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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-03
IF | were a cobbler, I'd make it my

IF | were a cobbler, I'd make 1t my
pride,
The best of cobblers to be;
If | were tinker, no tinker beside
Should mend an old kettle like me.
But whether tinker, or whether lord,
Whatever my station may be,
Determined to play second fiddle to
none.
I'll climb to the top of the tree;
Let who will, be second, the first I'm
determined to be-"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-03

The mails are heavier: the candi-
dates are writing letters.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-03

East Baton Rouge is running its
model road-making out on the Bayou
Sara road. How nice it will be when
West Feliciana can complete her share
of that enterprise!
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-03
BEYOND CONSOLATION.

When the Rev. Mr.. Knox was about
to give up the pulpit he had occupied
for seven months, an old lady in the
congregation seemed very much dis
tressed. The pastor, at the close of
the sermon, attempted to comfort her,
and said:
"Be of good cheer, Mrs. Judson; the
Lord will send you another pastor, and
expect a better one than | am"
ooh, no." was her surprising reply,
II don't dare hope it! We've been
changing preachers for four years, and
every time they get worse"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-03
LITTLE ADS y

Wanted to place first mortgages on
productive farm lands in Central LOU
isiana; long time loans at so per
annum, interest payable yearly. Write
for application blank. ]. P. Newsham,
Jr., 308 Canal Bank Bldg, New Orleans.
(6-12-4
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-03

"Spriggins boasts that he is self
made man."
"Then why did he make a fool Of
himself?"- Heart Review.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-03

It's good sign that there is more
talk of bridges than Of politics.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-07-03

WANTED TO BUY-A secondhand
washstand and wardrobe, mahogany
preferred. Apply to Mrs. e. Robinson,
st. Francisville. (5-8-t.f.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09

Saturday, December IS. High-9:55 am, 9.6. Low--3:40 am, 3.5; 5:06 pm, -0.2
 Sunday, December 18. High-12:43 am, 6.6; 10:43 pm, S.2 Low-4:25 am, 3.5; 5:42 pm, -0.5
 Monday, December 20. High-0:13 am. 6.7; 11:0s pm, s.4 Low--5:01 am, 3.5; 6:16 pm, -0.7
 Tuesday, December 91. High-12:49 am. 6.9; 11:44 pm. s.6 Low-5:37 am, 3.4; 6:49 pm. -0.S
 Wednesday, December a2. High-1:23 am, 6.s; 12:20 pm, s.6 Low-6:11 am, 3.4; 7:20 pm. --.s
 Thursday, December 2S. High-1:56 am,. TO: 12:54 pm, 9.4 Low-6:47 am, 3.S; 7:51 pm. -o.7
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09

when the people will pass laws which will change that rule in special cases. Humanely speaking, however, l think everyone will sympathize with the parents and the surgeon in this case if the child is hopelessly defective mentally and physically
 "I do not think that babies should be allowed to die simply because they are cripples or because they have some abnormality of the heart or for any such reason" another leading
 physician said "One cannot escape sympathizing with the parents ana the surgeon ill such case as this IT it is true, as indicated, that the child is condemned to imbecility and phy- sical unfitness too"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
A Scream.

A Scream. Bill Joins the w. w. w. at the Liberty Theatre tonight---a scream from start to finish.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
DISTRICT COURT
 HAS ADJOURNED
Court Extends Time to February 2O for Town to File Bill of Ex-
 captions in Appeal Gases.

AS Judge Fred M. Brown will leave on the steamer Admiral Evans to- night to spend his vacation in the States, the district court was ad- journed today after having been in session for more than two months, including a term of court at Seward, and J. T. Gavigan, who had been re- tained as the nucleus for jury was discharged.
 The court this morning approved the liquor license of A. F. Davis of Knik
 The tax appeal cases of the Town of Valdez vs. Valdez Dock Company. and Town of Valdez vs. M. Blum, John Lyons and E. B. Wheat. stock holders in the First Bank of Val dez, the court at the request of attorney for plaintiff extended the time to February 20 for filing bills of exceptions. Attorneys for defen F. dants hold that no appeal will lie in the tax cases to the higher court as the sum involved is less than $500. Under the statute cases where less than $500 are involved a case can not be appealed to the Circuit court unless question of construction of law is involved.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
A Scream.

Bill Joins the w. w. w. at the Liberty Theatre tonight; a scream from start to finish.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
ACCIDENTS AT
 LAT0UCHE. MINE Miner l.. Reported to Have Been Killed by Falling Over Cliff
 Three Other Accidents.

It is reported from Seward that a number of accidents, one of which proved fatal, have occurred at La touche during the past few days. The names of the victims have not been reported but it is said that one man was killed by falling over cliff near the Beetson mine.
 Another man. who had been em- ployed with the mining company. lost a leg by it's being badly crushed in the machinery. It appears that his overalls had caught between two cogs and his leg was drawn in and crush ed, requiring that it be amputated to save his life
 Two men are also reported to have suffered broken limbs by a cave-in while working in the mine. One of the men, it is reported, had both legs broken above the knees while the other suffered broken leg and crushed foot.
 The Beetson Mining company sup ports hospital at Latouche, with a physician and graduate nurses in at tendance to care for their injured, or others in emergency cases.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
COPPER CLAIM |S IN DISPUTE
One of First Copper Claims to be Recorded in Interior Was Filed
 at Sitka in 1899.

A. Amman, as executor of the estate of Archibald K. Crawford, has filed adverse suit in the clerk of the courts office against patenting of the Spot" mineral claim, by the Galena Bay Mining company.
 The claim under dispute is located on Copper Creek, in the Mccarthy district and was located by Craw- ford in 1899, and recorded at sitka which was then the recording dis trict for this entire portion of Alas ka. Albert D. Elliott was recorder at Sitka at the time when the loca- |tion was filed. Crawford named his claim "The Cave"
 In 1903 B. F. Willard, as agent for E. N. Willard, relocated the claim which eventually passed into the pos session of the Galena Bay Mining company. Crawford was one of the early pioneers in this district and was famiilarly known among his friends as "Scotty." He died in 1911, since which time Mr. Amman has been representing the property for the heirs.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
BALTIMORE PHYSICIANS
 SYMPATHIZE WITH SURGEON

BALTIMORE: Leading Baltimore physicians, including Dr. John F. Barker of .Iohns Hopkins University, in discussing the case of the defec- tive child in Chicago, say that in gen eral it is the first duty of the physi- sian to save life; that this is an inn perative obligation, but, granted that the case of this particular child was hopeless, one could not escape sym pathizing with the physicians and the parents in their determination to let it die.
 "It is the present duty of the phy- sician or surgeon to prolOng life wherever possible in every case" Dr. Barker said "So far as know there is no legal justification for any other action. The time may come
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
ADMIRAL EVANS DUE
 WHEN SHE ARRIVES

The steamer Admiral Evans. of the Pacific Alaska Navigation con- pany's fleet, left Seward at o'clock this afternoon for Valdez, but it is not known if she will load ore before reaching Valdez or the hour she wil! reach here. When the steamer sails south from Valdez she will carry a number of local people who will spend their Christmas holidays in the States.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
CIVIC LEAGUE DANCE
 SATURDAY EVENING.

The dance to be given next Satur' day evening at Eagle Hall by the members of the Valdez Civic League promises to bring out a big crowd as the ladies have been active in their preparations and have enlisted the help of their friends in making the dance the success of the season The dance is being given in a worthy cause and deserves the patronage oi every person. in Valdez.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09

See Reinke's fine line of nugget jewelry at the Valdez Drug store. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
ROsEBERY DEPLOREs U. s. NAVAL PROGRAM.

LONDON: "I know nothing more |disheartening than the announce ment recently made that the United States-the one great country left in the world free from the hidaous. bloody burden of war-is about to embark upon the building of huge armada, which will ultimately lead her into a fight for existence" said Lord Rosebery, presiding at the Rhodes lecture in the University of London.
 "It means" he added, "that the burden will continue upon the other nations and be increased exactly in proportion to the fleet of the Ucited States. I confess that 1t is a dis heartening prospect that the United States, so remote from the European conflict, should voluntarily in these days, take up the burden which we would gladly lay down. and which after this war will be found to have broken, or almost broken our backs. " Old Europe. said Lord Rosebery, was disappearing, never to return in it's present shape. On the conclusion of the war the form it would assume, he thought, would be unlike any thing with which the world had grown familiar. One obvious aspect of this transition was that in the fu- ture it would be quite impossible to make treaty arrangements between the great powers without first ob- taining some likely guarantee of their observance.
 The signature of the powers would have little value within any meas urable time that could now be con, templated. as the present war had shown that necessity compelled 1a
 tions to break treaties and commit
 trespasses upon smaller nations. and Inc nation would feel itself safe which
 obtained the price of peace on any
 thing but some material guarantee lof, its own. This ultimately meant .I fDrcG sYA FsTf S'd'3ss
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
Weather Report.
Interior Weather.

Valu6Z, DcC. ;, lS10. Fairbanks, IT; g inches snow; clear, calm.
 Salcha, ---19; 13 inches of snow: clear, calm, trail good.
 Richardson, "A; Is inches snow: clear, calm. trail good.
 Mccarthy -25; 14 inches snow; clear. calm. trail fair.
 Donnelly, --25; IS inches snow: clear. calm, trail fair.
 McCallum. -21; AS inches snow cloudy, calm. trail good
 Paxson. IA; 30 inches of snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
 Hogan, ii; 19 inches snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
 Gulkana, --13; IA inches of snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
 Copper Center, 5; IT inches oi snow; cloudy, calm, trail good. Tonsina, ia; 13 inches of snow; clear, calm. trail good.
 Teikhell. ---6; 22 inches snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
 Beaver Dam. 20; 33 inches of snow; cloudy, calm. trail good.
 Summit, above; 60 inches snow cloudy, calm, trail fair.
 Wortman's, 2 above; Is inches oi snow: cloudy, calm, trail good.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09

Friday, December 24.
 High-2:2S am. 70; 1929 pm, s.3 |Low-7:25 am, 3.3; S:22 pm, -O.6
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09

Chas. Mathison, better known as "scotty" appeared before United States Commissioner George J. Love, today on a charge of vagrancy and was given a fine of $200. As Scotty is without visible means of support he will become the guest of Uncle Sam while he Is working out the fine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09

H. E. Ellis, of the Cliff mine, is making arrangements to operate the property on an extensive scale and has given a contract to Tony Ross, Ed Spearstad and Teddy Johnson, to supply two hundred and fifty cords of wood to the mine during the next few days.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
ArcadeCafe OPEN UNTIL sP.M.
 We Serve Corona Coffee
 Strictly Fresh E2Ss. Jack Cslliu Propsietos
TIDE TABLllS FOR VALDEZ.

Predictions for high and low water are taken from the official tide tables prepared by the U. s. Coast and Geo. detic Survey. The time given for high and low water is Valdez time, and the figures immediately follow ing the time, indicate the height Of the tide at Valdez. To find the depth of water, add the tabular height to the soundings given on the chart, unless a minus (-) sign is used be- fore the height. in which case sub tract it.
 Thursday, December 9. High--2:25 am., 7.6; 1:43 pm, 1O.S Low-7:23 am., 2.5; SAP pm. --1.S
 Friday, December 10. High-3:15 am., 7.6; 2:37 pm, 9.9. Low--S:25 am.. 2.7; 9:32 pm. Ii
 Saturday, December il. High-4:0S am.. 7.6; 3:34 pm, 8.9. Low-9:29 am. 2.8; 10:22 pm. -0.2
 Sunday, December 12. IIigh--5:O3 am., TT; 4:37 pm, 7.S. Low-10:42 am, 2.9; 11:13 pm, 0.7
 Monday, December IS. High-6:0S am., 7.9; 5:35 pm. s.S Low, 12.O7 am., 2,8.
 Tuesday, December IA. High-6:54 am., 7.1; 7:18 pm, 6.2 Low-0.06 am., 1.6; 1.33 pm, 2.$
 Wednesday, December 15 High-7:45 am. 8.4; S:41 pm, 60 Low--1:02 am, 2.S; 2:43 pm. 1.6.
 Thursday, December 16. High-8:32 am, S.6; 9:50 pm, 6.1 Low-1:58 am, 3.9; 3:39 pm. 0.9
 Friday, December 17. High-9:15 m, S.S; 10:47 pm, s.s Low-2:52 tn, 3.3; 4:26 pm, 0.S
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-09
Program at the Liberty. His Better Self.

2, 3 and 4. Pelesas and Melasian- der.
 5. Bill Jones, the w. w. Wa scream.
 At the Liberty Theatre tonight.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21
Carbohydrates in Dairy Ration,

That more grain feeds supplying
carbohydrates should enter into the
rations of the Willamette Valley
dairy cow, is the belief of Professor
R. r. Graves, head of the o. A. C.
dairy department.
"A complete Winter ration contains
roughage such as hay, succulent feeds
and a grain mixture says Professor
Graves.
"Roughage Is most satisfactorily
supplied by feeding either oat and
vetch hay or clover hay in the largest
amounts that the cows will clean up
we'll.
"A good s~ucculent feed Is COM
posed of ri silage and kale, fed at
the rate of 10 to Is pounds of silage
and 20 to 80 pounds Of kale per day.
THE grain mixture may consist of
rolled oats and rolled barley, equal
parts by weight. The grain should
be fed at the rate of one pound of the
mixture to every three and a half
pounds of milk per day produced by
Jerseys, and n pound of the mix
ture to each four or four and a half
pounds of milk produced by Ayr
shires, Holsteins or Short Horns"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21
Cheap Apple Packages
for Low-Grade Fruit

THAT a good deal of low grade
1 fruit ordinarily permitted to go
to waste in Oregon might profitably
be sent in larger and cheaper pack
ages through the canal to Eastern
markets, suggests itself to Professor
c. |. Lewis as a possibility worth in
vestigating. He is not ready to say
that the success of the plan is as
sured, since experimental data is
wholly lacking. He does believe,
however, that it offers a possibility
that in this way third and fourth
grade apples may be made to bear a
portion of the production cost of the
crop, leaving the best grades a better
chance to return a profit after pay
ing the remainder of the cost.
The greatest are should be
taken,' said he, ito guard against
the inferior fruit competing with the
box products. Since ordinarily the
low-grade fruit trade would appeal to
an entirely different trade, it should
not be difficult to avert this compe-
tition. The cheaper fruit would find
its market among the thousands of
the poorer classes found in every
large city, who never eat fresh fruit
at all now. The fruit market would
be greatly extended by thus supply
ing fruit to the non-users, while those
who eat fruit as a luxury would hard
" be tempted to buy the third and
fourth grades.
Eastern growers who formerly
used the barrel package exclusively
have now adopted the box for their
best grades, while retaining the bar
rel for the low grades. They put
their box products into competition
with ours, while We have nothing to
put into competition with their barrel
fruit. In this competition our great
handicap is heavier transportation
charges, which would be almost en-
tirely wiped out by all-water-routt
shipments. Since our barrel packs
here would cost considerably less
than than theirs cost there, while
the carrying charges would be bu'
little greater, it would seem that w
might enter the market with oul
cheaper fruit practically on eve
terms with theirs"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21
Co-ordinating Courses in
Agricultural Lines

COURSES in various lines of farm
~ ing have been so arranged for
the O. A. c. short course that farm
ers car get the main kernels of them
much more conveniently than here
tofore. Aside from the fact that in
a number of the courses certain prin-
cipal lines will be emphasized during
a single week, the courses in general
have been more closely co-ordinated,
so that while taking major work in
his chosen speciality a student will
have ample opportunity to take de-
sired supplementary work in other
lines.
This may be understood by consid-
ering the arrangement for the work
in farm livestock. During the first
week, January 4 to 8, emphasis will
be placed on swine production
breeding, feeding and managing
swine. In the second week of the
course horse-raising will receive the
principal attention, while sheep and
beef cattle will be considered during
the third and fourth weeks, respect
lfCiy' LINZ lldu6ChiOhto ~ wv hCu
out as far as possible for all the
other lines of work. in this way
farmers who cannot attend for the
full four weeks may get the greatest
amount of good possible out of short
or attendance.
But more than this, students who
take the animal %husbandry work may
take supplementary work in the pro-
duction of farm crops, study of soils,
veterinary lectures or farm manage
ment.
Farmers who want two weeks of
either dairy production or dairy man
ufacture, or both, may take the for
mer during the first two weeks and
the latter during the last two weeks
of the course. Milk testing, about
which so much is being said, will be
an important feature Of production
work, and buttermaking will be en-
phasized in dairy manufacture. Stu.
dents of these courses may also take
the work in crops, soils, stock-judg'
ing and stock diseases, including two
lectures by Dr.. Lytle, State Veteri
marian.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21
Feeding Skim Milk Calves.

Most troubles from feeding skim
milk to calves comes from overfeed-
ing, according to the o. A. c. dairy
department, and this can hardly be
avoided unless the calves are fed sep
arately and each ones portion
weighed or measured. The calves
should first be, fed whole milk for
three or four weeks. Then n pint
(pound) of whole milk is left out and
a pint of skim milk added. The next
day two pints are thus exchanged,
and so on until the whole milk has
been entirely replaced by the skim
milk. The skim milk rations should
consist Of 10 pounds of milk to the
first 100 pounds of live weight, with
S pounds Of milk added to the first
additional 100 pounds Of live weight
and 3 pounds for the next additional
100. A calf Weighing so pounds
should be fed 8 pounds of skim milk,
one weighing $50 pounds should be
fed 12h pounds, and n weighing
900 pounds should be fed Is pounds
of milk. Any wide variation from
this Is likely to bring serious trouble.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21
Young Poultryman Makes
Profit From Thrifty Hens

TWENTY-SIX dollars and twenty
! six cents clear profit from the
egg production of 80 Barred Ply
mouth Rock hens covering a period
of 1913 days, is the report OF Paul
Jaeger, a Clackamas County boy, who
took part in the Industrial Club Poul-
try Contest last year. That he was
thoroughly interested in his work is
shown both by the success he achieved
in it and by the splendid report that
he wrote describing the details of his
project. The following details are
condensed from his report to the state
agent:
Receipts from March 16 to April
/, $5.58; expenditures, $1.37; profit,
$2.21.
Receipts from April 1 to May /,
1857; expenditures, $2.61; profit,
1915.
Receipts from May / to June 1,
s10.25; expenditures, $1.29; profit,
1896.
Receipts from June / to July 1,
1915; expenditures, $2.3S; profit
$4.37.s
Receipts from July l to August |.
SAP; expenditures, $1.96; profit,
$2.46. .
Receipts from August 1 to Sep
TENDER l, 1921; expenditures, $1.74;
profit, $1.50.
Total receipts s3i.3S
Total expense ll.3l
PfoI1t
The feed consisted of wheat, oats,
bran and oyster sbolls, plus all the
green feed the flock could consume.
The cost of food per fowl during the
contest was 81 Ills cents. The re-
port makes no mention of table
scraps or other food materials thai
were evidently used in the rations
The average monthly egg production
of the flock was 1926 3-5 eggs. The
eggs were marketed at Wilsonyille
Oregon.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21
Albania Farming,

Leaving out of consideration the
mountain pastures, whose area is
difficult to estimate, the area of the
land available for agriculture In Al
bania is between 100000 and 100000
acres. The greatest landowner Is
the state, and the large estates of
which 1t disposes are partly absolute
state property and party "mewkuf"
and "vacuf"-i. e., ecclesiastical
property. The large private estates
are in the hands of about five great
families, each Of which possesses
from 100000 to 10000 acres of
land. Medium-sized estates of about
500 to 1000 acres in extent are fairly
common all over the country, while
peasants farm of about rs acres
are are In the plains, but prevalent
In the mountains.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21
Beef Production Calls
for Use of Cheap Feeds

BEEF steer requires as much
~ food as a dairy cow, and to
stable and feed him in the same way
is an economic impossibility, al
though the finest possible beef might
be produced in this manner The
problem of producing better cattle is
secondary to that of producing cheap
er beef so as to leave a profit for
mar that feeds the cattle. With dairy
cattle and hogs the best feeding is
nearly always the cheapest. and the
feeder that gets the best gains usu-
ally finds that economy is also served.
But with beef cattle, which require
so much more feed for what they prO-
duce than any other kind of farm
livestock, the CASE Is entirely differ
emit" This is the reply Of Professor
animal %husbandry department, to the
suggestion of theorists who think
that farmers should raise beef cattle
on heavy rations of grain, silage,
soiling crops and hay in the same
name that they do dairy cattle. He
further says that If beef cattle did
not consume largely cheap feed that
has little other value and at the same
time require but little care and labor,
beef would be very much higher than
it Is.
ut is often stated that a dairy
COW will produce in one day products
worth two or three times as much as
is produced by a steer on the same
feed. This being the case, we GER
tainly must have cheaper feed than
that used for dairy cattle, otherwise
beef production would be an impos-
sibility. The basis of profitable beef
production is cheap grass and when
we realize that three-fourths of the
State of Oregon is grazing land and
that half of the state is yet Govern
ment land we see that Oregon can
produce and does produce thousands
of beef cattle on grass at a mere frac-
ton of what it would cost to shut
them up in a barn and feed them
like dairy cattle