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The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1915-06-10

| according to law and in his procla-
nation shall announce that at 10
o'clock on the 5th day of July 1915
this board will meet in the Court
House and in open session proceed
to open the ballot boxes, examine
and count the ballots in number
and amount, examine and canvass
the returns and declare the results
of said election.
Yeas: Barron, Huckabay, Huff
man, Ingram, Levy, Martin, Miller,
Pullin, Sellers, Truly.
Nays: None.
Resolution by Mr.. Pdllin, seconded
by DR.. Huckabay:
Whereas there has been a petit
ton filed with the Board of School
Directors of the Parish of Natchi-
toches, Louisiana signed by more
than one-fourth of the property tax
payers of the Creston School Dis
trlct, Ward Two, Parish of Nat
chitoches Louisiana eligible to vote
at such an election praying that a
special tax be ordered in and for
said district at which shall be sub
mitted the following proposition,
to-wit:
To levy special tax of Ten mills
on the dollar on all property in
said Creston School District, Ward
Two, Parish of Natchitoches,
Louisiana subject to state taxation
for period of five years for the
purpose of building and giving adj
ditional aid to the schools in said
district, and whereas in the opinion
of this Board of School Directors of
the Parish of Natchitoches, Louisi-
ana such special election is neces-
sary and advisable, that a special
election be and the same is hereby
ordered to be held at the regular
polling place in said Creston School
District on the End day of July
1915 at which the following propo-
Sltlon shall be submitted tO-Wit:
To levy special tax of five mills
on the dollar on all property in said
Creston School District, Ward Two,
Parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana
subject to state taxation annually
for period of five years for the
purpose of building and giving ad-
ditional aid to the schools in said
district.
That the secretary of this Board
be and he is hereby instructed to
have prepared for use at said special
election sufficient number of bal
lots on each of which shall be print
ed the proposition mentioned in
this resolution as follows:
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1915-06-10
BALLOT.

Proposition to levy a taxi
of Ten mills on the dollarI
on all property in the Ores
ton School District, Ward
Two, Parish of Natchito-
ches, Louisiana. subject toI-
State taxation annually forE
a term of five years for theI
purpose of building andl
giving additional aid toll
said district.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1915-06-10

"A. Il. Bath, ward eight, No. la.
10 acres 81 OF SWf Nlc4 Sec. 5, r 8,
Rs. Taxes to date $I.45, Cost of
advertisement to be added.
NJ n. Mitcham, ward eight, No %.
40 acres NEt Of NE3 Sec. lat 5 r
8. Taxes to date $500. Cost of adyer-
tisemenE to be added.
Jim O. Lou Taylor, ward eight, No. 8.
% acres NW4 of NW4 Sec LA 81 of
SEA of SW4 Sec. 10, T 8, r. 8 less 10
acres sold at Tax Sale to B. e. Tay.
Tor Taxes TO date S3.25. Cost of
advertisement to De added.
w. q, Wattley. ward eight, NO, 3
so acres 40 acres in NW3 OF NW4,
10 acres SEA Of NWa Sec. Is, T 5, X
8 and moYables. Taxes TO date 81. %.
Cost OF advertisement to be added,
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1915-06-10

eight, No 10.
80 acres WI of NW4 Sec. I, 7 5, R s,
AcQ. of State of Louisiana. Taxes to
date $3.50. Cost of advertisement
to be added.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20
SWATTING Tt.F, FLY.
There Is No Hope OF Ever ENtcrmi'
mating The Hardy Musa Domestic.
Philadelphia Record.


About this time every year We hats
become accustomed to hear the advice
to swat the early fly. Each Of theS~
peStllent insects is the possible pro-
genitOr Of 100000, so that ono dead
;sprlngtime fly in esse is equal TO l,0e1.-
O0O live summer flies in posse. Iheo-
mathematical dem monstrauons 81 th-
value of early fiy-killing should not
be impugned of course. Noboo:
should be discouraged from arutlE
himself with swatter and dispo-irs
a busTel or two dioptera before
Easter. The typhoid tly"-and he il
the carrier of many other dlse#9'
gersm-shouid be hunted, sTaltet.
trapped and fy-papered un1nerciI9.F
early and late.
I Any idea, however, that mus ~
nestica can ever be exterminated VIII
nave to be given up. Suppose that .a
fall the United States only l.o00,o9',-
600 pair Of yesterdays fly rep
should survive the winter, and II ih-s
lot 999,OOO,000 pair should fail o-4-
| ing the spring sWatting season ana
sent to the crematories; there won"
still be 100000 pair left with pro-
ductlve potentiaity of 100000 ot'
| 900. OF course, the swallows ana
other birds would not permit al
! survive; parasites and other natlfa'
| enemies OF the fly would claim 1ht-
! toli; and the SWatters would not =.
main idle from April to NovernreT l0
Is quite certain that there W0u!d h-
a sunlcient remainder over 50 thtI
after the period Of Information, ar
other billion pair would COM I"t'
70 recOmmeHce the population ~ !#'
Ily world in the ensuing year
| Inc lily antedateS man as Al. ~.
hahltant Of this mundane sphert J
millions Of years, but it was the APP
pearance Of the human race that I@
suited in the making Of condlu"h-
most favorable to the propagatl"H 4.
the species. Garbage cans ana
manure pits are the favorite breedll .
places In fact, the scientific nalne o.
the insect, musa dUmestica, indlc"t"7
that it is indigenous to human habit
tlOns. The fly is not the only ANNA E.
ed being that owes its increas~ 't
numbers to the existence and ha y :
OF mankind, whom they thank -
Pfagu1ng-using this word in ~
widest possible sense Field mice an
quite q negligible quantity by cor
parlson with their cousins who lnIe7
our houses and rob our larders: an.
the woods and brooksides harDcr N
hn1tely fewer rats than the stabit
and sewers built by man. Man cre
ated the conditions in which the ~
the mouse, the rat and cineE le@t-
iarlus will remain with man 20 fo'
lend Of time
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20
great stacks Of bags SO cordes
every depot.

One OF the big items of grain .,---.
is in getting the goods 10 TIA
roads. The most of it is carrie
bullock carts. hauled by from s..eII
to twenty-four or more animals IN
average wagon freight rate TO- -
paratively short distances j.
cents per mile per hundred W..
So that If mans farm is ten -
from a station, it costs him ~
per hundred weight TO get hfo
there, or something like 9 cen.
every buShel Of wheat As a r...
this high wagon freight the m. /.
the wheat farms are close t. ~. .-
roads, the extra freight eaUr
the profits of those far away.
The labor on the Argentine ra#t......
is largely foreign. The roads ars
cered and managed by high-pr3eea
officials from other countries So
of the superintendent and a.r.r.1
managers receive from $4,000 ta xe-
900 per year, and all such high-c.ses
brains are we'll paid. Farther 4. v.,
the scale the salaries are greatn ~a-
duced, and are seldom as larra F..
similar salaries in the United S,.-.s
There is a labor union here of .-.--
neers and firemen known as IA Fra
ternidad," or the Brotherhood in j..
SOIu0 ~ Ildl o1ullldI " IIt Hr0f N "a
of Locomotive Engineers of the United
States, and it has had much to do p-.- :
fixing railroad wages. Accordirg r.,
this brotherhood the engineers ara
classified in grades, and should be n35a
according to the length Of service
There are now five grades and ma
wages Of engineers range from sNa -
$120 per month. Firemen get from
about $40 to SIS per month Th.,
days are graduated by hours and The
| maximum working day under express
| orders is twelve hours, although in
| car it rapidly passed through TO the
| case Of accidents or extra aordinary oc-
casions it may be longer.
The most Of the road construction is
| by Italian and Spanish labor, and the
| Italians do most of the contract work.
In this case the captain of the gang
| takes the contract, by the job or the
yard, and he is responsible for the
| Work Of his men. Upon one If the
| roads in Patagonia I saw twenty gangs
| Of ten men each laying tracks. They
| were paid SO much per mile. They
carried their tents with them, anJ
| were supplied with their food from 2
a little grocery or department store
on wheels. 1t was fitted with shelves
upon which We're bottles of liquor and
packages of tobacco. groceries and
clothes. 1t has a Storekeeper fur
nished by the railway, and its goods
| were sold at reasonable rates. Amoue
Il the chief articles of consumption Was
| the native wine. without which the
men will not work. This was sold 4
a few cents bottle.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04

'Kendrick" commercial sign-writer and bulletin board advertiser. 7-23-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
HAYNES FIRE CREEPS NEAR
 ARMY POST

Forest Supervisor w. G Weiglo to- day received 9 telegram from Haines, with news that another large fire had broken out in the timber just South of the Fort Seward barracks. and that the fires on the east bank ot Lynn Ca- nal were burning without abatement. Five fresh fires also have broken out on Admiralty Island. and volunteers have gone to light the danes.
 "l want to impress upon people who are goius camping che importance of stamping out their fires" said Super. visor Weigie today. "lf we an eo- operate in this. it wiil do much to- ward minimizing the danger Of fire in the timber and wish you would urge Che campers to be as careful as pos sible"
 A telegram received this morning by c. B. Walker of the land office states that a second fire party has been sent Co fight the fires raging north or Haines. Serious fires are reported in the southern end Of the peninsula and another very bad one is burning about two miles from the fort Thirty men are now engaged in lighting the fires there and it will probably be necessary to put on an extra force later .n the ady if the rain continues Go hold on.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04

Robert Scott left today on the Ad- miral Evans, for a business trip to Seward and Anchorage.
 George R. Cornor, of San Francisco private secretary to Vice-President A. w. Scott of the Southern Pacific rail road, was among the round trip pas sengers on the steamship Jefferson accompanied by his wife. Miss Edna Owen. head of the accounting depart ment of the Southern Pacific offices in San Francisco, also was a passen- ger on the Jefferson.
 B. K. Brockinton of shoshone, Cal if., whose home is in the Death Val ley country, was a passenger on the steamer Jefferson, leaving for the South last evening He has spent several years in Alaska, and is known to many of the old timers of the North.
 Miss Rose Penglase and Frances Barnbill returned on the Spokane last evening from Sitka.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
ALASKA AS A
 FOOD CENTER

Never before has Alaska been giv- en as much favorable comment in Outside newspapers as during the present year A recent article on AL aska's possibilities as food-supply center was published by the Times Journal. of Dubuque Iowa. The ar- ticle is as follows
 "We've known for some time now that Alaska is supplying Uncle Sam with his gold; for many years Alas kan salmon has helped to feed the people of the United States; Alaskan furs have been a big item of export; we have known that pretty seon AL aska will begin to keep the Pacific Coast warm with her coal, and we knew also that her vast mineral, wa ter power. and timber resources are practically untouched and that the fu- ture will seen an enormous develop ment in those industries. But we had never quite realized that Alaska might be a big storehouse from which the States could derive a large portion of their food supply. Somehow, it hadn't occurred to us that cattle rais- ing might some day become an impor- tant item in Alaskas industrial de- velopment And so the information which comes from the United States Department of Agriculture, showing that successful cattle raising of ordi- nary domestic cattle is even now go- ing on near the Arctic Circle is ratn- CT surprising.
 In the fall of 1911. J. A. Reiger. who conducts a road house about 15 miles from the town of Circle on the road from Fairbanks to Circle brought in twenty-six head of young cattle. He believed that stock could be win tered on the native hay or swale grass if he converted it into ensil- age. He built a silo of logs, on a small creek near his road house, calked with moss and painted on the inside with cement. At the head of his creek are large natural meadows, The coarse wild grass was cut, float ed down the creek, put into the silo anl rammed tight with small mix ture of salt.
 The stock were grazed in the open until October 12, after which they were given the fermented grass, that they ate eagerly. They were proyid- ed with a log barn for shelter in the extreme cold weather They were fed on the ensilage alone until Aprl Of the following Spring when it was all consumed, and hay had to be import ed. They grew fat on the salty food and retained excellent health At present Reiger has 45 head of fin est cattle to be found anywhere. and at no time since the first winter has he imported any hay for them
 The importance of this experiment lies in the fact that the entire Yu- kon flats from Circle to Fort Hamlin nearly 100 miles in width, furnished thousands of these natural meadows on which this grass grows
 With an enormous reindeer indus try already started in Arctic Alaslza- and already shipping reindeer meat to the States; with the introduction of domestic cattle in interior Alaska and with the breeding stations of the agricultural department proposing to develop a special strain for the coun- try, the future of the meat industry in Alaska loks very promising.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04

Qn view of the practical certainty that sooner or later Premier Botha will go to London for third time and receive such an ovation as that given this week to Sir Robert Borden, the following account of his two previous visits. one when he was in che very depths of unpopularity with the Brit ish public, the other when his loalty to the Empire had been recognized and appreciated. from the pen of T.. p. O'Connor. will be read with great interest)
 LONDON. July 21.-Premier Louis Botha is the latest example of the extraordinary transformation of feel ing that is possible to the British crowd. Ho came to London immed- lately after the Boaer war with few of his generals. He and they were in a state of the deepest depression, for their country had been so desolat- ed that they had grave fears as to its future. They were not popular then; indeed some hotels were doubt fui about admitting them within their doors, and the visitors who came to see and encourage them were mainly Irish politicians who had supported their cause during the war.
 But soon the tide turned. When poor old Campben-Bannerman rose to the Premiership he carried Home Rule to the Boers without even per hitting a discussion within the Cabi- net. Botha became. as everybody knows, Prime Minister. and, like the practical Dutchman he was, immed- lately resolved that the best future for his country and for his race was to throw in his loyalty with the Brit ish Empire: and to that policy he has since adhered with splendid loyalty and judgment. When he returned to London after this all the past was forgotten: and he could not appear in the streets anywhere without be- ing followed by an admiring and af- fectionate crowd And he was greet ed none the less warmly because he had been SO formidable and SO brave an enemy in the not very remote past.
 But, Of course. by nobody was he welcomed with such heartiness as by the Irish; and the Irish party invited him to @ banquet along with the oth- CT ministers of the dominions who hap pened to be in London at the time. Botha did not look very well at tho time. The change from the open-air life of the veldt. whether as a sol dier or as a farmer. to the sedentary habits of a prime minister did not suit his temperament.
 Probably after this arduous cam. paign which he has just finished 80 successfully. Botha is in better health than he has been since he exchanged the saddle and the rifle for the desk and the pen. He had recovered his
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04

@ Q 6 O. 442 &e g 9 g q @ 9 Q < PERSONAL MENTION ! q % &@& 4 O. q q Q 4 q e 9 q a
 s. H. Ewing and Guy McNaughtor expect to make Q round trip to Sitho on the City Of Seattle sailing tomor row. Mrs. McNaughton and Master James McNaughton. who have been visiting In Sitka. will return with them.
 Mrs. F. Rascovich of Tacoma, ar rived last night on the steamship Princess Alice. to spend the sumner here. She is the mother of Marc Rascovich, of the Perseverance mine They have rented the D. P. Pond home for the summer
 Cyril Kashevarou yesterday sue cecded G. Ruark as night clerk at tho Gastineau hotel. Niyron Johnson has been succeeded as manager of tho buffet. by A. Dahl
 Dr. C. C. Cooley Of Chicago who has been here for the past two weeks the guest of Dr. and Mrs. l.. P. Dawes left yesterday. on his return East
 J. M. Lathrop of Valdez is a pas senger on the steamship Admiral Ev ans for the Westward. returning North from La Jolla. Calif.. where Inc has been spending the summer
 Referee in Bankruptcy Ziegler ex poets to leave shortly for Hadley. or business connected with the insolv ency of the Alaska Lumber & Boz Company
 l.. F. Spray loft last night on tho Spokane for Ketchikan. to meet Mrs Spray. who has been visiting her for mer home at Hadley
 Mir. and Mrs. Downie D. Muir arl expected to return from Salt Lak' some time this month.
 E. ]. Davis. manager of the Wind sor hotel. Cordova. returned yester [ day from Hot Springs, where ne na' been spending two or three weeks He is on his way home and expect to sail on the Northwestern. Mir Davis says Sitka Hot Springs is th' finest spot in Alaska.
 Grant A. Baldwin left on the Geor gia last night for Killisnoo. neal where he has piling camp.
 Harry J. Surrat, formerly freigh clerk on the steamship Mariposa. ha' become purser Of the steamship Jei ferson. Of the same line He is mak ing his first trip in his new position
 Fred Hildebrand, the well nowr local plumber. is leaving tonight fol two weeks vacation at Tenakee.
 George Kinman, who has been q with pneumonia at his rooms in th' Orheum for several days. was abl' to be out this afternoon.
 J. Latimer Gray, manager of th' Alaska Soda Company and bottlinl works. expects to leave this week fo Sitka.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
TERRleLE COST OF
 THE EUROPEAN WAR

*
 The official appeal of the French Relief Society summarizes the losses in the war thus far The dead num- Der 2.22S.3OO. and the wounded 4,- Ss751O. and the was is only in it's preliminary stage. England has hardly entered the war, but the num- Der of her soldiers slain exceeds the entire number of Union soldiers kill ed in the four-year war of secession -116.000 as against 10000 Union soldiers.
 Only 5000 English soldiers were killed during the three-year Boer war: 100000 French soldiers have been killed The entire number of soldiers killed, both Northern and Southern. in the American Civil War; was less than 100000.
 Leaving out the prisoners, the num- Der of killed and wounded exceeds c. 100000 men.
 The reason for this appalling slaughter during the merely prelim- mary stages of the war is the fact that whereas man is as easily de- stroyed as at any time in history, the extraordinary inventions and discov- cries in an fields of human knowl- edge have increased almost incon' ceivably the means of destruction.
 The inventions increasing the ec onomic efficiency of the human race have also increased it's power of de struction War Is an anachronism It is humanly inconceivable and im possible. The inventions and discov cries of few men of genius have produced such marvellous forces that when turned to suicidal purposes threaten the very structure Of civili zation.
 The biological enemies that have been kept in check by orderly civil ized life and sanitary precautions are again making inroads. A great sur ! geon reports that so great is the mum Der of new cases of syphilis that hun dreds of years must pass before the human race can recover from this ad ditional taint.
 Typhus, cholera and the black death-in brief. the war pestilence of the middle ages-have reappeared as a fresh menace.-(Cincinnati EnQuir- er.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
Irish Song Rang Out

When the whole party was breaking up. some one suddenly called on Den. his O'sulivan, the great lrish.Cali- fornia singer who died prematurely in Columbus. Ohio during a success ful dramatic tour, to wind up the evening appropriately by singing "rhe Wearing of the Green" Dennis was passionate and dramatic sing CT and he gave to the old rebel song an almost fierce expression. need scarcely say that this song, sung in a great dining hall in the British House of Commons and reaching ev- en across to the great wide Thames flowing outside, reused the Irish au- dience to a pitch of almost frenzied enthusiasm. Somehow or other, the analogy between it's sentiments and those of the great Boer leader in the honor of whom the song was sung, struck everybody; and the song end ed in big outburst of enthusiasm for Botha. By this time Botha had left the table and was leaving the room.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
4 THANE AUTo-eTAeE | < SCHEDULE.

< Car stars from GoldsteIn's. 4 Burford's and Alaskan Hotel. < Private Car for Hire any Hour :. at Alaskan Hotel. Phone Single
 4 O.. Night Phone. 1O5.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
WHEN BOTHA AGAIN
 VISITS LONDON
(By 2. p. o'coNNER in Vancouver World.

health partially when he was the guest of the Irish party at a dinner In the House of Commons, and he was the central figure in Q very dramatic scene which occurred at that din-
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
NOTICE

The undersigned hereby gives mo- tice to all concerned that he will not be responsible for any bills or other obligations contracted by Mrs. M. H. Sabin or other members of the fam fly.
 Dated at Juneau, Aug. 8, 1915.
 M. H. SABIN. S-2t.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
A TREAT FOR TIRED FEET.

The heat is apt to cause sore, tired feet - unless they receive the right kind of treatment We have an an tiseptic foot tablet which cools, soothes and heals. We recommend 1t. It reduces inflammation and swelling. Price 25c. If
 BRlTT'S PHARMACY, The Rexall Stor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
Eves That Burned


 Just as he was going out he turn ed back from the door and looked at the Irishmen as they waved their nap- lins and cheered him. It was one of the strangest looks have ever seen on a human face There wasn't particle of expression on the large, iron-iawed. yellowing face; and yet one could understand his emotions. For the strange, large fixed blue eyes, under a canopy of heavy black eye brows and black head of hair just stared: and by a strange pecuiiarity those eyes of Botha can stare for minutes without ever winking an eyelid. It was the most curious and wierd and almost uncanny sight, and in spite of the absolutely impassive and stern face the eyes seemed to burn and speak. Men who were pres ent like myself have recalled that strange look to me many times since.
 And now Botha is again on the crest of popularity. He is hailed as the first British general who won a big victory; and a victory over his in- ternal as wen as his external foes.
 Ireland is delighted; not merely because it loves the Boers and loves Botha and hates the German militar- ists. but because it realizes that even the most vehement oponents of Irish rights sees in the success of Home Rule and liberty in the Transyaal an object lesson and announcement in favor ol Home Rule lor Ireland.