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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-03-09
More Poultry for the Farms,

No careful observer can fail +,
Y note the increased interest i,
+. poultry raising in the Soutf
4 during the last year. Like al
3 other live stock raising, it is
r especially receiving attention in
the area beng invaded by the
Doll weevil. tits simply astonish.
} ing What capacity this little bug
the boil weevil-has for making
men think and even act. All
lines OF live stock are receiving
more attention than ever before
and poultry is coming in for its
snare of increased attention,
but' strange as 1t may seem the
greater part of this increase in
poultry interest is among the
people in town and to a much
less degree among the farmers
This appears to US wrong
Surely there is no place where
the opportunities for raising
strong' healthy poultry at a min.
lmum OF cost, are so good as out
on the farms. Not only is this
true as regards the production
OF utility poultry-eggs and birds
Tor tood-but it is especially true
OF the production of fancy poul.
try and birds for breeding. |,
BY much care, constant work
ma y intelligent feeding and man. +,
lgement, good poultry is pro.
luced on the small lots in or I
lear the towns; but it requires 9
more intelligence and poultry
knowledge to raise good birds
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-03-09
ordinances of Police jury,

BE is ordained by the Police
Jury of Washington parish, that
all parish male convicts, over the
age of eighteen (18) years and un.
der the age Of fifty. -four (54) shall
be worked upon the public roads
under the provisions and in ac-
cordance with the regulations of
Act No. 2o4 of 1908; That such
convlcts as are serving terms upon
default of payment of cost or fines
shall be paid for their services,
the sum Of Eight ($8.oo) Dollars
per month, which shall be
credited towards the liquidation
OF such costs or fines. That each
convict so worked upon the public
road who renders efficient ser.
vices and complies with the rules
and regulations adopted for their
discipline shall have deducted |
from his term Of imprisonment,
whether such term shall be for
default of payment of costs or
fines OF. otherwise, One.sixth
thereof. That ten honrs of labor
shall constitute a days work.
Be it further ordained that
such convicts who shall fail to
comply with the requirements Of
me person in charge or who shall
attempt to escape shall be forced
o wear spurs Of steel or bars of
ron chained to their legs or be
'cbjected to such other reason.
'b!e humane penalties as the
'xigencies of the case NAV re-
Luire.
Be it ordained by the Police
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-03-09
Somewhat Venomous,
Itself.

I4posltlon fasco upon Governo
Sanders AS our readers know
although we are no admirer c
tne Governor to put it mildly, "
nave never been so palpably IN
just as to ascribe this failure +
nlm' hence we have no share il
the epithet 'venimous news
papers, and no feeling in tn,
matter whatsoever.
But we do characterize a,
Venomous indeed a statemen,
made in the Wednesday issue o.
the States itself, while comment.
ing upon the Inspector of police,s $
: stopping the parade on Tuesday
:, OF the St. Louis Cemetery March.
ing Club. The members of this
organization Wore death heads,
masks and were preceded by a
o'er, supporting a figure pur-
porting to be a dead man, with
ene inscription: Il am dead, vet
Vote.' The parade was grew.
some in the extreme, but it an.
pealed to a certain sense of
numor and was not without
= ycleverness. It should have had
no part in a day set apart for
merry making, because it was
lncongrous and depressing; an
onence against the eternal fitness
OF things. If the inspector sun.
pressed the parade on this &C.
count he did well. But if he did
so to>ease the sensitiveness of
the conscience of the New Or.
leans political ring. he did not do
so well. Local hits" of every
KIND are Common at carnival. and
are usually much appreciated by
Inc spectators. however doubtful
n propristv. In this instance it
cut too deeply for the comfort OF
The bosses.
Nevertheless, it is entirely era.
for the States to say:
, 1.-THE men behind the alleged
'ood ! Government movement feel
incumbent on them. to indulge
D saerileeiors professions in
rder to win supporters to their
ause, they are welcome to do
9; but there are 364 other days
the year on which they can :.
eeort to this method of cam.
They have no right to
lend against the spirit of the
!! arrival or to SANDER the people
the city to the visitors whom
e invite to come here,''-
.Wbdt proof has the States that
y Good Government League
ld Anyt ythih to do with the
1peyard DEMONSTRATION any
pro than Law Enforcement
'a0se. .haa 1hane to do with
9 f1oat depicting the Gay Shut.
saloon? And when has the
st.mentioned League shown
y disposition to have sacri-
Eious professions on any day
lether Mardi Gras or Good
iday? Again, if the League be
y alleged" as for good
Vernrnent,, it can safely be
'nised that when the day of
Y comes on. the allegation will
proven true by the people.
y to visitors finding out from
> parade what the secret
ltical shame Of New Orleans
that is the unfortunate result
al evil-doing that the good
5t suffer in order that the bad
Z BE, punished. The device of
ering the head, ostrich wise,
,klng tat thebody is concealed
Dne that is habitual to New
cans. No reform can be
ed without the objection be-.
made that it may injure the
'ort trade Of visitors.
he sooner New Orleans cleans
Sc and buries it's skeletons,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-03-09
Rally Day Program
Schools of Washington Parish
Saturday, March 18th, 1911
Franklinton, Louisiana

1n.: s' e'ca, Observation-Disclosures.
SPELLING
TO- Grades Miss 1angus) limit Part + pm+.o,os
. 70 trades Mr Seever) limit II Points 2o-1o-5
= aoes' mr. Mne limit Business Spener Points -1o-5
Words to be selected by Supt.
ATHLETIC PROGRAM.
1880 TO- 11:3o Basket Balls (Cls) ) o;1ao -
ll"oto 1900 Paradeed by Band nd..
LUNCHEON
r.r f1eld Events will begin D. M sharp
NO loo yd Dash 66 inches over Entry Points 1o5
E S "a va Dash under b6 inches, Entry Points 1o-5-3
nnt NO. Potato Race 1o pooes) Girls Entry Points
n no Running Broad Jump and over Entry Points5-2-1
NJ Runng Broad Jump inches Entry Points sal
sunnng Broad Jump 81 in UNDER Entry Points 5.3.1
Evont NJ ~ ,a D"sn' Hntr1es Points 1053
'en NO O. yd Dah 81 inches and Entry Points 5-31
ISene NO y Hammer Throw, ~ Points 5-a1
Even. no ~ shot Put u pounds Entry Points 5-3-1
Fyent NJ 90 n asn'l hntry Points l5-105
E'ent no u Base Ball Throw Entry .... Points 5-3-1
Event No 13 Running High Jump Entry Points 1n- .
Event No H. Mile Race Entry 80. . Points 9o-1os
Event No 15 Role Vault, Entries .. .. . Points 1o-5-a
1yent no To- Hopskp and Jump Entry Points
went NO II Standing Broad Jump Entry Pont
went NO. IT, Standing Broad Jump Points
Event No 49, Relay Race yds for each
no one allowed to participate than Athletic contest
7 LITERARY PROGRAM, 8PM
Defamation High School, Entry ... pon4. os1n
Defamation intermediate Grades Entry ports os-1os
Chorus number Chorus Songs limit Point. to,k1o
~" ocnoo' nnuy' Points 25-155
Oratory, intermediate Grades Entry Points 951n-s
9 number Of entries indicated show how
many contestants may enter from each school, winning the
greatest number points will championship title the
pupils and oe the .1a event. ia % w dsd ed
win take part to Prof Miller Frsnnton I not later thsn
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
DAVID JAMES, T. M. McLAMORE ia WEAKLY 4
j. }. W. BATEMAN, KL BEAN ..s..
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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-03-09

- !, hereby certify%hat the above
ana ana foregoing :! is a true and cor !.
'!:x rect llst OF Jurors drawn for ser.
wee VICE AZ 7 the 3 regular March Jurv
te;a1 teim Of y the 26th. Judicial Diss.
w.sL:tr Su.cG Court Of Louisiana, for
1hls March End, 1911.
M. A. THIcPEx,
Clerk Of Court.
The new era., 1911-07-20

Postmaster General Hitchcock says
applications from depositors to pur-
chase postal savings bonds July 1st ag-
gregated $4,000.
Comparatively cool weather is to
prevail throughout the country, ac-
cording to the general weekly forecast
issued by the weather bureau.
Director Joseph A. Holmes of the
Bureau Of Mines, left Washington to
make study Of mine conditions in
Colorado, Utah, Montana and Alaska.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
designated 90 additional postoffices
as postal savings repositories. The
offices are located in twenty differ
ent states. They will begin opera
tions July 31st.
The amendments offered by Senator
Cummins of Iowa and the two offered
by Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
all seeking to increase the number of
Canadian manufactured articles that
shall be admitted free of duty, wer.
voted down. The voted stood IA to So.
With the Supreme Court decision
still ringing in the ears the tobacco
trust received another jolt when DR..
Harvey Wiley made the prediction
that within fifteen years smoking and
chewing tobacco in public will be
abandoned
The loss of the battleship Maine
was caused by the explosion of her
three magazines. No such effect as
that produced upon the vessel could
have been caused by an explosion
from without. Such is the opinion of
Gen. William H. Bixby, chief of en-
gineers, U. S. A.
A sweeping investigation of all ex-
press companies of the United States
has been ordered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. 1t will be
one of the widest in scope ever under
taken by the commission and will
not only be conducted as to rates, but
will include practices, accounts and
revenues of the various companies.
The defeat by vote of 80 to IA of
the first OF Senator Cummins' amend
ments to the Canadian reciprocity
bill in the Senate made it clear that
the measure is scheduled to emerge
from the Senate without any change
from its original form. The Senate
refused to attach to the bill Senator
Cummins proposal to give Canadian
fresh meats and meat products free
access to the American markets.
Chicago.--A return of the death
dealing heat which has claimed 1856
victims in Chicago. is predicted by
the weather forecaster.
The new era., 1911-07-20
Terrible Auto Accident.

Eldorado Springs.-Tossed down a
precipitous cliff, out of an automo-
bile, and then following the machine
as 1t took sheer drop of seyenty-five
feet and was finally dashed to pieces
ON the rocks of the river bed 500 feet
below, Mrs. ]. B. Baldwin Of Denver
was SO badly injured that she may
die. That she was not Instantly
killed is due to the fact that her body
caught on a projecting ledge. BY the
time the automobile, rolling down the
mountain side like tumble-wted.
reached the bottom. its momentum
was SO great that 1t bounced clear
across the bed of the creek, which is
between thirty and forty feet wide,
and in the descent was so badly
smashed that parts of its machinery
were found hundred feet apart. The
accident occurred about midway be-
tween Eldorado Springs and Crags, on
the recently completed Crags boule-
ward.
The new era., 1911-07-20
WESTERN.

The last section of the Ninth United
States cavalry left the maneuvers camp
at San Antonio, Tex, for Fort d. A.
Russell, Wyoming.
Y A coronado swept a path of seven
miles north OF Winona, Mimi. caus-
ing great damage to crops and farm
buildings.
Though light in many places gen
eral rain has fallen in Oklahoma.
The Cimmaron river is reported high
er than it has been this year.
Fourteen passengers of the steamer
Santa Rose, which broke up on the
rocks at Point Arguello, near Santa
Barbara, Cal, are unaccounted for.
Mrs. James Skochne. Bohemian,
and her three children, two girls, aged
six and four and boy, aged two, of
Raymond, Wash, were burned to
death when their home was destroyed
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld
the bloodhound as an agent OF Justice
II the hound had been proven accurate
in following the trail Of human foot
steps, that evidence was enough, said
the court, to convict.
Armed with rifles two hundred men
are securing Villas county, Wisconsin,
for Joe Imperio and Philip Roberts,
the murderers of Sheriff Radcliff
while resisting arrest. The men are
accused of white slavery.
Charles Schultz. of Oklahoma City,
dropped to instant death at Phillips,
Okla, when, after he had become en-
tangled in the guy rope of burning
balloon and been carried several Lun-
dred feet in the air, the charred rope
gave way.
Damage claims to the amount of
$250,0OO against the Mexican govern
ment have already been filed with
the state department at Washington,
as the result of the killing and wound
ing of number of Ell Paso people dur
ing the time the battle Of Juarez was
in progress.
Four members OF the crew OF the
wrecked steamer Santa Rosa and
second mate. E. Hawson, of the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company, were
drowned in the surf while trying to
get q line ashore from that vessel,
which stranded near Point Arguello,
six miles south Of Surf, Cal.
In the matter OF location OF head
quarters for the new division of the
railway mail service which is to be
made up of the states of Nebraska.
Colorado and Wyoming, Omaha has
beaten Denver and Cheyenne. This
announcement was made by the Post
office Department.
The new era., 1911-07-20
FOREIGN.

The physician in attendance upon
John w. Gates, the American finan-
cier, who is ill in Paris, says his pa
tient is on the mend.
In political riot in Ocottan, Mex,
eight men were killed and at least fif-
teen were wounded. Trouble started
over the governors race.
The condition of John w. Gates, VIII
is i'll in Paris, is said to be unchanged
except as the duration of his illness
has weakened the patient.
Following a conference of President
de La Barra and Minister of Finance
Madero at the City Of Mexico, an or
der was issued to the national treas
ury to pay to Gustavo Madero $320, 900
gold to reimburse him for expenses
incurred during the revolution.
The new era., 1911-07-20
! COLORADO STATE NEWS

The Senate passed the bill provid-
ing for the appointment of an addi-
tional federal judge for the district
Of Colorado.
The customs department in Denver
handled $23s.s66.74 worth of business
for Uncle Sam during the month end
ing June 30th.
Martin Van Buren Kelsey. one Of
the first settlers of the Platte valley,
and resident since 1859. died at Fort
Lupton. aged 72.
The public playground at Montrose
has been opened and 300 children are
using the swings and teeter boards
and played games.
The Grand Junction $450,000 water
bonds have been sold for 81 cents flat
The bonds call for the delivery Of
$280,O00 on August 31st.
Spontaneous combustion caused a
fire which threatened the Hillrose al
falfa mill, but the blaze was extin-
guished with damage of 5000.
John Herman, rancher, aged fifty
of Salida, fell head first from tree
eighteen feet above the ground. He
ran home and fell unconscious. He
was seriously hurt.
Ten miles of track Of the South
Park line of the Colorado & South
ern railroad are either washed out or
in bad shape in Platte caiion, as the
result Of cloudburst.
Guy L. Allen of Boulder is inventor
of new sewer tile pipe making ma,
chine which 1t is said will receive
ready backing of both Boulder and
Denver capital.
Jim Flynn of Pueblo has gone to
New York to make arrangements to
meet Carl Morris, the white mans
hope," in boxing contest in the lat.
ter city in the near future.
Driving his own engine from Delta
to Grand Junction, fifty-one miles, in
less than forty minutes, Enginer Will
liam Scholtz won a race with death
and arrived at the bedside of his wife
before she passed away.
Dexter T. Sapp, of Gunnison. the
newly elected commander Of the De-
partment of Colorado and Wyoming.
of the G. A. R.. has been appointed a
member of the board of trustees of
the Soldiers and Sailors Home at
Monte Vista.
Governor Shafroth has been served
with papers in the case brought in
the Supreme Court of the United
States by the state of Wyoming
against the state of Colorado for the
purpose of preventing the diversion OF
water for the Laramia-Poudre irriga
ton project in the northern part OF
the state.
The new era., 1911-07-20
Appropriations and Revenues.

Observation-Disclosures made by
the Eighteenth General Assembly and
approved by the governor, leaving
aside those that were to be drawn
from the internal improvement fund,
amounted to s3,S9O,210.S5. The state
treasurer's figures show the estimated
revenue for the biennial period as 81
89O,216.65, or practically $1,OOO.OOO un-
der the appropriations. State Auditor
Leddy published statement on July
1 placing the total revenue from all
sources at $4,406,OO0. which If cor
rect would meet every appropriation
made and also the appropriations for
roads and bridges. Mr.. Leddy esti-
mated the revenue from the different
tax levies at $3,173,000 and the rev.
enues from corporation and other
fees, Inheritance taxes, license fees
and the like at $1.293.OOO. The rev.
enues for the last six months have
shown a falling off compared with
what they were two years ago, and
there is no sign of revival.
The new era., 1911-07-20
Report on Big Game.

Washington.-The most accurate re-
port on the big game of the United
States has just been issued by the
Biological survey. According to this
report, opportunity to hunt big game
is now afforded in all of the states
except eleven. Deer hunting is per-
mitted in thirty-seyen states; elk
hunting is permitted in Wyoming,
Montana and Idaho; an open season
for moose is provided in Maine and
Minnesota; mountain sheep may be
hunted in Montana. Wyoming and
Idaho; mountain goats in Montana.
washington and Idaho. Antelope are
now protected throughout the dUnited
States, and caribou occur only in
Idaho and Minnesota, where they are
protected throughout the year. Some
states limit each hunter to one head
of each kind of big game, but In the
case Of deer the limits are usually
more liberal. According to this re-
port, there are 1000 deer in Oregon,
1,5OO in Montana, 1,400 in Wyoming
and 700 in Colorado.
The new era., 1911-07-20
SPORT
WESTERN LEAGUE STAMPING.

The Florence baseball team was de-
feated by Salida in a loosely played
game. II to 6.
Arrangements are being made for
Western Slope tennis tournament to
be held in Grand Junction soon.
Joe Carney, the Pacific coast pool
champion, won the 5OO-point pool
match from James Mature, champion
of Colorado.
Yen Weldensaul, formerly utility
player for the Grizzlies of Denver, will
manage the Greeley Spud baseball
team of Greeley hereafter.
In a closely contested game at
Santa Fe the Albuquerque baseball
team defeated Santa Fe by a score OF
4 to 0.
The training quarters for Frank
Gotch, worlds champion wrestler,
have been completed in Humboldt, la.
The quarters, which the champion has
christened Riverside Camp" will con-
sist of large handball court, regu-
lation wrestling platform and a dress
ing room.
The managers of the South Dakota
Baseball Association have decided to
close the league schedule. The teams
have paid SO far. but the invoking OF
the law to stop Sunday games has
been the drawback. Redfield finished
in the lead and will get the pennant.
Aberdeen was second. Watertown
third. Faulkton fourth. Mitchell fifth.
Huron sixth.
The new era., 1911-07-20
Minor Mention.

Flake gold has been taken from a
well near Grover.
The Platte river is higher than 1t
has been for two years.
The mail route between Lamar and
Wiley has been discontinued.
Mrs. VIM. Smith, pioneer of Wind
sor. after long illness, is dead.
The Salida Commercial Club will
give its first annual banquet soon.
The Colorado Springs carnival takes
place July 81 to August 5. inclusive.
The contract for the new county
Jail at Greeley has been let for $4,000
The school census Of Mesa county
shows 6,121 children in the scholastic
age.
The Fort Collins branch o. the I'm
ion Pacific will begin business on July
18th.
The cottonwood trees on the streets
OF Loveland will be cut down Lext
winter.
The Colorado State Bankers Asso-
citation held its tenth annual conven-
tion in Denver.
Conditions In northern Colorado and
Little Snake river valley arc better
than ever before.
Fred Allen has killed seventy-sev-
en- rattlesnakes on his quarter sew
tion near Fooston.
]. NJ. McCutcheon. wealthy pion-
eer of La Sale has donated land to
that town for park.
C. w. Jones, aged sixty, who was
fatally hurt by being thrown from his
wagon near Boulder. died.
Dan Cassidy. one of the motorcycle
riders at Lakeside park, Denver, was
badly hurt in an accident recently.
Ignacio Revoc. miner from Old
Mexico, was killed by fall of rock
in the C. F. & l. mine at Berwind.
The Boulder Business Girls Club
will open up large ice cream parlor
and donate the profits to the Boulder
band.
The Pueblo state fair and the Den
yer interstate fair have agreed to CO.
operate in an effort to have better at
fractions.
Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture will attend the
Dry Farming Congress in Colorado
Springs.
E. B. Burke. who was injured some
time ago in the Pinto mine at Cripple
Creek, has been awarded $4,000
damages.
The Palisades orchardists who are
in controversy with the government
over the construction of a low line
canal in connection with the Gunnison
project have been given more time in
the negotiations going on.
The new era., 1911-07-20
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

Showers and cooling breezes have
brought relief to sweltering Chicago.
The Portland express, of the New
Haven railroad, jumped the rack and
the entire train tumbled over a thirty
foot concrete viaduct. into the street
below at Bridgeport, Conn, killing or
injuring 100 passengers, according to
the police reports
No less than 100000 barrels Of
beer were sold in the United States
during the 12 months ending June 30th
last, or an increase over the previous
twelve months of 6.21 per cent, &C.
cording to the annual report of the
beer and whisky sales made public
today by the United States Brewers
Association.
Fire which caused loss of 100000
destroyed the huge barns of the Ar
thur Dixon Transfer Company, in Chi
cago, burend to death 400 horses, i'm
periled the lives Of a score OF men,
tied up the South Side Elevated rail-
way line and the State street surface
line for hours and threatened the busi-
ness district.
The largest fleet of American war
vessels ever assembled at single
time is in Provincetown harbor await
ing the beginning of war maneuvers
along the Atlantic coast, July 18th.
The fleet already comprises thirty-five
vessels, battleships, cruisers, torpedo
boats, submarines. golfers and dis
patch boats.
Thousands of Elks, in Atlantic City,
N. j., for their annual reunion, gath
cred in the marine ballroom on the
pier when the people of Atlantic City
formally presented them the freedom
of the city.
Miss Caroline CANTON of Chicago, a
graduate of Vassar, has just discov-
cred that a bundle of mining stocks
she won in foot race for girls at a
fair in Alberta, Calgary, is worth $70.-
600, and will probably be worth $780,
900 shortly.
In 1913. the state of Wisconsin is
to begin to furnish life insurance to
such of its citizens as want to patron
ize it, Such an experiment has fire.
quently been urged by paternalists
and theorists on life insurance, but
Wisconsin is the first state to enact a
law making it possible.
The new era., 1911-07-20
To Make Fruit JAR Rubber. Last.

To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last.
To have fruit jar rubbers last, keep
them we'll covered in jar full of flour
until used. and as soon as removed
from empty Jars. One can then afford
a good quality of rubbers. as l-ept
thus they will safely last several sea
sons When there is doubt Of old
rubbers, they may often be made p
eke out one more season by using tn
of the rubbers to each jar and screw
ing down tight. Always stand newly
filed jars upside down until cool. to
test the tops and rubbers.-Designer.