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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
Bulletin No. 2 of the Louisiana Pub
licity Commission.

1t is not our intention to offer
forecasts on tile corn or other ma"-
kets, but as the September corn OPP
ton has merged into the cash
month, the unloading Of September
corn by small specuatars, supple
mented by sympathetic and timely
unloading Of portion Of. many
large holdings has in all prubabil-
ity, put the available cash corn into
etrong hands, and this observation
is the basis of our suggestion thai
as much of Louisiana's corn as pos
sible should be held and fed in
Louisiana.
We are compiling LIST Of grow
ers of pure bred seed corn, oats and
other farm seeds, also Of pure-brei
stock of all kinds. Those who are
producers OF any OF The above, as
we'll as those who have nec1 TO pur-
chase, should address this office.
We want to help to get producer
and customer together. If the farm
ers will make free use Of this ser
vice, it will many times over justlls.
the expense of its operation.
We are assured the cooperation
Of number of State and Fedora!
departments, as we'll as the rail
roads, in completing our directory
of Louisiana producers, and We ask
the cooperation Of every citizen
along these lines.
LA. PUBLICITY CONN.
Baton Rouge. La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
MEXICO.
President Hucrta Must Go Sooner or
Later.

National Tribune: There is stat
us of calm as to Mexico. One can
not quite say at what moment this
may change, but the worst has not
come. In lieu the situation has been
looking up. Envoy Lind at Mexico
appears not to have made a flat
failure.
1t seems that Envoy Lind has a
personality. It has stood him i'll
good stead at Mexico City. Although
broad hints were given that Lln.i
would be persona non grata, and
that President Huerta might refuse
to receive him unless the present
Mexican government were recos-
niZed, Lind was received. He had
conversation face to face with
Huprta. They learned one another :
point of view, and much progress
was made toward a mutual under
standing. It is little wonder thai
President Wilson has been express
ing his entire satisfaction with En-
voy Lind. Much that Lind has ac-
colnpIshed has not gotten to the
public. The Presidents special mes
sage to Congress was planned with
a view to making that plain, and
possibly, to silcncing some Of th'
prevailing criticisms.
There is one very important fac
tor which can not be emphasized
overmuch. That is the attitude oI
foreign governments. The Mexlcan>
had been planning on foreign
friendships. There was Japan, foI
instance. A great deal was said up
and down Mexico about their good
friends, the Japanese. Surely tn.
MikadO would take full advantage
Of every opportunity growing out
of the troubles which the United
States had on its hands with Mex
lco. But Japan did nothing Of tn,
kind. Gen. Felix Diaz was on his
way to Japan to thank the Mikad'
for his governments official particl-
patton in the Tooth anniversary OF
Mexican Independence. He bore F;
commission fro mpresident Hucrta
Before Diaz left the Pacific shor'
word came under the Pacific from
Toxic that Diaz would not be re-
ceived by the Japnese government
in his official capacity.
That was a hard blow. But on toI
Of it came vigorous limitations tha
European powers would be in full
sympathy with the efforts of th'
United States to restore peace ant
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
DIR. DNNLI\G'S REPORT.
A Criticism Which Is Suggestive OF
Necessary Improvement and Bet
termcnt of Conditions.

Til his report nn Inr sanitary con
dltlOns in Shreveport, which j, faN-
orabIc, pr. Oscar bowling, president
of The State Board Of Health, has
directed attention to Tie City Hall
and the city Jail. With suggestions
which Mayor Eastman will strive to
fulfill
1t is true hat the cily's finances
are limited, but tIlr bciIrring Of
sanitary conditions or The city Jail
will involve only a minimum cost
Of few hundred dollars which il
would seem could be readily Sc
cured.
In this report Dr. Bowling is rn1-
phatic on the importance Of good
water and sewerage and the re-
moval and disposal Of garbage.
The problem Of water sIuld SUI
pcrscdr every other issue Of the
municipality, and yet title Of prac-
tical value has been devised To- Sc
cure the great needs not only Of to-
day but prc-eminrn'Iy Of the fu-
ture.
Pure wholesome water is the iirsl
and the all-i1nportanI requisite To
the maintenance Of good health.
Unfortunately tie reliance OF THIS
community has been in the water
supplied from Gross Bayou and now
from Red River, which if ''scirn'il'-
caIy treated" with alum and ''mr-
chanical hltration' can not Dc re
lieNrd Of it's alkali, and therefore i
not the water that is drnkabIr, rN-
rept in Instances Of emergency
when no Other water is ob.alnaIr.
The water supply should enlist tn"
active and persistent attention OF
every citizen of Shreveport, upon
whom must rest the responsibility
Of providing supply OF wholesome,
20 able water for needs OF the lu-
turc. 1t is conceded that it will re
uuirc considerable outlay OF
money TO secure a suppl y Of waller,
which is not to be obtained from
tie river, but no money could be
invested to a better purpose.
The wafer problem in Shreveport
will never be settled satisfactorily
until il is settled right, antl it is noW
time to begin an intelligent aS'ta-
tior. AS it is now, IlIc usrps Of the
water supplied by the WalrrWorks
plant from the Red River are re-
quired to pay the listed price for
the water, which is only fit for gen
era purposes and is not drInkabl"
and besides there is an outlay for
water which is drinkabIe and is de
liyered at offices and residences III
quantities desired
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
White Slavery Case.

Carl Wilson, a white man, IS III
States He was arrested on Tuesday
at Lake Charles BY United States
Marshal Ben IngpuIf, and is charged
with white slavery. His alleged vic
tim is Emma King, who is scarcely
in her teens. Wilson on leaving
Jennings, La. with the girl went to
Houston, Texas, and on being traced
by Miss Kings father, the pair
skipped to Lake Charles The girl
has been taken 10 her fathers home
and Wilson is in jail
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
A Suit for Divorce.

New Orleans States: From Okla
homa comes the news that Tulsa
man is suing his wife for divorce
because she called him a lantern
jaWed, gray-haired devil. That IS
a small matter to interrupt the flow
Of matrimonial bliss, when we con-
slider the fact that thousands Of
husbands are treated far worse.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
THE DAY DESIGNATED
For Cutting Weeds and Il Cleanup
Initiated by Ladies' of the Civic
League.

AS suggested by the ladies OF the
Civic League through a committee
headed by Mrs. A. b. Nelson, presi-
dent, Mayor Eastman has l,su'1. a
proclamation fixing next Nehncs-
day, September 10, as Weed Cutting
and CIcan-up Day.
The necessity for cleanliness can
not be- ovrr-csimaIrd. The city to-
day from a strictly sanitary view is
in better condition than ii has ever
been, which is due to the persist :
rn efforts of the Board Of Health,
OF which Dr. &. G.. Chandler is the
head While the city is clean, it
is intended to make it cleaner by
removing the weeds wherever
found, and III a general cleanup
day in which every individual Of
the community should manifest an
interest.
Health is wealth." and as indi-
Gated by the official mortuary re
ports, published in the Caucasian 5
Sunday and weekly editions Shrevc-
port is rated with the best and the
hcaIthiest Of its size iii the United
States.
In removing the weeds and grass
which failed to receive attention
not long since, the mosquitoes re-
duccd in number and no longer a
pest, due to the oiling of ponds and
the filling of their breeding places
through the Board OF Health, will
disappear, if not altogether, at least
in isolated and scattering locations
One Of the all important needs Of
he day or the day after will be tn"
removal of the weeds and he trash.
There should be 40 delay in this
removal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
All Handsome and Lively

The New York Tribune wonders If
pretty Wimen are disappearing from
the United States as they are said
to be in England. The editor Of th,
Tribune should come to New Or
leans and take a stroll on Canal
reet.-NeW Orleans States.
And come to Shreveport where
they are all handsome and lovely.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
Will Invite President Wilson.

There was held yesterday evening
4 meeting of directors of the State
Fair Association, al which was con-
slderrd the tender OF an invitation
TO President Wilson to attend tn:
state Fair. In attendance were May
or Eastman, commissioners Rives.
Mccullough and Epplc. It was de-
cidcd TO send IA committee Of five to
Washington to tender the invitation.
Two of this committee are to be
from the State Fair, two from the
Chamber of Commerce and one by
he city.
While en- route to Panama, Presi-
dent Wilson, as stated, is to stop a
lay at Mobile, Ala He has been in
yilrd to journey one day at Jackson.
Miss, and naturally Shreveport has
determined on entertaining the
President if he can be induced to
come and take a peep at the Queen
City Of the Red River Valley, etc,
and to view the products Of the
State at the Fair
The committees departure is
predicated on information solicited
from congressman by DR.. McCIoud
president of the State Fair AssOcia-
ton.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
LacrOuts' Property Seized.

On the petition Of the American
National Bank, S. n. kerley, clerk
Of the District Ciurt issued a writ
Of seizure Of property owned by
Pierre Lacrouts, who is reported to
have gone to France with Justin
Puyoulet, for whom he endorsed a
note for $50 This note is overdue
and Attorney George Thurber has
been appointed to represent La
crOutS,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
The Effect OF Moral Punishment.

New Orleans States: f. Drew
CamineiIi, the white SLAYER now on
trial III san Francisco, said after the
con> iction Of Diggs, that his own
trial held little fear for him, as his
Worst punishment had been re-
ceiNed already. Il am a social pa
riah. pointed out on the streets III
whispers. No one wants to be seen
talking TO me, and no one wants to
employ me. | have hard time try
ing 10 appear as if didn't mind it.
This is encouraging, because 1t
speaks we'll for popular dccency
lhat a man Of the highest social
standing, Of a wealthy 1anllly
should be thus ostraclZed for the
violation of the moral law which Is
too frequently overlooked compla-
Gently by the people. # every man
who acts as CamIneti We're to D.
stunned by decent people the efier'
would be n;orc eflicacious than any
legislation. ~ mere court penalty
can so injllrc afsl afflict sensitive
man as the knowledge that he IS an
ouIcast from decent men anc
women.
once The public begins to prac-
tjrc This stern punishment toWar.
hose who scorn the decencles OF
personal living, men Will begin L
realize that a good name is more
nrpcjol, than great riches.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
A Fatal Accident.

Wednesday morning at about $3.50
o'clock when near the Eaddington
plantation in Bossler Parish, John
Iigginbotham was fatally injured
by being run over by heavily laden
wagon drawn by a pair of mules he
was driving. The mules took fright
at an approaching train. He was
conveyed to the hospital in Shreve-
port, where he died He had been
in he employ Of Mr.. Eddington only
short while. He was a stranger i'll
Bossier. The potter's field is the
burial place of this young man aged
27 years, whose relatives by this
publication may be apprised Of this
fatal accident.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La, Sept. 4, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
River Stage.

Denison -.O2; Arthur City 80
White Cliffs 90: Fulton i.9: Rneo
Crossing 90; Spring Bank -0s;
jefferson O3; Shreveport ii, fall
of Oh.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-04
Weather Forecast

Local forecast for Shreveport and
day; III tie change in temperature
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25
PREPARE GEESE FOR MARKET
Closer Fowls Are Confined, II allowed
Sufficient Room for Exercise,
Better They Are.

A goose that is being fattened foi
market should never be permitted to
swim in the water or to wander any
distance. The closer they are con-
fined. as long as they have pen Tor
sufficient exercise. the better table
poultry they make. To keep them
clean while being fattened, cover the
floor of the building in which they
stay at night with thick covering oil
straw. Remove this in the morning
with a pitchfork, either into the air
or sunlight where it will dry. Thor
oughly scrape the floor. and cover IL
with dry sand or earth; as hight ap
proaches throw down the bedding
again. and In this way they can be
kept perfectly clean. and under these
conditions they will improve much
faster.
When the time comes for selling
them. the geese should be confined In
a limited space. provided with a
building for shelter only, plenty oil
water to drink. and be fed all they
will eat of a dry mash maze OF one
half cornmeal, one-fourth bran and
middlings. the balance Of ground oats
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25

lust for that moment, nothing could
be said. She was silenced by some
thing that she did not understand
Like an amazed child she stared at
Rose, baffied, confused. little awed.
After a minute of silence, the young
girl went on.
81 can't talk about 1t. ! don't alto
gether understand. Other people-they
must explain. I've been-no, not de-
ceived-but kept in the dark. But
be sure of one thing, yesterday was
the end of 1t. They'll never-no one
that l have any peer over-will ever
make you such offers again. I'll prom
ise you that. | don't know how II
could have happened. There's been a
mistake, a horrible, unforgivable mis-
take. You've been wronged and insult
ed, and I'm sorry. sorry and humili-
ated and ashamed. There are no
| words"
She stopped again with a gesture OF
helpless indignation and disgust. and
rose to her feet. Berry, through the
darkness OF her stunned establishment
realized that she was shaken by feel
ings she could not express.
tTo BE CONTINUED)
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25

THE three hundred thousand dol
lars that your father offered me yes
terday afternoon to leave my husband
and let him get a divorce from me-.
Rose sat down on the bench and
turned a startled face on the speaker.
Tell me that again" she said. i
don't quite understand It.
Berry gave little. dry laugh.
"Oh. as many times as you like
she said with her most ironical air OF
noliteness. only / should think 1t
would be rather stale news to you by
this time. Yesterday afternoon your
father made me his third offer to de-
sert my husband and force him to d.
vorce me at the end Of a year. The
offers have gone up from fifty thou
asnd dollars-that was the first one.
and. all these things considered.
Thought It was pretty mean-to the
three hundred thousand dollars they
tried me with yesterday. Mrs. Ryan
was supposed to have made the nrs'
| of,er hut your father did the Offering
This last time he had to come out
and show me his hand and admit thai
one-third Of the money was from him
She turned and looked at Rose with
a cool. imperturbable impudenoe ITS
good to have rich parents. isn't it!'
Rose stared back without answer
ing She had become very pale.
aThat." said Berry. giving her heat
a judicial nod. and, delivering he
words with a sort OF impersona
suayeness, rs the way 1t was man
aged; you we're kept carefully Out
7 wasn't supposed to know there wa
a lady in the case. but OF course
did. You can't negotiate the sale O
a husband as you do that OF piece Q
real estate, especially when his VIII
objects. That. Miss Cannon. was IN
difficulty. While all you people wer
40 anxious to buy. I was not wiilin
to sell. 1t takes two to make pa
gain"
Rose, pale now to her lips. said
a low voice:
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25
CHAPTER xVIl.-contlnued.

II was. however, her husbands voice
that answered her. He spoke qulckIy'
as II in a hurry, telling her that ne
would not be home to dinner. as
college friend Of his from New YORK
had lust arrived and he would oine
and go to the theater with MIN that
evening. Berny's ear, ready to dis
cover. in the most allen subjects, mat
ter bearing on her husbands interest
IN Rose Cannon. listened intently TOT
Tho mans name. AS Dominick dld
not give It she asked for II, ana 10
her strained and waiting attention IL
seemed to come with an Intentional
indistinctDess.
what is his name" she called
again. her voice hard and high i
didn't catch It,"
II was repeated and for the second
time she did not hear 1t. Before she
could demand 1t once more, Doml
hicks "Good-by" hummed along the
wire and the connection was cut
She did not want any more lunch
and went into the perlor. where she
sat down on the cuchie-ed window
seat and looked out on the vaporou'
transparencies Of this fog. She hat
walked with the sense OF weight ant
apprehension heavy on her. As sh'
dressed she had thought Of the inter
view of yesterday with anger and ais
with something as much like fear a
she was capable Of feeling. She real
lied the folly of the rage she ha'
shown, the folly and the futility OF II
and she realized the danger OF o.
open declaration Of war with In
fierce and INSCRIPTIONS old man VIII
vas her adversary. This. with he
customary bold courage. she now the
to push from her mind. After all. D
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25
II
SYNOPSIS.

BIZ Cannon. the bonanza king, and his
daughter, Rose. who had passed up Mrs
Cornelius Ryans ball at San Francisco 10
accompany her father, arrive at Antelope
DOminick Ryan calls on his mother 10
beg a ball Invitation for his wife. and Is
refused. The determined old lady refuses
10 recognize her daughter-in-law. Dom
mick had been trapped into marriase
with BcrniCe lverSOn, stenogIhp
several years his senior. She squanders ms
money, they have frequent quarrels hiu
he slips away. Cannon ana ms daufLl.c,
are showed in at Antelope DoHllulCN
Ryan is rescued from storm In unCon-
sCious condition and brought to Antelope
hotel Antelope is cut OF by storm. if US
Cannon nurses Dominick back 10 No
Two weeks later Bernice discovers IN
paper where husband is and writes leI'tI
trying TO smooth over difficulties pet" 49,
them. Dominick at last is abe 10 J I'm
fellow snowbound prisoners In hotel pa,
Tor. He loses temper over tax OF buiV ~ "
an actor After three weeks. emo OF m
prisDnment is seen. kilograms ana IliaIi
arrive. Domnick gets letter from VIZ.
Tells Rose he doesn't love wife. ana never
did Stormbound people begin 70 uep tno a,
Rose and Dominick embrace, iather 80
them and demands an expIana,io ~ rench
brother Gene is made manager OF ran a,r
and is to get II II he stays sober yea ,t
Cannon expresses sympathy TOT III
hicks position In talk with kost. borsaif
TO please him but he IL Indifferent. Ill I'll
non calls on Mrs. Ryan. they oIs 81 So
Dominick's marriage difficulties apu az al,
non suggests buying on Berry DoiI,ii, u ~
goes 10 park on Sunday with Berry anu
Family. sees Miss Cannon, bows TO heF
and starts uneasness In Berry In ,t ~ ~
Ryan's name Cannon offers Berny $500
10 leave her husband and permit dlVorce'
Ghe refuses Dominick sees Rose. Sor
nelia RYAN engaged TO Jack Duny' IN,
non offers Berry 10000 and ls tur pTl
down. Berry tells sisters OF oner; M
FORD the actor. makes n hit in vaudeville
Rose tells Dominick that he must suc a,
20 wife. and first time acknowledges , sna
she loves him. Cannon ouers berny So mo
OOO which she refuses. saying ShnnpV.
wants Dominick for Rose Gene wins TINS
ranch
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25
TRAP-NESTING IS ADVOCATED
o,Iv Certain Method Of Separating
Good Layers From the F0or IS 70
Keep Daily Records.

That the only sure way to know
which hens in a flock are DOING tho
work and which are not earning
their keep" Is by using the traPhes''
is the belief of Prof James Dryden OF
the poultry husbandry department Oh
the Oregon agricultural college
High egg production IS not "a char-
acteristic OF any one breed of fowls
says Professor Dryden. The Tap-htst
has demonstrated this There Is no
particular shape or type that Ihd'Cd''S
good laying qualities, SO far. al any
rate. as our present knowledge goes
The only certain method OF stpa-
rating the good layers from the poor
is to use the trap-nest and keep
daily record of eggs laid. 1t rs not al
ways the fault of the feed ana care
that they don't do better. II Is the
misfortune Of the hen herself very
often: she couldn't lay If she want
I'd to.
1T requires considerable time 10
/ keep a trap-nest record OF nock Oh
hens. dot every farmer has the ume'
/ but II a few farmers in every county
would trap-nest a flock Of hens. IN
few years all tn farmers OF the couh'
ty would very likely have stock thal
were from heavy-laying, trap-nes'eu
fowls.
The Oregon experiment station Is
trap-nesting a large flock each year
and il is doing the best 1t can TO lur
nish the farmers of that state Win
stock from good layers. with the Cd
ject of increasing ,he egg yield IN th'
state. 1t is desirable, OF course, u
keep a full years record for each hen
> but if that is not possible. a recor'
for a part of the year would be Valu
able. For instance, a record OF TN
first six months of laying, beglnhlhI
probably in November, would snow
which were the good WRITER prodt
GERS
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-10-25
How about Sunday morning on Tel


egraph HIP" she said.
II did meet him there. that's true
a memory Of the conversation aug
mented the young girls sense of guilt
II half this woman said was madness.
half was fact. Dominick loved Rose
Cannon, not his wife. and to Rose
that was the whole tragedy. Meetings,
words. announcements were nothing.
She stammered in her misery.
"Yes-but-but-you must believe
me when | tell you that that time ana
once before-one evening in the moon
light on the steps of our house-were
the only times I've seen your nus
/ band since ! came back from Ante
lope."
We'll. | don't" said Berry, IL don't
for a moment believe you. You must
take me for the easiest fruit that ever
grew on the tree II you think I'll swal-
low a fairy tale like that II you met
once on Telegraph Hill, and once IN
the moonlight. what's to prevent your
meeting at other times. and other
places? You haven't mentioned the
visits up at your house and the dinner
tonight"
Rose drew back, frowning uncom
prehendingly.
What dinner tonight" she said
"The one you're going to take with
my husband"
For the first time in the interview
the young girl was lifted from th'
sense Of dishonesty that crushed bel
by a rising flood of angry pride.
81 take dinner with my father to
night in our house on California
, Street." she said coldly.
"Bosh!" said Berry, giving her hea'
a furious jerk. You needn't bottle
wasting time on lies like that to me
I'm not a complete fool"
Mrs. Ryan" said Rose. 81 thin
we'd better end this talk. We can
have any rational conversation whe
you keep telling me what | say is
l lie. am sorry you feel so badly, an
wish | could say something to 20
/ that you'd believe. All l can do
ease your mind is to assure you tn;
D. | never, except on those two occ
I sions. have seen your husband sine
'r his return from the country and ce
ID tainly never intend to see him again
e. She rose from the bench and. as ST
did 80, Berry cried:
1T Then how do you account for Il
money that was offered me yeste
is day."
lie Money!" said the young girl. pau
er ing as she stood. What money!"