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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1913-06-21
NOTICE..

HdlCc duOptCu W tHO -h"yOA
Councilmen of the Town of st.
Martinville, La, on the 7th day OF
Jan. A. d. 1913, and the resolution
adopted by the same body on May
22nd 1913.
Sealed proposals will be receiv-
ed by the Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil of the Town of st. Martinville,
La, up to the 9th day of June A.
ID. 1913, at IL o'clock sharp, for
the building of concrete and &C.
ment sidewalks and curbings in
the Town of st. Martinville, La,
and for the furnishing of materials
therefor, and for both, according
to plans and specifications on file
with the Secretary and Treasurer
of the Town of st. Martinville, La.
to:wit
lst-Main street both sides from
the southern end or at Canal up to
Porter street or property OF Rous-
seau.
2nd-On ST. Martin street, both
sides, from Berard street to Port
street.
3rd-On Washington street both
sides from Claiborne street tc
Bridge street.
4th On Market street both side:
from Bridge street to Port street
5th-On Columbus street both
sides from Bridge to Railroad Ave
nue..
6th-On Claiborne street boil
sides from ST. Martin to Washing
ton street.
eth On Jefferson street, boil
sides from st. Martin street t,
Washington street.
Sth-Old Market street, Oh TIN
South side from Main street to tn,
Teche street, or Northeastern cor
ner of Ducrest property.
| 9th-On Port street both sides
/ from College street to Main street
and from Main street, on the Sou
thern side of said Street to Tech
street or the Northeastern corne
of the Livingston property, and o.
the North side of Port Street from
Main street to the Church var
gate and from Cat fih Alley t
Market Street.
10th - On Bridge street, bot
sides, from Graveyard gate t
Theatre street.
lion Hamilton street, bot
sides from Main to Columbus.
l2th-On Church street bot
sides from Main street to Colleg
street.
18th On Pinadd street bot
sides from Bridge street to Bul
din's gate.
The Side Walks above referre
to including the CURLING shall b
four { ~ feet wide ON all of th
above named Streets, except tina
portion thereof on Main Street eA
tending from Bridge to Claiborn
Street. That portion of said side
walks on Main Street starting g
Bridge Street and extending t
, Claiborne Street shall be as ind
Gated on the plans and specifics
tons OH file with the Secretary an
Treasurer of the Town of st. MAJ
tinville, SO as to conform as niue
&; as possible with the present side
: walks.
! And which plans and specifcs
> tions are as follows
SIDEWALKS AND CURBINGS
. SPECIFICATIONS.
II Specifications of material and La
Dor to be used in the constructio
of cement sidewalks and CURLING
in the Town of st. Martinville, La
FIRST.
When necessary to excavate O
ill in to get proper levels for tn
concrete work, the ground to b
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curDlIlSS Loving WV" - Va
eight and six inches, twelve inches
deep.
Wherever curbing are in excess
of two and half feet the excess
shall be paid by the Corporation
of st. Martinvilie.
Plans and specifications will be
furnished by the Mayor of ST. MAR
tinyille, La. All bids must be
sealed and accompanied with GER
tilted check of one of the local
banks of st. Martinville, La, for
ten per cent of the bid. All cert.
fed check of unsuccessful bidders
will be returned at once; all bids
shall be first opened at seven
O'Clock p. NJ. on June 9th, 1913,
in open session of this body; said
bids to be filed with the Mayor or
Secretary of the Town Council at
any time up to IL O'Clock sharp on
June 9th 1918.
The right to reject and accept
any bid is herein specially reser;
we'd. and the contract for workman
ship. and materials, shall be let to
the lowest responsible bidder, who
shall furnish bond to the satisfac-
ton of this Body in the sum of at
least fifty per cent of the contract
bid for, and shall complete and
sign said contracts and furnish said
bond within the time hereinafter
stated. s.
The time limit to complete the
execution of said contract shall be
ten months from the signing OF
said contract and the furnishing OF
said bond. For every week of de-
. Law. the Contractor to forfeit One
Hundred Dollars per week III ia
vor of the Corporation of st. Mar
tinville.
The entire cost of the building
of said Side W alks and Curbings
and the materials used therefor
shall be paid by the owners OF the
Real Estate abutting on the side
: walks. OH basis of their respec-
: tive frontage Of their property on
: said sidewalks and the same shall
4, he assessed against each property
owner, and SAID properties accord
ingly = the sum SO assessed against
each property and property owner
2 shall be due and collectable thusly:
!, Twenty per cent of the amount
< due by each property and proper
, ty owner shall be paid i'll cash,
within ten days after the accept
ance of said work, on the publica-
S ton in the official newspaper of
the Town of st. Martinville, Loui-
siana, of the Ordinance accepting
said work, the balance after pay
ment of the said twenty per cent
shall be represented by Certificates
u bearing six CO. per cent yearly in
f terest = which interest is payable
d annually, signed and issued by the
, Mayor of ST. Martinville, La, pay
\ able in one, two, three and four
years from date of issuance which
4 shall be within ten days after the
y contract is complied with and ac-
S cepted. Said Certificates shall be
s redeemable by the owners at their
! option, sooner than their respec-
tive maturity; which said Certih-
e Gates shall name the present owner,
e describe the property against
J. which they are issued, and which
e said Certificate and assessment OF
said property under the Ordinance
J.. above referred to of Jan. 9th, 1918,
y shall be duly recorded in the
U Clerks and Recorders office of the
t. Parish of st. Martin, La, and shall
be secured by first lien and special
mortgage on said assessed proper
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ment to be well mixed, turned over
three times, then the whole sand,
cement and gravel, or broken stone
to be turned over three times be-
fore using.
THIRD.
Concrete to be laid to uniform
thickness of three inches and not
over four feet square, with expan-
pansion seams every twelve feet
ON side walks four feet wide and
every eight feet on side walks over
four feet wide; to be built with
slope of one quarter inch to the
foot towards ditch. The whole to
be we'll tamped. The surfacing Tor
top of sidewalks) to be composed
of two barrels Of clean, coarse sharp
sand to one barrel of Portland or
other cement. Both sand and &C.
ment to be thoroughly sifted, mix
ed dry before water is applied, at
ter application Of water, cement
or surfacing) must be laid within
two hours of sitting and mixing,
and within six hours after concrete
has been laid; it must be thorough
ly troweled to surface with the
slope of the concrete; work when
completed to be four inches thick.
All cement to be used to be first
class; not less than ~ per cent OF
the cement by weight, shall pass
through No. 100 seive, having TO-
OO0 meshes to the square. Tensile
strength briquettes made OF neat
cement and sufficient water to
make stiff mass, shall after setting
one day i'll air and six i'll water de-
velop tensile strength of four hun
dred and twenty five pounds pei
square inch soundness. All CO.
ment that cracks or checks when
made into cakes will be rejected
|, Time of setting No cement
, that commences to set in thirty
minutes will be accepted.
1 All work to be done in a work
a manlike manner.S All work to bt
accepted by the Mayor and Coun
Gil. Settlement to be made ol
completion of the work. Whel
D the contract is completed and &C
cepted, settlement to be made
4 therefor. All bids must be sealed
accompanied with certified checl
4 of one of our local banks, for tel
per cent of the bid. All certified
checks of unsuccessful bidder
will be returned at once.
SIXTH.
1 The successful bidder will be re
e quired to furnish bond of some re
e sponsible Surety Company equa
- to 80 per cent of the amount O
q the bid and work to be done, sal,
: bond to remain in force for l.
It months after the completion AM
o acceptance of said work, uude
these specifications, as a guarant
d Of the quality of the work. Thi
: contract and work Herewith, a
h per foregoing specifications ant
accompanying copy of Ordinanc
calling for the building of said sid
walks and curbings, must be com
pleted within ten months from dat
of signing of the contract and fur
nishlng OF said bond, or in defauI
n thereof contractor to forfeit $40
S per week to the Corporation of 81
!. Martinville, La.
SEVENTH
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FOR SALE

My residence on the East
side OF Bayou Teche, Bridge
Street.. For terms apply to
p. A. Bienvenu.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
TO SUMNER HOME
FOR FEW DAYS REST IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
is RELIEVED ABOUT MEXICO
Will Allow Time for Huerta to Think
Things Over"-Secretary Bry
an Also Leaves the
CAPITAL

Washington, d. C-President VIII
son has left Washington for the sum
mer capital at Cornish, N. H., still
hopeful of favorable elimination OF
the negotiations undertaken by this
country to bring about peace in Mex
leo.
Although no affirmative action on
either side had been reported up to
the time of the Presidents departure.
encouraging dispatches were received
from Nelson O'Shaughnessy, in charge
of the American EN- bassy in the City
of Mexico, bearing on the general sit
uation. These reached the President
a few hours before train time and led
him to determine upon a short rest
Nothing in the advfces from the
City of Mexico gave the administra
ton officials cause for particular an
xiety and it was the general convic
ton that lull in the diplomatic ex
changes would be beneficial to all con
cerned The President, it is known
feels that good may come from an
opportunity for the position of this
government, as announced in his mes
sage of Wednesday. to sink in
Excitement subsiding over the ex
change of proposals and replies would
il was believed, lead to further nego
tiations between the officials of Mexico
and John Lind,
Mr. Lind, it was asserted here
had been instructed from Washington
to continue to act at his own discre.
ton as to whether he should await
developments at Vera Cruz, or return
to the City of Mexico.
Up to late hour no dispatches hac
been received at the State Depart
ment from Mr.. Lind. Secretary Bryan
said before leaving for an overnight
trip in Pennsylvania, that he believed
the envoy would remain in Vera Cruz
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
Pun a kINk IN HIS PLANS
AWFUL Contingency Youth Had Not
Foreseen In His Laying Out OF
the Future

Eleven-year-old Tommy has quite
decided opinions as to the duties OF
fathers to their little boys. The other
day he was describing to his mother
the sort of father he intends to be.
when he grows up.
I'm going to be the best father to.
my boys I'm going to play marbles
with them and baseball and every
thing they want me to and I'll give
them dimes most every day and tell
them they can buy all the ice cream
they want. and I'll get them each a
pony, and well, my boys1l have lots
of fun
Tomms's mother with a twinkle in
her eye said: But, Tommy, what IL
you shouldn't have any little boys.
what if your children are all girls.''
Such possibility never entered
Tommy's head The suggestion was
appalling. A look of blank diemay
passed over the child's face.
Gee! that would be the dickensi"
he calculated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
TURNS AGAINST HER FIANcE.
Wichita Girl Claims to Have Been En-
gagged to Man Charged With
Wife Murder.

Wichita, Kas.-W. A. Borah, the
real estate agent who is in jail at
Ardmore, Ok. in connection with the
death of his wife and 12-year-old
daughter at Tishomingo, Ok, and the
burning of his house, was engaged to
marry Miss Ethel Hewey, daughter of
W. E. Hewey, deputy county treasurer
of Sedgwick county she asserts.
Hewey is wealthy.
Sheriff ]. NJ. Williams of Tishom-
lingo, Ok, came here to pick up the
Wichita end of the case.
Miss Hewey told the sheriff that she
had planned to marry Borah Septem-
Der Is, and showed him her wedding
gowns.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
SCHOOL LANDS WILL BE SOLD
Oklahoma to Dispose of 568,2to Acres
at Auction in September and
October.

Guthrie, Okla.-Oklahoma will offer
for sale in September and October
56S, 210.S9 acres of what is known as
its new college lands at public auction
to the highest bidders. and upon terms
that should enable persons of limited
means to establish themselves upon a
ranch-farm. But in this particular sec
ton of Oklahoma. the man who farms
"any old way will quickly go broke"
Of these lands, all in semi-arid
region, 3S5,376 acres lie in Cimarron
County and 1S2,S74 acres in Texas
County. These counties are a part of
what formerly was mo Mans Land"
which later was called Beaver County
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
TOURIST TRAIN WRECKED
Sixteen Persons Killed and Fifty In
jured in Collision at New
Haven, Conn.

New Haven, Conn.-Sixteen per
sons were killed and fifty injured
when the second section of the Bar
Harbor Limited. the New Haven Rail
roads finest train out of the Maine
summer resort district, was tele
scoped by the first section of the
White Mountain Express at Walling
ford, just outside this city, at 6:5E
in the morning.
Coroner Mix stated that there were
sixteen persons dead. This included
those who died in hospitals. The
coroner began an investigation of the
wreck this forenoon
All of the dead were passengers on
the Bar Harbor Limited. No one on
the White Mountain Express was Sc
verely injured The engineer of the
express remained at his post and was
only slightly injured
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
THE COMMERCE COURT TO GO
The Tribunal Gets It's Death Blow
in the House General Deficiency
Bill Just Reported.

Washington, D. elimination of
the commerce court, an appropriation
of 500, 900 for relief of American ref
the Interstate Commerce Commissions
physical valuation of railroads are
features 'of the General Deficiency
Appropriation Bill reported to the
House by the appropriation commit
tee.
The bill carries total of $3.7S4,-
379. The various executive depart
ments asked S9,923, 407. Debate on
in the House.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13

Eating humble pie is a phrase
which really arose from the corrup-
ton of the world "umbles" or mum
bles,'' the coarser parts of a deer kill
ed in hunting, which, when made into
a pie. were formerly reserved for the
lower hunt servants; while cooking
his goose Is a phrase which original
ed with the king of Sweden, on ap-
preaching a hostile town, excited the
contempt of the inhabitants by the
smallness of his army. To express
this they hung out a goose for him
to shoot at, whereupon the king set
fire to the town to cook their goose"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13

A Massachusetts, town has devel-
oped a local Solomon and Mikado
combined who sends stone-throwing
boys into a large field where they
are compelled to throw more stones
under vigilant official eyes until they
are tired out More experiments like
this of making the punishment fit the
crime would be welcomed by long
suffering public.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13

The place where the Greeks and
Bulgarians have been coming into
conflict in the neutral zone establish
ed between them. is associated with
more famous names than almost any
other spot even in the Balkans. Here
Bacchus avenged himself on the Thra-
clan King Lycurgus, who had banished
him and his worship, by driving the
king mad. SO that he cut of his
own legs thinking that they were vine
branches, and who was torn to pieces
by his subjects, who wanted to have
Bacchus land wine) again. Seated on
this mountain. Orpheus charmed the
trees and beasts 1t overlooks on the
southwest Amphipolis, for which the
Athenians and Spartans struggled
(Thucydides was banished from Ath-
ems for losing it as eeneraD, and on
the northeast Philippi, where the
earthquake released Paul and Silas
from prison, and Rrutus and Caesars
ghost met again.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA.

Regular army officers down in Cuba,
during the occupation by the United
States, worked out the part played by
a certain species in the spread of ye.-
low fever. That was 16 years ago, but
from that time to this 1t has not been
clearly understood how the mosquito
bite served to convey the infection
1t is claimed that this has now been
discovered by DIR. Wade Brown. pro-
fessor in the university of North Car
olina, says the Manchester Union He
says that what is carried about by the
mosquito is a colored poison called
hematin- The microbe which the doc
tors call the malaria germ concocts
this pigment by some process in its
stem, and once it gets into the blood
of a human being it quickly spreads
throughout the bsdy. producing the
straw-coiored malaria tinge. But DR..
Brown has also discovered way TO
make this poison chemically. and he
and numerous other investigators are
now at work on mice and guinea pigs,
inocculating them with hematin, pre-
liminary to seeing whether they can
not find an antitoxin or something of
the sort that will take the place OF
quinine as a specific for malaria. The
history of similar investigations with
regard to other diseases makes their
ultimate success appear probable. but
meanwhile it will be wise to continue
the drainage of malaria districts and
the use of mosquito net in regions
where the particular genus stene-
opheles is known to abound
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
new YORK WINS
THE CANADIAN JUDGE DECIDES
AGAINST HARRY K <lAW-
is FREED THEN RE-ARRESTED
Prisoner Taken Back TO coaticook for
Hearing Before immigration
Board on Charge of Being
an Undesirable

Coaticook. Quebec - Harry Ken
dali Thaw, pried out of the Sherbrooke
Jail on a writ of ehabeas corpus OBJ
tanned on a coup of William Travers
Jerome, enjoyed three minutes of Lib
erty, then was seized by the Domin-
ion immigration authorities and hust-
led by motor car TO this little town,
where he paced the floor in the immi-
grafton detention room over the
Grand Trunk Railway Station.
A special board OF inquiry will sit
in his case and he may be thrust
across the Vermont border as an I'M
desirable alien His lawyers have
planned no procedure TO resist extra
dition to New York, and the belief was
current that before many hours Thaw
would be back in the Matteawan asy-
lum for the criminal insane, from
which he escaped Sunday. August IL.
The beginning OF the end of Thaw' s
refuge in Canada came with dramatic
swiftness. A writ of habeas corpus,
sued out at the direction of Jerome,
with John Boudreau, chief of police
of this village, as petitioner, was sus-
tanned by Matthew Hutchinson, SUI
perior judge of the district of st.
Francis, sitting in chambers at Sher-
brooke.
Stolid, pallid, numb, Thaw sat not
five feet from the judge as he read
the decision When, in the very last
paragraph, the court declared him q
free man, whether he desired liberty
or not, Thaw seemed to crumple up
on the lounge where he sat. A cigar
stub fell from his left hand and scat
tered ashes on the floor But he did
not rise.
w. B. McKeown, of his counsel,
leaned over and, patting him on the
shoulder, whispered. Thaw raised his
big, staring eyes and stood up. Inn
migration officers in the room, headed
by E. Blake Robertson, assistant sup
intendent, moved near him and then
Thaw began slowly to move to the
door. At the threshold Robertson
said simply:
Come with us, Mr.. Thaw.'
And without word except a hoarse
goodby to the reporters, Thaw obeyed.
Five minutes later a gray roadster
streaked away from the courthouse.
In the back seat was Thaw. He had
not even been given time to pack his
scanty belongings and voluminous cor
respondence in his cell. In an hour he
was here in Coaticook, guarded in the
detention room by two stalwart Domin-
ion police. None but counsel was al
lowed to see him. The 23-mile nip
was without special Incident. Thaw
expressed no surprise, evidenced no
grief. Behind him trailed his defeated
lawyers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
ERUPTION ON ANKLE BURNED

Kingsyille, Mo.-''My trouble began
eighteen years ago. Nearly half of
the time there were running sores
around my ankle; sometimes it would
be two years at a time before they
did not sleep because of the great
suffering The sores were deep rum
ming ones and so sore that 1 could not
bear for anything to touch them.
They would burn all the time and
sting like lot of bees were confined
around my ankle. I could not bear to
scratch 1t, it was always so sensitive
to the touch. l could not let my
clothes touch it. The skin was very
red. I made what 1 called a cap out
Of white felt. blotting paper and soft
white cloth to hold it in shape This
1 wore night and day.
IT tried many remedies for most OF
the eighteen years with no effect.
Last summer l sent for some Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. The very first
time 1 used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment 1 gained relief; they relieved the
pain right then. 1t was three months
from the time 1 commenced using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment until the
sores were entirely healed. l have
not been troubled since and my ankle
seems perfectly we'll" (Signed) Mrs.
Charles E. Brooke, Oct %, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with SIP. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Fourteen persons were killed and
sixty injured by automobiles in Chi
cago durig August, according to the
report of the coroner.
Detailed reports regarding the ty-
phoon which has ragged over Japan
for several days show that it was
more disastrous than was at first be-
lieved and that the fatalities perhaps
will aggregate 1000
A. w. Mccormick of San Antonio
Tex, superintendent of the PaIomas
Land and Cattle Company IN Northern
Chihuahua, is held prisoner by Max
imo Castillo's band of Mexican free
hooters for q ransom of $4,000. The
money has been sent
Two houses in Dublin, Ireland, oc-
cupied by thirteen families suddenly
collapsed burying all the inmates.
Seven dead and many injured were
quickly extricated by rescuers. 1t is
feared the death roll will be heavy.
as it is reported fifty-three persons
are missing
With the issuance of the next gov
eminent grain condition report the
department of agriculture will expert
ment in giving the farmers of Illinois.
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas
and Texas immediate news of the
condition of the crops of their states
by telegraph instead of by mail, as
heretofore
viscount HaIdane,-the first lord high
chancellor of Great Britain to leave
his country since Cardinal wolsey
went to France 400 years ago. has ar
rived in New York on the steamship
Lusitania for flying visit of FIVE days
I'm this country and Canada
One thousand carDmes and 2S0.000
rounds of ammunition seized at Meri-
dian, Miss, which recently were re-
leased by the United States govern
ment for shipment to the Mexican
government, have been held up by
special agent of the Department OF
Justice at New Orleans