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The Caucasian., 1912-04-09
CHARTER
OF Belcher Mercantile Company

State OF LOLISlapa, PaF!Sll " Ndu
do: Before me, E. B. Herndon Jr,
notary public in and for Caddo Par
ish, State of Louisiana, duly com
missioned and sworn, on this day
came and appeared the several per
sons whose names are hereunto SUB
scribed. who declared to me, notary,
that they do hereby form them
selves into a corporation under the
laws of the State of Louisiana un-
der the following stipulations and
conditions, toWit:
ARTICLE l.
The nanae and style OF this cor
poration is hereby declared to be
the Belcher Mercantile Company; 1t
shall have the right to contract, sue
and be sued, and to hold, purchase,
lease, sell, and hypothecate proper
|ty, both real and personal, and to
own and conduct public gin; its
domicile shall be in the town OF
Belcher, Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
and all citation and other legal pro
|eess shall be made on its President
or in his absence at the office of the
company, according to law.
ARTICLE II
The objects for which this cor
poration is organized and the nature
of the business to be carried on by
It are declared to be to carry on a
general retail dry goods, grocery
and mercantile business; to buy, sell
and otherwise deal in groceries, dry
goods, boots shoes, and general mer-
Iehandise, and to carry on general
advancing business for the purpose
of advancing supplies, etc., and tc
carry on a public gin, and to do any
and all things incidental to the pur-
lpose above named, and generally te
do all things necessary to be done
lin the furtherance of such objects
and purposes.
/ ARTICLE III
The capital stock of this corpora
Ition is hereby fixed and declared tt
.Ibe in the sum of Twenty-Five thous
land 1925, 100000 dollars, divided int
1.-TWO hundred and fifty shares OF On
Hundred (siO0.00) Dollars each; sal'
Icapital stock to be paid for in cast
Tor its equivalent, but shall not b'
Issued and sold for less than its pa
value; this corporation is authoriz
led to commence business Wheneve
'ITen Thousand (siO,OO0.0O) Dollars
Its capital stock shall be subscribe
flor and paid for in full.
!. ARTICLE ".
The corporate powers of this cor
lporation shall be vested in boar
Iof directors, consisting of four a
stockholders, who shall be annuall
,, lelected on the first Tuesday in Apr
of each year. The first board of dl
rectors is hereby declared to be: |
p. Hollis, l.. F. C. Pearce, E. A. Rabi
land Mrs. Lucy I. Rabb, who sha
serve to the first Tuesday in Aprl
,Ii9i3, or until their successors ar
lelected or qualified. The officers
: this corporation shall be, a pres
dent, vice president, and a Sci
Iretary treasurer, and the first Off
lcers of said company are hereh
!, declared to be ID. P. Hollis, pres
5 ldent: L. f. C. Pearce, vice presiden
and e. A. Rabb secretary treasure
A majority of the stock shall ele'
= the directors and in all elections
: proceedings of stockholders eac
r hare of stock present or represen
al d by proxy shall be entitled to OF
6 lvote. Notice of all elections or NEE
r lings of stockholders shall be give
i by written notice to each stoc
e holder ten days before such electit
4 Tor meeting of stockholders; the {
The Caucasian., 1912-04-09

u. ~. NURSE,
Witness:
RUSSELL P. MOORE,
WALTER H. POLK.
R. A. GRAIN,
Notary Public, Caddo Parish, Lou
isiana.
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Cad
do: |, J. M. Foster, district attorney
of the First Judicial District of Lou
isiana, do hereby certify that [ have
examined the above and foregoing
charter. and finding nothing therein
contrary to law, I hereby approve
the same.
Done and signed this the 9th day
of March, A. D., 1912.
J.. M. FOSTER,
District Attorney
Endorsed: Filed and recorded
March 12. 1912, S. O. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy
Recorder.
State of Louisiana, Parish OF Cad
do: | hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the original act, as the same
now appear on file and of record
in my office:
Given under my hand and seal OF
office, this 18th doy of March, 1912
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Denutv Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy
Recorder Mar. II.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-09

or of exposing stockholder to any
liability than above for the unpaid
balance due on his stock.
Thus done and signed on this the
9th day of March, A. D. 1912 in the
presence of Russell P. Moore and
Walter H. Polk.
S. R. ZAGST,
By G. A. Morse.
L. A. ZAGST,
By G. A. Morse.
G.. A. MORSE,
The Caucasian., 1912-04-09

If you are in need of letter heads
we can please YOU. Phones 1000.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-09

A. H. FORSTMEYER, J. NJ. WISE,
RAN MCCONNELL, Notary Public.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: Having examined the above ana
feregoining articles of incorpora-
ton, and finding nothing therein
contained contrary, to law, | hereby
approve the same.
In testimony whereof witness my
The Caucasian., 1912-04-09
ARTICLE vi.

At all meeting of the stockholders
leach share of stock shall be entitled
to one vote, to be cast in person or
by proxy. When not otherwise pro-
vided by law, all stockholders to be
notified ten days prior to any meet
| ing of stockholders by letter ad-
dressed to them at their usual posi-
office address.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-09
Deputy Cler
Recorder.
,gudiciaI Sale

No. t5,750-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Lou
isiana. Succession Of Grant Ber
The Caucasian., 1912-04-09

Whenever this corporation is dis
solved by limitation or otherwise
| its affairs shall be liquidated by
two persons selected for the pur-
lnose at a stockholders meeting duly
held; and said liquidators shall per,
| form such services and give such
lscureity as the stockholders NAV
treQuire.
The Caucasian., 1912-04-09
City Marshal.

Caucasian, Mar. 26, 1912.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
Marking Household Linen.

Initials on the household linen are
both useful and ornamental. The
work should be done in medium
weight merceriZed cotton, and it is
considered a mistake to do the en-
bIoidery with too fine a thread.
Monograms are for the most part
emb oidered in laid or satin stitches
The material should ce stretched when
working, either in hoop or basted
over stiff paper, so that the stitches
can be placed with perfect uniformity.
But it is next to impossible to do
good work with the covering stitches
unless the under filling is carefully
done. It should be carried length
wise of form, or with its direction.
Lay an equal quantity of cotton over
the surface, and keep it we'll within
the outline. The overwork, or en-.
hroideIy proper should be made to
cover the width of the letters from
side to side, entirely without shading
and with perfect regularity Table
cloths and napkins should be marked
in the corner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
EXPLOSION AT BRIDGEPORT.

Shortly after five o'clock, on Sun
day morning, severe shock was felt
by the people of Bridgeport. caused
by a large dynamite explosion. About
two months ago work shut down at
the Bridgeport rock quarry, which is
on hill about three quarters of a
mile out of town, and seven hundred
pounds of dynamite left stored away
in the powder house. From some un-
known cause the entire contents of the
building we're blown up tearing up
trees and completely shredding others.
At Bridgeport plate-glass windows
were shattered and plaster Knocked off
of the walls of some of the houses,
while others shook as if they would
fall Some of the inhabitants think
ing the bank vault had again been
blown up hurredly dressed and armed
themselves but soon found their mis-
take,
The shock was Felt plainly at Nc
Gregor, Prairie du Chem, Patch
Grove, Mt Hope and Bloomington.
The steeple of one of the churches at
Mt Hope fell during the day which
the people at that place claim was
caused by the quake. No damage
was done other than those mentioned,
and not any personal injuries noted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
LANCASTER BOY GOES
To SOUTH AMERICA
Claire Totman is Offered an I'M
portant Position There.
To be Director of Dairy Institute Oper-
ated by the Government of Uru-
quay, at Monteviedo.

Claire Totman son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira D. Totman, of this city. arrived
home for visit Sunday noon. from
Champaign, III, where he has been
in the employ of the dairy department.
of the University of Illinois for the
past three months.
He went there soon after his
graduation from the dairy department
of the University of Wisconsin, being
one of the class of this year, and hav-
ing completed four years course.
His work at Champaign has been
SO satisfactory as 10 draw especial at
tention to himself and he has now
been offered and has accepted a posi-
tion at Monteviedo. Urugua, South
America, as director of dairy in
stitute conducted there by the Uru-
guayan government. The institute
has been recently organized as the
result of a new law and is to serve as
model in dairy manufactures. In
stltute and extension work will be
carried on in connection with other
work.
Mr.. Totman will leave for his
new post about December 10, going by
the way of New York and Liverpool,
the trip from New York to Monteviedo
taking about one month.
He is permitted to choose and bring
along his own assistant and has select
ed for that position NJ. O. Molgaard,
a Plattevills boy, who has been in the
employ of A. G. Schu1ts in the
creamery at that place.
The position Mr.. Totman has been
chosen for is an important one and
carries with it salary of $500 per
year and travelling expenses from here
to Monteviedo in addition. We con-
graduate him upon his advancement
and hope he will lind the new position
a pleasant one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
Lane-Drinkwater Wedding.

This article was wrecked ina pied" page in
The Herald last weekl-Ed,
The marriage of Miss Gertrude
Drinkwater, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Drinkwater, to Mr.. Earl
Lane, son of Mrs. Florence Lane. was
solemnized Monday morning. Nov.
25th, at half past ten o'clock, at En-
manual Episcopal church, the Ven.
W. q. Blossom officiating The
wedding march was played by Mrs.
Chas Stratton. The bride was given
away by her father, and was attended
by Ter cousin Miss Jessie Glider as
maid of honor. Mr. Ted Lowry served
as pest man. The bride wore a gown
of white satin trimmed with point
lace and a lace cap held in place by
half wreath of white wisUeria
blossoms and carried bouquet of white
American Beauty roses. Her maid
of honor wore cream messaline silk
and carried pink Killarney roses A
reception at the home of the bride S
parents followed the church service.
The bride is charming young lady
held in highest esteem by her large
circle of friends and we'll worth the
man she has chosen for her life
partner. The groom is one of Lancas-
ter's most popular and promising
young men. After a sumptuous
wedding dinner the bridal party we're
taken, by auto, to Potosi where they
left for Dubuque and Minneapolis.
Their many friends join in wishing
them long. happy and prosperous
married life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
Record Breaking Crops.

According to the completed pre-
liminary estimate of the Department
of Agriculture the principal farm
crops of the United States this year
are worth to farmers 81, III, 1874, 900
about $515, 600. 900 more than last
years crops we're worth. Yields of
corn, potatoes, oats barley, hay and
fax are greater than in any previous
year; the wheat and buckwheat crops
are slightly smaller than the highest
records but much larger than last
years crops.
Values per bushel or per ton are
10 to 40 per cent less than existed a
year ago, but the enormous yield make
returns to farmers greater than ever
before. This condition should mean
prosperity diffused among all our
people. While the farmers get a
liberal reward for their labor, the
cost of living ought to come down in
cities and towns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
CHOLERA IN HOGS
CAN BE PREVENTED
Should be Dipped Three Times Year
in Mixture of Crude Petroleum
and Water

la recent interview H H. Harris,
OF Champaign, Illinois, one of the
most successful farmers in the corn
belt, gave the following valuable in
formation as the reason for his success
in keeping his hogs free from cholera.
| find that about all that is needed
is to use a little common sense in
caring for hogs. A hog is good
deal like human being, it is easier
to keep him we'll than it is to cure
him when he gets sick. If you keep
your hogs in small lot and let them
feed we'll they are bound to have
trouble with their digestive APP
paratus If hog is we'll fed he
ought co be we'll exercised. I try to
keep my feeding lot some distance
from water so the hogs have to get
exercise whether they want it or not.
I never feed hog new corn
without having fed him old corn first,
then gradually reduce the amount of
old corn and substitute new. When
he gets on the new corn diet I turn
him into corn field, after knocking
down some of the corn, and let him
feed through the corn field and
through pasture to his water Then
always keep around trough of
medicine to prevent cholera and to
help keep him in good shape. get
a simple mixture Of copperas. sulphur.
glauber- salts, and soda pulverized and
mixed in equal proportions, which I
buy by the ton from wholesale
druggiest in Chicago-this on the farm
I mix with salt and some wood ashes
and put it along in a trough where
hogs can get to it any time they feel
like it.
81 dip my hogs two or three tunes
year with crude coal oil (15 gallons
oil to 100 gallors water to kill off
all sorts of vermin but am always
careful never to do it during cold
weather
''By treating my hogs in this way
! and watching them to note any signs
of trouble I have kept my hogs free
from cholera for the past 20 years,
wen other people in our section were
having all sorts of trouble. We hard
ly ever have much hog cholera down
our way now because most of our
farmers are using the same method of
preventing trouble. Nothing secret
or patented about it /; anybody can get
the medicine at cost of about 415c
per pound. which is certainly lot
cheaper than it would be not to have
it on hand
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
GREAT BUTTER PRIZE
FOR MONTFORT MAN.
Won Worlds Prize for Best Tub of
Butter at international Show
at Portland, Oregon.

An honor of world wide Importance
has come to Montfort as the home of
L. W. Turner. who won first prize
on tub of butter at the Information a
Dairy Snow held in Portland, Oregon.
Mr.. Turner is the butter maker
for the Montfort Cooperative Creamery
Company, located in this village.
1t is an honor to be proud of and
Mr. Turner is a young man of in
dustry and rare ability in his business.
and worthy in every particular. He
accepts the honor modestly, and says
it is a good boost for the Montfort
Cooperative creamery. 1t is high
merit mark for all concerned, but
especially to the painstaking efficiency
Of Mr.. Turner - Montfort Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
Texas Excursion

The following parties left Dubuque
yesterday noon for western Texas,
with the private Pullman car owned
and operated by the Vaughn Land Co.
of Waterloo la.
Mrs. Beth B. Bowers. Lancaster;
Velorus Ishmael. Christ West,
Amuel Grafton and Warren Craig,
CassviIle; Reuben and Gerald French
and Harry Voss, Bloomington Pres
ton Millin and John Davis of Patch
Grove and Thos. LaWless, of Prairie
du Chen.
The company owns Sc 600 acres of
choice farming land in Bailey County
Texas and it is peing bought up very
fast by those who are looking for
good farm land at a reasonable price.
The next excursion will be Dec. IL.
if you have never seen the South do
not miss this trip. 1t will pay you
to 60.
Mrs. Beth B. Bowers represents the
company in Grant county and you can
get full particulars by calling at her
Office over j. T. Benefits drug store,
Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION DURING
WISCONSIN SHORT COURSE.

A monster live stock exposition
will be one of the main features of
the two weeks farmers course which
will be given in Madison early in
February. The Wisconsin Live Stock
Breeders Association and the auxiliary
or breed organizations will cooperate
with the Wisconsin College of Agri-
culture IN assem- bling and exhibiting
this represents tion of the breeds.
Each of the state breed associations
will be asked to loan the managers of
the exposition certain number OF
animals which shall be typical OF
that breed. This stock will he at
tractively displayed in comforta BILE
booths arranged for that purpose in the
exhibition hall of the university live
stock pavilion. In this way students,
farmers and townspeopla will be
given an opportunity to acquaint
themselves with the true-at least the
most commonly accepted and most
popular types of each breed The ma
tional registering associations, too
will be invited to equip booths and to
have representatives. on hand to
acquiant those in attendance with the
merits Of the breed they represent.
Already the breeders of Holstein,
Guernsey and Brown Swiss cattle
have promised to send in suitable
animals to be placed on exhibition
and Robert B OgiIvie, secretary of
the American Clydesdale Breeders
Association. has promised TO secure
the loan of the Union Stock Yards
gelding, Ivanhoe, which was at enc
time one of the "wheel' horses on
the famous six-in hand Clydesdale
team shown in this and other coun-
tries by the Nelson Morris Company,
William Fl. Caldwell, of Peterboro,
n. H.; F L. Houghton of Brattle-
boro Vt. and Ira Inman of Beloit,
Wis secretaries respectively of the
American Guer lsey Cattle Club the
Holstsin Friesian Association of
America and the American Brown
Swiss Cattle Breeders Association,
will in all probability attend the
course themselves and address several
of the sectional meetins. All of these
men have already promised to CO.
operate fully in this important event
and are hopeful that they may be
able to meet the Wisconsin stocknen
at the time of the midwinter meetings
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
CHRISTMAS HERALD NEXT WEEK

Next week, in order to meet the
extra demand always made upon our
columns for holiday advertising. The
H raid will issue special Christmas
number We begin work upon it
today and as the time is very short in
which to handle the extra pages that
will be necessary we request that all
those wishing space therein pre-
pare and hand in their advertising
copy at once. Don't delay or you
may be too late.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04

Cross Christmas Seals.
This prize. which was announced
to- day by Campaign Manager, Otto f.
Bradley, is not only the most unique
but probably the most valuable ever
offered in a Christmas Seal Campaign.
The most important item of the
equipment. all of which has been
donated to the association. is the
house. The Kenoyn Cottage Company
of Waukesha have offered to give a
building suited for the purpose. The
sides Of the main room are open, but
can be closed in case of storm. and a
smaller cloak room which will be
heated.
The desks have been donated by
the American Seating Company of
Chicago, the cooking range by the
Brand Stove Company, and the cups,
plates and other dishes, by the Frank
furth Hardware Company of Milwau
kee. Other articles of the equipment
are Makinaw pajama suits. felt boots.
mittens, warm caps and cots.
Three open air schools are now in
operation in Wisconsin, two of them
having been won as prizes in former
Christmas Seal Campaigns. and one
having been established by the Mil
waukee schools. This is the first
prize to include the building, however,
former ones only including the equip
ment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
HEAVYWEIGHT WOMAN
HAS PASSED AWAY
Justin Mason, $50 Pounds, Inmate of
Montreal Asylum.

Montreal, Nov. %. Justin Mason,
who weighed $50 pounds and is said
to have been the largest woman In
the world, died here on Thursday.
Several months ago she became in
sane and was taken in charge by the
Assistante Pubiique In the institu-
tion she became notorious for exploits
of strength when in a frenzy. Even
the walls of her room failed to re-
strain her, and it was necessary to
build roundhouse outside the main
building especially for her,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
Dissolution Of Partnership

The partnership heretofore existing
under the firm name of Hoffman &
Tiedemann is hereby dissolved by
mutual consent, Mr.. Tiedemann retir-
ing. Mr.. Hoffman will continue the
business and assumes all obligations
of the firm. All money due the finn
is also payable to him. A special
request is made for all persons having
accounts with Hoffman & Tiedemann
to settle the same at once.
CLEMENT HOFFMAN,
CHAS. j. TIEDEMANN.
Dated Lancaster, Wis Nov. 30, 1912
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-12-04
WOIgast Loses Title.

Ad Wolgast, the champion light
weight fighter known as 1.-THE Michi-
gan Wildcat" lost his title in a
match at San Francisco with Willie
Richie on Thanksgiving day, strik.
ing a foul blow while he was in a
dazed condition from a powerful right
cross blow on the jaw, administered
by Ritchie in the sixteenth round.
UP to that time Wolgast had seemed
to be getting the best of it. The ex-
champion denies that he knowingly
struck a foul and asks that he be given
another chance with Ritchie in an
effort to regain his lost title.