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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-08-02

The article which appeared in
the New Orleans press ON We'd
nesday with reference to the In
tercoastal Canal project by Col.
Elliott J. Dent, United States Dis
trict Engineer, Immediately set
to work the officers Of the Cham
ber of Commerce Of this City.
On Thursday morning in response
to telegram sent to the Colonel
by Mr.. Alfred Lewald, it was
decided to send a committee to
New Orleans on Saturday to see
whether Or not our Southern
Drainage Canal to the sea could
not be taken over by the govern
ment to be used as the route con-
Meeting the canal with the Teche
as proposed. 1t will be remem-
bered some years since. commit
tee of citizens from New Iberia
made overtures to the government
engineers along the same lines.
This body did not meet with the
response it expected, because it
seemed to be the opinion of the
engineers that the Hanson canal,
then completed. was the logical
route. Since then, however, it
was found impracticable to use
the Hanson canal and the ne
gotiations for its purchase was
called off and the Chamber Of
Commerce of this City is now
more than ever determined to
furnish data and use every effort
at their command to interest the
government in our behalf. On
Thursday Mr.. Hewald appointed
as the permanent Waterways
committee Of the Chamber. DR..
H. A. King, Messrs. S. O. Nuckolls,
E. S. Broussard. P. R. Burke. W..
X. Frantz and P. A. Landry.
These gentlemen have all agreed
to make the trip to New Orleans
on SATURDAY. to consult with
Colonel Dent and hope to convince
him of the feasibility of using our
canal in order to reach Bayou
Teche. This intercoastal canal is
to run inland to the Sabine river
in Texas and the people Of New
Iberia should bend every effort to
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-08-02
TO DISCONTINUE LIVE issg
STOCK FARM THWARTED.

otherwise identified himself with
this organized body, do so at once.
The Chamber of Commerce not
only needs the financial aid Of
every taxpayer who has the good
of New Iberia at heart, but the
actual assistance and presence at
each of its monthly meetings
when all are urged to be present
and to offer suggestions apper-
tanning to New Iberia's welfare.
In unity there is strength and by
concerted pulling together soon
the Importance of this organiza-
ton will be appreciated by every
man, woman and child in our
City.
In order to familiarize those
who had not read the statements
from Washington relative thereto
we reproduce the same:
"The New Iberia live stock ex-
pertinent station of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is in danger.
Claims are being made on the Re-
publican side of the Senate that
the experiment station has not
justified its existence, that it is
entirely local institution, and
that the nature Of the work being
conducted there is unnecessary.
The federal government now is
appropriating 100000 annually
for the maintenance Of the sta.
tion.
In their effort to make a show
ing in the reduction of expenses,
the Republicans subjected every
item in all appropriation bills to
unusual scrutiny. While most
of this activity is attributed to
the desire to make political cap
ital of these reductions, reasons
had to be given for the items
which it was desired to eliminate.
This called for extensive collec-
tion, of evidence, and Senator
Smoot claims to have secured con-
vincing information showing that
this station is unnecessary. Sem
ators Ransdell and Gay learned
of the effort in time to prevent an
attack on the item in the present
agricultural appropriation bill.
With the aid of Senator Gronna,
chairman of the agricultural COM
mittee, they were able to forestall
the attack on the item at this
time in view Of the urgent neces-
sity of the prompt passage of the
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-08-02

for itself in few years, COM
| mented Colonel Dent, "The only
way at present to reach Sabine
river by water is to 60 from here
through the Plaquemine locks to
Morgan City, and then travel the
Gulf to the mouth Of Calcasieu
river. The intercoastal canal will
shorten the route and connect the
various points, but is not meant
for a through traffic proposition.
Its great benefit will be to enable
local farmers to develop their
lands and market their crops.
sThe engineering difficulties are
not great, but we have had trouble
in obtaining rights Of way and in
getting suitable dredge. There
is not a drdge afoat' which can
make the enlargement required.
On the west section the work is q
combination of narrow canal and
tough material. We can obtain
dipper dredges by contract, and
they can do the work at a low
| price, but they can only dig the
small canals, on account of the
| trouble in disposing Of the mate
rial. Hydraulic dredges are avail
able, but they are difficult to use
| in digging the tough material,
| and cannot work in canal Of pro-
posed width. making it necessary
for them to excavate more mate
| rial than the plans call for, as
well as raising the unit cost. So
we intend to build our own by
| draulic dredges, which will be de-
signed to operate in narrow canals
| and do the work cheaply."
Colonel Dent has just returned
| from several trips connected with
| accelerating the intercoastal plan
The dredge construction is re-
sponsive to the need he found In
| the section between the Sabine
and the Mermentau, where an en-.
largement is contemplated. A
contract will be let for a narrow
link from the Calcasieu to the
| Mermentau river. He also visi-
ted the connection planned from
| the Lafourche to the Atchafalaya.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-08-02

The efforts of some of the Re
publicans at Washington to prac-
tlce economy at the expense by
ordering the abandonment Of the
Iberia Parish Live Stock Demon
stration Farm has been thwarted
for a time at least, so the New
Orleans dispatches, say; but one
addressed to President Lewald Of
the New Iberia Chamber of Com
merce in reply to several tele-
grams sent to the Louisiana del
egation at Washington lead us
to believe the measure has been
defeated for all time to come.
When it became known here that
such steps were proposed by some
Of the Republicans at Washington
the Chamber Of Commerce of our
City commenced to make the
wires hot at Washington appeal
ino to Congressman Martin and
Lazaro and Senators Edwar J.
Gay and Jos. Ransdell to use their
efforts to have the Live Stock
Farm under the supervision Of the
Agricultural Department remain
undisturbed. On Wednesday
afternoon Mr.. Lewald received the
following communication by wire:
Washington, D. c.. July 80. 10.
Re telegram there was a move
to have Government Experimental
Farm discontinued. We sue
ceeded in defeating it and the
work will continue as formerly.
(Signed) EDWARD J. GAY,
J. E. RANSDELL,
Fortunately for New iberia that
we have an organization in our
midst composed Of active busi-
ness men who banded themselves
together for emergencies just such
as these, when we are so directly
interested.
This should be convincing argu-
ments, as stated in The Enter
prise time and again when we first
advocated the organization Of a
strong Chamber of Commerce In
New iberia.
We knew there were hundreds
of important matters not only in
this City, but also in this Parish
that required the concerted action
of our citizens and this week
alone two questions of paramount
Importance to the welfare Of our
citizens have arisen, that without
a body Of this kind would have
gone unnoticed. Let every citizen
who has not as yet joined and
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-08-02
GHIRTY OWNERS OF
" CATTLE GIVEN FINE.
INSPECTOR ALSO FINED FOR FAILING TO
sUPERINTEND DIPPING AT VAT.

: on their behalf. and protested
that under an Act of the Legisla-
ture of 1918 the Jail in its present
condition, didn't comply with the
sanitary requirements Of the
State and for that reason it was
not within the jurisdiction Of the
Court to incarcerate the convicted
persons. Judge Simon very
promptly decided that if the con-
victed persons took this stand, it
would result in him turning out
of the Jail every prisoner now
sentenced to the penitentiary. He
went further and stated very
forcrbly that it was within his
province to have the persons, if
they preferred to serve sentences,
rather than pay their fines placed
in the St. Mary or New Orleans
prison. and this he would do if
necessary for the laws enforce
ment. The attorney then replied
that he would apply to the Su-
preme Court for a writ Of certlarl.
Judge Simon then said, in the
meantime the prisoners would
have to go to Jail and serve their
sentences. He then called them
up before the bar one at time
and imposed a fine Of $1,000 and
costs, or twenty days in Jail. One
by one they filed down stairs
headed by Mr.. Filias Romero, and
after a general discussion
amongst themselves stepped into
the Sheriff's office and settled
their fines which amounted to
$500 each.
1t was our pleasure to inter-
view Mr.. Romero and one or two
others to see just why they had
taken such an arbitrary position
when the law was very plain.
Mr.. Romero sated that he was one
Of the most law-abiding citizens in
the Parish. In the first place said
he, the vat is on my own prop
erty but that owing to its dirty
condition, not having been cleaned
CONTINUED on last page.)
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-08-02

There is part of 100000 fund
available for making a cut near
Houma, connecting the Lafourche
with Bayou Black. The only
thing done up to date is attenta-
tive selection of the route. with
view to having it surveyed ac-
curately After that, local au-
thorities must furnish the right
Of way before the government
can do any dredging. Colonel
Dents next trip will be to Frank
lin, to1ook over the possibility of
obtaining a right Of way for a
canal between the Teche and the
Vermilion, as negotiations for the
purchase of the Hanson canal in
dicate that it may be impossible
to follow that route.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-08-02

This has indeed been a siren
uous week in the District Court S
administration of the law. and
for awhile it looked as though the
convicted persons would be es-
corted to a more sanitary bastile
in an adjoining parish, to serve
their sentences. The case at IS
sue was the enforcement Of the
dipping of cattle in the Parish OF
iberia, which has already cost
the Police Jury something over
100000, and for the reason
that while certain percentage OF
the owners of cattle complied with
the Federal Law, and dipped reg
ualrly others under one pretext
and then another positively re-
fused to drive their stock to the
watts. This week thirty citizens
of one section of the Fifth Ward
were given trial before Judge
Simon which resulted in their
: Eviction, as they offered no evi-
dence nor contradicted the state
ments of the dipping Inspector.
Their defense being that the vat
was in such a dirty condition and
the stencil so offensive that they
would not drive their stock
through it. On the other hand
they proved to the Courts salts
faction that Inspector Latina
was gully of malfeisance in office
for the reason that oftentimes he
was not there during the hours he
should have been on duty, and
owners of catte had to drive their
stock back home undipped. The
evidence being SO clear to His
Honor of the negligence Of the
Inspector, he too was fined $1,000,
or twenty days.
After the conviction of the
nparties named below the Court
gave them notice to appear Fri
day when they would be sentenced
tia fine or imprisonment. On
8 ssday morning they secured
ii services Of Mr.. P. R. Burke
who appeared before the Court
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-08-02
"BAYER CROSS
ON ASPIRIN
Always Ask for Genuine
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin
s: -

Millions Of fraudulent Aspirin
Tablets were sold by a Brooklyn
manufacturer which later proved
to be composed mainly of Talcun
Powder. "Bayer Tablets Of As
pirin" the true. genuine. Ameri-
can made and American owned
Tablets are marked with the
safety "Bayer Cross"
Ask for and then insist upon
"Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" and
always buy them in the original
Bayer package which contains
proper directions and dosage.
Aspirin is the trade mark Of
Bayer Manufacture Of Mono
sceticacidester Of Salicylicacid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
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TIR!,. FACTORY

Being close coupled TO the imple-
ment. The Moline Universal Tractor
backs as readily as it goes forward.
and turns in q 16-foot circle. 1t
steers 50 easily that hoy or woman
can handle it as well as man.
With the Moline Universal one
man can take care Of all the rcquire-
ments on the average size 1arIn.
Flowing with two-bottoms, the
Moline Universal Tractor does as
much work in one day as the ordi-
nary three-plow tractor, due TO the
higher speed at which it operates, 3I3
miles an hour. Ii has the power to
run at tlis high speed because all of
its wc:~ht is traction weight--au OF
it is converted to pull.
The light weight of the Moline
Universal Tractor, $3.50 pounds, and
its high ciearance-gre2tcT than that
of the average cultiyator-;nake it
perfectly adapted for c,Iltivat.ng. 1t
isn't the kind of tractor that does
your blowing and seed bed prepara-
ZION and then rests while your horses
do the planting, cultivating and har-
vestins.
Mechanically, the Moiine-Univer-
sal is tile most modern tractor built,
containing more rehnements and I'M
provenents thar, any other tractor On
the market.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
SCHOOL BUILDING NEARS
COMPLETION

The new school building on the
Humboldt school grounds, Sixth and
Scott Sts., is now being hurried along
on the interior. The exterior has been
practically completed. 1t is modern
in every respect, overshadowing all
other school buildings in Wausau.
Architecturally it measures up to
every ideal requirement of such a
structure.
The long Railways on each floor are
flooded with light as are all of the
class rooms, which are large and well
ventilated. The latter features are
lacking in several of the older schools
of the city, which are badly in need
of repair and alteration from the view
point of the health of the child. By
constant study, architects have come to
the conclusion that air and light must
be had in plenty in structures of this
nature, other things to be sacrificed if
necessary.
Stairways to the second floor have
been placed at each end. They are
broad and there need be no crowding
on them. Three outside entrances are
afforded; one each to the east, north
anu SOulH. "A stairway IHe ceHleT
of the building also leads to the sec
.ond floor. At the present time none
of the class rooms are near finished.
The ceilings are in process of plaster,
and boards are being placed on the
floors, while electricians are busy wir-
ing. The upper hallway presents a
completed appearance. "DuraZzo," a
tile made of split marble of white, yell
low and some black, is used through
out. The first floor is base of cement.
Ffreproof, the building will be the
safest that could be erected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
GOAL NEARED BY LOCAL
ASSOCIATION
Chamber of Commerce Can Now
Boast Of Almost Four Hundred
Members

"The Wausau Chamber of Commerce
now stands at the top of Wisconsin
cities of it's size in the number of in
dividual members of which it can
boast" w. r. Chellis, secretary of the
local organization, declares. During
the past week the association has been
carrying on an intensive campaign
for new members. That the fixed min
imum of 500 members as result of
the campaign will be reached, men,
bers declare, is certainty, as already
375 have been reported.
To Hear From Committees
During the next several days the
reports of fifteen more committees
from which no word has as yet been
submitted at the association office, will
be due. In its weekly bulletin issued
Monday the Chamber of Commerce
especially features the indirect bene-
fits which come to the individual men,
ber of the organization. Community
welfare and civic pride, it urges, can
best be developed through cooperation
which comes through this source.
Comparatively the location in Wausau
of desirable concerns is sought, re-
acting to the benefit of each member.
Comparatively a public park may be
supported vigorously; the park, when
obtained, adds attraction to the city
for the outsider. In many ways
rubbing shoulders" Wausau's busi-
ness men say, broadens the individual
giving more of personal interest in
the welfare of the community
Wausau Will Not Suffer
"In the readjustment going on
throughout the country, Wausau will
not suffer-" declares Mr.. Chellis. "The
city from commercial standpoint is on
a much better footing than many others
throughout the country. None of our
industries are today dependent upon
war conditions to hum. Our factories
are all devoted to the production of
necessities demanded constantly prior
to the war.
There is no surplus of labor either
in the city as in so many other places.
Possibly there are few more cleri-
cal workers than can at present be
employed-but that number is very
small"
Optimism is expressed among busi-
ness men as to he near future. They
welcome the return of soldiers and
sailors and believe that spring will
develop a great business boom.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
SALT YOUR CASH NOW TO
BUY BONDS LATER

No later than April 21st, according
to the Secretary of the Treasury, the
new Victory Liberty Loan will be Of
fered to the people of the United
States. Those who volunteer as work.
ers will be obliged to work with greater
vim and determination than ever be-
fore. The details of the loan have not
been entirely received as yet from
Washington.
"We don't know yet what means the
government will adopt to raise the
money-whether through short-term
Treasury notes or long term bonds"
says Charles H. Schweppe, director of
the campaign in the Chicago district.
"The authorities at Washington have
the interest of the people in mind,
and l have no doubt that aside from
the natural patriotic appeal the cam
paign will offer highly attractive in
ducements in an investment way"
That Wausau will not fall short of
it's patriotic duty, workers feel, is
certainty. The last moment jump in
the recent campaign caused much
anxiety to outsiders left a question
mark. The presence in the city of
numerous overseas soldiers, men who
have seen duty at the front fighting
the Huns, should lead many to invest
more than ever before in government
bends.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25

With the Moline-Universai-the
original two-wheel tractor-One AiGft
can farm more land than was ever
before possible, because
One 1fGH has power at his COM
mand equal to six horses, capable OF
doing the work of nine horses, due
to its greater speed and endurance.
One Man operates the Mohne-Uni-
versai from the seat OF the imple-
ment to which it is attached, where
he must sit in order to do good work.
One Nan can start in the spring
and go from one operation TO an
other-piowing, narrowing. planting,
cuitivating, sowing, harvesting gram
or corn, spreading manure, filing the
si1o, cutting wood, etc, doing all
farm work from one year 5 end to
another, independently of horses or
hired help.
All these one-rnan operations are
possible with the Moline Universal
because it is mounted on two wheels.
1t attaches direct to the implement,
making one compact unit--the trac-
tor the front wheels and the inlple-
ment the rear wheels. One man con-
trolls the entire outfit from the seat
of the implement. There has been
good reason in the past for putting a
seat on implements, Tor it IS from
this point that the work must be
observed and that adjustments must
be made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
Tuesday, July q, 1885

Raspberries can be purchased at
from six to seven cents per quart and
huckleberries the same. Now is the
time to replenish your iarders.
William Wilson and sons have been
given the contract for building the
sixth ward school house.
Ernest SERVER returned on Monday,
bringing his bonnie bride with him,
and was serenaded by More's Coronet
Band. The above item is clipped from
the Merrill Advocate. Ernie's friends
in Wausau will be glad to learn of his
marriage.
Dana's band has secured the Camilla
Urso company to give three enter
tainments in his city. The first takes
place on the thirtieth instant.
On July I'd, by the Rev. Richard at
the Catholic church, Felix Burns was
married to Miss Margaret Croker. The
young couple reside in this city and
are well and favorably known.
Alex. Stewart has, been appointed
receiver of the Wausau Opera House
by the U. S. District court and James
McCrossen, Sr., made manager. The
selections are good ones and give
assurance that the house will be oper-
ated in a first class manner. Our citi-
zens will be furnished with the best
V. A. Anderson and son, ]. c. Alder
son, left yesterday for a weeks stay
in Chicago and Milwaukee.
c. P. Haseltine was in the city last
Thursday after his daughter, Anne.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO..
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO

They returned the same day to their
home in Minnea polls.
At about eleven o'clock last Fri
day night, an alarm from whistles and
fire bells reused our citizens from
their slumbers and summoned the fire
department across the river to Dun
bars Mill. The loss is total except
that the engine and boilers are not
seriously damaged and the smokestack
sill proudly stands. The value of the
property destroyed is about $4,000,
with an insurance in Wheeler and
Zimmerman's agency, of about $4,000.
About $4,000 feet of lumber was des-
troyed.
Or Friday afternoon, July 18th, L. S.
Cohn sent word to the city that the
body of Mrs. Margaret d. Smart had
been discovered by the boom men
among the logs in the boom near a
point called the Yellow Banks about
three miles from this city, whereupon
Coroner Schulz was duly notified and
d jury empaneled, consisting of c.
Oswald, F. Blaesing, Chas. Quandt,
Henry Martini, W. N. Allen and c.
Woessner.
An Irishman's Meditation
The country is goin' to the Divil,
Since we failed to elect Mishther |
Blaine.
Ould Cleveland is mighty oncivil,
And WRIGHT is sore-headed again. |
Villas should be slapped with a
shingle,
He cut the head off Mishther Paine, |
He made Posht- -Mashter of Ringle, |
And ELY'S sore-headed again.