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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17
CATTLE BRANDS.

My brand Ia q spade. The public ls
warned against buying cattle with this
brand, without my consent.
J. C. MAGEARL.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17

The Flower and Magnolia places are
hereby posted against all hunting. under
penalty of trespass. No exceptions.
w. ]. FORT
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17
TREsPAss NOTICE.

All hunting of any kind on Pauline,
Live Oak and CLANCY places, cutting
wire fences, hauling across fields, and
cutting or selling wood, buying or haul
ing corn and buying cattle on any OF
the above places will be considered as
trespassing and will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law, regardless
of color. F. 0. HAMILTON.
(1-23-15-1 yr)
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17

Hunting, fishing and any form Of tres.
passing on Solitude, Frogmoor or Beau.
vais tracts prohibited. No exceptions.
w. B. SMITH
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17

All cattle driving and other trespasslns
Of any kid are forbidden on Forest plan
tation, under penalty of the law.
]. w. MCQUEEN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17

The public is hereby warned that the
Island and Forest plantations are posted
against hunting. ASKING. wo0d-cutung
and all other forms Of trespass. agents OF
every description included.
II. r. JACKSON
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17

All trespassing OF any description 10
hereby prohibited, under penalty Of the
law. on Alandale plantation formerly
Phillips place.
ROBERT BUTLER, Agent
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17

Hunting. driving cattle or trespassins
of any kind whatever on Como Plantation,
Brandon, La. is prohibited under penalty
of the law. J. D. WOOD. Mgr.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17

From and after this date all parties
cutting or removing wood from Pecan
Grove plantation will be prosecuted to
the full extent Of the law.
r. M. LEAKE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-17

Hunting, fishing, lettering or tres.
passing in any form on Laurel HID
Farm is hereby prohibited under PEN.
atty Of the law.
HY. M. STEWART, Manager.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13
Put County on
Cash Basis
will Take Up Outstanding Warrants issued in
Organizing New County

The board of county commits
sioners, at their last session,
looks steps to put the county ON
a cash basis by providing for the
issuance of bonds TO take up Ben
ewah County's share of The war
rant Indebtedness of Kootenai
county and all warrants issued
to- meet the expenses of organ
izing the new county.
This course was made possible
by law passed by the legislature
whereby the board of commits
sioners of a newly organized
county is empowered to issue
bonds to meet all expenses of or
ganizing the new county, includ-
ing such sums as might be found
to be due the parent county ON
the settlement.
The commissioners have had
this move under consideration for
some time and have only been
waiting until all The bills came
in and the auditor had an oppor-
tunily to list them and ascertain
the total expenditures of the
county for the purposes mention
ed i'm the bill
The amount of the ponds To be
issued is hfty-nine thousand dol
lars and the purposes for which
they will be issued. besides dis
charging all warrant Indebtedness
assumed by Benewah county from
Kootenai County ON the settle
ment between the two, is to dis
charge the warrant indebtedness
incurred by the county i'm secur-
ing the transcript of the records,
indexes, purchasing record books,
file cases, furniture and other
supplies for the county officers,
repairs on the court house build
ing. putting up the vaults, etc.
The commissioners have pro-
vided that the bonds should not
draw more than six per cent in
tcresl. which is one per cent less
than the interest the warrants
draw. Another advantage which
the bond proposition has is that
/ 10 distributes lhe extra expense
caused by the organization of the
county over a term of years i'm
stead of forcing the taxpayers to
pay it all at once. The money of
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13
Residence Streets
to Be Graded
CITY COUNCIL ASKS FOR BIDS
BIDS
Engineer Files Specifications for improvement to
Water System. After Site for Pumping Station

only thing that can be definitely
stated at this time is that the
rate will be much lower than the
meter rate now i'm force. The
water committee was also in
slructed to examine into the ques-
tion of the title TO the site for
the reservoir above the Thorn
creek dam and also the question
of site for the pumping station
and be ready to report at The next
meeting of the council.
Engineer Jaqueth submitted
specifications for the improve
ments for the water system which
were adopted by the council.
The specifications were V0umni-
Gus and covered every detail.
Among other things they provide
for am excavation of twelve thou
send yards for a reservoir at
Thorn creek and for a twelve inch
supply pipe for a short distance
at the upper end and a ten inch
pipe for the remainder of the dis
iance between the Thorn creek
reservoir and the reservoir i'm the
city. They also provide for a
pumping plant That will supply
1--WE hundred gallons of water per
minute against a 1870 foot pres
sure. With a water system of
This kind and meters installed
there should be no more trouble
from lack of water.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13
Utilities Companies
Fight Valuations

The total assessed valuation of
all property i'm the state of Ida
no exclusive OF common carriers,
public utilities, telephone and tel
egraph lines and private car com
panies for 1915 as reported ON
abstracts of the 81 counties i'm the
state lo the state auditor, is
shown To be S200.6I5.9If. as
against total valuation of S296.
7O5,Oi5. reported last year. This
figure will probably be scaled
down ON equalization by the board
of equalization now i'm session at
the state house.
While the board is hearing the
protests of common carriers, pub
lie utilities, telephone and tele-
graph lines now, it Will not fix
their respective assessments i'm
mediately for the law requires
that all classes of property is be-
tween counties must first be
equalized before the corporation
valuations are fixed
10 develops that the board has
had Dean Perkins. of Boise, i'm
the field for the past month as
an expert gathering data for its
use i'm matters of equalization.
Mr.. Perkins is back from a trip
of all the counties i'm the state
where he went over valuations
with the assessors and secured
some information as to how the
valuations compare as between
counties. He will make a full
report to The board and assist il
insofar as is possible while the
session is ON this week.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13

the county Will also go further
and accomplish more with the
county ON a cash basis than il
would if it was generally under
stood that there was no money TO
take up the warrants and that
they would have 20 be held.
The commissioners have ad-
verlised for bids for the bonds
which will be received up to and
including September Bird and
there appears to be every pros
pect that an advantageous sale
Of them can be made at that time.
Representatives of bond COM
panies have already tried TO ne
goliate for the bonds without
them being put up for competi-
tive bids and there seems To be
no question but what there will
be plenty of would-be buyers.
The city is calling for bids on
thirty-seven thousand dollars
worth of bonds al ABOUT the same
time and the two lots together
will make a BLOCK that should
prove attractive to bond pur-
chasers.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13
First National
Elects Cashier

The directors of the First Ma
tional Bank of 81. Maries met at
VIM. ID. Keeton's Office Thursday,
all directors being present. +.
W. Trueman, formerly cashier of
the Kootenai County state bank
was elected cashier and f.. r.
Wunderlick. was elected assistant
cashier. The location of the bank
was left 90 a committee consist
ing OF A. G.. Wunderlick and Leon
DeMers The organization
papers We're signed and forward
ed Go Washington. The bank
expects to open for business on
August 23rd.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13
Superintendent States
Purpose Of School

70 the People of st. Maries:
On taking up the work Of sup
erintendent of the st. Maries
Schools, it seems wise that some
statement should be made of The
purpose which will characterize
the work of the schools, and of
the plans which have been work
ed out for the coming year.
The purpose of the schools
should be to teach boys and girls
To be good men and women and
necessary factors in the COM
nunily. With this in mind it
will be necessary for the schools
/ to keep in touch with the COM
nunity life and conform to the
conditions which exist in the town
and the surrounding country.
Every community has conditions
which are peculiar to it alone and
we shall strive to adapt the work
of the school to those conditions.
Good work cannot be accom-
plished without having the boy
and girl the very center of the en-
deavor of the teachers. A per-
sonal interest, on the part of the
teachers, in every child will bring
out the best that is in the child.
An effort will be made to get in
touch with the interests of the
children and to shape the in
struction given to their individual
needs.
In order TO give more individ-
ual attention to the needs of the
children a new course of study
has been arranged. The course
is not 50 iron clad that it can
mot be varied to fit individual
cases, and yet it will establish a
standard which should be held up
for all pupils to reach.
The system will be completely
re-organized on the six-and-six
plan. Instead of the old plan
of giving eight years to the work
of the elementary school and four
years to the high school six
years will be given to the elemen-
tary school and six years to the
high school. The reasons for
this reorganization are that
There will be less waste of time
caused by giving too much at
tentiOn to unessentia, subjects
that there will be IaOre chance
for individual instruction in the
upper grades and more chance Of
differentiation of courses be-
cause of the inclination of pupils.
THE instruction of the seventh
and eighth years will be given by
Specialists in their line. More
Thorough instruction will then be
the result. Another advantage
OF this plan is that it makes the
break between the grades and the
high school less marked. Chill
dren will finish their first eight
years of schooling, be accustom-
ed to high school work, and de-
sire to continue in high school.
AS the present plan is arranged,
children become discouraged at
the more advanced form of in
struction of the ninth year and a
large percentage of them drop
out of school without ever fin
ishing anything we'll.
More practical instruction will
be given in the seventh and eighth
grades, or the first two years or
- q
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13
No Change in
Duck Season

United States Senator James H.
Brady has written Warden Jones
of the fish and game department
that ne was i'm receipt of tele-
gram from the federal authorities
which stated in effect that the
federal game law requires hear
ing before the duck date can be
changed and an application for
the change must be placed with
the authorities 90 days before
the protest is heard; that no such
protest has been made and it viii
be impossible to change the open.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13
Forest Fires
Become Dangerous
OLD SLASHINCS BURN READILY
Several Bad Fires Have Been Reported. Are Be-
ing Held in Check Fire Warden Kept Busy

ing date Of the duck season to
conform with Sept. 1, the opening
date under the state law, this fall.
Warden Jones has wired the de-
partment he filed the required
protst with the officials last May
and they have had more than the
required 90 days notice to grant
a hearing on the request of Ida
no to change the federal date.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13

a lOfeSI IRE DfOke out dDoul
noon Tuesday i'm the Blackwell
slashings near FernwOod. There
was no sign of fire when the men
went i'm to dinner but when they
came out it was burning brisk
ly. The whole crew was turned
out but before they could reach
the fire it had gained such head
way that they could not get it un-
der control. Fire Warden Ross
was notified and went up Tues
day afternoon. All of the men
that could be secured we're hired
and crew of 40 men was set to
work fighting the fire but they
made little Roadway except on
one side. The fire continued to
spread and tn old camp buildings
of Camp were burned.
Towards night the men sue
ceeded i'm getting the fire partial
ly under control and it was hoped
that they would be able to keep
il out of the green timber. II
is not known how the fire start
ed but it is thought il was from a
lighter cigarette that one Of the
men dropped. The hot weather
of the past few days has made
the old slashings SO dry that on
4 ly a spark is needed TO start a fire
and several have started from
lightning in the past few days but
have been discovered so quick
ly that they we're put out before
any damage was done.
The timber protective associa-
tion has put all of the men, who
were taken of after the big rain
i'm July, back to work again and
they are taking all possible pre-
cautions to prevent fires getting
a start.
The latest reports from the fire
i'm he Blackwell slashings is than
the fire fighters have it surround
ed. There are two hundred men
iaJ work and they hope to keep it
out of the green timber. There
have been and are a number of
Ioiher fires i'm the ST.. Maries val
Icy; one i'm the Milwaukee Land
company's slashings at Gem Sid
ing, and the one i'm Mann & Hay $
slashings near Clarkia are under
control but in both places men
are kept watching them.
There have been ten or twelve
fires at different placs ON Emer-
aid creek which were started by
lightning and most of them were
put dht before they had time to
spread. The largest of these
burned over about three acres
One of the most dangerous fires
i'm the district was i'm William Nc
Carriers slashings on Alder creek
but this is now under control.
big fire that is burning now and is
giving considerable trouble is OF
/ Bcnewah creek i'm section 2,town-
ship i5, r. w. This is burning
mostly in the grass and so faI
has done no damage. WardeI
Ross reports fires i'm almost ever,
. section of his district He i.
keeping i'm touch with the patrol
men all over the district by tele-
phone and is ready to send hell
wherever il may be needed
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13
Bonner County
After GTafteTS

Bonner county is putting forth
a astrong effort To put a stop to
ali kinds of grarting by county
officials and the county commits
sioners have instrsXcSd the coun-
ty attorney to staM$ait against
all county officers who have col
lccted illegal fees from the coun-
ty. This resolution is sweeping
in effect and will include both
democrats and republicans. Two
members of the board are demo-
Gratis. II is generally under
stood the practice OF the county
commissioners i'm The past of TAX
ing trips to various places out
side The county, such as Boise,
Portland. Chicago and charging
the expense to the county will be
the principal subject of attack.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13


residence districts OF the city will
be graded this fall was definitely
settled at the meeting of the
council Tuesday evening, at
which time ordinances were pass
ed providing for it i'm both dis
tricts and the clerk was direct
ed to advertise for bids. The
bids will be opened September ]
The bids ON the waterwOrks bonds
Tie bids on the waterwOrks bonds
as we'll as the bids for making
the improvements on the water
system will be opened at the same
time and from then ON there will
be considerable work being done
here.
The meeting was held prlmar-
lily to consider the street i'm
provements and to listen to pro-
tests, if any. Improvement Dis
trict number three, embracing
that portion of the city from
Ninth to Fourteenth streets was
take up first but as there were
no protests on file it was quickly
disposed of. District number
four which comprises Center
avenue from Occur d'Alene Ave.
to the city limits was then taken
up. A number of protsls were
on file and two of the protestants
were present in person. There
were also present quite a num-
ber of the residents of the dis
tricts who were in favor of the
proposed Improvement and wish
ed to see il go through.
William Biteman addressed The
council saying that most of those
protesting were not residents of
the district and urging That the
wishes of the property owners in
the district who wished To inn
prove their property and who
wished a means of getting into
and out of their houses should
govern rather than the wishes of
those who are holding their prop
erty for speculative purposes
only. The council unanimously
overruled the protests and pass
ed the ordinance ordering the
improvements.
The water question was then
taken up. The mayor explained
his action in regard to ordering
meters and stated that at the
time he thought it would be pos
slble to allow those asking for
permits to sprinkle by using
meters to conserve the water but
that the water had fallen i'm the
reservoirs to such an extent that
it is unsafe to allow sprikling al
all and no meters had been in
stalled and no permits granted.
The council was unanimous
that the meter system should be
adopted for the entire city and
that they be installd as rapidly
as possible. The question OF
who should pay for the meters
was then discussed. Councilman
Cormier stated that i'm all the
cities he had been in communi-
cation with the property owners
paid for the meters and he was
in favor of the same way here
and it was so decided. II was
decided to charge $1,000 apiece
for the meters installed, TO be paid
at the rate of so cents per month,
or 5000 if paid for at the time of
installation.
The question of rates was then
taken-up and discussed at con-
siderable length. The council
had a large amount of data ON
the subject, consisting of tables of
rates where the meter system is
in use and these tables varied To
a great extent. lt is the wish of
The council TO keep the income
from the system the same as 40
present and it was decided TO re-
fer the matter of rates 10 the
water committee Co figure out a
table that would do this and still
be just to the consumer The
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-13

William Fondern of Amwaco
was a visitor in the city Thursday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-02-04
WANTED A PERMANENT BOND
Mite Of Seven Years Had Worked Out
Solution Of Problem to His
Satisfaction.

He is the merest mite, only seven,
and his widowed mother was married
the other day for the second time to
daddy really very nice person
who had long been fast friends with
the stepson-elect and had no idea Of
being an interloper.
There are problems to be figured out
even when you are only seven.
Mother" asked the mite, who are
you going to marry when daddy diesT
why. my DEAR" she replied, what
o curious question"
"Well," responded the mite. when
father died you married daddy-and
now, when daddy dies. | know just
who | want you to marry"
why. my little son!" exclaimed the
perplexed mother. you shouldn't
speak like that. Daddy isn't going to
die"
Yes. mother, / know. but he might
die. Then, II he ever does, mother, l
want you to promise me that you'll
marry me-'cause then-then, you see
we would never have to be sepa-
rated"
Thus. even at seven, does q heart
know its own sorrow.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-02-04
A New Cure,

A bedpost has not generally been
regarded so much as an eye-opener as
an eye.shutter. but II. q story that
comes from Boston is true-and what
story from Boston was ever untrue?-
our oculists should go to school to the
landmarks Of Morpheus. Mr.. Frank
H. Hayes, who has been stone blind
for nine years, so the tale runs, struck
his head violently against the bedpost
on arising, and was astounded few
minutes afterward to find that his
sight had been entirely restored. We
do not know whether the virue of this
cure lay in the bedpost or in the fact
that II was a Boston bedpost, but II It
was really effected in this way there
would seem to be a good deal in such
inanimate objects not heretofore
dreamed of in the philosophy Of optics.
One of the morals of this modern mir
acle would seem to be that knocking
is sometimes a very efficacious pros
ess. and that the only way to make
some folks see things is by knocking
them into their heads.-Baltimore Sun,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-02-04
pan.American Union.

The Pan-American union is an Off.
cial organization made up of the twen-
ty-one republics of the American con-
tinent. Its office Is in Washington
and its executive officer is John Bar
rett, with the title of Director Gen.
eral of the Pan-American Union. The
governing board which controls its &C.
tivities is composed of the diplomatic
representatives at Washington Of each
Of these nations, with the secretary
OF state of the United States as its
chairman. Its home is in beautiful
white marble palace which cost one
million dollars, of which Andrew Car
negie gave three quarters OF a million
dollars and the various governments
gave a quarter million dollars.-sLes'
lies Weekly.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-02-04
WANTED TO CONTINUE GAME
Secretary Lane Couldn't Understand
Defeat In Golf While He HAd
Clubs 70 Play.

Josephus Daniels, secretary OF the
navy, was invited the other day to
60 out and play golf.
II can't play IT," said Daniels; Il
made up my mind some time ago not
to 20 in for golf until they change
the rules"
"How do you mean?
well, until they change the rules
and make It as good a game as
shiny"
That recalls the tale they tell about
the time Franklin X. Lane. now sec
rotary OF the interior, first undertook
the mastery Of golf.
Two enthusiasts over the game lent
a large set Of clubs to Lane and they
played q round. When they had
reached the last hole Lane walked
over to the nearest teeing place and
began attempts to drive OF with each
club In his sack, one after another.
THE games all over" they ex'
planned. gently.
WELL" asked Lane, picking up an
other kind Of club. cant play my
hand out?"-New York Sun.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-02-04
New style Of Shedding.

boy. The new sled has, besides one
log runner or shoe in the center, an
auxiliary runner, which is adjustable,
and which may be raised out of the
way when coasting down grade. The
smaller runner is dropped only when
the speed declines to the point that
the sled refuses to maintain its up
right position by reason Of its momen-
tum. The new sled will carry one or
two persons. The operator stands on
the runner and.has n convenient han
die to hold al 10 aid him in guiding
the machine, witch is done largely by
swaying the body from one side to the
other. The new style of shedding prom
Uses to be very exhilarating.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-02-04
Hls Choice.

Just after the fall Of Bloemfontein
soldiers were called for. owing to the
scarcity OF civilians, to work the rail-
way. The weary TONNES" were
lying in camp one night after hard
days work, when q sergeant called
out:
ANY OF you men want to put your
names down as railway porters, driv-
ers, stokers, half-boiled clerks, or for
any other appointments connected
with the railway"
Silence, broken only by shores.
Then one Tommy" slowly raised his
head and drowsily muttered:
Put me down as a sleeper. SER
geant."-London Tit-Bits.