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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-29
GumptfOn on the Farm.

Old earth is never late on It's
rounds. It arrives on time be-
cause it keeps on moving. A
good example for all of us who
are engaged in scratching it's sur
face for sustenance aud shelter.
You can'toverWork the harrow.
Be sure your wife will find you
out.
That weed right in the hill is
your worst enemy.
Don't let the weeds get a start
kill EN- while they are a-born-
ing. Easiest way.
Too often the extravagant who
start out in the parlor-car come
back in the freight.
When you hoe corn, thin it out
to not more than three good
stalks to the hill. Nature doesn't
like to be crowded.
It isn't the mark Of a good
teamster to get in off the road
late at night, nor to leave the
horse uncurried for two or three
days.
A cheerful spirit gets on quick,
A grumbler in the mud will stick.
It is less work to hoe twice
soon after the crops come up than
it is to hoe once after the weeds
get high; and it does much more
good.
Borrowing tools, and sending
them home dull or rusty; doesn't
make the other fellow grin. Bet
ter save up and buy your own.
Again we say: Test the seed
corn before planting, for there's
much poor seed in the country
this year. And, also, treat the
seed potatoes to prevent scab.
If you put stones under the
posts of your corn house, have
them thick enough and large
enough so that the frost will not
get below them and break them
to pieces.
Don't cultivate the potatoes
when out in bloom, or coming
out, unless you want a lot of
stunted little tubers. Cultivate
them before they get that big,
and hoe them clean Of weeds.
From May Farm Journal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-29
Out of the Ginger Jar

It is a poor rule that Won't
work always.
What is it that works while
we sleep? Yeast.
The average tax collector
doesn't ride in a taxi-cab.
Extremes meet when the
kitten plays with its tail.
It is getting pretty hard to tel
one lie from another.
You will never reach the the
right place on the wrong road.
The harem skirt is a harem.
scarum rig to say the least of it.
If you are on the down-hill line
make haste to get a transfer.
May not a marriage ceremony
be justly called a transaction in
bonds?
Some husbands fear the wife's
no, and some stand in awe of her
know.
The horse is known by its
years, but the mule is known by
it's ears.
Salt will keep meat, but it re-
quires sand to keep a good reso-
luton.
Unfortunately in a good many
orchards the trees are known by
their scales.
Auto means to go alone, there
fore a feline that prowls in the
dark is an autocat.
The only kind of mining that
is sure to produce satisfactory re-
suits is ~kalsomining.
Generally it is right to take
things as they come, but it is
dangerous to take a goat that
way.
1t is natural that an expectant
who has been cut off by a will
should suffer from lack of will
power.
It gives us a jolt to find that
the leading citizen is hungry
three times a day and that he
shores in his sleep.
Trying to quiet a fretting baby
is a hard task, but trying to
quiet an accusing conscience is a
harder one.
A great many gates are needed
on the farm. There's the pro-
pagate, the fumigate, the irri-
gate, the subjugate, the big gate,
and others that might be men
toned. May Farm Journal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-29
The Nan Who Helps Boys tt
Govern Themselves.

Nothing Without Labor" is
the motto of the George Junior
Republic, and hard work, earnest
study, and intelligent self-gov-
eminent are indeed the basic
principles of the little educa-
tional commonwealth at Free
vile, New York, and its sturdy
young citizens. The republic is
not, as many imagine, a reform
school; for, though some boys
have been committed there, 9TH
ers have been sent by their
fathers, who gladly pay to have
their sons receive a thorough
training in practical citizenship;
and Mr.. George declares with
pride that not one boy who has
completed his course in the re-
public has yet gone wrong
It was through his experience in
dealing with the rougher element
in a colony of Fresh Air" child
rem established on his farm in
the summer of 1891 that Nh.
William R. George discovered
that the best way of governing
boys as well as adults is simply
to help them govern themselves;
for they thus learn in practice
their rational obligations to them
selves and others. The little
republic that he founded in pur-
suance of this idea now controls
three hundred and fifty acres of
land with a herd of sixty cattle,
eight teams of horses, a piggery
and a poultry plant. It's indus
tries include a bakery, a plumb
ing establishment, a steam laun-
dry, a cement-tile plant, a store,
a carpenter shop, a smithy and
a printing plant, where a weekly
paper, The Citizen, is published.
Half of each citizens" day is
spent in school-nearly all are in
advanced grammar and high
school grades. The other half is
spent in whichever available en-
ployment the citizen has chosen,
but they that would eat must
work" The workers receive
on an average from three dollars
and fifty cents to four dollars
and fifty cents a week in alumni
mum y, redeemable in
United States currency at the
Republic Bank. The boy who,
because Of superiar industry, can
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-29
Luncheon Sardines.

Melt four tablespoonful of
butter, add one third of a cupful
of soft stale bread-crumbs and
stir until well blended; then add
one cupful of rich milk. Bring
to the boiling point and add two
hard-boiled eggs finely chopped
and one small box of sardines
freed from bones and separated
into small pieces. Again bring
to the boiling point and season
with salt, pepper and paprika.
Serve on pieces Of buttered toast
and garnish with toast points and
parsley if it be at hand. Good
for . chafing dish supper. WON
ans Home Companion for MAY.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-29
$40 Mrs WP woodward


292 acres improved, M of seL, swL
sec 6, NJ of sWL sec 5, tp4 s r 5 O., val
1870; state tax So go, parish SIS IS, 1eyee
SIT 20, acreage $14 go, int So "a, total 1922
On said day I will sell such portion
of said property as each debtor will
point out, and in Ease the debtor will
not point out sufficient property, I will
at once and without further delay, sell
the least quantity of said property OF
any debtor, which any bidder will buy
for the amount of the taxes, interest
and costs due by said debtor. The sale
will be without appraisement, for cash
in legal tender money of the United
States, and the property sold shall be
redeemable any time for the space OF
one year, by paying the price given,
with twenty. per cent and costs and
penalty added.
The mortgage creditors are hereby
notified that if the property to be sold
is not redeemed, the sale thereof when
recorded in the conveyance or mort
gage Office shall operate as q cancella-
ton of ..all conventional and judicial
mortgages thereon.
M. l.. SWORDS.
Sheriff and Ex-ohcio Tax-Collector.
april % st
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-29
Garden.

Now odors sweet of new
morn hay,
And Of crab-apple blooms in
May;
Of shining burrows freshly
titled,
And of pink clover honey filled!
Pick off all the blossoms from
neWly-set strawberry beds; thus
you send all the plants strength
back into themselves into
growth. It is unwise to let
plants fruit the first season.
Two ounces Of fresh white
hellebore stepped in one gallon
of hot water, used as a spray, is
the best remedy for currant and
gooseberry worms. But it must
be used early, when the worms
first appear. Watch for EN-.
Surplus suckers in blackberry
or red raspberry patches should
be treated just like weeds; don't
let the rows get too wide nor too
thick. But do not hoe up all the
new shoots coming up in the row;
remember that your berry crop
next year will be borne on the
canes which are grown this sea-
son. Many fruit growers advise
that the new growth of rasp-
berry and blackberry a n s
which is to furnish the fruit next
year, should be pinched off when
about eighteen inches high.
Don't forget to spray the grape
vines. For the grape-berry moth
(which causes Wormy grapes),
the Bordeaux-arsenical mixture
Tor the self-boiled lime-sulphur-
~arsenate mixture), should be
used about the time the berry
reaches the size of a small cherry
seed, or shortly before, and re-
peated in two or three weeks.
Either spray is also a preventive
of grape rot, mildew, etc. Where
the berries are infested they
should be picked off and destroy
ed, to. prevent further develop
ment of the pests. Farm Jour
nal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-29

afford it may board at a cottage
called THE Waldorf because OF
its superior food and accommo-
dations. The lazy, and there
fore poorer, boy must be content
with the plain quarters and SIM
pie food of the 'Beanery.
Woman's Home Companion for
May.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-29
Call Meeting of the r.. E. Lee
Camp No. IA, U. G v, of
OpelOuSas.

order on the appointed day, Apri1
Is, 1911, at the office of Major
Arthur Simon, Adjutant. There
being a full quorum present with
a numerous attendance of the
members of the Camp Captain
Sam Haas in the Chair, the bust.
ness to be transacted was pro-
ceeded with, at IL o'clock a. m.
The Mouton monument was
first brought to the attention OF
the Camp, and was fully discus
sed between the Chairman Capt.
Sam Haas and Mr.. Jones the
representative of the Marietta
Marble Works.
Resolution was presented by
Arthur Simon, Adjutant, that a
Mouton Monument Association
be properly organized in this City
of Opelousas, La, to be COM
posed of parties from here and
elsewhere, so that proper steps
be taken to collect money, con-
tributions and donations for the
object in view. Said resolution
was duly seconded by 1t. Com
mander G. P. Richard. Carried.
Mr.. White and Mr.. Tillotson,
representing the S. P. R. r. Co.,
were introduced to the Camp,
and explained to the meeting the
advantages offered by their COM
pany, fixing the fare to the next
National Reunion Of the u. C. V.
at Little Rock, Ark, on the 16,
II, 18, of May, at $7.35 from
Opelousas, La. to destination and
return via the Iron Mountain r.
R. connecting at Alexandria, La.
Election of delegates, alter
mates, chaperons, sponsor, maids
of-honor.
On motion Of Comrade G. S.
Chevis, the following appoint
ments were duly made by the
unanimous vote Of the meeting,
viz:
Delegates: Capt. Sam S. Haas,
DR.. A. D. Harmanson, I. H.
Cain.
Alternates: Alex Deville, Maj.
Arthur Simon, T. S. benson.
Sponsor-Miss Rose Andre
pont.
Chaperon-Miss L. Sandoz.
Maids-o Myrtle
Potts, Miss MAGGIE Haas.
On motion Of Comrade A. D.
Harmanson, duly seconded and
carried, the veterans in good
standing are earnestly invited to
join our camp regardless of dues.
Resolution offered by Lieut..
Commander G. P. Richard:
Resolved that in accordance
with a call from the Assessors
Office, all veterans and widows of
veterans in the Parish of St.
Landry, are requested to report
to the Assessor at his Office after
the LIST of June, 1911, Opelousas,
La, to register and give informa-
ton necessary in the revision of
the rolls now being made by the
pension Office.
Lit. Com. u. +. Richard having
informed the meeting that there
were in the woods near Chretien's
Point so graves more or less,
of Union and Confederate sold
iers who fell on the battlefield at
the Bomberry fight in the month
of October, 1868.
On motion of Comrade /. H.
Cain. duly seconded and carried,
it was recommended that the
above graves be taken care of,
and placed in a common grave
yard under a suitable enclosure,
and that Information concerning
same would be gratefully re-
ceived by the camp.
There being no further busi-
ness to be transacted. on motion
of Comrade Chas. S. Hollier, duly
carried, this meeting is hereby
adjourned to May 9th, 1911, at IL
o'clock a. m, at Opelousas, La.
Capt. Sam Haas, Commander.
Maj. Arthur Simon, Adjutant.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09
Line up at TIE start

durance run Of its kind ever held by any
Wholesale house In this country. There
have been many endurance runs, as every
body who is interested in motor cars knows
There never, however, has been a run con-
Quoted by a wholesale house. This Omaha
Rubber company run is unique in the bust
ness field.
This endurance contest, then, is another
testimonial to the greatness of Omaha's big
rubber firm. A company that will inaugur-
ate run similar to this one must have
certain amount of enterprise, must be
among the best business firms of a large
city and must be willing to spend a great
deal of money, for it really costs a large
sum to conduct this run.
For six days the drivers of the Omaha
Rubber company will tour Iowa and Ne
braska, stopping at the leading towns and
visiting with the merchants. II will be a
great boosting expedition for Omaha and
its industries. 1t will be, in way, a trade
excursion.
The main purpose of the Omaha Rubber
company's endurance run, however, is to
test the tires sold by the United States Tire
company. There are four brands made by
this corporation-G. &. j., Morgan G.
Wright. Hartford and Continental. All
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09
MAP SHOWING
THE IRR OCULAR
ROUTE TO BE COVERED

they would try to get the firm to test the
tires. The management Of the Omaha Rub
Der company Immediately saw the advan-
tage of settling a burning question, and,
at considerable expense, decided to con-
duct an endurance run in which several
cars would be taken along. Some of the
cars are small and some large On the
run 1t will be the aim of the management
to settle various tire problems.
Question of Machines.
In one case, a representative of the
Omaha Rubber company was certain that
certain make OF the United States tires
were better for a small machine. He de-
clared that another OF the quartet is better
for heavier machine. In order to prov ;
or disapprove his theory, the company will
have all sizes Of cars in the race and all
sizes will have the four barnds of tires.
The run will then demonstrate which of
the tires will Go the most effective work
on the large motors and which will do
the best work on the smaller cars.
Another point to be settled is whether a
small car is more economical than a large
one. One of the travelling men Of the
Omaha Rubber company contends that his
small motor Is much easier on tires. that
the consumption of gasoline is much less.
and that the general upkeep is far moro
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09

these tires are handled in Omaha for west
ern trade by the Omaha Rubber company.
All are good tires and have done excellent
service in all kinds of contests. They have
many records back of them.
Statesmen start Contest.
Through the competition of few of the
travelling statesmen of the Omaha Rubber
company this first annual endurance run
was started. The travelling men employed
by this company use motor cars in cover
ing their territory. These cars are equipped
with United States tires, some having C.
& j., some Morgan & Wright some Hart
ford and others Continental. Some of the
motor cars are small and some large.
In a good-natured way a few of the men
began discussing the character of the vari-
Gus tires. One of the representatives de-
clared that his tires were better for the
road work than those which were on an
other travelling mans machine. Another
drummer broke into the discussion with the
statement that his tires were better than
the brands already under discussion.
Finally a fourth walked into the group
with the information that the tires used
on his car had the others beat a mile In
every respect.
The result was that the group decided
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09

On his third annual and consecutive
motoring trip through Omaha, DR.. f. ].
De Lear OF Austin. Tex, was in the city
for several days last week. The doctor
was accompanied by his wife. who y al
ways his companion on his summer trips
by automobile throughout the country. The
trip as outlined by DIR. De Lear for this
summers recreation was from Austin north
to st. Louis Kansas City, Chicago, De-
troit and Niagara Falls. The return trip
will be made through Canada as far west
as Minnesota and then south. passing
through Omaha again on the way home
For two summers past the doctor has in
cluded Omaha in his Itinerary The doctor
is using a Cadillac 80" on the trip and ex-
poets to secure another of the same make
while at the factory in Detroit, thus
evincing his satisfaction over the usage he
has received. The doctor stated that the
car driven into Omaha had not been
touched since the time he passed through
the city last fall and now it was running
Jas good as new
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09

The Knight motor works the most i'm
portant change in gas engines since the
development of the motor car. 1t combines
three cardinal virtues, power" "flexi-
bility' and Silence" and withal It is
simple. About one third OF the parts COM
mon to gas engines have been eliminated
and the eliminated parts are those that
wear earliest and most, and those which.
in wearing, combine to make noise. II is
Of the four cycle type and 1t employs slid
ing sleeve valves. 1t has no tappet or
mushroom valves. no cam shaft, nor cam
rollers. and no driving enmeshed gears In
front. It's timing is positive and mechanical
and cannot be deranged by ignorance,
neglect or wear. The cylinders are cast
in pairs and the heads are bolted on. They
can be removed easily for cleaning. Inside
the cylinder wall Is an endless tube which
is moved up and down. This fits over
another tube sleeve. also reciprocating
Each Of these sleeves has slots and when
these slots open one on another an en-
trance hole into the compression chamber
for the new gas TO pass in is provided
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09
THE CAR AND THE HIGHWAY
Increasing Use of Autos Boos. for
Good Roads.
WHAT THE EAST Is DOING
Millions spent i'm Improving High
ways and Millions Appropriated
to Continue the Good
Work.

Nothing has given so forceful an impetus
to the movement for roadbuilding as the
automobile 1t has caused states TO begin
constructing systems 81 good roads, which
will. In time. be Joined into a national net
work of highways vaster than and as en-.
during as that which bound together THO
Roman empire. AS an article OF manu-
facture 1t has risen TO become the fifth
in rank OF the great Industries OF the
United States. II the manufactures as
ISOLATED with II were added. the total in
vestment would be a sum probably as
great as that in any industry OF America
There will be nearly three-qusrters Of a
million automobiles In in the United
States this summer. Next year there will
be thousands more, and by the year after
that II is possible that about one person
out Of every seven or eight will own an
automobile. Only 5000 were manufactured
in 1908; this years output will number not
less than 10000
The aggregate value of the automobiles
in use in the United States this year Is
not far from $1,000 10000 Good roads are
q necessity to secure their maximum OF
utility. II Is no wonder, therefore, that
the movement for better highways is so
strong and so widespread.
That sood roads bring in gold was never
50 wen appreciated In this country as n
e today. The automobile aud good roads
cumbfued mean prosperity not only TO rural
communities, but also to cities. The
farmer, who owns an automobile can no
longer say that he lives four miles from
town, when the roads are dry and twenty
when It rains. Even with an ordinary
country road in normally bad condition
the farmer with an automobile is three
or four times nearer to the market for
his produce than he ever was before. A
good road brings the market closer yet.
Already where long, smooth highways have
been constructed the produce of distant
farms is being brought to the city I'm great
wagon-trains. Big motor-tractors pick UP
wagons loaded with grain or vegetables
and haul them. in strings OF twenty or
thirty, to their destination. It has been
estimated that the cost of hauling this way
is less than cents per ton per mile; II
the loads were drawn by horses. the cost
would be about % cents per ton per mile.
For taking his milk and butter and eggs
to town, the farmer uses his passenger
automobile. No longer does the price OF
these perishable commodities fluctuate as
1t used to. when the supply was irregular
and uncertain. Already the cold-storage
warehouses for these commodities are
noticing this for the demand for them
Is growing less.
II is no wonder, therefore, that In more
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09

short of marvellous" said DR.. Charles q.
Percval. editor OF Health magazine Of
New York City who is driving the Abbott
Detroit Bulldog" on its 1O0.OOO-mile jour
ney and who has already covered thirty
five states and 1900 miles The improve
ments in all the hotels over the country
has been tremendous. You can get some
thing TO eat anywhere, and II has been
brought about by the automobile. Ten
years ago you could not have got a real
meal anywhere, on an automobile journey.
except in the large cities and at the sum
mer resorts, but today you can start Off
in your car from anywhere, and no matter
where you go, you can be sure OF com
Portable lodgings, a bath. and good meals.
The automobile is responsible for il ALL"
connections with the Paxton & Gallagher
company, after seventeen years service. &C
companied by Mrs. Chase have left for
Portland, Ore, from which point they viii
tour oregon and California in their Chase
Special Maxwell" a $500 car, specially de-
signed by Mr.. Chase and the special con
struction built by the Bertschy Motor
company OF Council Bluffs. Ia. The car is
a masterpiece and the perfection Is EN-
phasized by the fact that A. ], p. Bertschy,
active manager OF the plant. acquired hia
mechanical training IN the ElGin watch
factory. Mr.. ana Mrs. Chase expect TO
return to Omaha late in the fall. driving
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09

Immediately the charge is sucked in. one
sleeve rises and the other falls so that the
holes are no longer in register and the gas
charge then may be compressed and fired.
Holes on the opposite side now come into
register so that the exploded gas may be
exhausted from the cylinler. The working
conditions OF the sliding sleeve valves are
always the same, whether at low or high
speeds which means continued full power.
The carburetor action is also simplified,
and the carburetor stays in adjustment.
because the valve timing does
The power OF the motor is remarkable in
that 1t increases with use In the greatest
motor test ever held. that for the Dewar
trophy. Knight motor on bench was run
under brake load for 1S2 hours. after
wards places in car and run
800 miles day for four days at forty miles
average speed. and again placed on bench
for seven hours continuous running. An
average horsepower of 543 was noted in the
first block test and S725 horsepower in the
second. proving that the motor improved
with use.