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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

have read enough literature about
keeping the boys on the farm to form
a big book. have lived long enough
to know that the solution Of keeping
some boys on the farm ID in keeping
the daughters Of some other farmer
on the farm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

Barnyard manure gives the best re-
suits Of any of the fertilizers. In
some way thd soil is most benefcially
affected by 1t. It lightens up the soil
and lets In the air. which II necessary
to the vigorous life Of the rootlets.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

Nature very seldom makes mis-
take. Like 10 as sure to produce like
lin stock raising az In planting seed.
The weak and poor will not produce
good results anywhere. The tendency
Is downward, rather ttfan upward.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

South Africa has prohibited the ex-
porting Of ostrich eggs and live birds
and imposes heavy fines on any at
tempts to evade the rule. It is
hoped to corner the feather market
but there are many birds outside the
Cape. The largest number OF Of
triches In one locality outside Of South
Africa y aid to be In Arizona.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

Agriculture has become q science.
and no unscientinc methods car. sue
coed in these days Of close compsti-
ton. New discoveries are constantly
being made, and the modern farmer
must be up with the times II he wants
to succeed. There is no better way b
which his can keep UP with the times
than by reas.ng current agTicua4uGGo
literature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

The farmer often makes mistake
by trying to do too much. TIL less
ground and cultivate II better and
there will be more profit n T.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

No class OF commercial fertllisers
WIN b Able 70 do the work OF farm.
yard manurss, and the more that 10
made upon the farm the better.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

No animal. however we'll bred,
should be used for breeding purposes
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

There ir pleasure and satisfaction
roth IN well brad aknNis GA tho farm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10

covered part Of the net protruding
from the mouth Of one OF his cows,
After considerable persuasion the cow
was induced to part with the net,
after which the farmer proceeded on
his way to town.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-10
ALMOST MISSED THE MEETING.

Last summer when the political
campaign was at its height an Iowa
farmer, when hitching up preparatory
"a. attending q meeting in town, could
not And one Of the fly nets. Coming
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
aThe Pink Mask. y

The patrons of the Gondran Theatre
are promised a treat Monday night,
when R. r. Roberts, the successful
musical comedy producer, will pre-
sent his newest offering, THE Pink
Mask. = The cast comprises many
W well favorites, Including Bobby
Barker, the singing comedian, and
Joe Mack, the funny dope. charac-
ter. laida Barker will be heard in
new songs, assisted by the pretty
chorus. Among the catchy numbers
On the program are Good Bye, Bill
lie Dear Old Broadway, I'm Com
ing Back" Row, sRoW, Row. and
many others. Billy Barker will be
heard in his famous Rag Time Nio-
I'm specially. The production is
one OF great merit, and fun for every
body is the promise OF the man
agement. Popular prices viii pre-
vail, with the best seats selling at
70 cents, and balcony seats at 35
cents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Warmed Over Joke Good as New
When Bentley Tells 1t.

L. e. Bentley, late of Donaldson
vile, now New Orleans federal APP
pendage, was one of the speakers at
the newspaper mems luncheon at
the Progressive Union ON Jan. 16.
Unlike most men who have a repu
tation for wit, Mr.. Bentley is really
witty He confessed, however, that
the part in the oratorical performance
to which he was restricted by the
POSTMASTER, was trifle too heavy
for him to lift. Mr.. Bentley was linz
tied to telling funny stories.
TIM Just like Mark Twain, said
Mr.. Bentle ark always said that
urlierl he was called lpon to make
humorous speech be prompts becanae
as serious as an owl. On these oc-
casions the wisdom oozed out Of him
like otter Of roses out of the otter. :
If Mark had ever said it, the news
papermen present hadn't heard of it,
and they applauded the sentiment as
loudly and as warmly as if Mr.. Bent
ley had coined it himself.-NeW Or
leans States
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
An Up-to-Date Establishment.

With characteristic enterprise and
hustle, Elnler's Sanitary Pharmacy
announces free delivery of purchases
to out of town customers by parcel
post, and is the first local business
establishment to thus take advantage
Of Uncle Sans new postal service
with view to developing and in
creasing its mai1-order trade. Ell
mer's Pharmacy carries a standing ad
IN The Chief, and each week an
nounces some special bargain in
patent medicine preparations, toilet
articles or other goods. This makes
1t simple matter for country people
TO deal at this up-to-date store, and
they will doubtless not be slow .
take advantage OF the exceptional OPP
portunity thus afforded them to Sc
cure whatever goods they may hap
pen. to need in this line without hav-
ing to make a Grip to town or go
to any trouble or inconvenience what
ever.
Natty wall signs have recently
been placed on both sides of the en-
trance to Elmer's Pharmacy, reading,
either way, Get it at Elmer's,', and
New stock, right prices The in
terror of the store has been put
through a thorough cleaning and
Frightening process and the big stock
has been rearranged and replenIshed,
adding further attractiveness to the
already spick-and-span establishment,
while additional help has been en-
gaged in the soda water department
to insure prompt and efficient service.
Donaldsonville has reason to feel
proud OF E1ner's Sanitary Pharmacy
as one Of the city's most progressive
and enterprising business institutions.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
UNCLE SAM AND MEXICO.

An ugly condition of affairs exists
in Mexico as a result of the inability
of the Madero government to sup
press the pending rebellion, and
United States war vessels have been
ordered to Vera Cruz on the east coast
and Acapulco on the west coast to
protect the lives and property of
republic.
While it is very much to be hoped
that it will not become necessary for
Uncle Sam to interfere in the az
fairs of Mexico, unless the local gov
eminent braces up and develops the
will and ability to restore law and
order and give protection to foreign
residents, such interference may be
rendered unaYoida BILE.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
81 Per Cent. Digeseed
Louisiana Boys at National Corr
Show

Eight Louisiana boys who were the
winners of the prizes awarded at
the state fair to members Of the
boys corn and pig clubs attended
the fifth national corn exposition this
week at Columbia, S. c., having left
for that place last Saturday night in
charge of S. e. Richardson and Miss
Elizabeth Kelley, of the department
of agricultural extension of the Lou
isiana State University. The fund.
to defray the expense of the trip
was provided by the Louisiana Bank
ers Association aud through contri-
buttons from other sources. At Col
umbia the boys attended the short:
course in agriculture held in connee-
ton with the corn show especially
for the prize winning club boys of
the south. The party includes John
NJ. Cobb, VoWelI's Mill; Willie Ward
law, Coushatta; John Henry, Melrose;
David TreadWay, ProVeneal; Bentley
eMaekay, Hope Villa; Virgil Vernon,
Tangipahoa; Burl Ellis and Ivy Court
ney, Walker.
Dung Cobb IS a resident of Vow
ell ill, NateIitoches parish, and
IS eighteen years OLD His record is
81 "a bushels Of corn raised on black
sandy Loan creek bottom land ], at a
total cost Of Is cents per bushe1, do
ing all the work himself, and follow
ing the government cultural method.
He won first prize at the state fair at
Shreveport in November, 1912, the
trip to Washington, D. c., loving cup
offered by the Gulf States Farmer,
$50 scholarship in the Spencer Bust
ness College at New Orleans. com
bined Moline cotton and corn planter,
and as an extra reward for his in
dustry and success the Peoples Bank
of eNatchitoches is defraying all his
expenses on the trip to Columbia.
Bentley Maekay, a student of the
Oak Grove agricultural high school
at Hope Villa, Ascension parish, has
made a statewide reputation in hog
raising. The feature of interest in
regard to his work was a very accu-
rate report which he kept, and which
has been copied in nearly all the pa
pers of Louisiana and many outside
the state. His record has done a
great deal toward advertising Louisi-
ana as hog-raising state The ex-
tension department has on file many
letters of inquiry about hog raising
IN Louisiana, which are perhaps, due
70 Mackay's report.
,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Back to Nature.

A hen is not supposed to have much
common sense or tact, yet every
time she lays an egg she cackles
forth the fact.
a rooster hasn't got a lot of intellect
to show, but none the less most
ROSTERS have enough good sense
to crow,
The mule, the most despised of
beasts, has a persistent way Of let
ting people know he's round by
his insistent bray.
The busy little bees they buzz; bulls
below, and cows moo, and watch
dogs bark, and ganders quack, and
doves and pigeons coo.
The: peacock spreads his tail and
squawks; pigs squeal and robins
sing, and even serpents know
enough to hiss before they sting
But MAN, the greatest masterpiece
that nature could devise, will often
stop and hesitate before he'll adj
Vertise.
From Byck's Broadside
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

The river at this point is rising
slowly but steadily, stage Of n .2zz
feet being recorded on the goHern-
=l9I gauge at o.e}och this morning.
The. weather bureau predicts a stage
OF 2I.9 feet here by Feb. .. Last.
years memorable feed set a new
record OF 81 feet for Donaldsonville.
and. as our leFees Withstood this tre-
e. volume Of water with ap-
parent ease there is no reason To
apprehend any danger to them from
Inc freshet now coming down the.
river.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
SENATOR FOSTER TO BE COL.
LECTOR OF ft5tsT0Ms.

According to repeated statea2sntSs
il the New orleans nj ,Yspapers, oo.it
Of local aad y Washington cfisla, It Is
generally regagaed as settled that
Then the time comes for President
Wilson to name a successor to the
present collector of customs Tor tbs
port of New Orleans, his choice will
fall upon Hon. Murphy j. Foster,
whose term of service as United
States senator from Louisiana VIII eA-
pire on the 3rd OF March next. The
prospective appointment is said TO
have the assent ard approval OF TIC
entire congressional delegation and
Democratic leaders Throughout the
state, irrespective of faction, and ne
doubt il it will provoke any material
dissent. or opposition in any quarter.
Senator Foster has rendered the
state much valuable service during
the more than forty years he has.
been in public life. AS governor fer
eight years and United States sena-
tor for twelve years, he has devoted
so much of his time and efforts to
the duties of those offices and SO
little to his personal business that
he will come out Of The national SEN
ate probably a poorer man than he
uttered it. f he had chosen 20 stis:s
to his law practice instead of giving
the best years of his career to the
public service, the chances are many
to one that he would now be finan-
cially independent and affluent. That
aa has not accumulated even modest
competence, much less a fortune, is
at least presunptive Of his personal
integrity and his unWillingness to
take advantage Of the many opportu-
mites afforded less scrupulous occu-
pants of such Influential positions TO
feather their own nests.
It goes without saying that Sana-
tor Fosters great ability and long
eminently qualify him
to fill the important office of collee-
tor of customs for the principal
southern port of the country with
and dignity, and that his
will be at once a credit |
to the new administration and a
:nerited recognition of his personal
and official worth.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

When the president of the State
Board of Health declares that the
laws prohibiting whiskey-drinking, to-
bacco-spitting and disorderly conduct
on passenger trains must and shall
be enforced, isn't it about time to
ask what has become Of the boosted
independence for which our forefath-
ers fit, bled and died? Is it posi-
Bile at this late day that the great
and glorious privilege of the Ameri-
can citizen to make a hog Of himself
in his own land Of the free is to be
curtailed and suppressed? Perish the
thought!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Cane Harvester Demonstration.

The New Orleans Picayune of Jan.
% says:
Satisfied with the success OF his
demonstration at the Sugar Expert
ment Station yesterday, George D.
Luce will form a stock company this
year to promote the manufacture of
his cane harvester. Several planters
and sugar manufacturers witnessed
the demonstration, and while they
say tile machine is vet imperfect,
they made favorable comment on it..
Luce's theory is good, they said.
s.Thfs is the eleventh harvester
Luce has built. For twelve years he
has been at work on the invention in
an effort to solve the sugar plant
ers' great labor problem. Each year
he has made demonstration, and
immediately after set to work on
improvements. Since his 1911 demon
stration he has added to his ma
chine 40-horsepower gasoline en-
CINE that propels the device. The
machine harvested fifty-foot row
of cane yesterday.
a.tLuce has not solved the problem
of topping the stalk SO there will be
no loss. He says he can remedy this
defect partially through an ADJUST
ment However, under his present
Invention a loss of cane is bound to
result in the topping. process. The
machine yesterday topped all of the
cane at a uniform length, and as
some of the stalks were taller than
others the knife took off several inch
es more than the top. To partially
compensate the loss in topping, Luce
has provided feature that cuts the
stalk at the ground three or four
inches lower than the hand knife
strikes.
In both point of cutting and strip
ping the spectators said his invention
was perfect. The cane stalk passes
between two rapidly-revolving fans,
to which wire bristles are attached,
and is thereby stripped.
ttDr. w. c. Stubbs, former director
of the Louisiana Sugar Experiment
Station, was one of the witnesses,
His theory is good, he said. If
the topping process is adjusted and
the machine is rebuilt for real use
and made lighter, / see no reason
why it should not be placed in pfac-
teal USE sr. Luce, who for fifty
years has made his home in New Or
leans, says he will commence to re-
build the machine at once. He will
reduce its weight from 1000 TO 1000
pounds, and will make several i'm |
This is the last demon
stratiog this season, but by the time |
The fall cane crop is ready l. expect |
10 have Several Of them ready for
use, hei'said will organize
company and manufacture them here
n New Orleans. The machine is a
success. It will do the work +
If 100 men in the field. = ]
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Bank Wreekers Convicted.

Eugene F. BUTLER and JOS. A. Co
mia, president and director of the
wrecked TeutoIia Bank of New Or
leans, were found guilty at the close
# a ten-day trial Tuesday night, the
jury returning a verdict in twenty
five minutes after hearing Judge Ba-.
Ser's charge. The minimum penalty
ander the verdict is five years i'm
3risonment and the maximum ten
years.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

Time was when the Louisiana tur-
key buzzard not only flew where it
listed, but its life was protected in
many parishes by ordinances impos-
ing a penalty for its destruction.
Modern sanitary science has changed
the character of the buzzard from
supposedly beneficial scavenger to a
carrier and spreader of deadly stock
diseases like Charlton, and henceforth
the dignified bird that seems so grace
full and stately on the wing and is
so uniovely afoot both in appear
ance and appetite, is to be anathema
and persona noE, grata.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

The Lake Charles American-Press
thinks DR.. Bowling is UP against the
hardest job OF his official career in
undertaking to make people behave
like human beings while riding on
passenger trains.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

PIaqueu4iIIe had enc case of cere-
bro spinal meningitis and the patient
has recovered. Now that little burg
up the creek will be strutting about
and putting on more insufferable airs
than ever.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Mr.. BROUssARD sCONFERs WITH
THE Presidential

Hon. Robert F. Broussard, mem-
Der of congress from the third dis
trict of Louisiana and senator-elect
to succeed Senator Thornton at the
expiration of the latter's term in
1915, was summoned to Trenton, n.
J., a couple Of weeks ago for a CON
ference with President-elect Wilson,
and the interview lasted several
hours.
This circumstance gave rise to the
rumor that Mr.. Broussard would be
offered a place in the cabinet Of the
new national administration TO be
inaugurated on the 4th of next
March, but speculation concerning
this matter has been dissipated by
the reported declaration of the Lou
isiana cons ressnaan that be el1Id
not thin at relina uis hing his place
in congress 10 accept cabinet
5pointme emf even If one were rendered
him
Mr.. Broussard was a Jealous sup
porter of the New Jersey governors
candidacy for president before and
at the Baltimore convention, and, the
friendliest relations naturally sub
sist between the two distinguished
men. When to this consideration is
added the great measure Of popular
ity and public confidence which the
Louisianian enjoys among the people
of his district and state-as mani
tested by his retention in the house
of representatives for sixteen years,
his election to the senate and his re-
election as representative for the
two years Intervening between the
expiration of his present term and
the beginning of his senatorial ser
yice-it is quite to be expected that
his counsel and cooperation should
be sought by the incoming president,
who wishes to start his administra-
ton right.
The interview was confidential,
hence no statement concerning the
subjects discussed and the conclu-
slons reached has been given out,
but the conference was known to- be
wholly cordial and satisfactory, and
it will be regarded by the people CT
Louisiana as an encouraging and re-
assuring indication of Mr. Brous-
sard's high standing and influence
with the incoming administration.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
DEMONSTRATION TRAIN.


Effective.
The Texas and Pacific agricultural
demonstration train arrived here ac-
cording to schedule last Sunday af-
terroon, and was opened to visitors
at Z o'clock the following morning.
Despite the early hour there was a
Dig crowd present to view the exhib-
It's and hear. the lectures, and dur
ing the entire period of its stay here
the train was thronged with interest
ed spectators. The local schools,
both public and parochial, deferred
their opening hour until 1880 o'clock
SO as to permit their students to
visit the train, and. there were near
y one thousand school children on
hand TO inspect the wonderful agri-
cultural school on wheels.
train as made Up Of seven
cars and wa operated IS special,
iIs os9.l SsssIlSsIn ne and train 81.
From front rear the afran cement
was as folfoa an No contained
pure bred swine, furnished by the
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company;
car No. q was a covered flat car fit
ted for exhibit lecture and demon
S ration purposes, and carried numer-
Gus specimens of pure bred poultry;
car No. 3 carried pure bred cattle,
representative of the beef and dairy
types, furnished by the Louisiana
State University; car No. 4 was the
good roads car, equipped with models
illustrative of the various types of
roadway and terraces, with parapher-
MALTA for up-tc-date road-building: car
No. 5 was filled with agricultural and
horticultural products, and exhibits
relating to general farming; car No.
= was devoted to home economics,
with exhibits of labor saving devices
for making housework less burden
some and more effective;s. car No. z
was a Pullman hotel car, where the
lecturers and others connected with
the train will live while on the road.
R. r. Claridge, Agricultural agent
OF the Z. and P. lines, introduced
the speakers, and talks ranging from
Is to 80 minutes We're made by DR..
". r. Dodson, dean of the agricul-
eufal college of the l.. S. q. at Ba-
ten Rouge; DR.. w. H. Dalrymple,
professor of veterinary science; Pro
fessor G. l.. Tiebout. hofticulturist
and expert IN plant diseases and
truck association work; Professor j.
3. Garrett, entoIno lo5ist;; Hon. d q.
Brunar. commissioner Of apr;eu1f4ra
and immigration, and G. H. Staples,
dalrynan CT the experiment station
at Baton Rouge.
Miss Billings one of tho oornz ii.
the state. 1nos ex tension wofrly gaye
interesting dsInoTStrafio,,s -. boy,
economics, shaving aow ia cootz Win
cleanliness ana how - 10 E9o,9sa 20 =.
ming BY extensive. and. effective
,net1ods - $40 No s,,,sr,1,,e - = ~
garden prodl1ets for the pzi,,fa,.
months.
M $500
ing the various phases l If farm man mon
asement. With relation 10 aanaral
= y - !. ~ 5Sd0i 81
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01

Attorney Clarence S. Darrow is on
trial again at Los Angeles for at
tempting to corrupt a juror in the
celebrated Mcnamara case.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
RoyaIine Liver REGULATOR

Forn Headache, indigestion. eonsti-
patie1R biliousness. Best and cheap
est. Tin box to last about one
month. Is cents. Money back il
not satisfactory.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-01
Byck's Broadside.

The board of jury commissioners
for Ascension parish met at the
courthouse yesterday afternoon and
drew up a Venire of grand and petit
jurors to serve at the regular term
of criminal district court scheduled
to convene Monday, Feb. a. The
list will be published in official form
in the next issue Of this paper. All
the members of the jury commission
We're present at the drawing, to-wit:
]. W. Stephenson, LeQa Levy, Robert
H. Landry, Numa S. andry and Ro-
doIph P. Landry S