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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

~U-N-K is one of the most COM
prehensive words in the English
language inasmuch as it is ex-
pressive Of thought that covers
a multitude of conditions of material
things. At first one hearing the word
without thinking of its application as
meant in this story will think of one
OF those curious types Of vessels found
in Chinese waters.
On the other hand junk literally
means that which is to be thrown
away. anything from a needle to a bat
tleship. The man who comes to your
back gate and buys rags, bones and
old iron is a junk-man, a man who
makes a livelihood dealing in the
things that you have discarded as
being worthless for your particular
needs.
We have all learned in school that
matter can merely be changed in
form but that it cannot be destroyed
Hence the old pieces of iron in the
shape of pots. kettles and pans re-
turn to us later in the shape of divers
things, while the old rags are made
into paper upon which My Lady
writes her dainty notes.
Sometimes the question: What be-
comes of all the pins? is asked but
it is not answered A visit to a junk
shop will be in the nature of an an
swer as to what becomes of SO many
things that we know disappear from
our usual ken. All is grist that comes
to the junk dealer and metal, no mat
ter what its present condition may
be. or what it's previous usage may
have been, is acceptable at so much
per pound.
Iron is iron and brass is brass no
matter whether its shape be as a can,
the larger section of a spigot or any
thing else. Rust and corrosion only
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

see what is bought and from whom it
is purchased. Spigots and lead pipe
are always suspected. especially if
there are vacant houses in the neigh
borhood. it being well known that
there are certain gentry who do not
hesitate to enter vacant house and
despoil it of Its plumbing.
AS general rule the Junkman buys
from whoever has TO sell. He takes
certain amount of risk but then he
knows that all lines of business have
their shortcomings. If he knows that
he is being offered stolen goods he
may refuse, but then that would de-
pend largely upon whom he might be.
The purchasing of small bits of
junk is confined to small dealers who
merely act as jobbers and sell their
wares to larger concerns who sell di-
rect to foundries in ton lots While
the larger concerns will sell in small
lots they will not, as a general thing,
buy that way. Tt is too much trouble
to handle petty business with the
risks of possible annoyance of being
held as q purchaser of purloined
& DDS.
These large dealers. who may be
found in ever big city. go into junk
ing on a huge scale. There is no
proposition that they will not tackle.
whether it be a whole building that
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
e9orLz7S 0u2k Oh q Duz220

these two-ton hammers will easily
smash the average casting into small
pieces. Getting the casting under the
hammer is the most laborious part
of the work.
The most prolific and cheapest
source for small junk is the city
ash-d dumps. There. where all the ref
use from the town is brought. will
always be found a crowd of men.
women and children who. with sticks
and rakes, carefully overhaul every
CARLOAD of refuse. garnering what
metal they can find.
The average housewife who opens
a can Of edibIes and who carelessly
throws the empty can in the ash can
gives no further thought as to what
becomes of that timed receptacle.
She knows that in the morning the
ashman will come with a cart and
take it away with the ashes and that
ends the matter as far as she is con-
cerned.
Perhaps, even before the ashman
has paid his visit, and especially If
the ash can be on the outside of the
yard, scavenger will be there. The
scavenger is the lowest in the scale
of dealers in junk. Perhaps the scav-
enger is merely poor man or woman
merely interested in raking over the
ashes for stray pieces Of coal.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

is to be demolished or a safe that has
been put out of duty by fire or in
dustrious burglars.
Indeed after a fire the junk dealer
is right on the job. He will buy all
the metal as it lies. getting it out
at his own expense, or he will let you
get it out for him.
The great fires of Baltimore and
San Francisco attracted junk dealers
from all parts of the country. and
in the end. they got every bit of the
metal. The fact that huge steel col
umns were bent and twisted into all
sorts of fantastic shapes did not worry
the junkmen for moment AS long
as the weight was there, and they
bought by the weight. they were sat
isfed.
Many lot owner made deals for
the clearing of the debris with pay
ment in the old metal and just as
soon as insurance was adjusted so
the work of clearing up could begin
the junkmen got busy. BY carload
lots the old metal was shipped out of
the cities to the various mills and
from San Francisco a sailing ship
brought to the Atlantic coast a guam
tity of old burned and broken iron
safes, all of which were worked up
into other things. What became of
the thousand or more safes that were
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

rendered useless as receptacles in the
Baltimore fire cannot be definitely
said. They went the way of the other
junk, perhaps to return as new safes.
The handling of junk iron is not
easy. This is not because of it's weight
but rather because of it's multifarious
shapes. At some of the big mills
that make a speciality of handling ma
terial of this class electric lifting mag
nets are used with great success. These
huge magnets will lift two or three
tons in weight just as one would pick
up handful of toothpicks.
In less pretentious yards the lighter
pieces of iron are prepared for the
melting pot by being cut into short
lengths. One of these cutters. not
unlike the jaws of an alligator, will
cut with ease a piece of iron six inches
wide and an inch thick. With such
a machine it is easy for one man to
reduce to scraps a considerable pile
of small piece junk. Large junk. like
T-beams are also cut into lengths Of
"a inches and less but this work is
generally done at the mills with
cutter of gigantic size and strength.
Castings are generally broken up
with sledge hammers though some
handlers use a big weight on a der
rick not unlike a pile-driver. Worked
with a small gasoline engine one of
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

the commercial and Industrial activi-
ties of Italian emigrants grouped in
the four quarters of the globe.
Most International of Expositions-
The list Of nations exhibiting is GER
tainly as strong a one as any worlds
fair has ever gathered together.
Moreover as much money has been
spent here as at any preceding ex-
position. which coupled together with
the splendid position or the site ant
the undoubted excellence of the Ital-
ian taste in art and architecture has
resulted in the formation Of a show
that for looks has never been beaten
and only equalled in the two already
mentioned cases of Chicago and st.
Louis.
Naturally the vast number of ma
tionaI exhibits has had remarka-
Bile influence on the crowds attend
ing. Never has there been an ex-
position where SO many strangers,
that is to say. of course. foreigners.
have passed the turn-styles- From
South America a most astonishing
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
CI2IZao 5x71a2
E1lzL5Iz
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~HE travelling public has per-
@ haps been a trif1e over worked
in the matter of international ex-
- positions AS result the Italian
government has had difficult strug-
gle in its attempt to procure any
brand new features for the lnterna-
tional show spread out this year on
both sides of the historic river Po
where the famous stream divides in
two parts the old and the new cities
of Turin.
Perfect honesty demands the ad-
mission that the Turin exposition has
no one new feature that can dis
tinguish Italy's celebration from the
most recent worlds fairs held by other
great nations. Nevertheless the Turin
Fair is a far better spectacle than
the exposition last year in London,
and its position has never been
equalIed for natural advantages ex-
cept by the Colombian Fair and the
er-to-be-forgotten exposition at
St. Louis.
The greatest thing to the credit of
TURNS exposition is its especially
beautiful appearance taken as whole.
The world has never seen an expo
sfti0n so artistically arranged The
~e@srs-@hle leas1n of the show
grounds and the superb sites offered to
the various nations for their different
special buildings have resulted in the
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
5ome Bottled monders

berg. and the nth one an altar. IN
front OF which a priest in full vest
ments is raising the host The eggs
were made pliabie by a chemical proc
ess and then slipped through the
narrow neck OF the bottle. and were
boiled after they had resumed their
original form. but the objects In the
other bottles were put together by
means OF queer tools in the hands
of skilled mechanics. manipulated
through the narrow bottle neclzs.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25

1--WE cIaret bottles are on exhibit
ton in Germany which are full,
but not with wine. and the man
ner of their filing was a triumph Of
mechanical skill and patience One
contains five good-sized hard boiled
eggs. another two chairs and a couch.
of the dolls house size. a third one.
lying on its side. shows N the glass in
closure a full-rigged three-masted
ship; another contains a miniature
reproduction of the big cask at Heidel-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12
Tax Notice 10 Robert Hill

Shreveport, La, Sept. It'll. 19if.-
Robert Hill, Forrest, Texas. Deal
SIR: You are hereby notified that
purchased at the Tax sale for the
unpaid State and parish taxes of the
year 1910 the following properly as
sessed to Robert Hill.
Lot One, Block Ii of the Fairfield
Heights subdivision in the city of
Shreveport. Gaddo Parish La.
The deed by which property was
ronVeyed to me by the sheriff was
dated July p, 1911 and recorded on
July 2, 1911 in conveyance book 20.
page 90 of the records of said par
ISL. The amount of The taxes, pen
Allies and costs was Seven and So
l00th dollars. A. A. LeROSEN.
October 8.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12

the Mira Mercantile Company, and
finding nothing therein contrary to
law, / hereby approve the same, this
6th day Of September 1871.
f. BARNETT,
Acting District Attorney.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded on
this the 9Th day of September 1911.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Otficio Deputy
Recorder.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Ca,,-
do; | hereby certify that the above
IS a true and correct copy of fac
original act as the same now appears
On file and of record in my office.
5lVen under my hand and se1l OF |
'l1ice this 9Th day of September 1911 |
S. O. WILLIAMS.
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy
recorder" $40.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12
An Ordinance

Be it ordained by the Police Jur,
) lof Gaddo Parish, Louisiana. in reg
! ular session convened, that the Ger
tain roads or seryitudes hereinbe
low described, are hereby declared
to be public highways for Caddf
parish, said roads being 20 feet il
width, having been acquired by oper
land public possession and use there
LOT for the space of ten years OF
more, as follows:
/ Bethany Road: Beginning in the
ItCwn OF Bethany on Louisiana and
Texas State line in fractional section
f8, township Is, range t6, running
diagonally northeast through sec
tons II, 9, 3, 81 along section line
between 26 and 50, running west to
intersection of Greenwood and
Spring Ridge road.
Buncombe Road: Beginning at the
section line of i8 and Il at point on
bethany road, running eastwardly
through sections AZ, 49, Is, thence
along section line between II. AZ. II
and IS. Z and Is, thence north along
section line between "a and 10 to in-
terseetion of Shreveport and Mar
shall road.
Elysian Fields Road: Beginning at
corner of fractional sections 6 and u
on state line, township is, range i6,
running diagonally northeastwardIy
through fractional section 6, sec
tons 5, 30, 80. % to intersection of
Greenwood and Walden ferry road
Walden Ferry Road: Beginning on|
Texas and Louisiana State line in
fractional section 80, township l6,
range l6. running eastward through |
section 80. sections 29, %
to intersection Of Shreveport and
Marshall road.
Lake Road: Beginning at corner of
7, 3, II, is on Shreveport
and Marshall road, running west
ward through sections 7, f2.-II, 10, g.
}, Z to center of section f2, thence
northwest to section line. thence
llong section line west to intersee-
ion of Mooringsport and Greenwood
Dad.
BY Mr.. Scott: That the roads de-
eribed above be declared public
Dads. Adopted.
W. T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
Al. 1. DURINGER. Clerk. Il
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12
SheriR'S Sale.
No. io,393-in the First Judicial Dis
trlct Court of Caddo Parish, La:
j, l.. Jetfries vs.. The Hollar Oil

NO. io,393-in the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
j. l.. Jetfries vs. The Hollar Oil
Company.
By virtue Of a writ of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court Of
Caddo Parish i'll the above numbered
and entitled suit, | have seized and
lWlll offer for sale at public auction
without the benefit of appraisement,
FOR cash, at the principal front door
OF the court house of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, during the legal hours Of
Isales, on
SATURDAY, OCT. %, 1911,
certain oil and gas lease granted
by Allie Penrod and her husband. ]
W. PenrOd, TO H. HolIar, and by him
assigned 10 The HolIar Oil and Gas
Co. on The following described land:
The southwest quarter of the north
west quarter and the northwest
quarter OF the southwest quarter of
section 80, township %, range IS.
Gaddo Parish, La, said lease being
dated July %, 1910, and recorded in
conveyance book 81, page GIG, of the
records Of Caddo Parish, La: and
also the following described movable
property: One derrick, one block and
tackle, joints S-inch pipe; 100 feet
piping: one gate valve; one Joint OF
4-inch pipe: one 4-inch opp, one
crown Block: one treating plant: six
JOINTS S-lnch pipe; l3 gauge valves:
one cypress tank, 250 bbl.; one Coz
Dbl. tank; 9 joints 6-inch pipe; five
joints I-lnch pipe: two 6-inch gate
valves; one derrick; one standard rig
complete; one canvas tent; 345 Joints
2-lnch pipe Said property seized as
belonging TO the above defendant
and to be sold to paw and
satisfy the debt as specified in said
writ, say in the sum of twenty-four
hundred dollars, with 8 per cent in
-erest thereon from March III. 1911
until paid, and ali costs of this suit.
j. p. FL0URNOY.
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auetioneer.
Caucasian, September &c, 1911.
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The Caucasian is the official Jour
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The Weekly Item contains in con-
densation the best features of the
daily publications, and has a de-
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The Caucasian, besides its full
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fas the exclusive right to Fosters
Forecasts and to special features
which are alone worth the price of
! yearly subscription.
Sample copies will be mailed
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months soc, iii advance.
Office 517 Edwards street. Postof-
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12
SheriR's Sale.

! NO. 1o,365-ln the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
p. NJ. Williams vs.. Mrs. Helen A
FeSterVan, ct ais.
BY virtue of a writ of seizure anC
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana. in the
above numbered and entitled suit. I
have seized and will offer for sale
Tor cash without the benefit of ap-
pfalsement, at public auction, at the
principal front door of the court
house OF Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
during the legal hours for sales. on
SATURDAY, OCT. 81, 1911,
The northeast quarter of the south
west quarter section 10, township %.
range 10 west, Louisiana meridian
Gaddo Parish, Louisiana, together
with the buildings and improve
ments thereon. Said property seized
as belonging to the above defend
ants, and to be sold for cash without
-he benefit Of appraisement, to paw
and satisfy the debt as specified in
'ald writ, say in the sum of one hun
ired and fifty dollars with eight per
cent per annum interest from the
I'll day OF August 1906 until paid.
nd al costs of this suit, as we'll as
en- per cent on said principal and
interest as attorneys fees.
J. p. FLOURNOI,
Sheriff, eN-Otlicio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, Sept. II. 1911. +
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12
An Ordinance

Granting right of way along the Id
road from a point on said roa
near the corner of the northwes
quarter of the northwest quar-
/ ter of section 5, township q
i range Is, to the town of Ida. an,
Oh the streets and roads in tn,
town OF Ida, which is situated il
the northwest quarter of section
II, township %, range Is, as pei
map recorded in recorders Of
flee Caddo Parish, La.
BE 1t ordained by the Police JURY
Lot Gaddo Parish in regular session
convened, that the Arkansas Natu-
raj Gas Company is hereby granted
ne right to lay and maintain pipe
iiEes for the transportation of nat
uraf gas along and across the public
road, crossing the northern portion
q township %, rance Is. Said line to
be laid along the road as indicated
by the map and plat which is hereto
annexed and made a part hereof.
Said line to leave the main sixteen
ileh line of said Arkansas Natural
Gas tsempany at a point in the
northwest quarter of section 5.
township %, range Is; thence to be
lald along and across the Ida public
road in an easterly and southeast
efly direction to the town of Ida.
And the right is further given and
granted to said company to Law and
maintain such lines for the trans
Iortatlon OF natural gas along and
across The public roads and streets
OF the town OF Ida as may hereafter
BE necessary to supply the inhabi-I
tants Of said town with natural gas
his grant is made on condition
that said company will bury all pipe
lines laid under this grant a snf-
ilelent depth not to interfere with
ne use OF surface of roads or streets
iof the drainage Said pipes TO be
placed not less than 10 inches below
he bottom Of drainage bitches and
9 feet from the center of roadway.
Mr.. Wynn moved the adoption of |
nc above ordinance, which was
unanimously carried.
w. 4. CRAWFORD. Pres.
A. Z. DURINGER, Clerk. 9-de.I
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12

II it is a question of quality and
price when it comes to stationery,
you are looking for us. Phone 1000
and we will either come or send.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12

ooOohHoIuefS OF any NEE
,iis ana OF any other corporate ac
=. 'iiat written notice thereof be &C
- dressed to him by tho secretar
q through the mails to his postofic
81 duoress, provided nothing herei
- y oiiaii prevent the stockholders fror
T. waving notice of said meeting no
y from meeting by unanimous eoosar
n, without notice.
Il.
IS ARTICLE VI.
i no stockholders of this corpora
B. tlon snail ever be held liable for til
II oohtfacts or faults thereof in an,
"a further sum than the unpaid bal
: dliee Que on his stock, nor shall an,
o mere lnformality have the effect O.
:. rendering this charter null or of ex-
: posing any stakeholder. to an.
f greater loss than the amount of hi,
! stock.
s III testimony whereof said parties
r nave hereunto signed their .naoaS in
4 the presence of attesting witnesses
! al dille, notary, on this the 9th day
OF September A. ID. 1911
". D. CORBIN,
by K. w Hamiter.
E, w. HAMITER.
w. A. MABRY.
ELI GRAS.
AMEDEE GRAS.
A. NJ. WILDER,
by E. W. Hamiter.
t. J. KERLIN.
by E. w. Hamiter.
A. L. ATKINS,
by E. w. Hamiter.
GEORGE P. SANSING,
by E. w. Hamiter.
H. B. MILLER.
by w. A. Mabry.
E. E. BAILEY.
R. H. DAVIS.
f. w. PALTS.
Z. R. RATCLIFF.
P. C. KANE.
w. II. WORSHAM.
J. MILO SMITH.
II. H. Balm.
Attest: h
J. II. LEVY.
JOHN B. FILES.
GEORGE THURBER.
Notary Public. 5
Having examined the foregoing IL
charter and finding nothing therein .
contrary to law, hereby approve /
the same. Done and signed at my Of g
ice IN Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La, Fl
OH this September 6, A. d. 1911. :
E. BARNETT. Il
Acting District Attorney First Judi
clal District Of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Sep :
ember 8, 1911. =
S. o. WILLIAMS, =
'eputy Clerk and ex-0fficio Deputy !,
Recorder. :
State Of Louisiana. Parish of Cad ~
o: | hereby certify that the above e,
nd foregoing is a true and correct p,
opy of the original act, as the same =,
ow appears on file and of record in th
~ office. Given under my hand and -,
aal OF office this 9Th day of Septem- 40
eP 1911. S. o. WILLIAMS
equity Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy an
recorder. 9-t0. ar
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12
CHARTER
Of the Mira Mercantile Company

State Of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
GO: Before me, E. B. Herndon, Jr.
notary public in and for Caddo Par.
lsh, State of Louisiana, duly com
mlssioned and sworn, on this day
came and appeared the several per
sons whose names are hereunto SUBJ
scrlbed, who declared to me, notary,
that they do hereby form themselves
INTO corporation under the laws of
the State of Louisiana, under the
following stipulations and conditions
LO-Wit:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12
ARTICLE TX

NO stakeholder in this cOrnoration
shall ever be subjected IN ar EohIa
lot any debts, contracts or faults IF
thls corporation in any sum in az
cess OF the unpaid balance, if anv
due on his stock therein. nor eboIi
any lh1ofmaIlty i'll organization have
the effect of rendering this charter
nun or Of exposing any stockboIdar
To any personal liability.
Thus done and passed at nv of
nee IN SAID parish of Caddo. in lhe
presence Of Lucy Lacy and T +
Bell Jr.. competent witnesses On
this the 9th day Of October 1911
Y. L. MCCARTHY.
CLIFTON F. DAVIS
f. WAYLES BROWNE
Attest:
LUCY LACY.
I. F. BELL JR.
PERCY n. BROWNE
Notary Public
state OF Louisiana, Parish of Cad
90: Having read the above charter
ana finding nothing therein contrary
TO law, | hereby approve the same
TINS Hth day Of October 1871.
j. NJ. FOSTER,
District Attorney First Ju-
dlcial District of Louisiana
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Oc-
ober I. 1911. w NJ LEW
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio
Deputy Recorder.
state OF Louisiana, Parish of Cad
o; hereby certify that the above
nd foregoing is true and correct
Gpy OF the original act as the same
CIV appears on file and of record in
~ Office. Given under my hand and
al OF Office this 18th day of Octo-
ar 1911. w M LEW
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio
Deputy Recorder. 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12
ARTICLE VI.

Thic chol.ff,p 1900, \ :, ,,.l =
ooai -, y Ii,a 49,. .ef may pe aliiehded tex
iaa - 81 - - - 'lie Increasing OF decreas-
thirds vote ' Of tba stoeh1 ps a Two,
ri ,oaaIine If tha@ I'll ~ ,., h51',seu
convened foe s,,eb ,u oS9s afl
davs written na4ice =. Isl 81 aaaei zen
yidea uhana,,an nj a. aon apose pro
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12

No stakeholder shall be liable on
account of any obligation OF shis
corporation in any further sum than
the amount OF the unpaid balance
cue by him on the stock subscribed
for, and no irregularity nor any in
formally in organization shall have
the effect Of rendering this charter
null or of exposing any stakeholder
te any liability beyond any such UNI
paid balance.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-12

NO. f5,365-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
T. NJ. Williams vs.. Mrs. Helen A