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The Monte Vista journal., 1913-12-06

pinch the Eastern foot. So long
as MIR. Pinchot and his supporters
confined their activities to locking
up the lands of the West, they re-
ceived the earnest and all-b but
unanimous support of the people
OF the East and South. But when
they attempted to extend Federal
control to the great navigable
streams of the region East of the
Mississippi and began planning to
make the water power developed
from those streams as source of
revenue for the National govern
ment, they quickly discovered that
they could no longer count on
many of their old time friends.
What was sauce for the Western
Goose was by no means sauce for
the Eas tern Gander.
This change in sentiment mani
tested itself in striking fashion in
the National Conservation Con
gress recently held in this city.
Unfortunately none of the Colo
rado papers gave an adequate re-
port of the proceedings, and in
most cases altogether overlooked
the features which were of greatest
significance to Coloradoans. The
National Conservation Congress
was organized and has always
been controlled by Mr.. Pinchot
and his friends. The Congress of
1912, appointed a committee on
the water power problem with in
structions to report to the Congress
of l013, in Washington. This is
what the politicians would call a
hand picked" committee. Every
member was supposed to be a
dyed-in -the-wool disciple of Pin
chotism, and the report was looked
forward to as the final word in the
matter of conservation of water
power
PINCHOT MEN DIVIDED
When the Congress convened it
was discovered that the water
power committee was split wide
open. The majority favored State
control and even went so far as to
insist that water power trust,
properly regulated might be a
very good thing. Mr.. Pinchot and
the other minority members vigor-
ously dissented, advocating Feder-
al control and denouncing every
thing suggestive of monopoly.
This war of the conservationists
was highly entertaining to the
handful of Western delegates and
we grinned contentedly for we
knew that conservation which for
years had been a sectional issue,
had at last become a national prob
lem.
While Mr.. Pinchot triumphed
in the convention his victory was a
barren one. He can no longer
rely on the support of the South
and East, and because of this divi-
sion the West is placed in a posi-
tion where it may hold the balance
of power. If the theories of con-
servation are to be translated into
legislative action, and thus made a
fixed national policy, the West
must be consulted and its opinions
must be respected.
THE WESTERN IDEA"
Right here let me say that
believe the people of the West
particularly of Colorado, are con,
servationists in the true sense ol
that much abused term. We have
no desire to see our forests, oul
coal, oil and asphaltum lands, ant
our almost unlimited water power
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-12-06
A CORPORATION TIP

The Rio Grande Railroad Com
pany has shown the people of
Colorado one way in which the
thing can be done. The Rio
Grande does not mine coal but it
uses great deal. 1t had no de-
sire to be at the mercy of its fellow
corporationists who were engaged
in the coal business, 30, some
years ago, through an auxiliary
company, it leased several hun
dred acres of STATE COAL LAND in
the heart of the Las Animas- Huer-
fano coal fields. 1t has never
mined pound of coal on this land
and it never will, so LONG AS THE
COAL COMPANIES FURNISH 1T WITH
COAL AT WHAT 1T REGARDS AS A
REASONABLE PRICE. If the Rio
Grande can use OUR lands to safe
guard IT'S interest, don't you think
we might be able to use the same
tactics in regulating the price
which the people of Colorado shall
pay for their winter supply of
fuel?
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-12-06

United States government controls
within the borders of Colorado
hundreds of thousands of acres of
coal land. Still neither tho State
nor the National Government seems
capable of affording the people re-
lief.
Again, few men dictate the
price of lumber in this country.
Most of them stole the timber lands
they possess, but clever lawyers
kept them out of the penitentiary
and showed them how to form the
lumber trust. The United States
Government owns more timber
land than the trust and spends
millions every year conserving
it, but it cannot compel the trust
to reduce its prices by 30 much as
one penny on the thousand feet.
Again-John ID. Rockefeller and
the Standard Oil Company enjoy a
monopoly of the oil business of
this country, and through that
monopoly have accumulated for
tunes which make the wealth of
Midas and Croesus look like a
Congressman salary after he has
settled with a Washington hotel
keeper. Now Uncle Sam controls
more oil land than the Standard
Oil Company and its auxiliaries,
but he can not influence the price
of oil by so much as a fraction of
cent per gallon.
| might multiply these examples
indefinitely but it is unnecessary.
The need of change in policy
must be apparent to all. Where
is the statesman who can blaze the
new trail?
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-12-06
THE WESTERN IDEA"

Right here let me say that ]
believe the people of the West,
particularly Of Colorado, are con-
servationists in the true sense of
that much abused term. We have
no desire to see our forests, our
coal, oil and asphaltum lands, and
our almost unlimited water power,
drift into the hands of unrestrained
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1913-07-19
SECOND EXCURSION OF The SEASON
VIA THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
GALYESY0N, TEXAS.

The Southern Pacific will ops-
rate ito second excursion OF the
season to GALVESTON, Ten.
and return on Saturday. July 18th
thus giving every one al opportun-
ity to take a vacation at a small
cost. Tickets will be- Oh sale from
main line points, New Orleans to
Lafayette, inclusive aud from
Opelousas to Lafayette on the
Alexandria branch, and for all
regular trains Of July 18th, from
stations at which such regular
trains arc scheduled to stop.
Tickets will be good to return
from Galveston to and includ-
ing Saturday, July Goth, which
will afford tho sxcursionists SEW
EN- (O DAYS of rest and pleas
urs in the ATLANTIC CITY OF
THE SOUTH.
Those living at points where
excursion tickets will not be on
sale and desiring to take advant-
age of tho extremely low round
trip fare can purchase tickets from
tho nearest point from which the
rate will be in effect. The round
trip fare Csds will only be 80. 50
In addition to the natural attrac-
tions OF this famous beach resort,
such az surf bathing, boating and
fishing, Galveston is making spe-
cial arrangements to properly On
tertain the visitors.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1913-07-19
LEVEE PROTECTION
PROMISED.

During the last few days our
people have been greatly interest
in lsves work and lsvee protect
ion.
Last week State Senator WAL
ter ]. Burke of Now Iberia, who
has always taken a deep interest
in this particular matter, realized
that something had to be done on
the East side of the Atchayalsys
river, made q trip to Baton Rouge
to have a consultation with Gov.
Hall and to appear before tho
lsvse board of this district, and
We arc informed that Mr.. Burke,
has tho promise of tho governor
and the leves board that the state
engineers will at once commence
survey to locate the protection
lsves and that bid will also be re-
csived and work commenced as
soon as possible.
This will be good news to our
people who are living on lands
that 60 under water every year,
Tor want OF leves protection.
When these lands are protected
they will prove the best and most
productive in the parish.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1913-07-19
BOOSTING ORGANIZATION.

The Lafayette chamber of COM
merice has undertaken the forma.
ton Of Boosting Organization"
to be composed of tho Parishes of
Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron,
Allen, Jefferson Davis, Acadia,
VermilIion. Iberia, St. Mary, st..
Martin, Evangsline and St. Lam
dry.
The idea is to have a meeting of
representative citizens of those
parishes and towns in that terre-
tory with the transportation and
nswspapermsn, in Lafayette in
the near future, to complete the
organization, which will have for
it's purpose, the boosting and do
velopmsnt of this section of coun-
ty.
Such an organization 10 bound
to haze a good and beneficial re-
suit. We need discussion and coop.
GRAFTON to fully develop the vast
resources OF this beautiful section
and to find ready market for the
product OF our farms which are
now going begging and at tho
mercy of corrupt commission men
in about every city our planters
have tried.
We cannot dispose of our pro.
ducts unless through organization
and cooperation, and the sooner
We como together on a plan seg-
grstsd by the Lafayette cham
bre Of Commerce the better.
Lot Us join the movement.
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WHO is TO BLAME?

Quite a number Of tho 4th and
5th warders, were visitors to St.
MartinvilIe last Monday. The
Police Jury was revising the as
sessment, and they appeared be-
fore that body to have theirs ad-
justed. There is a good deal of
kicking being done on account of
the raising Of the assessment, and
there seems to be some dehculty
in placing the blame. Mr. Champ
agne from tho 9Th ward, claims to
have done all in his power to have
the 1912 assess ment retained but
With no success. His motion to
that effect, was not even put to a
vote. Tho Sheriff We are told,
explained that he was not rsspon-
sible for the increase in taxes. 1t
10 to be hoped that no intelligent
man, svar believed that he was,
but feel sorry for the poor people
who are caught by such campaign
promises az, Better Government
and less taxes" 1t is not any
more in the Sheriff. power, to
lower the taxes than it is to in
crease thsm. aud We hope tho pso-
pie will profit 10y tho experience.
Brsaux Bridge Valley f-ths
Techs.
Mr.. Louis p. Olivier, President
of the police jury at opening the
meeting to hear the tax payers
who were notified to apper before
them, told the people in very plain
language that neither the assessor
nor the sheriff was responsible for
any increase or decrease in the
assessment. but that all the blame
or credit should fall upon the po-
lice jury, and unless we can see
where Mr.. Champagne voted a.
gainst the increase, the Ulame
rests upon him as vol 40 the 9TH
or members.
Mr.. Champagnss motion to a.
dept the 1912 assessment was only
made after the assessments had
been increased and tho tax payers
we're notified to come aud show
cause Why their assessments should
not be increased. It was too late
10 make such . motion, except it
Vas for effect,
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NOTICE..

| have since the month of
February one heifer aged
about 5 years, color, red, with
white face, branded 7 D. ears
both ends cut with C under.
LEoNcE DURAND.
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BEST LAXATIVE FOR The AGED
NOTICE..

This is to notify the public
that | have applied to the
Town Council of St. Martini
vile for a permit to open a
bar for colored people in the
Neveu property on Main str,
between Bridge and Hamil-
ton streets, to commence %
July Ist 1913. y
Charles Theriots
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DIED: Monday morning, at
$50 o'clock, miss Rose Blanchard
died at tho home OF her brother.
in-law, Mr.. Erasts BONN, at the
age OF sc years.
She WAS buried ut five O'Clock
Tuesday evening.
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If in need Of OATS and CORN
got it from Laizairs Bisnvanu, he
10 supplying the public with feed.
ADV.
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PURE WATER AND HEALTH.

theory OF disease. Where there
are no germs there is no disease.
People may grow old and die OF
old age, but il there be no germs
there will be no sickness. The
recognition of this truth has on
able the medical profession to re-
duce the ratio Of deaths greatly,
and some diseases have practically
disappeared. Smallpox is a dis
case Of history, except among
those who refuse to DO treated, or
among those who have no oppor-
tunity for treatment. Typhoid,
which is far worse than smallpox
or any other disease known to
mon, has lost much OF it's danger
since the profession has learned
to prevent it by medical treatment
and by sanitation.
In many places we still find
people who live in utter disregard
for the simplest rules Of sanitation.
II 10 not uncommon to find wells
which are 30 located that they are
drains for the filth of horse, cattle
and other lots, aud even Of hog
pens. Such conditions ought not
to exist, but they do exist. and the
family of the ignorant or hard
headed man suffsrs; sometimes
there are deaths a. results of the
folly.
A well near to any place where
filth ia produced is dangerous.
Water sinks into tho earth and is
drained into such wells and 70.
suits are all bad. The water may
be clear and sparkling aud yet be
full of disease germs. A drop
may contain millions OF typhoid
germs and yet b as clear az crys-
tai. Such water 10 not tit for use,
and even for irrigation may be
means of spreading contagious dis
case by poisoning tho earth.
A man We know had q we'll near
bis horse lot. The water was clear
and sparkling. One Of bis child
rem bad typhoid and q physician
Was called. The water was exam
ined and found to be full of ty-
phoid germs aud unfit for use.
The owner refused to discontinue
use of tho wster, and said such
nonsensical stuff could not fool
him. He know bis we'll was as
good a. could be had anywhere,
and he would not lose a good we'll
for any such nonssnsical beliefs
of doctors" The child did not
get we'll, and soon two others were
sick with typhoid. Then two of
the adults became afflicted, and
whom there had been three deaths
this owner became convinced that
bis we'll was poisoned and filled
up the well aud had one bored,
away from contamination.
Hers was . case of misfortune
directly the result of ignorance
and folly. The we'll too close to q
lot or other place where filth is
produced is always dangerous. In
one case under our observation a
man dug = hole within a few feet
of his we'll and permitted bis hogs
to wallow in it, aud here, too, there
was much sickness.
1t is important to have pure air,
aud also important to have pure
water and pure food. Whom food
is cooked, many of the dangers are
avoided, but water is not cooked
for drinking. and ell Of tho dis.
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FOR SALE

My residence on the East
side of Bayou Ieche, Bridge
Street.. For terms apply to
P. A. Bienvenu.
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man they torture. They would do any
thing else on earth for him except to
sink their petty spite and jealousy and
try to get along together.
They would make any sacrifice for
him except to give up the pleasure of
nagging at each other.
There is no phase of human weak
ness SO miserable and contemplate
as the jealousy that makes the aver
age mother-in-law ana daughter-in-law
hate each other at sight, because it is
a jealousy that has no foundation to
stand upon. The love that a man gives
to his wife. his mate. and that he
gives to his mother are as different
as wine and water.
One does not conflict with the 9TH
er, and, as a matter of fact, man
is tenderer to his wife the more he
loves his mother, and the more he ap-
preciates his mother the more he
sees what Wifehood and motherhood
mean TO his own wife.
1t would seem that if young wom-
an had one spark of generosity in her
nature, and if she really loved the man
she married, she would feel that of all
women on earth, next to her own
mother, the closest to her was the
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cred in his eyes; the one who went
down into the Valley of the Shadow
to bring him into life; the one who
nursed him through his helpless infan-
cy; who has cherished his every step
through life, and whose sacrifices for
him have been uncounted.
He remembers the long nights she
sat patiently by his sick bed; the
times she went shabby that he might
have new clothes to look as we'll as
his schoolmates; the striving and self
denial by which she put him through
college.
All that he is of good, all that he
ever hopes to be, he owes to his moth
er, and he never looks at her work
knotted old hands without wanting to
go down on his knees and kiss them
in gratitude. And now his wife de-
mands that he shall repay that debt
by turning the old woman out of his
house.
How can he decide against his
mother? Wife and mother. These are
the two women in the world the man
loves best, the ones to whom he has
mist tried to do his duty, and be-
tween they they are crucifying him.
1t is a tragic situation, grOtesquely
tragic, because both women love the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-18

eat for Winifred and herself. They
would both be sick if they went Ion
ger without food.
A search through the pantry dis
colsed only box Of stale crackers
and some canned goods. She made a
hurried list of essentials, bread, but
ter, milk, eggs, etc, and telephoned to
the grocery to send them over at once.
But when the grOcer's boy emptied
q basketful Of brown paper parcels
on the kitchen table she gazed at them
helplessly. She was too tired too
heartsick to even open those pack
ages. So she poured a glass of milk
for Winifred and one for herself, leav-
ing the other things untouched.
Still in her travelling dress, she
threw herself on the couch to rest.
She was tired-tired, more tired than
she had ever been before
So this was the realization of all
her plans for beautiful surprise,
The evening on which she had expect
ed to be happy with Warren she must
now spend alone in this dusty, I'M
kempt apartment.
But just then, as she was staring
hopelessly at a figure on the rug.
there came from the hall a faint pre-
paratory stir of the telephone bell.
She started breathlessly. Was it 60
ing to ring? Sometimes that whirring
sound was only a false alarm. Anoth-
er second and it rang loudly Warren
Warren! Oh, if it was only Warren.
She flew out to the hall
yes, hello" she called excitedly.
And it was Warren, Never had his
voice sounded so deep and strong
Never had she been so glad to hear it!
"Oh, where are you-where are
you?"
AT the club. Just got your mes
sage. I'll be there in fifteen minutes.
It's too bad dear, How did it happen.
Didn't you telegraph
'Oh, l wanted TO surprise you, so |
telegraphed Della and she isn't here.
Oh. it's been dreadful"
We'll, | should say. I'm awfully sor-
ry Kitten. But never mind. Put on your
prettiest dress and We'll go out and
celebrate. Now hurry Ill be there in
fifteen minutes. Goodbye.
In fifteen minutes, Could she battle
and dress in fifteen minutes? Already
she was getting out of her clothes. as
she ran to the bathroom and turned
on the water. While the tub was fill
ing she unstrapped her trunk and
dragged out her prettiest gown-the
one she had planned to wear.
All her WEAKNESS was gone now.
All the distress and discomfort of the
day were forgotten. She was breath
lessly happy. They were to have their
beautiful evening together after all.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-18
BY DOROTHY DIX.

Look long at this picture, ladies.
Study it well. Note the two angry
women who stand facing each, other,
bitterness and hatred in their hearts,
cruel words upon their lips, and then
take heed of the forlorn, helpless, pa
thetic figure of the man between
them.
1t is a picture to make the under
standing weep, and the pity of it is
that it is one that so many, many men
have only to shut their eyes to see re-
produced in their own homes.
In this picture the artist has seiz-
ed upon the moment in which the
long-draWn-out quarrels between a
mother-in-law and Il daughter-in-law
have come to a crisis, and the wife has
told her husband that he must choose
between her and his mother, and that
one or the other of them goes out of
the door.
How shall a man decide?
He loves his wife devOtedly. She
is the one woman in all the world he
picked out to be his companion
through life. He knows that she loves
him. She has been good, and faithful,
and loyal to him. She is the mother
of his children, and he is bound to her
by all the ties that can unite man
to woman. He is a domestic man,
fond of his home, finding his greatest
interest in it. A thousand voices bid
him choose his wife if he must decide
between the two women.
But there is his mother-his old
mother-the being above all others sa-
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woman who had raised up for her a
good husband.
1t would seem that if a mother real
ly loved her son she would desire
above everything else his happiness,
and that if he had married a wife
who was good to him, and tender, and
affectionate. and helpful to him, she
would be filled with gratitude toward
her.
But is this the case? Far from it.
Wife IS filled with surging jealousy of
mother-in-law, because her husband
still loves the mother who bore him.
Mother is green-eyed when she thinks
of daughter-in-law, because her son
picked her out for a wife. And they
nag each other, and harp on each 9TH
ers faults, and interfere with each
other, and hate each other worse than
poison.
And both forget, in their feud, the
man who loves both, and who is their
hapless victim.
OF course no one will contend that
it is easy for a daughter-in-law and
mother-in-law to get along comforta-
bly, together. They may be utterly I'M
cOngenial in disposition, and every
body has their faults and foibles.
Admittedly nearly all old people are
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cranky and bossy. Undoubtedly all
young women think that they are Sol
onions in petticoats.
But while this is true, it is also true
that any mother-in-law and daughter
in-law can get along tremendously if
they want to do so, and try to make
friends of eacn other instead of enc
mics, and that they can sink their
differences for the sake of the man
they love, if they love him unseltishly.
For in her heart every wife knows
that her husband cannot be happy if
she separates him from his mother,
and every mother knows that she is
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