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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06

but the times of our more valuable
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of gold in
other forms-have Just dawned. For.
! terday"
| Mr., Rockefeller, who has devoted a
long life to successfully grasping
golden mines of opportunity" gave
no specific directions as to just where
few mines might be found. but he
hit the nail squarely on the head just
the same. The modern fortune-hunt.
er does not carry a six-shooter at his
belt and a diploma for accuracy in its
use notched In the butt of it. He dis.
likes hloodshed. loves good dinners,
goes to theatres and as frequently as
not, owns an automobile. Perhaps he
strikes mine" in the midst OF a
crowded street, or he hits upon 1t
while listening to Sunday sermon in
church. 1t was there, while bowed
in prayer. that one of the most val
liable keys to wireless telegraphy
came to its inventor
Last year the country saved about
Of what. up until few years ago, was
known as waste" and of all the
fields which Mr. Rockefeller might
name there is probably none which
offers greater opportunities at the
present time to men Of very small as
well as large capital, than this. The
utilization Of wastes Is not an entire
ly new idea. 1t has attracted a great
deal Of attention during the past six
years, especially, and its wonders"
have been exploited many times-the
wonders, for instance, of coal tar by
products, Of ink made from the rusty
hoops of old barrels, of silk ties made
of the limbs of trees, and Of the re-
markable utilization of everything
from hoof to tail in our slaughter
houses. 1t has been estimated that
a hundred million dollars could be
saved, or made, each year by utiliza-
ton of wastes instead of forty million.
and that such a department would
within few years be as valuable as
the Department of Agriculture, which
has worked a revolution in the farm
ing methods of the nation. This de-
partment would be of value not only
to the large manufacturers and pro-
ducers, who are the sole waste prod.
uct" utilizers of today, but would open
mines Of profit to thousands of mer.
chants, wholesale men, small dealers
and manufacturers, and would open
up, as we'll, new fields for eth.
er small or large capital. 1t would
show wholesale dealers how the thou
sands of bushels Of fruit which spoil
on their hands each season could be
made to pay the wages Of their work
ing forces; how the great dry goods
merchant could add good percentage
to his profits by utilizing" in various
ways, and It would show where new
by-product business could be started
and carried on at profit In every
city. 1t is pointed out that practically
the only utilization Of waste" bust
ness with which the mass of people
are acquainted. and In which they
take part, Is that of old paper and old
rags!
In the employ of the Canadian gov.
eminent. the writer spent a part OF
last year in q study of the situation
between the north shore of Lake Su-
perior. and the Pacific coast. The his
'csy of the States has taught Canada
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06
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that the conservation of the surface
wealth OF country is tremendous
~ important matter. and the govern
ment Is making great efforts to profit
by our mistakes. In spite of these ef-
forts, millions of dollars are being
thrown away each year In western
Canada-millions of dollars which
American capital and American brains
could save.
1t may seem a little exaggerated
could be made today in Canadian saw
dust What Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota were In the numbering
world three or four decades ago, i'm.
mense areas of Canada are today.
For hundreds of miles east and west
of the Superior shore the sawmil Is
the life Of almost every town settle
ment Mountains Of sawdust lay
everywhere Sawdust is a nuisance,
is carted away at large expense, is
a white elephant on the lumbermak
ers hands. If man should appear to
any one of the lumber manufacturers
tomorrow and say, Il will contract to
take all of your sawdust for ten
years. the owner would be delighted
to give it to him for hauling it away.
There are not only thousands. but
millions Of tons of 1t. The mills do
not burn 1t in their furnaces, as many
American manufacturers are now do
ing, because they have more wood
trimmings than they can use.
How can this sawdust be used? Eas-
lily enough, and profitably enough. too.
A method has now been found where
by sawdust is easily and cheaply
moulded into briquettes as hard as
wood itself. and capable of producing
a heat as powerful as that Of coal.
BY mixing sawdust with glue-water
and soluble glass, and automatically
pressing 1t, beautiful artificial wood
is made, which in France is called
bois durci and which possesses a
beauty of appearance found only in
ebony. rosewood and mahogany
Today the paper question is one
of national Importance. 1t has been
pointed out hundred times that the
newspaper, magazine and popular
novel reader is responsible for the 60
ing of our forests at a. rate which
will leave us pretty nearly treeless q
few years from now. And meanwhile.
because of what we can class as moth
ing less than ignorance, the people of
this country and Canada are coolly
destroying an enormous paper supply
each year. For straw. after brief proc
ess, IS paper. Last year l personally
saw thousands of tons of straw burn
ed by farmers on the Canadian prair-
les. Twenty million tons were burned
between Winnipeg and the coast!
The value of those stacks, in paper.
would be tremendous, and the figure
would be doubled by those which are
burned In our own western states.
Scattered evenly over the grain fields
the burned straw would not be total
loss, as 1t would be of some assist
ance to the soil: but burned as 1t Is.
in huge stacks, or "winrows." 1t does
more injury than good to the soil.
In the United States there are hun.
dreds of ways in which money Is
made in the utilization of wastes
most of them thus far being In the
hands of moneyed men, like million
aire manufacturers, packers, steel pro-
ducers, and so on. The poor mans
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06

in my side, sick
headaches and ner-
vousness. Ihad ta-
ken SO many medi-
cines that I was
discouraged and
thought I would
never get we'll. A
friend told me Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound and It re-
stored me to health.
h n ~ n ~ n vNnvn
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06

Dr. Perce's Pellets. small. s1Isar.coatsd
easy9to take as candy, regulate and jnr;a'
crate stomach. liver and bowels. Do not
grippe
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06
Shearinq Papa.

She-l believe you would rather
play poker with father than sit in the
parlor with me!
He-No, l wouldn't, darling, but we
must have money to get married on.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06

The test OF whether you are edu-
Gated is. can you do what you ought
when you ought. whether you want to
do 1t or not?-Herbert Spencer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06

What sculpture is to block O,
marble education Is to human soul
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06

II IS more disgraceful to distrust
than to be deceived. --RochefoucauId
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06
MILAN.
NATION
AND PAIN
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Creston, Iowa. was troubled for
q long time with Inflammation, pains
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06

metal If Ii was in cruder and less
romantic form you wouldn't work so
hard, and that is why-today-there
Is gold mine" not so very far off
from every hustling, brainy, ambitious
young man in the United States"
These were the words of John d
Rockefeller. recently spoken Oh the
subject of opportunities And he
finished with. The times of our great,
est gold and silver discoveries, OF our
YukOns and our CALIFORNIA;. are gone
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-06
JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD

Il there was a gold mine
In your back yard or on
your farm you'd hustle
to work it. wouldn't you?
You wouldn't eat, or
sleep, or drink until your
spade had begun TO toss
up earth You'd work
like ten men, and you'd
dream of the work nights.
And why? Because you're
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
THE ELECTION LAST WEEK WAS
DIVIDED UP.

At the general election held last
week in several states, the results
we're victories for both parties. In
Massachusetts Foss, democrat, was
reelected governor. The democrats
carried Kentucky, which will insure
the election of Ollie James as United
States Senator. New Mexico went
democratic and will have demo-
cratic governor as we'll as adding two
democratic senators and two demo-
cratic congressman. The democrats
made gains in Ohio, but lost in New
York and Maryland. In Nebraska
the republicans were successful with
the exception of the election of one
of the judges of the supreme court,
and in the third congressional dis
trict where a democrat was elected to
congress. In the second district of
Kansas the democratic candidate was
elected to congress by the aid of
standpat votes, defeating the pro-
gressive republican member of con-
gress. Rhode Island went republic
can, but no one expected anything
else. The surprise Of the election
was in the big increase of the social
list vote, showing big gains in all
parts of the country, and in a num-
Der of big cities socialist mayors
were elected. Mississippi went dem
ocratic as usual. And now in all the
states the politicians are grooming
themselves for the big battle Of 1912.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
MIR. TAFT is DISCOURAGED.

From President Taft's Chicago
speech: Nov we are at-some peo-
pie think-the crisis in the republi-
can party with reference to it's con-
tinuance in the guidance of the ma
ton. l am hopeful that the good
people of this country, who know a
good thing when they see it, have
only chastened us in an off-year, in
order that we may be better hereaf-
ter, but with no intention of shifting
from the shoulders that are fitted to
bear the burdens of the present prob
lens and carry them to successful
solution, to those which are untried
and which have new theories of &C
ton that we do not believe in, and
that we don't believe the people be-
lieye in. However, if so be it that
they desire to make change, We
shall loyalty support the new govern
ment under any conditions, with the
hope it will inure to the benefit of
the country, but with the consolation
that, If after one trial the people
think they ought to go back to the
old party that has served them so
we'll in the progressive days of the
nation, they will do so-we can bear
that, my friends; that is ALL i,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
WHY NOT CRIMINAL PROSECU.
TONS?

Mr.. President: Why do you begin
suit in equity instead of criminal
prosecution against the officials of
the steel trust? In your attorney
generals petition the defendants are
charged with the violation of a GRIM
inal law. Why do you hesitate to
ask for a conviction and imprison-
ment? Is it because the antitrust
law is now worthless as a criminal
statute, since the supreme court has,
by judicial legislation, put the word
unreasonable in it? Or is it be-
cause you are afraid to punish big
criminals as you do little criminals?
You ask me to name a trust that can
not be punished under the present
law name three-the Standard
Oil trust, the tobacco trust and the
steel trust, and l call you as a wit
ness to prove that the law, as amend
ed by your judges, is worthless as a
criminal law. Will you admit it, or
do you prefer to take the position
that big criminals should not be sent
to the penitentiary? Explain why
you do not prosecute the steel trust
officers under the criminal law?-W.
]. Bryan. (Commoner.)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
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scription to The Youths Companion
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With many Christmas presents the
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The one to whom you give the
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you, too, as giver of the subscription,
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
DOOM OF THE STANDPATTElI.

Yesterdays election results show
that the great popular revolt against
stand-pat republicanism which was
registered at the polls one year ago
continues with hardly any abate-
ment. Local issues or personal re-
lations in some places have had their
effect, but in the main the latest ex-
preston at the polls in various States
proves that the peoples memory is
long and that their grievance is last
ing.
Massachusetts goes democratic a
second time on the straight issue of
lower and honester tariffs. So COM
plete a reversal as this in state
which is the seat of some of the
most arrogant and oppressive of the
tax-protected interests can have only
one meaning. The country as a
whole has turned against the vice
and the folly of system which oper-
ates only to enrich the few at the
expense of the many. If man OF
courage and ability, like Gov. Foss,
can overcome it on it's own ground
against all the odds that presented
themselves, why should there be hes
itation or doubt on the part of demo-
Gratis in the west, where the feeling
is even more pronounced?
The so-called Tamany triumph in
New York is a regular Democratic
victory over a mongrel fusion of
spectacular corruptions and self
seekers. 1t adds one more defeat
to the long record of William R.
Hearst and the crew of treacherous
hypOcriteS who train under his ban
ners. 1t is fitting smash in the face
of a tricky newspaper press which
finds sensation and proof of "inde-
pendence' in stacy but insincere at
tempts to "beat Tammany.'
Democratic success in Kentucky,
one of the old border states which
has wavered in it's political allie
glance of late, cannot fail to make a
profound impression upon Missouri.
Countrywide conditions favorable
to the democrats contributed to
these victories, but of even more i'm
portance were harmony in the party
and good leadership.
A fact of much significance also
is the defeat of Boss Cox's republic
can candidate for Mayor of Cincin-
natl by democrat This particular
standpatter had the favor of the
President of the United States, who
would have hailed his election as a
favorable omen for himself next
year. The democratic victories in
Cleveland and Columbus, in the same
state, only emphasize Mr.. Taft's hui
initiation at home.
We can see no hope for standpat-
ism anywhere in the country except
as democrats shall initiate it's crimes
and follies. 1t is not necessary to
mention these offenses here, but for
the purpose of record it may be
said that they are false pretense and
broken faith.-St Louis Republic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
Loss of Appetite or Distress After
Eating Symptom That Should
Not be DiSregarded.

Appetite is just natural desire
for food. Loss of appetite or stomach
distress after eating indicate indiges-
ton or dyspepsia. Over-eating is a
very dangerous to a persons good
general health.
1t is not what you eat but what you
digest and asimilate that does you
good. Some of the strongest, heav-
lest, and healthiest. persons are
moderate eaters.
There is nothing that will cause
more trouble than disordered stom-
ach, and many people daily contract
serious maladies simply through dis
regard or abuse Of the stomach.
We urge all in Leon who are suf-
fer from any stomach arrangement,
Indigestion, or dyspepsia, whether
acute or chronic, to try Rexall Dys-
pepsia Tablets, with the distinct I'M
derstanding that we will refund
their money without question or
Formally, if after reasonable use OF
this medicine, they are not perfectly
satisfied with the results. We recon-
mend them to our customers every
day, and have yet to hear of any one
who has not been benefited by them.
We honestly believe them to be with
out equal. They give very prompt
relief, aiding to neutralize the gas
trio juices, strengthen the digestive
organs, to regulate the bowels, and
thus to promote perfect nutrition,
and eradicate all unhealthy symp-
toms.
We urge you to try Csc box of
Roya11 DvsnenSia Tablets which
gives Is days treatment. At the
end of that time, your money will be
returned to you if you are not salts
fed Of course, in chronic cases
length of treatment varies. For
such cases, we have two larger sizes,
which sell for soc and $1.00. Re-
member, you can obtain Rexall Rem
edies in this community only at our
store-The Rexall Store. Bell &
Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

The papers are treating Vice Pres
ident Sherman to a drastic dose OF
irony, sarcasm and caustic humor
that is unmerciful, but he gave them
such a good opportunity that they
could not resist the temptation. In
defense Of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
he appeared before an audience in an
all-wool suit which, he said, was
made in New Jersey and which cost
only $4S.44 Then a speech which he
made in 1898 was republished. On
that occasion he appeared in an all
wool suit which, he said, cost only
$9.95. The papers are asking him
to explain how a suit under the
Payne-Aldrich law costs more than
five times as much as it did before
that bill was passed, and if that law
has anything to do with the enorm-
Gus increase in cost. So far Mr..
Sherman has made no reply.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

The family with young children that is
without sickness in the house now and
then is rare, and so it is important that
the head Of tho house should know what
to do in the little emergencies that arise.
y child with d serious ailment needs q
doctor, 1t is true, but in the majority OF
Instances, as any doctor knows. the child
Usually constipation.
There is no sense in giving 1t pill or
a remedy containing an opiate, nor is
flushing Of the bowels to be always recon-
rlended. Rather give it a small dose Of
a mild, gentle laxative tonic like DR..
Caldweil's Syrup Pepsin, which, by clean
ing out the bowels and Strengthening the
little stomach muscles, will Immediately
correct the trouble.
This is not alone our opinion but that
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16
# YOU have 4 SIckLY
YouNcSTER TRY.TR|S FREE

Of Mrs.. N. H. Mead Of Freeport. Kans,
successfully and Of, Mrs. J. r. Whiting
Of Lena, Wis, who gives 1t to her children
and takes it herself. 1t is sold in fifty
drug store, but il you want to test It In
your family before you buy. it send your
address to DR.. Caldwell and he Will for
ward q supply free Of charge. .,
DR.. Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase Of his remedy ends his obli-
cation. He has specialized in stomach.
liver and bowel diseases for over forty
years and will be pleased to give the
reader any advice on the subject free
of charge All are welcome to write
him. Whether for the medical advice
or the free sample address him DR..
W B; Caldwell. ao1 Caldwell building.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

Congressman Towner is travelling
over the district telling the people
what great and good man President
Taft is; what a successful president
he has made; how diplomatic he has
been and saying other good and nice
things about our chief executive;
that he ought to be renominated
without pposition-just hand him
the nomination. Yet our congress-
man and fellow townsman did not
follow the lead of the president to
reciprocity. Probably his constitu-
ents would like to hear something
about why he did not.-Adams Coun-
ty Free Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

Fifth avenue, and whose sons make
life Joy for the sensational news
papers by marrying chorus ladies,
got their wealth through the republic
can-given privilege of picking the
pockets of the people through favor
ing tariff rates. The masses are
poorer to the extent that the mag
mates have been made over rich.
"Wholehoggers."
In Germany the tariff wall is even
higher than it is here. There, as
here, the people are protesting
against increased cost of living. But
lin Germany they have another name
for standpatters. They call them
"Wholehoggers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

D. Governor Plaisted, and his coun-
Gil, of Maine, have reviewed the re-
turns from the late prohibition cleo
ton and they have decided to ac-
four towns. These corrections re-
verse the result which indicated a
majority of rs for the repeal of the
prohibitory amendment. The cor
rected returns as accepted by Gov
ernor Plaisted show that Maine re-
tains constitutional prohibition by
5758 votes. = Ia. u, AZ 80. ID
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

William H. Bright, who has been
connected with the government print
ing Office in Washington, introduced
the first bill for woman suffrage that
was ever introduced in any legisla-
ture in this country. He was elected
to the legislature when Wyoming
was admitted to the union and one
of his first acts was to introduce the
bill. He has lived in Washington for
the last twenty-three years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

The Cedar Rapids Republican re-
marks that hundreds of pulpits are
yawning for preachers" The Council
Bluffs Nonpareil comments that
there are hundreds of preachers
yawning for adequate salaries" And
the Sioux City Tribune adds that
1.-THE parent yawn is in the pews."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

The Marengo Republican wonders
how these city chaps who are all the
time talking about the farmers easy
lot, Independent position and luxur-
ious living would like to get out in a
corn field at sun-up these frosty morn
ings."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

Secretary McVeagh says that il
politics can be kept out of the matter
there will be no trouble whatever in
putting through the Aldredge CEN
trail bank scheme. Did the gentle
man ever read or hear of United
States bank that was not up to it's
caves in politics?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

Why travel 5000 miles and make
800 speeches in twenty-six states to
placate the insurgents and then, on
November 7, go to the polls in Gin
cinnati arm in arm with Boss Cox
the standpatter? What's the use?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

The steel trust gives evidence that
the melon crop ripened fairly by
making it's annual distribution of
dividends. But crop predictions are
for shorter crops than the $4,000, 900
net gain of the present season.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-11-16

Holden knows all about corn,
and he may be wise enough to be
governor of Iowa." says the Sheldon
Sun, "but the people do not know
him outside of his work in the field
he has occupied in the past, and they
will not flock to him in a political
way until they know more about his
politics.