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REPORT OF SECREITARY. Delta. La., Dec. 1, 1904. To the Honorable Board of Cgmmissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District: Gentlemen:-I have the honor to submit the following report of the aft fairs of the Board since the date of my last semi-annual report. June 1st, 1904. The following is a detailed statement of the receipts of the Board from June 1st. 1904, to November 30th, 1904,both inclusive: FROM EAST CARROLL PARISH D),tr;ct Levec Tax Year 1903... .. $.351.86 District Tax Ye'ar 1904 ................. 27'21 $ 7,839.07; Acreage Tax Year 1903 ........... Acreage Tax Year 1904 ].......... . 1 , ,194.26` Cotton Tax Year 1903 .... -.... .. 2,451.95 Cotton Tax Year 1904 ... , . ....... 1,923.75 4,375.70' Total from East Carroll Parlsh ....... . $17.409.03; $17.409.03 FROM MADISON PARISH District Levee Tax Year 1903 ........... $ 1,195.76 Interest ..... ......... ...... 229.93 District Levee Tax Year 1904 ........... 328.37' 1.755.06' Acreage Tax Year 1903 ................. 2,879.71. Interest ......... ...... ....... 95.39 Acreage Tax Year 1904 ................ 185.33 3.160.43 Cotton Tax Year 1903 .................. 416.10 Cotton Tax Year 1904 ................... 1,281.54] 1,697.641 Total from Madison Parish............... i $ 6,613.13 $ 6.,61i13 FROM TENSAS PARISH- .... District Levee Tax Year 1903.......... $ 3.259.27. District Levee Tax Year 1904 ........... 413.25: $ 3.672.52 Acreage Tax Year 1903 .... ........... 2.281.54 Acreage Tax Year 19041 ................. 123.88! 2,405.42 Cotton Tax Year 1903 ................... 3.027.64' Cotton Tax Year 1904 ..... ......... 1,399.351 4.426.991 Total from Tensas Parish ................ . 10.504.931 $10.504.93 FROM CONCORDIA PARISH District Levee Tax Year 1901 ........... $ 10.63, District Levee Tax Year 1902 ............ 10.63; District Levee Tax Year 1903 ........... 374.60 District Levee Tax Year 1904 ........... 1.007.19! Interest ..... ... .... ..... ......... .23, 1,403.283 Acreage Tax Year 1901 ................ 16.27 Acreage Tax Year 1902 ................ 16.27; Acreage Tax Year 1903 ................ 270.05! Acreage Tax Year 1904 ................. 692.671 1.175.261 Cotton Tax Year 1904 ................... . 1.115.30 1.115.30 Total from Concordia Parish ............. I$ 3,693.84' $ 3,693.84 To amount sale of land ................. $ 1.395.001 $ 1,395.00 $ 1,395.00 Total Receipts ............ ........... . ._ $39,615.93 STATEMENT. The following is a detailed statement of all warrants issued and interest paid from June 1st, 1904, to Novem ber 30th. 1904, both inclusive: No.jJun.J Payee For What Purpose For What Account Amount 524 4 Cuimberland Telephone Co....... lCumberaind Telephone Co. Bill...... General Expense.. $ 4.85 3525 George Scott .............. Ti.... ing end lower Conordia Levee ... High Water Expense'. 69.50 0536 Helgason Bros. Garbsh..... Enlargement & Repair Levee...... IBunche's Brnd Levee/ 9,086.04 5527 Helgason Broe. A Garbish...... Enlargement and Repair Levee ...... .Bunche's Bend Leveel 1,614.76 95 t R. L. Castleman ...............Making Statistical Report........... Asessor ............. 100,00 * 11 N. O. Natl Bank.......... . Interest 50-year bonds ........... N. O. Nat'l Bank.... 10,700.00 UOF0 FA. P. Martina ............... ...Livery Bill ........................ eneral Expense .... 8.75 911 D. H. Britton .................. Sacks sand Labot on Levee.......... `High Water Expense, 206.05 9532 W. C. McRae ................. aking Statistical Report.......... Assessor ......... .. 10000.00 3 J. N. Ogde ................... Ramps Lower Coneordia Levee...... Repair ............. 92.55 M4 18 ST. 8. eC ............... L.. ivery Bill ....................... Gelanerl Expense .. . 92.05 S 30 J. T. MeCl.a ................ Salary as President .................alary ......I 200.00 S A. T. Lane .................... alary as Secretary ................. Salary .. . 100.00 9637 Albert Vought ................. Salary ...........Salary as Levee ......Inspetor ... ... 70.00 8138 J. . Seale ................ ... Salary as Levee Inspector .......... Inspector ..... ..... 70.00 9539 D. Muir .................... Salary as Leve spector .......... Inspector .......... 70.00 964 Banner Democrat ............ Prtg. Levee Bd. Proceediangs....... Printing ....... ... 25.00 9641 Adams-.Zgler Co. act. O. Spencer. FPrinting Levee Bd. Proceedings...... Printing ........... . 25.00 948 Tensas Gazette ........ ... lPrinting Levee Bd. Proceedlas Printing..... ....... 25.00 0548 Concordia Sentinel . ........Printing Levee Bd. Proceedings ..... Printing ......... 25.00 9544 no. E. Yerger Ph. Tr......... .Office Rent ....................... Rent .............. 30.00 5456 Clarke & Co .................. Stationery, etc. for office......... ..Ofi e Fixtures, etc..' 5.15 354 Cumberland Telephone Co...... Telephone Bill ........ ........ ... eneral Expense . . . 5.00 0547 J. G. Plttman ................ Labor, Oil. etc ......... ...........High Water Exp..... 7.45 $540 Johnson Com. Co .......... `Livery Bill .................... General Expense ... 5.25 549 jHelgason & Parker .............ITeam Restoring Wave Wash.... .. .General Expense ...; 10.00 u Vicksburg Herald .......... IPub. Semi-annual report ......... .IPrinting .......... . 49.20 uly 651 14. J. Hamley ................ Mileage and Per Diem .......... ... M. & Per Diem .... 18.00 2 H.. H. Benjamin ..............Mileage & Per Diem ........... ... Mil. & Per Diem.... 16.00 9653 W. H. Ward ..... ........... Mileage and Per Diem .......... ...Mil. & Per Diem.... 8.40 6 4 . C. G o. H. aod ..n ....... ....... Mileage and Per Diem ............ MIL & Per Diem.... 18.00 ,666 B. B. Parham .............. Mileage and Per Dies .............Mil. & Per Diem..... 18.80 9M66 1J. H. Lambdia ............. . Mileage and Per Diem .......... ... MII. Per Diem .... 26.60 T J. . Pittman ............... Pay of Guards, ete ................ High Water Exp.... 66.50 98551 18iW. D. A. Gorton.............. Reunding Price of and .......... Lnd ...... ....1 185.00 593S FTallulah Bk, act. R. Nicholson... largemet and Repair Levee...... Willow Pt CTpping..! 1,160.00 560 IDonovan a Dlay ............. .Enlargement and Repair Levee.. ... Donna Vista Levee:: 1,252.80 1561 31 J. T. McClella ........ ..Salary as President ............ Salary ........... w 230.00 562f A. T. Lane .................. Salary as Secretary ..............Salary............ . 115.00 9511 !Albert Vought ................ Salary as Levee Inspector ........... Inspector ............ 70.00 9464 J. M. Seale ................... Salary as Levee Inspector .........Inspecto.. r . .... 70.00 65 D. Muir ........................Salary as Levee Inspector ....... Inspector....... 70.00 0366 [J. T. McClellan ............. .Exap., Sundry Trips, etc ......... General Expense ...1 380.20 $7 A. T. Lane ..... ......... ..Offiee Expenses,. etc ..............General Expense .... 27.95 956I8 W. G. Fulton ................. Making Statistical Report .......... Assessor ........... .100.00 96691 Travers & Herman ........... .Dgging out King Flsher Holes...... Repair ............ 4.50 9570! H. F. Garbish ... ............ Moving Pence .................... General Expense .... 70.00 $5711 Helgason Bros. & Gaertlb...... .inlargement and Repair levee ...... IBunche's Bend Leveel 5,000.00 $5721 Helgason Bro. . & Garbi..... Enlrgement and Repair Levee...... .Bunche's Bend Levee! 2,680.00 93571 Helgason Bros. Garbish...... Enlargement and Repair Levee...... Bunche's Bend Levee' 1.970.88 9074 Helgason Bros. & Grbish...... .Interest on Warrants .... .... ..... Interest ..... .....I 218.33 $675 Helgason Bros. Garbis...... lnterest on Warrants ........ .... nterest .......... 300.00 9576 Helgason Bros. & Garbish..... )Interest on Warrants ..... .....I. Interest ........... I 117.03 9677 Hengason Bros. & Garbish...... Interest on Warrants .............. Interest ............ 160.80 9678 IHelgason Bros. & Garbish..... Interest on Warrants .............Interest ........... 86.07 $579 Helgason Bros. & Oarbish.......Interest on Warrants ..............Interest ...... ... . 118.26 Augi 9580 4 H. Smiths & Bro. ......... .Livery Bill ........... ....... .... General Expense ...! 14.50 9581 9L. L. Doran .................. Ramp at Wilton ....................Repai...... ...1 29.80 9582 Nick Kahn ......... ....... Ctting Weeds on Levee ........... Weed Cutting ...... 17.00 1583 Cumberland Telephone Co..... elephone Bill ..... ............. General Expense ... 4.75 84 16 John A. Dean ............... Cutting Weeds ..... ............. eed Cutting ..... 10.00 958 . George G. Barker .............. p. Cttlang Weeds ..... ........ Weed Cutting ..... 5.00 9IN 19 Bank of Vidalia ...... ......... Pay Roll Cutting Weeds ........... Weed Cutting ..... 61.15 9p7 IFW. W. Pix ..... ..... .......Exp. Cutting-Weeds ........ ...... Weed Cutting ...... 11.50 20 4 4B.ank of Vidalla . ...... ..... .Pay Roll Weed Cattlng . .......... Weed Cutting .... I 7.60 9689 }W. M. Davldson ............. .Pay Roll Weed Cutting ........... Weed Cutting ...... 54.00 9610 IMult & RitelBe ......... .... Pay .Aoll Cuttng Weeds .......... .Weed Cutting ..... 88.25 9631 George Spencer ............. IMaknl g Statistlcal Report ............... Assessor . ..... 100.00 $582 ID. Muir . .....................8undry Expenses .............. Inspector ..... .....1 47.25 5981 Times-Dteocrat ..... ..........Adiertlsing Levee Lettina .......... .Printing .......... 48.00 96941 Baker.McDowell Hdw. Co. .....Tools for Weed Cutting ........... Weed Cutting . .. .I 13.32 a156 (Wright Bros ....................Tools for Weed Cuttlng ........ ... Weed Cuttlng ......1 9.25 956 ILee Richardson & Co.. ..:..... : Tools for Weed Ctting ........... Weed Cutting ...... 41.50 3597 .Sam Hawkins .................Ditch to Drain Elton Pits............ Drainage ..... ..... 13.75 951 jSayder Chilton ................. Petting L d on AMt. Rolls. .....!Back Tax ... ....... 290.33 969 31J. T. McClellan ...............8alary as President ............ ... Salary . ....... 250.00 '600 A. T. Lane ...................Salary as Secretary .............. alary ............ 125.00 901 Albert Vought ......... .... Salary as Levee Inspector ..... .... nspector ......... 70.00 0 J. M. Bee .......... ..... .Salary as Lvee lnspector .........Inspector ..... 70.00 608i D. Muir .................... Salary as Levee Inspector ...... .... inspector ... .... 70.00 604 W. W. Dix .................. Salary as Lvee Inspector ........... inspector ....... :10.00 George G. Barker ..............18alarr as Levee Inspector .......... .Inspector ..... ..... 22.00 0 6 O rt Vought .V..... ... ..... ~ eam and Man Weed Cutting ......!Weed Cutting 25.00 Tallulah Bk. act. R. Nieholson...iCuwtt Weeds ................ .Weed Cutting ...... 480.00 605 jCunerlan ?feleypwne C......Teleone ........ B...........General Expense ... 9.07 9 m0vin & 'Dale ...... .. .. Enlargement and. Repair Levee.. . ..Deann Vista Levee . 1.512.35 $101 "Donovan & Daley ... . .!Enlargemeat and Repair Levee ....Donna Vista Leve? . 313.20 611 Helgason Bro. . Garbisb .... Ealargemspt and Repair Levee . .. Bunhee's Bead Le ee 6.720.00 61$ Hegason Bros. & Garbish.... Enlargement and Repair Levee... ..! nhe's Bend Levee 7,597.82 613 20Daley .-........ .. nlargeaent and Repair Levee.... ..Donna Vista Levee.. 800.40 96141 31rank arrow .... ..........Search Ditch Bunebche's Bend .......Repair ........... 84.80 616. 21J. M. Seale,................ Pay Roll Weed Cutting. ...... ...Weed Cutting ......' :9.55 6i161 3J. T. McClellan ............... .. alar as President ..............Salary ... ...... .... 250.00 9617 A. T. Lane ........ ...........Salary as 8eeretary ... ..........Salary ........... 125.00 61$S Albert Vought .............. Salary as Levee Inspector .......... Inspector ...... 70... 0.00 96191 J. M. Sele .... ............ ;Salary as Levee Inspector .........Inspector ..... .....I 70.00 D. Muir ..... .............Salary as Levee Inspector .......... .Inspector ......... 70.00 W. W. Dix ................... Sala as Leve Inspector .......... .'Inspector ........... 30.00 S George . Barker ............. Salary as Leve Inspector ......... .Inspector ..... . :.000 9633 '!I. Polk tt ................. Salary as Levee lIspector ......... .'Inspector ......... . . 0.00 441 j-A. W. Grave ....................... Salary as Levee Inspector tor........apetor ..... ..... 35.00 2$:5 i8anner Democrat ... ......... Pub. Levee Bd. Proceedinga.. .. . . Printing .... - .... 25.00 9626 ;Adams-Zigler Co act. G. Spenc?r. Pub. Levee Bd. Proceedings. . - .. . Printing .... . 25.00 9637 ITensas Gazette ..............'Pub. Levee Bd. Proceedings...... .. .Printi'ng .... ...... / 25.00 9628 Concordia Sentinel ............ Pub. Levee Bd. Proceedings .......Printing .......... 23.00 9629 !Jao. E. Yerger. Ph. Tr.......... Office Rent ..... ..... . .... .. .Rent ............. .. . 30.00 9630, Steamer Betsy Ann ........... Freight on Team, ec...... ....... . General Expen .. 7.00 S Oct.' 96311 4 The Picayune ...... ........ Advertising Levee Letting .......... Printing .... ....... 4 44.10 9632 7 Times-Democrat .... ......... Advertising Levee Letting .......... Printing .......... , 50.40 9633' Cumberland Telephone Co.. . Telephone Bill .......... ..... . . General Expene . ,. / 10.80 9634 T. P. Broaddus ..... .....'Cutting Weeds ........ J...... . . .Weed .tting ....., 231.00 9635. 1:.Donovan & Daley ..... ......Building New Levee ..... ........ Atherton. Levee ..,.. 1.67.11 9636 Germania Say. Bk. & Trust Co... Interest ..... ................ ..Interest ....... . . 600.00 9637 E. J. Hamley ....... .........leage and Per Dietu ....... ... il. & Ier Diem .... 18.00 9638 W. H. Benjamin ..... ........ Mileage and Per Dienr ..... ......... U11. & .dter Diem.... 16.00 9639' :G. C. Goldman ................ .Mileage and Per Diem ..... ........'Mil. & lk-r Diem.... 18i.o0 9640; B. B. Parham ...... ........ Mileag.e and Per Diem ..... .... Mil. & Per Diem.... i 18.80 9641 ' J. H. Lambdin ............ ..Mileage and Per Diem ...... ...'Mil. & Pr Diem.... 2;.60 9642 H. H. Graham ... ........... 'Ramps ..... ... ............... . Repair ..... ..9000 1442 imaoa & Dale ............ ... Puttings 5tand on Asst. BRolls..... . 'Back Tax .. . . . 167.59 9644 jJ. K. Jeffries & Son :... ... Board of Inspector ........ .....Inspector 7.00 9645 21!J. W. Deweese ............ se of Boat-................... ..'High Water Exp... t .00 9646! IVicksburg Herald ......... Stationery for Office ........... ... .Office Fixt. etc..... ," 22.25 1 9647' Helgason Bros .................. Moving Fence ...... ............. General Expense ... 1; 38.10 9648 Helgason & Parker ............ Moving Fence .. ............. General Expense .... 1:1.70 9649! 29iTallulah Bk. act. R. Nicholson... Enlargement and Repair Levee..... Willow Pt. Capping 5.6177.50 960' !Tallulah Bk. act. R. Nicholson.. Enlargement and Repair Levee..... Willow Pt. Capping.. 890.00 ' 96511 Helgauon Bros. & Garbish... .. Enlargement and Repair Levee.. . 'Bunche's Bend Levee; I -,.446.56 9652 29,Helgason Bros. & Garbish ....... Enlargement and Repair Levee. ... Bunche's Bend Levee V 955.87 96 31iJ. T. McClellan ................ Salary as President ...... . Salary ........... 250.00 96541 'A. T. Lane ................... Salary as Secretary ..... ........... Salary ..... ..... 125.00 96551 Albert Vought ............. .. Salary as Levee Inspector .......... Inspector ... ...... 70.00 9656 J. M. Seale ................... Salary as Levee Inspector ..... ... Inspector ........ 70.00 9657 D Muir ................... Salary as Levee Inspector ...... ... Inspector .......... 700 9658 W. W. Dix .................... Salary as Levee Inspector .........'Inspector .........t .0.001 9669 George G. Barker ............. Salary as Levee Inspector .......... Inspector ......... .::.0. 9660 E. Polk Scott ........... ... Salary as Levee Inspector ........ Inspector ..... .... .I o.00 9661 'A. W. Graves .... ........ ... Salary as Levee Inspector ......... Inspector .......... 73.00 9662 A. T. Lane .................. Sundry Office Exp. etc .., ...... ...General Expense ... 22.75 . 9663 ; J. T. McClellan .......... . . . Exp. Sundry Trips. etc .............. General Expense ... "F 11;0.60 'Novi 9664 7J. K. Jeffries & Son ......... In... ar o Inspecto. ................. nsector . .. 15.00 96651 !C. A. Voelker ................ Services as Inspector ............... 'High Water Ezp.... P 22.00 9666; 'G. M. Long ..... ...... ....... Livery Bill ................ ....... General Expense .... I 8.00 9667 Cumberland Telephone Co...... Telephone Bill ..................... General Expense ... ' 1 5.65 9668' J. N. Schrigleman .............. Cutting Weeds ........ ............'Weed Cutting' ..... / 26.00 96691 Clark & Co ................... Stationery for Office. etc....... .....Office Fixt. etc...... / 6.65 96701 23;N. O. Natl. Bank ............... Exchange on Warrants .............. . O. Natl Bk...... ::8.98 3967' 1Helgason Bros. & Garbish...... Work on Spur at Pilcher's Point ..... Bunche's Bend Levee : 44 96721 H. L. Smiths .......... .. Livery Bill ........ .............. ...General Expense ...4 . ,ºI 96731 30J. T. McClellan ................. Salary as President ...............:Salary . . .. ,. o,, 9674' A. T. Lane ..................'Salary as Secretary ........ ....... Salary ....4....... 1.nt,00 96751 Albert Vought ................. Salary as Levee Inspector .. .... .Inspector ..... ... I;, n 96761 ;J. M. Seale ................. .. Salary as Levee Inspector ......... Inspector .... ...... 96771 ID. Muir ................... . Salary as Leve Inspector ... i....... .Inspector ... . .... 7. 00 9678 jW. W. Dix ..................... Salary as Levee Inspector ............ Inspector .. ....... . 30.00 9679! (George G. Barker ............... Salary as Levee Inspector ..... ...... :Inspector ....... 30.00 4 96801 1E. Polk Scott ................. Salary as Leve Inspector ...... , .. nspector ..... .... . 10.00 t 96811 'A. W. Graves .................. Salary as Levee Inspector ......... Inspector ..... ... ' 75.00 t 9682 'Dameron & White ............. Board of Inspector .......... ..... .Inspector ..... ....'. 15.00 I Total Warrants by President ............................ ........... ............ 86,990.31 AUDITOR'S WARRANTS. i I m July 31;J. 41. Smith. Tr.................. Keeping Levee Board Account.. ... Auditor and Treas... $ 110.00 t July 31lMartin Behrman. Auditor ........ Keeping Levee Board Account ...... Auditor and Treas... 110.o00 Aug. 311R. L. Castleman ................. Assessing Tax .................. ....Assessor ........... . 100.00 1 Aug. 311W . G. Fulton ............. ..... Assessing Tax ...................... Assessor ... ........ 100.00 t Aug. 311W. C. McRae ....................ssessing Tax................ .... Assessor .......... 100.00 Aug. 31lGeorge Spencer ........ ....... %ssessing Tax ................... ..Assessor ..........j 100.00 a Total Auditor's Warrants. ....... ... ................. 6 . . ......... $ 60.00 BOND INTEREST. ' . ,, c 7 i - By Interest on Fifty-Year Bonds (paid by Treasurer ........... ...... ........ ... .... .. ......... $ 1.800.00 a Total Disbursements ..... .. ................................. .......... ............. $ 89,410.31 STATEMENT. Showing receipts and disbursements of the Board of Commissioners for I the Fifth Louisiana Levee District from June 1st, 1904 to November 30th, 1904. both inclusive, and financial conditiod of the Board on December 1st, 1904. To Balance cash on hand Junst 1st............. $56,011.18 By warrants outstanding ..... ................... $196.488.82 RECEIPTS. ' To amount district levee tax and interest.......... $14.669.93 To amount acregae tax and interest .............. 11,935.37 To amount cotton tax and interest ................. 11.615.6:13 To amount sale of land .......................... 1,395.00 DISBURSEMENTS. ag By Salary ..... ... ......................... - $ 2.14 .00 By inspector .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . " 1,791.25 By General expelse .............. .. ......... 920.97 By land .......... . .................. 185.00 By Weed Cutting ........ ..................... 1,120.12 By Rent .................................. 60.00 By drainage .... .......- . .. ................... 13.75 By interest ........... .. .. .................. 1,600.49 By High Water expense ........................ ;. 427.50 By Repair .......................... ...... . . . 301.65 1 By Mileage and Per Diem ......................... 203.20 By Auditor and Treasurer ... .................... . 220.00 1 By Printing ........ ... ... ... ................. 391.70 By N. O. Natl Bank (Interest on bonds) ............ 10,738,98 ' By interest on bonds (paid by Treasurer) ......... 1,800.001, By Back Tax .................. ............ 757.92 By Assessor .... ... ... ... ... ................ * 800.00 By Office Fixtures and Stationery ................. 34.05 By Atherton Levee ................................ 12,267.11 By Willow Point Capping ......................... 7,727.50 By Donna Vista Levee ........................... 3.878.75 By Bunche's Bend Levee ........................ 42,025.37 By Balance Cash on hand (Down) ................. 19,094.19 To warrants out standing ....................... $209,366.21 ............. $304,993.32 $304.993.32 1904 Dec. 1-To balance cash on hand (Down) ......... $19.094.19 By warrants outstanding aganst revenues 1904 ........ .. ........... $112.522.70 Against" revenues 1905 .............. 95,042.52 $209.366.21 Special cash warrants ..... ......... 1,800.99 BOND ACCOUNT. To amount total issue Fifty Year Bonds outstanding $500,000.00 NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK. 19(14 To balance cash on hand June 1st ............... 66.02 To amount warrant No. 9529 act. interest on 50 year bonds.......... 10.700.0o0 To amount warrant No. 9670 act. interest 20-year bonds ....................................... 38.98 CONTRA. 1 By Coupons on Fifty Year bonds paid June 1st to 4 , SDecember 1st, 1904 ............................. 10,325.00 ) Balance Cash on hand ........ ................. 480.00 $10,805.00 $10,805.00 I 1904 Dec. 1-To balance Down act. interest 50 y) ear bonds........................... $375.00 To balance Down act. interest 20y yea r bonds .................. ...... ...... $105.04o $480.00 STATEMENT Showing Receipts and Disbursements of the Board of- Commissloners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District, from Organization of the Board, year 1886 to December 1st, 1904: ON WARRANT ACCOUNT. To amount district levee tax.................$ 922,872.73 To amount acreage levee tax................... 928,176.07 To amount cotton levee tax..................... 936,931.29 To amount railroad levee tax.............. ...... 10.776,80 To amount redemption of land .................... 11.761.58 To amount sale of land, lumber, etc.............. 114,809.98 U To amount sale of bonds........................ 583,379.90 To amount return of money loaned (Smythe) ..... 9,183.98 To amount transfer from levee and drainage fund Io.000.00 0 To amount sale of sacks .................. ..... 275.00 D To amount cash for coupons .............. ...... 19,700.05 2 So amount cash borrowed for high water 1897.... 47,500.00 To amount from N. W. R. R. Co..................... 87.34 5 To amount paid by V. S. Gov. on Biggs levee ..... 2,107.42 0 To amount warrant No. 1233 cancelled ............. 100.00 0 To amount for ramp at Duckport................... 39.0 0 To amount paid by U. S. Govt. on high water exp... 742.84 0 To amount refunded on high water expense ....... 175.03 0 DISBURSEMENTS. 0 By land ....... . ..... .. ....................... $ 9,187.02 0 By Aseesor ...... ... .. .... ................ 26,669,78 0 By salary ..... ... ... .......................... 39,893.2$ By General Expense ....... ...................... 20.779.02 By Printing ........ ... .... ................... 14.193.51 By Mileage and Per Diem ....................... 8.546.45 By Repair ................ .................. 25.665.5,: By lawyers' fees. Judgments. costs .............. 18,145.6+ By Incidentals ..... ............................ 2,425.28 By Levee inspectors ............................ 49,430.05 By Interest ................. ................ 1::9.927.47 By Office fixtures and stationery ................. 1.458.0 By Auditor and Treasurer ...................... 9.399.5. By drainage ... ... ..... ... ................... 19.t70;.45 By Bond Interest ......... .... . :.7.717 8:: By Levee Gaards .. ... . ... . . 5t.9 By Engineer Expense ..... ... .................. By High Water Expense ..... .47.0191.,; By Back Tax ........... ............ ........ .. 1.317.28 By Levee Protection ........ ...................:.8.77 By Map ........... ......................... ::00.oo By Rent ........ ............................... 978.3: By Otter Bayou ('learing ......................... 428.9.: By Levee construction ...... .................. ....2.875.5t1 By Funding ... ... .... .... .............. ... 11.01 By Interstate Mississippi River Imp. & Levee A.sn 5. .,0t.on By Warrants for high water loan 1897 ......... ..... 47.500.0 By warrants for redemption 20-year bonds ......... 48I,0S.0O.1t. By Balance cash on hand .......................... . 1994.1:1 To warrants outstanding ..................... .:;621 ::57.985.27 3.807.985.27 19,p4 Dec. 1 To Balance cash on hand (down .... $14..,94.t!, By warrants outstanding ....................... $".. . 3.;;."1 Note-Levee construction account above does not include $3:59.. 5(01,1, bonlids paid for levee construction. Respectfully submitted, A. 1'. LANE. Secretary. Europe Our Market. IThe 11 'oittlerftal A:laorl'ltlve I'u 'e: ."1 11) 1 4' : Iy" I. I. \'Ir" talt, 1' . . v -. t om iU . ':.t:, i t 1 . ,r1(; ..r u s 1.1Ias ,I Ih in rle .-i-):' p)0p1I1l .',' : att " .: :, ttl e pow ke ' foIli a m 1):1 "t , f'i"r tihe art Ili ulo-I w .ond1, n a i ,J fad I e.w' uu lin - of all venm nli(" pla nnnl*| '":m:1. T he il" iutt 'd 5 1 t1".. i)," t :h 1 p l alll],lti n3. of Iv.. lI .-ta i' to tha square mile, ln the ,.'tt't ott.' Iliil'-d i i :i I. E:'urope l, t, s4t-:i 40,l0b1o,0o0o people to the t'nited ttates and other Iu.\\ aouoltI.ri. ul ; . t Il0(31J has a population (of i;: to the -llluar. mlle, or neartstl~ N i(. a Ia: t as whe this emigration began. In the meantime, wages ha'l, increasilt. w, alth hal piled up. trade has qladtluplehi. and lthe purha.sing poter f the people ct Europe has inure than kept pace with all these advanlles. K:ven to estimate the annt al lomnestlc exc.hanges of iturope' is. he ond the re alch of intelligible figulres. The forleign excihaltrge is a qulantiltv which cat be dittermnined with mnre or t.:s accuracy, however, and is amount-$14.000 ),413tl,1O annulally---conveys an idea of the tide of cotlllnlmetcr thait flows thlolgal this heart of the worll. The imports of these eighteen countrlies amount to 5.iuU,0ll0.1l).(I't!. the hPc ports to S1u4.,l,tano,ll.ton, showing an excess of puirchaises over sales anlountiLnl to $2,lltO,000,ot,o. The imports from abroad, meaning from countries other that Europtan, are to supply Eluropean deficienllies. and these are largely of foot and raw materials. Albout 65 per cent of the total exports from thie 'Iuitodl States are of agrt cultural products, though much of this might bte regarded as manufactunre goods because many agricultural products are put through manufacturing pro cesses. Roughly speaking. the American people sell $9t31,o0o0,tt30ll worth of sucl products a year to foreign buyers. Nearly 90 per cent. goes to Europe. henes about fount-fifths of the American goods sent to Etluropt supply food and raY material. American products feed the operativc iln the European mills ant factories who are making goods for all the world. They provision the. foreigl ships which carry the world's commerce, and keep down th' cost of livinl in Europe by supplementing the comparatively scant y supply of home-growl foods. These agricultural products of America are now so necessary to Euro peans that they are admitted without serious restrictions to nearly all Eturopeal markets.--World's Work. Woman's Wages in Chicago By Ella Morris Kretsci m a r. a TENOGRAPHERS and typewriters receive front six to fifteen dollar: open to girls who have had a high school education, as an nnder' ' standing of composition, good spelling and a quick. all round intel ligence are a necessary equipment. The work in most ofllces it very taxing. Bookkeepers receive about the same pay as sten ographers, a business college training fitting them for the work. Cashiers receive on an average ten dollars per week. The work Is taxitdg as great speed Is required in the discharge of the duties. Saleswomen in flBrt class stores receive from six to fifteen dollars per week. Heads of departmenti receive from twenty to twenty-five dollars-bust such positions are not otl,: obtained, excepting as the reward of years oif training in the department. Drsssmakers' apprentices do not receive any wages the first year aid only small wages the second year. after which they are advanced according to theh skill until they attain ten dollars per week One trained to the finest tailor wort may receive as high as fifteen dollars per week. Milliners' apprentices musl, work a year without pay, after which they are advanced according to skill, a rood worker receiving from eight to twenty-five dollars per week during the season. The rate, of wages paid to milliners is high because their work is not •teady. some months of the year, of necessity, being Idle ones. Telephone girls work from nine to twelve hours per day in three-hour shifts w~t!l half-hour intervals of rest, the wages being eight dollars per week. Is liclht manufacturing establishments (as necktie, corset, skirt and shirt waist factories. etc.) women can make from three to seven dollars per week accordlan to their swiftness, the work being piece work. While the foregoing figures are certainly not dazzling, they may posalbli seem tempting to the small town or country woman who knows nothing aboit the expense of living In a city. She does not take into consitleratlon the dallS item of car fare. the high price for laundry work, the great wear andti tear upo. clothes. the cost of such clothes that will stand wear and tear, the unavoidable "extras," and finally the staggering cost of living.---(:ood lHoutekeeDping. Emerson's Power Over the Young By Henry James, Setnior. W intensely practical is Mr. Emersou's inlfluence It is impossible to read him when you are young, and as yet undismayed by thbl. experience of life, without instantly speculating how you shal begin forthwith to live, nay. to live tihe manllest possible life. N-e writer so quickens the pulse of generous youth; so makes his brai throb and reel with the vision of the world that is yet to bh. ' I is as if the spotless feminine heart of the race had suddenly shot it. ruby tide into your veins, and made you feel as never before the dignity of clear living. Undoubtedly your first necessity always was to report yourself poersemaib to this mystic shrine without delay, to know what the hierophant might have bees - commissioned to say t(ho, specfially. I do not say that you were ever likely ti find what you ought. I do not say, in fact. that you were not pretty sure in tl " long run to come away disheartened rather than encouraged. I think. Indeed " that you were rather an exceptional per on if o,, roturnret , wi Ith f, at ::ssuret :, and hopeful as those which bore you on For Mi. Enerso w\a. ,, ,i.r the lka* of a Ipedlagogue, addressing your scientitic iitelligence.. btut ain e\' " way aIm' conscious prophet, appealinag exclusively to the regenerate hearts of minklad and announcing the speedy fulfillment of the holw with which it bad aliwayl been pregnant. lie was an American .lohn the I|sptlt. proclaiming tidings ci Igreat joy to the American Israel: but, like .o)hn the Baptist, he could so litlt' foretell the form in which the predicted good was to appear, that when you went to him he was always uncertain whether you were he who should come. or at other. And naturally enough, you were liable-unless, as I have nlready said you were uncommonly free from personal vanity-to return.-- Atlantic. What We Know About Mars: By Camille Flammarioni. E can draw all the geographical configurations, seas, coasts. llandy peninsulas, mouths of rivers, or cadals of Mars with accuracy; and we c-an anticipalte what district will appear in the lens of tih telescope, for the length of the rotation of the planet is knows. to the hundr'dth part of a second. As the planet turns upon it" axis more slowly than ours. the calendar of the inhabitants U Mars i. composed of wo consiecultive years of £68 daye and 4 6lsextile one of the 669 days. It in not many years since Mars entered into the sphere of our observatiop. Ai:nd one can also say that there is bt? a small number of the inhabltanif e. this world who have observed it in all its details. and of thets t1e m,t!:t' p-rienced is Signor Schiapare!i. director of the observatory at Milan. -·: * T'e geographica! map.of the plantet Mars has just be.n made with infinkU. eare by the abovr-mentioned astravm-r. One might rea!ly. consid'r it a ter .etrial Ffecre of continents, islands. coasts. penlnsulae, gulfs, viatt~r. "Mori -,-ter. c.uc;-. rains, t'a . 1i~tifl. snoY.'. atasons. winters and .ommn.r-,. 'pringstU' a..d autturins. pre~vai! as they dro here, and thte inateni.ty of the~ ason.is abw, latel, the same as wi'h us. tht inclination of the axis being h snam, as ouar Our Iproidlnm of the babi:abilty of th, '-tars is limited to hbserrving tii{". cels- !al bt di.e uti.n w-hirch the ontdi'iuns ac -ich tlat o:g'ani'-d nASter ce 'xis't irn a durable form. In the p!lant ,ars the de',sity of a cdhic nt tre of wat, r. <arth. or a1: ma ter is nrely the \v, utecnth of whal i, in here. and the w-ight "is dal S-lotths. A kilogram transported to Mars rouidl tbherefre only weigh 371, ::rams there. and a man or w,.man welgidng 70 kilo' would only weigh 24 tiere. The y-ars are nearly twice as long as Iupon our planet. and the clinmat: ; ,gic-': c n:ltioma sr.eau much mere favorable than theyv ar. he:a. T'he conditionds tnecr nary to life are. we know. nmult' form, as thL· strut(ur4.q of the organic matter is so eompibcated.--ilaruerr' Maazine