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The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16

~
w canal builder in Panama. From
tne burning tropics to the frozen Arc.
tic is a long jump and n sudden trans!-
zion but the United States government
bids fair to make it successfully.
1t is no piEmy railroad line, either,
which Congress has authorized the
President to construct in Alaska.
Uncle Sam already owns several small
railroads, ranging in importance all
the way from the 47mile Panama
Railroad at the Isthmus to the con
struction roads" which have been con-
structed to transport supplies and en-
cavated material at some Of the big
reclamation projects in the West. But
the new Alaska railroad Will over
shadow all of these. for it Will be
fully 1000 miles in length-an extent
of steel-tracked highway which drops
a hint as to how bis Alaska really Is,
This new rail system upon which the
President is authorized TO eHpend any
sum that may be necessary up to s35,-
100000 has no official name - yet. 1t
Is left to the Chief Magistrate to Sc
lect a name just as it is left to his
Judgment to select the route or routes
to be followed by the new Steyl-tracke ed
: highway which is to mean so much
to the future of our must northerly
Territory.
There is no doubt but hat this gov
ernn ent-manaSed standard gauge rail-
road, opening up h!ttprto ISOLATED
region, will do what no other infiu-
encc could accomplish for the speedy
settlement of rici :tiil promising
domain. Indeed :" brig abuu. the
pr he, ulltrra ,ysIl
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-16
The Government To I'm
dertake a Notable En-
gineerins Project in the
Great Peninsula = A
Worthy Successor Of
the Panama Canal AS a
MarvelofC Constructions
Difficulties Of the Task.

NCLE SAM. railroad builder in
Alaska, is going to prove a wor-
thy successor TO Uncle Sam.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

Gilman Circle of Advanced
Though will meet Wednesday
evening with Mrs. Salter, 563I
South ] street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15
I The Confessions |
= of a Wife c

and embarrassing before he made
his appearance with a huge bunch
of roses like these | have ON.
We'll, l was nearly crazy for
fear the bunch would be coming
in before l got rid of him, and all
the while | felt like a nasty little
cat, for Henry was so nice and
seemed to be so worried about
me, but at last he left, and I had
just time enough to wash off the
powder and get into an outdoor
frock when the honk-honk at the
door told me George was there.
Don't look so severe, Margie,"
she said with a ripping laugh as
she finished. "You know It was
great fun, just like a play, and to
put IL over was the greatest fun
of all"
My dear Mollie, / am afraid
you are a flirt!' | said.
Isn't every girl, who can be,
something of a flirt?" asked Mol
lie with twinkIing eyes. 1T Is the
only hope of matrimonial saliva
ton to sample a lot of fellows
and pick out the one we think
will wear best and not fade.
MANY of my friends have taken
men for husbands that 1 knew
were shoddy, simply because they
were first offered, Margie." Mollie
Waverly is going to do the picking
for herself in the marriage gar
den.
/ did not have the heart to tell
her that the girl who picks one
from many is quite as often apt
to make a mistake as the one who
grabs the first offered.
Ito BE Continued Tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15
To Look and Feel
Bright I'm Hot Weather

This is the season when she who
would have a Iily-white complexion
should turn her thoughts to merco-
lized wax. the firm friend of the
summer girl Nothing so effectual-
ly overcomes the soiling effects OF
sun. wind, dust and dirt The wax
literally absorbs the scorched, dis
e0lored, freckled, wfthered or
eoarsened cuticle, bringing forth a
brand new skin, clear. soft and girl
ishly beautiful 1t also unclogs the
pores, removing blackheads and in
ereasing the skins breathing ca
pacity. An ounce of mercolized
wax obtainable at any drug store,
applied nightly like cold cream. and
washed off mornings. will gradual
" improve the worst complexion.
When depressed by the heat and
you want to freshen up for the aft
ernoon or evening. battle the face
in lotion made by dissolvfng an
ounce OF powdered saNolite in
half pint witch hazed. You'll find
this more refreshing than an hours
rest. 1t is fine for smoothing out
wrinkles, even the deeper ones.
advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15
CHAPTER 1870.

Copyright, 1914, by the News
paper Enterprise Association
That Mollie girl is a constant
source of amusement and concern
to me. She is so full of life
SO anxious to abstract all the fun
and joy from every day.
She bubbles out with laughter,
and Is constantly on the lookout
for a new way of extracting pleas
ure from every waking moment.
In her anxiety to have a good
time she often plays a Joke on
herself. and her sense of humor is
great enough to laugh at her own
discontinue.
Mollie is one of those girls that
all the men like, and she can
take her own where she finds
it,"
Yesterday she and we're
downtown on a shopping trip. !
found that my bridal finery of
over a year was getting rather
passe.
While we we're at luncheon at
one of the department stores a
nice looking boy came up to us
and asked, with much interest,
about Mollie's health. l must
have looked surprised as she shot
me q demure glance from under
those long lashes of hers that
made me sit up and take notice OF
1.-THE way of a maid with man.
"Oh, l am much better now.
Margie wanted me to help her do
some shopping and l thought per-
hans IL would not hurt.
ssYou do look better than you
did last night" said the boy So
licitously-he was such nice
boy. You looked so pale last
evening that | have been kicking
myself all day for staying a
minute with you And then he
added with a little embarrassed
smile: Il sent you some more
flowers this morning?"
"Did your" said Mollie with a
lovely smile. They must have
come after 1 left. II was sweet
of YOU. I love flowers, whether
I am sick or well"
The boy wanted TO hnger
longer. but he knew he must go,
and SO he babe us goodbye.
WHO is that nice chap, Mol
lfe?" l asked.
Henry Hamilton" she an
swered, and then she began to
laugh and "'fess up"
Margie, am very fond OF
Henry. We have been good pals
aver since our childhood days
When he licked the school bully
for annoying me. He called me
mn on the phone and said he
would like to come up last even
ii9g. and / told him to come on.
lust a little while afterward
T(seorge Ransome telephoned that
a party was going out for little
ride in his car and asked me TO
go along.
az would have more fun with
the party, so I promptly accepted
and then tried to get Henry on
the phone. Could not reach him
until six o'clock, and then | told
him was too sick to see him.
HE answered he would Just
come up for a moment. He was
sc concerned about my health
that he made me feel awfuliy
mean for deceiving him.
II hardly had time to powder
my face and make myself pale
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

1904 North o street. Mrs. George
Wintermute has charge of the
lunch and Mrs. J. A. Wheeler
charge of the program. There
will be an election of officers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15
.lzz NHWzk
QxAIAar-

Dear Miss Grey: I am 50
very unhappy over q little
girl-wife who IL a little past
II years of age.
There IL always two sides
to a story. but she came to
me with her side. She has
no love for her husband. who
to me appears a very good
man, only he has been a
poor provider. Now, | have
advised her TO stick to the
right path; but n Is so very
very useless. Nothing I can
say helps. That Is why | am
writing TO you. IL she
wouldn't tell me what she
does, probably I wouldn't
feel so; but she does. and
with no sense of shame.
Ii hurts me and makes me
feel so awful weak not to be
helping her; but | feel SO
helpless with another woman
urging her on. Auto riding.
dancing. drinking. smoking
and other men seems to
make UP ueT AlIt-
I wish you could help to
do something and do II I'm
the right way. for | am utter
1y helpless. Please answer
soon. You know how you
would feel II placed as | and
the girl whom | love being
made lower aud lower.
A HELPLESS FRIEND.
A.-Yes, 4 do know how yol
EEL, for I have been placed jus
where You are. My heart ma
,ched for girls who would no
isten. have come to the con
that this heart-achins
'tunt does not help them.
A woman of the underworld
Who had come up by her ows
,fforts and was established II
business once said To me:
s.Miss Grey. a few of the girl
living that life might be persuad
ii TO reform; but In order q
,ome out of IL they must h
,eady 60 make AN effort them
elves. Then when they ar.
'eady, they should be given a fail
show"
II respect for herself. her hon.
md her husband will not stop thil
girl; II your love and entreaty vii
not. she will have 10 learn thi
lesson all over again
Let her know that you stan'
ready to help her when she i
to help herself. And re
member that the real, true wonl
anhood of the girl Is still there
but hidden by this false idea o
pleasure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

for Mary PickfOrd. she -
too young to really portray
older parts. Il Ia not rikh<
TO the really good players 70
give the opportunity e
Just a few and Il isn't fair
for one or two to hog IL
all through the maeszins
contests. r.
A.-E.ch Of as has right q
his opinion a. 90 players. srtt~es.
etc 1 cannot see bat thai tie
contests were fair eaoaxhs bue
I agree with you oa the pofnt
that there are other good act
resses.
4 wouldn't VERY sboat tbs
others. They ali get pretty faar
pay. and mot one actress. nor .
few, can fiiI the demand.
Dear Miss Grey; How can an
indelible pencil mark be removed
from a white poplin dress Thank-
ing you for any Information. 1
am sincerely. m. A. q.
A.-To remove iadelibte pencii
marks. moisten q brush in =
strong, squeis solution Of cyanide
of poe assiusn; then. raising well
In water. The solution i very
poisonous. 81 he careful.
Dear Miss Grey: Having
received great benefit from
your letters would like To
know how to clean a black
straw hat at home.
THANK YOU.
A.-secure bottle of hat dye.
hr..sh che hat we'll. and appIy =
coat or two.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

1904 North o street. Mrs. George
Wintermute has charge of the
lunch and Mrs. J. A. Wheeler
charge of the program. There
will be an election of officers.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry r.. Burke
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Alice Agnes, to Mat
thew p. Maerkl. The marriage will
be solemnized this month.
MFR. and Mrs. L.. A. Bicycle, 1902
East G street, are rejoicing over
the birth, June 1 4, of a daughter,
Margaret Annabel.
Tacoma Elks, with their wives,
and sweethearts, will join in a
rousing clambake and picnic Sat
urday at Redondo beach. There
will be races, games and all sorts
of fun in the afternoon, followed
by dancing until 11:30 O'Clock,
when the special steamers will re-
turn to Tacoma.
MIR. and Mrs. A. III. Coleman
formally announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Emily A,
to Edward Rhodes of Tacoma.
The wedding will take place next
month.
MFR. and Mrs. James III. Davis
have as their guests their nephew
and his bride, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
+. Davis, of Cheyenne, Wyo., who
are making their honeymoon trip
through the west. Tomorrow Mr..
Longmire Springs on Mt. Tacoma.
Mrs. A. o. Stone, 5642 South
Birmingham street, left today for
Minneapolis for a three months
visit with relatives and friends.
MFR. and Mrs. Harry w. Lund,
S19 South 43rd street, are at
home after a three months visit
in the east.
Three OF the most artistic mu-
sicians of the Aquinas school of
music will be presented in recital
this evening at the Aquinas audi
torium. They are Miss Flora
Portman, Miss Novak and Miss
Groesbeck Miss Portman is a
talented violinist and will play ali
her selections from memory. Miss
Novak and Miss Groesbeck are
brilliant pianistes.
Gilman Circle of Advanced
Though will meet Wednesday
evening with Mrs. Salter, 563I
South ] street
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

Mrs. Mary I. Wood. Ports
mouth, N. H., Mrs. r.. Blacken-
berg, wife of Philadelphia may
or, Mrs. J. ID. Wilkeson, president
Louisiana Federation. and DR..
Marie Howard, Pocatello. Idaho,
are among the prominent oppo-
nents of the immoral dress FASH
ions" imported from Paris.
Latest and oldest photogrsp
n OF the "Diyine Sarah"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

MIR. and Mrs. Henry r.. Burk.
announce the engagement of theil
daughter, Alice Agnes, to Mat
thew p. Maerkl. The marriage will
be solemnized this month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

Miss Emma Meyer of Tacoma
and Ralph p. Mulvane, a we'll
known Tacoma newspaper man,
were married yesterday morning
at 10 O'Clock at the home of the
brides parents, South 18th and
nj streets. Several out-of-town
guests attended. After the SIM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15
Coughs and Colds Weaken the
System

Continued Coughs, Colds and
Bronchial trouble are depressing
and weaken the system. Loss of
weight and appetite generally
follow. Get a soc bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery today. It
will stop your cough. The first
dose helps. The best medicine
for Stubborn Coughs. Colds and
all Throat and Lung Troubles.
Mr.. o. H. Brown, Muscatine, Ala,
writes: MY wife was sick dur
ing the hot summer months and
I honestly believe DIR. Kings New
Discovery saved her iffe." Good
for children. soc and 500 at
your Druggist
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

Dear Miss Grey: wrote
you a letter some time ago
that l am afraid has been
misunderstood. / do not
mean to slur or eriticise NOV
ing picture actors or act
resses, but / do think there
are other players besides
Mary Pickford who are just
as good IL not better and who
deserve just~as much praise
and boosting.
Personally. I don't care
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15

Dear Miss Grey: VIII
write a few lines regarding
worried Fathers" appeal
for advice and employment.
Now, IL he is sober and in
dustrious and familiar with
ranch work, or can learn
readily, l do not think he
would find any difficulty In
finding nearly IL not quite
continuous work for the
summer and fall In the Yak
ina valley. There is now a
shortage of good help and
will be all summer. Just
now, apple thinning is In or
der, which can be done by
women and children. Then
will come peach, prune and
pear picking and packing,
and then the hop and apple
crop.
IL is nothing uncommon
for girls who can pack apples
to earn from SO to IS per
day. / have two girls who
often do 1t. This, however,
requires practice. Would not
like to advise. however, as
he would probably have to
live in a tent through the
hot weather. If his pros
poets are no brighter and
he can write me, or better
still, come over here to see
for himself. I will either an
swer his letter or meet him
at train and see what | can
do for him.
do not need any more
help than I have, but believe
! could place him with some
of the neighboFs. | have no
time to waste on booze
fighters" IL he concludes to
come. he had better come to
Granger on N. p. and in
quire for Howard Thompson,
Granger, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-15
II Society IT,

pie ceremony, Mr.. and Mrs. Null
vane left on a two months trip
through the east.
The Women's Home Missionary
society of the First M. e. church
will hold an aIl-day meeting We'd
nesday with Mrs. +. A. Keasel,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03
TRAPPING LICENSES.

The following extract from the
law governing the trapping of fur
bearing animals will be of interest
to trappers;
"Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisi-
ana. That each and every person
engaged in hunting, catching or
trapping wild fur animals in
Louisiana for the purpose OF cell
ing their skins, shall pay on the
first day Of October of each year
before they begin to hunt, catch
or trap said fur-bearing animals,
an annual license tax of two dol
lars $4,000 to the Conservation
Commission of Louisiana; provid-
ed that all persons SO hunting,
catching or trapping fur-bearing
animals not residents or citizens
of this State shall pay an annual
license tax of fifteen ISIS 00) dol.
lars"
The season opens on November
1 and closes on February Is.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03
Convention Of the Interstate Inland
Waterway League.

The Interstate Inland Waterway
League will meet in the city Of
New Orleans on December 4th
and 9Th, as stated by the Secretary
thereof in a letter to Hon. James
A. Peterman.
The Banner hopes that there
will be a full attendance at that
meeting by the delegates, who
will be selected to attend the con-
vention, especially those from
Southwest and Southwestern
Louisiana.
The immense benefit that this
Inland Waterway will be to this
part of the state and to all the
states bordering on the Gulf of
Mexico can scarcely be calculated
This intercoastal canal will open
up to cultivation lands which are
now inaccessible, it will give an
absolute, or far as the elements
are concerned, for the carrying
of freight going from coast to
coast of this country, and in its
wake will bring an increase of
prosperity to the people. We
hope that our people will continue
to clamor aid work for this great
improvement until it becomes an
accomplished fact.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03
Uncle Sam Tears Up
Railroad.

A recent dispatch from Fort
Smith. Ark, says: ut is reported
that the tracks of the Arkansas
Southern Railway Company are
to be taken up and sold for scrap
iron. The Federal Court ordered
, the Receivers to discontinue run.
ming trains on the roads last June
as there was no way of taking
care OF the deficit resulting from
lts operation. This solution of
the railway deficit problem is a
new one and authoritatively de-
monstrates Uncle Sans method
Of dealing with business problems
- felates-to railroads."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
25rd Judicial District Gourt-Fars
Ism OF st. Mary.
Estate of Robert Lewis, deceased.
No. 3549,

Under and by virtue of an order of
sale, to pay debts, issued out of the
Honorable 23rd Judicial District Court
of Louisiana, and to me directed, in the
above numb ered and entitled estate, !
WILL sell at public auction, In front Of
the principal front door of the Court
House, in the town of Franklin, Parish
OF st. Mary, to the last and highest
bidder, for cash, on
SATURDAY, THE GATH DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D., 1914,
between the hours of IL o'clock a. M,
and 4 O'Clock p. m., the following des.
cribed property, to-wit:
That certain lot of ground, With the
buildings and improvements thereon,
situated on the East bank of the Bayou
Ieche, in the Parish of St. Mary,
pounded North by the Estate Of William
brown, East by lands formerly of J. A.
yNiell. South by Andrew Brown and
West by Bayou Teche.
Also one ID horse.
:, w. Il. KRAMER,
Clerk of 23rd Judicial District Court of
louisiana and Acting Administrator
of said Estate,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03

We often wonder if it has ever
occurred to some people that edi-
tors are human, and not super
beings gifted with second sight.
An editor is constantly on the
hunt for news OF interest to the
people who read and pay for his
paper, and he never Intentionally
omits an article of any import
ance The success of his paper
depends upon his impartiali'y in
this respect. And yet often some
person Gonceiyes the erroneous
idea that the editor has pufsosely
left out come item concerning
them or their families. Has it
ever occurred to them that the
editor may not have heard of that
particular item, although he
searched diligently in his efforts
to secure ell of the news? There
is very effective rem edy for
these isolated but inadvertent
omissions. The next time you
have a piece OF news ming
yourself, or your family. or your
neighbors, or of your community,
give it to the editor yourself, or
phone or write it in to him, and
do not depend upon others to do
it. They may be more interested
in affairs on their own side of the
fence. The editor will thank you
for your thoughtfulness in en-
aiding him to secure news that
will add to the value, of his paper
and make II Of interest to all of
the people, for that 10 his mission
IN life. He is human, as well as |
you.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03
The Call OF The Farm.

There never was time in the
history oftour country when agri.
culture was as inviting as it is to-
day, when brains and Drawn
would bring as satisfactory results
from the farm. With the trades
and professions, in cities greatly
overcrowded, the farm becomes
more and more the bright and
iOeckoning star Of hope to millions
.oi young men. Surplus energy
.of the cities would do well to turn
'its attention to the farm, and the
wise youth ofthe country will stay
right where he is-where oppor-
eunity IL always before him. Keep
your eye upon the green felds of
ene country, for there is no better
place.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03
Louisiana State Indebtedness.
Louisiana state debt, S13, 1886, 600.
National debt, ST OPS, 900, 900.
al n0n

National deDt, Sl,V1O,VVO,VuVs
Worlds debt, S42, 900, 900. 600.
The United States Department
o Commerce ard Labor has just
completed report giving the in
debte dness of the different States
of the Union, the nation and the
world. The data contained in the
compilation relate to the year 1917.
The State debt of Louisiana is
shown to be Si3 6S6.00O that year,
compared with S26, 43S,00O thirty
years previous, which is a decrease
Of SO, 1926 The per capita State
debt of this State in 1912 was S7.97
and s24.94 in 1880. AT the present
time about is per cent OF the
population Of the United States is
in Louisiana and 4 per cent OF the
total debt is credited to this State.
The national debt of the United
States is Stops, 100000 and the
indebtedness Of all countries OF
the world is S42 900, 100000 Euro
pean countries owe about two
thirds of the world debt and their
proportion is rapidly increasing
as the present war, according to
experts. is costing on an average
of $50, 000,0 900 per day.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03
Made In America. -

Be patriot! Let 1t be America
first! When we go to the stores
to part with our money let's de-
mand goods Of American manu-
fac'ure. for by this means we will
assist in keeping American mills
and American workmen busy, aud
will keep American money in
circulation at home, where ia time
1t may find it's way back to US.
We of America may do much for
our own country in this way, and
without additional expense or in.
convenience. Let's all be pat
riots! America first!
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03
Louisiana Farm Statistics.

(From the last Federal Census
Reports) There are 120,54e farms
In Louisiana. The approximate
land area Of this State is 29,061,-
600 acres; 10, 439. 0CO acres are in
farms and s,276.0O0 acres of the
land in farms are improved. The
average size of Louisiana farm
is 81 acres. The farms of this
State represent a capital inyest-
ment of $780,, 220, 900. The farmers
OF this State own Si8.977,0 90 worth
OF implements and other farm
machinery. The value of the
domestic animals, poultry and
bees on the farms of this State is
A4, 609, 285, The average value
OF Louisiana farm is So. 400.