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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
Attention.

The greatest institution in Nat
chitoches in fact we doubt if there
is greater one anywhere, is the
Mutual Aid. This -sectarian
association has done, is doing and
will continue to do, a wonderful
amount OF good, but it cannot &C
complish all it is called upon to do
and would like to, without the
necessary assistance.
First, The Mutual Aid furnishes
a certain amount of provisions to
several families, deserving ones,
every week; clothes to even a
greater number; medicines when
needed; transportation has been
given for many patients to be
sent to hospitals and TO individuals
and families who we're strai. ded
here and were willing to return to
their homes.
Now the dues of this Association
are only l0c. a month, a very
small amount to be sure, but when
one considers how much good this
monthly ten cents does and how
many other ten cents are spent
fooIishly, no one should hesitate
to give it cheerfully.
1t is impossible for the collec-
tions to be made regularly and
more times than not when the
call is made. the member is absent,
or hasn't the change, etc. and
then if two or three months are
often times designations
are handed in and this makes it
embarrassing all around.
The good people of Natchitoches
are liberal as can be and but for
their liberality the Mutual Aid
would be impossible, but the
membership is falling off, and an
appeal is made not only for their
renewal but for additional ones, so
that the good work can go on.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

Secretary McAdoo who regards
the South's crop so important to
the nation, has offered to de-
post $50, 900, 900 or more in gold
in reserve banks to hold up the
price Of cotton under the contra
band declaration. The gold would
be deposited temporarily at least
without interest charge.
If it appeared that the object
could be accomplished with greater
efficiency thereby, the deposits
would be made directly with
national banks agreeing to lend
the money on cotton at a rate not
to exceed 6 per cent.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
Bermuda.
CARD PARTY.

Mrs. Ed G. Prudhomme enter
tanned the Square Table Club last
week at which Mrs. J. Laurence
Prudhomme won the first prize,
Miss Daisy Cloutier the second,
Mrs. A. F. Cloutier the lone hand
Mrs, Ben Dranguet of your city
the consolation, Miss Irene Clou-
tier he BOBBY Refreshments in
the line of punch, cake and ice
cream we're served.
Mrs. E. G. Lawton entertained
at Progressive Euchre in honor of
Mrs. r. A. Hunter of Shreveport.
Several from your city were in
attendance. The usual sandwich
and slice of cake with the names
of the prize winners failed to
reach your reporter.
Masters Reginald and Phonsie
Prudhonme, Guy, Emanuel and
Vernon Cloutler and Hugh Miller
are at home after weeks absence
in your city attending the Farmers
Short Course at the Normal.
These young boys report a grand
time and unhesitatingly says
that the course was we'll worth
attending.
Nm, bor N;po
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
OBITUARY.

At 1890 on the morning Of
August IA, 1915, j. L. Sanders
aged 40 years, 2 days, responded
to the summons from on high and
passed away at his home in Nat.
chitoches, Louisiana.
In his early childhood, God
called his parents from earth
leaving him to thread the unknown
pathway of life without the guild
ing. hand of father and mother.
but, He who doeth all things we'll
did not forsake him, and provided
a way for him to get the true
principles of manhood deeply i'm
planted IN his being. He hated
the base things of life and held
himself above them. He was a
nan of high ambitions, a good
man and a good citizens, a member
of the Baptist church for twenty
years prior to his death.
In November 1912, he, with his
family moved to Natchitoches in
order that his children might have
the educational ADVANTAGES offered
there.
Mr.. Sanders was a victim of
hemorrhageous malaria and suf-
fered intensely, yet during the
awful agonies never once was he
impatient. or other than reconciled
to the will of God.
He leaves Il loving wife, two
children and many friends to
mourn his early death.
TT is not death to die,
To leave this weary load,
To go to dwell with Him on high
To he at home with God"
A FRIEND.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
The Dixie Highway.

The Dixie highway ought tc
prove even more popular than the
Lincoln highway, says the Toledo
Blade. 1t will run through
country much more diversified of
soil. scene and people. Where
the one viii bear summer traffic
almost entirely, the other will be
used all the year round. For
sentimental reasons, too, it should
prove more attractive, its histori-
cal associations being far more
numerous and in much more con-
contracted fern. But probably
the greatest appeal which the road
to Duke will have, SIS against the
great east and west road, will, be
in the fact that it can be covered
from one end to another in much
less time, with consequent saving
equipment to make the journey.
The lightest cars can compass
the distance with trifing wear and
tsar. In short, the Dixie high
tour will represent an excursion
where the tour on the Lincoln
highway is an expedition.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

OF course, Secretary McAdoo's
announcement that the government
stands ready to DEPOSIT $50, 900, 600
in the Federal reserve banks or in
the national banks of the South to
be loaned at a low rate of interest
on cotton in distress, may be ex
pected to have a greater moral
than physical effect. The know
ledge that this distressed cotton
need not be forced on the market
will help very materially to spike
the guns of the bears and permit
of the gradual absorption of the
crop by the open markets of the
world. This, with the active &C.
operation of the business and
banking interests of the country.
will make for better economic con-
ditions in the South than other
wise might be expected.
The South gambIed on the pros
pect that the war would be over
by the time this years crop was
ready for the market, .and lost.
But the situation is not as des-
perate as it was a year ago, and
there is every reason to believe
that the crop will ultimately End
a market at a fsir price. -ShreYe-
port Times
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
BASE BALL

Nine promising young men
from Viewers Mlll-away out
in the piney woods, made their
base ball appearance at Natchez
last Sunday and the boys out
there sent them home with base
hite buzzing in their ears, like
the twang of steel-tuning FORK,
plus the tone of a mellow bell.
That boy Moody is some pitcher
and did you notice Railing at the
receivers endl They played
fiddle de-wlnks" wit b t h
P-Weod Boys. Some star plays
were made but as your reporters
attentions directed towards the
Ump's. Messrs. F. A. Cloutier, Sr.
and Leon Friedman, we omit
mentioning any names. Those
Ump's. are old timers and once"
were stars on the diamond ~ and
the genial kind words handed out
to them by the Fans were placed
in the Error Column by the
scorer, Mr.. Ado Miller. If you
are anxious to ascertain the score
perhaps with a little coaxing Mr..
Miller may tell you on the d. Q.
Twas base ball some.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

The number of eduoable children
in Louisiana as appraised by the
State Board OF Education at its
session in Baton Rouge this week
totals 538,119
OF that number 5000 are ILL
terates of which 1887 are white
and 44,962 negroes and the Supt.
has been authorized BY the Board
to inaugurate in as many parishes
as practical. night schools for them
the work to be done By volunteers.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
Good Roads Pay.
Goods roads save money, |

Goods roads save money, be-
cause:
They cheaper transportation to
the markets.
They reduce the drain upon
capital invested in horses.
They prevent waste of time. and
time is money
They add to the JOY of living,
and JOY adds to the effectiveness
Of life.
Good roads may be had by
dragging.
Use the drag.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
Oakland Rambles City Streets.

Under the caption, Paige
HANDLERS City streets; Pilotle S
car does strange stunts for Ne v
Haven citizens" the followi g
interesting story appeared in la
Mondays paily's:
A six-cylinder, seven passeng r
touring car, without a soul aboard,
but calmly rambling up one
of the principal thoroughfares of
New Haven, Conn.,, threw the IN
habitants of the celebrated home
of Yale University into state Of
considerable excitement a few
weeks ago. Before the mystery
had been solved, trolley car con-
ductors, pedestrians. automobile
drivers, and even the chief Of
police volunteered for a role in
the little drama. only TO discover
that no assistance was necessary.
Automobiles have been driven
up hill and down, through sand
and mud, on high and on low,
through the city traffic. In fact,
it seemed as though every form of
demonstration and test had been
utilized to prove the quality of
motor cars. But the lonely pilot
less car IN New Haven was doing
something absolutely Lew. 1t was
proving fexibiii y and independa-
bility and ease of operation in a
manner that was both new and
startling.
The car that stirred New Hayer
was Paige six 49," and it was
turned loose in the city streets BY
salesman of the New Haven
Paige distributors, The Paige
was started on Whitney avenue.
in high and trottled down, and
then left to its own devices. T.
rolled along at about two miles al
hour, with the salemen in charge
walking along the sidewalk to keel
ambitious and over-excited people
from running to an ilI-adviseC
rescue.
The Paige proceeded thus foI
several blocks, passing automo
biles and trolley cars running II
the opposite direction. While the
phantom car" shattered the
nerves of a few, the demonstration
was certainly complete and en-
tirely successful. There is nc
longer any question in the minds
of the New Haven citizens that
Paige is flexible and will trottle
down to walk on high. Even
the chief of police admits it.
Now New Haven, Connecticut
has nothing on US; as we were
reading the story on Monday.
similar scene was being enacted
on the the streets of this city to
the wonderment of a number OF
citizens. A New Overland six
80" was majestically preamulating
our main thoroughfares; piolot- /
less and occupantless; it was the
first of this Model to come into
our midst, and was being demon
strated,' by Mr.. j. NJ. Nabers,
Jr. of the Sales & Service Garage
Of Shreveport. for the benefit of
their local agents-The Natchito- |
ches Livery & Garage Go. So
you see Natchitoches is right up |
to date and is keeping abreast of
the progressive spirit of ye, down
Eastmen, Woohl
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

Col. Glen, known as the ''drum-
mer boy at Chicamauga" the last
officer on the active list of the
United States Army who saw SER
wee in the civil war, was placed
on the retired list Saturday, with
the additional rank of brigadier
general, in accordance with an act
OF Congress.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

Louisiana's output of oil, last
year had a market value of 80 a
barrel and returned $12.886, S97
the oil from the Northwestern
portion bringing a better price
than that from the coastal fields.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

A dark green IL cts stamp, bear
ing the profile head of Benjamin
Franklin has just been authorized
by Postmaster General BurIeson,
to meet the parcel post demand.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

A silo is one of the best assets
any farm can have. Instead of
FEEDING go per cent of the corn,
100 per cent can be fed by means
of silo.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

A call for the organization of a
;iyic welfare league" which would
abolish factionalism and adjust
rublic questions, has been issued
in Shreveport.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

The murder of Frank, makes
Georgia blot the fair scutcheon of
the South, nay of the whole Unit
ed States, that time nor tide can
never efface.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

dip the tick" is the slogan
which the Dept. of Agriculture
has adopted for a special cam
paign against the cattle tick in
the South.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
AS CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE TO Con-
sTITUTIoNAI CONVENTION.

hereby announce myself a Candi-
date for Delegate t, the Constitutional
Convention under the provisions of Act
33, of the Extraordinary Session of
1915. Subject to Nomination by the
Democratic Primary Election.
M. H. CARVER.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

A typewriter just introduced
into India will write $50 charac-
ters and signs of che Bengal al
phabet.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

President Wilson believes that
III, time has come for the United
sites to decide on a definite pro-
gram of national defense.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

Vernon parish has over sixty
-.nd;as.-l A.-1a-s;- ..ssl.-4Aiiirla4efrom con-.
stable to sheriff and among that
number, doctors are in the great
est majority.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

We advertise in newspapers,
says one of the greatest manufac-
rers of the day, because they
hit the spot we want to reach.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

Reports from Southeast Louisi-
ana state there will be record
breaking pecan crop.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

Cotton has been declared abso-
Lutte contraband of war by Great
Britain.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

AS result of the war, immi-
grafton has reached its lowest ebb
since 1899.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
AS CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE TO Con
STITUTIoNAL CONVENTION.

hereby announce myself a Candi-
date for Delegate to the Constitutional
Convention under the provisions of Act
33, of the Extraordinary Session of
1915. Subject to Nomination by the
Democratic Primary Election.
C. NJ. CUNNINGHAM.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

AS CANDIDATE FOR delegate TO Con-
sTITUTIoNAL CANvENTIoN.
hereby announce myself a Candi-
didate for Delegate to the Constltu-
tional Convention under the provisions
of Act SO. of the Extraordinary Session
of 1915. Subject to Nomination by the
Democratic Primary Election.
PHANOR BREAZEALE.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
FpH sAcKAcHE MpNsYs kNp SLAP zee
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1915-08-26

Under the caption, paige
HANDLERS City streets; Pilotle s
car does strange stunts for Ne
Haven citizens" the followil g
interesting story appeared in la
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-29

never pleasing to the eye. Branches
containing real woodpecker holes,
when obtainable, are perhaps the
best attraction that can be offered
most house birds in tn breeding sea
son. By carefully fitting such a
branch to fruit or shade tree its
foreign origin will scarcely be noticed.
A good house may be made from
a log or large branch, followed by de-
cay. il 1t is fitted with a top and bot
tom. The cover should be put on
after the log is fastened into place.
Either the top or bottom should be
removable. Another way of making
a log house is to split a straight
grained log two feet or more in length
through the middle and then to cut
out a cavity with gouge. The exca-
vations in the two halves can be
made to match exactly by means Of a
pattern or template having the size
and shape desired for the proposed
cavity through the plane of cleavage.
The top OF this house should be COW
cred with tin or zinc to keep out
moisture. The halves should be fas-
tened together to be taken apart and
cleaned. Phoebes like to nest about
buildings. and simple shelf under
the roof of porch or shed is all they
require
A nest shelter designed to be
placed in shrubbery for catbirds.
brown thrashers and song sparrows
requires little lumber or labor, and
one may well be placed in every patch
OF weeds or brush frequented by these
birds. Fastened to a large horizontal
branch or in a crotch of a tree 1t q
likely to be used by robins.
Houses placed on poles are es-
pecially suitable for swallows Blue
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-29
THE TARIFF PROBLEM
It Promises to Be the Keynote Of
Next National Campaign.
simmons-U Underwood Law Will Be
Held Responsible for Lack Of EN-
pIoyment for Thousands Of
WorkinQmen.

Speaking for the Pacific Northwest,
the Spokane SpokesmanReview in
weighs against the new fiscal policy
of the United States for which the
existing federal administration is re-
sponsible. 1t sums up the situation
at the present moment a. follows:
Passage of the Simmons Underwood
tariff bill by the Democratic parry
carried the United States long way
toward the ultimate Democratic goal
OF free trade. That fact stands out In
strong relief in recent department OF
commerce review of the country's for
eign trade. Prior to the enactment OF
the new law import were almost
evenly divided between the dItiable
list and the free list For example, OF
the total imports tin 1910. $155,sl1.-
1886 were free of duty, and $s01 ,636,O34
were dutiable in 1911, $776.972. 500 and
$3.50 .253,5 9c respectively. But in 1914,
first full calendar year under the new
tariff law, imports dut free totaled
S1,127 .502,699, as against 1851. 1855. 2S9
dutiable. In February, this year, duty
free imports were nearly twice as
much as dutiable imports-in round
numbers >s0.000.O00 and s45 100000
respectively.
1t asserts that on this record the
presidential campaign of 1916 will be
vigorously contested between the free
traders and the advocates of protec-
ton, and that the issue will be espe-
cially keen in the states of the Pa
cific Northwest, where the free trade
theories of the Democracy are given
their most sweeping application" But
if disgruntlement with Democratic
free trade notions is active now. 1t
will be much more active under condi-
tons that are sure to arise after the
war. Then there will be a sharper
struggle than ever by Europeans for
advantage in American markets, and
the difference between the high wages
current here and the low wages gen
orally current in Europe will tend
to put American manufacturers out of
business and throw American work
ingmen out OF employment unless
there is speedy restoration of the
protective principle in American tarin
laws.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-29

State Humane Bureau to Continue.
Denver-The State Bureau Of Child
and Animal Protection will continue
its work in spite of Governor Carl
sons veto Of the appropriation for it's
maintenance, according to E. X.
Whitehead, secretary and member of
the board of directors 1t has been
supposed that the bureau would dis
continue its work June /. I'VE will
try said Mr.. Whitehead, ito raise
enough private funds to carry on this
work. If we are unable to raise the
necessary $4,000, we shall be obliged
to do without the services of our six
paid officers. The bureau now has
1,164 volunteer unpaid officers, so we
would be able still to do good deal
of work. We will have the same au-
thority as officers that We have had
in the past. The governors veto did
not and could not abolish the board of
directors, as the bureau was created
by the Legislature" The condensed
statistical report which the bureau
has just published shows the follow
ing work done from Dec. l., 1912, to
Nov. go, 1914: Cases investigated and
given necessary attention, men, 1902;
women, 1875; boys. $40; girls, 3.19s;
animals, $685.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-29

The front gable Is open. entrance to
the room below being through the
rear of the upper floor. This house
can be opened for cleaning by lifting
out the upper floor.
Martin houses are built on the
apartment plan to satisfy the social
instinct so marked in martins but
SO conspicuously lacking in most other
birds They usually contain not less
than 10 to ~ rooms and for this rea
son are relatively complicated, espe
cially if they are miniatures of elabor
ate buildings. as is often the case.
Like the single-room houses. they
should be easy to inspect and clean
from top to bottom and, If possible.
should be made proof against the
English sparrow. When martin
house is exposed to ,trong winds it
may be advisable to attach guy wires
to corners of the roof The pole may
be made of single piece of four-inch
galvanized pipe, set in concrete base.
In this case the house should be q
cylinder and the roof cone.
Each spring before birds return
from the South all filth and litter
should be carefully removed from bird
houses In addition to the relics OF
previous occupancy, houses are likely
to contain cocoons of insects. and
nests of bees or squirrels. Attention
to this one item of spring cleaning Is
a substantial factor in attaching birds
permanently to their houses. A little
sulphur scattered about a house is =
good remedy for parasites. When
bluebirds or swallows take possession
of a martin house it is a good plan to
put up a oneroom house In the vicin-
ity and remove the nest from the mar
tin house Interlopers. thus evicted,
often transfer their housekeeping to
the small house Houses designed for
woodpeckers should always have an
inch or so Of sawdust in the bottom
for the reception of eggs, as wood
peckers do not gather nest materials.
Due attention should be given to re-
pairs 1t is easier to keep houses in
good order than to build new ones.
Birds have numerous enemies from
which a careful landlord will try to
guard them Among hese is the
English sparrow. whose persistent at
lacks too often drive more desirable
birds away from their nests and from
tho neighborhood. European star
lings. which at present are not dis
tributed beyond narrow strip Of the
Atlantic coast region centering about
| New York, are to be condemned for
their pernicious interference with ma
| tive house birds.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-29
Ex-President Taft Is Right.

Former President Taft declares that
existing arbitration treaties between
the United States and other nations
provide for the settlement of all ques-
tions except those which are likely to
lead to war, and are therefore of little
practical use except as expressions of
good will. What wide difference of
opinion between the former president
and the present secretary of state,
who seems confident that war can be
abolished by treaty
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-05-29


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birds and wrens also like this kind OF
a house, but they prefer one with .
rather deep cavity. In building .
house for flickers 1t should be SO
arranged that the roof can be lifted
In the same way as stopper is re-
moved from bottle. A house suit
able for members of the woodpecker
family may also be used for nut
matches, titmice and chickadees.
A house designed for wrens and
house finches may be placed on q
tree or fence post. 1t should be at
tached near the caves of a building.