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NJ nvson DA Brock
: y Rrumield G w Parker
= A Waallev w w Russell
m uoi,,dav IF Brumfeld Is
n 7 Mace RS Richardson
~ Alford VIII Pettitt II
. N Rootv A Brock l.
Iohn r dyson CM Breland
c,hns W Brumfield J w Carter
+ A Rrumfield Mrs L Afford
- Magae VT Dixon
10 Rnotv HIM Powell
A J Pierce = II oroeA
TIE Conerly
On motion duly seconded, the
following resolution was unani'
mously adopted: Considering the
netiticn of one fourth Of the prop.
erty taxpayers eligible to vote
i IN School s district No. 8of the Par
ish of Washington State OF Loulsl-
ana, i is unanimously resolved by
this Board in legal session con-
vened. that a special election be
held in school district Of said par:
ish and state on the 18th, day Of
September 1912, between the legal
} hours for holding elections; at
which time the question Of levy
ing a special tax Of five mills per
annum on the dollar upon all tax
; able property within the bounda'
, RES Of said school district tor q
$ period of five years beginning
. with the year 1912 and ending
with the year 1915, for the pur'
; pose of giving additional aid to the
r public schools in said school dle
0 trict Of said parish and state, shall
!, be submitted to the property tax
Q payers of said district who are on
d titled tovote under the constitution
o and laws of the state OF Loulsl
b ana, subject to the terms and con
II ditions Of the petition Of tax.pay
% ers of said school district whic
" is a part Of this resolution
10 Be it further resolved that sal
% special election shall be held un
10 der the election laws Of this stat
er at the Mt. Herman polling plac'
. precinct No. 9, which place
~ ~ established by law for holdir
u elections and the ballot tn
>, shall be used atsaid election shs
~ be in the following form:
tn FORTHE LEVYING OF A TIA
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.
Proposition to levy q
FIVE mill tax on all
property subject to
state taxation in Stony
Point school district
No: 3, of Washington
Paris h, Louisiana,
for the period Of five
Years, for the purpose,
Of giving additional a!
aid to the pub llc
school in said school
district No. 8, OF
Washington Parish,
Louisiana.
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(sienature Of Voter

favor Of the proposition submitted
upon this ballot place CROSS (A
mark in the square after the word
Yes; to vote against it place 2
similar cross mark after the woro
No.
Be it further resolved that J. Q,
Magee, q. E. Brumheld aud D. A.
Brock are hereby appointed Com.
rnissioners and L. P. Knight
Clerk to hold said election at Mt.
Herman all Of whom are registered
voters, residing in said school
district, parish and state.
That they shall on the 18th. day
Of Sept. 1912, hold said election
at the places herein designated
and the Secretary Of this Board il
authorized to give said Commits.
sioners and clerks due notice OF
their appointment and to notify
them Of time and place Of holding
said election and to make their
returns Of SAID election to this
body in the town Of Franklinton.
Parish Of Washington, State OF
.ILouisiana, which shall announce
and promulgate the returns Of
said election aoooro'ng 70 Jaw. =,
Be It furtner resolveu tns1 4 .no
Commissioner, OF , sHla elecelo y
shall receive the Dallo's u q,
properly tax a,paye.i.s =. sslo a. scnoo'
district No. = enntled 70 vote un,
der the consu1utlo a'.s suo "a! lsys - = ).
!! the State OF Lonis, ,s ana 49,. .ne
voters g the sslo eisos'oa .o uetU. 1.
deRos1 .Ia 1890. .as,s 49, smou ne 3
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On mOQOu uuly SoOOAu0u uAu
carried the following resolution
was unanimously adopted Con.
sidering the petition of one.tour
of the property taxpayers eligible
to vote in school district No. 9 OF
Of the parish Of Washington state
Of Louisiana it is unanimously
resolved by this Board in lega!
session convened, that special
election be held in school district
No 8 Of said parish and state on
the 18th. day Of Sept. 1912, be-
tween the legal hours for holding
elections; at which time the ques..
ton Of levying special tax OF
IL mills per annum on the dollar
upon all taxable property within
| the boundaries of said school dis
trict No. q for . period Of five
years beginning with the year
|l912 and ending with the year
1915, tor the purpose OF giving
additional aid to the public
school in said school district No. !.
8 Of said parish and state, shall
lie submitted to the property tax.
payers Of said school district No.
! 8 who are entitled to vote under
the constitution and laws Of the
Istste Of Louisiana subject to vote
under the conditions Of the peti.
ton Of the taxpayers OF schoo!
district No. 8 which 10 q part OF
this resolution.
i Be it further resolved that said
special election shall be held IN.
'. der election laws Of this state at
the Burkhalter and Magee polling
place, precinct No. 2, which
place is established by Law iol
holding elections and the ballo,
| to be usedat said election shall
] be in the following form:
FOR THE LEvYING OF ATAz
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,ast to NV corner Of ne or OF NV i
1r, sec. 8 thence south to middle
IF said section, thence east to Sc
,ornen Of sw or Of ne Or of said
section, thence north to corner
between Jack Penny and George ,
Brnmfeld, thence east to section
line thence north to ne corner OF
section 8, thence east along SEQ.
lion line between sections 4 and
3 and 3 and 10 to so corner OF sw
az Of sw or, sec, 8, thence north
to headlight No. 81, thence west
to corner Of said headlight and
thence north to NV corner OF sald
headlight, thence on q line to sw
corner Of Edwin Russell head
right, thence along said headlight
line to whore it strikes the Graves
headlight and thence along said
line to place Of begin
ming.
on motion duly seconded and
CARRIED the Sunny Hill School
DISTRICT No. 8 was created ana
1deansd 90 follows: Beginning at
APPOINT on Parish Line between
Tepsipahoa and " ashington par
Iales where the ward line between
wards one and two strikes same,
thence north along said parish
line to the point where Mt. Her
nan School District No 3 strikes
parish line, thence in easterly d.
rection slong the south boundary
81 the said NC, Herman School
Dnxick Ms. 3 to point where
9ily u strikes same, thence
! llcng silver Creek to the
B, q SlS corner Of Evan James
d No. RS thence south along
% boundary line Of SAID
ticht q. seclion line between
Il bns 4 md I, thence east along
fneto point where section ]
3 mr. : "a sections 8 and \
4 re thence south e
s. ~ lino 3 een wards one ant
thel,c ut along said ware
"a III point 81 beginning.
q ~ Ton ing petition from tn
Sunny Hin School District NO.
was nsidered:
10 the Honorable Presiden
and Members Of the Parish Boar
Y 81 school Directors Of the Paris
Sc Fashington, Louisiana.
The petition Of the undersigne
nroperty Taxpayers Of schot
histrict No. 8 Of the Parish (
Vaehink ton @ crested and dehl
4 b ed 81 Z resolution Of the Board (
il, i1ohool DIRECTORS Of ssid Parisl
paaeed on the let. day Of Angus
10, and being and constitution
ne-fourth Of the property tai
spoyelS eligible, b vote g sue
& I'D. resp fully pray tn
Be- 81 Honorable Body, actin
thin and under the authority
/ thA Constitution and LAWS
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Notice.

/ thereby notify the public that
lam applying for . pardon.
Matteo Holmes.
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Notice.

Notice.
/ hereby notify the pubic
that / am applying for 9 pardon.
81 Ed Burnet.
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signature of Voter)

VOrQ NVs Iel
Be it further resolved. that 2. b
A. Carter, o, E. Brook and G. E. b
Tate are hereby appointed G! com.
missioners and j. W. Scbilling +.
clerk to hold said election at 9
Ne, Herman, all Of whom are !
registered voters residing in said /
school district No. 8, Washington t
parish, Louisiana. That they
shall on the 18th day Of September
1912 hold said election at the place
herein designated and the Score
tary Of this Board is authorised
to Give said commissioners and
clerk due notice Of their appoints
ment and to notify them Of the
time and place Of holding said
election and to make their returns
| Of said election to this Body in the
town Of Franklinton, Parish OF
Washington, State Of Louisiana,
which shall announce and pro-
mulgate tho returns OF said cleo
ton according to law.
Be il further resolved that the
commissioners of said election
shall receive the ballots OF Oh
the property taxpayers Of said
school district No. 3 entitled to
vote under the constitution and
laws Of the State Of Louisiana and
the voters ct said election before
depoeiting their ballots together:
with the aggregate amount Of
property situated in said school
district No. 8 for which they are
assessed during the year 1912,
said commissioners in making 70.
turns Of said election shall state
J the number Of votes cast and the
} amount Of the assessed value Of
I the property voted for and against
, the levying Of the said special tax
!. Be it further resolved that no
tice Of this election be advertised
for thirty days In the Era. Leade!
9 the ofRcial journal OF this Boar
y published weekly in the town Q
% Franklinton, Parish Of Washing
}, ton, State Of Louisiana in fou
: consecutive Issues.
s. Be II tuther resolved that thi
. Board meet on the 10th day Z
:. September 1912 to canvas the re
= turns Of special election ordere'
o. this day in the Mt. Herman schoe
district No. 3 and the Gorma
school district No. 8 and tn
Sunny Hill school district No. {
There being no further bushes
the Board stood adjourned.
F. B. Bateman, Pres. Protein
~ D. H. Struggled, 6eo'y.
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Of said election shall state the
number of votes cast and the
amount of the assessed value OF
the property voted for and against
the levying Of the said special tax
Be it further resolved that no.
tice of this election be advertised
for thirty days in the Era Leader
the official journal of this Board
published weekly in the town OF
franklinton, Parish of Washing
ton, State of Louisiana in four
consecutive issues.
The following petition from the
Mt. Herman School District NO. s
was considered, viz;
To the Honorable President
and Members of the Parish School
Directors Of the Parish OF Wash
lington, Louisiana.
The petition of the undersigned
property taxpayers Of School Die.
trlct No 3 of the parish of Wash.
|ineton as created and Defined BY
a resolution Of the Board Of Sohoo!
directors Of said Parish, passed
on the oath day of May, 1911 and
being and constituting one fourth
Of the property taxpayers eligible
to vote at such election, respect
] fully pray that your Honorable
9 Body. acting within and unde
T the authority Of the Constitution
} and Laws Of Louisiana, do ordel
' that a special election b held il
/ the manner required by law, 10
i the purpose Of determining wheth
i or or not 4 special tax shall b
n levied and collected in said DIN
J. trict, as hereinafter set forth,
81 Petitioners pray that Of sal
). election your Honorable Body d
If submit to a vote Of the propert
IF taxpayers Of said School Distric :
n No. 8, entitled. to vote at go
8 election, the following prtposit'o
70 to.Wit:
n To levy q special tax Of +,
d mills on the dollar on ell proper1
9 in School District No. 8, OF Il
70 Parish of Washington, Louisian'
o ;, subject to State taxation snnnl!
J ~ for q period Of five years for u
4 purpose Of giving additional .
Q. to public school in said distrit
= The undersigned petitone
NO .oenoctf,,llv a,1hmit to the abOV
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similar crossmark after the word

No.
Re it further resolved that N.
svlyest, H. G. Richardson and l..
A. Bickham are hereby appointed
commissioners and HammonRlch-
ardson, clerk, to hold said cleo
ton at Burkhalter and Magees
Mill, all of whom are registered
voters residing in said school
district No. 8 parish of Washing.
ton, State of Louisiana. Ihat
they shall on the 14th day ofsep::
TENDER 1912 hold said election at
the place herein designated and
the Secretary Of this Board is
authorized to give said commits.
sioners and clerk due notice OF
their appointment and to notify
them Of the time and place OF
holding said election and to make
their returns of said election to
this body in the town OF Frank
linton, parish of Washington,
State of Louisiana, which shall
announce and promulgate the re-
/. turns of said election according
to law.
Be it further resolved that tn
!, commissioners of said election
: shall receive the ballots OF al
d property taxpayers Of said schoo
i. district No. 9 entitled to vote un
o der the constitution and laws Q
70 the State of Louisiana and tn
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CoMMuTArIoN

There is no change in the old
law in connection with commuta-
ton proofs, excepting that to
commute, fourteen months ac-
tual residence is required, and an
entryman in committing must
show that he is a citizen Of the
United States. Under the old
law commutation proof could be
made by an alien who had declar-
ed his intention to become a citi-
zen. Under the new law the en-
tryman must be a citizen.
TO COMPUTE RESIDENCE
Although thenew law requires
three years actual residence,
the five months leave Of absence
each yearis not deductea. There
fore, under this law an entry
man who lives seven months
each year for three years upon
the land, may make proof, pro
viding the other requirements Of
the law are fulfilled.
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Visit Wheat Fields Near
Cisud

Last Thursday a crowd of Clo-
Wis folk consisting of Messrs.
Pritchett, Ottowa, Armstrong,
Liebelt, Campbell, Claiborne,
and the quill pusher Of this sheet,
accepted the hospitality of c. e.
Dennis and w. L. Mansfield to
take a JOY ride in their respect
i've cars out to the wheat fields
north of town.
Now newspaper men are some
what skeptical upon hearing of a
bit Of news Of this character and
we frankly admit that we were
resolved not to hold any sack for
snipe upon arriving at our des-
tination; but as we drew nearer
and beheld the stacks ofth gem
uine article we We're somewhat
awe struck to see the fields of
ripened grain and the header
moving it down and carting it to
the wagon to be stacked.
Claud V. Kelly, a merchant of
this beautiful prairie town Of
Claud, and Cyclone Jones are the
heaviest planters. There are
probably some 200 acres of wheat
in this vicinity, and conservative
wheat estimators reckon the
yield to be from Is to 20 bushels
per acre. You say, not so bad,
eh, " well there will be some Clo-
Wis farmers come through this
season with we'll filled Wallets.
Mr.. Jones estimates his wheat
will bring about 100000 this
year.
These gentlemen say there is
no reason why the whole coun-
try could not be full of just such
wheat fields as these. Mr. Kel-
ly further remarked thai the
season had not been anything ex-
ceptional, and that only one
heavy snow fell on his field. AN
that is necessary to grow wheat
in this country is the proper
kind of cultivation, said Mr..
Kelly Il began plowing my
field last July preparatory tC
planting wheat in the fall, anC
/ believe renumerative wheat
crops can be grown one yeal
with another where the land is
properly cultivated"
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state in the southwest to visit
San Diego and if he has come
ahaad Of the other commission
ers it is because he was in the
state of Galisornia when he re-
ceived a wire from Governor
Mcdonald asking him to serve
on the commission.
When DR.. Shuler's name was
discovered on the register of the
u S. Grant hotel, exposition
officials Immediately called on
him and proceeded to show him
not only the exposition sites but
the city's sites. Like all visit
ors who come here the doctor
was enthusiastic over the pur-
pie mountains and the wonder
ful horseshoe harbor so large az
to be able to hold all the natives
Of the world and have room for
more.
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New Mexico First On
Ground at San Diego

San Diego, CAL, A New Mex
co pennant is waving this NOR
ming from the top of the admin
istration building over in 1400
acre Balboa park where San
Diego is building her exposition
to celebrate the opening of the
Panama canal. That pennant
is in honor of the visit here Of
DIR. J. j. Shuler, mayor of Ration,
and one Of the FIVE of Mcdonald
to represent New Mexico at the
San Diego and the San Francisco
expositions.
DR.. Shuler is the first exposi-
ton commissioner from any
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Base Ball

A large and enthusiast crowd
Of Clovis fans accompanied the
ball team to Roswell, where one
of the most interesting games Of
the season was played. on the
4th, resulting in a score of three
to four in favor of Roswell. In
a preliminary game played the
day before, The Clovis aggrega-
tion of stick artists were victc-
rious.
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johnson Wins Fight From
Flynn In Ninth Round

Round /.
Will you shake hands, Jack, "
asked Flynn as he opened the
battle BY rushing into a clinch.
"Geep retorted the black.
Flynn kept in close but John
son easily avoided his attempts
and flung a stiff left to the ear
and a moment later flung a hard
short arm jolt to the jaw. John
son smiled constantly and fought
with great care. Flynn backed
the negro against the ropes and
the champion rewarded him
with a right that cut deep
cash under his left eye.
Round all Johnson's.
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Portales VS.. Clovis

The vets of Portales and tie
dries Of Clovis played their first
game of the season at Lavender
park Sunday. It was a dry
game, that is the dries won.
The local boys led off in the
first inning with five scores.
After the first the boys from the
irrigation town changed pitchers
and Bramlett the man on the
Herald assembled the mound and
held the locals to two more runs.
The Portales-Rogers team does
we'll but they matched them
selves against a too heavy team
when they tried the Clovis
bunch. They are a nice set of
gentlemenly fellows and we in
yite them to come back when
they feel lucky.
The score was: Clovis Z, Por-
tales 2.
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Round 2.


AS Flynn rushed, Johnson
simply grasped him about the
shoulders and held him at bay,
all the while grinning like an
ape.
The champion pecked at the
ireman's face with light lefts
and as they clinched uppercut
heavily with rights to the jaw.
The champion toyed with
Flynn, twice more shooting right
uppercuts to the jaw, one OF
which sent the freman's head
bobbing.
The champion early indicated
it was to be a battle of words as
we'll as blows, time and again
exchanging the usual repartee
with the spectators. Flynn's
mouth bled as he took his seat
very much worsted during the
three minutes of fighting in this
round.
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Round A.

AeOAAAA 4
Flynn rushed in close and was
met with the customary rain of
right and left upper-cuts to the
face. At that it seemed as if
theT champion was holding him
self in check. He indulged Flynn
with a few stomach taps, scarce
ly trying to protect his body
from Flynn's attacks.
johnson constantly showed his
stomach and invited him to blaze
away, which convulsed the spec
tators.
Flynn elected a great ch eer
when he rushed the black to the
ropes and planted asolid left tc
the jaw.
The round ended with Flynn's
farce covered with blood.
Johnson's S round.
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Round 8

Round 8.
Flynn cut short a witty re-
mark of Johnson's by twice
hooking his right to the jaw.
This stopped the black, who cut
loose with short right arm cuts
to the jaw. Johnson bled slight
ly from the mouth as he emerg-
ed from a mid-ring mix-up, but
Flynn spat blood in a stream as
the champion cut his mouth and
eye with a volley Of right and
left swings.
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Round z. johnson played with
the Puebloan as a kitten would
with mouse. He landed fully
a dozen rapid-ire rights and
lefts to the face and at the same
time placed himself in a position
to withstand Fynn's butting
tactics.
Wait a minute, cried the
champion to spectator, who
had shouted for him to end it.
Flynn bled profusely from the
nose as johnson beat a healthy
tattoo with left and right to that
organ.
Flynn failed to land a glove
on the champion, the blacks de-
fense proving impEegnable.
Johnson made the blood fair
ly flow as he rained rights and
lefts on Flynn.
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w. B. Durham wife and son
Lyle, of Milo, Iowa. arrived Sat
urday and will visit at the home
eff c. j. Quante for about a
month.
Billy Nelson is in the city this
week shaking hands witia many
old friends.
Bill Hubbard, an old Time Clio
Wis baseball player, was in the
city this week.
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Round s.

AN1NAAAA 70
Johnson came up nonchalantly
turning his head to the spectat-
ors and hardly noticing his white
antagonist.
Flynn banged away at the
stomach but this time Johnson
covered up and shot four Iefts to
the face in quick succession, va
rying it with a left upper-cut to
the jaw. Flynn, at close quar-
ters, landed half a dozen punch
es on the stomach but Johnson
only smiled and again made no
apparent attempt to protect his
mid-section.
johnson aroused the crowd to
merriment by releasing Flynn's
hold and clapping his own gloves
together like a happy school girl.
II can't fight while he's hold
ing me, shouted Flynn, protest,
ing to the referee. Tie round
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vic anu aeCVAuas
Round 6. Flynn butted with
his head three times and COM
planned that Johnson made it
justifable by holding him.
Flynn was severely reprmand-
ed for deliberately butting the
the champion.
johnson dazzled the fireman
with his speed, landing left and
right to the jaw. Flynn was
again warned for butting. This
time the champion objected
strongly.
1t looked as if Flynn was seek
ing a loophoIe to stop the beat
ing being administered by the
black. johnson dazzled the fire
man with his speed. landing left
and right to the face, and Flynn
again was warned for butting.
The champion objected strong
ly.
He's holding" me was
Flynn's excuse.
Johnson maddened lunged a
volley Of straight left and right
punches to to the face, fairly be-
wildering Flynn. Then he stop
ped himself, apparently with a
view to prolonging the contest.
Flynn's seconds also warned him
to cease butting when he sat the
round end out.
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HEIRS

There are no changes in the
law as to heirs of deceased entry
men, they being required to full
fill all the requirements Of the
law except that of residence.
Any homestead entryman may
now make proof under the new
law who can by himself and two
credible witnesses prove the re-
quirements Of the same, namely,
the required residence and the
required cultivation.