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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-15
Saturday, Feb. Is, 1913.
at II 9 clock a. M. lie following described
property to-wft:

1st. A certain tract or Parcel OF land
With buildings and improvements thereon,
containing sixty-three acres, more or less.
situated at rrairie Basse near Coulon's
bridge, being the remaining portion CT q
certain tract of land described as contain
ing one hundred and forty-six and 24.lbO
arpents. more OR less, bounded north and
east by lands formerly Of Michel Duffy,
west by formerly T.. 6. Anderson and
south by Bayou Tectle, alter taking there
from sixty acres sold by kya riste Wright
TO Julien jacques, 2.6.1F, rs app ars by act
Book d.. page 6s5 of the Clerks oflce Of
this parish and being pant of the same
property acquired by hyartste Wright from
LA L.hsur, widow LOUIS Valerie; as ap-
corder. duly recorded In Conveyance Book
Al, pages 4l6 and AIT of the recorders office
OF this parish.
Bayou Teche, So. Landry Parish. La. con-
tanning eighty one acres. more or less,
with all the buildings and improvements
thereon. being part OF a tract or n hun
bought Of Jacob Waiter 81 VIM. wright.
deceased. Feby, 23rds 1878, the laid one
hundred and thirty acres being de-
the hair Of Lot No. 4, divfded ~iengtnwIse,
In Section No. 80, partly in Section No. Is,
hip Six. South, Range four east AMI
partly In Township SIX, South, Range five
east; and said saIeSafterwards conffrIiesl
by act from j. and A.. Perrodtn to sal
William Wright on April th. 1872. The said
eighty one acres OF land, more or less, CON-
sistiDg OF the said tract OF one hundred
and thirty n acres more or less. saving
n excepting fifty acres sold by said VIM.
Wrfght deceased, to Staney Laws. Dec. IA,
1878. and being the same land acquired by
David Roos from estate of VIM. Wright
deceased, on July II, 1883; and acquired by
Celeste Wright from David Roos, June 27th,
1891. as appear by act 32O6s, duly recorded
n a0th, 1881 in Conveyance Book A g.,
m pGS 94A md O1Q nf the GIpEK5S Nf7nQ nf fhiS
parish.
3rd. A certain tract of land with build
ings and Improvements thereon. situated
in Prairie Basse, Parish of ST. Landry, con-
tanning sixty acres. bounded north by pub
lie load, south by formerly II. @. Anderson,
east by Bayou Teche and west formerly
Joseph S1bfl1e, being same property &C
CURED by julien Jacques known as Julien
Zacharie, as appears by act Nc 1924 duly
recorded In Conveyance Book ID 2 pag
6S3 OF the Clerks once of this parish.
Terms; Cash.
). R. PAVY
Jan 16t A%uctioneer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-15
GOOD ROADS ARE
AN INVESTMENT
Good Roads Mean Hard Roads
and Solves Many Problems
for Industrial Evils.

If the public could be con-
vinced that it is economy to be-
gin with fundamentals the prob
lem of progress in every line of
social endeavor would be solved.
At present the sole remedy for
many industrial evils lies in the
betterment of roads.
sManifestly, when time is un-
necessary consumed and labor
wasted in transportation of pro-
ducts to market there is a funda-
mental waste. One instance
will serve as an illustration. A
man loaded his wagon early one
morning with a bale of cotton
and a few bags of the loose pro-
duct. He lived twenty-five
miles from town. The roads in
that section are better than the
average, but it took him until
night fall to reach the selling
point. He and his half grown
son; who accompanied him, spent
the night in town, paying the
expense of lodging, meals and
keep for the team. The second
day was spelt-in negotiations
for the sale bf the cotton and
the purchasing Of 1 few neces-
sariesr They arrive on the third
day late iY the afternoon, hay-
ing lost practically three days.
That farm was mortgaged.
Everything made from year to
year was paid out in interest
and for a poor living for the
family. There was not a dollar
for improved labor-saving ma
chinery, for additional fencing
or, in fact, anything that would
the value of the place.
Ii this farmer had raised small
marketable crops - which he
could not afford the
time or give up the use OF his
team to take them to the nearest
point. A few sweet potatoes,
cotton and corn were the sole
raised.
# his place had been mort
gagged for the building of a pike
or trolley line connecting him
with a market there would be
hope Of paying out. As condi-
lions are, he gets poorer and
more hopeless every year. There
are hundreds owning small farms
today caught in this system.
There is nothing ahead of them
but grinding toll with bare sub
sistence as a reward. Crowley
Signal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-15
PLANT IRISH POTATOES.

The Tribune would again adj
monish its readers to plant a
good patch Of Irish potatoes in
connection with their Vegetable
garden. The potato is one Of our
best esculents and almost a sub
stitutes for bread. In Ireland it
is the bread Of the poor people,
and nowhere can you find a heal
thier race than they are. The
Irish potato is very nutritious,
easily cultivated and natures
early. Therefore if>should have
a first place in the truck patch.
The main crop should be planted
in February in wei drained soil,
and mature nlApril. Plant in
rows well fertilized and cultivate
If you desire abundant yields. A
second crop Of corn, sweet pota-
toes or vegetables can be raised
on same lapd that>Vill amply re-
pay your time and 1ahor: Be
sure and select good seed pota-
toes and plant early in the season.
In cutting your potatoes leave
two eyes, or germs, to the piece
of good size, and plant about
inches apart in the drill.
Put some straw in the furrow
and cover with about five inches
inches Of soil, and you will have
q fine seed bed. -Rayne-Tribune
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-15


Creating the Office of Supervisor of
Puiltc Roads and Bridges through
cut the parish of st. Landry, fixing
h.-qualifications and duties and fix
ir. his condensation and providing
for the mode of payment of the
sarae, and manner OF mis- election.
Sec. i. He it ordained by the Police
Jury Of he Parish of st. Landry, That
there tie and is hereby created the
office of Supervisor of Public Roads
and Ridges, throughout the Parish of
st. Landry.
Sec. .. That the qualifications of said
officer shall be as follows: He shall be
a regular licensed civil engineer. hay
ing experience in practical engineering
and oVor the age of tWenty-one years.
Sec. 3. Itshall be his duty to regu-
larly inspect the various public roads
and bridges throughout the parish of
st. Landry and to see whether the va
rious road contractors throughout the
parish are constructing, repairing and
maintaining the public roads and
bridges under their CONTRACTS in a prac-
tical, workman-like Ii and to re-
port in writing the result of his inves-
tigation to the m smber or members of
the Police Jury of the ward where said
roads are located. He shall fix the
location of all drains necessary to
properly drain and maintain the pub
lie roads and as ma be necessary to
maintain said roads free of water n
to fix the specifications of bridges as
may be necessary to be built. he shall
do all such surveying as may be neees
sary to properly build and drain the
public roads of the parish of st. Landry
and shall do such surveying work as
may be required by the Police Jury.
Sec. 4. That said Supervisor OF Pub
lie Roads and Bridges shall hold office
for d period OF cur years from the date
of his election and shall be elected by a
majority vote of the Police Jury and
he shall furnish bond in the sum of
500 dollars for the faithful perform
ance Of his duties under said office:
provided, however, that he may be re-
moved at any time within this tenure
for non-performance of his duties I'm
der this ordinance.
Sec. s.. That the salary of said Super
visor of Public P.oads and Bridges is
hereby fixed at not more than dol
lars per annum to be fixed by resolu-
ton of the Police Jury, payable quar-
terly on his own warrant and to be
ratably pro rated from the various
road funds of The different police jury
| wards of the parish, in proportion that
these various funds bear to each other.
| Sec. 8. Thatthis ordinance shall take
effect from and after its passage.
ADOPTED Jan. 18th. 1913.
JOS. T. ST. CYR,
President Pro. Tenn.
ATTEST:
J.J. HEALEY,
Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-15
Proceedings of the Demo-
cratic Executive COM
mittee of the City of
Opelousas, La.

.Opelousas. La, Feb. 10. 1913.
The Democratic Executive
Committee of the City of Ope-
lousas, La. met this day pursu-
ant to the call Of the Chairman.
Present: Raymond Breaux X,
Allen T. Sandoz (by proxy, E..
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-15
SALE.
I11ON SkAl1Ls
ADELINE WRIGHT, WIDOW.
VS..
JOHN. zACHARTE, ct ais.

No. 1854, Civil Docket, 18th judicial Dis.
frict Court, st. Landry Parish, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-15
AN ORDINANCE

Mr.. l,ilnmick offered the following
seconded by Mr.. Gournay-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-15

By virtue of q Judgment rendered by the
Hon. B. II. Pavy, Judge of the 10th Judicial
Parish of st. Landry, on the 10th day of
Dec. A. ID. 1914 in the above numbered
n entitled case, and pursuant to a com
mission 10 me directed oy the clerk OF said
Count, bearing date Dec. 10th. 1912. / will
proceed 10 sell at public auction, for the
purpose Of Greetings partition, to the last
n highest bidder, at the front door
dry, in the City of Opelousas, La. on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
PARCELS POST.

1t is said that the large post offices
in Milwaukee and other cities are be-
ing swamped by packages which are
allowed to pass through the mails
under the new parcels post law,
and packages up to eleven pounds
and six feet long are coming in thick
and fast. This is a coed beginning;
at first it may prove cumbersome and
hard to handle but in very short
time everything will be systemstized
and running smoothly. There is no
question but what more help will be
needed and means of transportation
supplied. But the people should
have patience and assist in every way
possible to the end that the exorbitant
charges now charged by the express
companies may be wiped out. 1t is
gratifying at last TO know that we
have means at hand whereby we
can get out of the death-like
grip of the greedy express COM
panies. Packages which have cost
our merchants 40 and so cents to send
by express to near by towns can now
be sent for Is or 20 cents. Quite a
differance. The business in our local
Office has been active. The first to
take advantage of the law was Aug.
f. Rapraeger, who purchased the
first stamps and mailed the first ar
ticles. Many parcels have been
mailed since then. Many packages,
however, have been returned to their
senders, for the reason that ordinary
stamps have been affixed, and then
again others are being held because
of neglect of the senders in affixing
their names to their packages. Those
improperly prepared or stamped land
in the dead letter office in Washing
ton.
One very important thing to re-
member is that regular postage stamps
cannot be used on parcels post mat
ter and another that packages must
be taken to the post office.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07

Consolidation Of Grand Rapids Street
Railway and Light and Water
Service Probable.

The consolidation of the Grand
Repids Street Railway Co. aud the
Electric & Water Power Co. of
Grand Rapids is said to be under con-
sideration. Neal Brown of Wausau,
president of the Grand Rapids Street
Railway Co., was in Grand Rapids,
perfecting plans for the new company
so the press of that city say. 1t is
further stated that an effort wiz be
made to extend the street railway
sytsem to Biron, Stevens Point and
Wausau.
1t is also rumored tilat the Grand
Rapids Street Railway company is
contemplating the purchase of the
water power site south of the Rapids,
known as the south side power plant.
The purpose of the entire project is
to organize public utility company
to serve the people of Grand Rapids
with an interurban railway system,
between Nekoosa and Wausau, via
Stevens Point. The system is now in
operation as far as Grand Rapids.
The company also proposes to furnish
light to the city of Grand Rapids,
and to furnish power at a low rate of
cost, to induce manufacturing plants
to establish in that city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
STATE CONVENTION OF OLDER
BOYS.

Next Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at Oshkosh there will be held the
tenth annual state convention CT
older boys. This convention will be
conducted under the joint auspices of
the State Young Mems Christian as
sociation and the Wisconsin Sunday
School association. 1t is for boys Is
to 20 years of age, and any boys of
that age who are well recommended
Will he received as delegates from
church clubs, brotherhoods, Sunday
schools, high and preparation schools.
and the Y. VI. G. A. of the state. Full
entertainment will be provided by
Oshkosh citizens from Friday until
Monday morning. E. w. Branden-
burg who will have charge of the del
egation from this city expects that
from Is to 20 boys will accompany
him from here and he says it is pos
sible that an orchestra will be Jaken
with the delegation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE.
PILOT TFiIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO

dog the other day. The biting of
human being by a dog, should he the
death warrant of the dog.
Quite sensation was caused the
other night at one of our hotels, by
one of the guests, Mr.. Bagly, max
ing the discovery that he had been
robbed of $1,000. 1t soon transpired
that the money had not left his own
family, but had been taken care of by
his wife. The verdict of the people
is that the only foolish thing the
woman did was to give it back to Mr..
B&gly.
The county fair was a great success
as usual owing to the carefu, manage
ment of VIM. Wilson, its secretary.
There was good display of farmers
produce, but our farmers should take
more interest. Adam Groth made a
good showing from his marble yard.
Messrs. ]. A. Cowan and Fred Neu
had fine exhibition from their furni-
ture stores. r. E. Parcher had a fine
showing of blooded stock. The first
prize in the pigeon shoot was secured
by Geo. Steltz, the second by August
Engel. The base ball contest be-
tween the "Foresters" and the
"Buglers" was disastrous to the latter
by score of 50 to 10. Neil Capron
umpired the game. The German
Guards went through the manual of
arms, being reviewed by the adjutant
general. A feature of the second day
was saving match between the
Diamond saw and the Great American,
Messrs. Kickbusch, Parcher and Bau-
man dealers in the former and Mrs.
Turney OF the Wausau Saw Works, the
latter. Sides were chosen. 1t was an
exciting contest. The Diamond saw
went through 16-inch pine log in Is
seconds beating the American by 3
seconds. In the hardwood test the
American came out ahead. The
drawing match was won by the teams
of d. 2. Bentley. John Brown and
H. Marquardt, the latter taking 1st
prize. The running race had entries:
Otto Kickbusch's "Nellie," Aug.
Kickbusch's Maggie" and DR.. D. B.
Wylies prince" ''Nellien took first
money and maggie" second. Best
time 55 seconds. The trotting race
also had entries. AL Filters horse
r. E. Parcher's mare and NJ. w.
Sweeney's colt. Fitzer won first and
Parcher second. Hon. Chas. Hoefing-
er had fine display of grapes and
apples.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
INDOOR BASE BALL.

A new indoor base ball league has
been formed at the Y. M. C. a. and
consists of three teams made up of
seniors and one team made up OF the
business men of the Y. The teams
will play weekly, Tuesdays and iiN'Fi-
day nights, except at special times
when notice of the postponement will
be given early to the members of
each team.
Following is a list of each team and
its members
White Sox-Art Brecller, E. Tor
gerson, P. Hooper, Dern, Brandt, Ted
Wilke, Lemke, d. Kischel, Nc Len
nan, Burke, Schneider.
Cubs-W. Brechler, G. Schmidt, F.
Ulrich, Kreuger, Bartlett, R. Weeks,
f. Buss, E. Schulty, Ebert, B. Hung
er, J. O'Brien.
Giants-A. Jessie, Leistikow, A.
Ulrick, ]. Hildensperger, II. Lupd, E.
Jessie, w. Koch, Lentz, E. Kischel,
c. Swanson, Laatsch, A. Wills.
Business Memo. A. Cowee, A. A.
Hooper, r. D. Widmer, Weiks, O..
Anderson, Zielsdorf, Pagel. Gill, Lille
qvest, Hochtritt, Nachtigal, Kiefer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
SHOOTS THROUGH TELEPHONE
CABLE.

While shooting "The New Year"
Mr.. Pospyhalla of Edgar, accidentally
fired a "a calibre bullet sleek and
clean through the main cable of the
Marathon County Telephone company
Wednesday night. The shot placed
about 180 wires out of commission
and very few telephones could be
used at Edgar New Years day. Nj.
Smale of Wausau was notified and he
drove down at once in an auto. Ac-
cording to his statement it would re-
quire two days. work to get the Edgar
system in running order again. Mr..
Pospyhalla settled with the company
by paying so dollars for the damage.
Moral Shooting the New Year in, in
villages and cities, is nuisance and
should not be tolerated. Marathon
Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07

furnished to all county highway COM
missioners to assist them in the
selection of men to have charge of
their work during the coming year.
If such a list can be secured it will
solve one OF the most serious pro-
blems facing the road builders in the
state. The campaign of 1912 in road
work doubled or trebled the amount
of such work ordinarily prosecuted in
Wisconsin and 1913 will see another
doubling, or more, with the result
that experienced men, from highway
engineers to foremen, roller operators,
ETC., will be scarcer than ever. All
such men who are not engaged for
1913 should communicate with A. r.
Hirst, State Highway Engineer, Mad
ison, Wisconsin,, if they desire to be
placed in the road work of the state
during the coming year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
OPEN HOUSE
Y. n. c. A. Gives Fine Program Both
Afternoon and Evening on
New Years Day.

Last Wednesday afternoon and
evening open house was kept at the
Z. nj. G. A. in honor of the new year.
Nothing was doing during the morn
| ing of that day but in the early part
of the afternoon the gallery in the
gymnasium was pretty we'll crowded
and about this time the two Jr,
classes, Junior A and the Junior B
began to give their part of the enter
| tainment.
The exhibition in the gymnasium
consisted of the following given by
the two junior classes and lasted
nearly all afternoon.
The afternoon opened first by the
marching Of the two classes, the Jr.
B going through some fancy maneu-
vers. Then came apparatus work by
/ the Jr. A, which was followed by an
exhibition of mat tumbling by the
Jr. B. Games were then taken part
in by the Jr. A, after which the Jr.
B, gave pyramid exhibition which
was followed by games by the upper
class. Maze running by both classes
finished the exhibition. About 100
boys were on the floor at this time,
all between the ages of ii and IA.
The afternoons program was ended
by basket ball game between two
intermediate teams.
A free lunch was served by the
ladies auxiliary toward the latter
part of the afternoon and consisted
of the most delicious coffee and buns.
EVENING PROGRAM EXCELLENT.
The evening entertainment was
even more interesting than that of
the afternoon. Games were played to
begin with and this was followed by
most interesting and exciting game
of base ball between picked teams of
the seniors and business men of the
city. The game ran six innings and
finally ended with the score ,6-4 In
favor of the business men. One oi
the most interesting and attractive
rooms of the Y on Wednesday was
the reading room, which held about
600 different Calendars. The exhibit
W. given by the educational commit
tee of the boys department of the Y
consisting of Afford Crandall, chair
man, Lawrence Smith and Eugene
Thayer and also e. w. Bran
denburg. The calendars were
gathered from the various business
houses of the city and also about 400
sample calendars were borrowed from
Paul f. Stolze and the Wilson Hurd
Co. The novelty of this attraction
made it one of the drawing cards of
the day.
1t is estimated that from 500 to 600
people visited the Y. M. G. A. on this
occasion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
ROAD FOREMEN IN DEMAND.

TIE Milwaukee Sentinel recently
pubiAhed the following item:
- appeal comes from the State
Highway Engineer, A. r. Hirst, for
competent foremen to take charge of
road construction in Wisconsin.
In the year 1912 about 81, 100000
worth of road work was done in the
state under the general direction of
the state highway commission, and
during the coming year it is expected
the amount of road work done will
aggregate s., 100000. Last year there
was trouble in many counties to find
competent foremen to direct the work
and in 1918 this trouble promises to
become acute.
"We would like to bring out of the
woods every man in the state who
has had experience in handling men
and tools in moving dirt or building
city streets, country roads or rail-
roads," says the state engineer in a
letter requesting the assistance of
The Sentinel in bringing this subject
before the public.
"We want men who have actually
served as foremen on work of some
Importance and believe if we could
secure list of such men we could
place most of them at very good wages
and at the same time be of service to
many counties which find it difficult
to secure the right kind of men," he
adds.
WILL LIST FOREMEN.
1t is the purpose of the Wisconsin
highway commission 10 prepare list
of competent foremen which will be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
Don't Envy a
Glorious
Head Of Hair.

Your hair may not be as heavy as
other women's, young lady; it may
not radiate its lustrous splendor. it
not he free from dandruff: but that's
no reason why you should worry.
In Paris all women who care have
fascinating hair; i'm America all wom-
en-, young ladies and girls who know
about PARIsIAN Sage have wealth
of brilliant hair and give credit where
credit is due; to wonderful, delightful
PARISIAN Sage, the ideal hair tonic,
grower, dandruf remover and beauti-
fer.
Sold by dealers everywhere for only
so cents. w, w. Albers sells it on
money back plan. 1t stops scalp itch
instantly and preserves the natural
color and beauty Of the hair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-07
SOME FINE TIMBER.

Leo Mcguire, of the town Of EN-
NETT, is engaged this winter in get
ting out bunch of rock elm square
timbers that are making the natives
sit up and take notice. The timbers
are being unloaded near the depot
where they will be left until spring
when they will be loaded on cars and
shipped. There are 800 in the bunch,
many of them sixty feet long and ten
and twelve inches square at the top.
1t is the finest bunch of timber that
has been seen hereabouts for many
years. -Mosinee Times.