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the request of the foregoing petition
was granted, allowing an additional S.
for scalps from all wolves killed in the
Parish of Bossier for period of twelve
months, and the Police Juror of the ward
in which said wolf or wolves may be
killed is hereby authorized to draw an
order for the payment of same, upon
satisfactory proof being presented to
himself.
The following petition, asking for an
election for or against hogs running at
large in Ward Three, was presented and
its request allowed, the election to be
ordered at the January meeting, to-wit:
To the Honorable Police Jury of Bossier Parish.
We, the undersigned land owners and
qualified voters of Ward Three, Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, do petition your hon
orable body to grant US an election
egainst hogs running at large.
Robt. w. McLeish. John H. Nattin.
N. w. Sentell. R. S. Doles.
r. G. Gilmer. L. E. Taylor.
A. R. Thompson. J.W. Taylor.
IT. H. Montgomery. H. D. Kelly.
S. J. Caldwell. G. S. Ford.
A. P. DAVIS. C. A. Harrison.
G. R. Lee. Mrs. M. L. Harrison.
NJ. Smith. Leon Sanders.
M. r. Boiling. A. w. Heifner.
q. Gardner. Bud Kelly.
I. r. Crawford. R. C. Purcell.
w. c. McCarley. J. Perry.
J. S. Rodgers.
The following summary of report CT
E. S. Burt, Parish Farm Demonstration
Agent, the same dating from February
I'd to October 10, 1914, was received and
filed:
To the Police Jury of Bossier Parish.
Gentlemen. I enrolled on my books
96 demonstrators, who demonstrated 851
acres in cotton, 694 in corn, $40 in oats,
tO8 in potatoes, 80 in peanuts, 3 in cane
and in sweet potatoes. Forty Coop
Grated with me on 6040 acres in cotton
and $50 in corn. have officially visited
them 628 times and travelled 2246 miles
by team and 671 miles by rail. I have
been able to get 800 acres of alfalfa
planted and $50 in legumes. succeeded
in getting 800 acres of clover and other
winter cover crops planted in the cotton.
| also had two orchards properly trimmed
and cultivated. l influenced two farm
ers to build silos and l have assisted
nine farmers in gathering burr clover to
plant this fall. One gathered as much
as 48 sacks on 1a acres. A number have
promised me next year to plant one row
of cotton and one row of soy beans, one
row of corn and one row of cow peas. |
have added this fall % new men, making
i total of 119 demonstrators, who will
demonstrate 292t acres in oats, 270 acres
in alfalfa and 80 in wheat, besides other
crops in the spring. / am urging all to
curtaii the cotton acreage and plant
other crops, more profitable.
have a number of farmers interested
| in tick eradication, who think will soon
build dipping vat at old Fillmore. I
am urging this point earnestly as think
it is very necessary to get rid Of the
ticks. Respectfully submitted,
E. S. BURT, Agent.
The following petition was presented
to the Police Jury:
To the Honorable Police Jury of Bossier Parish.
We, the undersigned land owners and
citizens of Bossier Parish, petition your
| honorable body to allow us public road
to lead from J. r. Arnold's, on the Mil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYS.

March 2l--To the city and mooned about all the
dav getting nought done. nor with any desire 10
do ought soever. Home TO dinner, where are H.
Clark and Marion and c. Gage and Hilda, VINO
looked loveer than ever | saw her, not e1ceptlni'
the first time which in car, and her SOL great
charm caused to pirate in publick or II, wnch
some think | should not have done, but see no
great hurt therein. They all did leave early, but
then came Glen Flory and a loquacious friend OF
his from Philadelphia, and stopped till near mid
night albeit was very weary.
22-To Mistress Sarah Powers's for dinner, and
fine one too and we did have a lObster-stew, Ike
that we had at Sebago some summers since. Thence
TO my office till eight. whence home, and Showed
nv wife the new book c. Briggs the comick artist
gave me- called The Days Of Real Sport and we
made very merry over it.
23-Walked through the town. hoping | should
feel better having the influenza and walked SIX
miles: after which did feel less i'll. fine dinner
at home this night, the Girl Olive doing better than
ever she hath done before. and baked cake. Of
her own planning with Madeira sauce, and was
hopen to two great pieces which pleased her
beyond measure. TO my office. where all the even
ing and 50 home and to bed.
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|. w. w. Well Handled.

Thanks to Police Commissioner Mckay, the
l. w W. has not had much luck recently in get
ting on the front pages OF the newspapers Inc
head OF the Police Department has kept his senses
and refused TO he rushed into violent repreSslve
measures He has declined to follow the advice
Of those who would have the anarchists arrested
at every turn The novelty of church raiding soon
wore out With no arrests since those OF Iannen-
baum and his followers, there were no attitudes
TO be struck in court There was no arbitrary
action OF the authorities to protest against. The
aCitators were allowed to meet and speak No legal
right of theirs was curtailed. Their whole cam
paign of publicity, which consists always Of nag
ging the public authorities into making some false
and oppressive step get rid Of them was in dan
ger of utter failure
New York had almost forgotten the |. W. W.
when the Fifth avenue parade occurred. Here the
publicity seeking reyolutionSts caught the Police
Department mapping but 1t is better that ii should
err in that way than as the authorities Of Law
renee and Paterson erred. Police Commissioner
Mckay will be prepared for a similar outbreak
next time and he will curb It. with discretion, we
expect He seems TO know, what ought 10 be
learned elsewhere, that the worst thing you can
do TO a revolution Is to take it calmly If the
authorities refuse TO get excited over the l. W. w.
nobody else viii
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
Economy Pledges Versus Democratic
Desire for Jobs.

Tho Republican party whose members controi
tho Aeeon,h1v and the Democratic party, whose
members control the Senate are pledged to econ
omv bv leaders and platforms 1t certainly oush'
10 be possible for them TO pass an annual appro-
,,riaton bill which should do much justice to inc
moods of denartments as the states income permits,
but at the same time live up to the economy pieogeS'
Yet the Senate's opposition to the Assemblys DILL
which is an attempt to do exactly this, threatens
TO impose on the state the expense or an extra
session of the Legislature.
Perhaps the Assembly has undertaken to achieve
economy by the axe method, and the work been
rough I'm consequence. Nevertheless, the senate
will not find great deal OF public sentiment behlnu
# in its fight to maintain the existence or the De
partment Of Efficiency and Economy, the Fire
Nfarshals Bureau and the PrlZefght commission
The Prizefght Commission IS pet project or jim
Frawleys and the prizefght promoters olner-
wise It is Of no to anybody In particular II
never would be missed. The Department or Ell
riencv and Economy began as q Suzerian reform
When it had been formed in Difference to MS grow
dng prospectuses the public discovered that all us
high salaried jobs filed with Iammany pom
ticians 1t has been much harder TO discover WHAT
these men do 10 deserve their pay. Part OF the
denartment's routine work IS a duplication Of the
70 do could be done better and cheaper by bureau
IN the Controllers office The Fire Marshal IS an
official with duty so widespread under the law
that force q hundred times as big and expensive
as his could not fulfil it. Perhaps that is why the
general public IS unaware that any particular re-
suit has ever been achieved by this bureau.
All the Assemby's cuts are not 50 well justified
rs the adjustment Of appropriations for these three
There should have been no attempt to abolish the
State Probation Commission, for instance, which
does valuable work at little cost TO the state. 1t
IS doubtful whether it was the part Of wisdom 10
prme the appropriations for the Education Depart
ment and the state hospitals they were pruned
These are matters over which there might well be
n difference Of opinion in the conference commit
tee and even though the total reduction in expen-
ditnres might not be quite so big as the Assembly
had planned. the public welfare might be promoted
bv restoration Of some Of the Topped items for
these purposes. 1t is very different matter with
he Prizefght Commission, the Department Of Eff
eiency and Economy and the Fire Marshars Blu
reau This Is a political fight; these departments
have become mere politicians perquisites. Only
politicians will advocate their retention. If the
Senate violates its economy pledges TO the extent
Of forcing an extra session to hold this patronage
hs voters Of the state can be trusted to remember
The fact on Election Day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
The Army and Ulster.

Tie disa1ection in the army-quelled only pY 'he
distinct concession that Il would not be used against
Ulster-appears 10 have come as complete SUIT
prise to the Liberal government. It was generaliy
believed by both parties that the officers Uhlonis'S
though they were, considered discipline more I'M
portant than any sentiment for the Ulster cause
Many officers may still take this view ; put many
more have proved that they do not.
It is possible that Sir Edward carson knew OF
the intending designations I'm Ireland; after all. lie
was on the spot. and that may explain BIS dramatic
exit last week from the House of Commons. IL IS
possible that Mr.. ASquith was not forewarned
against either the designations or the very apparent
uneasiness Of the King but. at any rate, these re-
cent DEVELOPMENTS have combined 10 force his hand.
1t is still possible for Mr. Asquith to concede the
siy-year death sentence as detail, not princl-
pie. in his plan. He has never said that it was
more than a detail. Belfast may still accept the
plan thus amended. although the Covenanters are
now likely 10 Increase rather than diminish their
demands.
But at any rate, Mr.. Asquith has no more time
to lose OF the dangers which beset statesmen
there is none greater than military dlSalfection He
will need his remarkable fertility of resource as
even he has not needed It before
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
The Money Maker of College Sports.

Football remains the great money maker among
college sports Its profits are many times larger
than those Of any other sport, and its winnings
go to make good the deficits incurred IN nonpaying
activities like rowing and track athletics. Prince
ton reports football receipts in 1913 Of S67,313 and
profits Of S32322. Harvord's receipts were $114SG4
and its profits SS4713.
IL is no wonder that the university athletic bodies
rank football as their leading sport. But it would
remain so even If its box office drawing power had
not been exploited. 1t is about the only sport
into which professionalism has not intruded and is
not likely 10 intrude The public can have its fill
Of baseball all summer long. It non col
legiate track and field athletics, hockey swimming,
wrestling and rowing. But It can get the thrill Of
football only In the shadow OF seats Of learning
and in atmosphere Of mellow scholaStciSm and
rigid amateurism. The toughest Of our sports IS
thus at once the most exclusive and the most
aDuring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
Put the False Weighers Out of Business

\ good bill, whose passage has long hung fire at
Albany and which ought to be passed before this
session ends is that OF Senator Seeey standardiz-
ing the types Of weighing scales and implements.
one Of the greatest abuses Of the retail trade to-day
is the short weighing machine The poor and gno-
rant suffer most by it, but among weo-do
marketers there few who take the trouble to
rewcigh or remeasure the supplies they pay for
Mr. Seeeys bill provides for the approval 10y a
state board Of all the types Of measures used. The
board is 10 consist Of the state Superintendent of
Weights and Measures and the chief weights and
measures officials OF cities Of the first class A ma
orty Of the board shall pass favoraby on the type
Of machines and implements manufactured before
tie manufacturer can make sell them I'm this
state.
The city administration here has hitherto been
avcrSe 10 yielding it's control over weights and
measures 10 board in which it would have but
one vote The bill at Albany has now been amended
50 ms to retain in the hands Of the Mayor the power
10 disapproye the findings Of the state board If he
thinks it in the public interest to do 50.
We have made much progress i'm doing away with
the mcaneet Kind Of cheatng-thc abomnation Of
false weights and measures But much remains 10
be done 10 defeat the rapacity Of INSCRIPTIONS
dealers. Their toll on the community is sin large
When eliminate II We shall have done somcthin.
substantial toward reducing the high cost Of living
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
Triangle Day.

The creation Of Triangle Day, when fire drills
shall be held in schools and factories and account
taken Of our care for human lives, is in the rSht
spirit and a sound idea. It is pleasanter to com
memorate our successes and to take our memorials
as occasions for soft words and gay doings. Use and
fitness lie the other way.
A fire drill once year may not be vast security
But It IS something as a check and test of cur
rent safeguards. OF far more Importance, it may
serve to remind a city of its tragedy and disgrace
of how it let greed and carelessneSs ana Indner-
ence kill with free and terrible hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
WORK, AND THEN MORE WORK
1t Is Especially Recommended to
Disseminated Soul.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | take It from his name that y.
~ Imadversor is one Of those fellows that
the advocates of restricted immigration
are trying to keep out of this country
one of those who would be kept out no.
by subterfuge but by honest exclusion
laws designed frankly to keep foreigners
out OF this country. This not because the
foreiene. is necessarily worse than We
are. but because he IS different. and in
many instances he positively refuses to
assimiate.
How often do we find persons Of foreiSn
birth unable TO speak ineligible English
denouncing the American government, while
insisting at the same moment that they
have left home because of oppressive
laws In one breath they say the United
States is worse than Russia, or italy or
Greece, and in the next breath they de-
clare that the ports OF this country must
be kept open to admit their fellows from
the same part of the world. The liberal
immigration propaganda is inslncere from
start to finish.
But for Mr.. Imadyersor: He rails a
life because he has to arise at o'clock
in the morning, hurry through his break
fast work until : o'clock and then home
and worry because the same performance
must he gone through tomorrow. In the
same issue OF The Tribune Bishop Greer
says he frequently works eighteen hours
day. and that plenty OF work IS good
for a man.
The trouble with Mr.. rmadversor is
that he was born tired. acquired that
tired feeling or had 1t thrust upon him
by association with the /. W. ". GIT
up at o'clock in the morning, and II |
get through at ., or 6, or could be sure Of
getting through az o'clock every even
ing. I should consider myself fortunate.
Like the Bishop | put in long days-pr0o-
ably sixty or seventy hours a week. And
unlike Mr.. Imadversor, l do not lament
because / have TO work again to-mOr-
row. ! rather enjoy It'll certainly enjoy
it more than | should enjoy agitating IN
Union Square or sacking churches: ana
| am merely a wage save-haven't a
cents worth OF stock i'm the concern.
am naturally as lazy as an aborigine, too
The average man spends his evenings
reading Of what greater men than he have
done. Is it any wonder why men
are becoming dissatisfed?' II they all
took the attitude toward life that this
critic takes there would be no great men
TO read about in the chimney corner after
the seven or eight hours of slavery
were ended. We would all be sleeping IN
churches or marching from San Francisco
10 Washington-at the expense Of me
community.
Apparently what Mr. Imadversor needs
IS little real work TO keep his mind Off
his imaginary troubles II his hours were
cut down further he would be forced into
revolution In spite OF himself There are
lot Of men in this country bowling for
less work who really need more work.
r. l.. ORION.
Brooklyn March %, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
LIGHTING THE CABBAGE FIELDS
A Westchester Citizen Protests Against
New Tax Map.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Have you noticed that the pro-
posed amendment to the Westchester
County tax law, which Is now in process
OF being TANNED through the Legislature
contains job that reminds one OF the
palmy days, or rather nights, when the
unbroken cabbage fields OF New Utrecht
were brightly illuminated by miles and
miles of twinkling lampposts?
The joker in the bill provides that all
the towns in the county must be surveyed
for elaborate tax maps at a great ex-
pense, which maps will be about as much
use TO the farming communities as the
city lampposts were TO the New Utrecht
cabbage fields.
The citizens Of these towns. irrespective
OF party. have signed a petition OF pro-
test. and there Is now presented at AL
bany the inspiring spectacle OF the I.egis-
lature attempting to pass bill against
the unanimous wishes of all the voters in
many OF the towns affected.
LET THE PEOPLE RULE.
New York. March o, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
WITH THE USUAL.

When I went TO the Polo Grounds first fan
(Said | to mysef-ssid d,
I'll act on a new and original plan
(Said to mysef-said u,
I'll never announce it to be my belief
The umpire is naught but rogue and thief,
Because decision has given me grief
(Said / to mysel6-said L.
TO rattle pitcher never shall clap
(Sad / to mysef-said y.
I'll throw back foul If it drops in my lap
(Sad | to mysef-said u,
And though | belong to the tribe of Manhat.,
Hcrer shall whoop when the Chief comes to bat
Whatever do, shall NEVER do that
(Sad | to mysef-said H.
RAE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
No Comfort for Tammany.

There viii be no comfort for Tammany in it II
President Wilson appoints ex-Mayor Sague OF
iPoughkeepsie as Appraiser Of the Port as Senator
OGorman has recommended And there surely can
be no comfort for Tammany in the fact that Sena-
tor OGorman has recommended Mr. Sague 1t
places the Senator definitely with the ARTHUR
phyites, If further definition were needed.
Mr. Sague has been fighting Tammany within
the Democratic party for several years. He backed
Senator Roosevelt in the insurgent movement which
banded O'Gorman I'm Washington Aside from that
he is progressive person, with record Of success
Annraiser.
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CONSIDERABLE KATHERINE coDprNGroN.


Miss katherine Coldnson entertained dinner party,
Monday evening. her home Washington street in
compliment Miss Helen Harold The table exqustey
with crystal basket Of lilies OF the valley and
unique day novelties The baskets
lilies OF valley cupIs
Francis O Boyle Of Pttson. n guest.
katherine Coddingon. Of No SO Washington street.
gave Monday night honor Of Miss Helen Harold
whose engagement George r. cole Covers
We're beautifully cable
tered with nlei lilies e. valley. The
Mace hand painted hearts
Newpics bearing dian ond ring AM
other in which the cards OF the bride
cleo The present included Mrs
Gamble Misses Alice Cole Donnelan OIfara
Gina Stowc Ethel OIlaa. Nee Scanon Margaret Shaug-
ressy Mae OSe Dolie Euchmeier. Alice OConnor,
OConnor. Edna Washhurn Edna Harold Mrs. James
Francis O'BOye o. Pittsun.
One Of delightful receptions
residence 40. So Washington street
night be- Katherine Cod0ington
George X Cole announced
laid for The miniature
while the brides reservation a miniature
bouquet blossoms in which EMBODIED
"a solitaire Tie color scheme and
white lilies Of the valley we're conspicuous in all OF tho
Tho guests included Mrs
Gamble Ms Alice Cole. NAV Donnelan. Edna Iiara
Regina Ethel Ollara. Nellie Scanon, Margaret Shagh
nose, Matte ONei polie Buchmier Alice OConnor. Sadie
Conner. Edna WashbLrn. Edna Harold and Mrs. James
Francis O Boyle, Of Pitision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
The Fading OF the Red.

The failure Of the Red Week" in Germany was
appropriate and suggestive That week was in
tended TO mark great revival Of the more extreme
forms 81 Socialist activity, aud IL was ANTICIPATED
by many with much trepidaton as likely TO give n
serious shock 20 social order An It achieved how
ever was the Disagreement with red paint Of the
pedestal Of Emperor Frederlck's statue
Just fifty years ago all Europe was frightened
before the menace OF another Red Terror" The
very name Or the "IDtcrnationale' was whispered
furtiyely, with dread Men seriously regarded Il as
the harbingcr or impending and inevitable rcyolu-
ton. Yet the thing died in dozen years without
having organized anything worse than talkfcst.
Hed Is regarded as an Intense and permanent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-24
A BOOK AGENT PROTESTS
The Good Variety Should Not Be
Judged by His Evil Brothers.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial in Sundays Tribune
on THE EXecrated Book Agent" is most
unjust. Do you realize that most OF the
culture and education OF the American
people comes from the wide range OF
literature they read? Do you realize that
IL is solely owing TO these insidious
pests" that such is the case?
People do not go into the bookstores ey-
cCpt TO buy a popular novel or child's
story book. The great books-histories.
encyclopedias. biographies, collections OF
essays. orations, reference works. relig-
ious books. etc.-ars all sold by subscrip-
ton. In my own experience. covering a
few years. in selling books | have been
many times the missionary that started
people 10 read. Some OF my best friends
are people that | originally met through
selling them books. W. s. X.
New York. March o, 1914