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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-06-01
GRAIN CROPS THAT
DESERVE ATTENTION
LOUISIANA DOES NOT PLANT
GkOU0H GRAIN CROPS IN
THE FALL.
WHEAT AND RYE IMPORTANT
Come Recommended Varieties That
Meet the Climatic Conditions
Of the state.
WHEAT AND RYE IMPORTANT

1.-THE acreage of wheat. barley and
rye In Louisiana has not been sum-
ciently large so far as to be consider
ID worthy of note ~ either the state
or federal agricultural authorities
The difficulty has been to get var1e-
ties that would stand the climatic
coalitions, but we now have the Alb
brusxss rye and blue stem wheat
that seem to have the power Of de-
veloping under Louisiana conditions.
There IL no special variety OF barley
that can be recomm ended. There
has been an increase In the acreage
devoted to these three crops in the
last few years and the coming years
will no doubt see a still greater ad'
vancement.
One Of the most vital factors In
growing those crops is the variety Sc
lscted. 1t must be strictly Southern
in its adaptations and should have
been grown in Louisiana for mum
Der Of years. The Abruzses is the
best known variety of rye for Louis
lana, and Alabama blue stem wheat
appears to be good. Several fmpOr
tations Of California wheat have prov
I'd to be all right in few localities
1t 10 Q good plan to buy seed direct
lhom the producer a. then one is
surer Of getting the variety desired
Wheat. rye and barley should weigh
80 pounds to the bushel. 1t Is also
q good plan 70 buy all seed on germi.
nation and purity tests. The Seed
Laboratory OF the Experiment Sta
ton of the Louisiana State University
will make tests free Of charge. The
seed should be thoroughly cleaned
with q tanning mill before they are
sOwn 80 ~ to remove all the light
ones and to break q number Of the
awns 80 the seed will pass more read
lily through tho drill. 49,
Fall seeding 10 more proata BILE than
spring. hence one should try to gel
the seed planted during the hrst two
weeks OF October in the northern hall
Of tho state, while z month later In
the southern part will usually be soor
enough. Seed beds should be Arm
hut loose On the surface. which allows
the seeds to be easier and more even
" covered. especially IL sown broad
cast However. 1t 10 better to US,
the drill In seeding, as with 1t Z
slightly smaller amount OF seed Ii
needed. and the stand will generally
be more even. Plant q bushel and .
half Of wheat, barley or rye to the
acre. On sandy and the heavier poor
Or lends several hundred pounds Of
4ald phosphate may be added to the
acre previous to planting. Or, II ons
10 rushed, the fertilizer may be ap
piled at the same time the grain /,
sown.
The rye will make an excellent win
ter pasture. Wheat will make Z
fairly good pasture. but seed is toe
exDsAsive to use 1t for this purpose
enly--A. +. kidder. Professor Of Az
ronony, Louisiana State University.
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OFFICIAL Minutes
COUNCIL
New Iberia. April 9Th, 1918.

New Iberia. April 9Th, 1918.
The following application from the
New Iberia 4 Norther r. R. Co., was
read and ordered spread on the min
utes, and the Franchise - prayed for
was ordered published Thirty days a.
required by the Charter Of the City OF
New Iberia, on motion Of Mr.. Viller-
min, seconded BY Mr.. Sealv and car
ried unanimously, which Franchise
and application follows, to-wit:
To the Honorable the Mayor and
Board of Trustees Of the City Of New
Iberia.
This. the application and petition OF
New iberia & Northern Railroad Com
pany, with respect represents:
l. That II desires to obtain fran
chise to cross and intersect lower Main
Street with railroad spur track to
serve more especially the rice mill
now in conrse of construction on what
Is known ~ the Koch tract In East
end Of the city of New Iberia, which
tract 10 bounded BY Main Street. Bay
GU Teche, lie wis Avenue, and the pro.
perty Of the Iberia Cypress Com pany ,
Limited. Said Franchise being for q
period Of (25) twenty five years.
2. Your petitioner and applicant
shows that II desires to construct il
track along strip adjacent the pro-
perry Of the Iberia CYpress Company,
Limited, thus intefsecting Main Street
at point opposite the eastern limit
OF the Koch tract.
3. Your petitioner and applicant
hereto annexes q copy Of the fran
,chise which IL respectfully solicits
from Your Honorable Body.
Respectfully,
NEW IBERIA & NORTHERN R. r..
co.
Per PoRrEUs r. BURKE. v.P.
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Gosling, good and competent witnesses
who have signed these presents win
the said incorporators and me, Notary
after due reading Of the whole.
w. w. Carver, s9o shares
II. w. Carver, snare
by w. H. Carver.
E. Fl. Dupre, share
by w. H. Carver.
M. Berlinger, snare
by w. H. Carver.
l.. j. Barrow, l snare
Coydon A Sandoz share
All New Iberia p. O., La.
Witnesses:
II. $. Sealy.
w. C. Costing.
NATHAN DAVIS. Notary Public.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Iberia.
I,J.A. Gonsouiin, Clerk of Court
and ex-Officio recorder of mortgages
for the Parish Of Iberia, State Of Lou
isiana, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing charter OF CAk-
VER'S TECHE RICE MILLING
COMPANY, Inc. was filed for record
in nv office on the Goth day OF the
month of April A ID. 1918. and that
same has been duly recorded in Char
ter Book No. |, at folio and shat
the above and foregoing Is a true ana
correct copy Of the said charter.
In faith whereof. witness my sigma
tire and 8 ,al of Office on this Goth day
of April A. d. 1918.
J, A. GONSOULIN,
Clerk. 10Th Judicial District Court,
Iberia Parish. Louisiana.
81
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ONE WAY TO ECU
KAISER.

Washington. Mrs. J. 4 a..,ssr
grave, Cali, Cal. sets :
with her garden seeds .. ~
Mrs. Angrave has NV,
explaining her nsstees ~
She plants certain seeds 80
plants Of ss in an egsshell!, e e
The soil. The sggsbe'l : ~
furnishes valuable ~
to the tender sprouts
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-06-01
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Iberia,


Parish Of Iberia.
/. the undersigned, j.. A. Gonsou.
lin, Clerk of Court and ex-Officio re-
corder in and for the Parish of Iberia
Louisiana. do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing fs-T+rue and cor
rect copy from hd q tho Charter Of
the Jefferson ttla}d 0ombany. incor-
porated, duly filed TOR fecordation In
my Office on the 1tth day of May 1918.
and that the SAME has been duly re-
corded In Charter Book at folio No.
2S9 Of the records of my Office.
In faith hereof witness my sigma.
Gure and seal of Office on this Fiji.
tee1th Day o. Nay X. b. Ninztezn
Hundred and Eighteen.
]. A. GONSOULIN.
Clerk 18th Judicial District Court,
Iberia Parish, La.
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We like to read -
old ladies who are 49,.
oud eyesisht for kaittla
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o9 ass iisssaes u;sfy
CA STO RIA

North and east the fres of auto.
cracy spread. In the west there
10 no fuel for the flames.
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70 keaD pasted a loe1l Aews,
suogcxtbe to The lheg1an.
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Read the NEW ORLEANS ITEM for
the QUICKEST news.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-06-01

Low shoes are hearing the call
of the merry spriogtime.
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held on the third Tuesday In January.
and the said boaId, shall have and is
hereby vested WI III all the corporate
powers of his corporation subject
only to such restrictions as may be
herein menti oned.\
From the said directors, there shall
be elected annually President and a
Vice President and there shall alaQ- be
elected Secretary and Treasurer OF
the said corporation who need not be
stockholders or directors therein.
The following persons. each OF whom
are and who each declare themselves
to be bona fide owners of at least one
unpledged share ofatock in this cor.
board of direct9 rs, tb-w1t:-
Edward A. Ncllkeahy. whose post
office address Avery Post Office
Iberia Parish. Louisiana; John Lyle
Bayless, whose post Office address is
Anchorage, Kentucky, and Lawrence
Jones whose post Office address is
Louitville, Jefferson County, Ken
tvtplyu
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The names and post Office ad-
dresses Of the subscribers of these ar
ticles OF incorporation and the num-
Der Of shares Of stock which each
agrees to take Ia this corporation are
hereinbelow stated By and In connec-
tion with the respective signatures Of
the Subscribers 70 this act.
THUS DONE AND PASSED ct my
Office n New iberia. iberia Parish,
Louislana. on the day and dete first
above wfitten. In the presence Of
nesssss Hayert ,. sealy aad Walter 6,
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-12-14
AN UNSEEMLY SCRAMBLE:

The first of next April, the
voters of this city have the duty
and privilege Of electing two city
commissioners.
Although the campaign is far
off, already there is an unseemly
scramble for position on the run.
ming track. Political lightning
rods are being elevated through
out the town to an extent that
makes one think Of an asparagus
bed right after a. rain.
When the acts of commission
and commission of the present
incumbents are considered and
when this unseemly scramble is
noted, it is no wonder that many
citizens clamor for return to
the old ward system.
We firmly believe in the
theory and practice Of the COM
mission form OF government. It
is as superior to the old ward
system as daylight is to dark
ness. 1t enables the people to
quickly and definitely locate re-
sponsibility for any and all acts.
If the people study the system
and then use it properly, it will
enable them to secure high
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-12-14
NEW CHIEF OF POLICE.

Gus F. Lahti, former chief OF
detectives, now is chief of police
of the city of Duluth in place OF
the immoral McKercher, so re-
Gently resigned.
Mr.. Lahti has been connected
with the police department for
about fifteen years. He has a
national reputation as a result OF
his great gift in spotting crooks
and undesirables.
The new chief is a very mod
est, gentlemanly,, honest and hon
orable man. His character is
spotless and his record as a po-
lice officer is flawless.
Commissioner Silberstein is en-
titled to as much credit for Mr..
Lahti's appointment as he is for
blame in naming the impossible
McKercher nearly four years
ago. Citizens, members of the
police department and even I'M
successful aspirants for the place
commend the commissioner Of
safety for his good sense in Sc
Letting the man he did.
Mr.. Lahti is a young man, one
Of the very youngest chiefs OF
police in the United States, pos
sibly the very youngest for cities
as large and larger than Duluth.
We congratulate the new head
Of the department on his flatter-
ing recognition. He will not find
it an easy place to fill. But,
above all else, he should insist
on being the chief Of police and
not an echo Of some one else.
The people Of this city, regard
less of class, creed or blood are
well pleased with Mr.. Lahti's ap-
pointment and they will stand
strongly behind him to the end
that he be given every possible
show to make good as well as
to keep the town clean and safe.
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progressive, accommodating and
efficient.
It is stated that Mr.. McEwen's
removal has nothing to do with
his administration Of local post
office business. When five in
spectors gave him and the office
a close combing some months
ago, he and the office scored a
high mark of efficiency, there
fore his disappointment came cas-
lily and surely.
This removal is credited with
being due to one single, sad, dis
astrous chapter in Mr.. McEwen's
past life. It has no connection,
it is intimated, with these per-
sonal troubles so well known to
the public and fully ventilated
last year. It probably, is due to
the work of an enemy, but the
weapon put in that enemy's hand
probably was forged by many an
efficient mans worst enemy
himself.
It, is easy to say that as a man
sows so shall he reap. 1t is easy
for a brother to err; it is hard
for him to retrieve his losses
from errors. This is a Christian
nation, in name, but the rules of
the postal department are not
compiled from the Christian s
Bible. They are hard, stern, Sc
we're man-made measures. Post
master McEwen is their victim.
The Good Book says that if our
brother offend we should for
give him seven times, yea, sew
enty times seven. The rules of
the postal department say moth
ing about forgivness but a great
deal about punishment.
The people of Duluth must do
for Mr.. McEwen what the de-
partment he has served cannot
and will not do. So long as the
unfortunate brother and fellow
citizen proves worthy and seeks
charity in judgment, fellowship,
sympathy and encouragement, it
should be given him. Duluth has
lost a model postmaster and, in
his place, the citizens Of this city
should aid and encourage the de-
velopment of a model man.
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STREET CAR SITUATION.

The way Duluth's street car
service is shot to pieces is some
thing intolerable, particularly at
night and morning, when those
who toll with their hands are
coming from and going to their
work.
The local Management of a pub
lie service corporation controlled
in Minneapolis and owned in
Canada, puts up some plausible
reasons and excuses. We trust
that these can be taken at full
face value.
Duluth never can come into
her own withouta complete, per-
feet, smoothly running street
car system. Reasonable time
should be given in which to over
come any real obstacles.~If real
results do not follow within a
reasonable time, then this city,
officially and Individually, should
take stern and strenuous steps to
secure a satisfactory street car
service.
We seriously doubt if service
and system ever can properly
please the patrons under existing
conditions. Canadian ownership,
Minneapolis management and lack
of personal magnetism on the
part of local officials are oh.
stacles practically impossible to
surmount.
Municipal ownership solved the
grave problems in. connection
with gas and water service and
we firmly believe that municipal
ownership of the Duluth Street
Railway eventually will be neces-
sary to give a service and pol
icy that will satisfy the patrons.
This is not a time for acquir-
ing public utilities at reasonable
figures. Requirement also is a
matter Of years rather than
weeks and months. No harm can
result and much benefit may fol-
low if Duluth brainy, loyal,
progressive citizens once more
take up the idea Of publicly
owning the local trolley lines.
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POSTMASTER M'EWEN'S
REMOVAL.

The postoffice department at
Washington has informed Will
liam E. McEwen that his services
no longer are desired las post
master in Duluth. This decision
is q hard blow to Mr.. McEwen
and a great surprise to the pa
irons Of the office.
Without doubt, William E. Nc
Even has been about the best
postmaster Duluth has had in
over a quarter Of a century, He
has been attentive to duties, Of
his office. He has made close
and careful study Of the require
ments Of the office. He has been
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in the extension Of gas and
water service.
Old centers of population are
shifting. New and heavily popu-
lated centers are springing up.
The peoples gas and water
plants must be made equal to
the emergency.
If the peoples servants in the
city hall are too small, narrow
or stubborn to follow a broad,
liberal, sympathetic, effective
policy, then the people quickly
can and should put in new serv,
ants who can and will meet re.
uuirements.
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A MIGHTY GOOD RADIANCE
TO VERY BAD RUBBISH.

1t was profitable and FORUM
ate day for this city when R.
D. McKercher let loose of his
position as chief of police.
His appointment nearly four
years ago was a terrible mistake
and, as a result, the Silberstein
Prestige has been sadly bat
tered and dented.
It was morally wrong to prom
Use the position to a member Of
the department and then, at the
last moment, appoint a rank, I'M
fit outsider like McKercher. Bus
iness,- social and fraternal pres
sure, no matter how great, can
not excuse the present commits
sioner of safety for his course
Of action.
Under the immoral, dishonest,
criminal course, of McKercher,
the department. has sadly deteri-
Grated. Old and tried men have
dropped. out for other work.
Others would have taken the
same, course months ago had it
not been for a desire to retire
on pension.
McKercher, as chief Of police,
was expected to protect the
wives, daughters and sisters Of
the citizens of this city. Instead
of making the town safe for
clean womanhood, the big, bluff
ing, brutal bully subjected them
to insult and, when possible, to
defilement by his own lecherous
person.
Instead of enforcing the ordin-
ances, McKercher has connived
with outlaws to break them. His
relations with, gamblers, pimps,
boot-leggers and blind-piggers
have been a scandal and a shame.
Now, after having made the
most rotten record any chief of
police in Duluth ever made, a
prominent priest and a trusted
officer in an uplift organization
boost this beast into a fat job as
secretary of the State Society for
Prevention Of Cruelty.
This clannishness of the Glen
garry Scotch can be carried too
far over here in the United
States. This blind confidence
of godly churchman is neither
warranted nor excusaBle. The
members Of the board of trus-
tees Of the State Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty must rem
edy their error quickly and ef-
fectively, otherwise, the public
will be warranted in believing
that they have the same ileals,
habits and frighttul practices as
the hypocritical McKercher.
The decent people of the city
Of Duluth depreeate and resent
McKercher's recent appoint
nent. They demand that the
mistake be corrected. If their
demands are refused, then Gov.
Burnquist should be Imperative
ly requested to clean out the per-
sonnet Of the Bureau and put in
new members who are both ef-
ficient and above suspicion as to
their morals.
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grade servants and a superior
service. That means economy,
efficiency, satisfaction and d
higher rank among the cities of
the land.
Our city commissioners are
servants of the people and moth
ing more. When they essay the
role of masters, they should, be
summarily retired. The people
should elect their own servants
but they should do SO with good
Judgment, skill and common bust
ness sense.
Mo man should be asked to
take a place on the commission
merely because he is a good fel-
low who needs the money. He
should not be put on there mere
ly because he has scratch he'd the
back of some citizen or some
clique of citizens. He should not
be put on there because he has
clamored for a place until the
ears of the voters are tired OF
his noise.
The only reason in the world
for picking a man for commits
sioner is because he is honest,
honorable, faithful and possesses
special experience and ability for
the place. Men should be picked
who feel a desire to serve their
city at trouble and expense to
themselves rather than at the ex-
pense of the 7eity. The spirit Of
Leonidas Merritt was the right
one.
Positions on the city commits
sion should, so far as possible
and proper, all else being equal,
be distributed among the leading
centers of population. Duluth
is unfortunate in having many
isolated suburbs and several
ends, so to speak. But, rather
than to Lose. a highly desirable
man or to fail to eliminate a
highly unfit man, every commits
sioner better come from one To-
cality, whether it be Morgan
Park, West Duluth, the West
End, Central Duluth, Endion,
Woodland or Lester Park.
Let the people draft men next
spring when they take up the re-
sponsibility of selecting success
sors to ,Silberstein and Farrell.
Let all aspirants and Willing
Walies sit on the benches and
quietly await the wishes Of the
people. Let the people draft men
Of the very highest qualifications
and highest types Of manhood,
just as William L. Cars was
drafted for congress, for ex-
ample.
If this unseemly scramble con-
tinues, let the people rebuke it
effectively, fully and finally.
They and their city will profit
accordingly.
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SAWDUST
\ AND
SE1AVlNGS

The bigger t hey are, the harder
they fall.
Like the poor, the Food Hogs
ever are with us. a.
The street car service of late
certainly has been a frost.
What a competent Mormon
bishop the massive McKercher
would have made.
As usual, the city commission
ers locked the stable door after
the stallion was gone.
The horrible McKercher seems
to be as dumb as the proverbial
sheep before it's shearers.
Entirely too many men who
fail at all else, bob up for a
job as city commissioner.
When it comes to -sexstuff,
Robbie McKercher has Bobbie
Burns backed off the boards.
Old Bill Drawbar expects to
leave Proctor in a few days and
go booming in the sunny South
land.
If you have an old automobile
for sale, let "Big Bob" McKer-
cher try his hand at disposing
of it.
Hibbing maintains a village bull
and stallion. Duluth's municipal
animal Of that sort has gone to
st. Paul.
An appreciative reader Of the
Rip-saw speaks of Lemon street
in discussing the home Of the
Food Hogs.
Herr Fritz Won Resche still
holds his intrenchments in the
marble-lined courthouse. Judicial
favor is precious stuff.
Perhaps the Duluth police de.
partment now can cooperate a
bit with the Superior police de-
partment in the handling Of
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NEEDS OF THE HOUR.

Duluth is unfortunate in. being
twenty-three miles long, a mile
wide and half a mile high. It is
a succession Of narrow, entire
ly too provincial neighborhoods.
These are fairly well connected
by trolley lines.
just now, the trolley line serv-
ice in Duluth is deplorably bad
and unsatisfactory to it's patrons,
perhaps it's management and
bondholders, as well.
Existing conditions can be re-
lieved by more cars, more power,
a scientific study Of defects and
a warm, genuine sympathy be-
twwen the local management and
the public.
The sudden and heavy develop
ment of industrial centers in the
western sections Of the city have
greatly aggravated conditions
and complicated problems.
IF those who now vainly try
to board cars in the eastern sec
tions of the city for the purpose
of getting to their employment
in the western sections Of the
city could secure homes near
their employment, there would
not be such heavy congestion
morning and night and the pa
tronage for the entire twenty
four hours would be more normal
and much less variable.
But these men cannot get
homes near their work. Some of
them lack means to buy or build.
Many would rent if there were
houses for, rent. High cost of
construction undoubtedly has re-
tarded building for investment,
pur Inaonlty to get public uti1i-
ties, such as gas and water, has
caused much of this failure to
build suitable and ample houses
for rental purposes.
Serious and loud complaints
are made that the policy of the
present management Of the. mu-
nicipal gas and water department
is highly responsible for lack Of
construction Of homes suitable for
rental to workers at steel plants
and shipyards. One property
owner declares that at least 200
houses would quickly 60 up if
extension Of gas and water mains
were made by the water and
light department.
The needs Of the day and the
demands of the people are for a
broad, liberal, sympathetic policy
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from the Central high school. !"
Some of the bright boys declare
that they can tell.
before the soldiers are SEN
fenced to stump land farms for
life, some Of these busy-bodies
better find out whether or not
the soldiers will consent to such
a fate.
Some weeks age, the terrible
McKercher grabbed a timid girl
clerk by her skirt waist bosom