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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13

Mr.. Gournay offered the fol
lowing ordinance and upon being
duly read, was adopted unanim-
ously, to-wit:
AN
To subdivide the Sixth Police
Jury Ward of the parish of st.
Landry, into two Road Districts;
to create said Road Districts; to
fix the limits and boundaries of
each district and to designate
the name by which such Districts
shall be known.
Section l. Be it ordained by
the Police Jury of the Parish of
st. Landry, in regular session
convened, That pursuant to the
authority vested in this body by
law, the Sixth Police Jury ward
of the Parish Of st. Landry be
and the same is hereby subdivid-
ed into two Road Districts to be
known and designated as Road
District No. One and Road Dis
trict No. Two, of the Sixth Police
Jury Ward of the Parish of ST.
Landry.
Section 2. Be it further or
d a d etc., That Road
District No. One of til e
Sixth Police Jury Ward of
the Parish Of st. Landry be and
the same is hereby created and
it's boundaries are hereby fixed as
follows, to-Wit:
All of that portion of the Sixth
Police Jury Ward lying west
of the center Of the Mallet woods
and being all of that portion Of
said ward constituting the 18th
Magistrate Ward.
Section 3. Be it further or
dained, ETC., That said Road
District No. Two of the Sixth
Police Jury Ward of the Parish
of st. Landry is hereby created
and its boundaries are hereby fix
ed as follows, to-wit: All of
that portion of the Sixth Police
Jury Ward lying east of the Gen.
tire of the Mallet woods and be-
ing all of that portion of said
ward constituting the 18th and
10th Magistrate wards.
Section 4. Be it further or
dained, ETC., That the Tax Col
lector be and he is hereby order
ed to make a separate report OF
the Per Capita and Vehicle taxes
collected in said Road Districts
for the year 1913;
Section 5. Be it further or
dained, ETC., Thatall ordinances
in conflict with the provisions OF
this ordinance, be and the same
are hereby repealed, and this
ordinance take effect from and
after its PRONUNCIATION.
Adopted November 4, 1913.
J. T.. ST. CYR,
President pro TEN.
j. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
nov 8 ct
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13
SUES FOR DAMAGES
A. ID. Theodore Files Suit
Against DIR. Ellis of Crowley
for Large Sum

Mr.. A. D. Theodore, senior
member of the firm of Theodore
& Ballas, of this city, has filed
suit, through his attorney, Hon.
Payton R. Sandoz, against DR..
E. G. Ellis. Of Crowley, for $685.
500 damages.
Mr.. Theodore claims that DR..
Ellis, who is at the head Of the
Crowley Sanitarium, performed
unnecessary and unWantoned
operations on him, which have
ruined him physically for life.
During the summer Mr.. Theo-
dore fell sick and went to DR..
Ellis for treatment. Being anx-
ious to get cured he was willing
to undergo any operation. The
physician, as Mr.. Theodore
AYERS, made him believe that an
operation would cure him imme-
diately and would make him a
new man entirely.
The operation was performed
and instead Of Mr.. Theodure be-
ing cured he was made a ner-
vous wreck. His friends all
thought that he would die and
he resolved to go back to DR..
Ellis. Putting his case once
more before this well known
surgeon Mr.. Theodore was once
more convinced that another
operation was needed. In fact
the second operation saved his
life, but at the same time left
him physically disabled, and as
it is claimed, will most likely
shorten his life. Still the plain
tiff claims that the first opera
ton, which forced a second, was
utterly unnecessary. and this his
attorney, Mr.. Sandoz, will at
tempt to prove in order that Mr..
Theodore will obtain damages to
the amount of S35, 900 or less
from DR.. Ellis.
The defendant is a prominent
physician and surgeon of Crow
ley and is said to be a man of
means.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13

and Fireside Ill. j. Minninnlck
tells how, when he was a boy,
there were in his class in high
school six sons and seven daugh-
tiers Of farmers living in the dis
trict which comprised ten town
ships. Of the six boys two be-
came doctors, two lawyers, one
minister, and the other died
while attending the university.
OF the girls five became teach
ers, one a nurse and the seventh
married a merchant. In other
words not one of the thirteen re-
turned to the farm. Two years
ago he visited the old home for
the first time in twenty-five years
and found that of the twelve
farms 1.-TWO of the pupils were
| brother and sister, not c single
one remained in the family that
held it thirty years ago. The
writer goes on as follows:
Now comes the more inter-
esting side of the story. On the
twelve farms which totaled about
], 900 acres, there are now living
ffty-one families, of which forty
two had moved from the towns
and cities, but nine. familis had
a direct farmer ancestry. Of
these nine, eight had bought
their lands. and only one had ac-
quired it by inheritance.
"On the visit referred to the
writer had to rub his eyes and
pinch himself to make sure he
was awake. He was driven out
in an automobile over roads so
beautifully macadamized a n d
kept that they compared with the
best city pavements. The fences
were of wire, and all along them
Weresplanted beautiful maple and
walnut trees, The cultivation
came right up to the fences, and
the roadsides were as clean as
the fields. Every inch of land
was in the highest possible state
of cultivation, and there were
not ten fields of hay or grain
visible in a thirty-mile drive.
The houses were simply beauti-
full, nearly all of stone or brick,
and their very appearance show
ed that they were lived in. The
barns were moved away far
enough not to be nuisances; in
the old days they were nice and
handy to the house and well,
which latter received the drain
age from both. Every house
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Tribute of Respect.
December, s, 1918.

December, s, 1918.
The following resolution was adopted
at the meeting Of Opelousas Council No.
1173, K. of c.:
Whereas, this Council has learned
with deepregret of the death OF our es-
teemed Brother, Frank G. Brinkhaus,
a Charter member thereof, and one who
has always taken much interest in the
work of. our Order; and, whereas, In the
death of Brother Brinkhaus our Council
has suffered a great loss, its members
have lost a good friend and his family
a devoted husband and father.
Therefore, be it resolved, that this
Council hereby tenders to the bereayed
family its sincere coincidence; that this
tribute TO the memory of our deceased
Brother be spread upon u minutes,
published in the st. Landry Clarion,
and a copy thereof furnished to his
family.
Respectfully submitted.
w. j. SANDOZ,
LIONEL BIENVENU,
F. j. DIETLEIN,
Committee.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13

FOR SALE.-One plantation
on the west bank of Bayou
Boeuf. about 2 or 3 miles below
Whiteville, on M. [. T. R. R.,
containing $40 acres, about one
half open. Price $40 per acre
for open and $40 per acre for
wood lands. Terms to suit pur-
chaser.
oct Is 8 mos A. L. stage.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13

No. 6647, Probate Docket, 18th Judicial Dis
trict Court, Parish of st. Landry, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13
For Sale.

Lots Z and 8 in Block IL, Bac-
ciochi Addition to the Town of
Eunice. Apply to G. F. Bailey,
Opelousas, La. nov q
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13
Cure: Old ssrss, other asaeaIes Vent care

The worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. 1t relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. &c, SOC, sl00.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13
Store Building for Rent

on Landry St., adjoining DietIeln's
,JeweIry Store. Possession given Jan.
LIST, 1914. j. j. HEALEY. 1928
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13
SUCCESSION SALE.
ESTATE OF LOUIS A. DEsHoTELs

ESTATE OF LOUIS a.
No.. 6647, Probate Docket, 18th Judicial Dis
trict Court, Parish of st. Landry, La.
BY virtue OF an order Of the Hon. the
18th Judicial DistrictCourt of Louisiana. in
and for the Parish of ST. landry, La,
signed by B. a.. Pavy, Judge OF said Court,
there will be old at public autfon. TO the
last anr highest bidder by the undersigned
a~ucttoneer, on the premises at Deshotels,
La, in the Parish of st. Landry La, on
Saturday, Dec. 13, 1913.
at Ii O'Clock a. M, the following described
property. to-wit:
All the contents .of the store lately oc-
cupfed by Louis A. Deshotels, deceased,
with fixtures therein, consisting OF dry
goods, groceries, hardware, glassware,
notions, hats, one iron safe, etc., also a
lot of notes and open accounts.
Terms and conditions: On a credit for
what Ii will bring; said purchase price to
be represented by a II months bond with
good security, to BIZ executed by the pur-
chaser and to be approved by the admins
tratrfx.
nov 20 ct A~uctioneer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13
What the Farmers Son
Found When He
Went Back Home.

In the current issue Of Farm
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-12-13
HoTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
ESTATE DE GABRIEL SAN and wife.
Mo-, Probate Docket. 18th judicial Dis.
tricr Court, Parish of st. Landry, La.
whereas. Theophne s m
of st. Landry Parish, La, has applied by
his petition to be appointed administrator
of tie above numbered and entitled estate.
Now, therefore, notice Is hereby given to
all parties Interested to show cause, II any
they can or have within ten days from the
firsf publication hereof, why the prayer OF
the said petitioner should not be granted.
BY order of said Court.
O~pelousas, La..-- lslS.
HENRY LASTRAPES, JR.,
nov 20 st Clerk OF Court
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
FOUND WORKS OF STEVENSON
Manuscripts and Works of Popular
Writer Unearthed In Samoa and
Hawaii, by an AdmIrer.

1t is learned that a number OF new
and relatively important manuscripts
of Robert Louis Stevenson have been
discovered in Samoa and in Honolulu
by an ardent admirer OF the great
novelist, who has been for some time
in both Hawaii and Samoa seeking
such writings of the famous Scotsman
as might possibly be found in the pos
session of some of the many friends
of Stevenson during his years in the
Pscific.
The result of this research has been
the finding of an essay, said to be
highly poetical in character. written
by the novelist after witnessing a vol.
cano in action, supposedly either the
famed crater of Savaii or the pit Of
Kilauea in Eawaii; a piece of fiction
dealing with South Sea life. and
number of smaller verse compositions
Still another manuscript, a BLANK
verse relation of a well-known legend
of Maui, of considerable length, but
unfinished, has also come to light, ant
the enthusiastic admirer OF Stevenson
feels highly rewarded for his month
of effort.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
Both Vows Broken.

Apropos of the Notwithstanding
fight against the Nobel prize award
to DIR. Alexis Carrel Of the Rockefel-
Ter institute, Prof. Herbert Satteriey
said the other day in Jacksonville:
sThese ants contradict themselves
terribly when they try to prove that
animal research is useless and futile.
They just put themselves in the posi-.
ton of one of their number whom
met at my hotel the other day.
AS this anti was dining ! bent for
ward and said to him:
Pardon me, hut you are. ! believe
both an anti-vivisectionist and vege
tarian?"
"Yes, sir, that is correct he an
swered.
"'Then,' said 1. you will probably
be shocked to learn that you have
Just eaten live caterpillar with YOU
lettuce salad"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25

as much arsenic in its composition as
Paris green, it is customary to make
the spray twice as strong In order To-
secure the same killing power.
Since the cotton worm feeds on no
plant except cotton. it is advisable
that cotton-growers watch closely for
the first signs of this pest. They
usually appear first in low, wet places
where the growth is the rankest. and
the first crop Of worms should be
poisoned at once when found rageine
the tops of the plants. II the nrst IN
stallment of worms appears In great
numbers during the last of July ana
early part Of August the second baton
will appear in from ten to fifteen days
and will, unless destroyed. promptly
cause extensive damage.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
BLAME PLACED ON PHYSICIANS
Growth Of Drug Habit In United States
Alleged to BE Due to opiates
Ordered In Prescriptions.

That 80 per cent. of all the cocaine
and morphine manufactured in this
country is used by persons who have
formed the drug habit through physi-
clans prescriptions is the startling
statement made by DR.. L. F. Kebler,
Chief of the Division of Drugs, Depart
ment of Agriculture. This statement,
concerning the appalling growth OF
drug addiction in the United States,
was made by DR.. Kebler in an address
at Washington, before the American
Society for the Study of Alcohol and
Narcotics.
DR.. Kebler is quoted by Washington
papers as having declared that drug
using had increased 100 per cent. in
the last 40 years, and that American
medical men were not discriminating
enough in their use Of opiates. Their
overindulgence to their patients. he
said, is creating thousands OF drug
users every year.
ct is a very sad thing to say that
our physicians are doing the greatest
work in promoting the use Of cocaine
and morphine" said the doctor. state
laws are not saving the public from
the grip of the drug habit. and the
American public is sinking tighter
and tighter into the black abyss o.
the morphine and cocaine fiend.
"The worst of it is that the impor
tation of opium into the country II
becoming larger and larger year b.
year. l have heard It said on reliable
authority that 50 per cent Of the CO
caine and morphine manufactured u
this country is used by persons VIII
have formed the habit through dot
tors prescriptions"
Almost simultaneously with DIR. ket
J ler's address, DR.. ]. A. Patterson, q
} Grand Rapids. Michigan. in a publ
statement said that 10 out of every 2
patients who come to an institutio
, with which he il connected for trea
, ment for the drug habit owe the
: downfall to physicians prescription
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
TERRIBLE ITCHING ON LIMBS

Glen Wilton, va.-"Ffve years ago
was In a terrible state of suffering
with blotches on my limbs. of the most
intense singing and itching. could
not rest day or night; the itching was
30 severe that it walked, me out OF
sleep. could never get a full nights
rest. I actually scrubbed the very
flesh SO severely that In short time
the affected places were so sore
could scarcely walk with any ease or
comfort. The places were solid rails
ed ND mass. I would scratch the parts
until they would bleed. tried home
remedies but got no good; the itching
Just kept on getting worse. / used
some salve which simply was no good
at all.
II happened to see the Cuticurs
Soap and Ointment advertisement and
wrote for free sample. Almost Ike
magic / commenced getting relief.
bought a SOC box of Cuticura Oint
ment and some Cuticura Soap and
was entirely cured from tormen
that would be hard to describe.
(signsd) w. P. Wood. Mar. Q. 1911
Cuticura Soap and Ointment soil
throughout the world. Sample OF eacl
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. l. Boston
| Adv.
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Cows that will come fresh In the
enring and young cattle should be
given daily exercise. Give them
warm. well-bedded shed and a Dry
well.protected yard TO exercise IN
THE cattle will keep in better condi-
t,on and the cows will drop stronger
ana healthier calves by this method.
Cows should be allowed to go dry
six weeks before calving- This is the
practice of the writer. which we nave
followed for a number of years Some
dairymen advocate high feeding and
milking to within a week or two OF
calving. 1t depends much on the
breed and the mode of feeding. Breed
ing and feeding for milk and milk
alone for generation after generation
is one cause Of abortion II also weak
ems the vitality of the COW. Our own
aim is to keep the cows in good.
strong. healthy condition during the
winter. Enough grain should be fed
to keep them about half fat. Give to
each one quart of ground corn and cob
neal mixed with two quarts OF wheat
hiram. Cows then in flesh should be
given two quarts of coSl and cot
meal. two quarts OF wheat bran and
one mint of fiaxseed meal Mix the
grain together; give half this guam
f,ty IN the morning and the other hal
lat night to each COW. Dry COWS prop
.srtly fed during the winter viii droi
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25

lower part of the block and has
trigger attachment with a bait nook
set a little higher up When the trap
is set it forms tentlike structure
and the rat enters either end when
he seizes the cheese. or whatever Is
used for bait, the trigger is released
and the rod slips through the hole.
The two sides of the trap then slap
together with such force that II the
occupant is a mouse. or small rat, ne
is ant to be killed. No matter now
large he is he will be held helpless
until the owner of the trap can throw
it into a bucket of scalding water.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
Real Value Of Roots.

Mangels and sugar-beets were COM
pared with dry feed at Iowa experr
meut station. Similar results to those
obtained for turnips in New Hamp-
shire were discovered. These in sum-
mary were that the lambs getting SUI
ear-beets made the largest total gain
and matured more quickly than the
others. They also carried a better
bloom and finish. At Michigan ana
Utah experiment stations dried beet
nulp was found to have almost equaf
iy as good effects: at any rate, lambs
receiving grain mixtures containing
dried beet-pulp produced greater gains
at less cost than roportionate
amounts of grain alone
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
COTTON PLANT PESTS
Protection Against Injurious In
sects of Importance.
Ravaoes Of Notorious Cotton Worm
Sufficient to Warrant Investisa-
tons by Experiment Stations
Two Best Poisons.

As cotton Is the second great money
crop in the United States its protec-
ton against injurious pests comes
next in Importance to its culture. In
1911 the farm value Of cotton nber
and seed exceeded $775,000,o00. No
crop produced In this country excites
such worldwide interest as cotton.
According to the report OF the secre-
tary of agriculture for 1911. our cot
ton crop is about threeffths OF the
worlds production. contributes about
two-thirds of the worlds exports OF
cotton and has a fiber of sort that
has no direct Competition in other
countries, writes ]. B. Norman In the
Country Gentleman.
Though the boil weevil is the pest
which more than any other seriously
threatens the cotton industry and Is
demanding the attention OF the Fed
eral government as well as that OF
officials in the states where cotton is
extensively grown. there is another
insect pest-the notorious cotton
worm-whose ravages are sufficiently
destructive to the crop to warrant In
vestigations on the part of some OF
the experiment stations.
The two best poisons for destroying
cotton worms are dry Paris green and
arsenate of lead. London purple
burns the plants seriously and is not
recommended. except perhaps as q
last resort, when either of the others
can be secured The simplest method
of application Is to dust the poison
through bags attached to the ends OF
q narrow board that is carried by q
man riding a mule. A piece Of one
by-three-inch board from twelve to
eighteen inches longer than the dis
lance between cotton rows should bt
used. A large hole Is bored neal
each end and bags are tackled to th'
ends lengthwise beneath the holes
Through these holes the poison cal
be poured into the bags by means
a large funnel The holes over tn
bags are closed with plugs or stoT
pers after the poison has been put IN
to the bags. thus preventing an
soi!ling or waste. This gives bel
ter distribution of the busting mate
rial over the rows, two of which ma
be treated at time From fifteen I
twenty acres can be covered by
man In a day Three pounds OF spra
material to the acre have been foun
adequate to control the cotton worn
By means of spray pump. arsenal
of lead paste as well as arsenite
lime may be used. II Paris green
employed it should be applied at tn
rate of a pound to an acre. mike
with two pounds OF -four. The fun
ton of the -four is to form pas
which holds the poison on the pial
in case Of heavy dews or light rain
Heavy rains will wash the mixture
the plants. and il heavy rain shou
fall within twenty-four hours after u
Paris green has been applied q
spraying should be repeated In ora
to destroy all the worms.
II arsenate of lead can be secur
II has several advantages over Pal
green for the control of the colt
worm. Since 1t has only about d
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
Ideal Dairy Barns and siIo.

stronger calves and will give larger
flow of milk the following season FOO
der and straw may be economical by
feeding in racks under cover. giving
only what they will eat up clean
Weedy and overripe hay should De
sprinkled with little water; then
piled and closely worked for few
hours; this will soften the stems and
make il palatable.
Yearling heifers should not be al
lowed to run with the bull. Keep the
bull in a separate yard and pen- This
is a much better plan. The heifers
should be grained and kept in good
thrifty condition When about IA to
1s months of age they may be served
They will then come fresh when two
years old: this is about the righ
time. Heifers served too young de
yelop slowly and seldom make hardy
healthy cows.
| The calves should be kept in room,
box stalls. Give an abundance of DIR.
bedding. Second-crop clover hay ant
oat straw may be fed twice a day
Give one quart Of clean. heavy oat
| and one quart of wheat bran to eac
one daily. Oats and wheat bran wi
make bone and muscle. The air
should be TO make thrifty. large
framed animals. A hearty cater wi
nearly always give large Cow
milk when she calves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
Surprised Him.

There was a'fellow who proposed to
all the girls, Just for fun. He had no
idea of getting himself engaged, but
he enjoyed the preliminaries. So he
was disagreeably surprised once and
served him right.
Miss Evelyn" he said souifuiiy.
do you think you could love me well
enough to be my wife?'
Yves, darling" she cried
"Well-er-now l know where to
come in case should want to marry"
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
Shoppers cramp.

Simeon Ford, at a dinner OF hotel
men in New York, discussed new
disease.
There's a hAw disease called shop
per's cramp," he said. ut appears
early in December, becomes violently
epidemic about the middle OF the
month and ends suddenly on the eve
ming of the oath.
women feel shoppers cramp in
the arms, the limbs. everywhere; but
it attacks the husband only In one
place-the pocket"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
Her Ship Came In.

The mother, widow with six chill
dren. had more energy than money
Little Dot asked frequently for things
which her mother could not give.
lust wait till my ship comes in
she would say assuringly.
One day the mother gave Dot q
nickel. 1t was an unheard of hap
pening.
Has your ship come in?" the little
girl asked eagerly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-01-25
NO ESCAPE FOR THE RODENT
Iowa Man Invents Trap That Either
Kills or Holds Rat or Mouse
Helpless Till Released.

A new kind of rat trap has been
patented by an Iowa man. A block
of wood has a wire frame attached 10
it by means of strong hinges. Fixed
to the lower part Of the frame Is a
rod that runs through hole In the