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New Names for Old in Indiana Dunes
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G \RY, i.Mi.-Wheu A. F. Knotts of
»Miry Intakes himself into tliat
Windy region athwart Gary yclept the
Dunes, where it Is hoped to establish
a national park, there rises before
him a vision.
The sands become dotted with the
wigwams of the aborigines; on the
wavelets of the streams dance the
birchburk canoes; the papoose gam
bols on the greensward. He medi
tates as lie walks and by his side there
stalk the ghosts of great sachems and
medicine men, who tell him in their j
own guttural language of the wonders j
that lie ail about him.
"There is Na-(Jua-Si-Po," says one
Spoiled: A Perfectly Good Sugar Barrel
C HICAGO.—To Dr. Raymond R.
Prettyman, sitting on his front
porch at 25»»7 Hast Seventy-second
place with his friend Driscoll and the
latter's two boys, came an annoy
ing interruption. A chorus of Jazz, j
men's voices and women's, from be- j
hind the dentist's sea wall. So they |
wended their way to the lake.
The moon showed them a curious
eight. Thirty-six persons, all clad In ,
moonbeams, capered, and danced, and
sang, fox trotted, oue-stepped, toddled,
and shimmied.
"Get out of here," cried I)r. Pretty
man. "Get your clothes on and go
home."
Driscoll sent Ills boys away—hur
riedly. But the toddle continued, nnd
the fox trotting, and the singing. The
two men called the patrol. But be
fore the patrol arrived, some thirty
minutes later, the duncers hud dressed
and vanished.
The next day Dr. Prettyman hied
him to the corner grocery and bought
him an empty sugar barrel. He took
it home and knocked It apart. The
staves he halved for paddles. Then
went to the neighbors, recruiting flf
Hero R. C. Gross vs. Slacker Bergdol!
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P HILADELPHIA.—The man who
took G. C. Bergdoll's place when
the convicted draft evader, now a
fugitive in Germany, failed to answer
the cull died a hero in the Argonne
forest after being cited by the com
manding general of his brigade for
bravery in action in one of the m»»st
noteworthy buttles of the World war.
He was Russell C. Gross of this
city, a private in Company B, Three
Hundred and Twenty-eighth infantry,
who was killed by bullets from a ma
chine gun nest which was cuptured
later by Company G of the same In
fantry, headed by Corporal Alvin C.
York of Tennessee.
This was revealed by the Over
Luther Burbank's Laurels in Danger
S ANTA ROSA, CAL.—One hundred
and eighty-eight stalks of wheat
from a single grain! That Is the most
recent production of California's new
"plant wizard." Elwin D. Seaton, whoso
discoveries and success In Increasing
food production are startling the ag
ricultural world. For a lifetime Seaton
has devoted his hours to subjecting
the soil to a microscopic examination
to attain Increased and better foo»l
production. For the Inst seventeen
years he has made experiments on
bla rancher--not so very far from that
other "wizard." Luther Burbank.
Today he la able to produce from
one grain of wheat 188 stalks, carry
ing 188 times as much wheat as for
merly. While these giant stalks cover
considerably more territory than the
former one stalk of wheat, grown from
a single grain, be is nevertheless pro
ducing from seven to eight times as
much wheat per acre as has ever been
produced before. And this on land
where little wheat has heretofore been
produced.
■eatoe has net confined his expert
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mystic chieftain raising an ethereal
arm to point to a creek that bubbles
along hard by. "We are walking now
in Me-Kun-Nuh-Nu-Uaw and when we
come to the river we turn into Mi
Kaw Xaw-Bed-E-Ba. We then pass
Wuh-Kuh-Geik and afterwhiles we
come to Mish-Saygayo-I-Can."
And having thus been told the ro
mantic Indian names of the dunes'
landmarks, pathways and hillocks, is
it any wonder that Mr. Knotts is
aroused at the publication of a map
designating those beloved landmarks
as "Smith hill," "Jones crest," and
"Brow n creek ?"
Is it any wonder, considering that
Mr. Knotts is president of the Dunes
National park commission?
One would say that it isn't, yet no
lesst*r light than Rand-McNally & Co.
is publisher of the map and no lesser
person than I*. S. Goodman of 1310
Fast Seventy-second place, a member
of the Chicago Prairie club, is. the
topographist and christener of the
landmarks. In drawing his map he
named the saudpiles after members
of the Prairie club.
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teen stalwart souls and true, who said
they knew in what manner best to
deal with moonlight bathers. To each
of them he issued one paddle and
words of advice.
"We will assemble here upon my
porch. If these nymphs and satyrs
come tonight we'll phone the police,
and then go right down and paddle
them good until the police arrive. They
ought to be here between 11 o'clock
and 1."
Klevcn o'clock carne, and no music
and no dancers ; midnight, nothing but
the breeze and the noise of the waves
and the tulk on the porch and the
moonlight.
One o'clock—and only a sugar bar
rel spoiled.
I brook Post of the American Legion
after a searching investigation. The
post announced It would change its
j nume to that of the fallen hero, and
S In association with a committee of
j citizens from the district covered by
I local draft board No. 32 proposed to
I erect a memorial to Gross, "who was
! forced into service ahead of his turn
1 by the slacker Bergdoll."
Gross, who was twenty-three years
1 old, was the first man called by the
draft board after Bergdoll failed to
respond. He went overseas with his
, command, a purt of the Eighty-second
division, on May 1, 1918. The cita
i tion by Brigadier Lindsey shows he
was killed on October 24 of the same
year in the Meuse-Argonne offense.
"Private Gross," the citation said,
"displayed great heroism and self-sac
rifice in advancing with his automatic
ritle team on the right flank of the
company against an enemy machine
gun nest. Private Gross, utterly dis
regarding his personal safety, pushed
forward until he was kille») by an en
j emy muchine gun bullet. His example
of unselfishness was an Inspiration to
! the other men of his platoon."
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I ments to wheat alone; he has had
i the same success with barley, oats
I nnd with prunes and apples.
Here Is the secret of his success,
he says: Maintain the "life sub
stances" of the soil by cultivating and
feeding the bacteria it contains. Sen
ton's theory is that all plant growth
and development la dependent primar
ily on the presence of soil bacteria.
This study to Increase food pro
duction and secure better quality In
food from the soil Is Seaton'a life.
He spends his every waking hour In
study, and has traveled the country
over investigating.
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GOOD RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR
CUTTING PRODUCTION NOTED
IN STATE CROP REPORT.
YIELD FOR 1921 IS FORECAST
Conditions Considered Good In Spite
of Late Season, and Other Adverse
Conditinos—Cotton Area In Cul
tivation 1,011,000 Acres.
New Orleans.—Responding to the
appeal for a reduction in cotton acre
age, Louisiana planters have decreas
ed the state cotton area by more than
half a million acres, according to a
report Issued by Lionel L. Janes, ag
ricultural statistician of the Bureau of
Crop Estimates of the Department of
Agriculture.
Notwithstanding the 1921 crop is
from two to four weks late and boll
weevils constitute a serious menace
In many localities, the report shows
the contiition of the growing crop
June 25 was 64 per cent of normal.
This is compared with a 57 per cent
conidtion May 25. 77 per cent June
25. 1920. and a 79 per cent average
condition for the ten-year period.
This condition forecasts an average
yield of about 128 pounds of lint cot
ton per acre and a total production
(allowing 1 per cent from area for
abandonment) of about 267,800 bales.
Last year the average yield of lint
cotton was 126 pounds per acre, and
the production was 386,770 bales; two
years ago the production was 298,000
bales; three years ago it was 588,000
bales, and four years ago 639,000
bales. The final outcome probably wtit
be larger or smaller than the amount
indicated, according to growing condi
tions during the rest of the season.
According to the report, the acreage
has been reduced 544,000 acres as
compared with last year, and the area
Is 327,000 acres less than the ten-year
average of 1,388,000 acres.
The area of cotton in cultivation in
this state June 25 Is estimated to be
1,011,000 acres or 65 per cent of the
acreage in cultivation at the same
time in 1920, which was 1,555,000
acres.
The percentage condition of cotton
by parishes June 25 is as follows, com
parisons being with a normal condi
tion represented by 100 per cent:
Acadia, 68; Allen, 80; Avoyelles, 60;
Beauregard, 80; Bienville, 60; Bossier,
65; Caddo, 60; Caldwell, 57; Cata
houla, 58; Claiborne, 60; Concordia,
71; DeSoto, 60; East Baton Rouge,
73; East Carroll, 70; East Feliciana,
65; Evangeline, 63; Franklin. 58;
Grant, 54; Jackson, 62; LaSalle. 65;
Lafayette. 83; Lincoln, 60; Madison,
70; Morehouse. 77; Natchitoches, 55;
Ouachita, 78; Pointe Coupee, 67; Ra
pides, 59; Red River, 63; Richland,
59; Sabine, 68; St. Helena, 65; St.
Landry, 61; St. Martin, 68; Tangipa
hoa, 67; Tensas. 63; Union, 68; Ver
million, 61; Washington, 70; Webster,
72: West Carroll, 69; West Feliciana,
60; Winn, 68.
FOR HURRIED READERS.
Arcadia.—The First National Bank
of Arcadia held a reception in its new
quarters July 7.
Lake Charles.—Winston Overton
took bis oath of office as state su
preme Judge at New Orleans recently.
Baton Rouge. — Bruce Starns and
his brother, Guy Starns, were drown
ed while bathing in Amite river, about
ten miles east of here.
Alexandria.—A Shrine ceremonial
was conducted here by Jerusalem
Temple of New Orleans at which sixty
or more novices were Initiated.
Monroe.—Hundreds of cows and
mules are afflicted with anthrax in
the lowlands along the Ouachita riv
er from Camden, Ark., to Harrison
burg, La., for a distance of 150 miles
or more according tv B. M. Jackson,
agricultural agent Mr. Jackson said
there are scores of cases In Ouachita.
Morehouse and Caldwell parishes in
the bottom lands along the river.
Alexandria.—George Lewis, who re
sided in the Hlneston community, was
assassinated while out in his field de
stroying acts, which were depredating
on his crop. He was fired upon by
some unidentified person with a load
of buckshot. The charge took effect in
hi* left shoulder and the left Bide of
his head, killing him Instantly.
Monroe.—A gasoline war has begun
throughout the Northeastern Louisi
ana and Southern Arkansas gas fields,
aa a result of which it is expected the
prie# will he reduced considerably.
Lake Arthur.—At a local mass meet,
ing. it was decided to circulate peti
tions asking the resignation of W. P.
Arnette, parish superintendent of ed
ucation.
Lake Charles.—An unidentified man,
aged 30 to 35, five feet nine or ten
inches in height, weigning approxi
mately 140 pounds, was found in Eng
lish bayou.
Shreveport.—The North Louisiana
Independent Oil and Gas Producers'
Association adopted resolutions
strongly urging a protective tarin on
Mexican crude oil.
Lake Charles.—At a meeting of 20
of the largest rice growers of the
Teche country held in New Iberia, the
American Rice Growers' Association
was endorsed unanimously.
LaPlace.—Private Sidney Dufresne?
killed in action during the World
war, was the first St. John soldier to
be returned from France for burial.
Funeral services were held recently.
Crowley.—Captain Sidney Pugh and
Lieutenants Broussard and Sweeney,
commissioned officers of Company B
of the state militia, announce the
roster will reach sixty-five men soon.
Hammond.—The dancing pavilion
of the Florida Parishes Association
has been completed and was used dur
ing the Independence Day celebration.
The building is 80 feet wide and 105
feet long.
Laplace.—Saturday and Sunday,
August 27 and 28. and Saturday and
Sunday, September 3 and 4, have leen
set aside for the purpose of raising
sufficient funds to erect a Catholic
chapel here.
St. Martinville.—A play which was
a success financially and socialy was
given here for the benefit of tie
Catholic churches of St. Martinville
and Youngsville. Persons from
Broussardville and Youngville made
up the cast.
Shreveport.—Two wells in the
Haynesville district, both materially
extending the proved oil area, have
been brought in. Weidman-Hunt No.
1, Section 16, is flowing 1000 barrels
dally at 2779 feet. The Florcsheim
Goree No. 1, Section 27, is flowing 600
barrels daily at 2869 feet.
New Roads. — Theodore Garrity,
Harold Flood, Richard Bertel and John
McCann, all young men from New Or
leans, who pleaded guilty to stealing
two automobiles v.ere sentenced to
serve not less than one year and not
more than three years at Hard laoor
in the State Penitentiary.
Shreveport.—Charles F. Laskey and
W. F. Wallace have been named re
ceivers of the Gilliland Oil company
properties in Louisiana by District
Judge J. H. Stephens of Caddo parish.
This action followed a suit brought
against the Gilliland Company by the
Liberty Central Oil Company.
Crowley.—It Is expected the base
ball park to be opened by the semi
profesisonal team will be ready in a
short time. Volunteers among the
players will prepare the ground and
erect the grandstand.
New Orleans.—Associate Justice W.
B. Somerville has filed for application
for retirement from the bench of the
State Supreme Court, it was reported
here. The retirement will be asked
under the provisions of the new con
stitution which provide for retirement
on two-thirds pay of judges who have
reached the age of 70, and who have
served continuously on the bench for
twenty or more years. Rumors of the
contemplated retirement also of Chief
Justice Frank A. Monroe have been
In circulation for some time, but It
was asserted that Judge Monroe prob
ably will not file formal application
until October, when the Supreme
Court reconvenes.
Alexandria.—There will be approxi
mately one hundred thousand dollars
spent in constructing the kitchen
mess halls and other buildings to be
erected Immediately at the United
States Public Health Service Hospital
at Camp Stafford. These are to re
place buildings destroyed by fire last
winter.
Acradla.—Grand jury deliberations
resulted as follows: Thirty-nine
charges examined and 19 true bills re
turned. Seventy bills were also found
fer violations of the dipping law.
Lake Charles.—The Lake Charles
District Christian Endeavor Officers*
Council met at the Presbyterian
church July 9 and 10. Officers of the
council are as follows: Chester Mil
ler. of Lake Charles, president; Pierce
Quig'ey, of Jennings, vice president;
Luella Parker of Lake Charles, secre
tary; Paul Freeland, of Crowley,
treasurer.
Lake Charles.—Mrs. D. A. Kelly,
who recently was appointed a member
of the Lake Chares City School Board,
has received her commission.
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