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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
VAST EMPIRE IN SOUTH SEAS
Extent OF AustraIasian Group Under
British Rule Is Hardly Real
lied by Americans.

Judson C. WAAiver writes in the
Country Magazine that our impress
sions about the Australasian empire
or the future are rather vague, be-
cause we are unable TO realize it's
mere bigness. Thus the island of New
Guinea, the greatest island in the
world, if we classify Australia as a
continent, was, before the war. divided
between the British, Dutch and Ger
mans. The British have now taken
over, in the name of Australia. the
German claims.
We think Of New Guinea as con-
siderable patch of dry land in the ex-
panse Of the southern ocean, but have
difficulty realizing that if it could be
laid down on the. United States, one
end would be at Portland, Me-, the
other near Omaha, and that 1t would
blot out an area about twice the size
Of the German empire. and including
something like quarter Of the popula-
ton Of these United States. 1t con-
tains vastly greater resources than
Germany, also about a thousand white
people and 100000 aborigines, largely
cannibals. Half Of 1t yet remains
Dutch, but its predestination to be
essentially British is quite obvious.
Australasia aims at leadership in
the south temperate zone, on lines Gu
riously parallel to those by which
Great Britain has become leader In the
North. With inexhaustible coal and
iron, she is creating iron and steel and
industries and a navy Of
her own. The war era has been mark
ed by the completion Of Australia's
FIRST transcontinental railroad, sugges-
tive reminder of the beginning of our
own Union Pacific.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
BONES OF HISTORIC RACE
AnthropoIogists Intensely Interested In
Discovery Of Indian Skeletons
In California.

New indications that California was
once Inhabited by race Of gigantic
Indians was furnished when sewer dig
gers on Ferry and Howard streets, in
the heart of the business district Of
Martinez, CAL, uncovered an Indian
burial ground, with skeletons meas
uring more than seven feet.
Several skulls and one well-pre-
served skeleton are to be given over
to the investigators of the anthrO-
pOlOgy department of the University
Of California. The skulls and skele-
tons are declared to be of highly i'm
portant and scientific value.
Discovery Of the burial ground has
revived an old Indian legend that an
immense treasure Of gold nuggets
was Inferred with a body Of a chief
OF the ancient tribe of the giant In
dams. So convinced are the residents
In the truth Of this legend that great
crowds have thronged around the
sewer diggers, largely hampering
their activities. and more than a
score of persons have applied to the
municipal authorities for positions on
the city's sewer-digging crew.
According to the ancient Indian
legend, the vast gold treasure was
buried In close proximity to where the
bones were recovered.
Eight years ago William Altman.
curator Of the museum in Golden
Gate park. San Francisco, declared
That skeletons unearthed near Con-
cord were the most valuable contri-
buttons to the scientific investiga-
lions OF the states prehistoric In
dams
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
ACTIVITY AT ANSE LA BUTTE
OIL FIELD.

st. Martinville. La, Jan. 90
the Ayres have sold their lease on
sixty acres of land at Anse LA
Butte, in st. Martin parish,
whereon there were two produc-
ing oil wells and two more pro-
ducing oil wells were brought in,
producing over two hundred bar
rels daily. The price paid was
5000 plus other considerations
and one-sixth royalty.
The Humble Oil Company paid
$50. 900 for lease on smaller
acreage in the same locality. plus
a royalty, to Hooks and others.
Since then the Humble Oil Com
pany brought in a well producing
125 barrels of oil per day and has
been uroduc ing that much for the
last thirty days.
The Gulf Refining Company Of
Louisiana. paid the Edgerly Pc
Aroleum Company 100000 for the
Martin lease on sixty acres in
same locality, subject to 20 per
cent royalty.
The Amerada Production Com
panv said to be the Person Eng
.ish Syndicate, paid $1125 per
arpent. plus six per cent royalty
in the same locality. The Apex
Oil Company bought rights. titles
and interests in a supposed aban-
doned road without any wa
ranty of title at all, for which they
paid $21O0. This would cover au
acreage Of about an acre.
/, The Texas Oil Company paid
100000 for the Broussard prop
ertv in the same locality. and
$4,000 for a commercial lease on
the Jean Louis property in the
same locality. Ten arpents Of
land. three-qnarters Of a mile
from production, was sold for $3.50
pei, are ent.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
THE BOLDT PAPER MILLS.

Last week four carloads of
structural steel reached New Ibe-
ria consigned to the Boldt Paper
Mills and onXuesday afternoon at
four o clock 6te first piece Of steel
column was placed into position
and the wouk will he proceeded
with lust as rapidly as the force
Of employees working under the
direction of Mr.. Thomas Shlmwig.
the superintendent Of the steel
construction can assemble the
heavy material. All of the foun-
lations have been completed for
several days and the boiler and
engine foundation is now under
full Roadway. The fact of the
matter is that Mr.. Bernard, the
general manager is pushing every
department. of the construction
work to the limit so as to have the
mill completed by next June.
Aside from the steady employment
given MANY wo1'kmen in New Ibe-
ria, entailing a heavy payroll
which is circulated in our midst
the amount Of money expended for
rice straw will be of great benefit
to the rice farmers. SO far up
wards Of $11. 900 has been spent
FOR straw which has come here
from many parts Of the Parish
and some of it from the parishes
of st. Martin, st. Mary and even
Acadia. Almot every day barge
load is towed in from distant
points and it is more than prob
able $4,000 or more will be ap-
for the straw before
the mill is finally completed AMI
? forwards there will be a steady |
market for rice straw that form
'rlv went to waste.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
THE RICE MARKET.
Editor Enterprise:

| Editor Enterprise:
or DISPARITY between the HIGH
price Of clean rice and the small
net returns received by Farmers
FOR rice milled on "toll' calls foT
an adjustment in the marketing
Of rice.
Ordinary head rice. with fully
> per cent. broken grains, re-
tails at ten cents per pound while
the farmers. in some eases. have
received not more than S1.15 net,
per barrel of 162 lbs. No. 2 grade
rough rice. Apparently the farm
er is not getting all that is due
him; either the wholesalers or the
retailer is eXacting too large a
profit. Then too the charges for
"toll' milling rice seem to be
excessive. We understand that
expenses for freight. milling,
selling, etc. have been as high as
$1.S5 per barrel rough rice. such
expenses exceeding the net pro-
ceeds Of the rice, in many eases.
It seems to the writer that the
time is at hand when some effec-
tive, practical plan should be de-
vised by which the remainder of
1920 rice crop can be marketed at
greater remuneration than has
obtained thus far. While it is
generally admitted that the 1920
crop is the equal Of almost tv5o
average crops it is not at all un-
likely and impossible to dispose
Of it during the current year and
on a better basis of value.
The domestic consumption last |
year was six pounds per capita.
Double this consumption and the |
problem Of what is to be done
with the surplus rice is solved.
The advertising campaign put
On by the associated rice mills
has undoubtedly helped but a
more comprehensive marketing
plan should he inaugurated. Rice
IS still the highest-priced cereal
~ the market. Let the retail
price Of rice be lower than that
# -four, corn meal and grits and
is consumption will increase
enormously. This could be &C.
without detriment to
he rice grower as many at.
endant charges carried by rice in
distribution could be eliminated.
To popularize and extend the
Use Of rice some plan Of demon
;trating its food value and man
Ter of cooking it must be put in
PRACTICAL. working operation.
T would suggest:
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
PARTIES CHARGED WITH VIO-
LATINO GAME Jaws LIB
GRATED BY THE COURT.

A ease which came up In the
District Court this week was thai
of two parties, VIM. Mathews and
Victor Prejean who were charged
with hunting on MarsL Island
about tA months ago by the Stss<
aNme Commission. The acc1,SeH
~ere defended by Mr.. John h.
Kennedy of Lafayette, Wits the
State was represented by District
Attorney Nuillemot.
When the evidence was adj
duced it was shown to the Court
that Marsh Island had never been
urvcyed by the Commssi ~ when
they took it over and ma&sb it a
Game Preserve and that there are
several tracts on the Island that
ave owned by private individuals
and the hunters contended that
hey were on lands Of VIM Gnl-
dry. who through their attorney
produced title deeds shoWV the
al owners of the land to be other
than the State. AT the conclusion
Of the trial. His Honor, Judge
Siy~pn ruled that the accused was
.oT guilty and it was NECESSARY
that the State survey the lMdS IN
order to prove that they had
Been trespassed upon. The Con
servation agent testified that he
was not positive that tie parties
charged were hunting on State
lands. Thus ends another one OF
these eases that have recently
ta'1en up so much time Of thel
Court.
When the State acquired Marsh
Island it seems to us the least the
representatives Of the government
might have done was to know
what thew were taking over be-
fore having so many arrests made
for violations Of the conservation
laws. Marsh Island should have
been taken over in it's entirety,
or. else it would have been far
better not to have acquired it. I'm
til survey Of these lands are
made it is useless for the game
wardens to undertake to make any
more arrests.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
Ivory Docs Not Rust.

One cold afternoon several school
girls were standing on q corner wait
ing for a car. A man invited them
to come into his office to wait for the
car. They accepted. The conversation
soon turned to the color Of certain
girls hair. One insisted 1t was red,
another that 1t was auburn, and an
other that It was brown.
At the height Of the discussion two
children entered the Office. As soon
a. they understood the nature Of the
argument, one Of the youngsters OK
claimed:
''Oh, shucksl Her hair amt red.
Ivory don't rust. s-IndianapOlis News.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
THIS A "W0MAN'S COUNTRY"
English Writer Gives an Interesting
Impression Of Her Sister Over
L.. the Seas.

As an English woman who went
about America for nearly three years.
making friends. East, West, South AMI
North, l ought to be able to contrast
the women of the two countries. but
the more one travels the more one re-
alizes that folks is just fc'ks' all the
world over.
American women are quiG1t at the
uptake as regards friendf1ess and
kindnesses; but the tongue-tie Eng
lish do just as much in the long run.
The Americans manheNOore more
cosmopolitan, her Clothes-are better
put on, she has more good stories in
her after-dinner speeches. But If you
compare corresponding types-as most
travellers omit to do-they are both
the same color under their skin"
America is woman's cOuntryGThe
boy belongs to his mother, and most
women give their own opinions on all
Apbjects-Quite curiously well ex-
Pressed-without any suggestion Of
having gone to man for helnO
The Englishwoman speaks more
shortly and with suggestion Of hav-
ing asked her husband at hspe"; but
l doubt II the EnglishwomaA1s worse
On, since England Is the home Of the
proverb, AS the good man saith, SO
say we; but as the good wife saith
80 must 1t be-"
One very noticeable charm In the
American woman is her quickness in
starting conversation with stranger
and her aptness in saying something
pleasant at once. cannot help think
ing that II English nurseries, hd
school rooms taught this. it would
have widely international results and
put more reality into the League OF
H. M. Soulsby in the
Woman's Supplement Of the London
Times.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
NEW IBERIA HOS FILLED
WITH OIL /u1s.

s;,oo +ho ,aoo Investment in
oil leases in St. fin and Iberia
and the su5seqt closing of a
Contract on thhrt OF a number
of lberians vi the Houston Oil
conno,v 70 All, almost evela
day strangefes can ne seen N
our City. feral thousand acres
If land bajeen leased to differ
ent oil cotrns, in fact quite a
number olnd owners have Jared
prettv VI in getting sums Of
mopov mineral rights on
nronerY bordering that Of Lady
of tbe IKE Plantation pow owned
bv thf. +. Smedes estate.
FRI what we can ascertain,
Tho buston Oil Company, one OF
tbp1ggest corporations in Texas
wiysend in party of engineers
tyhake a location for the first
al by next Monday. Once this
operation gets a well under full
Radway land values in that Vi
entity will run up to the sky
limit. Lands have been leased by|
several companies in different
parts of the Parish. but whether
here is any drilling contracts
back Of them we do not know
positively. 1t is said several leases
we're signed simply as protection
10 the purchasers in case oil IS
'ound. In that case they reserve
he right to drill at their own
pleasure.
Work continues on the McPhee
veil on the Patout tract on Span
sh Lake and on Wednesday night !
was reported the driller had
PASSED through some oil bearing !
and We have not heard as yet
whether this rumor was founded
m fact. or not. BE as it may the
york continues INCREASINGLY and
Ir. McPhee will bring in well if
is possible to do so. He is an
experienced oil man and has a
plendid outfit capable of meeting
ny situation that usually con-
ronts an oil driller.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
Mt. Washington e,2s3 Feet High.

Many persons believe that Mount
Washington, in New Hampshire, Is the
highest mountain in the eastern part
Of the United States. Mount Wash
ington stands 1898 feet above sea
level, according to the United States
geological survey. department of the
interior, but many peaks In the south
ern Appalachians are several hundred
feet higher than New Hampshire's
famous mountain. The highest noun
tain in the Appalachian systematic
highest point In the United States east
Of the Rockies-is Mount Mitchell, in
North Carolina, which stands at an
elevation of GIL feet. The highest
mountain in Tennessee, Mount Guyot,
stands 6,638 feet above sea level.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
Greet California Industry.

Nearly a million acres are planted
to the fruit trees that supply the cam
nories Of California, according to Elton
r. Shaw In an article IN the Old Col
ony Magazine, the organ Of the Old
Colony club. Statistics tell us that
Of the 100, 10000 acres Of land in tho
state Of California, about 100000 are
devotsd to fruit trees: 80 It Is easily
conceivable that the fruit-canning In
dustxy b no small part Of the general
industrial activities Of the "0oldea
ohto." -
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
1919
DIED

in New York City alone from kid
ney trouble last year. Don't allow
yourself to become q victim by
neglecting pains and aches. Guard
against this trouble by taking
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29

Frances Ferns Majesty No.
1659S7. champion Jersey Bull,
Lafayette Fair offers his services
to increase milk and butter pro-
duction, it cost no more to raise a
good calf than a scrub; so why
not breed to the best.
L. F. LALLANDE.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
MEDAL.
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29

WANTED-20 to 30 acres Of
farm land near New liberia with
improvements. Apply at once to
A. B. Murray.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29

Cuee q Cold ID One Day
[xATTvE DROMO QUININE (Tablets.) It
nc Oounh and HeadaChe and works Of The
EM GROVES sianature On eech box. Sc.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
B LoCATI0N.

hing store, central
|erated successfully
years. Two-story
living apartments
rent entire building
:. Possession given
lotice. Rent reason
h quickly. For partic-
or wire M. Y. Moore,
son Street, Lafayette I
aIN
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-01-29
T. P. A. ELECTS OFFICERS.

On the night of Saturday, Jan
nary 18th, the members Of the
Travellers Protective Association
of this City held one of their en-
HaRle. annual Ibanquets in the
Y of Mr.. Jules Landry.
Rropriate and interest
re made by some Of
e members. The
I entertain the
State organiza-
b on April 22d
State Con-
elected to
rear were
president !;
vice-presi-
s. and Leon
bird vice.
|Outhwaite,
The board
!. M. B. Lee
Judge J. s.
Fl. D. Win
Committee
han: s. B. De-
Joseph Daigre
Finance Com
litstorge. L. Cyrus
J. w. Cultivate. =
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-17
Ahant Wash Day

mia II ever occur to you that when
Won see lines of clothes Tapping anu
,r.vine in The breeze on Monday morn
ing You are thereby securing very
good evidence that the persons III your
community are fairly well advanced
IN household efficiency? In fact, II Is
a sign of considerable progress IN the
practice OF housewifery when there Is
any regular wash day-Monday or any
other day. You see primitive foiK' no
more than animals. know such sched-
nile of work. The primitive house
wife has no such system. She washes
the garments of her family, II indeed
she washes them at all, when neees-
sitv demands it. just as her spouse
limits and gathers firewood, makes his
heats and performs his other tasks,
moi with any regard 10 the time or the
day. but as necessity or inclination re-
quires.
II is not until people become fairly
we'll advanced along the high road OF
civilization that they seek out a sched-
ule for their tasks. And as with races,
so with individuals. The housewife
who is still primitive in her methods
is helped and bound by no schedule.
Though il may be necessary to nave
meals at regular times, she mas no
special time for washing the dishes.
She waits till they are needed for the
next meal, or until she feels inclined.
To her a regular wash day is un-
known. just as she has no set day for
the mending or cleaning, for baking
or any other household tasks. And
You may be sure that in a commu-
nity where there are no definite days
for definite tasks, there household eff
ficiency is at very low level.
Soswhen you see rows and rows OF
clothes Tapping on the line on Mon
day morning you may rightly form a
favorable estimate of the housewives
of that neighborhood No matter how
small the cottage or apartment, you
may be sure that there is some sort
of order and system in that home.
Likewise. there must be self-control
and a degree of purposefulness. Were
there not. then the housewife would
yield to the temptation TO delay the
Mondays task till Tuesday, when she
did not feel inclined 10 do it Monday
And Tuesdays task would be pushed
on till Wednesday or Thursday.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-17
MARIONETTE MANS
BOOK ON PUPPETS

Tony Sarg, whose deliga,fsr .,.
nette shows were so much +,
dence last spring. has Write, , MI.
telling all about his charming me-
Mr.. Sarg writes pleasantly h. H.
periences with marioncrts- s.r...
first began exlerimenung VIII. ...
in his London studio more ,54a , s
years ago
Tony tells how The mos ea--..
feats of his toy actors aui so.ras.,.
are performed. The book ~ mas. ~.
tractive one-iS designed aene...r.
for children and contains. .,.,..
other things, Instructions Tor w4l...
marione'tes and for putting an .,,n..
at home. There are also rpr.s.5
two fairy plays written for home-,,ss.
marionettes, TWO delightful u,,l. .ni,,.
in Tony's most delightful mood III.
book is copiously Illustrated III MI
Sarg's own drawings 10 lis uah.i~b.5
by b. W. Huebsch, Inc
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-17
COULD HARDLY sTRAIGBTEN III

When the kidneys are overworked
or disordered and fail to throw out
waste matter from the system, ii
causes aches, pains, lame back, swol-
len ankles. sore joints. dizziness. float
ing specks, etc. J. w. Seabock, Ches-
ter. Pa. writes: My kidneys and
back hurt me so when l got out of
bed in the morning l could hardly
up. Had to rub the small
of my back before l could walk.
could hardly button my shoes.
haven't felt the soreness since l took
Foley Kidney Pills-Adv
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-17
THREE $4,000 STAKES AT
HAVRE DE GRACE RACES


ance in the Old Line State will be
in the Eastern Shore. Potential OPP
ponents of Norwich in Wednesdays
race are the Futurity winner. Bunt-
ing. the Champagne winner, Surf
Rider. the Grand Untion ana East
View winner. Kai Sang, the Nursery
handicap winner, Snob. the Albany
handicap winner. Modo, also. Runstar
Little Chief Galantman, Dream of AL
lah. Second Thoughts. Frank Furst.
Sunreigh. Junegrass, Deadlock. Ches-
Textbook. etc The smartest , year
olds on the Atlantic seaboard will
take part in Havre de Grace racing.
Potential starters in the Potomac
are Touch Me Not, the Lawrence Rea-
lization winner. Sporting Blood, the
Travers stakes winner. Tryster. the
2 year old sensation of last season.
which is just coming to himself after
period of backwardness. Prudery.
winner of the Alabama and Miller
stakes. Grey Lag. the King Pin OF them
all; Also Careful. the same which won
the Eastern Shore stakes here last
fall and last Spring. trimmed Star
Voter in the Chesapeake renewal and
Smoke Screen Careful has come back
TO Havre de Grace at the top of her
form.
Prospective starters in the Havre
de Grace handicap are the likeliest
of these three year Odds; also. The
Porter. the winner of last seasons re-
newal; Exterminator. winner of the
Merchants and Citizens handicap at
Saratoga in August and the distance
running champion of several seasons
of hard racing; Mad Halter, Thunder
clap. Yellow Hand, Sennings Park.
Lunetta, etc Yellow Hand and SEN
nings Park. both participants in last
falls racing at Pim!.co and Bowie
will come back TO Maryland for Havre
| de Grace racing vastly improved
horses. Yellow Hand has become a
topsawyer. He has to pack the sort
of weight handicappers have always
Pat on champions.