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Blended Fruit Flavors
These, accomplished by an
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imitable flavor. None but
the genuine is contained in
the patented bottle.
Get it from your grocer, at
refreshment stands, at cafes and
restaurants.
PINELAND SPRING
SBOTTLING WORKS
COVINGTON, LA.
THOUSANDS OF AUTOMOBILISTS WITNESS
CUMBING CONTESTS BY MOTORCYCLES
Thousands of automobillsts witnessed the annual motorcycle hill-dimbing
contest at San Juan Capastrano, Cal., reeently. The course Is 500 yards long
end 74 degrees steep. Dud Perkins is shown making his successtal trip to
the top of the mountain.
This photograph made from the tQp of the hn., shows some of the thou
minds of automobiles parked below.
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·'"I I I i
PIIOPIOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION, OF
LOUISIANA.
(Continued from page 5)
be transferred or assigned to any
corpoiation or corporations, person
or persons whomsoever, and, pro
vided further, that this exemption
shall L.ot apply to double tracks, sid
ings, witches, depots or other im
proveinents or betterments, whica
may he constructed by railroads now
in operation within the State, other
than ,xtensions or new lines coa
structed by such railroads. There
shall De exempt from taxation the!
legal reserve of life insurance corn
panes organized under the laws of
this Slate. The property or real es
tate belonging to any military or
ganization of the State of Louisiana
which is used by the State National
Guard or Militia for m:litary pur
poses, such as arsenals or armories,
while so used, shall be exempt from
taxation. There shall also be ex
empt, from taxation, loans made u)
on security of mortgages granted u)
on real estate situated in this State
as well as the mortgages granted L
secure said loans, and the not-'
bonds, or other written 'nstrument
evidencing the said loans, wheth,
in the hands of the mortgagee, or hi
or their transferees; and all loan
made by life insurance companies t
their policyholders, upon the sol
security of policies held by the be
rower in the company making th.
loans, as we:l as all notes or othc,
written instruments, evidencing su'l
loans, provided, that in the case c
loans i'pon policies of life insurance
as aforesa'd, the rate of interest
charged upon such loans does not e:
coed five per cent (5 per cent) per
annum discount.
The capital, surplus and personal
estate of every corporation organiz
ed after November 23rd, 1912, in
this State for the sole purpose cf
lending money on mortgages on
country property situated in LouiJ:
ana at a rate of interest not to ex
ceed -ix per cent. (6 per cent) net to
the borrower, w th power to nego
tiate and handle bonds and secur'
tLe. issued by the various parishes
and lpcal dist,'icts and muunicipalite.-3
of the State of Louis ana shall be e.
empt ti oii taxation for twenty (2'i
yea:s from the date of the organiza
tion of said compani'es; provide l,
that said companies shall have a
ftal-;paid cash capital stock of not
less than 1ZO0,000.0t-; and, provid
ed fuirher that in case any such co '
porarton shall on any loan charge the
borrower more than six per cent in
terest, whether by way of commi,
sion, discount or otherwise, it shall
forte t the entire exemption herein
grant"3d, and be subject to taxation
from the time it makes such loae,
and any such corporation handling
or. ne ,otiaLiug any securities ot.- r
than those hereinabove mentione l
shall incur a like forfeiture.
Sucu corporation shall have powel
to receive al y money on deposit or u(
do a banking business of any sort,
but a'l such corporations shall bt
under the control and superv'sion )t
the Examiner of State Banks., whosa
duty .t shall be to report to the A,
torney General any violation of the
condition of this exemption.
Steamship companies organized as
hereinafter set forth, together with1
their capital stock and all the:r prop
erty, corporeal and incorporeal, shall
be exempt from all taxes and licens
es, State, parish, levee and muinci
pal, uoth general and special, ex
clusive of wharfage, shed or levee
dues, for fifteen years from the date
of filing with, the "Secretary of State
proof that their authorized capital
stock has been paid ip full in cash.
No such steamship company shall
have toe benefit of this Constitution
al provision except upon the follow
ing conditions:
First-That such company shall
have been organized and the while
of its authorized capital stock pa.d
in cash before January 1st, 1916.
Sacoad--That such company shall
be domiciled in the City of New Or
leans, or in some other port of this
State
Th:rl--That such company shall
have a capital stock of at least three
million do.lars, payable in cash.
Fourth-That t shall be provided
in the charter of the company ..3,a
no corporat: 'n, lirm, or individual
.ha:! own or control, either dlire "tly
cr Itairectly, more than one-twent~ -
eth of the capital stock of the com
pany; and that all pooling agr3e
ment. and voting trusts between th,
stockaolders to 'control the corpora
ton :-hall be absolutely null ano
void and no stock held in any scuA
pool cr voting trust shall ever ce
voted at any corporate e.ection ,;r
meeting.
Fitth-That the capital stac i t
each company shall be open to public
sDoscription by public alvert;s,'
n.ents in the New Orleans newspap
els for at least three months bc>-rce
:ne books are closed, and if o:,vr
.aus~rt ibed shall be apport ',ied
an,cng the subscribers.
Sixth-That all vessels operated
by said company shall be common
carriers on every voyage unless th..
whole capacity of the ship shall ne
chartered for a particular voyhge or
voyages for a particular purpose.
It :hall be lawful for companies
so organized in addition to the ;po,
era .iow provided by the laws of the
State to incorporate into the:r char
ters ali or any of the following pow
ers:
Fist--To build, charter or pur
chase vessels.
Setood-To insure goods, wares
and merchandise carried on their
own nottoms against fire and perils
of the sea.
Third-To build, own and rent
and operate shipyards, docks, piers,
w-harvcs and warehouses for the
transaction of their business.
Fourth-To trade with foreign
countmies, including the foreign pos
sessio-s of the United States, by ex
porting cargo carried thereto in their
vessels, and to import from foreign
countries, including the foreign pos
sessions of the United States, In their
own vessels cargo for sale or ex
changc in the United States, but no
ship or such company shall be laden
with the company's cargo to the ea
clusion of cargo offered for such voy
age by the general public, and such
cargo offered by the general public
shall have preference on all voyago'
for which it is offered.
Fifth-To authorize corporations,
foreign and domestic, to subscribe
to and own shares of their .capital
stock, not however in excess of the
limitation above provided.
No leased property or chartered
ship shall be within the exemptio,
herein granted, nor shall vessels of
such corporations operated in the
coastln.g trade of the United Stats..
or operated between ports of the
United States, other than Louisiana
ports, and foreign countries, not in
cluding the foreign possessions ci
the United States, be within the ex
enmiptlbn herein granted. One such
voyage in any year shall subject ,he
vessels making the voyage to tax
ation for that year.
The proof above required to be
filed with the Secretary of State that
that the authorized capital stock nas
been paid in cash shall be the joist
affidavit of the rpresident and secre
tary of the company to the effect,
accompanied by a verified trial bsl
ance o. the company's books.
Eacn of 4aid corporations ehall
possess the power of eminent domai.n
for the purpose of acquiring land on
whics to erect a plant to build and
repair vessels.
There shall be exempt from State,
pariah and munic:pal taxation for a
period of ten (10) years from Janu
ary 1, i921, all buildings, including
machinery and appurtenances loc.st
ed thereon, or other improvements
constructed for manufacturing, com
mercai and business purposes on the
lands cf the Navigation Canal, th?
title of which is or may be held by
Ihe Board of Commissioners of the
Port co New Orleans, as an agenzy
of the State of Louisiana, and which
may be leased from said Board oy
any person or corporations conduct
ing business thereon; provided, that
not less than Twenty-five Thousand
($25 000) Dollars shall 'be investel
in the physical property of any such
enterprise, and further provided not
less s:lan twenty-five (25) persons
shall oc constantly employed thereon.
Section 2. -Be it further resolved,
etc., That on the official ballot to be
used at said election shall be placesd
the words: "For the proposel
amendment adding to Article 230 of
the Constitution of this State certain
exemrtiLons from taxation as to r.
lustr:es located on the Navigation
Canat, New Orleans," and the word:;
"Agtinst the proposed amendment
adding to Article 230 of the Consti
tution of this State certain exemp
tions irom taxation as to industries
located on the Navigation Canal,
New Orleans," and each elector shall
indicate his vote on the propose.
amendment as provided by the gen
eral election laws of the State.
R. F. WALKER,
Speaker of the House of Repre
senltatives.
HEWITT BOUANCHAUD,
Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate.
Approved: July 7, 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Governor of tho State of Louisi
ana.
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(Pen Drawings from Photographs made in Labrador.)
"Head-net and thick gloves used in fighting our way "At the lower.rapids of Muskrat Falls on the Hamilton River. Mosquitoes
thru the spruce forests of Labrador to insure freedom . were thick but Mackie's Pine Oil on my face anti arms allowed me to
from the swarms of mosquitoes. This photo was taken make motion pictures of the falls in comfort. Note the rolled-up sleeves.'
after my few drops of Mackie'sPine Oil ran out." - I was the only one in the party who could travel thus, thanks to Mackie's
A.thur. Extract of the pine trees of Louisiana"-Arthur.
Sow A Famous Louisiana. Man
Fought Vicious Labrador Mosquitoes
Mr. Stanley Clesby Arthur, former State Ornithologist of Louisiana, who
has a wide and varied knowledge of mosquitoes, gained by personal contact
with them in their native haunts, gives his most interesting experience with
the Labrador mosquito, which he calls "quite the most voracious and blood
thirsty insect known to entomological science." Read what Mr. Arthur says:
THE TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO moving pictures of ducks, geese and other wild life in
STANLEY C. ARTnUR, Director. the Louisiana marshes. I had always planned to give it
635 Canal Street. a trial, for, as Ornithologist of the State of Louisiana,
New Orleans, La., June 24th, 1920. my trips of inspection took me every summer into the
Mackie's Pine Oil Co., L mosquito-infested sections of this State.
Covington, La. The skeeters were extra bad the day I discovered
Gentlemen:- this vial of Pine Oil, extracted from the heart of the pine
During the summer of 1919 it was my good fortune trees of St. Tammany iEarish, and, merely to satisfy
to be able to make a trip to the interior of Labrador. As myself that it wouldn't work, I rubbed a little of Mr.
soon as our party loft the sea coast and vicinity of the Mackie's oil back of my ears, around my neck and throat,
icebergs and the Arctic current to make the plunge into down my nose, and around our skeeter-proof tent to give
the interior of the mysterious peninsular just under the the swarms of flying pests a treat, Possibly the first
Arctic Circle, we became intimately acquainted with the few thousand skeeters that made for me with hums of
famouis Labrador mhosquito. delight were surprised when they tried to jab my other
In our duffle bags we had a varied assortnient of wise unprotected flesh, but they couldn't have been more
"sure-cure," mosquito "dope," Oil of Citronella, Penny- surprised than I-for they let me severely alone.
royal, a sticky, tarry mess that surely contained every I still can look back in my mind and see the amazed
odoriferous oil discovered by the chemical world, expressions on the faces of my companions when they
The Labrador mosquito, be it known, is quite the beheld me walking through the black swarms of mos
most voracious and blood-thirsty insect known to ento- quitoes, sans head-net, sans black tar, sans Citronella,
mological science. The long and sharp proboscis of the sans Pennyroyal - in other words, I "didn't have
female of the species pierces not only the flesh, but can nothing" on me and I was innocent of skeeters, as though
go through the heaviest kind of wearing apparel. This there were not one in the whole wide world. I am en
pest int the short summer of the Arctic works both day closing a photograph taken while making motion pie
and night, in the blaze of the mid-day sun, hnd during tures at the edge of Muskrat Falls Basin, when even our
the time the Aurora Bore'alis throws its ribbon-like Indian guides found their only comfort while stooped
Sstreams of light to the zenith during the short two or over a smudge of wet spruce leaves.
three-hour night. All of our mosjuito "dope," espe- I can assure you that the tiny sample vial with its
cially the sticky, tarry, smelly substance that gave us all precious drops of Mackie's Pine Oil was treasured until
a pronounced Colorado madura complexion, failed to the very last was used up-and how I longed for morel
keep the skeeters off. The more we put on the more I feel perfectly safe in saying that as a mosquito preven
skeeters we had rai-iag bumps back of our ears-head- tive Mackie's Pine Oil had the test of tests under the
nets and thick gloves were our sole protection. _. Arctic Circle and was not found wanting, and I am very
With "the others of our party I suffered, and" the glad indeed to be able to recommend it for this purpose.
back of my neck resembled nc' Y"n more than a horse- It is my intention whenever again I journey to the
shoer's rasp. One day, whilk in our camp near Muskrat haunts of the mosquito to have your "oil of gladness"
Falls, on the Ilamilton River, two hundred miles in the near by, ready for instant action.
interior of Labrador, I found in my kit a sample vial of Yours very truly,
Maskis's Pine Oil, that had bhoey gix-en me some two (Signed) STANLEY CLESBY ARTHUR,
years previous to keep off mosquitoes while making Former State Ornithologist of Louisiana.
Takes the'Sting and the Poison
Out of the Bites of
Mosquitoes, Red'Bugs,
M Ticks, Fleas, Etc.
PMackle's Pne Oil will KEEP OFF Mackie'a Pine Oil gives quick and
Mosquitoes-outdoors or indoors, healing relief from Poison Oak,
kill the poison of the bites of Bruises, Cuts and Burns. It is good
Mosquitoes, Red Bugs (Chiggers), to use after shaving; and for Pim
Ticks, Fleas, and other pestiferous pies and other Eruptions. It is
insects. It is entirely harmless and clean, pure oil; as safe to use with
not unpleasant to use. children as with adults.
Semd 30 forFllBouleori 0for Smpl
Maclde Pine Oil Specialty Co., Inc., Covington, La.
A true copy.
J.lES J. BAIL~Y,
o.l.etary of State.
ACT NO. 238.
Senate Bill No. 12.
By Mr. Lawraso,1
JOIN'r RESOLUTION.
Prop.,ring an amendment to too Con
stitoltion of the State of Louisiana,
ame..ding Article 200 of the Cotx
stitution so as to provide for ad
ditional qualifications for voti's
in primaries; conventions or politi
cal assemblies for the purpose of
nominating party candidates If)r
,pub ic office.
'Se.o'cn 1. Be it resolved Iby t13
General Assembly of the State of Lo1i
isiana, two-thirds of all members
of each house concurring, That an
amenidment to the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State
for their approval or rejection at the
Congresasion Election to be held on
the first Tuesday next fololwing the
first Mdonday in November, 1920,
amending Article 200 of the Consti
tuton to .as to read as follows:
"Article 200. No ,person shall
vote at any.jprimary election or iti
any .onvention or other political is
sembiy held for the purpose of nomi
natin;; any candidate for public )f
fice unless such person is at the time
a registered voter, with such addl
tional qualifications as may be pr3
scribed by the ;party for which can.
didates for public office are to be
nominated, and in all political con
ventions in th.s State the apportion
ment of representation shalt be o'i
the basis of population."
Section 2. Be it further reso ved
etc., That the official ballot si.:
have ;)rined thereon: "For the pr.'
posed amendment to Article 200 c
the Cr, stitution of the 'State of Lou,
is'an . relative to addit'onal quali
cations for voters in primaries, con
ventions and political assemblies
held fcr the the pu,. o1 1,,11
nating 'party candidates tir .u.l.ce of
flee," and the words Aga'nst the
>rop.- ed amendment to Artic:e 203
of the Constitution of the State of
Louibiana relative to additional qcua:
ificatibna for voters in primar e;,
conve.tions and political assemubli.
held for the purpose of nominati i
party candidates for public atlice."
HEWITT BOUNCHAI'I).
Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate.
R. F. WALKER,
Spoaker of the House of Rcepre
sentatives.
Approved: July 8, 1920.
JNO. M. PARKER,
Governor of the State of Louisi
ana.
A true copy.
JAMES J. BAILEY
Secretary-of State.