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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-12-19
MANAGING A CITY.

1t may be that the commission
form Of government and the city
manager plan have solved the
principal problems of municipal
government, but no single exper.
iment along these lines has gone
far enough to prove with any de-
gree of conclusiveness that the
form of the government is the
thing. Until a considerable
number of cities have shown con-
clusively by actual experience
that the commission form of gov
eminent and the city manager
plan make men more honest,
more efficient, more patriotic, and
that these plans can be worked
out without the Intervention of
politics. there will be more or less
skeptisicism as to the arrival Of
the municipal millennium.
Denver. for instance, has dis
covered that the inauguration Of
the commission form of govern
ment does not insure municipal
salvation. A committee of the
Denver Chamber Of Commerce
has been making an examination
into the workings of the Denver
city commission. Its findings
are not wholly satisfactory nor
are they wholly conclusive as to
the efficiency or the inefficiency Of
the commission form Of govern
ment. They rather tend to fur
nish ground for the belief that
there is not so much in the form
of government as there is in the
men who operate it.
The Denver investigating COM
mittee finds no evidence of graft
or Of great budget is larger than
it ought to be and in every de-
partment Of the city government
Improbable expenditures have
been made.
The investigating committee
says in its report that this unsat-
isfactory condition is due to in
efficient methods and lack Of CO.
ordination. Translated into the
plain American language, that
means that the commission was
composed of men who were not
pull together.
The failure Of the Denver city
commission to get good results
proves nothing. 1t merely proves
that good business men who
would pull together were not
picked to run the city under the
commission for n of government.
The success Of the Dayton COM
mission form of government
proves nothing except that at
Dayton they did pick good bust
ness men who would pull togeth-
r.
The commission form of gov
eminent has not been in opera
lion long enough satisfactory to
prove anything. Like all new
,rooms, it will sweep clean for
! time, and it may continue to
sweep clean. In the last analysis,
is success will not depend on
he fact that its form of govern
nent is different from others that
lave been in vogue. 1t will be
,etter than other forms Of govern
nent if it makes inevitable the
of better men to run it.
t will excel if its selections are
,etter business men, more pa
;riotic. more efficient, more hon.
1T and farther removed from the
Of the petty politician. /
Beaumont Enterprise. !
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-12-19
THE ORIGIN OF DIXIE.

The Wall Street Journal in re-
viewing the London Times his
tory of the Citizens Bank of Lou
isiana at New Orleans, the bank
that after 80 years Of honorable
history was converted into the
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
in 1911, gives an interesting ac-
count Of the origin of the word
"Dixie" as applied to the
South.
The Citizens Bank was so
closely identified with the South
that it gave it the name "Dixie
Land" since preserved IN the
famous Southern war song, "Dix-
ie." It came about in this way:
Prior to the Civil War in the
States, the Citizens Bank had
the power to issue paper money
notes, just as the Bank Of Eng
land does today. These bills
we're issued in denominations OF
ten dollars and twenty dollars, to
the extent of few millions. The
ten dollar bills were more COM
mon. They were well known,
and passed all over the country.
These ten dollar bills were en-
graved in French, and on the
backs they bore very prominently
the French word Dix. The ig-.
norant American living along the
upper Mississippi river, not
knowing how to pronounce the
French word. called the bills
"Dixies. Finally the banks
money became 90 popular that
Louisiana was referred to as
"The Land Of the Dixies," or
"Dixie Land" Afterward the
term was made to apply to the
Southern States.-Youth's Com
psnion. j ..saesi
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-12-19
Demand of Administration.
SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH HE
BERT DELCAMBRE,
nNCN A OTNN

SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH HE
BERT DELCAMBRE,
DECEASED.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Ibe-
ria, 10Th Jud. Dist. Court.
Whereas, Felicden Delcambre.
a resident Of the Parish of Ibe-
ria, has applied to the Honorable
the 10Th Judicial District Court
Of Louisiana holding sessions in
and for the Parish of Iberia, to
be appointed Administrator Of
the Succession of Joseph Hebert
Delcambre.
Notice is therefore hereby Civ
en- to all who it may or doth
concern, to show cause, if any
they have, within ten days from
the first publication hereof, why
the prayer of the said Felicien
Delcambre should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable James
Simon, Judge of our said Court
this 10th day Of December, A. D.,
1914.
A. j. MAUMUS,
D'y Clerk of Court.
Cammack & Broussard, Attys.
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-12-19

When children cough a good
deal it is time to take notice or
something serious will develop. A
few doses of BALLARDS HORE-
HOUND SYRUP may ward of q
spell of sickness. Price Csc, Soc
and $1.OO per bottle. Sold by Es-
forge Drug Co.
fAAvartianno0t1
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-12-19
:. Z. DkLHONMER, Cashier.

New iberia. La Dec. IL, 1914.
The regular ANIMAL meeting Of The state
Nation al Bank OF New Iberia, to elect =
Board Of Directors for the ensuing year,
will be held At the banking house, OIL Tues
lay, January 12, 1915. between the hours
Ut 10 A. NJ. and 4 P. NJ
J r PERRY, Cashier.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-12-19
BANK ELECTION NOTICES

Nv Iberia, La Dec 70, 1914
The r guiar annusl meeting of he stock
holders of the New Iberia National BaL X
o!Nsw Iteris, to cleo. 8 30 - O. Dirf c'ors
for the ensnlDg year. will be he d at rh+
barking hcuss, on Tueicsv, ia, un,y ~,
1915 between The hours of 10 a. Nj. and
4 P NJ.
ErkfI ~ So
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-12-19

New Iberia, La, Dee. ~, 1914.
The regular annual meeting of he stock.
holders Of the Peoples Nationsl Bank Of
New Iberia. to elect 4 Board of Directors
for the ensuing year, will be held at the
parking house, on Tuesday, January IL,
1918, between the hours Of 10 A. M. and
1 P n.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07

The valentine that Huerta sends
to Wilson ought to be a peach, and
Taft and Teddy, those good friends,
should give us all another screech.
The weather prophets, all at sea, will
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
MEN WHO WILL
ASSIST BOARD

The recent action of the people of
southern Yuma county at a mass
meeting held in Yuma on January II
in determining to name an advisory
committee to the board of supervis-
ors in the sale of the highway i'm
provement bonds and the building of
good roads in this county has met
with popular favor in this end of the
county.
At the meeting of the board OF
trade last Saturday night communi-
cation was received from G. G. Dunn,
who addressed the board on behalf
of the southern portion of the county,
asking that one member of the ad-
visory committee be elected from
northern Yuma county.
Pursuant to this notice an election
was called for Monday night, and G..
A. Marsh was elected as such mem
ber. The board of trade has notifi-
ed Bouse and Wenden of Mr.. Marsh s
selection, and it is expected that
these places will ratify his election.
The other four members were Sc
lected last Saturday at elections held
on that date. The committee as ell
ected follows
Yuma Precinct-Dr. H. Vance Cly-
mer and o. G. Johnson
Crane Precinct-Judge J. M.
Thacker.
Somerton Precinct-G. M. Bridge.
North Yuma county-G A Marsh.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
RADIUM FAILED TO CURE.

BALTIMORE, Feb 5.-Robert E.
G. Bremner, member of congress from
New Jersey died today of cancer at
a sanitarium where he has been un-
dergoing the radium treatment since
last December.
Bremner came to try the radium
treatment at the local institution af-
ter the leading physicians in this
country and Europe had vainly tried
10 cure him.
1t was found that the disease had
made such inroads that little could be
done. Bremner was optimistic how
ever and tubes containing $780, 900
worth of radium were applied to the
growth.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
DRY PROCESS FOR PLACER.

Col. w. F. Dunn, who is now Ioca-
ted at Los Angeles, and was the
original discoverer of the famous
Quartette mine that made the town
nf Searchlight, Nevada, famous as
a gold camp, passed through Blythe
last week enroute to the QuartZite
district, where he was going to get
things in readiness for doing big work
there on some rich placer property
the coming year, says the Blythe Her
aid.
Colonel Dunn and some Boston
associates have large tract of placer
ground near Quartzite, in Arizona,
which they have been prospecting
for the past two years with very IA
vorable results.
The placer dirt will be handled
with large steam shovels and trans
ported to the concentrators by means
Of ore cars on tracks The process
OF separating the gold from the dirt
and gravel will be by the Stebbins
Dry Concentrators which have prov
ed a wonderful success in the work
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07

ing of placer grounds in localities
where water is scarce.
These placers around Quartzite
have been worked by prospectors for
the past fifty years but never have
been worked on a systematic scale.
The ground is well known to be rich
in gold values but the absence OF
sufficient water to wash the gold
from the dirt has heretofore practi-
cally made the matter of working
the property Improbable. With the
new process that is to be installed
Colonel Dunn feels confident of sue
cess These same gentlemen own
the Mesquite placers in the Paymas-
ter range, north of Glamis and expect
to do considerable work there the
coming year.
Colonel Dunn is one of the most
successful and experienced mining
gives the matter his hearty approval,
is one of the best evidences that
the enterprise is going to be sue
cess
A consignment of freight for
Col. Dunn, ,enroute to Quartzite, pass
ed through Blythe Monday and we
understand that a large amount more
is to follow.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
WILL PASS BILL
WITHIN so DAYS

Reese M. Ling returned to Phoenix
from Washington a few days ago.
While at the national capital Mr..
Ling, with Congressman Hayden,
scussed with Assistant Secretary
Jones certain matters in connection
with the Parker bill Following is
a portion of an interview with Mr..
Ling, which appeared in the Arizona
Gazette; Wednesday:
'In Washington, either in company
with the Arizona senators or Con-
gressmen Hayden or at their sug-
gestion. Mr. Ling discussed in vari-
CHS departments, matters of interest
to tbs people of Arizona. With Con-
eressmar Hayden he discussed the
opening up of the Parker Indian
reservation and Assistant Secretary
Jones, after going over the pending
bill, suggested some few changes
whicn viii be made in the bill, after
which il will secure the recommend
ation to- its passage from the inter
i0r department, and Mr. Ling pre-
diets that bill will be passed with
in thc next sixty days. The land
will be thrown open under the Carey
act and vii! mean the addition of
100000 acres of irrigable land to the
states wealth."
Mr.. Ling states that the attitude
Of the iEtericr department toward the
western lard questions as expressed
by its action, has been of more bene-
tit to the west and it's advancement
tha1 anything which has taken place
in the interior department for years
First assistant Secretary Jones Of
the interior department has the con-
8i6eration of all public matters
and being a resident of New Mexico,
fully appreciates the western situa
ton and is doing everything in his
power to the end that when a COM
rliance with the public land laws has
taken place, the settler shall secure
the title. He has made two notable
decisions in reference to the holding
and acquiring of titles to mining
claims, reversing the policy of the
former land officials, thus insuring to
mineral claimants a title to their
lands, and should the administration
o. President Wilson do nothing else
which will directly benefit Arizona,
the selection of Mr.. Lane, and in
turn his selection of Mr.. Jones for
his assistant, have placed Arizona
under lasting obligations to him.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
NUMA MADE IT
SHORT MONTH
THE MAN WHO ADDED FEBRU-
AIRY TO CALENDAR ALSO IN
VENTED MONEY, AND SUBSE-
QUENTLY MADE 1T ELASTIC.

Numa believed there should be a
time of year for the trusts to set
themselves right, and he accordingly
added to the calendar the month Of
February, so called from Februus, the
god of expiation and publication. 1t
was his intention to have 80 days in
the month, but after 28 days the
trusts had all availed themselves of
amnesty on the understanding that
there had been an obvious change in
public sentiment, and he, therefore,
took the two extra days and set them
afloat in the calendar, to lodge where
they would.
Numa was in many respects
the greatest economist and political
theorist the world has known. He
not only invented money, or numisma
tics but subsequently made it elastic.
His currnecy bill, which he put
through the Roman Senate soon after
he went to the throne, was a model
of perspicacity at a time when the
world was in financial chaos. The
only problem of his time which he
did not solve was the location Of his
national banks after the currency
bill was passed This took a sol
der rather than a political scientist,
and it was passed by all the rulers
Of Rome until Caesar. Caesar, who
feared nothing, located the banks, after
centuries Of dispute. He was prompt
ly assassinated by Brutus, Casca
and other champions of cities which
didn't get any, but his courage avail
ed for the purposes of sound and
nicely disseminated finance, and Rome
became at once the banker of the
world.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
BIG COPPER PRODUCTION.

New figures in a days production
of copper at it's recently completed
$4,000 900 smelter are reported by
the Calumet and Arizona company at
Douglas. It's highest output for a
single day is announced to be 324
tons, considerably over half million
of pounds. This approaches the full
capacity of the plant but does not
reach it.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
SEEKS FEDERAL AID.

AS result of the visit of w. A.
Grassland, of the government office
of roads, to the northern part of the
state when he was assigned to
Apache county to ascertain the best
character of roads for them to
build, a bill is to be introduced in
to congress appropriating $4,000
for survey for system of roads
through the petrified forest with a
view TO later opening up this govern
mept reservation to tourists. AS both
The petrified forest and the Grand
Canyon are government reserves he
looks for federal aid to be turned in
the direction of those two wonder
spots III the near future.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
LO ANGELES FAVORED.

Newspapers and the chamber oil
commerce of Douglas have declared
in favor of a regional bank at Los
Angeles rather than Ell Paso. Here
tofore Douglas has turned toward 81
Paso in business affairs but now ex
poets a change in business conditions
following the opening of the Pana
ma canal.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
RIVERLAND TO
BE RESTORED
TWO TOWNSHIPS WITHDRAWN
FOR USE FOR COLORADO RIVER
PROJECT WILL BE OPEN FOR
SETTLEMENT MARCH 13.

Official notice from the Phoenix
land office has been received by this
paper which affects the withdrawal
Of certain lands along the river in
connection with the Colorado River
Project The original order with
drawing these lands included all land
along both sides of the river for
distance of six miles. Gradually the
department is restoring these lands
to settlement and entry, until now
there is but little of the land lett
to be restored
However, there is a considerable
strip beginning about five miles
above Parker which has not yet been
restored. This strip runs as far
as the Bill Williams Several set
tiers have located on the land, but
according to the order just issued
by the land office they cannot eX-
pect to secure any rights by such
location
Following is the official order re-
storing to entry the two townships
mentioned above
Notice is hereby given that on
january II, 1914, the First Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior vacated
former department order of January
81, 1903, in so far as it affects the
withdrawal under the second form
under the act of June 17,19O2 (32
Stat, 388)for use in connection with
the Colorado River Project, Arizona,
of the hereinafter described land,
and by his authority such of said
tracts as have not been formerly re-
stored and are not otherwise with
drawn, reserved, or appropriated,
or covered by existing entry, will
be subject to settlement under the
public land laws of the United States
on and after March 13, 1914, at 8
a. m, and will be subject to entry,
filing, or selection April 13, 1914,
at 9 a. NJ, at the United States
Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona.
In this connection attention is di-
.rected to the fact that warning is
expressly given that no person will
be permitted to gain or exercise any
right whatever under any settlement
or occupation begun after withdrawal
of the land from settlement and en-
settlement and occupation being for
bidden. Intending settlers are also
warned to ascertain the status of the
surveyed lands and to get all infor-
nation available as to unsurveyed
lands by inquiry at the local land
office before making settlement there
on. Persons holding valid subsist-
ing settlement rights, initiated prior
to withdrawal of the land, and who
have maintained their settlement on
the lands, will be allowed preference
rights to make entry of the lands
settled upon in accordance with cX-
listing law and regulations These
lands contain no power possibilities
and are not subject to preference
rights of settlement by the State
State under the act Of August 18,
1894 (28 Stat, 394).
Colorado River Project, Arizona,
G. & S. r. B. & NJ T. Z S., R. 20
W., all township. T. S., r. 20 W.,
all township.
st appears that the plats Of sur
vey for these townships have not as
yet been filed, hence these lands will
not be subject to entry until such
plats are filed"
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
LAW NOT SUSTAINED.

The United States supreme court
held Tuesday that the provisions of
the Arizona law exempting the pri-
vate fortunes of stockholders from
liability for Arizona corporations
debts are not effective in all states
where such corporations do business.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07
The waking grounding will essay

The waking grounding will essay
To fix the opening of spring,
And in the hope Of that glad day
The calf will do the Highland fling.
The Democrats will pass the match
And calmly dynamite the trusts,
The poet meath his humble thatch
Will piece the season out with
crusts,
The weather man will try to- spread
The Winter where we've been with
out,
And the Mexicans will whistle lead
And other pleasantries about
There is no piece in that dread
land, nor shall there be till someone
hot with non-manana tries his hand
at jumping in the boiling pot Our
fellows take town or two, and when
we think the sun has set for Huerta
and his bloody crew, they stop and
smoke a cigarette. To follow up ad-
vantage gained is wholly foreign to
their style; the custom, it may be
explained, is first to fight, then rest
a while When Villas army wins a
fight, and all the foe is in despair,
he does not try with all his might to
end the matter then and there Nay,
nay, Pauline; but when pursuit would
bag them like so many sheep, he blows
the whistle not to shoot and says the
emmy will keep There is no rush
in MeXico-tomorrow is as good as
now;| or whether there is corn to
hoe, or in this everlasting row. Some
one who worked ten hours a day and
put in seven days a week would
clear those war clouds all away be-
fore the foe had time to shrek.
They must have time to lay about,
TO hit the bottle and to CAB, and if
somebody cleaned them out, they'd
all die calling him a scab
Valentines will come around, and
grim mementoes of the day will uni
versally abound Our Mr. Bryan will
receive a souvenir from Speaker
Clark, the tickle bachelor will grieve
for offering a shining mark, the
trusts will send the President all
sorts of pretty little things, the suf-
fragettes will try to vent their wrath
on premiers and Kings, the monk
will sigh within his cell for thought
of bliss beyond his cage, the busy
populace will yell with alternating
joy and rage, the man who turns the
comics out will linger where the trees
are tall, and the widow, in her sly
redoubt, will blow her sweet, seduc-
tive call.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07

try to blow each other up, the never
firing Carnegie will send an ugly one
to Krupp, the man who pays an in
come tax will get up one for Uncle
Sam, the discontented money quacks
will shake their CORY oriflamme, the
wicked tango will defy the Puritan
and all his kind, and the wild goose
will go up the sky with springtime
pushing him behind.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07

and all his kind, and the wild goose
will go up the sky with springtime
pushing him behind.
The busy Congress will employ
Its waking hours with busting
trusts,
And all the poor will yell for joy
Of getting butter on their crusts.
The host in Panama will sigh
For thought of coming days of
ease,
The army will feed pumpkin pie
To Huerta's stranded refugees,
The eager poet will descry
The early migrants as they pass,
And the stomach will begin to cry
For curly dock and sassafras.
There will be two notable birth
day celebrations in February. The
anniversary Of Washington, who told
the truth, will be observed on the
twenty-second, and that of Lincoln,
who told stories, will be celebrated
on the twelfth. The children will be
advised to celebrate Washington s
birthday, while grown people, who
like something with more point to it,
will observe Lincoln's The moon
will be full on the tenth. Jupiter,
who has been evening star for sever
al months, will resign that post to
Mars, who will see what he can do
with the Mexican war. Until the
twentieth the month will be under
the influence of Aquarius the Water
Carrier, the eleventh sign of the 20
daic. Persons born under Acquarius
are for Bryan on the grape juice plat
form. The last ten days of the month
will be under the influence of Pisces
the Fish, the last sign of the zodaic.
Persons born under this sign will
tell fish stories, but like Washington,
who was one of them, they will not
tell lies. There will be only % days
in February, but with Roosevelt
gone it will seem a good deal longer.
And then great March will hither
fare
With Lenten days and sunny,
And all the syndicates will swear
To give up making money
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-02-07

FOR SALE-3OOO secondhand ore
and cement sacks, cheap. Inquire
FL. L. Sullivan.