St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-06-18
PROGRE ESSWE LEAGUE
is REORGANIzED
DF. A. ]. BerGlOr the President, and c. Percy
Dunbar the Secretary.
WAS A ROUSING MEETING
Free mall Delivery and A Hagnanlm0us
Proposition from the Frisco were Prime
Objects of Discussion.

is once more on working footing,
permanently SO, we trust,
The meeting held atthe courthouse
Monday night was well attended, and
all seemed imbued with the necessity
Of strong and continued organization.
Two questions we're passed upon
by the rejuvenated League. questions
Of prime Importance. These were
the securing of free mail delivery,
and the consideration Of d communi-
cation from Mr.. D. Il. Guilbeau. at
torney Of the Frisco, OF Colorado
Southern, New Orleans & Pacific rail-
road, in which the attorney expressed
it as his opinion that the road would
abandon The suit now pending involY-
ing STE, 900 voted as a tax BY the
city of Opelousas, provided that this
tax money should be used for the
building Of a sewerage system and
other municipal improvements. The
tax is now in litigation, on account
.of the road not running trains Or
finishing It's road in the time speci-
fed. tt was the almost unanimous
sentiment that while the road was
delayed sometime, it was morally, if
not legally, entitled to the tax money,
and that It's offer to turn it over to
the city for public improvements was
d magnanimous act. and greatly ap-
preciated. A committee will be ap-
pointed to look into the various
phases Of the matter, but the prop
osition is virtually accepted, as it
should be. 1t is believed that an
election will be held, and the tax now
voted to the Colorado Southern,
voted to public improvements.
The other proposes that The people
of the city buy some six hundred dol
lars worth of stamps between this
time and July LIST, for the purpose
of placing Opelousas il the free mail
delivery list, It is required that the
revenues reach sic, 900 before IL can
be made d free delivery office, and il
is estimated that $500 is about the
amount needed TO put Opelousas IN
that class next July. A committee
Of four, consisting Of Il. S, Isacks, "a.
H. Garland, John H. Harmanson and
IC. Il. Allen, was appointed to solicit
among the people of the city the pur-
chasing Of stamps. Stamps are as
good as preenbacks, said one Of the
speakers and there should be no
trouble in getting our people to buy
stamps in advance, thereby getting q
handsome interest. because the in
stallation Of free mail delivery helps
| the entire community
DR.. A. J. Bercier was elected
President, w. J. Sandoz vice-presi-
dent, R. Percy secretary and G. TT
Cretin treasurer, with the following
Board Of Directors:
DR.. A. ]. Bercier, G. P. Dunbar, ]
lG. Lawler, Ben Riseman. Geo. b
Cooke, M Winsberg, Aaron Jacobs
! ]. j. Healey, Austin E. Fontenot, w
j. Sandoz, j. w. Lewis, ]. a. Budd
]. T. st Cyr, i. S. Isacks, R. Morn
hinveg, DR.. ]. a. Shaw, L. q. Danel
Mr.. John w. Lewis was appointed
as a committee of one to secure fol
this city the next lawyers S convention
which convokes on the 18th Of July
1911. An invitation was EXTENDED
i to the third and fourth class post
masters to meet here in July, 1911
The meeting was the best held ii
many years.
Mr.. Guilbean's proposition con
eerning the transfer Of the ColoradO
Southern tax to municipal improve
ment is as follows:
To the Progressive Lesgue Of tht
City Of 0pelousas.
Through you, as also, through tht
Mayor and Board of Aldermen Of thil
/ City, i desire to submit 70 the people
OF this city the following proposition
.If the people Of this city viii, ii
such manner as may be proper, agret
to continuance of the levy and col
lection Of the tax voted a few years
ago in favor of the Colorado South
ern, New Orleans and Pacific R. r
Co, I feel reasonably certain that saiC
fcompany will abandon any and al
rights it may have to the fund;
yielded by said tax, provided ths
/ sum be used BY the city for the III.
stallation Of q municipal sewerage
] plant; and provided further that such
sum as may be yielded by said tax II
excess of the amount necessary fol
| the sewerage plant be used By the
city for improving its light and water
plant.
| II this proposition be Important
enough, and with a view Of determin.
! ing whether such arrangements cal
| be effected as also the means on tht
method to be employed, / would sug
| gest the appointment Of d COMMITTEES
. of FIVE citizens, three of whom III nv
opinion should Be lawyers. / am, 81
course, not authorized to commit tfs
railroad company to this proposition