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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19
ALL OVER LOUISIANA

Arrangements were made by Mohawk
Tribe of Red Men at Donaldsonville,
to celebrate the Fourth of July.
The jury of awards conferred signal
distinction on the Louisiana Exhibit at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition, the
display winning many medals and
awards of honorable mention.
The Supreme Court has taken a
recess until June %.
The recent school board census of
children of school age in New Orleans
showed a total of 80,0A, a "loss" of
1851 from the figures of the city as
SCISSORS four years ago.
The district court at Monroe has de-
clared void the contract of the Ouachita
police jury with ]. T. Bryant to in
crease assessments for a percentage.
A petition with 1913 signers, asking
for a prohibition election, has been filed
with the police jury of East Baton
Rouge parish.
Alexandria has purchased the street
car line for $4,000 and has placed cars
again in operation.
The Southern Oil and Gas Company,
capital 100000, has been formed at
Winfield to prospect on 1000 acres
of land under lease in Winn parish.
Plaquemine truck growers have
shipped ten solid carloads of garlic so
far this season.
The Bolds Live Stock Co. at Pla,
quemine claims yield of 76 bushels
per acre for 16 acres of oats.
The Caddo police jury has appro-
priated $500 for an anti-pellagra cam
paign. The disease is prevalent among
the negroes in De Soto parish also.
Baton Rouge is advertising, for bids
for paving Is miles of streets.
Opelousas now has connection by jit'
ney with Washington, Sunset and
Grand Coteau.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE
ACCOMPLISHED.

The Legislature adjourned in the
small hours of Monday night.
The Burke primary elections law
was given pocket veto. The general
appropriations bill was permitted to
become law without the governors
approval. All other measures that were
sent to the governor for his signature
were signed.
The separation of registrar of voters
from the clerk of courts and making
the registrar appointive and the repeal
of the Leon Smith petit jury act are
the only measures proposed by Gov
ernor Hall that did not get attention at
the session.
Because of the strong opposition
from all over the State against a return
to the old appointive registrar the gov
ernor did not press it.
The bills that were killed In transit
are: the Butler .levee bond issue, the
Locke Caddo and Ferry Lake transfer
bill, the Labarre bill giving women the
right to sign paving petitions without
authorization, Locke bill amending the
We'll bill which authorizes municipali-
ties to dedicate 21a mills Of their rev.
enue tax to the retirement of debt, and
the Powell pipe line BILL
The meeting just closed Is the third
extra session of the present assembly.
1t met in extra session in 1912 to pass
upon the work of the Tax Commission.
1t met again in 1913 to order a Consti-
tutional Convention of 1913 which
cared for the bonded debt of the state
The present session was made neces-
sary by the financial crisis of the state,
the Governor having vetoed large
part of the general appropriation bill
passed by the regular session of 1914
because the measure largely exceeded
the revenues of the state for the two
ySdl pGIIOu.
This financial crisis has been met by
the extra session just adjourned by
submitting to the people call for
Constitutional Convention. It was
found that pared to the bone, the ap-
preparations necessary to care for the
state institutions and pay official sala-
!ries for the next year, would exceed
the revenues by nearly 100000 Gov.
Hall permitted this new appropriation
bill to become law without his sigma
Iture because in exceeding the revenues
it violated the constitutional inhibition
against the legislature creating any
debt. He permitted 1t to become law
lonly because he recognized the impos-
Isibility of pairing it and because of the
probability of the deficit being cared
flor by the Constitutional Convention.
1.-THE bill is sodrawn, however, that the
institutions will De cared for first and
lno warrants will be drawn unless the
money to pay them is in the state
Treasury.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19
NEWS MU[TUM IN PARvO

Italians reported the capture of Porto
Rosega, one step nearer Triest.
Russians smashed the German line
on the Dneister river, according to
Petrograd reports.
The bombardment of French military
works at Luneville, and the capture of
$4,000 Russians were the features of
the Berlin report.
According to the Paris official state
ment the French continued their pro-
gress north of Arras, by the capture
of an important railway point.
Austrian plans for defending the
Isonzo river front we're defeated by
the fall of PLAYA into the hands of the
Italians.
During fierce fighting in the Alps
some of the men fell over precipices.
The British bark Queen of India, and
the Morse bark Belgrade, were sunk
by German submarine.
Washington officials, while admitting
the general friendly tone of the Ger
man press, pointed out that Berlin ap-
pears unable to understand the moral
question raised by the American de-
mands that war on non-combatants
cease.
Paris admitted the loss of part of
the trenches recently captured from
the Germans, north of Souchez
Rome reported the capture of Valen-
tine.
A change in the design of Zeppelins
may be one of the results of the de-
struction of one of the big airships by
a Canadian.
Holland announced that in future the
expectation of all German cargoes
would be forbidden.
Roumania was reported to have won
the assent of the Allies to her demands
and to be ready now for war
The war party in Greece led by three
to one in the elections.
All Missourians were invited to at
tend the wedding of Miss Clark
Gen. Villa formally notified the
United States that he had offered a
peace conference to Carranza.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19

| No. 1S-By David B. Samuel. An act
amending the chattel mortgage law.
No. 19-By H. H. Gordan An act
creating a Rural Banking and Credit
Commission.
No. 20-By R. B. Butler. An act pro-
hibiting corporations from contribut-
ing to campaign funds.
No. 21-By Leon Locke. An act ap-
proving oil leases by the Governor.
No. 22-By Ferd c. Claiborne. An
act authorizing banks to discount time
drafts.
No. 29-By R. B. Butler, substitute
for bill by Leon Locke. An act re-
stricting the shipment of liquor into
dry territory.
| No. 24-By J. E. McClanahan. An
act to transfer the property of the Pine
Grove Academy to the Caldwell Parish
School Board.
No. 25-By L. D. Beale, chairman Of
Senate Judiciary Committee B. A re-
port on the evidence in the suspension
of A. J. Hammons, clerk of court of
Union parish, and ratifying same.
No. 26-By John Dymond. Senate
concurrent resolution memorializing
Congress to pass the Williams-Clark
bill relative to food prevention.
No. 27-By Bertrand Well An act
providing additional means for paving
in towns of over 1000 and incorporated
parish seats.
No. 2S-By Sigur Martin. An act ap-
propriating $4,000 to defray the ex-
penses of the Constitutional Conven-
ton.
No. 29-By Simon Leopold, substi-
tute for bill by r. B. Butler. An act
prohibiting issuance of injunctions
against lessees of state oil, gas and
mineral lands and providing for Sc
questration of the proceeds pending
judicial determination.
No. Boy L. Austin Fontenot. An
act authorizing the Governor to lease
state mineral lands.
No. 31-By Leon Locke. An act to
permit Lake Charles to take advantage
of the Lafaye paving law.
No. 32-By Leon Locke House con-
current resolution pledging the support
of the General Assembly to the pro-
gram of the Conference on Rural
Progress with reference to agricultural
education.
No. 33-By E. Sundberry. An act
providing for Constitutional Conven-
ton.
No. 34-By Leon Locke. An act ap-
propriating $1,32O,6OO for the general
expenses of the state.
No. 35-By Bertrand We'll. An act au-
thorizing cities and parishes to pledge
not more than two and One-half mills
of their general revenues for not more
than rs years to fund floating indebted
ness.
No. 36-By A. F. Barrow. Senate
concurrent resolution endorsing Dr.
Oscar Dowlings stand against patent
medicines.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19
SYNOPSIS Of LEGISLATION PASSED
At THE RECENT SPECIAL SESSION

Thirty-six acts result from the special
session of the Legislature. The most
important of these are the Fontenot
antitrust bills, the constitutional con-
vention call, and the appropriation bill.
The acts follow:
No. by Leon R. Smith. Senate
concurrent resolution endorsing the
course of President Wilson and his
administration with reference to the
European war.
No. by Leon Locke. House con-
current resolution endorsing the course
,of the Wilson administration with
reference to the European war.
No. By Charles A. Byrne. Appro-
priating $4,000 to pay the expenses OF
the special session.
No. by A. F. Barrow. Senate con-
current resolution petitioning for elem
ency for Leo Frank.
No. BY Fred j. Heintz. House
concurrent resolution authorizing the
transfer of juvenile prisoners from the
|penitentiary to the Monroe reformatory
No. 6-By Simon Leopold. House
concurrent resolution authorizing leVee
boards to spend not more than $1,000
per year to send delegates to levee
conventions, etc.
No. by l.. D. Beale. An act amend
ing the charter of Baton Rouge.
No. 8-By T. L. Bowling. An act to
define and prohibit blind tigers.
No. BY John Dymond, Senate con.
current resolution memorializing Con.
gress for legislation and appropriations
for food prevention.
No. 10-By l.. Austin Fontenot. An
act regulating the business of refining
sugar
No 11-By L. Austin Fontenot. An
act to protect trade and commerce
against monopOlies.
No. 12-By l.. Austin Fontenot. An
act authorizing special procedures fol
the enforcement of the antitrust laws
of the state.
No. BY Fred j. Heintz. An act
amending the New Basin Canal acts tc
authorize the Board of Control of the
canal to regulate tolls and operate
charge accounts.
No. 14-By John C. Davey. An ac1
giving the Dock Board power to regu
late wharf tolls, etc.
No. 15-By John G. Davey. An ACT
creating a civil service board for ap
plicants for executive positions in the
warehouses and similar utilities operat
ed by the Dock Board.
No. 16-By Charles Louque, substi
ltute for bill by John G. Davey. An act
to authorize issuance of bills of ladins
by common carriers against merchan
disc in state-controlled warehouses.
No. 17-By Jas. J. Fortier. House
concurrent resolution petitioning Lou
isiana's congressman and senators tt
take up with the State Department the
matter of citizenship Of children borr
in this country of foreign parentage.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19

We come from where we know not,
we go-who shall say? Impenetrable
darkness behind, and gathering winds
before. What, when our time comes,
does it matter whether we have Jared
daintily or not, whether we have worn
soft raiment or not, whether we leave
a great fortune or nothing at all,
whether we shall have reaped honors
or been despised, have been counted
learned or ignorant-as compared with
how we may have used that talent
which has been intrusted to us foI
the Masters service?-Henry George
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19

Last month, for the first time since
the voyage of Left Ericsson and his
fellows almost a thousand years ago,
a vessel owned in Iceland touched the
shores of this country 1t was the
"Gullfoss," which came for cargo of
-four. Sixty natives of Iceland who
now live in New York gave the captain
and crew dinner.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19

Every state bank in Mississippi is
now operating under the guarantee of
deposits feature of the 1914 banking
law, PSI institutions having properly
qualified and received certificates that
they have complied with all the pro-
visions of law.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19

A boy was recently asked to give a
description of water, and this is what
he wrote: water is a white liquid
which turns completely black the mo.
ment you put your hands In it,
Sacred Heart Review.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-06-19
c Chronological Summary of
Great European War

against Austria.
August 12-Montenegro declared war
against Germany.
August IL (midnight)-England de-
clared war against Austria.
August % = Japan declared war
against Germany.
August rs - Austria declared war
against Japan.
November 5-England declared war
against Turkey.
1915.
May 23-Italy declared war against
Austria.
May 24-Germany announced state
Of war with Italy.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27

and the feeling has been that where
SO much smoke is seen there must be
some fire.
But, apart from all this, there is no
reason why the insane of the territory
should not be treated at home. The
intention of Drs. Romig and Sloan
is to apply for the contract and to
build the asylum somewhere near the
railroad short distance from the city.
They are now arranging the financial
end of the undertaking so that they
may be in position to show the gov
eminent that they can build the asy-
lum and handle the business of con-
Quoting it in perfect manner. The
saving to the government by estab-
fishing the asylum in a central place
like Seward would be immense while
every other consideration is in favor
of the idea also.-Gateway.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
MUCH ACTIVITY At.
NEW RAILROAD
7 D " N

ANCHORAGE, July 20.-The new
Post Office building in the new town.
site was started Monday. There has
been whole block set aside for this
property, two blocks for public parks,
block for chlldrens play grounds
and one for other federal buildings.
A contract was let for digging a els
tern, which will hold $4,000 gallons of
water. The hole will be 12x12 and will
be bricked and cemented inside. This
storage will supply the government
buildings and yards.
The right of way has been cleared
to the Matanuska coal fields, and
graded to Seward Junction which is
four miles from Anchorage. All is
ready to lay track to there.
Chas. Crawford who was a heavy
loser in the Valdez fire has returned
to Valdez, where it is understood he
will construct Sam Blum's new store
at that place. He has been over at
Anchorage where he and Chas. Bush,
formerly of Valdez of the cigar firm
of Ingram & Bush, are now in BUSH
ness.
Rev. E. H. Maloney, of Valdez, has
purchased two lots. The money was
raised on the grounds to purchase
same. These lots are in the new
townsite. Mr.. Maloney will return to
Anchorage after short stay at Val
DEE, and will then make arrangements
to build a reading room, which will
be used as such during the week and
services will be held in this same
building on Sunday.
was talking to T. B. Needham and
he tells me that Mears and Edes tells
him that the railroad will be COM
pleted to the Matanuska coal fields by
December 1, 1915.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
BE
ALL OWED IN
RESERVES

The Juneau land office is in receipt
of an executive order regarding the
Alaska timber reservation No. which
provides for the reservation of timber
for railroad construction purposes in
several tracts along the railroad right
of way. One of these tracts is strip
of five miles wide along the right of
way from Knik river to the end of
the branch line which leads to the
Matanuska coal fields, another tract
of the same width leads inland on
Knik arm to the mouth of the Susitna
river. A third tract, ten miles wide,
runs along each side of the Susitna
river as far north as the 'Yentna. The
fourth tract extends for a width Of
FIVE miles along the Matanuska
branch line up the Susitna river to
Broad Pass.
The order provides further that the
reservation shall not prevent location,
settlement or entry under the public
land laws of Alaska subject to the con-
dition that the locator, settler or
entryman must subscribe to an agree
ment whereunder he agrees not to
cut or remove any of the timber on
the lands located, settled upon or
claimed, unless authorized so to do by
the Secretary of the Interior.
No certificate of final entry shall be
issued in connection with this land
until the Alaska Engineering Commits
sion shall have determined that the
government has no further need of the
land for timber. This order, however,
is not to be construed to disturb any
vested right
In transmitting the order the Com
missioner of the General office sends
a copy of the letter of the secretary
to William c. Edes wherein the state
ment is made that the secretary rec
omended the issuance of the order
only with great reluctance, believing
that it would have a tendency to re-
tard the development of the country
adjoining the railroad. In view of this
belief the secretary makes the request
that as soon as the government shall
have finished with the land in ques-
ton, or mother words, as soon as the
engineering commission shall have
secured all the timber from any par
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
MINING INSPECTOR SMITH
GOES TO MATANUSKA

Sumner Smith, federal mining in
spector for Alaska, who went to
Anchorage ON the Alameda last week,
later proceeding to Matanuska accord
ing to instructions from Washington.
Mr. Smith does not know the real
reason for his bein gsent to the local
fields at the present time but seems
To think it can have no other meaning
han to have him present with the
government surveyors when they
tart the work of surveying the coal
elds into tracts for leasing. He even
Gems to be under the impression that
ne surveyors are already at work
ere. Mr.. Smith has had busy sea.
recently inspecting the mines in
various camps throughout the
ttory.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
INSANE ASYLUM
BE STARTED At
SEWARD

For years, Alaska, through its repre-
sentatives, has been asking that the
insane people of the territory be kept
at home for treatment. At the last
session the territorial legislature, both
for the benefit of the insane them
selves and, incidentally for the bene-
fit of the territory, formally made the
request to the government that the
unfortunate residents of Alaska who
are sent outside to Mornngside asylum
for treatment be kept at home for
treatment under the eyes of their
friends, and, now, two Seward doctors
have taken the initiative by applying
for a contract to take care of the
territory's insane in future near this
city. The doctors are Drs Romig and
Sloan.
The care of the Alaska insane at
the Morningside asylum costs the
United States government the sum of
eighty thousand dollars a year. The
number of Alaska patients now in the
asylum is $50, each of whom costs the
government forty dollars a month &C
cording to the terms of the contract
with the people who conduct the
asylum Added to this is the cost of
sending patients out. This cost is
something like $500 to $500 case as
guards must be employed and their
fares paid. On the whole, therefore
the ottal expenditure would be more
than 100000 a year and this money
expended here instead of outside
would mean an immense advantage,
it goes without saying, to the whole
community, while keeping the patients
here near their acQuaintances and
friends would insure sympathetic
treatment. Drs. Sloan and Romig
spoke to Governor Strong while he
was in Seward and it is said that the
governor is entirely favorable to the
idea of having Alaska's insane treated
in Alaska. When the legislature took
the matter up it brought charges
against the present keepers of the ter
ritory's insane which were very seri-
ous-so serious, in fact, that it is not
advisable to repeat them without hav-
ing had them properly substantiated.
Similar complaints have, however,
been heard in other camps of Alaska
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
ORE IS
SENT OUTSIDE
bYFA|RbANKS

A shipment of $50 tons of anthony
ore was made from Fairbanks last
week. This ore is the first shipment
by 81 Scrafford to the smelter at San
Francisco in accordance with a con.
tract entered into by him last winter
when he was outside.
Anthony is demanding % cents
per- pound on the outside now and the
shipment made by Mr.. Scrafford will
mean a net return of thousands of
dollars. The ore will be shipped out.
side by way of st. Michael.
Anthony ore will be shipped from
the mine on Chatham creek to Fair.
banks as rapidly as possible and other
shipments will be made from time to
time during the summer
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
RIGGS SPENDING
$1,000 PER DAY

Thomas Riggs, Jr., member of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission has
been in town but two weeks, says the
Fairbanks Times, yet in that time he
has spent practically $1,000 every day.
G. F. Cramer, the disbursing agent
for the commission in the Interior,
completed his report yesterday for the
first II days and they show that
s12,137 has been expended.
Engineer Bailey, who is in charge
of the Coldstream surveying party,
was in town yesterday on business.
He is going out again this morning to
the new camp at Sheep creek. He is
expected to return to Fairbanks again
with his party to spend the Fourth of
July. On his trip to town yesterday,
he was accompanied by F. S. Ryus,
his assistant
Since starting work, they have run
preliminary surveys as far as Sheep
station and have located the route
that is to be used for the railroad.
They surveyed all possible routes and
were able to find good grades and a
suitable line.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
Smell TER HINGES ON OPENING OF COAL

from Mile SO to the Boring River coal fields will
depend ON the basis upon which the gov
eminent intends to allow this vast area Of fuel to be
opened up and developed If the present leasing bill
is put into workable shape many of the claims will
be worked and we are after all the ton
mage get
"With the opening of the coal Mines coke would
be available for a smelter at Cordova As you know
Prince William Sound has the fluxing ore for the
rich copper glance at Kennecott, but everything
hinges ON the marketing Of your coal. Just what
will be the outcome of The governments plans one
can say, but share the hope of all Alaskans that
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27

ticular tract that it intends to use,
that he be notified in order that such
tracts may be eliminated from the
above mentioned conditions regarding
location or settlement. The commits
sion is therefore required by the Sec
rotary to report from time to time
such areas as may be eliminated from
the reserve in order that all restric-
lions as to the disposition of the lands
may be removed.
I'm the area withdrawn, no final
proof has as yet been submitted, and
it is not likely that for a period of
three years any settler will be able
to submit final proof" said Register
Walker, so that there will probably
be no delay in the advance of any
settlers claim to patent
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27

at distant time the whole territory will be thrown
open to development and the patience and fortitude
of its residents, who have noby carried the bur-
den for number of years, will be fully rewarded"
Questioned as to the reported purchase of
speedy 10000 ton steamer, by the Alaska Steamship
company, Mr.. Baxter non-committal. He merely
said "We are in the transportation business and
we will put enough boats to handle the business
fast as it develops. If we should decide to pur
chase the boat referred to, and there not sufi
Gent business in Alaskan waters for it during the
winter months, she might be sent to New York for
a couple of trips, providing, of course that condi-
lions warranted such move.'
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
is BELIEVED
TO BE DEAD AND GONE

The Polar Bear, Captain Louis Lane,
has left Nome to begin the search for
Steffanson the explorer who has been
missing for more than a year. Moth
ing has been heard from Steffanson
from any source and the people who
know the north coast and those who
are living there have given up hope