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The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
Tried to Wear a Rose Bush.

The effort of an Irishman to put
a rose bush In his buttonhole landed
him in a London Jail. The boobies
say he was drunk. He says he
thought the bush bore shamrocks.
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Paynent-By-Result.

meeting of representatives of 100000 British wokmen
recently held London they cooperate
ploye increasing production they all
labor The slogan they payment
There is to be no limitation Of ounu no aver.Ss uft
payment skmpng and shkng by many
spirit has passed
To induce the rank workers. these delegates
TO alter their pre-war point OF suddenly and fall in
with the advice will be However, British
artisan knows facts when he And simple but ba
economical facts OF England are being constantly reiterated With
huge and worldwide English people can not live
Even intensely than past markets of the world
fought This means that nation
situated Europe dependent upon export business must perfect
its industrial organization adopt the latest Devices and
uacure on large scale at lowest piece With
inefficient methods rising and labor unrest difficult to
see how either British labor capital would anything divide
industrial and financial going on in England
at unheardof PART least impetus is due to a
feeling that nothing but organization enable English
trade hold place throughout the world In wav the "n.v
mentbyreu" effort being made by sections of
both labor and capital reach which will lead
the low high organization necessary if England is to
retain high place in world
There is much food for thought the English industrial sit
uanon Whne paymntby-resut at the largely
slogan thoughtful people, there and elsewhere coming realize
the essentially fundamental right labor relations as
preliminary to successful competition in foreign trade
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company which is on,oed r..
Increased fares operating principle ive the bson
such service they'll like ride" has dividend and
shows 100000 increase income If companys officials
have spare moment they might show Washington it is DONE
They say grumbie over prosperity and vet some
the oudest from paid an income tax this
year who paid before
Once time the spring meant big business for
the furniture but house already have
found the S n
Now that Senator Hitchcock has announced bis- ,; 49,
hbion brother Bryan probably as 20 Der cent
Democratic candidate. ~
The majority of Presidential waiting
call from the people 1t will merry campaign tb.v At.
hear that call together. = '-' "
Inc declares that he will spend the evening his life
IN oocur'y Hasn't that already been decided for him?
In reel lite the romance ends with embrace but real life
the prominent stars prefer the divorce court
Inc result IN the Newberry to those who
would make them auctions instead of elections
One book that ought to be full of action if it is ever written
is DIR. Kapps Five Days" '
Parliament reaiate by asking independenr. for ,h
Philippines and statehood for Hawaii
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The result in the Newberry may be warnins to II
would make them auctions instead of elections
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They folks grumbe prosperity and vet
the oudest noise from those paid an income a
year who paid before.
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Once upon time the advent of spring meant big bu
the furniture movers, but apartment hunters are
found the is no more
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In reel life the romance ends with an embrace but il
the prominent stars prefer the divorce court
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The exkaiser declares that he will spend the evening
obscurity Hasn't that already been decided for b;me
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The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company opposed to
Increased fares and has operating principle "Cie the beop
such service they'll like ride has dividend and
shows $4,000 increase the companv's officials
have they might show Washington how it is done
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Now that Senator Hitchcock has announced his views
hibion. brother Bryan probably has listed him as aso
Democratic candidate
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Parliament may retaliate by asking independence
Philippines and statehood for Hawaii
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The majority of Presidential candidates are waiting for
hear that call together. = -'
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One book that ought to be full of action it is ever
5 Dr. Kapp's Five Days"
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
union men and all men. But union
men cannot win these things for
themselves alone. II they are won
they are won for all people"
The labor platform as drawn up
in Gompers' article gives, under a
series of subheadings. the desires of
labor on thirteen issues. Portions
OF the platform follow:
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-06-05
ORCHARDS NEED
CULTIVATION NOW

Fruit trees and pecan trees need
cultivation at this time of the year.
This should be given with disc-culti-
vator rather than a turning pillow, be-
cause the point Of the turning pillow
may injure the roots of the trees, es-
pecially when the blowing is done by
careless labor.
"The object of cultivation is TO i'm
prove the mechanical condition of
the soil and correct the water dis
tribution about the roots" says B.
Szymoniak of the Extension Division,
Louisiana State University. On flat
land with poor surface drainage the
land should be worked towards the
trees. Some orchardists "bar-off"
the land too closely to young fruit
and pecan trees; this is detrimental
to the roots and should be avoided.
Disc the soil around the trees as far
out as the branches extend.
Among the young trees it is best
to grow crops like sweet potatoes,
melons, Strawberries, truck crops, or
other cultivated crops that are fertil-
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-06-05
ENJOYABLE LAWN PARTY
is GIVEN IN w. BELLEVUE

A very enjoyable lawn party was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Andrus, of South Bellevue, on
Saturday night, April 18th, in honor
of Mrs. Andrus' sister, Miss jennie
Landry, of Basile.
Those participating were: Misses
Edna and Vivian Andrus, Ethel and
Louise Mills, Martha, Eve and Paul
inc Lavergne, George Horaist, Leon
lie Bernard, Virginia Siblle, jennie
Landry, Gerte Peck, Daisy Bacon,
Maude Bertinot, Edna Burleigh, A
manda Louise and Agatha Lavergne;
Messrs. James and Chap Mills, Earl
Vautrot, Curley Wimberly, Remi,
Raoul and Henry Sibille, Paul Nc
Bride, Charles and Numa Lavergne,
Arestide Darby, Alex and Jesse Soil
eau, Odell and Oliver Andrus, Johnny
Peck, Oscar Leger, Louis Dugal, Alex
and Francis Lavergne, Roland Sibille
Earl Gardiner and Leo Sibille, of Don
jacksonville. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis And
rus; Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Mills; Mr..
and Mrs. Seymour Smith; Jules Car
son and P. Higgins.
Delicious refreshments were serv-
ed on the lawn, which was beautiful
ly illuminated for the occasion.
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lied. Grain crops should not be
grown in an orchard. If the orchard
is large and it is impractical to plant
all the land to cultivated crops it is
best to give clean cultivation during
Nav and June, and plant cowpeas
about the last of June. The cow
peas may be planted in rows or
broadcast. In the fall the cowpeas
should be disced and then turned un-
der with a plow."
Cultivation is an important oper-
alton in handling fruit and pecan
trees. Lack of cultivation will re-
duce the bearing power of trees,
shorten the lives of trees and cause
them to be injured by insects and
diseases. Preserve the vigor and
healthfulness of fruit and pecan
trees by cultivation. Do not scrape
or injure the trunks of trees"
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-06-05
FARM ASSOCIATION
is GETTING RESULTS

The Vermillion Parish Farmers
association is a going concern as is
shown by the extent of its activities
in the purchase of farmers supplies
and the sale of farm products.
The association was organized in
January 1918, by T. H. Casanova, par
ish agent, and it is to his efforts that
its success is due. The first transac-
ton to be undertaken was the cooper
alive sale Of carload of hogs the
success of which stimulated interest
in the organization. It's membership
has gradually increased until it now
has a membership of II of the most
progressive farmers of the parish.
The fee is two dollars a year Plans
are under way for the erection of
warehouse to be used for the storage
of supplies purchased by the associa-
ton members and also for the stor-
age of rice and other products grown
for the market. A lot has been pur-
chased and a railway switch is now
being put in. The building will be 80
by 800 feet. The buyers will be at
tracted by the large quantities of rice
offered, and with proper grading and
top market prices, it is expected that
the selling end of the associations
business will become as satisfactory to
the members as the buying end has
proved to be, which is saying a great
deal.
During the present year, co-opera
tive purchases in carload lots have
been made, as follows:
January 25, a car of cottonseed and
bulls, at saving under local prices
of$705O; II farmers participating.
February 5, carload, 10000 bush
els, Of No. White oats, at saving
of 18 cents a bushel: 22farmers part
icipating.
February II, a carload of acid
phosphate, at a saving of $120; Is far
mers participating.
February IS, a carload of alfalfa
hay, at saving of S473.50; 10 far
mers participating.
March /, carload, $4,000 rice
bags at a saving of six and three-quar
ter cents each or $4,000; AZ farmers
participating.
March 7, a carload, 5000 bushels,
of No. 2 White oats at saving of
$3.50, q farmers participating.
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March "a, carload, 225O bushels,
No. 2 White oats at saving of $685.
so; 16 farmers participating.
April 2, $50 bushels of cowpeas, at
a saving Of $50! three farmers par
ticipating.
April IS, carload of coal, at a saw
ing of $5.35 ton; two farmers par
ticipating.
April %, carload of coal, at saw
ing Of $685. ton; seven farmers par
ticipating.
AS an adjunct to the association,
or sort of woman's auxiliary, as Mr..
Casanova terms it, an egg-shipping
circle has been organized. Eggs are
candled before shipping and cash
price paid to the producers. This has
proved very satisfactory so far, and
the number of cases shipped each
week is expected to grow rapidly
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Williamson. Lake Providence

C. Williamson, Lake Providence.
8. Marketing, Tare and Statistics;
C. H. Teal, Colfax.
4. Organization and Membership;
T. j. Appleyard, Jr., New Orleans.
5. Seed Improvement and Diversi-
fication; w. NJ. Davidson, St. Joseph.
6. transportation: Arthur w. Sim
pson, New Orleans.
Z. Patents, Inventions, Processes,
Trade Marks, etc: Sim Parent, New
Roads.
8. Cotton Acreage, and price rec
concentration: Emile Regard, Mans
ura.
8. Enactment of Legislation: Sen
ator, Jos. E .Ransdell, Washington.
10. Cost of Production: w. w.
Mirrison, New Orleans.
II. Budget: R. X. Boney, Duck
port.
II. Enactment: James F. Seip,
Alexandria.
Is. Auditing: S. J. Heard, Ruston.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-06-05
81 Got Real Mad When lost My Set
ting Hen" Mrs. Hannah.

~ went into the hen house one
morning and found my favorite setter
dead. l got real mad. Went to the
store, bought some RAT-SNAP and
in a week l got six dead rats. Every
body who raises poultry should keep
RAT-SNAP." Three sizes, 25c, soc,
$1.0O. Sold and guaranteed by Est. of
J. B. Sandoz and Littell's Drug Store.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-06-05
"How We Cleared Our Summer Home
of Rats" by Mrs. Perry.

when we opened our seaside
home last May, it was alive with
rats. They'd gnawed all the upholster-
ing. We cleaned them out in week
with RAT-SNAP. | prefer this rat
killer because it comes in cake form,
no mixing. Saves dirtying hands and
plates" Three sizes, 25c, soc, $1.00.
Sold and guaranteed by Est. of ]. B.
Sandoz and Littell's Drug Store.
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men WATCHING The
COTTON INTEREST
At BATON ROUGE
American Cotton Association is TAX
ing Care That Cotton Farmers
Are Properly Treated

Legislative matters of interest to
cotton producers, are progressing
favorably at Baton Rouge. The most
important measure at this time is
the Pink Boil Worm control bill,
which was drawn up by the leglsla-
tive committee of the Louisiana Div
ision, and turned over to Governor
Parker for his consideration before
being introduced in the House. This
measure creates q commission COM
posed of the Commissioner of Agri-
culture, the dean Of the State Agri-
cultural college the director of ex-
tension, and two cotton producers to
be named by the Governor, who will
have charge of the control work, and
to compensate the farmers of Cam
eron parish who cannot produce any
other crops. 1t provides for $250,O00
for the current year and $250,000 for
the following years
Secretary of Agriculture Mere
dith, being unable to attend the Tex
as legislative session, sent a mess
age which was read to both houses
by DR.. G. L. Marlatt, chairman of the
Federal Horticultural Board, in which
he gave the historw of the ravages of
the pink worm, and strongly urged
the Texans to carry out the agree
ment entered into in Washington. He
warned them that failure to apply
the necessary measures to eradicate
the pest, would result in the Federal
Government taking such steps as
were necessary to protect the remain
der of the cotton crop of the South
from the menace.
The Texas Legislature has created
two committees to handle the pre-
liminary work, one to investigate the
existence and ravages of the pink
worm, and the other to meet with the
Federal Horticultural Board, which is
in Austin in body, and devise some
measures of restriction. The farmers
from South Texas are trying to pre-
vent the establishment of non cotton
zones and have sent attorneys to
Austin to urge that view.
The Pink Boil Worm film prepar-
ed by the Department of Agriculture,
has been received by the Louisiana
Division, and will be shown to the
members of the Legislature during
the week. After that, it will be shown
all over the state, in Connection with
a showing Of the film of the Dock
Board, which portrays the cotton
warehouses, grain elevator and other
port facilities in action.
Chairman w. B. Thompson, nat
ional directoS, G. w. Hardy, and
Campaign Director T. J. Appleyard,
have gone to Atlanta to attend the
meeting of the national executive
committee and the national finance
committee of the American Cotton
Association. One of the important
matters to be considered is the report
of the special committee on co-opera-
tive marketing, headed by DR.. D. S.
Murph, which framed practical plan
for this great work at the meeting in
Memphis, May II.
The following Louisiana members
of standing committees of the Amer
lean Cotton Association, have been
named by Chairman Thompson;
l. Banking and legislation; Ben
Johnson, president Louisiana Bankers
Association; president Bank Of Com
merce, Mansmsfield.
,. Warshousing and insurance; \.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-06-05
FOR SALE

Pure Porta Rican Yam Potato
slips SO cents per hundred
HENRY MARTIN
Phone 241-W.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-06-05

John w. Lewis was a visitor to
Leonville and brnaudville on Thurs
day of this week.
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THE STAR PROGRESS
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF ST. LANDRY PARISH
Reaching More Published in St. Landry
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
Office If Publication-l3s-14O North Main Street
L. A. ANDREPoNT, Editor W. F. NOLAN Business Manager
Entered at OpelOuas La SecOndas Matter
All Checks Should be Payable The Star-Progress
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players and then he adds right
Earle Williams the few film
habtaton from studio
"The Wolf vsuazed
play been the means of en-
phazng Mr. Williams ability
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06
Cactus Takes Long Trip.

A small cactus, the jointed opuntia
is widely distributed in arid regions
from New Mexico northward. In some
mysterious way it has reached many
dry rocky lodges in humid Minnesota
and Wisconsin, writes d. LANCE in the
American Forestry Magazine of Wash
ington. A few years ago on a canoe
trip on Lake of the Woods l found a
fresh joint of this cactus amsng the
powders of the Ontario shore in q
densely wooded region. How the
plant reached this spot has remained
a secret to me.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06
Trade Value in Gum Tree.

In the South, where the red gun
tree Uiquodambar styracifiua) grows
few are aware that the gum which ex
udes from this tree when its sapwoot
is wounded has commercial value
says the American Forestry Magazine
of Washington. Small amounts of the
dried gum have been used for some
time in the manufacture of chewing
ture of perfumes, tobacco. adhesive'
and pharmaceutical preparations, ant
contains cinnamic acid and cinnamit
alcohol, both of which are in demand
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06
BACK TO PREHISTORIC DAYS
Hoatzin Birds, Found Only in Guiana
Seem to Be the Last Representa-
tives of Extinct Life.

Running on all fours; climbing with
fingers and toes like monkeys; diving
land swimming as skillfully as II they
were denizens of the ocean, the baby
|Hoatzin birds, found in Guiana, per-
petuate the prehistoric days when rep
titles were the dominant beings.
lit can neither sing nor fly gracefully,
and its very presence is betrayed
by it's strong odor, but it is none the
less of great Importance in the blrd
world because of its strange preh1s-
toric attributes.
The nests of the old birds are al
ways built out over the water, ire
quently some Is feet above the sur
face, and the young birds, with their
wings turned back, not folded as IS
usual, but ND like a divers hands, will
dive clearly from the nest into the wa
ter and swim like a fish. When they
wish to return to the nest they climb
on shore and walking on their feet ana
the handlike ends of their wings VIII
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06
Creative Genius.

Shakespeare used the skeletons OF
former life that had drifted down to
him upon the stream of time and were
cast at his feet heap of mere dead
matter. But he clothed them with flesh
and blood and breathed into their nos
trils; and they lived and moved with
a life that was individual and self-ex-
istent after he had once thrown it of
from his own exuberant intellectual
vitality. His teeming brain bred low
lier beggars and kinglier kings than
all Europe could have furnished as
subjects for his observation-disclosures
Grant White.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06

The total area of Italy, including
the islands of Sicily and Sardinia
consists of about 71,500,000 acres,
which is equivalent to the combined
area of the states of New York and
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Con-
necticut and New Jersey, says the
Forestry Magazine of Washington.
Within this comparatively small area,
a population of 100000, more than
equivalent to one-third of this coun-
try is congested. OF the total area
of Italy, only 1894 per cent is now
covered with forests.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06

new 10 1ne neighboriDS eater
through. loaded themselves with all the
water they could carry, few back TO
the sugar pile. and threw the water
on the sugar. Soon the top of the pile
was converted into a sirup, in which
the hee> bu~'y rolled themselves un-
til each and all were coated witE strip.
when they Few away ia their hives
There they got rid Of their cargo and
returned for more: and, whenever
they got down to the coarse granula-
itlons. they re>0rfed again 10 the water
trough. Countless bees engaged in the
operation. and Kept al it till no sugar
WAS left. So far as one recalls. this
lis o new example Of intelligence in
insects. and ..- is glad that somebody
was, there. that July day, in 1918, to
see and chronicle it,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06
Reveal Life Of Old Pompeil

Excavations of Pompeii in the an
eient Street of Abundance" have re
suited in such extensive finds that the
life of the street can be almost en-
tirely reconstructed. The principal dis
covery is that of a huge ''thermopo-
lium." a kind Of public house. This is
in a state Of perfect preservation, and
an exact idea can now be obtained
of Roman place of refreshment
There is a long row of wine jars Sc
placed that it seems that the vintner
was in the act of pouring wine from
one into the other when oyertaker
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06
HAVE BENEFITED BY TABOO
South Sea Islanders Made Better by
Restrictions Imposed by System
Il Represented.

From our interesting neighbors. the
South sea islanders, we have the word
taboo" so expressive in the complete
agreement of its sound with its mean
ing that there Is nothing so adequate
In our own language to give this
thought.
In its original sense, 1t Is curious
combination of conflicting ideas. 1t is
the Polynesian tabu. meaning sacred:
Yet to its own people 1t expresses the
same thought for which we have APP
propriated 1t. Originally a religious
ceremony that could only be imposed
by priests, 1t was later applied to any
thing which for some sacred reason
must be tabooed.
1t came to represent an important
institution In the life Of the people,
reaching in every phase of their lives
enforced under penalty Of death. Sacri-
fees to the gods. festive seasons, even
marital relations and the cooking and
eating of food-aIl were attended nv
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06

their particular taboo. Mothers ana
daughters, for instance, were not per
mitted to eat what had been prepared
for their men.
Though the efficacy Of prohibitions
such as this is questionable, the taboo
system, by virtue of many laudable
rulings, has had, 1t is said. a very
beneficial effect upon the people
Hermine Neustadtl.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06

Lester park. the most beautiful arc
best known park of Ogden, Utah, was
the scene of very unusual cere
mony says the American Forestry
Magazine of Washington when the
members of the Office of the dis
trict forester planted three memo
rial trees for Capt. Homer S. Youngs
Lieut.. Hubert c. Williams and For
est Ranger Rudolf E. Mellenthin
The first two died In France and
the last was killed arresting a draft
evader.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06
OLD THEORY MAY BE RIGHT
That Malaria Is Caused by Emana
tIons From the Soil Is Probably
the Correct Idea.

We have lately been taught that the
mosquito was the only dissemination OF
malaria, and that we should be safe If
we got rid Of mosquitoes. But Doctor
Roux, formerly chief physician of the
ST. Louis hospital. Jerusalem, asserts
as the result of his own experience of
20 years and of that of many colonial
physicians that malaria often exists
where there are no mosquitoes.
At Reunion and Sene, for instance,
the malaria season is just that when
there are no mosquitoes: 81 Hatou.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-06
Lame Sickness.

An investigation of the South Afri'
can disease known as lemziekte, OF
lame sickness, suggests that 1t is due
to a special plant poison that is gen
Grated under abnormal conditions in
grasses or other plants that are nor
mally harmless. Its development
seems to be associated with unusual
weather and soil experiences OF which
summer drought is important. Through
such conditions, willing would favor
the formation of the poison, and this
explains the common belief that the
disease results from eating wilted
plants.