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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-02-20
BIG CROWD GOES TO
SEE CRESCENT WELL
MANY GO ON CHAMBER OF CON-
MERGE EXCURSION-THI
COMPANY ENTERS FIELD

The largest excursion the local
Chamber of Commerce has staged for
some time took a crowd of business
and professional men from Olympia
in automobiles to the site of the
Crescent Oil company's we'll on the
Sarver ranch near Tenino Thursday
afternoon and resulted in arousing
more enthusiasm locally in the pro-
ject than anything that has happened
up to date.
The sight of the big drill, capable
of going to depth of 5000 feet,
driving a 12h inch hole into the
ground, at a depth now of more than
200 feet, convinced the visitors that
the company is really in earnest in
its proposition and is going ahead as
rapidly as it can. The excursion is
expected to result in the citizens Of
Olympia getting behind the propo-
sition substantially and backing it so
strongly that this city will reap the
biggest share of the development
that is sure to follow the discovery
of oil by this company.
The entrance in the field, too, Of
another company. the Pacific States
Oil company, close corporation fl
nanced by Eastern capital, which is
now erecting rigging and unloading
two carloads of machinery on the
John Desch farm near the Meadows
in the county, short distance from
Grand Mound, has created consider
able excitement in the local field.
This makes three companies that are
actively working in the district, the
Crescent Oil company which is now
drilling, this new company which is
erecting it's rigging SO that drilling
can be started within the next two or
three weeks, and the Washington Oil
company Of Seattle, which has 1000
acres under lease and which expects
to start work within short time.
w. l.. Mallernee, well known
resident of the southern part of the
county, is the local manager of the
Pacific States company and has es-
tablished headquarters in Centralia.
He has been working on the project
for months and has machinery on the
depth of $500 feet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-02-20
SCHOOL CONTEST TO Be HELD IN OCTOBER

21. Best six stock carrots. %. Best
six mangel wurzels. 20. Best six
onions. "a. Oats (sheaf consisting of
200 heads). 25. Best ten ears sweet
corn. 26. Best three stalks ensilage
corn. 81. Best collection of forage
plants (alfalfa, red clover, alsike
clover, timothy, orchard grass,
vetches, field peas, millet or other
standard forage plants). 28. Me-
chanical drawing (for woodwork,
grammar grades). 20. Mechanical
drawing (for woodwork, high school
grades). 80. Whiting Grammar
grades). 81. Model playground ap-
paratus. 80. Small piece furniture.
33. Best collection native woods. "a.
Essay: 1. "How to Feed a Dairy
Herd" 2. "Care of Hens for Best
Results in Egg Production"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-02-20
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES PLANS
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
EXHIBIT

The school boys and girls of Thurs
ton county are going into the agri-
cultural and industrial contest with
lot Of interest and industry this
year and, recognizing this, the COM
mittee, composed of c. E. Beach, ].
E. McCleery of Rochester, William
Fletcher of Yelm, w. E. Guyer of
the Hays district and County Super
intendent l.. A. Kibbe. have already
announced the plans for the county
contest.
The exhibition will be held in this
city either October 26 or 81. to cor
respond with the date of the county
teachers institute, and the list of
prizes will be announced later. Each
exhibitor will be required to sign a
statement setting forth that the ex-
hibit was prepared and cared for by
him, though the ground may be
plowed and narrowed by some one
else. Each boy or girl in the contest,
however, must attend to the prepara-
ton of the ground, the planting Of
the seed and the cultivation of the
product.
There will be separate prizes for
high school and for grammer grade
pupils in the following list of en-
tries:
l. The best loaf Of white bread. 9.
The best plain cake. 8. The best
dozen cookies. 4. Tree fruits
prunes, pears, plums. S. Berries
Strawberries, loganberries, raspber-
berries, blackberries. 6. Jellies-Any
fruit may be used. Z. Canned vege-
tables-Any vegetables (send only
one cam. s. Plain washable dress.
8. Plain shirtwaist. 10. Sofa pillow.
II. Darning and repairing. In the
following list there will be but one
prize for all pupils: -. Best ten
potatoes. 13. Best quart field peas.
IA. Best quart garden peas. Is. Best
quart wax beans. 16. Best Hubbard
squash. II. Best mammoth squash
IS. Best pie pumpkin. 10. Best field
pumpkin. 20. Best six table carrots.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-02-20

Continued on Page Six.)
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-02-20
PEAR ARTICLES ARE
APPROVED BY CATION
WESTSIDE ORCHARDIST CON
GRADUATES STANDARD
SUGGESTS PEAS

Heartily congratulating the editor
of The Washington Standard upon
the articles, How to Grow Pears in
Thurston County," A. S. Cation of
the Westside, owner of 35 acres of
pear orchard, contributed the follow
ing letter this week which will be
highly interesting to every wide
awake reader:
Editor Washington Standard,
Dear Sir:
Permit me to congratulate you
on your articles on Pear Growing in
Thurston County,
"In my mind no line of information
could be more useful to Thurston
county land owners. You have been
wise in going to the source for your
information, and information receiv-
ed as you are getting it-first hand
from our horticultural department.
should certainly be interesting to our
fruit growers.
I'm the past there has been much
skepticsm locally about pear culture,
both as to our ability to grow the
best quality and as to the market for
them. Your articles will most cer-
tainly remove much of this unbelief.
Tells Own Experience
Five years ago, when I began
clearing land for pear orchards, and
advising others to do likewise, l u.s.
ually got the horse laugh. During
this time, however, big change has
taken place in the public mind con-
corning the subject and your arti-
cles will doubtless lead to more con-
f1dence and larger paintings.
$4,000 From AZ Acres
II recently saw a letter from the
man who now owns the George N.Y.
hers pear orchard on Orcas island.
Mr.. Myers sold his pears in New York
auction rooms during the least four
years he owned the orchard and nev-
er netted less than $225 per box, +.
o. b. Bellingham, and ranging as high
as $500 per box. The present own
er sold the 1913 crop in Seattle for
$1,000, net, from the Az acres.
Every box Of his Anjous brought
him $3.50.
Il am confident we can make more
money per acre on pears here than
any of the valleys east of the noun
tains can make on apples. You are
on the right track-go ahead.
Bluebell Peas
while we are brewing orchards,
we should grow Bluebell peas for
immediate returns. In Skagit and
Whatcom counties the farmers are
specializing in these peas and are
getting returns running from 500
to 5000 per acre. They are growing
them in such quantities as to attract
Eastern buyers and are also selling
large quantities to the United States
government for army rations. This
pea is as sweet as a garden pea and
is very desirable as table food as well
as for stock. They frequently realize
as high as 500 a ton for them.
Last year l sowed 5 23 acres OF
them and threshed over 8 tons and
think fully one ton was left in the
straw. ! expect to get at least II
Continued on page 81
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-02-20
HOW TO GROW PEARS IN THURSTON COUNTY.
A Series Articles Giving Facts About the Pear
Business-Written You Can Understand Them and
Prepared Particularly to Fit Conditions Here
the
of the of Agric
BY Eagle Freshwater-For the Man on the Farm

So far in this have learned that peargowng
ta Thurston conditions
DISTRICTS
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
A PLACE APART.

Our modern life is SO eager in it's
movement, and so exacting in it's de-
mands, that we all need to have lit
tie chamber, apart from the rush and
tumult, where we can find opportunity
now and then for an hour of quiet and
of reflection. That is the best proven
tive of nervous breakdown; in the 81
lence we learn that "the life is mol
than meat, and the body than raj
ment"; that nature and art and the
thoughts of men are fountains of en-
joyment and inspiration; and most of
all, that God can come helpfully into
human hearts, soothing the fret and
fever with His gentle presence, and
giving cheerful courage to meet the
difficulties and WEAKNESS of life.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
BUBONiC PLAGUE IN NEW
ORLEANS.

Bubonic plague has made it's appear
ance in the city of New Orleans. Two
cases have been reported, and plans
are being made to stamp out the
disease. The General Assembly will
authorize the borrowing of $150000 for
this purpose.
Bubonic plague is no longer the
dreaded disease it was generations ago,
and it is now known how to combat it,
because it is communicated by the rat
flea. BY the determination of the rat,
the disease can be driven out of exist
ence. National and state authorities
will proceed to work on the suspected
area in New Orleans.
The following information was given
out at the Offices of the State Board OF
Health:
ITO control plague, the whole com.
munity must be informed as to the dis.
ease and how it becomes epidemic.
"Bubonic plague is a rat disease.
at has three forms, bubonic, pneu
monte and septicemic, corresponding
to the three typical ways in which the
microbe invades the body. Bubonic
and septicemic types are not conta
gious, but are spread mainly through
the agency of the flea. In the pneu
monte form plague bacillia are con
tanned in enormous. numbers in the
sputum, hence the disease is frequent
| y transmitted directly by close asso
citation with a patient.
During the second visitation of the
plague in San Francisco there were
ninety-eight bubonic cases. Eighty
three recovered.
Filth, by giving food and shelter tt
rats and fleas, becomes a propagatins
agency; therefore, campaign fol
eradication of plague becomes a cam
paign for cleanliness and extermina
ton of rodents.
"In San Francisco plague met poll
tics. fractional disputes divided forces
The public lost confidence from misin
formation which contention always sup
plies. Grave danger threatened unit
intimation of quarantine from OUTSIDE
brought to the sanitarians the supper
of the business men of the city.
New Orleans should profit by thi
experience. For success all authori
ties must cooperate. To suppress in
formation is to invite quarantine. Il
every city the wisdom of honest pub
licity is conceded"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING.

ST. Francisville. La, June 20, 1914.
At an adjourned meeting of the Board
of Aldermen of the Town of st. Francis
ville held this day, the following men,
bers were present: A. B. Briant, Mayor;
G. w. Newman, F. o. Hamilton, Rudolph
Yunlles, l.. w. Rogers, George Rettig,
Board of Aldermen.
Mr.. Val Smith, engineer employed by
the Town to submit plans and specifica-
tons for the erection of reservoir and
levees, submitted same to the Board.
Motion made by Hamilton and seconded
by Yunkes, That the plans and specifica-
tons submitted by Engineer Smith be &C
cepted and the Clerk is hereby authorized
to advertise for bids according to law,
both for levees and reservoir. Vote as
follows: Yea-Hamilton, Rettig, Rogers
and Yunkes nay-Newman. Carried.
Motion made by Hamilton and seconded
by Newman, That the Clerk notify Rail-
road Company that they will not take
charge of the Oil Mill spur by making any
fills, etc. Carried.
On motion meeting adjourned.
A. B. BRIANT, Mayor.
G.. L. PLETTINGER Clerk.
hereby certify that the foregoing Is a
true and correct copy of the original as
they appear on pages of minute
book a
G. L. PLETTINGER, Clerk.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
MENTAL WORK DURING A LONG
FAST.

At Wesleyan University the expert
ment was made of putting men into
cages and measuring the food, air and
water that they used and the waste
products that their bodies threw off.
It was found that the slightest muscu-
lar exertion had decided effect on the
relation between what the body took
in and what it threw off, but that the
addition of mental to muscular work
made no difference at all. If student
took a written examination in the cage,
he used the same energy that he would
have used in going through the move
ments of writing and doing no think
ing whatever.
Recently similar evidence has been
obtained at the Carnegie Nutrition
Laboratory of Boston. A man of forty
underwent fast of thirty-one days,
during which he took absolutely moth
ing but water. At five o'clock in the
afternoon of every day during the fast
as we'll as on the two days that pre-
ceeded it and the day that followed it.
the man submitted to certain tests OF
muscular strength and of mental
power. AS might have been expected
he grew physically weaker. Who would
not have expected him to show fall
ing off in mental ability as we'll? Yet
this man could repeat ten disconnected
words, Immediately after they haG
been pronounced to him, more correct
ly at the end of the fasting period thar
at it's beginning, and he could also re
call the words after longer and longer
intervals as the fasting went on. Hi;
power of attention was tested by re
curing him to cross out all the AS il
a printed passage, and his speed in
creased during the fast. while his &C
curacy remained as high as 1t had beer
at the beginning. When he was giveI
word and required to speak the frs
word it suggested to him, the prompt
ness of his response increased as thu
fast became prolonged. In short, HI
performed all the mental tests eithel
as well or better as the fast proceeded
The Improvement was probably due t.
the daily practise he got, but it is won
derful that the mind should work dur
ing so long period, as we'll withou
food as with it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
SHERlFF's SALE.

State of Louisiana, Parish Of West Fe-
liciana, oath Judicial District Court
Mrs. Martha E. Hamilton VS.. No.
7O2 Laurent M. Martin.
BY virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias TO
the Sheriff directed by the Hon. the Gath
Judicial District Court for the Parish OF
West Felciana, La, in the above en-
titled and numbered cause, l have seized
and will offer for sale to the highest
bidder at the front door of the Court
House in the town of st. Francisville, La,
at the hour of II o'clock a. M, on
Saturday, July rs, 1914,
the following described property, to-wit
A certain piece or parcel of land with
all buildings and Improvements thereon
situated in the Parish of West Feliciana
La, containing Five Hundred and TWEEN
ty-two and 22-100 acres, more or less
being the remainder of the Solitaire Plan
tation, purchased by Mrs. Martha E
Hamilton from James M. Sessions, the
other portion having been sold to N. H
Barrow as will appear by said deeds
recorded in Notarial Record ~" pages
262 and 263, and bounded as follows
North and East by c. E. Percy, South by
N. H. Barrow, and West by Little Bayo,
Sara Creek.
Terms of sale-Cash with benefit o
appraisement
]. H. CLACK. Sheriff.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
THE OPEN ROAD FROM COUNTRY
TO CITY.

To-day:
Are you making use of the parcel
post? You ought to if you are
woman living on the farm. And you
ought to if you are a woman living in
the city. This is government facility
that will be really first aid to the
housewife everywhere as soon as she
learns to use it. By it's aid one can do
long distance shopping at the counters
of the great city department stores.
Or likewise one can market in fresh
country garden.
Just what can be done through the
parcel post, may be seen from the ex-
perience of one family in New York
City. They had been paying AZ cents
a pounds for butter They are now get
ting it from a farmers wife, who
charges them 81 cents, which with the
parcel post charge of z cents brings
the cost of them up to 80 cents. 1t is
as good bargain for the country
woman as for the city household. She
lis making cents a pound more than
the % cents her grocer formerly paid
her. She packs her butter in a new
fve-cent lightweight bread-tin lined
throughout with oiled paper.
Much produce has in the past been
wasted on the farm. Apples and other
fruit have rotted on the ground be.
cause the express charges were so high
that farmer literally couldn't give il
away. Now perhaps there are families
who can arrange as did the Ohio moth.
er from whom recently Postmaster
General Burleson received letter
She says:-"I want to express my
gratitude to you for the present parcel
post Through it | am able to SEND
small packages from the home garden
to the children who have gone to the
city to make their living. 1t helps
them when living is so high and keeps
them in close touch with the home
nest. 1t is blessing to the poor"
Within the past year there have
been new government regulations tt
increase the parcel post facilities
Packages at first were limited to ;
weight of eleven pounds, Twent,
pounds is now permitted. The charg'
is still gagged by zones, but the frs
zone limit has been increases to cove
the district within radius of Isl
miles and the second zone has 300
mile radius, while the charges for tn
two zones have been made identical
A practical feature is the COLLECTION
delivery government service
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

st. Francisville La, July 3, 1914.
Sealed proposals will be received at the
Office of the Mayor in the Town OF st.
Francisville, Louisiana, until IL o'clock
noon on the thirteenth day of July, 1914,
for constructing a reinforced concrete
reservoir and for erecting two protection
levees in and for the Town of st. Fran
cisyille, Louisiana
Bids may be for either the leyees or
reservoir or for both.
Forms of proposals, copies OF specifica-
tons, and instructions to contractors,
may be obtained of the Engineer or the
Town Clerk and plans may be seen at
his Office
Each bid must be accompanied by a
deposit of ten G0) per cent as a guarantee
of the good faith of the bidder.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Address
G. L. PLETTINGER, Clerk,
st. Francisyille, La,
v. E. SMITH. Engineer.
Franklin, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

The judgment of the lower court
against w. C. Walters, the alleged kid
naper of Bobby Dunbar, has been set
aside by the Supreme Court on tech
|nicality.
Under the decision, Act 271 of 1910,
under which Walters was prosecuted
and which made the offense capital
one, is held unconstitutional; and
Walters is discharged from further
prosecution under that statute. But he
lis still amenable to Section 500 of the
Revised Statutes, which makes kid
mapping Of any male child under IA or
female child under IL punishable by
Imprisonment of not more than five
years; or under Act Sc of 1908, which
fixes the punishment for kidnapping any
person at not more than twenty years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

The honorable Speaker of the House
should be the last one in the world to
comment upon the anomalies of polit-
ical bedfellowship. One need not have
a long memory to recall when 1t Gov.
Sanders was his favored companion,
the latter soon losing favor, after be-
coming Gov. Sanders. Likewise, the
name Judge Hall proved sweeter to his
ears than Governor Hall. In time it is
fair to presume that even the most
pleasant of names will fail to please,
when reality falls short of anticipation,
as it has habit of doing.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
NOTICE..

The next state examination of appli-
cants for teachers certificates will be
held July 30, 81, August /, 1914 (for
white); and August 3, 4, 5, 1914 (for
negro). The subjects of examination
and conditions governing the issuance
of certificates to applicants will be the
same as those of the last examination.
Under resolution of the State Board
of Education, applicants who have pur-
sued successfully the six weeks course
of the summer normal schools of the
state shall be credited with five points
to the general average earned by them
in the examination, with six points for
the eight weeks course, and with seven
points for the nine weeks course.
The required forms for use in the
examination will be forwarded later.
JOHN R. COMMIT,
Chairman State Examining Committee
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

Surgeon-general Blue and Surgeon
Creel started for New Orleans Tuesday
night in obedience to Secretary Nc.
Adoo's order that they proceed imme.
diately to make an official diagnosis of
the bubonic cases and a survey of what
is necessary to be done to prevent the
plague getting a foothold.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

John NJ Parker, just back from con-
ferences with Col Roosevelt, said the
National Progressive leader intends to
make two political speeches in Lou
isiana.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

Ask any man, who claims that he
can adequately represent his women
kind at the polls, If he would be will
ing to have another man represent him
there, and you can easily guess the
answer: mol"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

The public Is hereby notified that hunt
ing on, crossing over. or any other form
of trespass is prohibited on piece OF
ground west Of the Y. & M. V. Railroad
beginning at the north boundary OF r. d
Stirling and extending to Whitman plat
form. on the property OF Mrs. s. T. AL
lain. Also on all property of Mrs. c. IL
Lewis, Mrs. ]. A. Mhoon, and R. H. Stir
ling.
r. II. STIRLING. Agent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

The public is hereby warned against
buying wood, posts and timber OF any
description from tenants on the Oakley.
Ogden and Downs plantations. All hunt
ing, cattle driving and fence-cuttins IL
positively prohibited, and these places are
closed against agents Of all kinds.
LUCY L. MATTHEW'S.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

The public is hereby warned that the
Island and Forest plantations are posted
against hunting, fishing, wood-cutting
and all other forms of trespass. agents ct
every description included.
M. r. JACKSON
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

All cattle driving and other trespassing
of any kind are forbidden on Forest plan
tation, under penalty of the law.
]. w. MCQUEEN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

All trespasslng of any description 10
hereby prohibited, under penalty OF the
law, on Alandale plantation (former.y
Phillips place.
ROBERT BUTLER, Agent
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04
MRS. c. R. BARROW.

From and after this date all hunting OF
any kind on Ambrosia and Independence
plantation is positively prohibited under
penalty Of trespassing. Any one found on
these places without permission will be
considered trespassing. and prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.
MRS. s. H. BARROW.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

My place is hereby posted against all
forms of trespassing; hunting, fishing.
agents of all descriptions, and all cattle
driving
r N REnpUIN
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

The Buie fur tax bill was amended
by Mr.. Rheinhardt SO as to place a
fiat license on all trappers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

On and after this date. hunting of ali
kinds on my part OF Starhili plantation Id
prohibited under penalty of trespass.
j. M. DANIEL. N. d.
Aug. 16, 1871 yr.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

All trespassing is prohibited on Hill anu
Slaughter, Lake Breeze, Grayheld, anu
GlassFplace plantations; such as hunting,
pecan gathering. etc.. will be prosecuted
to full extent of the law
RACCOURCI COMPANY.
Per S. L. Doherty, Agent;
Smithland Ldg. and P. O., La.