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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-21

pays in the State of Texas
1862 per mile, in Louisiana
they pay 368.
The salary attached to the
office, is the magnificent sum
of $500 per annum, with this
sum the members pay their
expenses, pay for such lnVes-
legations as they desire to
make, as well as such data as
is necessary, in arriving at an
intelligent valuation of public
service corporations.
The manner of the selec-
ton Of this board is of very
little moment, whether by the
people or as now selected, the
main question is as to whether
the board accomplishes the
purposes for which it was
created. I think that you will
agree with me, after you have
made an intelligent inVestiga-
ton, that no board created in
this State comes nearer ae-
complishing its purposes than
does the State Board of APP
praisers. More money should
be available for this board.
The salary should be in keep
ing with the duties expected of
its members, giving them time
to make personal investiga-
tions and collecting data, all
of which, in my opinion, is
very necessary. The Board
had two sessions this year,
with the strong probability of
another, aside from attending
court in various parts Of the
State defending suits brought
against rs, to reduce assess
ments of various corporations.
I trust, for the enlighten-
ment Of the public, you will
give the prominence to this
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-21
TESTIFY
TO MAYR,s REMEDY
Lives Redeemed and Fortunes
In Health Are Recovered

Most Of the problems Of
health originate in the stom-
aeh. Most of these ailments
can be cured. Thousands Of
people right in the State Of
Georgia are needlessly SUI
fering from stomach troubles,
while thousands Of others have
found health BY the use Of
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy.
The first dose of this remark
able remedy is proof. Here
are the words of two Geor-
gians who have used it:
B. Duncan, 136 w. Peach
tree St., Atlanta, CAT took
one bottle Of Mayrs Wonder
full Remedy and it did me SO
much good I must continue
the treatment.
salista Thomas, 55 La
France ST., Atlanta, Cat
have taken your remedy for
five weeks. feel like I hardly
kno why strength-my appe-
tite isfine.
Mayrs Wonderful Remedy
gives permanent results for
stomach, liver and intestinal
ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more
distress after eating, pressure
Of gas ii the stomach and
around the heart. Get one
bottle of your druggist now
and try it on an absolute guar
antee-n not satisfactory
money will be returned.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-21

lie service corporations III Lou
isiana, is S7T,161,984.00, an
increase of 206.63 per cent.
Doubtless you will conclude
that the increase is based on
new railroads. etc, built since
1899, this however, is not a
fact you will find upon inves-
tigation that this increased as
sessment is fixed on practical
" the same mileage as it was
IN 1899 the railroads built
since that date coming under
the exemptions allowed.
7 agree with you, that the
board of appraisers is one, if
not the most important body
in he state I d Q
not agree with o ur
statement that this Board
owes nothing to the people
My experience with the board,
which has not been Of very
long duration, IS that every
member feels the responsible
ity that rests upon him. and IS
trying to do his full duty.
Some of the best posted men
in the state, on taxation, are
on that board; have made a
deep and exhaustive study Of
the subject and are certainly
better prepared to fix valua-
tions on public service corpor-
ations than are local assessors.
If you care to go deeper in
to the subject, you will find
that those states recognized as
having the most efficient
boards, get less actual money
per mile in taxation than does
the State of Louisiana ranging
from 25 per cent to so per
cent less. For instance, the
Louisiana Western Railroad
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-21
DoUBLY PROVEN
OpeIousas Readers Can No
Longer Doubt the Evidence

This grateful citizen testi-
fed long ago.
Told of quick relief-of I'M
doubted benefit.
The facts are now confirm
ed.
Such testimony is complete
the evidence conclusive.
It forms convincing proof
Of merit.
II. B. Thayer, 5o2 E. Third
ST., Crowley, La, says:
Though skeptical as a rule
regarding patent medicines, I
don't hesitate IN vouching for
for the merit of Doan's Kid
ney Pills. ! cheerfully recon-
mend Doan's Kidney Pills
Statement given May 20,
1909.
On April Is, 1914, Mr.
Thayer said: "Doan's Kidney
Pills have always proved a
valuable medicine whenever
my kidneys caused me annoy
ance.n
Price soc. at all dealers.
Dno't simply ask for a kidney
remedy-get Doan's Kidney
2ills-the same that Mr..
Thayer had. -Milburn
Co., Props. Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-21

Speaking of cultivation, w
wonder If you know of any
farmers who still "Iay by
with a turn pillow, leaving their
crops on a high ridge. Accord
ing to all the evidence obtain
able, there is no surer way
than this of cutting down our
Yields of corn and cotton. In
eultiVating there is always d
tendency to make d slight
ridge, but why people should
make this worse by using a
turn pillow which cuts roots at
the same time is beyond us.
Maybe it's just a habit, with
no real reason or thought be-
hind 1.-THE Progressive Far
mer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-21
AGAINST
OFFICE EXTENSION
Hall Brands Reports, Circu.
lated by Those Opposing
Convention, As False

In a statement issued re-
Gently, Governor Hall, who is
fayoring the convention, fiat
footedly denied the reports
that he was seeking the ex-
tension of his term of office,
and branded all such stories.
being circulated by persons
opposing the convention, as
absolutely false.
7 have never suggested an
extension of my term of Office.
f I could obtain an extension
of two or four years by turn
ing my hand, / would not turn
it.
Speaking Of the need Of a
constitutional convention Gov
ernor Hall said: The state
absolutely needs, above all
else, a Encouragement of its
fiscal system on a business
basis. The condition that con-
fronts us is not peculiar to this
state. 1t exists IN as acute de-
gree in the rich state of Illi-
nois and other states where
ever practically the same sys-
tenn prevails. Those who feel
an interest in the future well
fare, progress and prosperity
of the state realize that some
thing must be done.
The matter Of our equali-
cation of assessments began to
be agitated back in the admin
istration Of Governor Heard.
It received more serious con-
sideration during the admin
isuation of Governor Blanch-
ard. when, it will be remem-
hered a commission was APP
pointed. During the last cam
paign, it was considerably dis
eussed, and every candidate
for governor was pledged to
use his influence and power to
accomplish the necessary re-
forms. One Of the important
matters mentioned IN my in
augurial address was the need
Of a revision of our system of
assessment and taxation.
The Governor stated that
no worthy reason was being
advanced BY those opposing
the convention why this state
should not revise its funda-
mental and organic law.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-21
OF APPRAISERS
Editor st. Landry Clarion,
Opelousas, La

OpCIUuodSt L
Dear Sir:
Your issue Of August 14th,
contains an editorial on the
State Board of Appraisers,
which to my mind is most I'M
fair and unjust to the mem
bers of the board. The state
ments contained therein, / at
tribute to lack Of Information
on the subject, rather than any
desire on your part to misstate
facts. As a member of that
board, trying to do my full
duty, and wishing to do full
Justice to all concerned, the
only way, in my opinion. to
accomplish this end, is to get
the facts correctly before the
public.
You state in your editorial
that 1.-THE State Board of APP
praisers, ever since its exist
ence, has never deemed it
proper to increase the assess
ments of public service cor
porations and trust monopo-
lies"
The record does not bear
you out in this statement, your
informant or source of inform
alton, was very greatly IN err.
ror. The Board was organ
lied in 1899, up to that time
the assessments amounted o.
practically nothing. Upon the
organization of the Board,
these assessments were fixed
S25, 164,420.00, this increase
of assessments has been added
to each year, today the actual
amount assessed against pub
WE@a4" WEA&
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-08-21

communication that you did
to your editorial on the sub
ject.
Thanking you in advance,
I am,
Yours very truly,
JAMES +. LEWIS,
Member State Board Of Super
visors.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-17

couragement by their elders.
Many places all over the country
prizes are being offered for the
best flower gardens planted and
cared for by the children
Business men and well-to-do
farmers are offering prizes for
their favorite flowers. and you
will see from the pictures that
grandmother flower garden is
being made to bloom again in
many country places.
The boys and girls in some
small country villages have
pledged to keep the weeds down
along the highways, and in Cali
fornia miles of country roads are
being decorated with hardy peren-
mails by the school children.
Practical agriculture, horticul-
ture and Horticulture, and, above
all, habits of thrift and useful
ness, are successfully taught in
this way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-17
What Constitutes a Well
Furnished Home

The wel1-furnished house is not
one which is c1uttered up with
things which may be useful or at
tractive in themselves, but which
nobody uses or enjoys, but one
which contains those things which
are necessary for convenience in
working and for comfort and sat
isfaction in living, and no more
1t need not on that account be
strictly utilitarian; on the con-
trary, if it were well planned, per-
fectly comfortable, it would also
be beautiful, because beauty does
not lie SO much in the ornaments
which are put on a thing as in the
perfect adaptation of that thing
to the use for which it is intended.
In a collection of historical furni-
ture the most beautiful pieces of
each period are not those which
are most deliberately decorated,
but those in which material and
shape and workmanship best
answer the needs they were de-
signed to meet If there is orna-
ment, it does not interfere with
usefulness or comfort, and is so
applied that it brings out the in
herent beauty of the lines and
material The reason why some
of the plain old tables and chairs
which we have inherited from
earlier times look better than
many of the elaborate and snowy
ones which have just left the fac
tory is that their makers were
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-17

more interested to make them
strong and comfortable than sim
ply to produce novelties the chief
merit of which is to catch the eye
The same principle holds in all
household furnishings fact, in
everything. If a woman tries SIN
cerely to arrange her house ac-
cording to this idea of adaptation
to use, she need not worry about
its being pretty" She may not
be rich enough to have expensive
things, but if she uses harmonious
co1ors for her walls, floors, and
upholstery, and chooses furniture
for its good design and comfort
rather than for its ornamentation,
her house can hardly fail to be
restfu1 and attractive.
1t is possible to carry the idea
of simplicity too far. For ex-
ample, chair is not necessarily
beautiful, comfortable, or easy to
take care of merely because it is
made up of straight lines. On
the contrary, such severely plain
furniture is often both awkward
looking and uncomfortable. Too
many useless ornaments in room
undoubtedly give it an overcrowd-
ed, restless look, and have a fur
Their disadvantage in making I'M
necessary work in cleaning. On
the other hand, no ornaments at
all would make it seem bare and
unfriendly. The sensible woman,
steers between the two extremes
and uses a few ornaments chosen
because they are useful things in
beautiful form, or be-
cause they represent the artistic
interests of the family, or have
the intangible but none the less
real value of personal association.
A disable vase of handsome glass
or pottery, good-1ooking box for
matches, a graceful lamp with a
shade which not only throws a
good light but is beautiful in
shape, color, and design by day as
well as by night, a cand1estick
which is a family heirloom, and a
few good photographs or prints of
famous places or pictures in which
the family is interested are ex-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-17

J :
find a large percentage of the
farm mothers and daughters dis
satisfied not because they are
overworked or mistreated, but
Just simply because they are lone
some, and their souls hunger for
more beautiful surroundings and
for love and companionship for
the happiness that comes from
fellowship, for recognition in So
ciety and for more modern con-
veniences in the farm home
Supply these and all is changed,
their shoulders straighten, their
eyes brighten and the corners of
their mouths turn up, mothers
step becomes more elastic, she
sings the songs of yesterday, and
her work is g1orifed before her
eyes. The daughter, too, instead
of planning a life behind some
counter in the city or at the type
writer, sees the happiness in the
open fields and the pure free air
of the country.
These things do not depend
upon wealth as counted in dollars
and cents, for wealth does not
consist of the things which we
possess, but the things which we
enjoy. The poorest home in the
world is one with money and
nothing else.
Is it not time, then, that we
consider the lilies of the field"
and think of what God has done
to make the earth mans dwelling
place and how the little things in
nature have been worked out with
such infinite pains? How each
little flower, like each little
thought, invariably produces its
own kind and how discomfort and
dissatisfaction are born and nur-
tured around the unkempt and
inconvenient dwelling place?
We have spent too much
thought in making living and
too little on living. know the
because its products pay for the
farm, but the flower garden has
a refining look that makes the
farm worth paying for.
There is a Divine relationship
between humanity and beauty
that cannot be explained until we
know why the rose is sweet and
the dewdrop pure or the prismic
colors of the rainbow pleasing to
our senses. We cannot tell why
we go into ecstasy over the color
of a Colorado sunset or the mai
esty OF the mountain peak, but
we do know that they who miss
the exultation over the manifest
beauty of nature are poor, indeed.
Behold the beauty of the land
scape, every part of which is
necessary to effect a perfect
whole; the white clouds floating
in the clear blue sky. the haze
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we miss the refinement and the
perfect development they bring,
and the process of evolution and
embodiment stops so far as we are
concerned until we do catch their
meaning and make it a part of
our ideal selves.
If we surround ourselves and
our families with beauty, pure
and unadulterated, if we learn to
love it, live it, then our brains, by
some secret process which man
has not yet discovered, link our
material bodies to the beautiful,
and it manifests itself in the very
warp and wool of our animate ex-
istence If God has taken such
infinite pains to beautify by His
handiwork, is it not worth while
for us to consider its worth and
to cultivate it in our personality,
in our surroundings, in our very
souls?
Will we let the gilded saloons,
the beautiful parks, the gay ball
rooms of the city rob us of our
boys and girls because they are
starved for companionship and
love and beauty and modern sur
roundings in the farm home? No,
a thousand times, mol
We can make our homes so
beautiful and our surroundings so
pleasant and agreeable and farm
life SO attractive and restful that
we will have the world at our
gates begging entrance, because
of the peace, cOntentment, refine
ment, culture and hospitality of
the rural homes.
The reason the call to the farm
has not been answered and the
march from the farm to the city
tent IS because the world reads
the value we put upon our farm
homes by the beauty, comfort and
convenience with which we sur
round them. The forlorn picture
of the old farmer and his poor,
Woodworking wife has become
fixed upon the minds of the peo-
pie and will not be changed until
we have posed for a new picture
and sent in the proof.
To show you that large num-
Der of farmers all over the coun-
try are catching the spirit of
beauty and refinement along with
a show of substantial thrift, l
have selected a number of pic
lures which represent homes be-
fore and after being fixed up. 1
have endeavored to bring to you
the average homes, not the ones
upon which large sum of money
has been spent, but rather the
poorer homes where a little paint
or whitewash and the planting of
shrubs and flowers, the careful
planning of the grounds and the
keeDiue5 of the lawn has brO11Oht
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-17
G. THE FARM
HOME BE AU u L

BY MRS. BELLE VAN DORM EIARBERT.
President of the International Congress of Farm Women
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-26
HAIR AND the
MARRIAGE MARKET

Too many men have been unpleasantlyl
surprised 10 find that their wife's hair
which they had 50 greatly admired was
only . switch or Transformation. We
now know that poor hair is a confession
OF either iaklness on lack Of knowledge
and that FAIR care with sensible means
viii insure scalp health and hair beauty.
In washing the hair 4 u not advisable
20 use a makeshift. but always use a
preparation made for shampooing only.
You can enjoy the best that is known for
about three cents a shampoo by getting
package Of caathrox from your drug
eist; dissolve a teaspoonfui IN a cup OF
hot water and your shampoo Il ready.
After its use the hair dries rapidly with
uniform color Dandruff. excess oil and
dirt are dissolved and entirely disappear
Your hair win be 30 fluffy that Il Will
look much heavier than Il g. its iuster
and softness win also delight you, while
the stimulated scalp gains the health
which insures hair growth. Advertise
ment
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-26
Fort Says that New
Passenger Tariffs
Will Be Ready Feb. !

Gerrit Fort. passenger traffic msnager
OF the Union Pacific IL home from Chi
caso. where he waa looking after a NUM-
her OF matters that are to come before
the interstate Commerce commission
within the next few weeks
While IN Chicaeo Mr. Fort, with other
railroad passenger men discussed the
matter Of 81 roads wost Of that city and
81 Louis going before the commission
and aslking for an advance OF one-half
cent per mile m rates. effective March /,
Of thia year. According 10 the agreement
there u 70 BE- concerted action. About
February the passenger departments
OF all the interested roads win file with
the oomnaission their two and one-half
cent per mile tariffs. These will be re-
cciyed and u there il no protests filed
by March / on and after that date tho
new RATES viii become effective on tho
commissions order.
According 10 Mr.. Fort. the western rail-
road passenger men are OF the opinion
that Il there are any protests they viii
not Be Of sufficient importance % that
the commission win suspend the rates
The basic for this opluion IL that when
the eastern roads asked for and were
granted authority % advance their rates
one-hnlf cent per mile. there we're no
protests that the commission considered
important. These roads. railroad men
assert. operate through territory much
mofo densely populated than that in
which the advanced through rates are
asked and consequently they are Of the
oplnion that there will be no objection
10 the advance in central and western
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-26
MCAGUE'S VIEWS
ON THE YEAR 1915
New President Of Commercial Club
Tells Stand Club Will Take
This Season.
SUNDERLAND ALSO MAKES TALK

President John l. Mccague OF the
Omaha Commercial club. who has just
been elevated to the position Of head Of
the club. has issued the following state
ment as 70 what the Commercial club is
20 stand for in 1915:
Cooperation IN business. loynl sup
port Of public and liberal endorsement Of
private institutions, active interest in
moral and civic welfare win continue the
splendid growth OF our city.
Oman must have direct northors out
let by railroad into It's trade territory OF
South and North Dakota. extending on
20 the Canada line. Omaha requires
more power for manufacturing Album
dant water power is accessible II proper
encouragement 10 capital il given.
'1nterurban railroads arc necessary.
Reasonable municipal requirements and
liberal policy by Omaha business will in
duce the building by adequate capital
Omaha can obtain Missouri river trans
portation along practical and economical
lines. Public interest IN this enterprise
is growing
The opportunity Is now. for work and
enthusiastic effort by the membership o.
the Commercial club OF Omaha"
SundcrlaHd'a Statement.
J. A. Sunderland, newly elected chair
man Of the executive committee OF tho
club. has the following TO say:
The work OF the club in the last year
has been extensive and thorough. More
members than ever before have been in
active touch with its endeavors in its
many departments. In the year 1915 We
shall hope to enlarge the field Of CO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-26

InLa Grippe and Colds, Anti-kamnis(A-K
tablets are unexcelled, as they stop, the
pains, soothe the nerves, and bring the rest
20 greatly needed by nature to restore the
system to health. Physicians have used
these tablets for over twenty years, in the
treatment Of colds, fevers and la grippe, and
have found no other remedy more useful In
Ihese conditions. Anti-kamnia Tablets are
so inexpensive, &c pleasant to take, so sat
isfactory In their results, and 80 useful In all
conditions where there IL pain, that AK
Tablets should always be kept in the house
for the time of need. Many Of our ablest
physicians obtain perfect results In Ia grippe
and colds. by cleansing the system with Ep-
som salts OF "Actoids"s very good cathar-
tic, putting the patient on limited diet, and
administering one AK tablet every two or
three hours. This treatment will usually
break MP the worst case in q day or two,
while in milder cases, ease and comfort fol-
low almost immediately. These tablets are
also unexcelled for Neuralgia, Rheumatic
Pains, The Pains Of Women, Indigestion
and Insomnia. All druggists have them.
csnuins AK 7abGsts seer tie n mara
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-26

operation and every member who will
give some time to the study Of omaha's
business situation and the solving Of its
commercial problems will become fac
tor IN the city's progress and prosperity
by making known the fact that he intends
to be counted among Omaha's construct
i've boosters and that he 10 willing TO
work As chairman Of the executive com
mlttee shall be glad TO receive practical
suggestions from all members for enlarg-
ing and lettering the work OF the club,
and ell such suggestions win be carefully
considered by the proper committees.
THE recent election Of directors and
members of the executive committee from
classes Of the membership resulted in the
selection Of a strong and representative
executive committee and am confidently
looking forward to the year ahead 20
show much accomplished for the growth
and prosperity Of Omaha and its people.
II everybodys helps It will be easy"