the reca

The Lower Coast Gazette along ttwas up"

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY their su

THE LOWER COAST GAZETTE CO. TheF. C. MEVERS, President; S. B.. MEVERS, Secretary. banquel

POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, LOUISIANA. tion the

" OFFICIAL ORGAN OF to the t

PLAQUEMINES PARISH POLICE JURY, ' made al

PLAQUEMINES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, mattert'JpAQUEMINES PARISH EAST BANK LEVEE DISTRICT, people'(RAND PRAIRIE LEVEE DISTRICT,... ershamLAKE BORGNE BASIN LEVEE DISTRICT, the insIBURAs LEVEE DISTRICT

TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE;

Entered at the Pointe-a-la-Hache, Post Office as second class Thmail matter

...... ........... -some n

SATURDAY MAY 22, 1909. lands c... .--- - iers the

The Philippine Rice Invrkaasin.Under the caption of "The Pudding Industry Menance," the ribeen c

Manila Times of Mar. 23, grows facetious over the efforts made by the sta

the rice producers of the United States to resist the possible tide i

of free rice.froi the Philippines. The brilliant editors of the Ma-I .iei

nila Times liay be as facetious as they please, but they perhaps The insc- 5c5ely appreciate their wn .capacity in the way of rice produc- efforttion. When the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty came in force in 1875, found

the production of ugar in that country was ' but some 50,00( orn Ea75,000 tons. This iithin the limits of this generation, andthe that tHawaiian Islands are now producing some 450,000 long tons of Provibsggars annually, having increased their output in these few years o the

thusd enoppqusly . I ffteesIn. lgke manner, then, the production of rice, in Hawaii was i i

very small. There were many Chinese, hgwever," in Hawaii andl iten

they weredargely, interested in rice culture and with the .free en-

trance of their rice into the United States the culture beganrto in.. sin,crease apidly,., As incident of the rice industry there, the.Hawaii- cultivans imported rice from she Far East for their o~wn uses, an: .their Longdomestic production was shipped to the United states to secure the from

advantage qf such free admission there, a•d the ends of the re- will i

ciprocity treaty were defeated: n just this way. 5 . ... .. 500 a

The facts of the ease are that the Philippines have a vast ter- one 2

ritry, suitable, f9r ,rie growing. The fact that it can be produced galld

there has.been demonstrated probably centuries ago and if the feet

?,ilippires are going to have any material advantage in the the I

United States, it.is a comparatively simple matter for capitalists, suits

or others interested, to avail of the teeming millions of population that

in the Philippines and to'there secure from their two crops a year but 1of rice, enough to flood the markets of the United States and to ly hidestroy the domestic rice industry. A stope wall ought to be visi- in L

ble to the average observer so that he can steer clear of it and not milli

butt directly into it, as would seemingly be suggested by the Ma- daynila Times in its humorous reference to our fears as to .the de- way

velopment of a Philippine rice industry, whereas they now claim thenone exists. The Manila Times admits the imports of rice to the ther

extent of 150 millions of pesos, or over 60 millions of dollars gold, Sun

per annum, and the moment the Philippinos find they can produce lean

,, this rice at home and get a cent a pound higher for it in the United an.~States, they would certainly endeavor to supply the market of the Lov

. United States, and perhaps even for as far as was alleged in some carcases in Hawaii, buy, as now, the Indo-Chinese rice referred to, rice

. and run it.into the United States as of native Philippine or Hawaii- and

an production. The Philippines can produce rice just as cheaply as spriIndo-China, and will do it whenever the venture promises a profit, sol

: as it would with the free entrance of their rice into the Uriited

SStates. . prer----Ivz had

-• o~'cl c1g The.Laws.of The Country. oc

President Roosevelt deserves commendation for 'his inaugura-

tion of the proseeution against the various trusts of the country

. "and'while some of his opponents may think that he was making a

grand stand play and was not sufficiently serious in his prosecu-

tions, as evidenced by the way they dragged their %weary length B

S along, still.the prosecutions have been inaugurated and what re-BRo

suits have been realized are very satisfactory so far as they go. r

< U. S. Attorney deneral Wickersham, the chief law officer of the

present administration, at the dinner given in his honor in ro

New York some weeks ago, seems to be hesitating somewhat as to ahis course, or the course of the administration in the future inthese prosecutions. He indicates that the methods which wereh

: necessary to waken the business community to a recognition of the to

I existence and vitality of the antitrust laws are no longer essential. ati

SThe business community has awakened and they now know that Hi

the antitrust laws amre in existence and Mr. Wickersham indicates

that in order to impress the merits or demerits of the situation P

apona the business world at large it was necessary to inaugurate e

Sthese proceedings, but in making that assertion he seems to indi- e

"reate that he thinks that the prosecutions that have already been o

ingaro rated was sufficient to hold the various offenders against the t

law in terrorem Is it were, and prevent any further offenses on MItpart. In faect, he went so far as to have said that some suits n

nstitute48' an4 ion e prosecutions leun without sufficient jn

* t ation na thoutaddquate cause. He says, further, that tl

(6iiW •iderftions Mdfound to exist the preseit adminis- *

11. T t';ae Mtit raw sui.S 60 di.mi.' prose"utions,

such ae ctioi! must iot be taken as any evidence of an inten-

* 'ktoal don the tI.0ors&$ ~d' imnpartial enforcement of the

tar Wiekersham seems to be hedging on rather anpe1

e~ jta iu~ heq. If we recaghe facts' cirr~cty, adme whni e'rs:d hi urpentine Trust have been sentenced to ' 'iprisonient

tbiite lat t lfew weekslr and certainly illegal combinatios are•rl as.fgeneraally over the country that the old fasiioned

ipiptition that was considered the life of trade and whlerein the'

tgs would ,the one to suriveC theless fiAt going to the wallK

belen condemined as a destrutelv4 and inexpedient method. Id• rheindate thathelawgt iedered.1y the jidges of the

of @als in New York ii•t tlobaeeo' ease, is too drastic

g tidnksthat conres may soI3 n e act as toemnitbs provisions the ordinary a rh ar the c

.. i.. r oP lALtTHY USINEUSsPfl & while still affe-

Sprohibiting the creation of those far reaching moniopolies,lkam believed to be incompatible with the wholesome welfare

oi h ress of the republic. In these words Secretary Wicker-

i5i ~ away the whdole case. He seemingly reiterates what

i• said smoa• years ago; that there wee go4 trusts and.a.id that te bad ones should be eliminated. 'Who on

Se .~ts~Ve between these beneAqiqnt tiyuqtq'nd malig-a.dLos d •s lp knows. . Shall it be SJcnmaar Wicker-

" a •gem tolhave cold feet as to his future prouecu-

ftbii 89 far as we know, practically evpy trustr tahe i:bllss the boycott o(ar as it is practicable

itself more harm than al r seeming advantage itS4u4 baoit. The boycott'i s a blow in the back,

.. t ista ~equ, stand up, opep jghtSbr y istlen th•e butchers in the

.topseorb thi asS~.an r &15 ith

PARISH NEWS.this

Ste. Sophie. toMiss Estelle and Birdie Perez of St. cati

Bernard and Miss Laura Hingle of St. sIiRosalie, visited in Ste. Sophie last T'iTuesday with Miss Alice Dobson. A lose

party of' the young people took the nar- clui

row gauge line for M nsecour and after ia visit and a croquet game returnd, a gjoined by Miss Hill. Later the visitors mocrossed the river to return to their ?aihomes. Master. Foster Dobson went theto Pointe-a-la-Hache on Tuesday to 1attend a funeral. Miss Marguerite shiHill from Monsecour, visited Mrs. Dob- Bo

son's family Thursday. has

Mr. Clinton, from the North, was in asPhoenix Wednesday evening on business sit

connected with a dredge, which he has falcontracted to build. ' Mr. Kern of New Al

Orleans, spent part of the day Monday wi

at Mr. Leopold's. Mr. Felix LaFrance, pyMiss Emma LaFrance and MasterPan we

LaFrance, visited the Phoenix school on3 Friday. . Mr. Dolese, of Burbridge wast in this place on business Saturday eve-

t hing. The copioud rain on Sundaynibrining'thougl inmch needed and ap- m

preciated, broke into many 'pla•a' for,pleasuse tris and visit. Mis` Emma biLaFrlhce, returned to the city Sotr-e day,'aft r visit of some wenks herewith her brothers fUilily. Judge A,Leopold; ins t to New brleans Sunday

mornig to'ittend the' grduating recep,8tlbp of his niece, Mise Edith Leopold, s

it who grjduated from Neircomb thisa week.Id Mrs David Dobson and son Eddie,

e went to St. Bernard Mouly morningfor an all day visit, returing in theevening. Little Chas. ' blee thas sauR-ciently recovered-from his late painful

ie injury, to resume attendance at Echool,i• Mtis Nellie LaFrance retuned homeSa'urtlay, from the ft; ,where shehadattetled school during the' winter.

Nero.Mr. Jules Savoie, manager of Union 1

Plantation, went to thei'ity -on bunessSaturday, returning Monday` morningl

t Memrs Bernar had Frank Caz s,ad visited the gay Crescent City durinton the later part of last week. ,We under-g.. stand that the "wedding bells" will

soon be t'nging in the Vazalas famil1 .Miss Ver sief, teacher 6f •,avoie's' school, vi • rinds )N'ew p)rleans,st last Saturday. Mr. Cha. Dragon; ofble Myrtle Gkove, was the guest of Mr.

it BernarBi~aeda tl, Sunday, Mr. DavidSavole, returned to his lhome after avear ejoryibls t t of t~ o days in thehtCreeet city. Jde niai Hingle,he waint abi town las't weel while on-a

S twor of te'pajt sh, eolctint for theLower btast m•.eporti ̀ •Do.

SBertrandville. 41.E

The first car load of cucumbers from secthis place met a good demand at $2.50 472to $2.75 per bushel. r The present indi-cations are that there will be heavy 271shipments for the next two weeks. on seeTuesday, May 18, there Were four car 76loads shipped to western markets ex- tiaclusive'of' what left for New Orleans. el

The merry 1akei f this place gave ja grand picnic Sunday and it proved a Bemost delightful affair in every way, no lrain nor dust to lessen the godl timethey were having.

The beautiful home of our distingui-shed and noted dentist, Dr. EdwardRodrigues, is completed. The Doctor fohas spared no lator in.making his home r

n as commodious and attractive as poe- in,s sible. He is expecting to move his us family into it in the next week or two. sv All of his Bertrandville friends join in dey wishing him. and his ftap ly.any. hap- p,, py years in their ne home .at Green- ji wood. , '.In . -- U

Pointe-a-la-tiache. bThe staunci' gas 'lauigh Standard,

Spassed upls.t *eaekto have final equip- hments rnade #vr er'tradeon a .Lower1r, Coist. We ere pleased to .d e n ii

ia board Capt. Oscar Buras, owner, Eu- IBr- gene De~a.ha~ ' Mahuel Buras, Hon. ii

Joseph Betard, John C. DeArmas Sr,. ,Land lo0hh'Angelo.

The Staindrd-1f -fi rst class freightand passeiiger launcl" t wp equipped

" for the purpose for which te was built.Mr. Paul Guenii, ha'sthe'honor of beingthe desigrer and builder and should be

ie, ighly complimented on his work, The c0 Gazette wishes the Standard success..

The friends of the Gazette will be

lgld to learn that Mrs. Frank Martin,has returned to her home and is doingnicely. The Gazette wishes her a speedyarecovery to her formier self.

Miss Alma Hingle, is spe ndng sometinmein our town, ith guest of Mr. andMrs. . Emmet Hingle.

Messrs. Landry,,ceabier, and Bucher,ion bookkeeper for the People's. Bankas of New Orleams wefe inour town Sunrg1 day,the ueests of i.H4n Jas. Wilkinson.as, The planters in our seelon, were all

ag smiles on Sunday morning, owing toer- the light shower that fell here Saturdaywill night, doing much good to the ice ropsill. that were sadlyin nee# of rain. Of

e's course, oar. crops as re ps our. flowerMU, galdens and esteri coild $and a greatof deal more rain than" e light' showerMr. that fellhere Sat5a y pight, but theavid old saying is "every little bit helpl&"er a Judge -Z fne,acconmipaied by Mess•s

the Felix'Sor e sad UJ.iLe~ris4sme fromgle, New Orleas Saturday evening, in hisom a trim little lli•nch "Nora". Judge

the iingle&i bodat 6f haV~ig on. of' thenicest and fastedit 6 on the river,

and that is saying something.Miss Mabel Borne and Mrs U. J. Free

Lewis, after spending a very pleasantvisit of one week at the hdme of theirsister, Mrs. R. Emmet Hingle,returnedto their homes in New Oreans last

Sunday, 1ANOTHER OLD LANDMARK DISAPPEARS.

Mrs. Stefano Carlo, better known as

Mrs. Estevette, died last Tuesday morn-

ing after a brief illness. Mrs.'Estevettecame to this parish in 1844, with her pghusband, whodeparted from this lifesame sixteen years ago. She always Flled the life of a recluse and never Cctroubled over tife caies and worries ofher neighbors, consequently she miadefew friends and in her last illness,' few 0of her neighbors knew that the end

was so near. Her remains were takenSto New Orle s, by her nephew EugeneSimon,for interpnent, which took placein the St. Louis cemetery,

Proceedings of the Board of omin-

e missioners for the Lake Borgnef Basin Levee District.

0 New Orleans La., April 23, 1909.h The Board of Cgmmissioners for the E

Lake Borgne Ba~tn Levee District metthis day in speiae session with the fol-

0 lowing members present, John Dymond,is President, Cpmmissioners Bourg and

is Jonah and Attorney John Dymond Jr.

n President Dymond stated the objectof the meeting to be to consider a com-munication firm Mr. J. F: Miller

IS through hi! representative Mr. eginal

in Dykers, ant requested the Secretary toDr read the said comimunication;.,8 iq~lows: t

New Orleans, April 23, 1909.The Board, of Commissioners ,for the

Lake Borgne Basin Levee tistrict,)l- Godchaux Building, City. i

in Dear S rsir-! beg herewith to advise

you of my esire to avail of the bptiongranted to me by X dqur ioai .4 e-

cember 19, 1903. to u se a 12, -2cents per acre th folloying derbed

ye property, provided I sustained and jaid

li, all expenses, incident to havisi the

[)() title to this property vested in you.I beg to advise you that the Regster

of the State Land Office has deeded to

ng your Board the following describedr" lands, which had been approved to the

)pe State of Louisiana by the Secretary of

Its, the Interior of the United States through

nt- efforts of counsel employed by me.

Md. My option is to purchase these landsat 121-2 cents per acre, but consideringthe fact that Act 215 of 1908, while not

ur- affecting our contract already made

rise and existing, nevertheless, fixes the

ent minimum price at 25 cents per acre,

ich I agree that the price to be paid youshall be 25 cents per acre, the addition-al 12 1-2 cents, while not obligatory,

Or- being in the nature of an evidence of

,hes good faith on my part. Be

the I desire the $200.00 which I have on land,

by deposit with you to go against the pur- herelchase price of these lands. and 1

no The area and description of the lands shallater is as follows:- 25 ce

ally Certain tracts of land, together with of tk

af it all the improvements thereon, and all missthe rights, ways, priveleges, servitudes Leveand advantages thereunto belonging, or sign

aY in any wise appertaining and designat landS-ed as follows:- shos

p in In Township 14 South, Range l3 East, and

South Eastern District of 'Louisiana, imbi

East of the Mississippi River, to-wit: whaSection 25, 33763 acres, section 26, dit

41.25 acres, section 27, 272.10 acres, o nfrom section 28, 425.35 acres, section 29, inds5 472.69 acres, section 30, 742.88 acres,nd- section 31, 134.01 acres, section 43*,

heavy 271.17 acres, section 44, 645.05 acres, to

. a section 46, 541.92 acres, section 46, 423. bor car 76 acres, section 58, 41395 acres, sec-

Sex- tion 59, 274.00 acres, section 61, 119.73

lens. aeres. Total 5,115.49 sacres. to

gave All situated in the Parishes of St. e

ved a Bernard and Plaquemines. or one or i

y, no both of said Parishes.Stime Yours truly, Bo

J. F. MILLER.tingui per..Reginald Dykers.

4lwwd Whereas the Board of Commissioners fol

Doctor for the Lake Borgne Basin Levee Dis- Di

Shome trict by resolution adopted at its meet-

a poe ing held December 19th, 1908, granted pye his unto John F. Miller, of Springfield, IlL,

r two an option to purchrse the hereinafter

join in described property which option had

. hap previously existed in favor of AlbertGreen- Estopinol and which said option has

been renewed from time to time and

the deposit of $200 securing same hasbeen held by this Board.Ti

ndard, And whereas, tip said Join ~ 1. M4cpr

Sequip- hap paid illexyense s inlept' go the J-

wer surveying of said lands and the obtain-

e) tn ing of title thereto by the said Levee a

r, Eu- Board ir. furthiekr'ahce of the said exist-

Hon. ing contist betwe~ei this Board and the

- Sr,, said John F. Miller, and title is now

vested in this Board.

freight On ~notion ofCommissionerJonah dulylsecondndby Commissioner Bourg. i wy

s re~bivrd by the Board of CommissionSbUit. ers'a~r the Lake Borgne Bain Levee uld be Distict that John Dynmond, Presidentl of this Board be and he is hereby au-

thorized in the furtherance and di-.charge of the option heretofe gp•anted r

will be t sel to the said John F. 'iller the a

Kartin, following described lands in Townshipa doing 14.S. I R. 18 EB, District of LMiqMiana, i

speedy East of the Missiassppi River, 'io-wtt-

Secton 25 887.88 cres. sectihn26, 41.Ig 0om 25 acres, section 21,22.10 acres, sec.Mr. ami ti $8,'425. a•res, section 29, 472.69

acrap, sectiop 30 642.88 acres, sectionIBher, 81, 134,01 acseres, section 43, 271,17 acres,

s Buik section 44, 645.05 acres, section 45,

wn Sn 641.92 acseres, section 46, 432.76 acres,

ilio l. section 58, 4138.95 acres, section 59,

were all 294.00 acres, section 61, 119.78 sacre..

owing to Total, 5,115.49 acres.aturday All situated in the Parish of St. Ber-

i ecrops nird andPlaquemines or one or both of

ain . . Of the said parishes.i flower And being the bame property acqui-dagrest ed by the Board of Cmmissioners for

Sshower the Lakei orgne Basi, Levee District

b ut the from te ia te of'lMikiiana by deed ofit hlpt" the Rlter of the State Land ofice,

byMesss for the State of LaUisias dated 22da .se from of April 1~09, registord in the Convey-

, in his ance Ofti for'the Parish of St. Bet

Judge nard in Bool 421 fblio ~1 etc., and in the

s of the Conveyance Ofice 'for tn- Parirh of: r folio 8.5.. s. .3 REt C

Freel Freet Free! Freer Free! Freel

Louis Leonhard & SonLOtISA AND DAUPHINE STREETS.

Free Boat and Railroad Tran'dportation.

Freight Prepaid. New Methods; New Ideas.

Come to New Orleans and return without

One Cent Of Expense To You.On all purchases of $25.00 and over we wili

pay both your freight charges nhd passage

way by either Railroad or Boat, between

BURAS ANI NEW ORLEANSEnabling '8ft tb get your goods to your

hous ••Abdily free of any charges and

Visit New ifleans Without One Cswof cost to you. We have one of the fIfMF

and most complete lines of mercha0dist' ill

: the dity. We NHae sepirdte and distinct

e :partnridts of :-: :-: :-i i: :-:

Ilothih~, flats, ShOe, M•t-tings, Carpits and Shades,

Meillii•iy, Lry Goods 4

he Facy Goods andtJee•ery:

of Each department by itself a store. We payigh freight charges on every purchase from $5.00

nds upward ...... ....... .......

ing

2Louis Leonhard & SonLOUISA AND DAUPHINE STREETS.Dry,

Be it further resolved that .these Cubi

lands.in consideration of, the option Miss

heretofore granted and now existing of

and the written offer of J. F. Miller, Lou

shall be sold at the price and sum of folli

25 cents per acre, it being a condition T

of this sale that the said Board of Com- 1-2,missioner3 for the Lake Borgne Basin 20 2

Levee District sells, transfers and as- Toi

signs to the said purchaser the said 1-4

lands without warranty and if the title seeashould be subsequently declared null sec

and void, the said Board shall not re- S.

imburse to the said purchaser any sum reawhatsoever and with the further con- W.

ditions that the said purchaser shall in To,

no manner interfere with the oyster sec

industry in the waters on which they sec

may border and that title is herein given 1-2and received only to the lands and nut of

to the water bottoms existing m the A

above enumerated sections. spiBe is further resolved, that the said hu

President be and is hereby authorized an

to sign the necessary act of sale con- pr

veying title to the said property to the we

r said John F. Miller. all

There being nofurther business theBoard adjourned.

FERNANDO ESTOPINOL.," Secretary Board of Commissioners

I for the Lake Borgne Basin LeveeDistrict

d Proceedingsof The Board of Com- w

.' missioners of The Buras d

Levee District.Buras, P. O., La., April 20, 1909.

A special session of the Board ofCommissioners for the Buras Leve

District was held in Buns, La., o

r lowng members preseit; Piesident

he J. B. Fasterling, (omnniissioners H.

in- Kamlah, F. H. Giordano, F. K. Blaise,

and F. M. Stockfleth.. The minutes of the meeting of April nhe 20, 1909, was read and o'ted.

oresident J. B. Faster mii stalted thatthe object of calling this special meet-

ly ing was for the purpose of eonsutingthe members of the $oard in regar to

_ the bids ghat yere receiyed by him Sat-

t, rday May 8, 1909, for the plowing of

ent the different sectiqns of this district.

Resolution by H ,Camlah, duly sec-lis. onded by F. H. Giordano, that all bids

Sreceived by this Board for the s\owing

the of the different sections of this district

hip be rejected on account of being too

n, high, and that mowing be done by the

Board under the' spperviiyon of the

foreqmen of the:' differen sectons of

this distrt.' ".esolu~tori by Mr.F. K. Blaise, duly

ion seonded; that tlis Board adjourn to itsnext regular meeting day.

S3, CLEE BALLAY,45, Secretary,

rea,

Notice is Hereby Given to All

Whom it May Concern,

3er- In accordance with section 13 of Act

m of 277 of 1908, that the gndeasigned ate

the owners of the " follo.wng decr0ibed

ui- property: part of which was for many

for years owned by Octave Bsrrois.

irict That said premises have been posted

d of by signs, conspico'uly warning against

lice, bhunting on said premises, and hunting

dar jnd shooting, u well astrespassing on

vtey- said premises is hreby prohibited, no-

Be tice of this fact being given by publj-

a th cation in the oficial jourinal of'the Pars

Sof ish of Plaquemines in' which said lands

etc. si* Sted. 85S1 d i pCie lca'ted in

Cubitts Gap an the East Bank of theMississippi River, South of main passof said gap, and North of Pas aLoutre, and are more fully described as

follows:-Township 20 S., R. 19 E. See. 25, E.

1-2, sec. 36, all, sec. 35, alu. Towghip20 S., R. 20 E. See. 31, all, see. .2 all.

Township 21 S., R. 19 E. Sec. 1, N. W.

1-4 and W. 1-2 o; S. E 14. Sec. 2 a11,

sec. 3 E. l.i-'c. 10 all, sec, 11 all,Bec. ),s isec. 13 all, sec. 15 N. 14,

8. E. 1-4 and fractional S. W. 14 inrear of Riter lots, sec. 23 all, sec. 2$

W. 1-2, N. 1-2 of N. E. 1-4, see. 25 allTownship. 21 S., R. 20 E. Sec. 6 all,

see. 7 all, sec. 18 all, sec. 17 W. 1-2,sec. 19 all, sec. 20 N. E. 1-4, sec. 30 S.

1-2. All in the South Eastern Distaietof Louisianr, East of River.

All hunters and trappers are very re-

spectfully requested to refrain from

hunting or trespassing on said property

I and notice is further given that said. premises are in charge of com p ipt

! wardens who are instructed to reprt

all violations of the law.SDELTB DUCK CLUB;WM. B. GRANT.

Secretary;JAS. G. TIMOLAT,

Trustee.

Normal Pupils Return.Some of Plaquemines fair daughters

* who intend entering upon the ardera

duties of the teaching profession, hvtreturned home from the State Nor•alSchool, at Natchitoehes, La,, to enjoy a

well earned vacation, They are 104.lanche Cgnvich, daughter of IB and rs.. M.i. C0gnavidl, ie

to spa of Buisa, Iq 1ine en-I- lie,'of Jestats' Beind atid tle

it con, o' Concession.

The writer gathers, from the "Pot-' pourri," the Normal's well-oltted aii

nual, that these four young ladies have

taken an active interest in all tirancheq

at of the Normal's work a d, in view of

the fact ti at"three of te numribr are

beginners, tieo teoord they iaye ?tab:.

Ig lished for themselves, shdild not only

be a source of pride and satisfacti~. p

t- theim fortunate parents but also to th

people of the parish at large, smong

whom it is hoped the Normal's dsIeg

ds Lion will be doubled next session.

ng Sale of St. Car Plantatl .et St, Clair La.,

oo Editor Lower CoaS, e`te.he The bt. Clair pilantation, for mera

he than sixty years the property of the

of Garr family, has at last changed hands.

Our estQemed friend Mr. 1. S. Lothrop

ly being the present o~wnr. We are glyd,

its to note that he secured a splendid bs•'

gain, and he bas our best wisheb fore

profitable returns in his latest venture.ry, Yours respectfully,

LOUIS)E M. STRACK.

All Notice

kct No trespassing allowed on our proal

a re erty. LAUBSADE BROS.bed _------

ny Why Newspapers Lie.

."What makes you newspapers tellted so many lies?" asked a rather incon-

inst sideratwd Peorian of a newspaper manriin g the other day, say. the Peoria (Ohio)

0n Hersaid-Transcript. "Because we have

no- tr: get most of our information fromnIbb- liais," was the jolting reply.

d Best paper in Plaquemines Parish-.. .. `••••• t:' • tt;i Cf~..

the recalcitrant butchers ot of business. This hasbeen done all and

along the line by various trusts. Even the sugar trust at one time Mi

was gpwilling to sell sugars in the West to houses that were buy- visit

their supplies in New Orleans during the active sugar season here. sister

The Attorney General indicated further, in his speech' at the to the

banquet that the present administration now has under considera- Sund

tion the submission to the next congress two proposed amendments ANOT

to the trust laws. This statement seems to have been deliberately Mrs.

made and would suggest the possibility of a backing down in the ing a

matter of these antitrust prosecutions, which every friend of the came

people would sincerely deplore, Let us hope that Secretary Wick- husb

ersham spoke under the inspiration of the banquet and not under led

the inspiration of his chief. troulherfew

Rice in North Louisiana. . of 1The advent pt the boll weevil in North Louisiana is producing was

some novel conditions among the tillers of the soil in the alluvial tom

lands of that part of the state. It is generally known to our read- Sim

ers that a considerable quantity of land has been in rice culture in

Arkansas during recent years and the results are reported to have pro

been comparatively satisfactory. Now comes the news that the m

I rice acreage in East Corroll parish, the northmost river parish ofthe state, will this year reach about 9,000 acres. Some years ago

certain lands in that section had been put into Johnson grass, with T

a view of Utilizing the gtis for grazing and for forage for cattle. i

The improved prices for cotton led tb a change of plan and to low

efforts to extirpate the Johnson grass with rice culture: Now it is Pre

' found that rich culture itself can be made a very positive success Jorr in East Carroll parish and the 9,000 acres planted this season in

that cereal speak for themselvel. The Banner Democrat of Lake mu

Providenced in discussing the matter, speaks in enthusiastic terms thr

of the view bf the plantations axound the lake, where; within Dy

fifteen i~ ls fourteen pumping sations have been established for rep

Sirrigating tfe rice fields. Of these pumping or irrigating statibns, IT

te~i have beeni put iii this seasdn:I- in addition to the ric filatited roiund the like, Messrs 4ihol-

"' son, Amacker, Nelson;, Beard and Fbowler lave. iome 2 r0 acres iniicultivation on the iMver, oni the i)ottbrwoodn , ,ista; i;sna Vig, yt

Longw~d and Childs plantations. All of thlese will be i*rigited gr

from ,ib river. Below the towi of Lake Providenee Mr.'S.Ijeloi cee- will irrigate a large field firo6n Hagamian lake. Ilonneri pros. have pr

500 acres on Outpost; which will be irrigated by two deep wells, at

'r- one 260 feet deep whiicli on a ten houri test showed a flow of 2200 tit

ed gallohs per minute and the other, 12 inches in diameter and 500

he feet deep has not yet been tested. Various other rice fields along

he the line have gone into the culture and the expectation of good re- la

ts, suits seems to run high at the present time. We sincerely hope Son that these gentlemen will not be disappointed at the final results, l

tar but they must keep in mind the fact that in the past rice frequent- el

to ly has been'one of the most disappointing :crops .ever raised

si- in Louisiana. In August, 1888, a Louisiana rice crop of nearly at

iot million bags was estimated to be in the fields and oi a given Satur-

la- day in that month a meeting was held in New Orleans to devise a

de- ways and means for the purpose of carrying the rice, to prevent

um the glutting of the market and the sudden fall of prices which

the then always intervened with any large crop put on the market.

)Id, Sunday an enormous rain storm accured, the rainfall in New Or-

uce leans for August of that year reaching an aggregate of 22 inches

ated an•the rain of that Sunday reached some'7 or 10 inches on thethe Lower Coast, exceeding on one plantation over fourteen inches by

)me careful measurement and on Monday after the storm ther was no

to, rice problem to solve. The rice was blown down into the waterai- and before the water could be got off the rice it was generally

Sas sprouted and otherwise damaged and many thiousands of bags of it

ofit, sold at yary little.over a dollar a barrel.

ted The present area in Louisiana in rice bids fair to surpass any

previous record and let us hope that a good harvest season will -be

hadu and that the rice planters will be able to.secre 'their crop in"w ooaditir .and to maarket it .at fair prices.