St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-15
OUR PROGRESSIVE JURORS.

BY adopting the GooQ hOadS ordnance
unanimously, at it's last meeting, the police
Jury placed itself among the most progress
siye public bodies in Louisiana. This ordi-
nance will give STAT, 900 for the building Of
permanent highways in st. Landry. 1t is
the start of the great good roads campaign,
which is bound to ensue sooner or later,
after which every public road in this parish
will be converted into a good substantial
highway.
It is not known as yet which roads will
be built first, but it is a fact that wherever
the start will be made it will be that stretch
Of road which will render more service to
the citizens and taxpayers of St. Landry.
The Clarion hopes that there will be no
difficulty in beginning, since some moss
backs might raise a kick, because the money
which will be expended on public roads in
this parish, will not be used to build a good
road before their places. Every one
knows that we have not enough funds to
build every road in this parish, and conse-
ouently wherever the roads will be modern
lied should please the people Of this great
progressive parish.
There is no parish in the state which
needs good roads more than St. Landry and
the people in general, as well as the Clarion
in particular, are glad to note that the police
Jury has been doing it's duty towards giving
all that it can possibly afford in the way of
lettering our highways.
When this parish will have secured good
drainage and good roads then the hospitable
people of st. Landry will be able to right
fully term their country as THE Garden
of Eden of louisiana. Not only that, but
there will not be one section of Louisiana
which would compare with the once EN-
pire Parish" of the greatest state in the
Union, Louisiana. Settlers will not over
look our parish, as is often the case now-a-
days, for want of travelling facilities and
drainage. The farmers living a few miles
from Op ~elousas, who raise large quantities
of vegetables and are at present unable to
dispense with them on account Of the bad
roads. will then be in a position to come to
town and sell everything they make. The
truck farmers will then find a market to dis
pose of their crop, for surely there will be a
great demand for truck products, in Opelou-
sas, when this city will be linked with other
towns and the country people with a splen-
did system of good roads. Besides all of
that the greatest asset of good roads is the
increasing Of property value. which will
greatly aid the farmers who have small
plantations.
The fundamental principle of good roads
il good drainage and if the plans of the
committee, appointed by the police jury,
and Mr.. j. Franklin Schell, materialize, st.
Landry win be able to build and maintain
the best roads in Louisiana. With all Of
this accomplished this section of the state
will be a new country within the next three
or four years.
The police jurors are to be commended
most highly for the progressiveness they
have shown during the present term. There
is probably no similar body in Louisiana so
progressive as the present police jury of St.
Landry. If these men, VINO compose this
able body of law makers, continue the good
work, which they have started, there will be
IGtlllS W otOp otst L4oIdIy AIOIu OICG more
assuming the name of the Empire Parish
of Louisiana.
God roads are a blessing to any COM
and the people of st. Landry should
feel grateful to the men, who have been
striving hard to give them this luxury,
which is at the same time a dire necessity,
as this country will prosper more rapidly.
within the next few years than ever before.
With s147,O0 10 a parish as large as this
one can not expect to build all its highways,
put good start is better than nothing"
Ind it will not be long before the citizens
md taxpayers, themselves will discover
ONE means of obtaining sufficient funds to
the work of constructing good
and substantial highways.
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