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'JDBLWED WEEKLY BY t
THE LOWER COAST GAZETTE CO. at
F. C. MEVERS, President; S. B. MEVERS, Secretary. re
POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, LOUISIANA. th
OFFICIAL ORGAN OP
PLAQUEMINES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD,
PLAQUEMINES PARIaH EAST BANK LEVEE DISTRICT, f
GRAND PRAIRIE LEVEE DISTRICT,
SLAKE BORGNE BASIN LPVSE DISTRICT. P1
BURAS LEVEE DISTRICT b
TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; rc
Eatered at the Polnte-a-la-Hache, Post Offiee second class ai
mail matter
SATURDAY JANUARY 30RD 1909. si
The Fertilization of Rice. c(
Rice being an aquatic plant, it has been a debatable question ti
as to just how to secure the best crops of it. In Louisiana it has tl
become the generAI conclusion that almost any sugar plantation can
utilized successfully for two or three years in rice culture and l
t he more succw3sfully becauseof the fact of the, land haping been
in cane culture. This can hardly be becausegthere is.apy; improve
ment in the soil beaui of cane culture, other- than the fact that
oane culture, being a very intense culture, leads practically, to. the h
extirpation of all of those grasses which becomn so annoying in rice
eulture and have to be weeded out by band. If there-be any other h
-:use than this we have it yet to learn. On. the other hand, we i
Tbow fromactual experience that lands that have been, planted in
: w peas,,the cow peasplowed, underand the lands thus intended
I for sugar cane subsequently diverted to. rice culture, have produc
. ed crops of rice almost unheard of in quantity, and in, fact, to
the extent of over thirty barrels per acre,. the barrel being 162
pounds of rough rice, including. theesack. This would seem to ,in
dicae that the nitrogen accumulated' from the air and into the
land by thn legaminous crop had a very pZ3itive. effeet upon th-.
rice planted upon such lands. Apart from this,.ithas been notea
thatewhere there has beeu stable manure dropped on the land,, the
pmured spots showed a rapid apd early growth of the rice, even
the: gh it is an aquatiplanti.and grows with its roots in the a
.\ water, -c 1
': The Guieyd.NNews now reports the facts hbeott the.fesilization "
if:::·ac et of ce land in that vicinity. Messrs. Riley & Neelis
Si- ` t a rice farm three miles Northwest of Gueydan. Last year they
"lanted and fertilized six acres,keeping it entirely separate from
tse rest of their fields. -This. sij ;cre field yielded twelve bag: to I
e w a nge baeaph , woeiged 208 pounds, which would be equal
: N nd dbaigs of rie per acr.- In the milling of this
tie it wasfound to yield 108,pou nds of head Lice, the broken rice
S~ othercal not b~ing included. The rice brought the top of
e: r ilpric i and the grds, yield:was $57.60 per acre.
aIRdt were carefully :a with those obtained I
Y; ~ 'nOe `"di alongs.ide, *bi: was not fertilized, but which
Wise5 received exactly same treatment, This yielded1
a' e.aie. -e ch bag weighing 1S5 pounds of rough~
teill' elded 100 pounds othea rid'ce, which sold
dsidrd 0.t9..#sa ~q h '31.r5' er
not btated wbpther t*riee-was harvestsed and mar
ti nP e time, nr w hthere or not there 'had been aiy
t itl'p t·.prlee. I map be le fair for us to infer
es a was sd for seed rice e d: nce r ght the
Show ever, was evidently very heavy rice, the
Srasize, of about ive bushels. each, and the
10B powUnds to the seek,indicating a very
and Ieu. of drig hluff thn the other,
'h 1 JIi toius for the same mniaure and had a
o * tar$ o the extent of eight pounds per bag.
t ioef the transaction, in giving the yieldsstat
a *pobda and of 100 poundsof . had rice are
bltppe~: lag but it is not stated'whether the
I 180 pounds respeetively were meant or
i or ael of -2pounds. i t~ e .l nt when
~*a4 100 poundsrespwctlvely was reported.
s given rg the diffeence of the
god# ~~arnonts to $28.10,it is a striking
t eaotn- ht ever firtilizr asi u sedin this in.
bhwever, isnotatated and we are left
ow not It as phosphatle or nitrogenous,
r pem e ona t would searcely be as ceonvin.
hie . 'It aainideta lly stated that the
i, per ae, ~ wo etaeely know what ferw.
Sj 1 t-t.li~ a:f hat at so light a .cost pe
ilvu i : is ·ne Stranger than Flctiou.
I theaditor of the PlaquepimeB Protector, in
i~i hees tO January m at rsents whathe be
tt#t"t ofoua editorial,: ptablished: in the
pJaa 4i 1 iulr the erptioi·of Trifling
vuaudnd eater h re ton, he r~eports
and dispoke4k tooAptl ue ' toti
lf ,I hadnesehW crtainly
ofdhisetluto believe that the
iP :ksB h Ananias Club .of
* ~ ~ ~ q u ·sww rdL4.tlhere are
apsh onpt he blir w at
~scth Athotaths
- a* ts&
ro~i
The whole matter of the Back Levee District, concerning shi
which the editor of the Proteto, dilats t) svm ett m, is A mat- bu
ter of recorded history. In 1894 the Buras- Levee District wascre- the
ated and a bill creating the Fort St. Philip Levee District was in- to
troduced in to the legislature, at the same time, and a favorable on
report secured, but a petition coming from Grand Prairie against it, to
thematter was held up until a t'ar.ipg ca.nva33 Cid 'be male, and a
itthen became evident tnat the citizens of that district, extending Al
.from the lower limit of the. Like Borgne District to Fort St' Philip th
did not want a levee district secured and the bill creating the Fort St. be
Philip Levee District with the same jurisdiction as is now possessed jU:
by the Grand Prarie Levee District, was withdrawn. Tie disa3t- bt
rous floods of 1837 changed the views of the pe)le of ti~t district TI
and in 1893 the Grand Prarie Levee District wa organiz3e, cover- w
ing nearly the same territory. The river's height being materially at
increased during recent years and the levee being on the eastcrn, ori th
stormy bank of the river, it isa difficult district to maintain, but a
success seems now to be crowning the efforts made. This led to the pl
consideration of the Back;Levee District, which in due course; was a!
organized at the requestof citizens and, property ownersof that dis- h,
)n trict and the late editor of the Protector was one of the commissioner le
as thoroughly conversant with all the proceedings of that Boardland if or
n any faults lay in its management he was one of the managert and tl
id can hadly ask other:people to be. responsible for his delinquenties. t.
'n The editor of the Protector somewhat hysterically and inanher- or
e- ently says that he is no chief and has no chief. If he was ever in
the employ of another man, under those circumstances he, must
have accepted the-other man as his chief. We have no doubt.,. hpw
e ever, but that he is exactly what he says, "just what God has made,
er him and cannot change..' This however would almost shatter our
re life long belief in the infallibility of the Almighty. But we pre- is
in sume that the editor of the Protector knows. He intends, any way,
to "defend.and uphold the rights and freedom of the people of the
parish of 'Plaquemines.." He reminds us of the English story of-'
6 the nine-tailors of Tooley. street in London, who organized we pre
sume-a tax resisters' association at that time, and adopted a res o
he ; ' - - .. .. Fanmus words "We, the people of En-.r
,e . ; taus have been as much in the minority l
iih of as, _ ' tax resisters at the present.
eThe :i of ti Protector, however, may console
en hinself with the knowledge that minorities,, no
he matter how small,, bhve-their uses and if they haye; a, newspaper
under their control,they would do batter by dilating upon. the ad
vantages.of the beautiful parishin which they live and its wonder
s ful resources in many economic directions, rather than to carry out
ley his quixotic threat of "defending and.upholding the rights and free
i dom of the people of'the parish", especially when the people of the
to parish seem to have chosen a different organ for that purpose.
aal
his
ice Oranges and Figs.
of
The culture of these two fruit crops along the Gulf coast is
led steadily increasing'in its proportions. The people of the Gulf
ich coast country in Texas are taking as active an. interest in it as we l
led are in Louisiana and in an interview with the New Orleanes Pica
ighi yune Mr. L. B. Alden of Houston recently stated that within five i
ofd years Southeastern, Texaswould be a larger producer of. oranges i
tir an@igs. t~a Calif rnir., But a few years agor searcely any thing I
ar- was doing, ii Texasin the cultivation of these fruits and now oran
iy ges an ,figs and other semi topical products are being shipped
fer out of the country and up into the west in thousands of carloads,
the The orangendustry here;op the Lower Coast, 'while apparently
the flourishing, has receiaed something of a set back this seasa owing
the to the fact that the crop has been comparatively large and has been
ery dist~ibuda upon a market that has becomein tenu ouservative,
er, owinlgto btiigeneral desire to economise in domestic expenditure.
Sla We know that our Lower Coast products, such as cucumbers, let
tuce and etc., are muc1' sought for in the western states andi
at- command generally good prices. This leads us to, infer that the
re dilfficlty in New Orleans with the orange market has been the lack
the of adequateresolrces in the way of distributing the orange crop.
or A few years back the cucumber market became glutted whenever
hen the crop was any size and the price in New Orleans became so low
d. as to digeourage all of those engaged in the business. - Better nieth
the ode of distribution have been secured since that time and nowv. com
ing paratively even results are obtained and the cUeumber culturedoes
rn- not seein to have that mercurial character that it had five, ears
ago.
eft Would it not'be well for our orange cultivators in ther parish
* of Plaquemines to form an Orange Growers' Association' among
' themsetives ~ind appoint competent men to diatribute the oraages
the in the New Orleans market, or to sudh of the western marketi as
l seem to offer the best opening for fruit. All of the necesBsary in
pe formation could rqadily be obtained by tlgraplK, and the fruits
sent forward by rspid freight trains an4 thus scuring for the
orange growers the ver~lpst possible malrket.. This, hasbeen done
by the Californians for mag years and they are producing~millions
of boxes there that they sendi across thue continent over two thous
i and miles to compete with .outuits in the great markets of the
be- West. We have the advantage of narness, but thus far the dis
the advantage of the lack of a systematic method of distribution. It
ing. became so ierious in the encumber trade that our largest cucumber
arts growers effected an arrangement fr themseives in sole instances
til, . gain, combined with the gatrdeners in New Orleans in for.
idlt w ing their produce to whatever inarket in the West offered the
th greatest advantage s.
ot ' I modern r rlading thril~od comlpanies are very much
are disposed to favor aicreased is o ajRf ny kin produ ced along their
. tt Uas rand.it would e posElbleto ship ten ear loads of oranges out of
ouNr g , ;odeasa by .the Illinis Central, or the iouisville and ,Nash
Kst tailrouds,. uigued ot~Rabody and going u one knew where,
s tp q ;es t thl'ater ge to be 'tnteigtol, perhaps 4 tCairoor Cnein
the ,,.hiingthe actual instination of the fruit; An
"late " i si emu could thqp have the fruit almostreach
let ther dltisWoftb fe such as oisville, - Cincinnatti, Pitta
* Urg,. ~t , ,,Chi+agoejiMilwaulebfore actually determin
and iu t which one of the pest mapetat he. car should be consgn
itar Now, In the uitleotteo filt cattre the situation with us is
tal$~ if nptot redisastrous 'tham it ipbeen this year with the or
, ang erop. eosiderable .pof.gjs Ujrdsthe canning factories
l that ase wllint to lpu aedinthiatiexcess of supply that
lt h re·set to . It uiustjeadA it, hawevra, that with, our
S f u o h4Uidtg d Statpthere Is the possibil
i of nor fg. if they could be parried in
outdet h consumer. We are ex
cusah i otrigto.us directly from
.fbp.oa4r fromd.si alifornia, ard while
.M qual1i t ma are fig, yet
,e 4w ,hltmvw York mark*t is
p he . price per basket
*• s us u i f
i-.·
ship them in boxes and to pay the freight to market. If the distri E,
bution of the oranges among those who want them be reached,
there are not nearly enough.oranges produced in the Uuited States of
to supply the legitimate demand. It requires an organized effort sa
on the part of the growers to reac, those who are willing H
to consume the produce whenever it can be carried to them with in
a reasonable degree of economy and at a reasonable gross cost. in
All this applies also to figs, but they are so very liable to decay! b
that any line of action in the:way of distribution would necessarily c:
be difficult with them although it might be successful. with oranges. Io
Untold quantites of figs could be produced on the Lower Coast, iP
but they will never be, until some positive demand for them arises. ai
This would come if fig canneries were established or fig buyers o
would come forwand with some offer that they would make perm
anent throughout the fig season. Incidentally we- might say that
the modern drying machines might be applied to figs, just as they tl
b are applied to peaches and, evaporated peaches an.divaporated, ap- I%
ples are. brought by the tens of thousands of bounds-in New Orleans, tl
Sand yet we could evaporate figs right here at our, own doors and
- have the dried fruit of delightful flavor and, of unquestioned excel
r lence as food stuff, and all produced at home,, We shall hope that tl
f our orange growers and our fig growers will endeavor to work up ti
i this matter so that the oranges in the open market will bring more
than Irish potatoes, which: has not been the cane recently, and that p
our figs shall come into. their own. a
t - - ;a
TI a
e Another, Crop Pest, the Brown Tailed' Moth. t
Secretary Wiltnon Nbwell of the Crop Pest Commission ha3
issued words of warning; to the nurserymen of this state concern- -
,ng the new crop pest now threatening us, the brown tailed moth t
Plaquemines parish is; now suffering from an. inv.aion of the
New Orleans ant andswe-should exeercise every precaution aainst t
ae any new pest. Secretary Newell Says.
0 The Chief of the Bureau of Horticulture of the Stat: has, just
" notified us that he has found 75 nests of th? ;erou B o.. wn Tatil
' Moth in a shipment ofnursery stock recei-te di rec fr,-n F
t. This is the insect tiha+ . o: th Ne.'w ,nglan S ~eitj, , 2
le dollars in the past tweil:'y years, bei, iat:!.r,:,Jiuced nLto ;'",:s:achwl
o etts on a shipment of ;uirse,'ry k .tOU. H' i o
'r feeder upon all sorts oi f.i . ,.,,,";:.:.,,O ; -,
I: as rose bushes and shrubcr . ,, ,a ,. ined a: * . n _,
r" of headway in a seetibe, its . , : c imose:
at The damage is db e as a "worm" or c.i:r, :.h , ien: .'in: a
e- white moth. The5 work in colonies, totally, defoliating, and. finally
ie killing every plant upon which they feed.
In addition to their destruction of almost all vegetation ofany
value in their path, they are decidedly injurious to health. The cat
erpillars are covered with small brown hairs., which have an irrita
ting effect upon the humap skin similar to that caused by poison !
oak, it being however, more severe, and yielding less easily to treat
is ment.Where the moths are numerous these hairs are carried every
if where by the wind, and the result' is a decidedly uncomfortable one.
ve In infested localities the larvae are almost always numerous enough
a- to drop upon passers by, and wherever they strike the skin, a severe
ye irritation is the result. They are particularly a nuisance in localites
es where washing is hung out, as they drop upon the clothes, leaving
s the irritating hai,.toa.a noy future wearers.
n- The wayiwiihl tj.is insect is likely, to be imported in foreign
Wd shipments of nursery st6ck is as small brown, hairy caterpillars,
Is, about one-sixth of an inch in length, enclosedin aweb aboutthreiaor
ly four inches long,, composed of leaves woven, together with;silk. If
ig this web'iitotrr open, it will be found to contain numerowus little
en round, white, silky masses, which resemble spiders' e~gg~ and in
i, each ofhese will be found from two to:dozen of the little cater
e. pillars. ~i ofthe extremeseriousness of an.infestation by this
st- ineeet, anmoderate control of which would meap an expenditure of
.d several hutdileds of thousands of dollarsi annully,,this Commission
he urgently request * thai nurserymen examina all.fqaeign shipments
ek very eCa~efully,, ald suibmit to us any suspiioua.nests found therein,
p. so in cae of.accidental introduetion:of the insect we can take im
er mediate steps toexterminate it. These:nea8'saaeve~y easily seen,
w being,. asdescribed above, from three to four inchebin. length, and
h- of. leaves spun togethe' to form a tough web.
s Rice as Stock Feed.
sh The very high prices prevailing for ob and. the:nomparative
ng ly low priceaprevailing for. low grade rice are attracting attention
4 again to the use of rice as sitock feed. This same subject camie up
as fQr discuassion some seven or eight yearsyago and the concensus of
in opwion at that time was that while common rough rice contained
its a large amount of nutritive food, at the same timep it was ajcom
ie paratively dangerous tood.' 'Dr. C. A. Browne, the eminent chem
ne ist, who was.then connected with the Sugar Experiment Station at
ns Auidubon Park;, made very careful investigatiqna of the whole sub;
. ject matter in cooperation with Dr. W. H, Dahrple. The outer
a coats, or the chaff of rice contains more sililo than is usual in
.. the chaff of any'of the othrer cereals. This silica.isattacked by the
It digesting acids and forms small, sharp points that. irritate the in
r testines and are liable to do serious injury to the, animals eating
e it.
ot Agrieulural analysis has shown that there is quite a consider
e able nutritive: value in corn cobs. If they are carefully
ground and mingled with the ground corn meal andmi perhaps with
the ground corn; shucks the whole mass becomes a, very valu
Ich able stock fesl., Riis now recognized that even: the corn stalks
er shredded inethesproper way,are nearlyas good; or fully as good
of for forafge soninary hay. On the other hand,, the chan. of rice
sh is so harsh intitsstructure that it is even veo'p difflcult;to burn it,
'' and when utilized in the animal mechanism: it is liable, to endan
in- ger thp lifof the'animal.
The very large amounts of low grade iius. stack burned rice
ch and stained rice annually produced would;unqueitionably be valuable
as stock feed, and yet some degree of manipulation should be fil)t
n; affected. It would cost very little to take-off the outer.- hull and
"and leave the gramns of rice then looking~:nmuchlike wheat and con
taining even less chaffy matter than oats, but if fed directly to
is stock in its:existing condition. or eveza.if it is moistened or wet
or down it is apparently dangerous.
It isnpw:stated in the Crowley Signal that the United: Irrigation
iat and Rice Milling Co., is advocating.suchuseof all low grade rices.
It is statid thathalf a million bags o.f rough rice could readily be
il- used in this way for stock feeding, in the rite country and thus
Savoidipurchasing corn and oatsto that amount, as they now do. Cer
'X tainly every effort should be made to utilize the lower, grades of
n rough.rice,, but a properconsideration of all the incidental diti d
lie tiesrshould~he had.
Notice. ~
Ie Public r. hereby notified
nc tot but on the Union planta
tiopfad on all lands or water in
tbe thereof.
KM& BsaEND SAVOI.
is hereby given it accordance
with Act 176 of 1908,that lain ap
pyin to the Police Jury. o the
P of Plam.aine for per
mission to conduct a barroom at
City Price La.
J. C. CosE.
EDITOR LOWER .OAST GAZE rE,
BURAS, Jan. 28.-The meeting
of the so-called Tax Payers' As
sociation met at Mr. Miajevich's
Hall last Sunday, resulting again
in fiasco. It was attended
by some twenty disgruntled,
interested persons; of which num
her fifty percent are defeated
candidates at the last primary,
or otherwise, and the other fifty
per cent, compose their followers.
and still, they plead thatthere are
no polities in that self composed •
organization.
Those present at the meeting
were from as follows: Two from
the 2nd ward, four from the 3rd
I work, one from the 5th ward,
three from the 8th ward, four
from. the 9th ward, and six from
the 10th ward, and the others
who were only spectators, left
the Hall during their delibera
tions;in disgust.
By this time the people of the
parish are "up to snuff" and re
alize that the promoter is not sin-,
cere, but malicious in his scheme.
It is glaringly shown that it is
a question.purely and simply of
a politicaln:rove-It is to revive
the recently past campaign in a
different form. The outs wants
to be ins.-as tothis, its ridiculous.
--having to,wait four years for
the attempt of consumation.
- The. evangelist Hingle called
'the meeting to order, and in the
,e' !ing stated that the organi
.:lý was not a. polii:i al one
il lxu:I : jiiately following th: litr,'.
i duction,. Mr. Felix iingei, ':"ae
'as't Mr. J. B. FastEr'ing hei-l
: ri, ,aces and that there will he
e: . t to oc:;t him as Police
Sur o' t' 10t"h v-ard. One ol
L ; l' ie as of theorg aanizatio'o ,
y other, and Mr. D'Armas in order
to; prevent further exposure of
the true intent,, asked Mr. Hingle
Y for an explanation of the purpose
It of the meeting. The would-like
a- to-be Grand Mogul ('F, H.")
ýn then.confine himself to, the at
a attack on some of the Patish of
ficials' salaries. Note well, read
ers, that in his fault finding, the
* great reformer of the day as he.
ºh poses, omitted (purposely) to
e state what has been his salary
s for long. years when he served as.
g secretary of the Police Jury,. as
Parish 'Ita rer, ag Treasurer.
.of the SchoolBoard;as benelia
ry of the Parisi official joprnal,.
, as benefiary of the School Bparl
or oficial journal, as benefieiary. of
the four ILvee Boards.
Siduring all theae years of'
in Ihis incumbency, He feceivedand
Saccepted hialaries with regu
r larity and piuetict~.tI: as '"con
is tracted" with the various depart.
of menrts, and at no. time did Mr
nUingle revert to the various.
tsfunds any claim of being too,
highl paid. He never made any
omplaint to tht effect while he
'heldan offle, But, according to
n, his present doctrine. Presachr
d Hingle says what was right in
his time is'wrong no." (since be
ing ousted).
Oh copuistency ! Whemrm 'art;I
thou? In regard:tohis mniui ,
when he referedto Mr. JB.R
terling holding owne than n 0e of
e- flee and that.an attempt wai gpp
n ingto be made by Mnu-il -
and others of his allies to take
proeedings (th roh the Distric
Attorney) againstMr. sterli n :
Sand havethe audacity toprocsi.
- that the: Tax Payers' Ame "ation
n- is a non-political body, its rmt t
t In Mr Fasterling his constitutents
do congratulate themselves in
having such a gentleman, posses.
ing every bility tomanage the e
Saffairs of the Parish and of any
he iiother organization: he commands
n- the coadldene and respect of
ev one who know hmun best
g paticlarly so, his brother ofi
cers of the Police Jury and of the
er Buras Levee Board as well asa
y private citizens which is mo*
h perhaps than can be sai dfr
some of his would beperec
The Protector is absent minded
Son many questions. Time will
d tell. E&o.
School N, tie.
ce There will be a special ,x
le amination for teael era, include
at ing those who hold diplomas fromn
od other states January 28-29.30 at
n- Pointe a la Hache, La.
to All teachers, who hold pro
et visional ,ertificates, certificates
that have expired, or in case no
on certificate is held, must take jthi
*examination or else give up their
be 3chools,
1s DW IN C OHN,
!..,p ea, p ndent
Notice.
Sealed bids for the publication,
of the minutes of the Police Jury
of the Parish of Plaqueinei.
Swill be received by the auder
signed up toll am. W
er February 10 1909.
t J. B. FAsT .uNWG. i
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