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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-08-26
Louisiana Alluvial Top Soil in
Demand as Fertilizere.


CAGO ORDERS CARLOAD OF 1T AFTER
MAKING THOROUGH TEST AS TO ITS
PLANT FOOD PROPERTIES.
NO. Daily Item.
A car load OF Louisiana alluvial
top soil has been ordered by a hor-
ticulturist near Chicago to be used
as fertilizer.
Up to this time no other section
or state, not even Florida, 80 far
as is known, has received such an
order, and, in fact it 10 ouly In
rare instances that top soil OF a
remote section is used as a fertili-
zer.
Mr.. Z. Seton Schnsidau, a real
estate agent of New Orleans, has
received the order for a car load of
top soil from Louisiana.
"In speaking of the superior fer
tility OF our soil, writer's and ora
tors often make the statement that
the alluvial deposits, and especial
ly the top soil OH the reclaimed
aercs of Louisiana, are valuable Rs
fertilizers and could be sold as
such TO less fortunate districts in
the North and middle West" said
Mr.. Schneidau. "A great many
people look upon such statement
as rank exaggeratioD, and this
view is taken by not only skeptics
outside of the state, but also by
many of our own citizens.
MY mail to-day has brought
me request for a car load of
Louisiana alluvial top soil. This
request came from an expert hor-
ticulturist and gardener of tho
Chicago district, who wishes to
use it in the work because of it's
exceptional aud unequaled fertili-
ty. This horticultural some
months ago procured a small
amount of this soil and subjected
it to a number of tests that re-
suited in a thorough demonstration
of it's plant food properties. The
results wore 30 extraordinary that
he has decided to use Louisiana
soil regularly in his business.
This is probably the greatest
tribute ever paid to q states agri-
cultural advantages and resources,
and it 10 certain to promote ma
terially the interest already dis
played by Northern investors and !
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-08-26

the following doseribed property to-wit:
The undivided Il plus undivided Is
the undivided a Of 70 superficial
arpents Of the land situated in the
9Th Ward Of the Parish of St. Martin Of
La, bounded OH the North by property
OF K. b. wilkins, South by that of
AdeOdade Marks, East by Bayou Teche
and West by Vim. Smith & ais, and all
and singular the buildings and other
improvements thereon erected aud ap-
purtenances thereto belonging.
Seized to satisfy said above writ.
Terms and cOnditiOns-Cash.
Sheriff's Office this 10Th day of July
A. ID. 1911.
A. 4. BROUSSARD. Sheriff.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-08-26

farmers in Louisiana land. This
order for Q car load of Louisiana
soil to be used 20 fertilizer will be
filed.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-08-26
SHERIFFS SALE.

SHERIFF'S SALE.
Breaux Bridge Bank
vs.
Marie Idalie Castillo
No. 1872
State OF Louisiana. Parish Of st. Martin.
18th Judicial District Court.
BY virtue of writ Of seizure and sale
issued out Of the 10Th Judicial District
Court in and for the Parish of ST. Mar
tin, State Of Louisiana, in the above en-
titled and numbered suit, dated this 2nd
day Of August 1911.
have seized and will proceed to sell
at public auction to the last and highest
bidder at the front door Of the Court
House. between the legal sale hours in
the Town Of ST. Martinyille on
Saturday the 10th day Sept.
1911.
the following described properly 10 wit:
One half Of that certain tract Of land
with all the improvements thereon and
appurtenances thereto belonging, situa-
ted IN the Parish Of st. Martin, State Of
Louisiana. containing l05 arpents,
bounded as follows; Oh the North 10y
property of DemaS Thibodeaux, South
BY that Of Treviile ThibOdeaux heirs,
East by Public Road and West by pro-
perty Of ODer LatiOlais.
Seized to satisfy the above writ.
Terms and conditions
Sheriff's office this 9Th day of August
A. d. 1911.
A. +. BROUSSARD, Sheriff.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-08-26

BY virtue Of a writ of fi-fa. issued
out OF the 18th Judicial District Court,
In aud for the Parish Of st. Martin,
State Of Louisiana. dated this 23rd of
March 1911.
l have seized, and will proceed to sell
at public auction, to the last and high
est bidder. at the front door of the Court
House. between the legal sale hours, in
st. Martinville, on
Saturday the 2nd day of Sept.
1911
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-08-26

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The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
Huge Earth Dam.

The big Belle Fourche irrigation dam in South Dakota, which is the largest earth embankment in the world, Is nearing completion. Con- struction of the project was author ized by congress on May 10, 1904, at cost of $5,0O0,000
 From an engineering standpoint the Belle Fourche project is one of the most interesting which the govern ment has yet undertaken. It's princi- pal structure is the earthen dam. This wonderful dike, which closes the lowest depressions in the rim of a nat ural basin, Is 6,2oo feet long, 20 feet wide on top and 115 feet high in the highest place.
 The inside face of this structure which has a slope of two to one, will be protected from wave and Ice ac- ton by two feet of screened gravel on which will be placed concrete blocks, each four by six feet and eight inches thick. The cubical contents of this dike will be 42,7oo, 900 cubic feet, or about half of the famous pyramid of Cheops. The reservoir created by this dam will cover about 5000 acres and will be the largest lake in the Mechanics.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
TANNING OF WILD HORSES
Experiment in England With Untamed Beasts of Desert Results In
 Failure.

n.-Southwestern cowboys have Llways had their own peculiar methods of breaking and handling horses, and they have proven highly successful. During recent years, however, they nave had little opportunity to try them Dn wild horses.
 It is more difficult to domesticate the wild horse than it is any other wild animal. The southwest will read with interest, then, of the ex- pertinent now being conducted in England.
 Some years ago Prjevofsky, a Rus sian explorer, discovered a distinct wild horse in the Gobi desert, in the south of Mongolia A herd of 30 colts were captured and landed in Europe Most of them were sent to Russia, but a few were shipped to he estate of the Duke of Bedford, n England. They were ragged of coat and of awkward gait. All ef- ,orts to tame them have failed.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
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ton of the coast defense stations. The chief of these on the Atlantic side would be on Toro point. commanding Limon Bay and the entrance of the canal. Another battery would be To- cated across the bay with the same command. On the Pacific side the greatest point of vantage would be Battle point, with a twin battery on the opposite side of the canals mouth, or possibly on the island of Culebra in the harbor All of these points are on high ground and command the waters within ten miles of the mouth of the canal.
 Military authorities today declare that the coast defense is the most i'm pregnable of all Notifications. Hours of heavy bombarding from a powerful navy should have little effect upon 1t, while in return the probabilities are that it would send many battleships to the bottom.
 The mainstay of the coast defense is the disappearing gun. Those to be used at Panama are to be of 14-inch caliber. They will be placed back of Notifications which are nothing less than mountain ridges, for the coast defense station is sunken underground at the brow of some eminence. The ammunition, the stores, the men who operate the guns. are all underground with many feet of castiron between them and any intruding object.
 Two styles of guns are the main dependence of the coast defense, the 14-inch guns and the rined mortars. The 14-Inch guns adapted to coast de- lenses is the most powerful imple- ment of war known. The missile that 1t discharges weighs 1,640 pounds. It would be a good load for two horses to drag. It Is a steel jacket with most powerful explosives inside. The gun is of such strength as to throw this missile a distance of ten miles. An object the size of battleship can actually be hit at that distance.
 The rified mortars supplement
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
CRIME FINDS HIM OUT
POLICE CHIEF ADMITS HE Is
 ESCAPED MURDERER.
For Thirteen Years He Hid Identity and Became Famous for Rum crusades In DanvIIe, Va,
 but Exposure Came.

Danville, Va.-Found after search 13 years and right on the eve of his election for chief of police, which takes place every two years, Chief R. B. Ferris, who for six years has been the head of the force here, was ar rested as an escaped convict from Georgia and carried to the jail, where he was locked up.
 Showing perfect nerve, he threw aside his mask when confronted with reQuisition and quietly admitted that he was Edgar Stripling, of liar ris county, Georgia, convicted of the f murder of William Cornett, and given life sentence in the penitentiary. He said he escaped through the aid of friends. and a jailor who was bribed.
 Ferris, or Stripling, was elected chief of police by the Prohibition ele- ment of Danville, and was leader in the raids on blind tigers" He would without doubt have been re- elected but for fate.
 In discussing the arrest Ferris said C44nC AC chA10 UAo WC4 0 forced to shoot Cornett, who had at- tackled his sister, and he expressed the utmost confidence that he would be able to come back to Danville in very short time, a free man. At the time the crowd was inclined to believe that his arrest was a frame up to prevent his reelection, the sen timent on the liquor question running high in Danville, but 1t soon was un- derstood that the arrest was genuine.
 Feeling safe from all possible chance of arrest since he left Geor- gia, Morris began to take chances. He worked in North Carolina, where he was a policeman. Three months ago he took the biggest chance that he has yet taken and 1t was the fatal mistake that will send him back to Georgia. A man from Columbus. Ga. who happened to be in Danville. rec ognized the chief as the escaped criminal
 It was in 1897 that w. J. Cornett, a young farmer, while sitting by the ty, Georgia, was shot dead by load of buckshot. For days the mystery was unsolved and then 1t began to be whispered around that Cornett had been too attentive to the beautiful young wife of Stripling. Finally Stripling and Terrell Huff, his broth er-in-law, were arrested. At the trial Stripling exonerated Huff but stated he had shot down Cornett as he would a snake for the wrong done by him to his wife. Both Huff and Strip ling were given life sentences Huff has since been pardoned. but Strip ling escaped.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
INDIAN TRIBE NOT EXTINCT
California Expedition Discovers Rem nants of kombos Near Head
 Waters of Sacramento.

San Francisco.-An anthropoIogfcal expedition from the University of Cal ifornia, under Professor Kroeber, has reported the discovery of remnants of a supposedly extinct tribe of Califor- mia Indians near the head waters of the Sacramento river. The main body of the tribe the Kombos, was exter- minated in a raid in 1870 by settlers.
 According to the members of the ex- petition, which has returned from the north, there are about 20 in the tribe at present They were identified by arrow heads and other implements found in their camps, although the aborigines themselves are too wild to be approached.
 The university will try to have them rounded up by a troop of United States cavalry in order that their Ian guage and ancient customs may be studied in the interest of ethnology.
 Reports from sheepmen in Tehama county that sheep had been found killed by arrows led to the search for the Indians.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
Tanning a Wild Horse.

They will not submit to mans rule and are therefore unserviceable. They become badly frightened when man approaches nearer than two or three rods of them.
 The Russians claim that by methods of comparative anatomy and In other ways they have proven that the Gobi desert horse is a distinct species of the genus horse The mane, forelock and tail are not un- like the domestic animal, and, like them, they neigh and snort. Most naturalists have, until now, believed that the true wild horses with an unbroken line of wild ancestry were extinct.
 It is the general opinion that the domestic horse of today was mainly derived from three wild species, which have been named the steppe, forest and plateau varieties. The Gobi horse is a representative of the steppe variety This horse in it's wild state lives in the level districts and goes at night to the pasture lands and drinking places. At break of day It returns to the desert, where it rests until sunset,
 When there are nursing colts in the herd the animals always rest in the same place They usually walk one behind the other, so that the region where they live is covered with deep tracks.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
KITCHEN OF oLDEN TIME
eIze of Room seems to Have Been Of More Importance Than
 It's Fltments.

In olden days the size of the ktch- en soems to have been of more i'm portance than it's fitments in detail. At Hurstmonceaux. for instance. there was a kitchen 2S feet high. with three huge hreplaces. and bakehouse with an oven IA feet in diameter; then there is an old Welsh kitchen at Penrhyn Old Hall, near Llandudno. dating from the fifteenth century. which has many primitive culinary contrivances, now obsolete or super seded by more modern devices; a meatjack with a hywheel, . steel toasting stand, and a fan bellows- A wonderful old kitchen is in Battle Abbey, and that at St. Mary's Hall Coventry, is remarkable for the fa- nous 'mave's post" to which pos sibly recalcitrant scuIlions were tenn porarily attached.
 Our ancestors TuIly recognized the advantages of having a large kitchen An order, dated April 19. 1906. com
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
COOKING PLANT IS PLANNED
Proposed to Relieve Women of KItch- en Drudgery and Decrease Num-
 ber of old Maids.

Boston.-To have a cooking plant where all the members of a commu- nity can purchase their meals with out having the bother of drudging in kitchen and to have connected with this establishment an army of strong and skilled young women, whose mis- sion shall be to keep clean the homes of the members of this uniquely run community, Is a plan set on foot by a number of Winchester householders.
 The movement is being led by Mrs. Hermann Dudley Murphy.
 Such a plan would prove a good influence in decreasing the number of old maids and divorced women." said Mrs. Murphy.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23

these. Tho mortar is . gun that nevef appears above the breastworka. It rO. mains out of sight and drops its mis- sile over the intervening embankment. The missile takes curve high into the air. but it's course Is 90 calculated that 1t will drop upon the enemy. Powerful bombs are dropped into tue midst of the hostile camp at a dIs- tance of nine miles. The armor of the attacking vessel is avoided in this case and the shell Is dropped in her Vitals.
 The fortihcation board plans the building of breastwork Notifications about the locks where they might be attacked by land. These works would be erected at either end of the canal. In connection with them would be laid the foundation of a camp. Sewers would Do laid. water put in. These are the vital things in an army camp. With this preparation it would be pos sible at any time. having the soldiers available, to meet any land invasion.
 Then it is planned to establish an army post at Culebra, the highest and healthlest point on the isthmus. This camp will be pitched on the edge of the big cut opposite the town of Culebra. A bridge will be thrown across the cut to facilitate communi- cation Here quarters will be pre- pared for 5000 soldiers. It will be . model army post for the tropics. Ce- ment will be the central idea in con- structions, and hollow walls will lend themselves to coolness. The moisture will have no effect upon them and ants may not devour them.
 The garrison would consist of four regiments of infantry, one squadron of cavalry and three batteries of field ar- tillery. There would be some twelve companies of the coast artillery-1,3oo men. These it is contemplated quar- tering near the Pacific end of the canal, but they could be quickly trans ferred from one station to another.
 So 1t seems reasonable to surrnise that in the end the fortincations at Panama will be such as the world has never before known.
 If the strongest of naval forces of the Pacific should attempt to attack a fragment of our navy at Balboa, the Pacific terminus of the canal, the guns of the coast defense could hold that navy at bay until other battleships were brought through the canal The same thing would be true if the at- tack were made on the Atlantic side with the process reversed
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
A Vital Duty.

Before girl of the more fortunate classes goes out into society. she must be protected in some way or another. If she be for in1tance, convent bred. or if she come from an ideal home, it may very well be and often is that she needs no instruction whatever, be- cause she Is. in fact, already made un- approachable by the tempter. Fortu- nate, indeed. is such girl. But those forming this well-guarded class are few. and parents and guardians may often be deceived and assume moro than they are entitled to. At any rate. for the vast majority of girls some pos five instruction is necessary. It is the mother who must undertake this responsible and dinicu1t task before
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
WoMEN's RIGHTS, NOT NEWS
Bridegroom Who Makes Wild Dash for Pretty Stenographers Is Firm
 ly Called Back.

New Rochelle, N. Y-City business was seriously, but pleasantly inter- rupted by the activities of kissing bride. The young lady, whose visit will long be remembered by several prominent officials was Miss Bertha Easton Barber of New London, Conn, who came here with Tyler Council McNamara, the bridegroom-to-be and John O'Brien, Jr., a mutual friend. MT. McNamara is an electrical engi- neer The two made the trip from New London in an automobile After obtaining marriage license from the city clerk, they called on Judge R. Mo Kinley Power to perform the mar riage ceremony. He was trying case, but declared a recess and took the bridal party to the private reception rooms of Mayor Harry E. Colwell.
 City Clerk George H. c. Lischke and William J. McAloon, his deputy, stepped in from an adjoining office to be on hand for emergencies. When the ceremony was ended Mrs. Mo Namara threw her arms around Judge Powers neck and planted two hearty kisses on his cheeks. Then ignoring the bridegroom she did the same for MT. O'Brien. MT. McAloon was stand ing in line and got his kiss on claim that he had acted as bridesmaid.
 Don't forget the man who gave the license," said the city clerk, and Mrs. McNamara proved she wasn't stingy.
 The husband meanwhile caught 8 glimpse of two pretty stenographers in the city clerks office. He was mak- ing a. wild dash in their direction when his bride caught his coat tails.
 'eNo, you don't, dearie," she said. as she puckered her lips for kiss Women's rights are not for men-es- pecially bridegrooms-"
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
when Lovely Woman ,Phones.

Business will be held up in thik drug store for the next ten minutes" growled the impatient man. Even the prescription clerk Is holding hiG breath. Two good-lool1ing women are getting ready to use the telephone. That is why. When a handsome woman talks over an open telephone everybody within earshot takes a va. cation and listens. A plein womaE might talk half a day and nobody would pay any attention. but a good. looking woman at a public telephone draws a bigger crowd than the presi. dent of the United States. Everybody takes It for granted that she is going Go say something worth hearing and they become vitslly interested"
 ''If you are ia such a big hurry" said the impatient mans companion, -why don't you go down street and attend to that other errand while they are putting up your prescription here?''
 "oh, no.~ said te, T want to hear. too"
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23


 Passing of Prorq-Horned Antelope.
 The prong-borned antelope, an anil anal peculiar to North America, is in danger of extinction. This antelope, which has so many peculiarities that naturalists class it in a family by it. self, once existed by thousands on the open western plains. The naturalists of the country fear It's absolute ex- nnction in the near future unless pro lection is given to the few remaining.
 In 1908 the biological survey esti. mated that the total number of ante 1opes in the United States had been reduced to 17.Oo0. Of these about 1o,- 900 vera in Montana. Wyoming and ahe Yellowstone National park, and Ghs remaining 1000 were distributed tn n other states.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
0G GZNRGF " G0EZAAlJ

VOW for the fertilization of the Panama canal zone. Maj. Gen
 INV Leonard Wood has outlined
 the needs of the strip from
 the war standpoint The pre- liminary sum appropriated and those amounts that are to follow are to be placed at the disposition of Col George W. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal, and the forts and quarters are to be built in conjunc- ton with the other work in this, the greatest engineering undertaking in all history.
 The Panama canal in its simplest terms is an inland lake accessible at either end through locks. The few miles of channel between the locks and navigable water on either end are mere accessories to the canal. The great Culebra cut is important only be- cause of the work in making 1t. The locks are the vital thing when the work Is done.
 For these reasons the board of for tification decided that 1t was between these locks and the sea that the great defenses should be built. The high lands near the sea should be the loca-