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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-01

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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-01

District. aud especially \ large central
public school building in the city OF
0~pelou-a$, In. and rquipping the same,
titles shall yesiiu fire public; or. COLI
slrueting said public school ~hnildiugs
aud purchasing sites therefor, titles t9
which shall vesi III the public.
faxalpie valuation, So
signature Of voteE1-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-01
State Tax Sales
OF MOVABLE AID ENJOYABLE
PROPERTY AND NOTICE 70
MORTGAGE CREDITORS.
The State Of Louisiana VS.. Delinquent
Tax Debtors, Parish of st.
Landry

BY virtue of the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and laws of the
State OF Louisiana, / will sell at the
principal front door OF the courthouse,
In which the civil district court of said
parish is held, within the legal hours
for judicial sales, beginning at IL o'clock
3. m. on
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-01
PROPOSITION NO.

2. Proposition 70 incur debt
and Issue bonas for Opelousas
school District No. T. LIST Police
Jury Ward. to the am ,unt of
Sixly.ffye T..uusand Dollars
(S6501m. 00l 10 run not longer
than ten years from date, and
10 bear Interest not exceeding
Eve per cent per annum, pay
able annually for the purpose
of purchasing Tor ctInstruct4Hgl
public school buildings iii said
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-01

especially a large central public school
building in the city of Opelousas, La,
and equipping the some, titles to
which shall vest in the public.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-01

Propositiontion to levy a 1--WE
mill special tax on all t h e
property subject to State tax
alton in 0peiousas School Dis
trict No. |, lst Police Jury
Ward OF the Parish OF st. Lam
dry, La, for the period of ten
years for the purpose of (a)
Giving additional aid to pub
schools. (b1 Purchasing,
or constructing, public school
buildings in said District aud
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-01
State of Louisiana,

OpeIOnsas, La, May 10Th, IyI2.
The Parish Board of School Directors
of the Parish of ST. Landry, La, con-
vened in special session or pursuant to
call, Hon. O.P. DAILY, President, and
Messrs. J.F. Vidrine, j. G. Carriere, J..
w. Lyman and a quorum being pres
emit. The following resolution was
offered by Mr.J.F Vidrine, who moved
its adoption:
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-06-01

Whereas, there has been filed with
this Board a petition signed by one
fourth of the property taxpayers of
OpeIousas School District No. One. 1st
Police Jury Ward, eligible to vote at
such election, praying that a special
election be ordered in and for said Ope-
lousas School District No. L, lst Police
Jury Ward, at which shall besubmitted
the following propositions. to-wit:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Urges Efficient Work.

Director Martin urged the members of
the organization to enter the campaign
with the view of establishing a record
for efficient work accomplished. He said
a contestant, by winning a district prize
at the end of the month, would be award
ed So and that this amount would be
more than sufficient to maintain him in
the Boy Scouts camp at River View for
week.
Both Dr. Murray and Director Martin
laid emphasis on the feature OF the
campaign concerning the reporting OF
nuisances. The scouts were told that for
each location Of a nuisance reported to
the health department they would be
awarded 90 points, which would count
in the scoring.
1t is more than probable that the new
fly war recruits will pay particular at
,tention to this feature. Scouting is their
business and only by scouting. or OBJ
serving carefully. can the existence OF
nuisances or insanitary places be dis
covered. OF course. the scouts Will h.
told not to allow their zeal in the I'M
dertaking to lead them on private prem
ises hut they will be impressed with the
fact that there are mary nuisances of a
public character which they can discover
merely by being on the lookout for them
The principal ones insanitary
alleys, minor streets, yards. vacant lots,
sheds, chicken and pigeon coops, accum-
ulations of manure and of refuse con-
tanning vegetable matter. Reports of all
such conditions discovered should be made
direct to DR.. Murray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21

one conducted by The Star seems to
be better systematized than others, and
as consequence the results should be
better In New York we have had fights
against the mosquito, and beyond doubt
the number OF the pests has been greatly
diminished.
ut is advisable to have the boys and
girls in the campaign to report the breed
ing places OF the fiies. In my opinion.
breeding places. and even when they are
kent as clean as possible the flies will
he found in droves. At the time Of the
MATHEMATICIAN war flies were caught
and their legs marked with white chalky
nowder and then turned loose in NTH
soon after the same flies were caught
in the wards OF nearby hospitals. The
sickness at the time of the war is a good
example of the danger of flies and mos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Another Dagobert Tale.

Another of l.. J. BceStons "Dagoberts
children" stories The Parole OF Hon
or" appears in our next sunday Maya
zinc. Poor Adolphe, the boy OF the band
Of freebooters, suddenly found himself in
the vicinity of his Old home. and. over
come by desire TO see his mother. sur
rendered himself TO the Prussans and
was given a parole of an hour. when he
was 10 return and be shot. Sut things
were not 10 be worked out 80 easily. for
APT DaSobert was destined 10 play an
important part in the tragedy. and saved
Ills follower At the end o. q series OF
amazing incidents. Many readers viii
consider this the best of the series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
MEDICAL MEN COMMEND
CRUSADE AGAINST FLIES
Comment of Stars Campaign by DR..
Sibley of National Eclectic
Association.

''The entire medical fraternity. includ-
ing allopaths. homeopaths and eclectics,
Will be interested in the result of The
Stars anti-1y campaign said Dr. John
7. Sibley. who is delegate TO the forty
second annual meeting OF the National
Eclectic :iedical Association, in session at
the Shoreham. DIR. Sibley is the head
of one OF the departments of the Eclec-
tic Medical College OF New York. He
continued:
mo matter how much the students Of
the three great schools Of medicine may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
ov in the determination of the pests.

low in the determination OF the pests.
If a small percentage or the scnooi emil
dren during their s4 mrer vacations would
spend a part Of their time killing or
trapping flies it is A certainty that the
fly market would be diminished to a large
extent 1t would bc a great credit TO
tho city to he the first i'll the country to
really make inroads on the f1y.
Il am heartily in favor OF The Stars
campaign and am sure that all doctors
will agree with me. Even when flies as
menace to health are not considered they
arc a general nuisance in any home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21

John w. Arnold and Edward Hopkins
Of the Maryland state board of health
assisted by two Hagerstown. Md, police
men, held up thirty-one milk wagons
Thursday as the dealers We're entering
the city and secured samples of milk and
cream, which were shipped to the state
chemist in Baltimore for analysis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Pests at Union Station.

Although the Union station with its
clean stone and marble interior apparent
ly offers no inducements to flies as a
rendezvous. at times the insects are found
there in droves. The womens waiting
room seems to be the mecca Of most of
the unwelcome guests
AT least once day." said the matron,
yesterday, "ali of the flies i'll the waiting
room are killed or driven out by the
porters. but despite this, at times. es-
pecially on sultry days. there are 50
many flies as to greatly annoy persons
waiting for the trains. Every window is
screened and ny paper is always spread
in places where there is no danger or
travellers coming in contact with II. AS a
general rule the number of flies In the
building is in direct proportion to the
number OF people, and / am sure that
the flies follow the people into the build
ing The waiting room is SO completely
screened that it is impossible for any of
the flies to get in except by following
the people"
The attention OF The Star was called to
the flies In the station by Washington
woman who is often there, and who said
that at times the flies were most annoy
ing. The woman suggests that boys and
girls in The Stars anti-fy campaign be al
lowed TO rid the station of the nuisance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
TWO ARE ELECTROCUTED.
Negroes Die Within Eight Minutes
of Each Other.

RICHMOND, Va. June a1.-Byrd Jack
son and Clarence Nixon. negroes, died in
the electric chair here this morning with
in eight minutes Of each other
Jackson was the first person to pay the
death penalty in the electric chair for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Work in Washington Endorsed.

1T is most appropriate that real anti
fin campaign is being conducted in the
Capital city OF the nation, and I am sure
that physicians all over the country will
be greatly interested in it's effect and
that undoubtedly other cities Will fol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Col. Stanhope E. Blunt Retires.

Col. Stanhope f. Blunt. L. S. A.. OF
the ordnance department has been re-
tired from the army on his own ap-
plication. Col. Blunt is a native OF
Massachusetts, where he was born In
1850. and Is now in charge of the
Springfield armory, Massachusetts,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21

differ in their views on some subjects,
they all agree unanimously that the ny
is one OF the greatest distributors of
germs, and is directly responsible FOR
much of the sickness and death IN the
world. Possibly at times the deadly
work OF the insect is exaggerated, but
tests have been made which conciusively
prove that flies carry germs and bacteria.
and. In fact, spend most OF their time 40
Ing II.
Have Part In Spreading Disease.
on course, there are cases OF unusual
iy healthy communities where fiies will
be found in droves. but, on the other
hand, If sickness should break out In
these same communities the flies would
play an important part in the spreading
of the disease.
There IS no question, if the boys and
girls in The Stars contest continue 70
Kill from two 10 three million of the flies
a month, that the result will be noticeable
not only to the health authorities, but the
absence OF flies, will be conspicuous In
the homes. There have been many fly
contests all over the country. but the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Prizes for the Month.

At the end OF the month The Star
will award $40 in district prizes and $50
in general prizes. Boy Scouts, by put
ting forth the activities of which they
are capable during the next week should
he the principal winners of the district
awards.
Separate records will be kept by Dr.
Murray for the Boy Scouts and play
ground participants. The latter are max
ing Preparations TO get ar early start In
next months campaign. Details Of their
participation now are being arranged by
Director Martin ana the instructors Of
the nine Fairgrounds. 1t is more than
likely that the juveniles will form fly
swatting" squads to represent the various
Fairgrounds.
DIR. Murray today announced that the
total number of flies that have been de-
since the beginning of the June
campaign is 171s.3o OF this number,
Layton n. Burdette, the leader, has killed
$1,000 Lawrence Fitzgerald, who Is In
second place. has killed 521,6 GOO Mark
T.rice and William Steiner. who are i'll
third and fourth place.. have to their
credits, respectively. III 300 and 20S. 200
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
A Second Tremendous Cutting OF Prices!

Not only the Retiring Sale COMPLETE clearance of the
Value ignored effort OF merchandise
regretuy terminating both successful and agreeable
Your virtually DOUBLED purchasing atytolowmg tn
still choice could betterfor
the Men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21

breaking into building. assaulting J. J..
Farmer, a merchant of Bowling Green.
and robbing him. Nixon paid the death
penalty for an atrocious crime in Ports
mouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Trger cuI isis Medicine
Saved This Mans Life

Pneumonia j. serious disease and
often lays the foundation for chronic
lung troubles-sometimes tuberculosis re-
suits After Pneumonia, any serious
or stubborn cold, IL Is wise to take Eek
mans Alternative and avoid the dspgers OF
disease. Read of the recovery in this
css:
336 No. 4lst ST, Phila. IA
Gentlemen: ! WAS suffering from a
very serious abscrssed lung. which fol-
lowed bad attack Of pneumonia NV
physician and specialist declared my
cas-. hopeless. am very thankful Ia You
aud the Almighty God Tor the change OF
health your medicine has brought me-
II also wish to shy thai ] have fully
recovered my rcalth. having been cared
for over thrce wears
tSigusI Atldavitr rlfoS. REILLY.
Telman'S Sltrrstive Is effective in
I:fon, hits. i>ti,na. lis! Fever. ThraGt
and LING Troubles. and Ia uphu.jing the
system Does nor contain pois"ns OPT
s.es or habit forming drugs. For sale hy
0Ionuelis Drug Store and ether leading
druggists. Ask for booklet telling Of
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Phila.. Pa. for additional evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
Response Enthusiastic.

Director Martin. who was responsible
for the decision TO have the playground
children participate in the campaign. sug-
gested to the Boy Scouts accompanying
the River View excursion this morning
that they affiliate with the movement
The suggestion met with enthusiastic re-
Spouse.
DR.. Murray. who made the trip in order
to test the water at River View, where
the Boy Scouts will have a camp next
month, was asked to explain the require
ments of the crusade. Anticipating just
sucA request. DR.. Murray had provided
himself with copies of the map showing
the eight sections into which the city has
been divided for the purposes of the
campaign. These were distributed among
the scouts.
Dr.. Murray pointed out that, in sew
eral of the districts. no competition has
Yet been developed. and stated that, II
the scouts will commence operations at
once in the territories in which they re-
side they will stand splendid opportuni-
ties of being among the District prize
winners at the end OF the month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
SCOUTS WILL SWAT
Boys Join in Movement for Fly
less City.
MEANS MUCH TO CRUSADE
Greater Blows Expected to Fall in
Enemy's Camp.
ENLIST WHILE ON STEAMER
Director Martin and DR.. Murray Get
Pledges on River
Trip.

Boy Scouts OF Washington today en-
listed in The Stars campaign for a fyless
city. Their affiliation with the movement
was effected on board the steamer st.
Johns. while large numbtr Of scouts
and Director Edgar S. Martin were en-
route to River View for a days outing.
Mr.. Martin and DR.. Arthur L. Murray.
supervisor of the campaign, conducted the
enrolment ceremonies.
The bringing of the Boy Scouts into
the fight for healthier city is expected
20 be followed by a telling reduction in
the ranks of the fly. Last week officials
of the Playground Association decided to
attempt TO interest the children patroniZ-
ing the recreation centers in the fly war.
There arc about 5000 playground chill
dren and loo Boy Scouts. The employ
ment of these two forces in the cam
paign. in addition TO the children already
participating In it. is believed TO spell
doom for the fir.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-02-17

had promised the pitcher suit of
clothes II be won certain import
ant game, and the HEAVIER turned
the trick.
One morning IN the spring the
manager picked up paper saying
his pitcher had decided 10 quit. and
aside from coaching a college team,
would instruct In other branches.
That very morning the manager
had received a letter from the
pitcher, In which he requested
check for that blew surge" prom
iscd him.
when struck those Words
said the manager. II was curious
Ia know In what other branches my
pitcher might instruct. Surely liter
ature was not one OF them"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-02-17
SAYS KILBANE WILL WIN in
FIFTEEN ROUNDS

ward him. which gives the impetus
Of the glove double force Ne 10
much more intelligent than the
usual run Of boxers--is good.
home youth--ls young. ambitious
and thoroughly paInstaking in his
training.
lie Ia a crafty ring general
knows every angie ~ the game
has met the BEST boys In the bud
ness ard IL almost the equal Of
AtteIl In the art OF boxing His
arms and hands have never been
broken. Although slight In build.
he deceives his looks aud Ia one OF
the toughest boys of his weight In
the ring really believe he doesn't
know how good he IL. Here In
where ! get this line
In his first battle with Joe Rivers
he used his fieetnexs OF foot for n
spell. but any time he stood ground
and snapped blows with the Mex.
lean he was the latter's peer and
showed defensive work Of the
highest ability. He II an adept at
feinting and dncking
Attell Is an old hand al the bust.
ness. His confidence n simply
amazing. and | believe he would
tackle hieh-ciass middleweigbt.
ife IL shrewd. crafty. and the great
est ring general In the business TO
day--but he has been too long IN
the game TO keep up the high
standard ne set six years ago when
he was at his best Since that time
he has broken his shoulder and
MANNED his hands number Of
times
His right hand. around the base
Of the thumb. Is liable 70 go back
on him at any time. Ills bouts In
the last two years were nothing TO
brag Of and he has consistently
refused tuntii the present match)
to 90 20 rounds. When such boys
as Frankie Conley can box him To
a draw fprovlded. Of course. he was
trying) can't acc where he can have
cinch with Kilbane, who made
Conley look like a novice.
! think Attell has seen his best
days and is due to carry the pitcher
to the well. and don't know OF n
iikelier lad In the world TO play
the well than Johnny Kilbane.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-02-17
BOWLING MEET
IS ON

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 1.-THE
ANNUAL meeting OF the BOWERS Of
the West IL In progress here To-
day. with all Indications pointing
20 a satisfactory week. The open
Ing gsmes we're disappointing 70
the pin enthusiasts. poor scores be-
ing the rule Of tho evening. The
Htlnnon women'a quintet of Los
Angeles captured first prize Of the
tournament for women bowfsrn.
carrying away the honor With a TO
sai II but 1868 pins. The Good
year.Tirc five Of Loa Angeles. with
the poor score OF 2.tsz. were the
top rollers among the men.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-02-17

. . . . . . .
Tr HIS Ike Coleman. who amuses
himself playing ball IN the
v summer. keeps In trim boxing
In the winter and earns a renpcctar
bio recompenne selling papers the
whole year round. IL tough young
Etsr. ia other words. there II no
glass IN hls Jaw. and bis solar
piexus region IL lnvulncrabIe.
Out of the pssflme smoker In
Georgetown tho other night a Ger.
tain police sergeant eIbovcd his
way 10 Dan Salt
~Thss coIemsn kid 10 . bad. tough
guy. n he gets 10 beating the 9th
sr hid up, better stop H."
Dan acaui~eced. but he didn't
have To stop the mill. Archie Wy
ard was Ike's oppoaenf. and Arch
more than held his o~n--he got the
umplre's declalon-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-02-17

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-02-17
and BESCHER THE
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To escape the waiting runner hros
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OF
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Keep In leash They VIII
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