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Deutscher herold. [volume] (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd-Dakota) 1907-1918, 1914-04-23

gmert bat nun cine Grflarung iiber
ben Stano Der Staatsfinan3en obgc-
9eben, ipeld,e in gInbetroht oes fir
uno eegen oie StaatSbeamten nah.
reno Der Ganpagne 8eiugten bon be-
Ionoerem SSS1tereiie lit. g8ie Serr
gtpert lagt, mar Die gngabe, tpeIhe
Die @arrantauSgabe bon $4t0,000
in 8erbinouug bringt nit einem De.
fight Der Steuerausbebung bon 1913
ourfaus irrefiibreno Ser Stoat bot
nit Der idbrlideu 4usgabe bon yReos
er1lle Wurrants" IN @rDartltng Der
einlaufenben Steuern bereits i'm
Sabre 1895 begonner amo bat idbr.
lid bon $250,0OO bis $500,000 lol,
her @arrants ausgegebeu. Dtebrere
Sabre binolir6 lpar Der ausItebenoe
9etrdg $5O0,000 uno oaS ipar nu1
Ger 8etrag, Der I'M Wtdr5 1918 ouss
ItebenO mar. SSSln Utar5 1914 belt es
Der StoutSihubmeiiter, unter 8ei-
pflt6htng oes 8ouperneurS un6 oes
StoatSaubitors niht fir not,uenoig,
nebr OILS $4,000 lol6er 8arrQnt5
|uus5uItellen. Qos mar cine Hehut,
tion bon $4,000 BON Dem 9etraqe,
Der int Wtdr5 1913 lmo friiberer Sab.
re nrSitebei10 mar. IS lp1re iiber-
baupt nid,t notlpenoig gelpeien, our
3eit irgen0 ipeIhe @arrantS au55uge.
ben tpenn nif)t i'm 2allfe Der lesten
Sabre, inter Der &utoritGt oes 8e|e.
se8, aus Dem 9lQger1einen syono
$4,000 fir BEN Sapitolbauiono qe.
borgt moroen ipdren; oieie anleibe
miro an ben 9lGgenpeinen 6ono 5uriid-
be8ablt, iobolo Die 8apitoI 9ontmii.
iion 8elegenbeit finoet, oen 9feIt 0es
aupttollonoe5 porteilbaft 81 oertau.
fen
gs Dor oIio, nod Serrn gpert, fei-
ne oItrafbure Sintergebung" Oes Gol.
fes, un6 Der 8etrag Der 8orrant8 lit
gegen anoere Sabre nod Inn 100000
nerringert moroen. 9luBer bieIen
,Repeuge @arrants" in 8etraae BON
.$41O,OO0, melhe 3ur 8efung Der
&apitolbat 3ablungen ausgegeben
muroen, bat Der Stunt feline gSors
rants au5lteben uno peroen ooruuS.
Iihtlid) nuh feline in oieIem Sabre
.altsgegeben mer0en
Son ben peridJie0enen Counties
meroen iebt Die SteuergeIoer eirge-
ben, CO. 100000 fir ben 4ugetnei.
nen 5ono uno bon 3eit 5u 3eit geberl
oieiem 5ono @ebiibrengeloer, CRIB
IhaftsIteuern ldtp 81, iobaB gar feline
6rage oariiber beiteht, oab Der Staot
fir ole feline Iusgoben in oieieIn
Sabre binreideno NIT 5enos nerie.
ben lit. Die 8arrnntS mur0en ntht
a4s9eIteIlt, nm elm 0efi5it BON 1913
81 oeden. Der Staat befin0et iib
iebt in Der beiten ftnan5iellen Gage,
urb Sil0 Oafotn iltein Stoot, Der poQ-
itGnbig frei lit BON trgeno elmer Bomb
ooer anoeren Sdrl6, nit IuSnabmc
oer oben angefitbrten.
0ieie 9lngaben bat ser Staot8-
Idabnetiter @rpert IN einern offenen
9riefe qema6t.
Deutscher herold. [volume] (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd-Dakota) 1907-1918, 1914-04-23
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Streiai6ter

sSn Dem teilpeiIe trofea aelegtsa
Sninois lit oos oide Gnoe ihon ge-
fonmeit. sSStt Wfinoofa, sSn., i1luBtc
Die Srtspoli5ei entIolien nno Die eIef-
|triIfe 9elelid)tllng eingeltellt iperbeH.
2ofport, SsSa. ntuB porIdufig diif OBJ
ne Boliaei fertig iperben atl,b aus
Hodfor6, no Die yErodel,en" NIT &iI~
lie Der peibliben @dbIer geliegt bu.
bel lit Der probibitiortiitiihe agitator
9tun1ens Gate berihtpunoen, llndloem
er ftngierte 9robbriefe an iid) ieIbit
Der Holt5et 5uaeItellt batte, I'M GU
iomnlenbong nit Der grpIoiion elmer
gonbe IN ben1 @eb1ube zines gIubs,
oellen 8rGiioent Der gieoerniann gs-
Delen. Die Goli5ei IieE Die ertpobn.
ten 8rieie BON Gahperlt1toigan 1tn.
teriilhen nno Die errlittelten, oaB Die
Sonoichrift nit oerjenigen oes Serrm
8ate toentiid lit. 9ie 9robibitioa
ober bat in 8pfforo, ST., geiiegt.
Sn fronmeu 0es Wtoines, Ga, oa-
aegen iuuroen 26 apotbefer bon 6clt
8roBgeiflporenen nuter Die slnfIoae
geltellt, geiIttge 8etranfe nerfanft su
bnben.
Deutscher herold. [volume] (Sioux Falls, SuÌˆd-Dakota) 1907-1918, 1914-04-23
Sol. grisbp BON Sipnr sSalls bietei
orei 9iegimenter BON Ranbrei-
tern an.

SoboIo es flor mar, boB ernlte
Wabnobmen aegen Merico getroffen
|meroeu iollten, bot Col. 90. @risbp
bon Siour Sails olrrh aongreBmonil
|Gbas. gurfe Rrdiioeut g8ilion oas
6ormtren BON orei 9toubreiter- -Hegi.
|n1efrtprtt af1
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
IS TO REPEAuNe Tue STOCK Law.
Newellton, La, April IL, 1914.
Editor Tensas Gazette,

Newellton, La, April II, 1914.
Editor Tensas Gazette,
st. Joseph, La.
Dear Sir-The petition to revoke the
stock law appears to have been gotten up
by and for the benefit of few cattle
men, and as far as can learn is signed
by very few land owners. The majority
OF the signatures are of grocerymen, dry
goods merchants, cobblers, peanut ped
dlers and umbrella members, some Of
whom own house and lot in the village
of Newellton and some own nothing.
One of the arguments in favor Of the
no stock law is that numbers of negroes
had left here on account of the stock law.
But there is nothing to this, for know
there were fewer negroes to leave this
section than in many other places, where
there is no stock law.
On my last visit to Natchez, was talk.
ing to two gentlemen from Shelbyville,
I ILL.,, who were looking for land, and the
subject OF stock law was discussed. They
said in their country you could travel all
day and never see fence, except for pas.
lures, and that they would not live in 9
community where there was no stock law.
And very few progressive people will!
Yours truly,
JAS. r. NARROW.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.
WHITE TEACHERS: APRIL 70. n ID n
eOloaED TEACHERS: APRIL y

81. Joseph, La, April III, 1914
As per instructions from the State Ex-
amining Committee will conduct an ex-
animation for white teachers in the Asses
sor's Office in the Court House on MON
DAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 10th, 2lst and 22nd, 1914.
All applicants must report on MON
DAY the 10Th at 10 o'clock, promptly,
with legal cap, or regular examination
paper, and pencil.
The colorcd teachers will be examined
at the colored school house on THURS
DAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, April
23rd, oath and 25th, 1914.
All applicants must report at the school
not later than 10 o'clock on THURS
DAY the 23rd.
All colored teachers in the parish who
| do not hold valid certificates should take
this examination. Teachers whose GER
tificates do not expire until August should
not report for this examination, % there
will be an examination next August.
Applicants should provide Themselves
with legal cap, or regular examination
THOs. NJ. WADE, Sept.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

The Gazette has been requested to
announce that Miss Alice Ward,
who 10 an expert in all the late and
modern dances known as the Tango,
Make, Hesitation, One Step, &c,
including the new Combination
Dance, recently devised, in which
the steps from several dances are
happily combined. has consented to
open q dancing school at the Mason
10 Hall. in st. Joseph, where all
who wish to learn the late dances
will be given lessons at the nominal
charge Of 80 cents per lesson. The
Tango-crase has struck St. Joseph
good and hard, affecting all alike
from the rosebud set to the grand
mas. and not excepting the City
Fathers. We have no doubt Miss
Wards school will be we'll patron
lid.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
SHOULD BE- PROSECUTED.

We are advised that certain un-
scruplous parties, taking advantage
Of the ignorance and credulity OF
some Of the negroes of this par
ish, and in order to buy their cat
tie for much less than their actual
worth, are representing to these
colored people that the enforced dip
ping of their cattle will kill large
number, and with this argument
are persuading the negroes to sell
their stock for little or nothing in
order to realize on them before they
are compelled to take them to the
dipping watts.
It is hard to believe that any one
would be 30 contemplate and un-
scrupulous, but we are POSITIVELY as
sured that there are several parties
in this parish, who, through such
Misrepresentation, are reaping a rich
harvest at the negroe' expense.
DR.. L. N. largo, Of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, who is in charge
Of the work Of tick eradication in
this parish, who has personally di.
rected the dipping whenever time
permitted. and who has educated
his deputies in the proper meth
DDS Of dipping the cattle, has stated
through our columns that by exer-
else Of proper care there is no neces-
sity for any injury whatever to be
suffered BY the cattle in the course
Of dipping or from after effects. Any
stories TO the contrary are without
foundation in fact and only started
for the one purpose Of deceiving the
ignorant negro that profit may re-
sult to the buyer.
The Grand Jury that convenes on
Monday should investigate this mat
ter and il there Is any law under
which these Inscriptions sharks
could be punished, it should be in
voked.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
GIN REPAIRER.

The old reliable gin man, GEO. w.
DALE, wishes to inform the plant
ers Of Tensas Parish that he b pre-.
pared to do all kinds Of GIN WORK
and guarantees satisfaction. He has
worked In Tensas before and b well
known to many Of our people, having
lived both ut Newellton and st. 10.
seph, and has followed his trade con-
tinuosIy for n years.
Parties wishing to communicate
with him can address him at hatcher,
care General Delivery.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Watson have
|as their guests at Lakewood, this
week. her father, Mr.. Gresum, and
two brother, Mesrs. Willie and
lonnie Gresum, and sister, Miss
Norma Dee Gresum. Mrs. Watson g
|marTied sister, Mrs. Fred Stamford
and her husband, arrived last week,
and this gathering makes a most
pleasant family reunion and was
greatly enjoyed By every one.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

The Gazette tenders congratulations to
Mr.. B: b. Bonney, of st. Joseph, on the
celebration on Friday of his SEND birth
day, and it affords his friends pleasure
to know that he still enjoys fairly good
health and retains his activity. Mr.. Bon
ney was the recipient of numerous kind
ly messages from friends far and near,
many being accompanied by beautiful
floral offerings eloquent tribute to his
long, upright and useful life. Mr.. Bon
ney has requested publication Of the fol-
lowing expression Of his appreciation:
ACARD OF THANKS.
Iwish to return thanks to my many
friends in st. Joseph for their kind
thoughtfulness, so touchingly manifested
by their beautiful floral offerings, the
memory of which will rival in sweetness
the aroma of roses aud pansies. pray
that they all may realize that ''To give
is more blessed than to receive" r
B. r. BONNEY.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
CATTLE DpPuG.

The dipping Of cattle is progress.
ing rapidly all over the parish, the
inspectors a. q rule being given
hearty cooperation BY the people,
who are DESTROYS Of getting the par
ish free Of ticks. In some cases,
however, the opposite is unfortu-
nately true and some cattle owners
make false returns and do mot pre-
aont all Of their stock at the watts.
This opposition il nothing short Of
criminal and those guilty are sub.
ject to prosecution. Considerably
over . thousand head about st. Jo-
seph and vicinity alone have been
dipped up to date.
The Gazette contains each week
on it, patent inside pages quite q
god deal Of valuable information
relative to tick iniestation and dip.
ping Of cattle and hogs, and we re.
produce the following from our last
iosue:
The most effective time to kill
ticks b in the early spring. Ticks
are always less numerous in the
spring than in the fall and those
present are less vigorous and live a
shorter time il unable to get on cat
tie. 1.-THE dipping is started early
and kept up regularly until June.
the ticks viii be completely eradi.
Gated. because no new eggs will be
laid and those ticks from eggs laid
Last fall viii have died Of starvation
or have gone on cattle and been kill.
cd BY the dipping. Do not neglect
the early dipping, nor make the per.
iods between the clippings longer
Just because ticks are scarce; that il
the time to fight them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
be many friends in this town,
Fformer home, Of Mrs. Ella Sny.

former home. Of Mrs. Ella Sny.
Or. were greatly distressed this
wesk to learn Of her severe illness,
when her daughter, Mrs. J. Tullia
Watson, was suddenly called to her
bedside and left by auto for Tallulah
Upon Ms. Watson's arrival she
found her mother much better and
reports since have been very encour-
aging. Mr.. Davidson. who took Mrs
WatDon to Tallulah, made the re-
turn trip in two hours and five min
utes. That's running some!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

4 Mr.. and Ms. w. ]. Steen and
daughtsr, MIN Amalis 6teen. have.
ksturned from . delightful visit to
nsand Chsnisr, Il.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

MIR. and MrsJ. P. Harrison have moved
to Natchez, where they are temporarily
located
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

Mr.. Geo. Williams, who has been
spending the winter at his old home in
Indiana, has returned toSt. Joserh
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

Mr.. Carneal Goldman, Jr., Of Gold
man, spent Easter Sunday in our town,
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Spencer.
Madison (Tallhlah) Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

Miss Frances Curry is the weekend
guest of Miss Fannie Smith at Hard Bar
gain.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

Fresh Country Butter-''Thistle
Ridge'-at 80 a pound at Bakers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

The members of Prof. Lemoine Rogers
dancing class are regretting that the Pro-
lessons other engagements will not allow
his remaining longer in st. Joseph. While
here he had enrolled more than 80 pu-
pills, and in order to do justice to all was
compelled to give lessons day.; All
those who took dancing lessons from Prof
Rogers are enthusiastic in praise of his
courteous attention to each and every pu-
pill, his contagious enthusiasm, his grace
and the magnetism that made ALL good
dancers under his tutelage. From st. Jo-
seph he goes to Lexington, Miss, to fill
bis next engagement.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Thornberg have
come to st. Joseph and will make their
home with their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Hazlip. Mrs. Thorn
berg recently suffered severe attack of
blood poison in one of her fingers, which
required its amputation. We are glad to
know she doing very well now.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

Little Magruder, Jr., the young son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Smith, had narrow
escape last Sunday evening from being
severely injured by a vicious COW. While
the little fellow was playing just outside of
his gate, on the plank road, was suddenly
caught up on the horns of the COW and
tossed several feet in the air. Fortunately
assistance came in time to prevent further
injury and aside from several slight abra-
tons of the skin, and good scare, no
other harm was done.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

Miss Pauline Morris, of Vicksburg,
daughter of Mr.. Julius Morris Of st. Jo-
seph, has leased the furnished residence
of Mr.. Emile Mayer and has opened q
boarding house. Our people are glad to
have Miss Morris locate at st. Joseph and
wish her every success in her enterprise.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
RULE No. 3

TEACHERS employed to do high school
work, work from the 9Th to the 18th
grade inclusive-shall be paid a salary Of
seventy-five dollars per month for the
first year and the second year. If the
teacher is efficient; and the service rem
dered satisfactory, the salary shall be
eighty dollars per month for the third
year and the fourth year and eighty-five
dollars for the fifth year, which shall be
the maximum salary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
RULE No. 2

Normal graduates, or those teachers
who have had two years training, and
are qualified under the laws of the State
to teach, shall be paid salary of fifty
five dollars per month for the first year.
If the teacher is efficient, and the SER
vice rendered satisfactory, the salary
shall be sixty dollars per month for the
second year and sixty-five dollars per
month for the third year, which shall be
the maximum salary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
RULE No. 1.

inexperienced, unframed grade teach
ers, those teachers who teach from the
first to the seventh grade, inclusive, shall
be paid salary of fifty dollars per month
for the first year. If the teacher is ef-
ficient and the service rendered satisfac-
tory, the salary shall be fifty-five dollars
per month for the second year, sixty dol
lars per month for the third year and
sixty-fve dollars for the fourth year,
which shall be the maximum salary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17

w. D. A. GORTON, Pres't.
w. H. Ally, member from End Ward.
G. N. CLARKE, member from 3rd Ward.
p. C. Smith, member from 4th Ward.
j. c. ELLIS, member from 9Th Ward.
Thos. M. Wade. Sec'v.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-17
RULE No. 4

Rules No. i and No. 2 do not apply to
any grade teacher now in the service OF
the Board, but to those teachers who are
to be employed in the future.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-15

If Anmirai WinsIow
= . hearSarge during ri aahuef
- 1-SIar flag flown afr - d''I"h'
Ton. hhiond, April. l>s5. hap1ute
ora nas OF Major General l aI-
T olINelFed from his son II -
y.nfa nag u tn list Rifles r.nr--,
1aIa f'l2nteers. found in ~.
a. t'ichmond. in 1865. ana - -
- at New Orleans bv i,s -
~ Inc occupation OF H. - -
u. IIion forces under G,neraI y ~
- May !, 1862.
en- Museum collection
in fba ulrhaly sorts ana types carried
eraI "lth Spain, including ea,-
annI1lS Standards: 9 flag Of tr,,ra
the o9 Il +. K. Brainard Tor
frnr, rs 81 TWO newspa Der men
- havana, Cuba, and latar TO-
release OF Il. Hobson and hia y lile
dl'er the destruction OF the Narrf,nao
ana commodore Schley's nann".
no"fl from the L. :. 5. Rrnokiva 49, -,
,, 1898. "i'ohiEh' July
CORRECTION from tile State D4aart-
nisht Includes 4 series Of s. 81 :
dlIerent nations. 7' =
following miscellaneous ia as
are also Of interest: Flag owned -.
1uitlirdl charles Wilkes, /. : \. q
nag made Of the first silk raised ~
AZ oiHted States: the American col
ors noWn at the North Pole by Pear
Hnniilai Peary in 1909: also the ia 9
~ IA Nay? League; the flag carried
pv the Smithsonian African Exnadj
tlon under the command If Cnfona1
Roosevelt in 19o9-1o: ana
many other examples Of the National
Ensign which has flown in SO r,aDy
notable eng3g ementS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-15
LODI RATED EXAMPLE,
OF MUSHROOM GROWTH
WASHINGTON Star.

~ 'okbI.
J-OdZ, the second CITY Of POLAND and
the point around which tremendous
battles have been raging for the past
week or more, IS among the best old
"orld limitations of that IN
city growth that has startled the fields
OF our OWN west over and again. ac-
cordlnS to information given to he
press today by the National Geo
graphic Society.
Lodz has been q drOWSy. IMAM
bilious, ~slovenly village for CENTURIES"
says the statement. \ the beginning
of the nineteenth century it was hard
~ more than Il break in the wilder
ness, while the plateau upon which il
Is lJuat was covered with impene-
trable forests. Now the city is the
center of an active Industrial district,
and its population has increased from
$4,000 in 1872 to 100000. Today il is
a city about the size of Detroit.
THE modern LODI owes it's growth
and wealth TO the textile industry,
which has been mainly in the hands
of the Germans. to whom the city is
indebted for its prosperity. Consid-
erable German capital has been in
vested in Lodz, and more than 120,-
900 Germans were numbered in the
last census among its residents. Cheap
Polish b first tempted the German
clOth-makerS, and this cheap labor
has not ceased to stand the city's in
dustries il good stead in their compe-
tition with outside products. The first
textile mills were founded there in
1916. 1t is now the foremost center
in Russian Poland for the manufac-
| ture of woolens and cOttons.
"Lodz is eighty two miles by rail
| southwest Of Warsaw. There is moth
ing to attract tn tourist. nothing but
mills, commission houses, money
lenders, smoke, freight and hustle. II
| has no vestige of architecture beauty
ITO the tourist the city itself is
| almost the matter Of a single street
| This ~thoroughfare, named PiotrkOws-
| ka, interesects the town from north tC
| south. and struggles along under the
title Of LODI for more than sever
miles. To bump up this street in a
| drosky is to do ones full duty by the
place as a conscientious sightseer
| Around LOdZ, there are u number o.
| smaller, but prosperous m~anufactuT
ing cities. their fortunes mostly link
ed with the production of textiles.
Besides textiles, there is some man
ufacture of chemicals, machinery ano
beer at LODI. There is little amuse-
ment to be had, though the city does
boast Of three theaterS- It's educa-
tional facilities, also, have been neg
Iected. One Of its most important ed
vocational institutions is a school o,
anplied technique. The shaggy sane
hills upon which LODI is built are no
conducive to luxurious thoughts an6
impulses. In the making of money
on the other hand, the city has beer
very successful, the annual output o
its factories being worth about s33,'
100000 /.
LODI is an unusual city. in that j
frankly admits being an aSSionlera
tion Of business propositions and noth
ING more. LODI was q poor village O
500 inhabitants in 1921. 1t Is nov
a series of villages, growing into on
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-15
EA1I.RMIN tTION OF Nd
SQUIRRELS IN CtIIIORNA
Millions Of rodents Killed. Annual, i'm
Tiat stare

twenty million, one hundred and
nftE thousand ground squirrels have
petn eAternlnated III California. and
5.iVo,'oo acres ~ land gone over since
July /, 1918, hy the forces - the /. :.
fublic Health Servtc" and the Board
"i Heath 81 that state
During the epidemic 81 plague IN
San franelsc" in lso7-l4oH. It Vas
discovered that the ground squirrel.
a rural rodent which ab"unds on the
faclnc Coast. had acquired the lnfec-
non. Cases of plague in human be-
lnss which had occurred In rural dis
trlctS were traced 10 these rodents.
Since 1908, the chief efforts III tha
luolc Health Service and the Cali
f"rnla state Board IL Health. acting
~ c"-"p"rau"n. have been directed to
the eradication ~ plague from among
ground squirrels, The most satlsfac-
tory work has been accomplished
s.hce JulA i. 1918. due I" The A".
tnat Sufhclent FUNDS and adequate
Iesisiatloh We're provided by the state
LEGISLATURE AT ~ last session.
since JutH ! 1918. 20 per cent -
the squirrels on a.loo,ooo acres t4,b4@
square fnllesl nave been destroyed.
injection was round on only tWenfy-
one ranches out OF 23H formerly III
lected' ana only sINty-nihe infected
squirrels We're found AS compared L
so2 IN 1917 n AZ in 1913. The
tWenty-one ranches Were comprised
IN seven 1oCl or localities situated TAO
IN one county, one in u second. three
IN a third. and one in the fourth
county. The percentage Of Infection
has fallen from > per cent IN 1912
ana l.66 per cent in 1913. to 02 per
cent In 1914. All infected and al
joining property has been hunted in
tens1Ve!y from two TO five times this
summer. and hunters now have 10
cover an average of IS acres to obtain
one squirrel.
from n experience gained. the
following facts were elected:
/ Groand squirrels can be 50 re-
duced IN numbers that plague can not
De discovered among them.
:. Squirrels have been reduced 90
per ceni over an area Of $780, 900
acres
d squirrels nave been. To AL pTac-
ucal purposes, e~radicated from an
area OF zoo'ooo acres, which conn
prlStd All injected ranches and the
rahches ilAnledia'ely adJolnlnI-
1 AFTER the completion OF squirrel
eve fnihddoh operations on injected
idhu' IN ohiE one instance mas hunl-
lhs - ne most intensive character
IrNeaieo me pieSfh'e OF plague among