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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
HONEST IN THEIR GAMBLING
Writer Asserts That Chinese Have
Best of Regulations as Devotees
OF Chance.
There exists Ia the initial States a

There exists in the United States a
class OF gamblers Of which little is
known, who ares never muck-raked
and seldom arrested; and as straight
and as game" gamblers as the old
school Of the fraternity in America
ever was, / refer 10 the Chinese,
writes Hugh S. Fullerton. in the Amer
lean Magazine. American. gamblers
who have dealt fer or played against
the Chinese viii testify that they are
blood brothers of the game Almost
every Chinaman is a gambler in the
true sense of the term, and gambling
fits his philosophy better than it does
ours. Besides, they are honest-Bret
Harte to the contrary-and in the
West, where the Chinaman is known,
his marker is as good as cash almost
anywhere.
l remember once when Chun. our
cook, ran of from the ranch one psy
day and I was detailed to go into Sill
yer City and drag him home by the
queue or else assume the duties of cook
myself. Chun was getting 81 month
and he had three months pay when
he set out on foot for Silver. l found
him with more than S1.400 in checks
in front Of him. One cannot win an
argument from a Chinaman with ST.
400 I had to wait two days before
he was broke, happy, and ready to go
back for three more months
In almost every western gambling
house the Chinaman is welcome and
regarded as a dangerous player, who,
with run Of luck, is likely to sweep
the house clean. I have seen a laun-
drynan in Fresno bet $1,000 on the
turn Of a card and lose without NOV
ing an eyelash. They play poker won
derfully well and internationally There
may be cheats among. them, but the
gamblers who deal for them testify
that they are about the most honor
able of gamblers.
Cinnamon are big gamblers every
where. In California; according to fig
ures compiled by the labor commits
sion few years ago it was estimated
that more than half of the total earn
ings of all the Chinese in the state
pass through the hands of gamblers.
The police do not interfere much with
Chinese gambling, chiefly because they
are hopelessIy baked in striving to
match wits with the oriental
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Poor Los Name Means Something

Lands on the Grow Indian Reserva-
ton in Montana are being advertised
for sale by the government. These
lands are on the market because the
Indians to whom they were originally
allotted are either dead or non-compe-
tent In the advertisement the names
of these original alIottees are given
and these certainly are some names.
Here are a few samples: High Fish,
Pretty Fish, Horn on the Neck, Goes
to the Horses, Sings Among the
Leaves, Three Wolves, Plays With the
Weasel, Pretty Hat, Dof, Male Bear,
Kills With the Horses, Big Nose, Fan
ME Big Day, On Top of the Hill, Kills
the Man Who Has No Front Teeth.
Bird Comes From Afara. Irene Among
Enemy, His Enemy Is Dangerous, Gun
That Sings, Bad Belly, Kills on Her
Own Ground, Knows the Whole Camp,
Grow That Shows, Falls Down Old,
By the Side of the Water, Looks at
the Tobacco-and so on down the
line.-Kansas City Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
USING THE TOBACCO SPRAYS
Particularly Valuable for All Kinds of
phis-Shouid BE Applied About
the First OF June.
By A. L. NELAHDER. Washington Ex.
pertinent Stati0n-)

CBy A L NELAEDER. Washington Elk
pertinent Station)
The tobacco sprays ere particularly
valuable for all kinds OF aphis, iIcIud-
ing those species affecting house
plants. The wooIly aphis, blackberry
aphis. the leaf hopper. red spider. fes
beetles and young scale insects all car
be controlled by this spray. This makes
probably the best spray for oyster
shell bark louise, and should be given
for that insect as soon as the young
hatch, usually about June l.
Although primarily contact spray
with tobacco spray kills by suI0ca-
ton. For this reason it surpasses 9th
er contact remedies like kerosene
emulsion or whale oil soap.
After an aphis has curled a leaf
it is difficult to control it with other
contact remedies, because the aphis
is protected from such remedies. but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Undecided.

We may well be astonished at the
death certificate recently submitted
by a native doctor at an inquest in
PARKWAY India. 4 think she died or
lost her life for want of food, or on
account Of starvation and perhaps for
other things of her comfortables, and
most probably she died by drowning. ="
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Why Is It?

Sometimes it seems as if every per-
son who is lacking in initiative, spe-
ciaI ability or industry desires to be
either writer, an actor or an artist.
The most agreeable way for lazy
person to make a living is to express
his own opinions, emotions and i'm
pressions.-Norman Hapgood, in liar
per's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Wanted Nurse 70 Copy Il.

A lady took her daughter out to
tea, and was much shocked to see her
try to put a thin piece Of bread and
butter into her pocket.
What ever are you trying to do?"
asked the mother.
The little girl replied: 4 thought
I would take this home to nurse for
pattern"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Poor Planter Is EXPENSIVE.

If the corn planter gave trouble
last spring, better order new one
now. A poor corn planter is an ex-
pensive implement to use. Even
though the planter dropped satisfac-
torily last yeac, 1t should be tested
with this years seed supply before
planting time arrives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
1i0MAN COULD
NOT SIT Up
Tcyy Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E. Piakharn's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped Her.
Ironton, Ohio. Sc I am enjoying bet
ter health now than ! have for twelve

years. When | be-
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound 1
could not sit up. I
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. / used the
remedies a year and
! can do my work
and for the last eight
m o n tbs | h av e
work q n fOr other
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

After a girl in a small town passes
the age of twenty-five without having
caught on she is willing to move to
q new town
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Not Guilty.

Mother-Well. Bobbie, I hope you
were a good boy at Mrs. Bonds and
didn't ask for two pieces of pie.
Bobbie-No, ma, l didn't ask for two
pieces; only asked if there wasn't
goin' to be any.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Reform That Has WEIGHT.

The only reform that really reforms
is at work all the time, and that is the
growing demand for better men anC
better women-Tilden.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Bean Srowinu

In extending bean growing into new
territory there are no positive rules
to be followed. Simply try some
of the different varieties and watch
results
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Valuable By-Product.

The manure on the farm is the most
valuable by-pToduct. but it doesn't do
any good as long as it is left in the
barnyard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Work for SUCCESS.

The everlasting care and work nee
essary to success with poultry will
have much to do with the reputation
of any one in the poultry business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Bio Cron Of TnmaAnee

If the root system of tomato plants
Is not disturbed throughout its growth,
it will bear the largest and earliest
crop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Variety for Sheen

Sheep are partial to a change of
diet. consequently the greater the va
riety of feed the better the results
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

Quarreling before marriage may be
an indication of love, but it does not
indicate the same after the ceremony.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Keep Windows Clean.

Keep the windows of the henhouse
clean, so that the inside of the house
may get all Of the light that is pos
sible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Daughter Helped Also.

''I gave it TO my daughter when she
was thirteen years old. She was in
school and was a nervous wreck, and
could not sheep nights. Now she looks
SO healthy that even the doctor speaks
of it. You can publish this letter if you
Ike. Mrs. RENA BOWMAN, 161 S. 10th
Street, Ironton, Ohio.
Why viii women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy Of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
IF you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bleCompOund will help you, write
TO Lydia e. Pinlham Medicine Co.
(cOntidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Real Secret Of Life.

The secret Of life is not to do what
one likes, but to try TO ike that which
one has tc do; and one does it in tiae
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
plant Goods for Soils

Potash. phosphoric acid and nitro
zen are the plant foods that have to
De supplied to most soils.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Charcoal for Poultry.

Charcoal in pieces the size of a pea
or burnt cork once week is good for
all poultry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

a drip of tobacco spray on the leaf
will give a fume which viii prevent
the breathing of the aphis, and this
can be depended on, even though the
leaves of the tree are badly curled,
The tobacco sprays are coming more
a. more into general use. The depre-
dations of the various forms of plant
lice are so great that the most effec-
tive remedies should be made use of
in controlling them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

Some genius may yet be able to
make breakfast food Of wild oats
Vancouver World
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

women, too. l cannot praise Lydia E.
Pinkham' S Vegetable Compound enough
for know never would have been as
well if l had not taken it and l recon-
mend it to suffering women"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
NOT so MUCH TO BE PITIED
Visiting EngIishmen Wasted Sympathy
on Man of Millions Who Was
Out for Exercise.

James StilIman once received a
group Of British financiers in his i'm
posing New York Office and enter
tanned them at luncheon in the Met
r0politan club. Afterward he excused
himself, saying that he had important
business. But you can use my big
French motor" he said, pointing to
a splendid $4,000 machine that stood
outside They accepted his invitation
and started off.
A few hours later the Britons were
speeding down hill on the Hudson
river drive. Suddenly they spied a
lone cyclist toiling up the incline. He
was pumping hard, but making
progress. As they neared him one of
the Britishers said:
Il wonder who that begger isl"
Poor DEVIL" remarked another.
When they raced past him they saw
that the poor devil was their host,
the head of one of the greatest of
world banks, in whose costly car they
We're Enthusiastically Evening Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more
goods than others. Adv.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
PRocL AVIATION OF ELECTION.
by the
SMOKE BEND DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

| Donsldsonville, La, May 81. 1914:
Pursuant to a resolution adopted by
the Board of Commissioners OF the SMOKE tl ae
Bend Drainage District OF the parish o OF
Ascension, state OF Louisiana, at spe5
cial meeting held at the domiclle OF SAD
Board Of Commis a;o - on . May I'm n;
the Board of Commissioners of the
Smoke Bend Drainage District of the
| parish of Ascension. state of LOUISIANA,
oy virtue of the authority vested in n: me
and in obedience and compliance with
said resolution, do hereby proclaim that
a special election will be held OF the the
| property taxpayers qualified under tue
constitution and laws Of the state OF
Louisiana to vote at said election. in the
Smoke Bend Drainage District OF the
parish OF Ascension. Louisiana. on
THURSDAY, JULY 9. 1914.
between the hours of z o'clock a. m:
and o'clock p. M, for the purpose Of
obtaining the sense of the property tax
payers entitled to vote on the following
proposition:
To authorize the Board of Commits
create an indebtedness of TEN THOU
sANR FIVE he banas
therefor said bonds to bear interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum pay
able semi annually, and to run for
period not longer than twenty-five years,
Tor the following purposes. to-Wit: OF
paying the expenses OF organization ana
the running and operating expenses %, OF
the Board of Commissioners OF the
Smoke Bend Drainage District; OF oper-
ating drainage canals. bitches. or ma
chinery owned and operated or controlled
by said drainage district to open, en-
large, cut, extend such canals and
streams situated within the limits OF
said drainage, district as in the Judg.
ment of said Board of Commissioners
of said drainage district may be deemed
necessary and proper. economically, to
drain the property included within the
linfats thereof.
For the purposes of said election. and
in accordance with said ordinance. the
polling places are hereby designated at
Thomas Bradford's carriage house. sit
'uated within the limits Of said dis
trict. and Messrs. E. P. Melancon, Hen
ry Dugas and Florian Arceneaux have
been appointed commissioners. and
Schuyler F. Brasset clerk. to serve at
said poll. All of said commissioners and
clerk OF election shall serve without
compensation.
1 do further proclaim and give notice
that At ocl4ek 3: u m o on T N Sa
missioners of the Smoke. Bend Drainage
District, of the parish of Ascension. Lou
isiana, will meet at Smoke Bend, the
donicil of said Board of Commissioners
of said drainage district, and in open
examine and count the ballots in num-
per and amount, examine and canvass
the, returns and declare the result of
sa4 SPECIAL elefction, Which result nh
iication in one issue of the official jour
nal. of the parish of Ascension.
Done and signed at Smoke Bend, in
the parish OF Ascension. state OF Lou
PAUL LEBLANC,
President, Board OF Commissioners of the
Smoke Bend Drainage District OF
the Parish of Ascension. Louisiana.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
To PROMOTE STATES
PROGRESS.
Tabloid Reasons for a Larger Appro-
priation for Colonization and I'M
mioration Purposes in Louisiana.

To increase the wealth production
of the soil.
To secure experienced farmers to
buy and cultivate the untenanted
lands of Louisiana.
To promote diversified farming and
stock raising to replace sugar Gull
ture.
To increase the taxable value OF
the state as whole.
To systematic the methods and
practice of modern colonization.
To protect the homeseeker from
imposition and to follow his welfare
after located.
To exploit the state of Louisiana
in the United States, Canada and
Europe through an official and au-
thoritative bureau which will COM
mand respect and belief.
To secure practical returns On the
$35, 200 cash invested by the state
Of Louisiana in the United States I'M
migrant Station at New Orleans by
fostering a greater use of the SUI
perior facilities of this station.
To correct Misrepresentation of
this and other southern states as to
health and climate, treatment Of
strangers and general living con-
ditions.
To augment and supervise the work
of private agencies now engaged in
legitimate colonization.
To prevent the operation of I'M
worthy and doubtful colonization
schemes.
To remove Louisiana from the
''black belt map" now published and
circulated in Europe, classifying the
south as prohibited.
To accomplish in an official way
what private interests are debarred
by law from doing, i'll the way of Sc
curing alien homeseekers,
To advertise the agricultural nat.
ural and game resources and condi=
tons of Louisiana by means of a
state agricultural exhibition train.
To secure the official and harmon
ious cooperation of European govern
ments with the state OF Louisiana in
the selection and protection of colo
nists.
| To set the pace for the entire Unit
ed States in the orderly, systematic,
efficient and scientific handling of
the immigration and colonization
problem.
For reasons such as these and for
every reason of progress and intel
lgent foresight, the commercial and
agricultural interests Of the state of
Louis ana urge prompt and favor
able action upon the petition for an
adequate appropriation on the part
of the legislature for colonization and
immigration purposes.
The great northwest and Canada
have been built up from a bleak and
barren wilderness and made prosper
Gus and productive by methods such
as these, Why should Louisiana not
do likewise?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
sHERIFF'S SALE.
StaSe of Louisiana-Parish of Ascension
.-TWenty-Seventh Judicial Dis
trict Court
S. v. Vega
VS.. No, 22Q4
A, u, Vega, il.

a, - sesa' si'
K VIRTUE OF anu IN opedlence 20
~ an order OF seizure and sale, issued
by the above named court in the above
entitled ana NUMBERED cause, ana 20
me directed, l nave seized ana taken
INTO a, my possession: ana Wili oiIef lof
Sale at pupilc auctlon 10 the last ana
hlgpest BIDDER, according to law, at the
pflaclpa! front door OF the courthouse oi
the parish OF ascension, IN the town
OF Donatdsongiie. on
SATURDAY, JUNE ~, 1919,
Ut - o CLOCK d. M, the iolloWlhs ue-
sclspea psopefty; te-Wil' :.
z u1Vi s. nait OF CERTAIN CERTAIN , ioe o.
srsund sltuated IN the town OF Donalq- -
soHyllie, IN this parish, IN that part az
% %, s. sag n Town known as faupourg q.
- asS b az uesagaaseh on s M ,l..
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
To Growers of Onions, ShaIIots and
Garlic.

Baton Rouge, La, May IA, 1914.
In the raising Of the above crops,
as in all small plants, it pays to work
to get the maximum yield per acre
consistent with soil, drainage and eli
matte conditions, at a minimum cost
in money and labor. While some
fair results have been obtained this
season by some farmers, they can
easily realize that they could have
doubled their yield of $50 strings per
acre at a very small expense.
To be able to get the best results
for the. coming year, it requires but
little planning and executing to re-
duce to minimum the cultivating
of the plants set in land richer in
growing elements.
Up to the present time, the crops
in question have succeeded better
when planted on the same land for a
series of years, if enough humus
from coWpeas or other legumes can
be furnished to supply the nitrogen
that forms the greatest portion of
the needs of the plants.
The other requirement is to keep
down or prevent the growth of
weeds and grasses.
These two objects are accomplished
by devoting the land occupied by
onions, shallots or garlic to a broad
cast crop Of coWpeas, tbs land being
first put up in rows of the width
necessary for good drainage, in view
to plant two, three Or four rows from
Is to "a inches apart.
During the fall, lend of September
to first part of October). the peas
can be taken off with a mower, but
the stubble and the roots must be
ploWed under to enrich the top soil
This blowing does not need to be
done more than 4 inches deep, leav-
ing the rows as previously formed,
and not turning up weed and grass
seeds that are buried under 5 or 6
inches OF soil from former blowing
and which will never terminate if
left alone
If this process is followed, great
improvement will be found in the
mechanical condition of the soil, bet
ter growing of the plants with less
weeds and grasses to fight.
The custom in some sections to
plant corn after a bulb crop results
III producing too much trash to be
ploWed under, or the removal of
corn stalks and roots, difficulty in
getting the land ready before fall
planting, and too much grass to fight
with the hoe and other implements.
1t necessitates wider rows and more
space between the plants, thus les
SEEMING the yield that could be OBJ
tanned
Give a trial to the above and you
will never regret it.
L. E. PERRIN,
U. S. Agent, Farm Demonstration
Work.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-20
PARTITION SALE.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Aseen-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Judicial
District Court.
L. A. Beaverton
VS.. No. 21So

Joseph Herbert Beaverton ct ais.
l. Y VIRTUE OF and in obedience
- to an order of sale, to effect {
court in the above entitled and mum
bered cause, and to me directed,
have taken into my possession anc
will offer for sale at public auction
to the last and highest bidder, &C
cording to law, at the principal front
door of the courthouse of the parish
of Ascension, in the town of Donald
sonvflle, on
SATURDAY, JULY IL, 1914,
at II o'clock a. M, the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
Three certain lots of ground, to-
gether with all the buildings and
improvements thereon and all the
rights, ways, privileges, servitudes
and advantages thereunto appertain.
ing and belonging, situated in the
parish of Ascension, state of Louisi-
ana, in the fifth ward of said parish,
and designated as lots Nos. ten (10)
and eleven (11) and part of lot No.
nine (9), of section twelve (l2), in
township ten (10) south, range three
(3) east, southeastern district, east
of river, st. Helena meridian in Lou
isiana, containing thirty and forty
eight one-hundredths go 4s-100)
acres; being the same property Qess
two acres thereof in lot No. 81 ac-
CURED by the late Mrs. Alfred w
Beaverton from Marion n King, by
act before ]. C. Wenck, notary public
OF Orleans parish, on January IT,
1901, and recorded in Book of Convey
ances of Ascension parish No, Al, To-
lilo $685.
Terms and conditions-Cash in
United States currency.
e. C. HANSON,
Sheriff, Parish of Ascension.
DonaldsonviIle, La, June 6, 1914.