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The daily sentinel., 1912-10-29

AGAINST the establishment of
an amendment to the law es-
tablishing a State Highway
Commission, and the placing
The daily sentinel., 1912-10-29

.GAINST the amendment TO
Section 3 of Article XI of the
Constitution, authorizing a
bonded Indebtedness for the
creation of fund for the
construction and Improvement
of public highways.
The daily sentinel., 1912-10-29
QUESTION NO. 81.
QUESTION NO. 81.

FOR the amendment to
Section 3 of Article XI of the
Constitution, authorizing
bonded Indebtedness for the
creation of a fund for the
construction and improvement
of public highways.
The daily sentinel., 1912-10-29

GAINST Direct Legislation
Leagues amendment to Sec
ton 2, of Article XIX, of the
Constitution.
The daily sentinel., 1912-10-29

AGAINST Amendment to Arti-
Gle X of the Constitution ad-
ding Section II, Special fund
tor the state immigration bu-
reau."
The daily sentinel., 1912-10-29

AGAINST an Act to regulate
and limit the hours of employ
ment in underground mines,
smelters, mills and coke ovens;
to declare certain employment
injurious to the health and
dangerous to life and limb.
The daily sentinel., 1912-10-29
QUESTION NO. 3.
QUESTION NO. q.

AGAINST Denver trades and
labor assembly Act to estab-
lish public service commission,
and to provide for the regula-
ton of public service corpora
tions.
The daily sentinel., 1912-10-29
QUESTION NO. 5.
QUESTION NO. G.

FOR Amendment to Arti-
Gle y of the Constitution adj
ding Section y, Special fund
for the state immigration bu-
reau."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22

there used to be small bayou or
enlng out from it, which, according
! to some of the old settlers, was ford
able even as late as forty years age
This was then known as the Atcha
falaya Bayou. Now it is one of tn
deepest, as we'll as one of the mos
dangerous, rivers in the world.
From the mouth of the Red the
Mississippi River turns in a. south
easterly direction, but the Atchafala
va, taking a short cut, heads straight
south for the Gulf of Mexico over a
distance only about half as great as
the course of the Mississippi from
thls point and through much more
sloplng country. The Red River
empties into the Mississippi only
when the waters Of the former hap-
pen to be higher than those of the
latter, which is seldom. For the
most part, the Red never touches
the Mississippi. Its waters dash down
inc Atchafalaya and a large volume
OF water from the Mississippi be-
SIDES sweeps up the Red and finds
It's way to the gulf through the short
cut of the Atchafalaya.
During the Last floods the upstream
pressure was SO great over the ten
mile section of the Red between it's /
mouth and the outlet of the Atcha-
talaya that a large river steamer be-
came unmanageable, was driven
against the middle pier of a railway
bridge and smashed to pieces. The
llgher the water on the Mississippi
he greater will be this upward pres
sure and a few more floods NAV
mango completely the course of the
mississippi into the Atchafalaya. Any.
hing which will reduce the high nres.
ufe Will diminish this danger.
Inc greatest crevasse of all this
ear occurred at Torras, on the west 7
ID of thee Mississippi just below the g
iouth OF the Red River. If the At f
na1alaya basin were made into an r
Emergency wasteWay, with the OMEN S
lg either at the present outlet or Il
'eterably, perhaps, at Torras the is
'esSuFe here could always be rel;ey II
A WasteWay of sufficient width SO. VI
rely leveed on both sides and the Of
wees planted in willows, another Re
lie leading from Plaquemine and con tn
ctlng with the first, and a short az
e leading into Lake Pontchartrain III
st above New Orleans would in %
re a relief which could in no other ST
y be had. The future of New Or fit
ms as a seaport depends on keep fl
the Mississippi River at New Or. Of
MS. To keep the Mississippi there co
must be prevented from going is
En the Atchafalaya. This can on elf
be done by relieving the pressure he,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22

furnishing the safety valve. All pas
history has shown that a leveed ri,
er not being supplied with such
safety valve has always improvise
one of its own when the proper tim,
came. Instead Of waiting in suspens,
l0f the river to make a haDhazarC
creVasse why not systematic the ere
Vasse-make it, and control it our
selves.
Some have objected to this by say
ing that an outlet would lessen the
velocity Of the current and thereby
prevent the sweeping out of the riv
erbed. But with the mouth Of the
mississippi damned up with the let,
Ties and even then only few feet
lower than the bed of the stream
three hundred miles above, it is diff.
1lcult to see how there can be much
sweeping out even with all the water
OF the greatest floods confined with
IN the banks. But, granting that
there is always, as some authorities
declare, a sedimentary deposit lust
below a creVasse, would this be anv
worse in a controlled crevasse than.
where the river banks were allowed
to break at random? In either case
the normal condition of the river
could be restored Immediately after
the floods by dredging, question
which we shall come to shortly. It'll
must also be borne in mind that it
should never be- the object of the
outlet to stand wide open for every
little rise. The opening of each one
should be thoroughly secured with
gates which should be opened onlv
n case of emergencies. The water
ways Of the outlets could be purchas-
"a as rights Of way by the national
government and then leased ont for
'ecan-groWing, timber-growing or
ONE other profitable investment. 4 '
Inc outlet plan has also been SIREN s
ously opposed by New Orleans on I
ne basis that such a system would {
erlously threaten the city as a sea- c
OFT by reducing the depth of the cur i
ent. Those holding to this view r
ouId do well to reflect that any n
ore than a sufficiency of water at e
eW Orleans becomes dangerously
lperfluous and, besides, rigid op- G.
'SltiOn policy against the outlet plan le
ands a very good chance, as the re- CT
mt floods have shown of precipi- 4,
ting in the next few years Just q,
lat New Orleans most woefully ju
eads. CT,
here are some facts that every cit W;
N Of New Orleans ought to con- le
Ter if he has never done so be- in
e. Formerly the Red River emp lie;
d into the Mississippi, but now it it
IS so only occasionally. About ten do
es above the mouth of the Red "
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22

oi Solld masonry, one at the unnar
euse OF the delta, one at Keneh, a
, Town about three hundred miles above
Tie 1lrst dam, and one at Assouan or
'ie llrst cataract, which is about
seven hundred miles above the month
OF the river The last mentioned
coSt tWenty-four million dollars II ia
A'lo' yards long, its weight il esti.
mated at one million tons. and its "a.
paclty is reckoned at upward OF fir-
" billion gallons. 1t is situated at
u narrow part of the Nile Valley
"hefe the cliffs of the Sahara and
ARABIAN Deserts jut down almost TO.
ge1her. When the gates are closed
reservoir is formed which extends
from eight to ten miles up the rIv.
eF' completely submerging the island
OF Philae and it's extensive tamn,a
ruins AT present plans are being
maze to raise the dam so as To don.
Die its capacity. 1t will then con.
tam sufficient amount of water tn
lrrlgate six hundred thousand acrao ~
lan0' The price of a dozen super.
expended in construct.
Ing similar reservoirs on all the larp.
er tributaries of the Mtssjssinnl
would greatly tighten the burden ~
'he lower valley. However, If the
system of reservoirs were adonted
1t would be necessary to have
ureogmg plant for each dam since
each reservoir would begin to fin I'M
the moment the sluice gates We're
closed.
Now having briefly reviewed the
'hole situation and examined every
usested plan of relief, and looking
WITH far-sighted vision into the m.
ure' 1raught with the increasingly
omplex conditions which each war
l 49, Que reefs lmpelled to prOphesy
1at the national government will
ooher or later have to employ all
leSe various methods of control he.
IRE the lives and property of the mil
OhS living along the banks of the
lghty King of Rivers are made Sc
Ire against disaster By planting
rests on the washed hilIsldes, bv
'lidlng dams at suitable points for
'iulhg large reservoirs, by dredging
oals and shadows in the flood
ain, by maintaining the leyees at
cir present height (but no higher),
q by establishing a sufficient mum.
or WasteWays of required width
De used only when the water has
ached'a certain height, all OF which
assures are to be Internationally
der the, control of the national gov.
lment, htink then a permanent
ETY. will be assured and the immi-
mt will no longer hesitate to come
develop to it's fullest capacity
most fertile region In the world.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22
IMPENDING NATIONAL PROBLEM.

By G. c. Huckaby, graduate of Ok
ford and Member Of the LOndo
Biologists Association, in Cour
try Review:
The following article, condense,
from a more lengthy one is an jItu
mlnatiVe one upon the river ques
toni
The unprecedented floods this yea
have raised colossal question mari
behind the levee system.
We have at last been awakened tt
the fact that to deal with any sec
ton of the Mississippi adequately re
qulres an outlay of expense which nc
single state can meet. The only hone
therefore, for the flooded districts to
gain any permanent relief is for the
national government to take over the
management and control of the en-
tire Mississippi Valley drainage.
Our first hope, therefore, is GOV
eminent control. The success of the
government in this undertaking then
Will depend upon what policy it may
map out. Temporary relief can be
mad ordinarily by raising and repair
ing the levees, but the history of the
IeVee system, not only in this coun-
try but in all other countries where
1t has ever been established, shows
plainly that it is reliable only so
long as it is not put to the supremeI
test, and, if followed to it's IogicaII
end it always terminates with dis
aSter.
A great many think that dredging
Will be sufficient to insure a deem
river bed and a high uniform yel2ci-
" OF current so that even the great
est floods can pass easily between
the banks Of the Mississippi.
There is, next, the outlet system
which has had its full share Of crit
iCism.
The most notable instance of theI t
disastrous failure of the Ievee system
Is the Hwangho River, in China
This river has its origin in the north. {
western mountainous provinces of t
China and. after innumerable wind t
ings, laden with silt, it hurls itself i
INTO an open level plain, where the L
sediment at once begins to settle to t.
he bottom of the stream and fill IN S
he bed. Entertainments are built to
prevent the river from Overlooking Il
md as the bed rises the embank- u
aents must be raised until the Il
tream is many feet above the sur, as
ounding country. AS time goes on m
ne situation becomes more and more fl
angerous and finally break occurs &C
hitch carries destruction and ruin or
18th it. If the break cannot be re. OF
aired, as is generally the case. the so
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22

: river finds itself a new outlet an,
follows the line of least resistance
. to the sea- This newly formed chan
mel sometimes reaches the sea five
hundred miles from its previou.
mouth. At each break the surround
ing country is covered with two OF
three feet Of sand In 1851 the river
"t one point was twenty-five feet
ABOVE the surrounding country. A
break occurred which took fifteen
years to repair. In 1887 it was
thought that the rivers course would
change again. The river spread its
whole volume over the fertile coun-
try to the southwark. sweepine
whole towns before it and convert
ing the entire country into a. vast
lake. It covered fifty thousand square
miles and drowned a million persons.
The repeated disasters on this riv-
er during the last hundred years have
gained for it the permanent title Of
"China's Sorrow"
We might very we'll stop hero and
compare the situation on the Mtssis-
Slppl to see how far we have pro-
crossed toward the Hwangho disaster
Inc leYee system on the MississipniI
was begun by the French about one
hunuFed and ninety years ago. The
llrSt leveeS were very small. perbans
with base Of not more than ton
ieet and not more than three feet
nigh. They were first built along
'Ae 'front.' and then short cross,leyees
were extended back at right angles
10 the river, which had the effect Of
Fencing In the farm lands against the
'aFaSeS of the overflow. But as this
work progressed more and more wa
er was forced to go down the river
'nahnel, with the result that the To-
'eeS had to be built higher and high ,
r. This race between flood and 10. 6
zee contractors has gone on till the
resent day. In most places now on :,
ne Mississippi height of sixty feet :
nd a base of one hundred and fifty G
aet should be the requirements for n
IeVee, Louisiana alone has thir. r.
IN numbered and thirty-six miles of "
lis structure on which she has dur ~
ls the last four years expended fiyeI n
lIIIon dollars. Such is the brief his G,
ny of the leyee system on the Mis- n,
ssippi ~
II We look about the world we do re
d. as a rule, find man trying to 70
lllze Natures gifts without obeying WI
e regulations which she lays down dr.
to how they are to be used. No
IN would think Of trying to con- ize
lie IN boiler all the steam that it sir
oId generate. He knows that its in fol-
Easing force would soon make an tie
tIet for itself and spoil the boiler do
he has provided against this by mi
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22

: at the mouth of the Red. A svste,
OF WasteWays established somewh;
on the plan outlined would alway
: relleVe the stress here.
1t is now believed that a vas
amount of good can be done towar
cnecklng the present dangerous ter
dency by dredging. According 10 q,
estimate based on statistical reports
through one thousand feet of dis
charge pipe dredge can remove on,
million cubic feet of river deposit
during a river season of 1880 work
Ing hours. A dredging plant to re
move tWenty-nine million cubic ward,
| "ouid require twenty-five dredges
ana tugs costing three million dollars
which could be operated for about
nine hundred thousand dollars annua
~ Dredging would remove the
shoai8 and cross-bars, which are 2
constant danger, and also the demos
us which are said to form below Gre
vases. This would thus insure q
deeper and more uniform channel
winch is one of the prime factors in
dealing judiciously with the flood
problem.
The United States Department Of
agriculture can give an assistance
winch will soon be felt by encourag-
ing practical forestry. Throughout the
many hillsides and steepI
slopes nave been cleared for cu]tiva-
'loh very i'll advisedly Such farming
eIoea'ofs are, on the whole, very I'M
proilCaDle, especially after the first
Few years, when the soil, becoming
more free from roots and turf, he
GINS to wash rapidly. And, besides,
'ast treeless tracts like this are one
u the chief causes Of the increase
If floods.
Then there is one grand scheme
when as yet seems not to have sug. t
ested itself to the American very s
orclply, and this is the question of t
eserVoirs. A system of dams with
'uice gates on the upper waters of Il
Re larger tributaries of the Missis- n
ppl could do a double service IN C
ANY places if enough of these were #
lStalled large fraction of the flood b
'lume which each year hurls itself h
the lower flood plain and delta 81
glons could be held in check till pl
e main force Of the flood had pass tt
down, and as in many places in al
e west it could be utilized for irri- ht
ton. Such a plan has been demon TO
'ated to be both practical and pro- re
able on the River Nile. Herodo- M
5 called the Nile Valley the Gift un
the Nile" This dictum was quite err
rect in his day, but the converse sa
true now, The river today is a gr
of the valley. The Nile is now an
d IN captivity by three huge dams the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22
DIAPER CLOTH.


Il inch Diaper Cloth, best quality,
sold always at $1,OO piece, June
sale price piece ............75c
NOTIONS.
Ladies' Crossbar Lawn Handkerchiefs
worth SC each, June clearing sale
price each .......... ....2C
Buttons, Pearl Shirt Buttons, June
clearing sale price dozen ....2G
Needles, worth SC paper, June clear
ing sale price paper ..........2c
Pins, $50 Pins to paper, worth Sc pa
per, June clearing sale price pa
pei '''.'''' ........ .........Sc
Soap, Morrisons Toilet Soap, worth
&c cake, June clearing sale price
'''''''. ........ .......2 for SC
Ammonia, Violet Toilet Ammonia
worth 25c bottle, June clearing
sale price bottle .......15G
UMBRELLAS.
0"o0PIlondl value III 20 men
umbrella, $3.50 value, for our June
clearing sale each ..........0SG
In addition to the items mention.
ed in this advertisement we will
have on sale at special prices, Bob
met Bars, Sheets, Pillow Cases and
other Household articles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22
Mems and Chlldren's Wear,

Mems Mohair Suits, this seasons
goods, made to sell at $500, June
clearing sale price ...... Sl3.SO
Mems Light Weight Worsted Suits.
Stein Bloch make, worth $500 to
close out in June sale .,S12.5O
Mems Blue Serge Suits, $500 value,
June clearing sale ......Sll.OO
Boys Worsted Suits, latest style, all
wool $500 value, June clearing
sale price .......... 10y 90
Boys Suits, $3.50 value, June clear
ing sale price ,..........S5,GS
Boys Suits, $3.50 value, June clear
ing sale price .SA4S
Child's Sailor Suits, Linine and Ma
dras, 75c value, June sale. .40c
Child's Sailor Suits, Plain and strip-
ed Linine, $1.0O value, June clear
Ing sale price ........E S1
Childs Sailor Suits, Pique and Lin.
Inc, $3.50 value, June clearing
sale price S1 10
ROMPERS.
ChlWs Rompers of good quality
Chambray, regular 25c value, June
clearing sale price each ....19c
rants, Boys Linine pants, worth Csc
June clearing sale price pr 1870
Boys Cashmere Pants, SOC value,
June clearing sale price pair 800
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22
LAWNS.

LAWNS.
100 pieces Figured Lawns, made to
sell at 1212 and 15c yard June
clearing sale price yard ....1Oc
100 pieces White India Linen and
Persian Lawns, regular 15c value,
June clearing sale price yard 1Oc
80 pieces 40 inch Victoria Lawn 12c
yard value, June clearing sale price
30Iu ''''.,.. ........ .,......9G
AZ inch Persian Lawn, regular 15c
yard, June clearing sale price
y"Io '''''''. .,..'. .....12Rc
Grandmother's Swiss, white and col
ors 6S inches wide, 35c value, June
clearing sale price yard ....25c
NAINsook.
80 inch soft finish Nainsook worth
IOc yard, June clearing sale yd Sc
DoMEsTIcs.
So inch Forest Mills Cotton, worth
SEC yard, June clearing sale price
S"lu ''''''.' ........ .....SkC
Limit, 20 yards to customer
So inch Bleached Cotton, worth TIC
ydp June clearing sale price I'd 81
LINEN.
Colored Dress Linens, worth 25c yd..
June clearing sale price yard l5c
So inch White Shirtwaist Linen, reg
uIar price 35c yard, June clearing
sale price yard 2Sc
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22

PANTS.
All our High Grade Light Weight
Worsteds are Priced Low in this
June clearing sale.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22
Wash and Dress Goods.

WASH ana Dress foods.
TISSUES.
Printed and Woven Tissues in all
the leading colors, made to sell at
lie yard, June clearing sale price
yard '....,.. ...... .....l2BC
sWIssEs.
Woven dot Swiss, a line Of coIors
made to sell at 39c yd., June clear
ing sale price yard .2215c
MARQUIsETTEs.
Striped MarquisetteS, a range CT col
ors made to sell at 25c yard, June
clearing sale price yard....lSc
VoILEs.
Corded Voiles, regular 25c value,
special purchase enables US to Of
fer in our June clearing sale at
yard ........ ...... .....12bG
GfNGHAMs.
Dress Ginghams, large variety of
patterns 1Oc yard value, June clear
ing sale price yard. .THc
SKIRTING.
Linen finish Skirtng, white, made to
sell at 15c yard, June clearing
sale price yard .............1Oc
LONG CLOTH.
Y yard pieces Imperial Long Cloth,
worth $l75 piece, June clearing
sale price piece ........$1.2S
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-22
UNDERWE

Mems Nainsook Athletic Shirts and
Anee Drawers, worth 35c a gar
men, June clearing sale price gar
'''''''' $40. .S5c
mems Balbriggan Undershirts Csc
value June clearing sale price
e".n '.:'.''' ...... ........19c
Mems Balbriggan Drawers, Csc value
June clearing sale price each1oH
Mems Unbleached Drill Drawers 35c
value, June clearing sale price
Mon, A n $780, '.''.. '''.....19c
Mems Blue Chambray Work Shirts
QUO value, June clearing sale 800
Mems Negligee Shirts, Columbia and
other makes, 81 value, June clear.
Ing sale price each ..Q 7A
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-24
YEAR WITHOUT CRIMINAL TRIAL
No Jury Cases Tried on Criminal
Docket in Twelve Months

No Jury Cases Tried on Criminal
Docket in Twelve Months.
For the first year in probably very
by jury in the district court. This and
other information is contained in the
annual report of the criminal branch
of the district court, made by Clerk of
Courts F. NJ. Haradon for the year end
ing June 80. During the year there
were twentyseven convictions for
felonies and misdemeanors, all Of them
on pleas of guilty, but in many of the
cases sentence was suspended or fines
We're paid. The cost Of transacting the
criminal business was s1,o94.30, includ-
ing s314.05, which were costs carried
from the justice courts to the district
court in cases where the defendants
were held to the grand jury. Six fines.
totaling S1,3I5. were assessed and paid
Two of these. each for $500 were
allowed to be paid in cases where the
defendants were indicted for assault
with intent to commit murder. In
eleven cases the sentence was sus-
pended and in one case sentence has
not yet been pronounced. Four were
sentenced to terms in the penitentiary
Jail sentence. The following were the
kinds of crime: Larceny from the
person. one: assault with intent to
commit murder, three: breaking and
entering. ten: burglary. two: nuisance.
two: forgery, three giving liquor to
minors. four.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-24
Golden Gives Clinic.
In the forenoon, at st. Thomas ho
pital. members Of the society were wi
Eesses at a clinic given by DR.. Go
den The patient was Mrs. Polly Ha
Banquet in Evening.
LITTLE BINDER TWiNE HERE.
Condition Elsewhere is Duplicated in
This CITY.

The shortage of binder twine other
places in the state is duplicated here.
where local dealers have very little, If
any, binder Irvine that has not already
been sold. Like elsewhere in this sec
ton there is practically no more
binder Irvine to be had. The result is
that great many farmers will have to
use some makeshift with which to tie
their oats bundles.
The shortage of Irvine Is due entirely
to the unusual growth Of wheat and
oats straw. Farmers ordinarily esti
mated two pounds of binder twine to
the acre, but this years crop Of small
grain is requiring from four to five
pounds to the acre because of the
growth Of straw. Dealers complain
that the farmer is largely to blame for
the shortage by buying on a short
sighted policy Instead of ordering
binding Irvine a month or six weeks
ago, when the crop was coming on,
many farmers have waited until they
got ready to cut their crops, then
dashed to the retailer expecting TO find
all the Irvine they wanted. 1t is said
that those farmers who have not al
ready got their binder twine are not
going to be able to get any or very
little at the most.