will make a joking words
and lady will become to angry therefore
klown will run himself away.
8. One boy will fall a ball from top side,
then he can catch that ball before that
ball a fall.
& This is the very better jumping trick.
Refreshments 10 minutes.
PART II.
l. One man will make SO tricks OF
trapeze. Audience will fraid himself very
much. :
Z Dogs will jump n roll In the mud.
g. One lady will make himself so bend,
then everybody he will think. that he il
the rubber lady.
l. This is the very grand display.
3. This Is the very better GYMNASTICS.
3. One man will walk on wire tight. he
Is doing very nicely because he II q pro-
lessor Of that.
Refreshments 10 minutes.
PART III.
Then will mt the very good Dramatic.
NOTICE.
No sticks will be allowed in the spec.
tator. and he shall not smoke also.
Charges for Entrance.
Ast CLASS
1uu CLASS
~ SAAcS D
There Is no n 4th class.
New York Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05

Chinook Opinion: The quantities
that the farms of this section will
produce of certain crops and the
quality that can be attained 10 those
same crops, will make the land valu-
able If the markets of the country are
shown where they q get those pro.
ducts aud IL the farmers will grow
them. Cooperation among the ranch.
ers will enable them to do . big part
in developing the country along those
lines.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05

land under the enlarged homestead
act which allows them to take 32O
acres. 1t is estimated that of the to-
tai OF 1,O25 entrymen at least % per
cent fled upon the enlarged home
stead.
Although the figures are u"t "h-
tainable it il estimated, figuring upon
this basis. that, the lands apprupria'-
ed during The past month will aygre-
gate a grand total of 22O. 900 acre..
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
THE DARK OF THE MOON.
A Result That 10 Produced by the Light
From the Earth,

A Result That 10 Produced by the Light
From the Earth.
Many people have wondered why the
part OF the moo that receives no sun
light is often visible to us. the term
being the ''old moon in the young
moons arms" The dark part is easily
seen as a copper colored globe repos-
ing III the bright crescent. This that
we see is nothing more or less than
the earth shine On the moon We ap-
pear the same way to the moo when
we are In that phase. and our dark
part Is where the moonshine appears
and the bright part of the sunshine.
The reason the copper color appears
IL because light has to the
atmosphere Of the earth three times
once on coming from the sun to the
earth. once when reflected to the
moo and again on being reflected
back to us. Our atmosphere possesses
the peculiar property Of absorbing the
blue rays of this white light and al
lowing only the red and orange to 60
through, thus causing the appearance
Of copper color by the triple Absorb
ton.
An odd thing connected with this
phenomenon, though having nothing
to do with ii, is this: That part Of the
moon which appears dark to US is the
same part Of the earth that appears
light to the moon at any specified time.
and that part Of the moor which ap-
pears bright to us corresponds to the
portion Of the earth appearing dark to
the moon.
OF course It is well known that the
moon gives out no light whatever
itself, the moonshine being merely the
light Of the sun on the moon reflected
to us. The same applies with the
earth in its shine On the moon. save
that we do give out CLOVIS, no doubt,
around great cities at night, on &C.
count Of the enormous number Of
lights. One thing. however. in which
moonshine excels the earth shine is til
constant character. Where the earth
possesses varying clouds the old moon
never has any at all.-St Louis Re
public.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
Accounting For Patrick Henry,

1t Is related that Chief Justice
Salmon p. Chase on stopping at the
birthplace of Patrick Henry in Vir-
ginia exclaimed: What an atmos.
phere! What a view. What glorious
mountains: No wonder that Patrick
Henry grew here" Whereupon an
honest native dryly remarked that the
atmosphere. the view and the noun.
tains had been there for ages. but
that only one Patrick Henry had been
produced. Macon Telegraph.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
Lost Temper.

Lost temper does great harm." said
a politician. Il once knew a ma who
held thirteen trumps at whist. and on
account of his partners temper be took
only n trick with that ideal hand"
impossible" sneered Il reporter who
conducted a weekly bridge column.
impossible? Not at ALL" was the
politicians reply. "You see, as soon as
this man trumped his partners ace on
the first play his partner In a rage
jumped up and kicked him out of the
ROOM"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-01-05
MAY CLOSE BUTTE MINES.
Switchmen's Strike Affects Thous.
ands Of Other Workers.

o"tSAssSbs0Uu . SlVVN0 0uU0VS3 UUOOSe
ands Of Other Workers.
BUTTE, Jan. 3.-The stu alton here
In regard to the switchmen's strike 10
more critical than any day since it's
inception, the stu ation becoming such
that orders were this morning issued
10 close every mine of the Amalga.
mated company, the order being later
rescinded on account Of the Great
Falls smeltermen.
The Butte Miners union last night
overwhelmingly voted down the reso.
lutions presented by the conference
committee which has been in session
in Rutte for the past week, and which
are being voted upon at Great Falls
by the Great Falls smeltermen today.
As to what influence this vote of the
Miners union may have had upon the
orders issued by Superintendent Gillie
this morning that every Amalgamated
property, mine and smelter. close at
4:3O this afternoon. 10 not known, but
Mr.. Gillie this morning gave GU. an
interview in which he stated that the
company did not propose to have
their plants running by piecemeal,
and that if the men could not get to-
gether and settle the matter the com
pany would simply close until such
time as they could.
One hour following the order to
close the order was rescinded, and IL
was announced that the resembling
was upon request of the Great Falls
smeltermen, who are today voting
upon : the question of adopting the
conference committee resolutions on
q referendum vote, the came having
been endorsed practically unanimous.
ly at last evenings meeting by q ris-
ing vote.
The request of the Great Falls smell.
termen to rescind the closing order,
and which was temporarily complied
with, Is understood here to have been
made in hope that some solution of
the trouble may yet be arrived at,
and to the end that further negotia.
tions may be entered into before final
action.