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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Well No. . Of the Ouachita Natural
Gas and Oil Company. on the Smith
lease. nineteen miles north Of Monroe,
caught fire in some unexplained way.
following a blowout while drillers
were at work on deepening the well
the drilling machinery was destroyed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

The three banks in Thihodaux-th
Bank of ThibodauX. the Bank of Ia.
fourche and the Citizens aBnk Of La.
Eourche-sucCeeded in placing SlOS..
O00 worth of Liberty bonds
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

4 complete Laboratory. where 70
search work on all kinds of tibcrS VII
be done. has been established al New
Iberia by the Sugar Cane By-PrOduCts
Company. which has constructed a
plant at New Iberia for the manufac-
ture of pulp from hagasse. rice straw
and cotton stalks
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Charles l.. Klein. OF Cincinnati. O
who recently made a visit here. was
so m.ch impressed with Hammond
that he has decided TO locate here,
purchasing a neat little farm.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

The Slidcll Patriotic Association,
oraanizpd 10 take care of any needs CT
.anilies Of the soldiers and marines
ir the service from Slidell has fund
d nearly $500 on hand TO date
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Sergeant II. p. Baldwin. of the Unit
states Navy. at Hammond. is on
". men in the marine corps and
.. .Apects 10 get from fifteen TO twer-
~ recruits.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
New Lean To Allies.

Washington.-An loan OF $50
COO 900 was made TO Great Britain oy
the treasury.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

During the recent electrical storm
y new schoOlhouse at Hammond was
PUCK by lightning. causing minor
image, all of which is covered by in
rance.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

L heGehee. Of Ham.
oeen apo ed 10 take
us 7. NJ. c A. army fund
na, section ard he has al.
out in " .ious parts of
"serestiny .e citizens.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

| The Crowley Oil and Mineral Com
fny prospects for new wells of deep
strata has improved. The company
~ just paid out $4,000 in dividends.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
BRIEF NEWS AND NOTES.

J. W. Smith. state conservation
.gent, has returned to Lake Charles.
b the way to his home i'm Shreveport.
vm an official trip to the HOuma oil
Nd recently developed, and reports
nch activity there.
During the recent electrical storm
new sChoolhouse at Hammond was
ruck by lightning. causing minor
image, all Of which is covered by in
rance.
The Crowley Oil and Mineral Com
Eay prospects for new wells of deep
strata has improved. The company
ks just paid out $4,000 in dividends.
'Unfavorable weather conditions
i've practically destroyed the old
nn crops chances around Bayou Chi
o Cotton is Suffering for rain.
Three Northern farmers have re-
|ently moved to Henry City. the new
|npidly building colony a short dis
''ance from Loranger.
Jhe Kentwood creamery. owned and
)perated by c. A. Kent. which was de-
stroyed by fire last February. is being
rebuilt and enlarged.
me Summer Normal for the Florida
Eknes at Amite has Just completed
second weeks Mork with an en-.
anent of ls5.
vops in portions OF the Sevent
tlgath wards of East Feliciana
Ha We're severely damaged by
ehbrm.
census OF Hammond is b
IN and will be completed in a &.
Total population of 5000 b,fr.
eueipaied.
= inheritance tax on The ,,.4,c of
NE I. ]. Bird Of Lake .sarI.s
Aid, amounting TO sl7..
8 houma Gas and o. any
IN organized to op. the
enonne field
Inhabitants of prairse
have organized ratnago
comprising tina. n Of rho
ward lying alo IN Tigre
-sill constitute aaod lin.
plete the dra svs,or, -
- fertile war 70 narish
Z L MeGehee. of u,r.
zen Apo ed 10 take
y the NJ. c A. army fund
'aat section ard he has al.
LED out in " ious parts of
shScIeStlnR % p;+;..n.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

'unfavorable weather conditions
|hre practically destroyed the old
|nn crops chances around Bayou Chi
|0i- Cotton is Suffering for rain.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Three Northern farmers have re-
gently moved TO Henry City. the new
|npidly building colony a short dis
'1nce from Loranger.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Jhe Kentwood creamery. owned and
operated by e. A. Kent. which was de-
Etroyd by fire last February. is being
Eebult and enlarged.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

census Of Hammond is b
.'n and will be completed in a &.
Total population of 5000 b,fr
|eieipaied.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

inheritance tax on The ,-.5tc Of
h'e 7. J. Bird of Lake 4arIas
Aid, amounting to sl7.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

una Gas and Oi any
sssn organized to op, the
eAnne held.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

me Summer Normal for the Florida
Hkaes at Amite has just completed
second weeks work with an en-
Anent Of ls5
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

vops in portions Of the Sevent
Eighth wards of East FeliCiana
Hn We're severely damaged by
1hprm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

Thousands of visitors,
added to the hundreds
of thousands of New
Workers who wanted to
honor the idol of the ma
ton, made it necessary
to build tiers of seats on
rooftops about the Bat
terry for the gorgeous
naval review Of Septem-
Der 20, 1899.
@ Underwood q Underwood
The courier-index., 1917-09-14
NO FIGHTING BY
U. S. BEFORE 1918
PERSHING SAYS TROOPS WILL
NOT BE PREPARED TILL NEXT
SUMMER-MUST BE QUITE IN
SHAPE FOR TRENCHES.

Paris. Sept. 12.-MaJor General
Pershing who has remained in Paris
clearing up the work at his old head
quarters and who is not going to
field headquarters until Sunday or
Monday, declared in connection with
the plans for the coming winter that
the American people must learn the
meaning and value of patience and
not expect that the expeditionary
forces landed in France can be
rushed Immediately to the front line
trenches. To put an inadequate, in
sufficiently supplied force into actual
combat, he said, would be a mistake
which the Germans unquestionably
have hoped and expected the United
States would make. 1t is the deter
mination rather that when America
does take her place in the line
shoulder to shoulder with the other
allies next year she will be fully
prepared to go through the summer
campaign and make the Germans
power.
"Those of us who have fully stud
led the situation and who know what
is necessary to be done, "said Gen.
eral Pershing to the Associated Press
''are anxious that the people at home
shall strive to realize the immensely
of the task in which we are engaged
and shall, through patience and con-
fidence, help us to accomplish that
task in the shortest possible time.
Everything Is going we'll with us,
both as nation and as an army.
We are making giant strides day by
day. but we are just started"
eve came into the war without an
army. We have always been a peace
loving people and undoubtedly the
great majority of us hoped we should
be spared war. So now we must
build an entire new organization, and
build it so big and strong that we
can take our place along with our
allies who already have had three
years time and experience.
81 realize how very difficult it is
for the people at home to visualize
the war, to visualize the effort that
lies behind the war Our problems
are greater than any France or
Great Britain have to solve, but we
are solving them and will continue
to do so.
ct is impossible to create a vast
fighting machine merely by the wave
of hand | wish that it were pos
sible to do so, and we were fighting
the German government this minute.
We know that the only way to de-
feat the German army is to hammer
it and keep on hammering it. That
is what we expect to be doing with
all our fresh strength and enthu-
siasm during next years campaign.
But until we can properly take our
place in the line the people must be
patient and as confident as we are,
who know what we are doing and
what we must do"
The courier-index., 1917-09-14
THE MOON AND PLANT-GRoWTH

The old idea that the moon has
some sort of influence on plant
growth still persists in some quar-
tiers, especially among farmers. Some
farmers, we are told by the Rural
New Yorker New York;, refuse TO
plant crops or to kill hogs unless the
moon is in some particular position,
and there is frequent argument about
the matter amoung them. The in
fluence of the moon on the growth
of crops, or on other agricultural
operations, has always been denied
by scientific men. The following
brief statemene by c. F. Marvin,
chief of the United States Weather
Bureau, printed in the paper named
above, shows what they think of the
matter:
ut is the general belief of scient-
lists that the moon has no appre-
ciable influence on temperature, rain
fall or anw other weather element, or
on plant growth.
"Plant growth depends upon tenn
perature, light. humidity, and plant
food (both in the soil and in the air),
and its availability. Obviously the
moon neither mellows the ground
nor fertilizes it, neither does 1t alter
the composition of the atmosphere;
hence it affects neither the mechani-
cal condition of the soil nor the kind
nor quantity of available plant-food.
"If the moon has any influence on
plant growth, it would seem that 1t
must exert this influence through
its light Experiment, however, shows
that when a plant is so shadowed
that it gets only one one-hundredth
of normal daylight, it grows but little
better than it does in absolute dark
ness Full daylight is about 100000
times brighter than full moonlight,
hence one one-hundredth of daylight
already too feeble to stimulate ap-
preciably plant activity, is still 5000
brighter than. full moon light The
conclusion is that. even in respect to
light stimulus. the moons influence
on plant growth is wholly negligible
The courier-index., 1917-09-14
MUST RETURN WRONG LETTERS
TO POSTOFFIcE AT ONCE

The postal authorities at Washing
ton, recognizing the ability of post
masters to make mistakes in getting
letters in wrong boxes, have fixed
a penalty of 5000 on persons taking
mail out of the office other thas their
own and not returnisg it at once.
This law also includes newspapers.
The excuse that it is the postmaster's
fault "cuts no ice." II you have
been getting other peoples mail you
had better take warning or you may
get yourself In trouble.
The courier-index., 1917-09-14
AN IRISH COMEBACK

An lrishman employed in a large
factory had taken a day off without
permission and seemed likely to lose
his job in consequence. When asked
by his foreman the next day why he
had not turned up the day before,
he replied:
81 was so ill, sir, that | could not
come to work to save my life
How was it then, Pat, that I saw
you pass the factory on your bicycle
during the morning?" asked the fore
man.
Pat was slightly taken aback, then
regaining his presence of mind, he
replied
Sure, sir, that must have been
The courier-index., 1917-09-14
FARMERS CALENDAR

I. Buy grain driII Tor the faII
seeding If you haven't sufficient
acreage to purchase drill for your
own use go in with your neighbors
and get one Drills are of too great
value in increasing yields for us to
be without them.
2 If lime is to be used on any
of the fall crops or the pasture, now
is a good time to order 1t. thus MAX
ing sure that it will be on hand
when needed.
8. Will you have a fall garden or
a weed patch This question must
be answered right away now.
The courier-index., 1917-09-14

4. Don't let any weeds go to seed
anywhere on the farm. Now is a
good time to cut closely those in the
fence corners, on the ditch banks,
around stumps and in other out-of-
the way places.
5. Plan for a big fall grain acre.
age and order seeds and fertilizers
early.-The Progressive Farmer.
The courier-index., 1917-09-14

WANTED-Split Spokes, full 2 IL
by 2 IL inches, 80 inches long. For
further particulars write or call at
office of THE MARIANA SPOKE
co. Stpt 16
The courier-index., 1917-09-14
SEVEN RULES FOR WHEAT

l. Pillow early. Give the land two
months to settle before sowing, where
possible.
2. Compact the late plowed land
with roller and harrow.
3. Don't pillow after cultivated
crop. Prepare such land with disk
and harrow.
A. Make the seed bed a fit place
for the seed.
5. Sow with a drill, sound, plump,
clean seed of adapted variety.
6. Prevent losses from smut by
treating infected seeds with formalde-
hyde.
z. Make the soil fertile with ma
nure or fertilizers applied judiciously
where acknowledgement Farmer.
The courier-index., 1917-09-14

III CN6 ICO |HUHHOOfv WV
Martha Harvey, Plaintiff,
VS..
CODE Harvey, Defendant.
The defendant, CODE Harvey, Is
warned to appear in this court with
in thirty days and answer to the
complaint of the plaintiff filed here
in
Mariana, Ark, Aug. 10, 1917.
r. G. APPLE. Clerk.
BY Ben B. Bonner, d. c..
Daggett & Deggett. Attorneys. So
The courier-index., 1917-09-14

WANTED-Four foot wood, split
or straight; will pay 1925 per cord
delivered at Mann's gin.
(31) w. B. MANN.
The courier-index., 1917-09-14

HERBINE is the medicine THAI
cures biliousness, malaria and cossti-
patton. The first dose makes you
feel better. few additional doses
cure completely. Price soc. Sold By
Harrington Bros
The courier-index., 1917-09-14

when | was going for the DOCTOR
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegram.
The courier-index., 1917-09-14

(I<s.
CONS placed inside -
De- De- disappear inside Of Il - 10y
The courier-index., 1917-09-14

was ,ns proportion Of two ma ~o fronts
- 7s'ern front tar~-- on The he on On the
The courier-index., 1917-09-14
WARNING ORDER

In the Lee Chancery Court.
Martha Harvey, Plaintiff,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

Kansas City, Jan. 12.--Wheat-No.
hard. &IS7d194: No. . red, Sl.s7dl.92;
May, sls1h; July. s146s G1Ah.
Corn-No, . mixed, o5g95i7c; No. 2
white, 1914 Csc; No 2 yellow ssh asec;
May. 95hc: July, 9+Ac.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Wheat Rises Slightly ut Opening. But De-
cided Reaction Ensues.


Chicago. Jan. 12.-Almost complete stop
page of export buying added greatly today
to weakness which the wheat market de-
veloped as result Of profit taking by bulls
who had anticipated the reply of the entente
allies to President Wilson. Prices closed
nervous. SQ2&c net lower. with May at
s1,si% @l,S5 and July at si.50@1.5oS.
Germ finished &c down and oats of h9
Nc. An advance Of l0@t7hc was the out.
come In provisions
Something Of belated rush to the buying
side took place at the opening In the
wheat trade, but the consequent upturn of
prices did not reach beyond ordinary limits,
and soon gave way to material declines.
Notwithstanding that the stand taken in
the communication to President Wilson
seemed at least temporarily to have multi
lied peace talk as an important market in
nuence, the absorbitive ability of the pit
appeared to have diminished rather than in.
creased over night Before fifteen minutes
had elapsed the fact was evident that the
note from the entente allies had been fully
discounted by majority OF dealers. and
that further changes In quotations would
depend on other factors.
Assertions that the entente allies did not
expect TO purchase any more wheat at pres.
ent attracted chief interest throughout the
rest of the day. opinion was much divided
to whether the reason for such reports
was that no disengaged vessel room for
Europe was now available or whether cur
rent gossip<was true that Great Britain had
already obtained controh of sufficient sup.
plies for January. February and March
Clearances at the seaooard were unusually
small. only 23s.0OO bushels. a. circumstance
that in some quarters was connected with
warnings OF German raiders on the Atlantic.
showers in Argentina had a bearish effect
on corn. Besides the market sympathised
with the weakness of wheat. and there were
predictions OF larger domestic receipts OF
corn In the near future. Oats merely fol-
lowed the lead Of other grain. Trade was
light.
Provisions went upgrade with hogs Bel
gian purchases Of lard helped the market
10 advance.
Cash Prices-wheat: No ? red, slss@
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

1874: No. : red. slss@isO, No. hard.
$i97; No. , hard nominal Corn; No, ?
yellow, s7lac: No. yellow, g9sc; No
4 white, e6Gs6tac. Oats: No white, 56h
a57c; standard. 57457Tc. Rye: No. .,
$1.F. Barley. sI.oOa13l, Seeds; Timothy.
S35O655O; clover, tl2o0Gl7.00. PrOvi-
sions: Pork, $3.50; lard, SlS.57G 1852;
ribs. iI4I2Gli67
Butter-Rcceipts. $3.50 tubs; unchanged.
Eggs-Higher; receipts 5,154 cases; frsts,
As q 46c ordinary frsts 37ni0c; at mark,
cases included. 81 4jc
Potatoes-HlKhcr: receipts, 40 cars;
Michigan and Wisconsin, white, sI.SO@1.s 90;
Idaho, Colorado. oregon and, Washington,
white, S19Om2 O5.
PoultTy--AlIVe UNCHANGED
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

roo Choice lowland. $500 1000; No. l.
soc.
straw-Choice wheat In duotable at 5000
$50: choice oat or rye, I65oG700.
AIfalfa-Choice, Il75OGlSO0 No. |,
tl6.OOg17.O0; standard, 3l5.O0gi 1900; No. 2,
Sl2.0Og1i.0O; No. 3, Il000@l2.oo.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13
American Telephone 6 Telegraph Co,

A dividend Of Two Dollars per share will
be paid on Monday. January Is. 1917, TO
ness on Saturday, December 80, 1915.
G. D. MILNE. Treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

Savannah. Ga, Jan. 12-Turpentine-
Nominal, 53l4c; sales. none receipts, Z,
hbls; shipments, LOIS bbls,; stock. 22,4l9
bbls
bbls: shipments, l,S2j bbls. stock. s9,25s
bbls. quote: A, B. c ., E, s6.2S: F. G
s627i2 H, l. 1891 X, $3.50; NJ, $50;
$685.; VIC. 800: WV, s7.25.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

St. Louis, Jan. l2.-Wheat-No. . red,
s2OOG205; No. ? hard, nominal; May,
sls4A; July sl,471I
Corn-No. .. &c; No. : white, ssc; May,
9s%c; July, $3.50.
Oats-No. 2. SEC; No. > white, size
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13
Sugnr Market.

New York Jan. l2.-Sugar-Raw, steady;
centrifugal, $3.50; molasses, 452c Refined,
steady; fine graduated, 6.75c. Futures were
easier on selling by local commission houses
in expectation of more liberal offerings from
Cuba. At noon prices were OF few
, points.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET.
Quotations Of the Day on Various Leading
Commodities.

New York. Jan. 2.--Flour--Unsettled
Wheat-Spot, weak; No. hard, $40;
No. northern, Duluth. S2.20h; No. /
northern, Manitoba, S222h, I. o. b., New
York
Corn-spot, easy; No. yellow, sl.ll, c.
f. T., New York.
Oats-Spot. easy; standard. 6ih 965c.
Hay-Steady: No. l, sl10; No. 2, $1,000
%; No. 3. 95Gs7tac; shipping. S59s0c.
Hops--Quier; State. common to choice,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

first, second and third quarters. s:s 50 q
32 So Iron steady and unchanged. Tin,
firm, spot, si?s2ta q 4S.12h
Lundon-Not received
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

Minneapolis, Mimi. Jan. 12-whcat May.
sissy: July. sl.S0b. Cash; No. hard.
3lesM GLOSS; No. ] northern, $l.SsS q
1929; No. 2 northern, sl.86H Ql.s9S,
Corn No. yellow. ssh @s2hc.
Oats-No. 3 white, 53i1 @5ic,
Flaxseed-s2.S5h I2.seh.
Flour-Unchanged.
Barley, s8cGSl.22.
Rye-sl41al,42.
Bran-S2750 Q2s.00.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

Prairie Ilay-ChoiCc upland $3.50: No.
/. tlIOoa12.OO; No. ?. .lO.OOa1l.oO: No. a.
50. oOoG 1000 Choice midland FlI.5O; No. /.
$40 Solo No .. S9.O0dl0.O0 No. 3, IS 90
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

New York. Jan. l2-Evapora tied Apples
Steady; fancy, 9a9iac; choice, sGs%c
prime. 7G7AC.
Dried Fruts-Prunes firm; California,
S0l0hC; Oregon, ST. mS%c Apricots. firm
choice, l7c extra choice, l7hc; fancy, lsc.
Peaches quiet but steady; choice shc;
extra choice to fancy, seeded, S4l0c; seed
less, lOGll1ac; London layers, $3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

exc; fowls. l5Gs3hc: turkeys, ?O@3:c
Alive, easy: chickens, 1S@l5hc; fowls
20t2 q 2lc; turkeys. zoe.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

New York, Jan. 2.-Metals-Lead, $40.
Speter. dull; spot, East st. Louis delivery,
50 90 asked. Copper. steady. eleCtrnlNtiC.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-13

oats-No white, 57G6714c; No. mixed,
54n55Lc.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-24
NOTHING LIKE THAT

What are the passengers looking
out of the windows for?" asked a
nervous lady as the conductor came
through the train.
I'VE ran over a cat, madam"
"Was the cat on the track?" she
next asked.
ooh, no, ma'am," assured the con-
ductor. "'The locomotive chased him
up an alley" Burr.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-24
MOTHERS DEFINITION

wv - ~
Ma, what is 1eisure'?"
Leisure is the spare time a wom-
an has in which to do some otheF
kind of work, my dear" .,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-24

WI % liz -
Dear friend:
Isn't it a
Sheepish feeling
You get
When a friend
Starts to tell
You a joke
You partly forgot,
And he says,
Just when he
Starts, "YoU
Haven't heard
This one, have you
And you say,
Nope, l haven't"
And before
He's half through
You recall it.
Doesn't it make
You feel
Goohsh and
Amt it hard
For you to
Cook up a
Hearty laugh
For the joke
When he finishes
It, just as
If you never
Heard it before?
Easy, boys.
That's harder
To do than
Make believe
You're enjoying
A funny story
Told by a
Woman.
You said it.
1890
NOTHING LIKE TIL
lat are the passenge
the windows for?'
IS Iadv as the cOndu
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-03

suggesting that a portion of the receipts
of the world series games be used to-
wards buying bonds of the second Lib
ertv loan. The managers of the two
teams have expressed their willingness
in using a portion of the receipts. The
Chicago club has given 10 per cent of the
teams receipts during the season to the
Red Cross.
Yesterday was bat and ball day at
Fenway park, when the Senators and
Red Sox split the results of the double
bill. About 10000 soldiers and sailors
were present at the afternoons perform
ance and were presented with complete
sets of baseball equipment. Clark Grlf-
fifth. manager of the Senators, Is the
originator OF the bat and ball fund and
has furnished many boys in the United
States service with consignments OF
equipment for the playing of our nation
al pastime.
with the nucleus of Black of Yale,
Barrett of Cornell, Gerrish of Dartmouth
and Callahan and Durfee, also Of Yale,
the football team of the Newport naval
station viii be one which would be the
envy Of any college football coach.
Ted Meredith is said to have won an
appointment as lieutenant in the avia-
tion corps.
The indianapolis team, champions OF
the American association. by winning
encounter with Toronto, the