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The Seward gateway., 1915-06-19
Juneau, Alaska. April 9. 1915.

Juneau, Alaska, April g. 1915. In the matter of the application of NJ. A. Arnold, for U. S. patent to the eagle Lode Claim, on Latouche Island, Alaska.
 Survey No. 97O.
 Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of mn act of Congress- approved May IV' 1870 NJ A Arnold. whose Post Office ad- dress is Seattle. Washington, by his attorney in fact John Lyons whose Post Office address is Valdez, Alaska, has made applcaloh AOi a United States patent Tor the IolO",Hs named and described mining claim iylnB' & De- ing and situate on Latouche Island, m the Recording Precinct of Valdez, Alaska ana within the district of lands. subject to sale at fine United States Land Office, at Juneau AIaska. being the claim embraced and descflD, ed in U. $. Mineral Survey No. 9IO' the .e hsIu notes of which are now on ne II 0Sioo SpT at of the Register of said U. S' Lana Oll''8' "' Juneau, Alaska, towit:-
 EAGLE LODE.
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1. whence U: D. L' M No f. Iatouche Island, bears N, 6l ueB' 10 min. 26 sec. ". 3l42.35 feet; thence ~, 27 deg. 30 min. E. l5OO 1t. to Cor No, ,1. < . thence S. 62 deg 80 min k. 6OO It' Uo NCt' ~, No 8 thence $. 27 deg. SO mln' W. % LGOV w 5y' to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 62 deg. 50 mln' w. 500 ft. to Cor No. 1. the place of beginnlhs; The location notice of this claim IS oi EeCElu i'm the office of the commissioner AI 'HiuS11' Alaska, in Book II of Records aL pase ''i ; of the records of the Recording FrecihG1 0 Ot ValJez Alaska. This claim is bounded on the north by unknown claimants; on the south by unknown claimants; on the west by the Blackbird Lode; on the east by iiI uhhnowH .t claimants Area 20.66l acres. FarlaVlOh e' all corners 27 90 min. E. The survey GOV ering said mining claim being designated aS Mineral Survey No. 97O.
 M. A. ARNOLD.
 by John Lyons,
 His attorney in fact.
 United States Land Office.
 Juneau, Alaska, April 9, lgl6' It ls hereby ordered that the foregoing notice be published for a period of sixty days i'm the Seward Daily Gateway, newspaper of general circulation published In the vicinity of the land applied for.
 c. B. WALKER,
 Register. Date of first publication April 2S, l9l0. Date of last publication July 8, sllb'
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SERIAL OI775.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A UNIT ED STATES PATENT. IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
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as due from you as a cc-owner, according to law, within ninety days after personal service of this notice upon you, if personal service be made, or within ninety days after the completion of the publication thereof according to law, the interest of any of you who may fail or refuse to make the payment due from him as CO., owner will become the property of the undersigned who has pade the re- quired expenditure pursuant to statute.
 THOMAS McCONETY. Date of first publication Mar. 3l. 1915 Date of last publication July 15. 1915.
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Hunting on the Upper Yukon" by Thomas Martindale, an interesting book full of out door life. A few copies for sale by Miss Sexton at the Hotel Coleman. 6-15-6t
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-24


OF THE WEST-CAUGHT AT 1T
Carelessly he rolled a cigarette.
From his position in the speeding
fiat car he, looked with disdain upon
the men plodding to the grind of work
along the road beside the railroad
tracks.
True, it was a freight train, but it
was taking him to the west. He had
nothing but contempt for the men
grouped around a factory, waiting for
the whistle to blow. In the west
there was freedom from all such con-
temptible restrictions = there the
open, the sage-studded hills, the
freeness of the open plains,
Our hero was attired in the fashion
of the west when it was Khaki trou-
sers and shirt, sheepskin chaps, red
bandana kerchief knotted around his
neck and a sombrero approvingly
slouched. He carried rifle and from
a formidable cartridge belt hung a
pistol.
Suddenly he turned pale, skunk
back into the corner Of the car and
grpped his gun. An enemy was ap-
preaching. AS big man swung into
the car the Westerner dropped back
behind pile Of timber.
There was murder in the lads eyes.
Then from behind a rough hand
was laid upon his shoulders. The
game was up. He was in the GUS
tody of the law.
In court he told his story. He was
not a westerner. He was II years old.
His brother, a Wyoming coWpuncher,
had cleaned up a thousand and writ
ten for him to come on: He didn't
want to be taken for a tenderfOot 4
when he piled off the train in WyO-
ming, so he invested all Of his money
in the regalia of the west. Then he
had no money left for fare, so he de-
Cided to bum his way.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-24
You don't smoke any

more, / notice, Pat?
Pat-Shure an there amt much.
pleasure in smokin'. If yer smokin"
yer own tobacco you're thinkin' Of
the ixpinse, an if it's somebody else's
yer pipe is rammed so tight it won't
draWi
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27

A variety of feed is essential in the
poultry business, says A. F. Rolf,
Poultry Specialist, Live Stock Exten-
sion Service, L. s. U. Corn and oats
should form the basis of the feed, sup
plemented by any other whole grains
available such as wheat, rice, sorghum,
millet, etc. A dry mash should also be
used. This may we'll consist of wheat
bran or shorts with 1919 by weight Of
cotton-seed meal added, together with
any other ground feeds obtainable. Do
not forget that it takes lots of sharp
grit to grind the food consumed, and
plenty of lime, such as crushed oyster
shell, to make the egg shells. Another
point often neglected is a plentiful
supply of pure, fresh water. Green
food and animal food should also be
provided if the birds do not have access
to good range.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
FARMERS SHOULD TAKE AOvAN.
TAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES Of
FERED BY SEED TESTING
LABORATORY.

In the fall of 1911 the United States
Department of Agriculture, co-operat-
ing with the Experiment Stations of
the Louisiana State University, estab-
lished branch seed laboratory on the
University campus, the purpose of
which is to make, free of charge,
prompt and efficient tests Of planting
seed for the farmers in this territory.
An expert seed analyst from Washing
ton, D. c., is in charge of the laboratory
While many Of the farmers avail
themselves of this excellent opportu-
nifty of having their planting seed test
ed for purity and for terminating power,
the facilities afforded for this purpose
are not used as widely as they should
be and inferior seed are still being
planted and inferior crops harvested.
Every farmer, before purchasing
seeds from a merchant or seed dealer,
should insist upon seeing the purity
test report as we'll as the termination
test report and the time the test of the
latter was conducted. If this cannot
be furnished the purchaser should pro-
cure samples and send them to the
Seed Testing Laboratory, L. s. U.
Experiment Station, Baton Rouge, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
STORIES OF DIXIE.

Col. j. w. Nicholson, Professor of
Mathematics at the Louisiana State
University, has written a dear little
book, Stories of Dixie" which has just
issued from the press. 1t is partly au-
photographed, as it begins with the
story of Mick" baby in arms, and
his parents when the family removed
in 1874 from Alabama to North Louis
lana, and concludes when Mick" re-
turns from the war, and falls asleep in
his old home. Incidentally clear &C
count is given of conditions, business
and social, in Louisiana, during that
time, so that the reader receives much
information not obtainable in other
books, with the further advantage of
enjoying in print the stories of an
| inimitable raconteur. The book is in
terspersed with the liveliest anecdotes,
many of them relating to the Civil War
and the adventures of Nick and his
comrades, North Louisiana boys like
himself, during the struggle between
the States.
The book will be enjoyed by young
and old, with appeal to both. In read
ing it, almost unconsciously we began
reading telling bits aloud to a certain
young auditor, or calling attention to
some quaint or instructive picture. "Oh
read some more, please" was repeated
again and again, and the tribute Of q
sober smile or merry laugh was so
| frequent, that before we were scarce
aware the entire book had been read
to the enthusiastic young listener
Intact, the books admirably suitedfor
supplementary reading in the schools,
and we should be glad to hear that it
will be so used in future. "Col. Nick"
as his University pupils and his friends
call him, is not only one of the fore
most mathematician Of the age, but is
also so genial, so lovable, that it is a
question whether Louisiana feels most
proud or most fond Of him. Every one
will certainly like his book. If one
were disposed to find fault, it would be
that he needed the old maxim, as quot.
Io6 in odnonition IN him no admits nv
his daughter, Mrs. Daspit: "The secret
of being tiresome is in telling every
thing" as If Col. Nick could ever be
ltiresome!
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
THE ISSUE.

AS we take it, prohibition is not the
issue in this campaign. So remote is
the possibility that Louisiana as
whole will accept prohibition, it hardly
iustifies the present commotion over it,
which has the effect, whether inten-
tional or otherwise, of diVerting public
attention from other issues no less
important and far more practicable.
The great economic questions relating
to Louisiana's fisc, her agriculture and
other industries, her colleges and
schools, all of which are Of supreme
Importance, have been relegated to the
limbo of forgotten things, although
such a short while ago they were the
Isubject of a call for constitutional
convention. But apart from these, there
lis another issue that should not be lost
sight of by the Democratic voter, and
| that is that Mr.. Pleasant represents
the reactionary wing of the party. To
man he is supported by the good old
Fellowship of Sanders and his crowd,
mixed assembly of men both good
and bad, but men distinctively COM
mitted to the doctrine Of What Is is
good enough. Let every fellow have
his share" Such sentiments do not
spell either progress or economy. They
appeal to ringsters of large and small
calibre: reactionaries ALL
Are you one of the happy-gO-lucky
crowd that wants to go back to the
regime of Sanders?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
CASES NOT IDENTICAL.

Mr. Pleasant said in his speech at
Jackson, last Saturday afternoon, that
his opponent Mr.. Barrett must, in case
of nomination, accept the support of
the city organization, or refusing their
aid, throw $4,000 New Orleans voters
into the Parker camp. Mr.. Pleasant
gleefully concludes that if Barrett &C.
cepts such support he will do exactly
what he (Pleasant) is now doing. This
is a good illustration of the fact that
any old sophistry will serve, at pinch,
for a political argument. The fact is
that the cases are not identical. There
is all the difference in the world be-
tween accepting ring support now with
the tacit, but no less sure, requirement
|of quid pro quo, and accepting such
support, as a matter of course, when a
man becomes the Democratic nominee.
For if the ring enters the Democratic
IL IuSISUy "
accept the results of that election as
binding, and give it's final vote to the
nominee, without having any special
understanding with him, or any claim
upon him. unless of course the sue
cessful candidate be Mr.. Pleasantly.
1t is highly improbable that the ring
will, in any circumstances, bolt the
party and Ego into the Parker camp"
The ring has absolutely nothing to
hope for there, therefore will not court
disorganization and disruption by such
course. 1t will stick to the party,
but the candidate, now unpledged to
them, or by them, whichever phrase
| is liked has a much better chance
then of being a free man when he goes
into office than if he has already &C
Icepted ring support.
That's the difference.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
INSTRUCTION rs BE GIVEN IN
GREAT VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.

At the Winter Short Course, to be
held at the Louisiana State University,
February to II, inclusive, 1916, the
lectures and demonstrations will en-
brace every phase of Louisiana agri-
culture and live stock raising. The
courses are thoroughly practical and
designed to meet the needs of the prac-
tical farmers of the State. The follow.
ing subjects will be offered: Truck gar
|dening, feeds and feeding, corn cul.
ture, corn judging, farm machinery,
dairying, stock judging, forage crops,
budding and grating, milk testing, rice
culture, beef cattle, soils and fertiliz-
|ers, poultry, hogs, plant diseases, crop
pests, breeds and breeding, home eco
Monies, silo construction, the market
ing problem, rural education, fruit
growing, vegetable gardens, cut-over
pine lands, forestry, crop rotation,
sugar engineering and others.
For full particulars address College
of Agriculture, Louisiana State Uni
versity, Baton Rouge, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
STATUS OF THE PROHIBITION
ISSUE.

In all this COmm0tiOn over the real
attitude of the gubernatorial candidates
towards prohibition the point made
and apparently established is that Mr..
Pleasant is local optionist who has
always voted for prohibition, and who
has made the bad break-for lawyer
and a politician-of saying that he
would veto O statewide prohibition bill.
He saved his lawyership later by point
ing out that statewide prohibition
would call for an amendment to the
state constitution but his position as
politician Is still shaken because of the
implied suggestion of what he would
do in case of statewide referendum
bill.
On the other hand, Mr.. Barrett is also
a local optionist, but how he has voted
seems undecided Prohibitionists and
ants alike contend that he was theirs,
like the mothers struggling over the
child before Solomon In the absence
of Solomon, one must rest content with
what Mr.. Barrett is now and that is,
according to his public avowal, he is a
believer in the congressional unit as
the proper step towards statewide
prohibition.
And after all it is what man is
NOW that counts in politics. AS the
old song says "The past is with the
eternal past"
And there Is no doubt that today
local optionist- prohibitionistP Pleasant is
acceptable to the whisky people, and
localoptionist, congressional-unit-prohi-
bitionist Barrett is not. Any who can
draw an inference should be able to
draw one in this instance. Also, if it
interests them, it is all right to discuss
what either of these gentlemen will do
In case he is elected governor and the
prohibition question came officially be-
fore him. If it be question of con-
stitutional amendments, the governor
would have no voice in settling it. If a
referendum bill were passed, he would
have something to say about it.
Prohibitionists, who are aligning them
selves with Mr.. Pleasant, apparently dc
not see this phase of the subject. II
they really desire to forward the cause
which they claim is so dear to their
hearts, they have strange way OF
showing it, in joining the ranks OF
ayowed enemies of prohibition. More
over they impugn their ewn sincerity
by failing to grasp the opportunity Of
furthering the cause. They are laid
open to the charge that their prohibi
ton sentiment is for ornament, Sunday
use as it were, and not the object Of
practical endeavor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
Quotation and Comment

Now is the time when the country
men are receiving letters
from men they do not know, and pos
sibly never heard of, stating the writer
is candidate for some state office and
any aid the editor can bestow will be
greatly appreciated.-Rayne Tribune.
We use such illusions. They are
good to light fires these cold mornings.
If you were an editor and received a
letter like this, what would you do?
please send me few copies of the
paper containing the obituary OF my
aunt; also publish the enclosed clipping
of the marriage of my niece who lives
lin Lebanon. And | wish you would
mention in your local column, if it does
not cost anything that have two bull
calves for sale, provided l can get the
right price. AS my subscription is out,
please stop my paper. Times are too
hard to waste money on newspapers"
Pamela Democrat
The answer is easy. From frequent
experience we do, as follows: Send bill
for copies of paper furnished; condense
the clipping and print it because it
contains news; ignore request for ad,
and of course stop his, not the, paper.
Moral: Never cast pearls before swine.
A dealer was puzzled by the fact that
Montgomery, Ward & Co. sold for SO
cents overalls for which he asked a
dollar, and which the mail order house
claimed sold in most stores for $3.50.
In appearance the overalls were alike.
He resorted to the scales and found the
mail order article weighed one-half
pound less than his Rather a small
discount, per cent, when the differ
ence in weight was rs per cent. He
tried out the same plan with the mail
order cotton flannel and found his
weighed more to the yard and that
he sold the 5-ounce IL cent a yard
the cheaper.-Exchange
And it sometimes pays to weigh local
stuff also.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
BROTHERS ALL.

An interesting little book, -Four
weeks in the Trenches" by Fritz
Schneider, an Austrian officer, and
famous violinist is just from the press
and reveals that the human note when
struck is invariably the same no mat
ter what the mans language or country.
Capt. Schneider relates that so long as
the enemy was en- masse the wish to
conquer was supreme, but when the
mass came nearer and the faces of the
men were distinguishable that there
existed no longer a feeling Of enmity
but instead one Of human interest
and friendliness. He tells how the
men would exchange greetings be-
tween the hostile trenches, and of one
instance when Russian giant emerged
from his trench and step by step ad-
vanced to meet an Austrian David who
had ventured out to meet his big foe.
But there was no combat, only an ex-
change of greetings. Another time
when an Austrian soldier, becoming
suddenly insane, leaped out Of the
trench naked, and two brother soldiers
jumped out to pull him back the enemy
did not fire upon them. Again under a
flag of truce the Russians, who were
starving, came over to beg for some
thing to eat, and although the Austrians'
supplies were at the lowest ebb, there
was not one soldier who did not con-
tribute crust, and the bag was thus
filled with moldy bread and cheese.
The story has had its thousand paral-
lels in every war 1t shows that war
is only possible because men lose sight
of the individual, unknown brother to
whom he can feel no real antagonism
or hatred, and battles for some more
or less false ideal. 1t is a plea for the
supremacy of the individual: the true
democracy that will come with the
millennium.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
ALL FORGOTTEN

We fail to see how our brethren OF
the ring-hating press of North Louisiana
are going to preserve their consistency
Ninety days ago they proclaimed oppo'
sition to constitutional convention be-
cause the ward bosses favored it; be
cause the New Orleans delegation was
hand-picked by the ward bosses; and
because ward boss aspired to be its
president. Now, they are bearing the
kosher mark of the ward bosses, with
the prospect of accepting ward boss
candidates all the way down the state
ticket BastrOp Enterprise.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27


Maury's Magazine, publishedatShreve-
port, is a creditable venture in litera-
ture, and in the last number we find
among many good features, clever
story by Roland Williamson, former
president of the Shreveport Bar AS
ISOLATION and member of the state and
national bar associations. The story,
"The Star Well" is realistic one of
the Caddo oil fields and is exceedingly
we'll done. Mr.. Williamson will short
lyIpublish volume of his short stories,
that cannot fail to attract readers, who
enjoy diction of high order, and love
stories that have something in them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
WlLT-REsIsTANT COTTON SEED.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 24.-The u.
S. Department of Agriculture points
out that highly selected seed of wilt
resistant varieties of cotton can now
be had in quantity from local growers
who have been cooperating with the
department, and that by purchase from
these reliable sources farmers may
avoid risk of loss from mixed seed or
that which is untrue to name.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
CoNSTABLE's SALE.

State Of Louisiana, Parish Of West
Feliciana, 9Th Justice Peace Court.
M. & E. Wolf vs.. Adelaide Smothers.
BY virtue of writ of Fieri Facias to
me directed by the Honorable the
Justice Peace Court for the Eighth
Ward of the Parish Of West Feliciana,
State of Louisiana, in the above entitled
cause, have seized and will offer for
sale to the highest bidder, at the Office
of the Eighth Justice Court, at the
hour of II o'clock a. M, on
Saturday, December a, 1915,
the following described property, to.wit:
One gray mare.
Terms of sale-Cash, with benefit of
appraisement. ALFRED GRAHAM,
Acting Constable.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
A Confederate veteran is accused {

A Confederate veteran is accused of
this by an exchange:
When asked for his views on woman's
suffrage and the liquor traffic, he re-
piled: Let the women suffer if they
want,-that's their business Regard
ing the liquor business, all can say is
down with liquor; let liquor go down,
and if it makes you sick, then let is up.
/ believe in free press, free speech, and
free tobacco for old soldiers, and /
don't care who knows it."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27

A dutifuI son will follow in the foot
steps of a pretty girl sooner than in
those of his father.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27

Four reasons for voting against
Pleasant-Bob Ewing, Jared Sanders,
Martin Behrman and Ruff Pleasant.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

The True Democrat is authorized tc
make the following announcements
subject to the action of the Democratic
primary:
For State Senator:
G. L. CAULFIELD.
D. M. PIPES.
R. F. WALKER.
For Coroner:
DR.. E. M. LEvERT.
DR.. w. H. TAYLOR.
For Assessor:
IKE CUTRER.
BAT HARRISON.
C. T. TOORAEN.
For Sheriff.:
ROBT. H. BARROW.
JOHN H. CLACK.
WILLIS r. DANIEL
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27

The public is hereby notified that the
former Stewart farm or E. M. James
place. near Wilhelm, will from this day be
called the Caroline Plantation. No tres
passing allowed. J. A. PETERSON.
20Nov-6m.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27
LITTLE ADS. y

FOR SALE-One bay saddle mare,
7 years old; no faults. Also one bay
harness mare, years old. Address
Box Is, Bains, La. obs
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-27

The public is hereby warned against
buying cotton, corn, potatoes or wood
from my tenants on the Locust Grove
place until my rents are paid, unless
they have a permit to sell from my
agent. SUE M. SMITH (S-2S-3m)