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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03
G00D GOVERNMENT PAYS.
Splendid Tean-NorI< OF Kansas OF
ficiais sI5 Asset to sne
State.
(Munse5 Magazine.)

According to hsr own figures Kan.
sas has the largest per capita wealth
Of any state in the Union.
What lies beIInd this spectacle?
Two simple. thtags-the people Of
Kansas are mentally alert as well as
industrious, and there is team-work
among her pubic officials.
DR.. S. ]. Cranbine started the
swat the fly scampaign-a move
ment now natioHsWide. Though liv.
ing a thousand .hiles from the sea
coast, he was tIIe first health off
Ger to work out the oyster problem
establishing a rfgid censorship anu
regulations thsts. prevent the ship
ment Of the popular mollusc in un-
healthy reeeptacies. He is one of
the fathers of tile individual drink.
ing-cup, now obligatory in nearly
every state.
No less capable, and more widely
known, is the secretary of the state
board OF agriculture, the rugged and
versatile F. 3. Coburn, who once
turned down j United States sena-
/ - - bSSeS1lSC liS IlClSIICu
stick to his job of helping farmers.
1t was ne who introduced Kafir corn
into the state, and wrote the epic Of
the helpful hen, which you can read
in a dozen languages. It was he
who backed the alfalfa as a wealth
breeder when all Kansas was dis
couraged about It, and was about to
abandon what is now a rich crop
And SO, again, with the state COM
missioner OF education, who is spread
ing the gospel Of rural betterment
that is keeping the Kansas boy ON
the farm. Nor must it be forgotten
that the chief OF all these men is a
real governor Of all the people, who
has put public benefit far above party
prejudice.
The big fact that stands out in
this cheering panorama Of Kansas
prosperity is that good, clean, ef-
fective government really pays.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03
OCULlSTS

T.R. r. ). DIMITRY, OcUL1sT. Of
flee on Sundays at Cobbs Hotel.
DonadsonyiIle, II a. N. to A p. m. New
Orleans office, 7l4-718 Audubon Building,
Ito SIP. m. .....
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03

IaDMUND MAURIN, ATTORNEY AT Law,
EL NOTARY PUBLIC AND JUSTICE OF, PEACE.
Othce, 3O8 Opelousas street, opposite the
Donaldsonyille High School. The Office of
Justice Of the peace will in no way inter.
iere with my practice in district courts or
Justice courts other than the one over
which preside. Telephone 80.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03

] lsONDRAN, GUI0N & MARCHAND,
i ATTORNEYS AT Law AND NoTARIEs PUBLIC.
Office in Nichols avenue, opposite court
house. Prompt attention paid to collec-
tions and civil business. Telephone 1873.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03

FYR. J. ID. HANSON, PHYSICIAN. Of
fice and residence: Lessard street,
between Nichols avenue and lberville
street. Telephone 54. :..=..s..
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03
ATTORNEYS AND NOTARlES

Nd J. VEGA, ATTORNEY AT Law AND
l1s NOTARY PUBLIC. Office, 313 Nichols
avenues Telephone 81.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03
Years. Work Agricultural Exten-
sion Department.

SfJEat
The. following issa summary of the
work done by tllg grie cultural exteI-
sion department of the Louisiana
a Stat ln niYellsits con junction 18th
tinted tllaeTft of asrl.
culture. during the past year:
Number of miles travelled by rail,
s., ,794.
Number of miles travelled by team,
SIS.
Number of meetings held, It's.
Number of conferences held, $50.
Number in attendance, 34,017.
Number of lectures delivered, 100.
Number. enrolled in farmers short
course, $50.
Number of boys and girls enrolled
in agricultural and livestock clubs,
1000.
Number Of club contests held in
the state. SO.
Amount given in premiums to clubs
by boards, police juries, railroad conl-
panies, banks, business men and pri-
vate individuals. $4,000.
Number Of letters written, 1924.
Number Of bulletins sent out lU.
S. department Of agriculture and ex-
pertinent station), 1000.
Number Of circular letters written,
|14,474.
Number Of postcards sent, 1000.
Number editions of "Press News.
published, IL.
Number Of articles written for
Press News" by this department, 80.
Number Of articles furnished by
professors of agricultural college, Is.
Number copies Of press News
sent to papers and magazines, 1920.
Number of articles sent through
the press News to press, not in
Guiding daily newspaper articles, 15,-
$50.
Number Of state agricultural schools
supervised, %.
Number in attendance, 400.
Number of practical demonstrations
made in canning vegetables, Judging
corn and hogs, and field studies Of
corn, 800.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03

sTlR. 4. H. HANSON, PHYSICIAN. Of
ID fee: Lessard street, between Nichols
avenue and Opelousas streets. Phone 24O.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03
PHYSICIANS

~ X. SIMS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
HI. Office in Houmas street, between
3 IberyiIle street and Crescent Place. Tele-
phone 30.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03

JaR. AlIEDEE MARY, DENTIST. Of
& lI flee, 121 Railroad avenue, Donald
sonyille. Hours: Week days. s q. m. to 1
iii. n and 4. m, I'd IS d. Special hpnrsS
on appointment after 5 j. Id. On SUN
days B a. M. to 4 p. m. Telephone No.
s0S Special rooms for colored people.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03

I CALEB C. WEBER, ATTORNEY AT Law
NJ AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Office in Rail-
road avenue, opposite the Donaldsonville
High School. Telephone 1892.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-02-03

nR. M. +. BLOOMENSTIEL, DENTIST.
~ Office, 1873 Lessard street, Donald
i sonville. Hours: a.. m. to 2 p. m. on
week days, 8 a. m. to p. m. on Sundays.
Telephone; Office, No. 32l; residence, 245.
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Enormous Lumber Industry Yielding
Much Smaller Returns Than
Might be Derived if There Were
More Wood-Usng industries to
Manufacture States Forest Pro-
ducts.
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According to hssr own figures Kan
sas has the largest per capita wealth
of any state in The Union
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-08
FANS ARE OUT IN FORGE
Baseball sports Crowdfng to New York
tn Witness Opening Games I'm the
Worlds Series

Boston, Oct. S.-The Boston Red Sox,
champions of the American League,
left yesterday afternoon for New York,
where today they will meet the Giants,
the National League champions, in the
first game of the 1912 worlds cham
pionship baseball series.
The Boston players were given a
demonstrative farewell by several thou
sand supporters, hundreds of whom
will be in New York for the first
game.
OF three pitchers who tossed to the
batters, two, VanDyke and Collins, are
left-handers. Joe Wood, Boston's prob
able choice in today's game, warmed
up with Cady, his catcher, most of the
time. Wood did not get9in his play
ing uniform because of a slight cold.
Duffy Lewis batted out long flies, but
said his cold still bothered him.
Sunrise yesterday morning found
more than 500 men and boys al the
polo grounds. Sitting around bonfires,
they had waited all night for the first
chance at the 1000 upper grandstand
seats to be placed on sale at 9 a. m.
Each person was allowed to buy two
tickets. At the sale of seats today
only one ticket will be sold to a per-
son. This is an eleventh hour ruling.
designed to defeat spectators.
NOtabIes mt Hotels
In the hotel lobbies here are gather
ed hundreds of men notable in the
baseball world, among them President
Lynch and Johnson, of the two big
leagues, and August Hermann, of Gin
cinnati, who constitute the supreme
court" of baseball. They had an infor
NAL meeting scheduled for the day at
which they planned a final supervision
of arrangements for the big game.
Players and managers from all but
three teams in each league are also
gathering here. Those kept away are
Chicago, st. Louis and Philadelphia,
who will engage in a series of their
own this week.
All are confident that the coming
series will eclipse all past struggles
for the worlds championship, not ex
cepting last years games, which far
surpassed all former contests Chair
man Hermann was especially enthus-
lastlc.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-08

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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
FEW FACTS REGARDING DRINK
Some Striking Details Concerning Pub.
lie Houses In Rural Districts OF
Russia and Some Figures.

The TEMPERANCE organ of the Church
of England Temperance society in
Great Britain, publishes some strik-
ing details regarding drink and pub.
lie houses in the rural districts Of
Russia and quotes some figures and
facts concerning the government mo-
nopoly Of the liquor traffic. An ex-
tract reads as follows:
Vodka in Russia is a universal
drink; it is drunk in the palace OF
the car and in the poorest cottage.
AS it is possible to obtain in the
government spirit shops a small! bot
tie of vodka for less than a penny,
the poorest beggar is now able to In
dulge in the national beverage.
"All attempts to save the people
from drunkenness, and thereby raise
them, both morally and economically,
have hitherto been of no avail. Be.
fore the government took over the
sale of spirits there were villages in
Russia where it was impossible to buy
vodka, and where the peasants were,
comparatively speaking, we'll to do.
But now the government is inundating
the smallest and most distant villages
with, a food of spirits. In some OF
these villages the women have been
reused to fury-not through their love
of alcohol, but owing to their hatred
of 1t. In order to ave their families
from destruction, they have in some
districts assembled and stormed the
kassonki' (the government spirit
shops), the offenders being afterwards
very severely punished.
The government makes an enor
nous profit from the sale of spirits
Last year the sale amounted to $50,
O0O, 900"
Official statistics from Russia show
that in 1908 there were 27,402 "sa
looms" where vodka was sold, 2.671
vodka %breweries, 511 private distil
leries, 26 reserve stores, and II ifs
cal spirit distillery, divided into 4;
sections. The consumption OF vodka
for the year was 232,s13,3s2 gallons.
The first all-Russian meeting against
habitual drinking was held at St. Pet
ersburg. December 81, 1909, to Janu
airy 6, 1910.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
Money to Loan on Real Estate
NJ. B. Cassell g. Co Sherbrooke
.sLAYERS' CURSE STILL WORKS
Many Who Had Anything to Do With
Arrest Of Philadelphia Have Met
Violent Death.

Philadelphia.-The prediction made
nearly seventeen years ago by H. H.
Holmes, the arch murderer, that any.
body having anything to do with his
arrest, conviction or execution would
meet an untimely death, either by
their own hands or otherwise, is once
again recalled.
This time the victim Is Richard
Johnson, forty-eight years old, who
committed suicide by inhaling gas.
Johnson was a member Of the jury
which found Holmes guilty of murder
in the first degree.
Since the execution of Holmes, on
May Z, 1896, many persons who had
connection with the famous case have
either taken their lives or met deaths
of violence, their fates recalling the
curse of Holmes, better known as the
Murderer with the evil eye"
The fatal seizure of Judge Michael
Arnold, who presided over the trial.
the deaths by violence of jurymen, wit.
nesses and others, the loss of life or
position by officials, the property loss
of those who were in business, have
from time to time appeared as evi.
!dence that the malediction of the
criminal of the century was not idly
spoken.
Holmes victims were never counted.
He confessed to Staying AZ persons.
Johnson, the latest victim to fall
under the so-called spell" of Holmes,
suicided because Of dependency.
One of the first to meet death fol.
lowing Holmes prediction, was Lin.
ford L. Biles, the foreman of the jury,
who was killed by coming in contact
with an electric wire. Later, Howard
Perkins, superintendent of Moysan-
ming prison, shot and killed himself.
Robert Motherwen, a former superin'
tendent of the prison, also at the coun
ty Jail when Holmes was there,
dropped dead. William Shoemaker.
Holmes counsel, was barred from
practice for two years.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
HARD LIFE IN THE KLONDIKE
Conditions There Furnish Powerful
Argument for Temperance-Whis-
ky ls Deadly Connection.

placer mining in the Klondike is
fraught with many difficulties" says
a wealthy miner who has just re-
turned from that region. Frost never
goes out Of the ground. Mining a
only be done with any Roadway in the
short summer, when the sun shines az
hours out of the "a. During the
seven months Of winter darkness
reigns, for 1t is night 81 hours out OF
the "a. The wonderful aurora bore
ais, however, lightens the gloom OF
the long, dark winter. One OF the
great drawbacks to working In the
hummer is the bloodthirsty mosquito.
l will bet my entire gold claim
against a clay br1ckbat with any
mathematician in the world that
there are 1000 mosquitoes in every
cubic foot of air in the Klondike dur
ing the summer Their bills are as
sharp as needles and pierce a fall
overcoat with ease. We could do no
work except when we placed mosquito
netting over our hats and tied 1t
around our waists, and wore gloves
on our hands. The country fp and
around the Klondike is teeming with
gold. Gold can be found everywhere,
but it must be remembered that gold
cannot be found in paying quantities
everywhere.
mo spot in the world can give so
forceful an object lesson favorlng tee
totalism as the graveyard at Dawson
City. One year ago there were but
two or three graves there. Just be-
fore leaving there I counted 635
graves, and the mound in nearly every
instance marks the last resting place
of a drunkard. Most of the whisky
sold in Dawson City Is a deadly con-
coction made Of alcohol, tobacco and
red pepper. This stuff ruins the
stomach of the drinker, then indiges'
ton and nervous troubles begin and
he dies suddenly. But n should
leave even good whisky alone In h a
climate if he wants to keep his health.
I also observed that the delicate-look-
ing and thin-faced Americans stand
the exposure in that Arctic region bet
ter than the big-muscled Swedes and
Irishmen. The Americans, as a rule,
drink less whisky than the other ma
tionalities there, and hence their good
health is another argument against
intemperance.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
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STRONG PLEA FOR PARKWAY
Los Angeles Newspaper Condemns .
Proposed Plan as Not In Inter-
ests Of Economy.

W. H. Humphreys of the Los An
geles board of public works has gone
on record as favoring narrower drive
ways in strictly residential districts,
and would lessen the street width and
widen the parkways of many now x
istent. This from a purely economic
view of the matter, says the Examiner
Of that city. Narrow streets cost less
to build and less to maintain than
wide ones and when there are to be, or
are paved such initial cost and up
keep is no small expense.
But there is another side to the
question, the esthetic view of the
matter. How may We have beautiful
streets with but a narrow green rib
bon along each side from IS to SO
inches wide? Such a paucity of park
way does not in the least influence the
appearance of the street. All that may
be said for it is that street trees may
be planted therein, though they can
no remain in vigorous health and
beauty except for their youthful years.
1t may be possible for a tree to sur
vtve for many years under such hard
conditions, but what about them in
80 or Is years, at the time when they
should be most impressive. The
trunks will then have filled any or
binary parkway from curb to walk.
Shall We then cut them out or shall
we cut a large h%alf-circle out of the
cement sidewalk and also narrow the
driveway three or more feet on each
side by moving each curb toward the
middle of the street? Would it not be
beSer to start right and have fine Wig
ofous, healthy trees for all time and
rest assured of their enduring cen
tuaes, to the continued Identification
OF our city? When shall we correct
admittedly wrong conditions? Do it
now.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06

sworn statement exhibiting Its condition
and business for the year ending Decem-
Der 81, 1911. conformable to the require.
the business Of Insurance.. and,
Whereas. the said Company has filed In
this office a duly certified copy of its
"harter with certificate Of organization in
insurance laws aforesaid.
Now. therefore. !, W.. g. Taylor, Com.
missioner OF Insurance Of the State Of
Of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named Company Is fully empowered,
through its authorized agents. to transact
Its appropriate business of Fire Insur.
ance in this state according to the laws
thereof, until the S1st day of March, A.
D. 1913.
In testimony whereof, 1 have bereunto
set my hand and seal at bismarck. this
list day of April. A. D.. 1912.
(SEAL) w. G. TAYLOR,
Commissioner of Insurance.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
Drink a Handicap.

During these days of competition
no mar or woman should be handi'
capped by the drink curse. 1t is true
that many able men drink liquors, but
1t is frequently the case for men OF
ability to lose their good positions
because they become unreliable
through drink. They are branded as
fools and they ought to have known
better, but nothing was ever done to
warn them of the dangers of drink
ing alcoholic beverages until it was
too late to do any good.
The fact that alcoholism in it's var
ious stages is a disease, and, like
pneumonia, consumption and typhoid
fever, requires a special treatment, has
not been recognized until recent
years.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
Mexican Plaque of Field Mic.

Manzanillo reports that a plague OF
mice has visited the fields in that sec
ton OF Colima and almost destroyed
the corn and rice crops. The rodents
nave gnawed away at a rate that
alarmed the farmers and they have
appealed to the authorities for some
means to exterminate them. Whole
nelds of corn have been moved down
n the farmers are at a loss how ia
check the advance of the mice to pre
vent further loss.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
MAKING A CITY BEAUTIFUL
Plenty Of Trees Not the Only Essen.
tlal to Good Effects-Straight
Streets Wrong.

when art will make our ctreets as
beautiful as the woods and as elevat.
Ing as the mountainsides, then it will
be a pleasure and a rest, and not a
weight upon the spirit to come from
tho open country into the city" So
sang a great writer and a great OBJ.
server. Though this means, primarily,
the carrying out of the writer's hobby
fully planted streets-there is much
more to be done before we have beau.
tiful streets.
Straight streets in residence dis.
trlcts, especially among the hills are
largely wrong, though if many we're
contour lines We might easily endure
a few straight ones. In following a
straight street we are impressed with
its monotony except it be we'll planted
n tanked with fine gardens. On
streets of series of graceful curves
the scene is ever-changing, and we
view both street and garden scenery
from every possible angle, thereby get.
ting all variations obtainable. 1t al.
most constitutes a crime to cut can.
yons through hills, for it will ever be
q source OF regret to those of good
taste, clear down to the end of time.
Nevertheless, We are progressing in
this respect, for many large subdi.
visions of late have been laid out in
conformity to the contour of the hills.
This means, usually, that landscape
engineers, rather than civil engineers
only, are planning this new work
Wider parkways are also prevailing
still another assurance that the land
scape gardener and horticulturist is
not without influence, ever in cold
FLOODED business deals.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
European Model VILLAGES.

The plan of garden cities" has been
taken up with great enthusiasm in
France and in many industrial centers
EFFORTS have been made to follow the
English example of establishing model
villages for work people. A big coal
mining company near Douai has laid
out a splendid garden village and now
IL rendering more beautiful the ap'
proaches to the mines, masking the
unsightly shafts and engine houses
with ros gardens.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

STATE OF NORTH DAEOTA.
Office OF COMMISSIONS Of Insurance.
lCOMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF Az.
TliORITY.
Whereas. The Security Mutual Fire Ins.
Go. a corporation organized Under the
laws of MiYnesota. has hled In this ONCE .
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-06
Women Travellers Expect Much,

But for an interesting, discriminat
Ing and all-round exacting proposition
the lady patron is doubtless the win,
ner. She must always have a parlol
noor room, with bath, fronting the
street; plenty Of closet room. The
room must be large enough to accom-
modate a couple Of box-cars she calls
trunks. She will use three times az
many towels as a man; keep the bell
hops In perpetual motion to answer hel
calls, and make more complaints
about the temperature of her room in
one day than a man would in q month
Hotel World.