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New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Mont Pelee, the volcano that buried ST. Pierre.
The Plan to Cede Martinique, and the
Resources We Should
By Grace Phelps

room, she swayed like a brilliant bird Of
paradise.
Tall and slim, with perfect features, her
dark eyes now mischievous, now coquetting,
she paraded before US in her gayly figured
purple and yellow dress, fastened high in
front over a stiffly starched white petit
coat. On her head she wore the yellow
calendered (painted) turban-typical Of
Martinique-with one end sticking up in
front, and in her ears hung heavy hoops
of gold.
Just what she was doing there ct that
early hour not obvious unless she con-
sidered it her duty to give strangers a
favorable impression of Martinique on
their arrival. However, beauty needs no
excuse in any land, and the men of the
party were especially pleased though she
was too shy to talk to them and would not
permit herself to be snapshot.
The streets of Fort de France are mar
row and during the busy hours Of the early
morning or late afternoon are crowded.
Shops or bazaars with corrugated iron
shutters which roll up, leaving the entire
place exposed, open on the still more mar
row sidewalks The cutters run with water
which comes from stream led down from
the hills behind the town. Occasionally
a tropical "white wing" with a long hooked
pole loosens jam of cocoanut shells or
other refuse which threatens to choke back
the stream and prevent the sewage being
carried off
The bazaars rather uninteresting
being a confused tumble of goods, crockery
and implements of various sorts One
bazaar, however, is the exception. 1t is
where the squares for the turbans are sold
The gingham, madras or silk for this pur-
pose is designed in France especially for
the colonies, and marvellous combination
Of colors and designs these squares repre-
sent In addition to their original colors
the squares are painted brilliant sulphur
yellow between the stripes or squares Be
sides making the turbans stiff when tied
the yellow seems to have some sort of
significance, similar, l gather to the
ancient use of purple as a symbol of roy
atty. At all events, it is a costly process
and the calendered turban is only worn by
the better class Of blacks and creoles.
1t is the market which is the most attrac-
tive place in the town, for here are the
machannes, the women who, save in the
fish market, are the venders of provisions.
There all kinds Of strange looking
tubers and roots, among which can dis
tinguish white potatoes and yams. Of the
others, one is the mabi, a bitter root from
which is made the favorite native drink,
mabiyage. A little white rum and sugar is
added to the juice The favorite drink of
the white population, however, is the
cocoyage, known in other West Indian
islands as the swizzle. This is made of an
egg, cocoanut milk, little gin and sugar,
beaten up together with stick made of
young twig with whorl of twigs at the
end which have been shortened, stripped
Of bark and the whole polished. Every
visitor to the West Indies brings home
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

tian and pagan and it is difficult to tell
where the pagan leaves off and the Chris
tian begins, so closely are they interviewer.
Devout Catholics for the most part, they
worship at the numerous wayside shrines
scattered all over the island But even
the presence of holy figure in its moss
grown chapelle is not potent in their minds
against the zombis
The zombis are neither devils nor goblins,
but they have the characteristics of both,
and while they sleep in the day time at
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

ulHlOuS sign tne OCner Qdy and
vowed aloud that he was a man
among men once more (sincc November ID
and no longer subject to the condescensons
and insults, implied and otherwise Of his
lady friends. He declared that his Norfolk
was the uniform of the future and would
slandercrs please take notice?
But with due respect to the Norfolk, he
released that announcement too soon. For
although American girls arc flirting with
the Prince Of Wales these days and Mrs
Vincent Astor has turned working girl in a
"Y" cafeteria, that we'll known and over
ridden word that begins with I'D" and
ends in "cy" is still just word. We have
with as this year the aristocracy of the
uniform, still and yet, and let nobody
think he deny it, The demon democ-
racy still has wings with which to fly, ap-
parcntly, and feet with which to run, for
sooner do we catch hold Of one Of his
loose ends than TO- we have lost another.
Returned husbands, for example. We
have one. He was tractable in the old pre-
war days, like all other men, and then,
with the shadow Of danger over him and the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

to inland places, are very careful not to
travel at night, for fear of the fer-de lance
These porteuses travel forty or fifty miles
day with their burdens, swinging along
erect and easily. SO accustomed are they
to heavy weights the head that when
their trays are emptied, they hasten to
fill them with stones. Horses and mules
used over the roads play out in a
very few years, but the human carriers
seem none the worse for their work
The mongoose, small weasel-like Great
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

night they roam the city and country doing
evil. quaint native name for the zombis
(Which explains one of their characteris-
tics) isl Those Who Make Noises at Night
None Can Understand. The country people
are especially fearful of the zombs, but
even in the towns the natives look grave
when the subject is mentioned by whites
There is tree growing on the island
whose seeds are red, with an irregular
black spot. These spots, the natives say,
are caused by the touch OF the zombis
None the less, this belief does not inter
fere with the native practice of stringing
the seeds into necklaces weaving them
into mats for the tourist
But if the interior, with its Llama over
grown forests, is impenetrable to the trav-
eller, save with guide and cutlass. the
town has one attraction which makes up
somewhat for the lost delights of the
jungle. This is the carnival or mardi gras
Big and little black or light colored for
this season in the year every native IS
white. A white wire mask, with just
touch Of pink in the cheeks, white paint
with splash of red, DISCUSSES him per-
fectly. And there is none too sick, or too
old, or too young, to join in dancing the
bamboula.
The mardi gras may be French, but the
bamboula is pure African, and the songs
sung all refer rather unpleasantly to GER
tain individuals who have incurred the
wrath of their fellow islanders. Led by
a group of devil masqueraders, the crowd
Of men, women and children surge through
the streets, swaying back and forth in time
to the beat OF the big drums, the kas and
the rattle of the smaller calebasses, or
swinging in q kind of hugging dance. At
the end of each song, the dancers take up
the refrain:
Bamboua bimbouai
Zamboula, zimboulal
Bol Lol Bo
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
BY Sarah Addington

CIVILIAN friend of ours, with i'm
q possibly bad eyes, hove him pro
digious sigh the other day and
al b,4 h.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

w- ART1NIQUE, The best known Of
"a III the French West Indies, may
" soon belong to the United
- - IL 70
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haps it was the closed season for them.
The interior of the island is very noun
tainous and the fer-d Glance. one of the
most poisonous snakes known, keeps ma
tves as we'll as travellers from exploring
those regions. The roads. too, are bad
so that many persons born on one side
of mountain range live and die without
seeing the natives in the valley the
other side.
The porteuses, girls who carry produce
and merchandise over the mountain roads
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

glory of a uniform Upon him, he became q
being to be feared, respected and truckled
to. Equal rights? Vanished. His rights,
that was all.
Now, however, nc's back and seemingly
the old order should be established. But
here's the sticker. Returned husbands have
fatal weapon: they put on their uniforms
at any impending crisis. Just as the wife
person begins to tread the old familiar
paths of feminine tyranny and pluck the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

my man. 1t is only the doughboy who can
land one. You may have all the talent
and he none, you may have all the expe-
rlence and he none; but he's been to war
and you haven't.
Your grocer picks out the turnps with d
careless hand and far-off gaze, and though
you urge upon him that you want red ones.
or blue ones, he still forgets his post as
grocer in the light of his recent job as a
warrior. Turnips, indeed, mere penny vege-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

ure, is practically the only wild animal on
the island. 1t introduced, as in ell
West Indian islands, TO destroy the rats,
the carriers of the dreaded bubonic plague
of the tropics. There is a curious crab
found on the east coast, with claw
larger than the other, which he carries
folded up close to his body. The natives,
who lilened him to g Catholic penitent
striking his breast and crying mea culpa!
mea culpal have nicknamed him crabe-
c'est-ma-faute (crab-it-is-my-f y-fault)l
The natives are an odd mixture of Chris
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
ne Beautiful
Creole

% We left the disappointed Vi canoti6
'sn'nd and we're soon or the dock. Laf~
.ao'' hearn himself could not have picked
Da' more beautiful type Of Creole than
-" siFi par"ding up and down there.
sx@ipst background Of her darker sisters.
g"o hnmbiy stepped aside with their bag~
-s's Vi toufiss lrinkets TO give her more
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
A Lizard
AS an Enfree

A favorite dish in Martinique is made
of the iguana, huge lizard. 1t is said to
taste like chicken. | cannot testify to this
fact, for like the monkeys which | was
promised in pie in st. Kits, the iguanas
seemed very shy during my stay. Or per-
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-11
Mill
IS. DAMAGED
Alarm Turned In At Noon Yesterday
And Dangerous Blaze Soon
Under Control.

Fire was discovered in the eleva-
tor at the Crescent Mills, corner 7th
and Railroad, yesterday at noon, pre-
sumably cause from a steam pipe in
some way.
The Department responded promp
tly and by energetic work soon had
the fire under control. The damage
from the flames was not great, but
water used in putting it out caused
pretty heavy loss. This cannot be
accurately estimated yet, but the loss
is fully covered by insurance. The
mill is owned by the HOpkinsville
Milling Company, Of which F. K.
Yost is president.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-11
WEED PRICES
SOARING HIGH
Deliveries Increasing In Volume As
The Season Advances and
Rush ia Expected.

The tobacco offerings on the loose
floors were heavier Tuesday than
Monday, though the record price Of
SAT was not reached. The highest
price was $40.
Yesterday the deliveries were
again heavier and conditions around
the loose floors all indicate prepara-
tions for busy season. The very
high prices are sure to cause gen
eral rush to market and the rains
have made the season most favor
able for handling the weed.
Sales will be held every day from
now on.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-11
REGULAR army
OF $4,000
Military Committee Set. Combat
Troop. a. $4,000, Prs.idsn.
To Create Br.ueAe.

Washington. Dec. "a peace
time regular army Of 100000 mem
bers and $4,000 officers was decid-
ed on today by the House Military
subcommittee headed by Represen-
tative Anthony Republican, Kansas,
framing the army reorganization bill
The number of combat troops was
fixed at 100000. The sub-commit-
tee proposal would leave it to the
president to direct the forces into
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-11

infantry, cavalry and artillery units
at his discretion.
The provision for $4,000 officers,
many more than needed for an army
of 100000 men, was framed in ord
er to give 1900 to 1900 extra as in
structors for the National Guard,
and reserve officers training corps
units. Both the guard and the train
ing corps would be greatly enlarged
under the committees plan as only
three hundred officers are now need
ed as instructors.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-11

Mr.. T. P.1Johnson has moved into
his South Main Street residence re-
Gently purchased from e. C. Radford.
Mr.. Radford has moved into the
Richards place, which he owned.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-11
HOW DREAMS
CONE TRUE

Some thirty days ago few bust
ness men of Fort Worth, Texas, or
ganized and founded q joint stock
Association called the Equitable Oil
Co., of Fl Worth Texas. These
men purchased the most proven ac-
reage in Texas largest oil field. The
''Desdemona Field" Their object
was to get lease where the chance
of not finding oil was eliminated,
which they did. They decided to drill
two wells, and upon the completion
of these wells to sell the entire com
pany to one of the large corporations
who make it business to buy pro-
duction only. The entire proceeds of
this sale to be divided equally be-
tween the stockholders of this COM
pany as per each individual share.
AS soon as this company was organ
lied sixty per cent of the stock was
subscribed by the directors and their
friends and since then fifteen per
cent has been subscribed from all
parts of the country-from people
who know the holding of the COM
pany and the men behind it.
The company now has the remain
ing twenty-five per cent which they
are offering the people of Christian
county. They have let the contract
for the first we'll which is now drill
ing, and are now waiting on the sale
of the remaining stock to begin 4
drilling on the second. The holdings
Of this company where they are now
drilling are entirely surrounded by 4
zig producers of not less than 1900 4
arrels per day and some as high as
1000 barrels per day. :
Oil wells sell on basis of one mil
on dollars per thousand barrels. No
ompany surrounding this well has
old for less than two million dollars.
his company has capitalization of
100000 If they should only get a =
barrels in each of their 4
ellis every stakeholder would re- q
Five twenty dollars for each dollar y
vested. This stock is selling for -
100 per share, will advance to n
100 December 81, 1919. Use your 4
vn judgment and get in. Even If
u have only fifty or one hundred
liars to invest. You can't get G
rtune on that small an investment, IA
t you can get a good start towards
e. Figure it out twenty to one III
your money!
The officers of this company are
owe reproach and bear the reputa-
n of handling other peoples mon
as they would their own. Any
nix in Fort Worth will testify to De
IS. Ninety per cent of the wells in
e Desdemona Field are big produ-
rs and one hundred per cent Of the
lis in their vicinity are producers -
esn't this sound and look like a ~ NV
asonable investment? A man has --O
much to gain and so little to lose. ~
,vo +h;rl, on1 - 40 -. - pri
j think so, too. This stock is GO
to advance on Dec. 81, 1919 to
90 per share. So get in now. If '"e
y only get one thousand barrels Wv.
their first well, they will already Ale
re made $40 on the 81 invested. 90"
ey expect their we'll in by New AA'
RS. Get in and help share in this am
of Nature. If You are in any
: interested, phone, write or mail n0S
r check.
HOpkinsvilIe Oil Exchange,
tai Telegraph Office, Hopkinsville tn
~,xr, =.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-11

Hyancinths, tulips and other bulbs
of all kinds, pOtted plants and cut
flowers at
METCALFE'S, Florist.
New Designs and Patterns in Cut
Glass. See our values for $1.O0.
KoLB & HOWE.
THE KENTUCKTAN. 80 per year.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-11

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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-01-31

| for the issuance of seven per cent IN
stallment bonds payable on or before
ten wears for the payment OF the cost
if such improvements, and the method
by which the expense of the improve
ment in the space formed by the IN
tersection of streets and alleys is to
be paid, and fixing the time in which
protests against said proposed i'm
provements may be filed in the Office
of the city clerk, was read the first
time, in full
A motion was made by Councilman
w. Grant Ward, seconded Council
man JOS. Dickens, that the rules be
suspended and the reading on three
separate days be dispensed with and
that Bill No. 20 be read the second
time by title and the third time in full
and placed on its final passage. The
roll being called on the motion, the
vote resulted:
Ayes-Councilman JOS. Dickens, F.
R. Miller, Fred Mitchell. Chas. San
berg and w. Grant Wards.
Nqyes-None.
Absent-Amos J. Miller.
The mayor declared the motion car
ried.
Bill No. % read the second time by
title.
Bill No. 90 read the third time in
full and placed on its final passage.
On the question, shall Bill Nc. %
pass? The roll being called, the vote
resulted:
-Councilmen Jos. Dickens, F.
R. Miller, Fred Mitchell. Chas San
berg and w. Grant WARDS.
Naves-None.
Observation-Disclosures Amos ] Mil
ler-1.
So Bill No % passed becoming Or
dinance No. 308, and was so declared
| by the mayor.
Mr.. J. H. Goode, representing
Keller Brothers. municipal bond buy
ers of Denver and Spokane, appeared
with offer to furnish proceedings and
buy bonds of the proposed paving
district
1t was voted on motion of Council
man Ward, that the mayor appoint q
committee, with power to act, on Mr.
Goodies proposition
The mayor appointed Councilmer
F. R. Miller, Mitchell and Sanberg
The mayor announced the appoint
ment of DR.. T. D. Farrar, as city ply.
citian.
A motion was made by Councilman
Mitchell, seconded Sanberg, that the
appointment be confirmed, ratified ant
approved. The roll being called or
the motion. the vote resulted:
Ayes-Dickens, F. R. Miller, Mitcr
ell. Sanberg and Ward-5
Nayes-None.
Absent-Amos J. Miller.
The mayor declared the appoint
ment confirmed.
The mayor announced the appoint.
ment of Councilman Dickens, San
berg and Mitchell, as members of tn,
CITY health board.
1t was voted upon motion of Coun
Gilman Ward, seconded Councilman
Mitchell, that the appointment be cen
firmed. The mayor declared the mo
ton carried, and the appointment con
| firmed
1t was voted upon motion of Coun
Gilman Mitchell, seconded Councilman
Dickens, that council adjourn unit
Thursday evening, January 23rd, 1910
at 8 o'clock.
S. BEN DUNLAP,
City Clerk
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-01-31
= 4 X = r X X 4 X X X k+& \ 4
= ARENA VALLEY ITEMS r
X + + + y X \ ~ Xxx 49, r 4

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Denman and
children of Roswell spent several davs
last week at the Walter Aten home
Mr.: Denman is helping Mr.. Atcn
with new concrete cellar.
Charles Marston attended direc-
tors meeting ow the Water Users
association in Caldwell last week.
VIII Johns who has been staying
with Tom Clark, spent last week with
his family in Parma. James NcAuIev
has been helping Mr.. Clark feed cattle
T. J, Cope has been quite i'll for the
past few days. '''>
Charles M. Huffman has rented the
Fred Fisk place for the coming wear
and will move his family down from
Boise as soon as Frank Johns finishes
moving to his own place.
J. P: Butler and O. F. Packwood
were business visitors TO Caldwell
Monday. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Egger and
daughter Bertha of Middleton were
guests at the Ed Butcher home Sun
dav and Monday.
w. r. Owens is having some re-
pairs made on his house before NOV
ing his family to their new home near
Wilder. He is already moving imple
ments and other things over.
Mr.. Ragsdale of Middleton. who
purchased the Egger ranch last fall
is moving into the valley.
:. Mrs. d. NJ. Imlah was on the sick
list Sunday and Monday.
Every. one will b" called on dur;np
the week to give literally in the Ar
menlan drive Arenas quota is ONLY
SIS and we ought easily to raise il
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-01-31

vote resulted:
Ayes-Dickens, F. R. Miller, Mitch
ell, Sanberg and Wards.
Nayes-None.
Absent-Amos ]. Miller-1.
The mayor declared the resolution
passed.
The reports of the following named
officers for the month of December
1918, were read. namely, City Nurse
Superintendent of Streets, Superin-
tendent OF Water Works. City Librar-
ian, City Treasurer and Sexton. The
annual report of the Fire Chief for the
term ending December LIST, 1918, was
also read
1t was voted upon motion of Coun-
Gilman Sanberg, seconded Council
man Ward, that the reports be APP
proved and ordered placed on file.
In the matter of recommendation
for fire hydrants at 18th and Everett
and l4th and Albany, made by the
fire chief in his annual report, it was
voted upon motion of Councilman F
R. Miller. that the same be referred to
a committee, with power to act.
The mayor appointed Coun cilmen
Ward and Mitchell.
Bill No. u, by Councilman Dickens
providing for the vacation of certain
streets and alleys in Mountain View
Addition. was read the third time, and
placed on its final passage. On the
question, shall Bill No. 27 PASS the
roll being called, the vote resulted:
Ayes-Dickens, F. R. Miller.
Nayes-Mitchell. Ward-2.
Passed. not voting-Sanberg-l
Absent-Amos J. Miller.
So Bill No u failed to pass.
Bill No. %. by Councilman Ward
providing for increase in the salary of
Superintendent of Water Works. was
read the third time in full, and placed
on its final passage On the ques-
ton. shall Bill No. % pass? The roll
being called. the vote resulted:
Ayes-Dickens, F. R. Miller, Mitch
ell, Sanberg and Wards
Nayes-None
Absent-Amos ]. Millcr-1.
So Bill No. % passed becoming Or
dinance No. 307.
The bond of w. s. Maxey in the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company, as city clerk and police
judge, dated January 18th. 1919, in the
sum Of 100000, was presented and
upon motion OF Councilman F. R
Miller. seconded Councilman Ward
approved and accepted.
Councilman Mitchell stated that tho
fletcher Oil Company asked for DER
mission to use lots and 8 OF block
"a Original, for erection of tanks. to
be used for storage OF gasoline, oil
etc. Whereupon he moved that the
permission be granted This motion
was seconded by Councilman Dickens
and upon vote being taken, was Dc,
clared passed.
Bill No. %. by Councilman Fred
Mitchell. entitled. "An Ordinance de-
claring the intention OF the CITY coun-
cil OF the city OF Caldwell. Idaho IN
improve certain streets in the CITY Of
caldwell, Idaho. by paving and curb
ng the same, designating the nance
hereof, the points between which the
said improvements arc to be made the
general character Of such improva.
nent. the estimated cost of the same
md providing that such cost Of paving
md curbing is to be assessed apainst
he property abutting, fronting, com
iguous. or tributary on such streets r.
'e improved, also providing for the
ormation OF assessment district in
iuding such property abutting front |
ng, contiguous or tributary thereon.
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The souvenirs and relics picked IN
by Mr.. B. NJ Holt on the battlefield
OF Europe and placed on display in
me windows of the Caldwell Dry
Goods Co. store have attracted 2
great deal of attention. This is the
greatest and most varied DISPLAY Of
var souvenirs that has been shown in
Caldwell. -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-01-31

IIt IUIIOWIHS TtsOIutlOn Was intro
duced by Councilman F. R. Miller;
Resolution
Be It resolved by the mayor and
council OF the city of Caldwell, Idaho:
That the treasurer of said city is
hereby authorized and instructed to
transfer from the Water Work Fund
TO the Water Work Depreciation
Fund, the sum OF $4,000, being the
apportionment for the second quarter
OF the fiscal year beginning the first
Tuesday in May, 1918. as per City
Ordinance No 80.
A motion was made by Councilman
Ward, seconded Councilman Sanberg
that the resolution be adopted. The
roll being called on the motion. the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-01-31
Quick Cure for Croup.

Watch for the first symptom, horse
ness and give Chamberlain's Cough
Kennedy at once. 1t is prompt and