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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-01
Fleet Assembling OF Gibraltar.

Fleet Assembling OF Gibraltar.
United States battleships Vermont and
Ohio. with the fuel ship Jason and the
supply ship Celtic, sailed from this
port today after exchanging salutes
with the French batteries. They will
meet the remainder Of the America Z
squadron of Gibraltar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-01
.J.il ae,,4anes. For Trust Asads.

Jail Ssr4sncss For Trust Heads.
Washington, Dec. Jail sentences
only and no fines for violation Of the
Sherman law are proposed In an
amendment today by Representative
Henry which also provides against
manipulating prices and fixing stand
ards for controlling prices. Organi-
sations not conducted for profit and
products IN the hands Of
producers would be exempt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-01
STAR TEAMS TO MEET.
Six Crack Bowling Fivss 70 COMPETE
at St. Louis 1oniQft.

st. Louis. No. Dec. THE sharpest
contest yet seen at the seventh annual
tournament Of the Middlewest Bowling
Association now in progress IL ex-
pected tonight, when the six five-men
teams considered the best entered,
meet on the alleys. They are the
Frank J. Forsters, the Wooster-Iam-
berts. the Hyde Parks and Lucky
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-01

rations were not entitled to deduct the
value Of ore before 1t was mined as de-
probation" Chief Justice White and
Justices McKenna and Holmes dissent
ed ~ the latter point.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-01
MANY HUNTERS KILLED.

Twsnty.Four Men Fatally Shot During
Deer Season in North.
Milwaukee. Dec. 1.-Twenty-four
hunters gave up their lives in Wiscon-
son and northern Michigan and many
more were wounded during the deer
season which opened Nov. 10 and
closed yesterday at midnight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-01
T.-R. BULLETIN
Noticeable News d Today
The Weather.

Sun rises Dec. 2 at 7:os. sets at 4:34.
lowa-Occasional rain tonight and
probcbly Tuesday: somewhat colder In
north portion Tuesday: light to mod
crate northerly winds
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
.EVANGELINE TO VOTE
ON PROHIBITION

Evangeline parish will vote on
the Nov. 18th on the prohibition
question. The police jury issued
its proclamation for an election
at it's last meeting.
Whilst the politicians, it is un-
derstood, are against prohibition
it is generally thought t ha I
EvangeIine will go dry. When
Evangeline was a portion of st.
Landry it was that section Of
the parish that put st. Landry
on the water wagon. This
time that parish will not have a
section like ST. Landry to rescue
it from only grape juice.
Mr.. Turner, president of the
Louisiana anti-saloon league, de-
livered a speech to the members
Of the police jury at its meeting,
held on October 14th. The Clerk
Of Court Of Eyangeline made a
speech against prohibition.
Tt will be a hard battle be
tween the license saloon element
and the prohibition people. The
outcome of this contest is eager
ly awaited by the people of st.
Landry.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
REPORTS SHOW THIS
PARISH NOT IN IT
ST. Landry Falls Back In
Cotton Raising-EVange-
line Third.

Tn the cotton report of the
number of bales ginned prior to
September the 25th, st. Landry
parish, which was at one time
the queen of the cotton growing
parishes Of Louisiana is number
ed among the ''All other. =
This IS probably the first time
in the history of the once EN-
pire Parish of louisiana z that
st. Landry has taken such a
back seat.
Had it not been for the exces-
sive rains, as well as the droughts
which the farmers encountered
this parish would have been
among the leaders.
Evangeline, the youngest and
fairest daughter Of old St Lam
dry, made a splendid showing.
in producing more Of that staple
product than it did for the year
1912. Out of all the parishes
which grow cotton there were
only three to surpass Eyangeline,
that being Caddo, DeSoto and
Ayoyelles.
Following is the report of the
Department of Commerce. of the
Bureau of Census, furnished by
William J. Harris, Director, OF
Washington:
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
Grand CoteaH.

Grand Coteau, La, Oct. 29.
Frank G. Brinkhaus died sud
denly at his residence here We'd
nesday morning. He was born
August 18th, 1856. He was Vii
lage Treasurer here for several
years, a Knight of Columbus
and an active member of the
Society of st. Vincent de Paul.
He leaves his wife, his mother
in-law, Mr.. T. Hebart, three
brothers, Brother Joseph Brink
haus, S. j., of st. Charles Col
lege;; William Brinkhaus of
Grand Coteau, and August
Brinkhaus of Sunset; one sister,
Sister Louise Brinkhaus at ST.
Michael's Convent, Convent, La.
and several nephews and nieces.
The funeral services were held
Thursday morning at the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, before a
large number of relatives and
friends. All the stores closed
during the services, Rev. j. P.
Moore, S. j., off1ciated, assisted
by Rev. M. A. Grace, S. j., and
Rev. Robert Brooks, S. J. Sew
eral of the college altar boys
carried torches in the process
sion. A beautiful sermon was
preached by Father Moore. S. j.
The pallbearers were; I'll. f.
Richard, Mentor Richard, Luke
Richard, James Richard, ]. ].
Barry and E. v. Barry.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
SOUND ADVICE TO
ST. LANDRY FARMERS
prof j. N. Toole, Expert Agriculturist, Tells The
Planters How To Cultivate Their
Lands Properly.

moving room. This practice,
however, belongs to the past and
while we can no longer pitch our
tents on virgin soil in this sec
tion, we still find many who
cling to the idea that land must
wear out. Some how we must
be persuaded to give up this
idea.
Is it not true that most of Us
! believe that in order to have
good farms nature must make
them good for us, when as a
matter of fact we m1st make
them good ourselves. How are
we to do this? The remedy is
simple and we should begin to
apply it now. Make a start by
plowing your land this Fall for
next years crop. PloW about
two inches deeper than you have
ever plowed before and pIoW un-
der all the grass, weeds, corn
stalks, etc. This organic matter
when Incorporated with the soil
at this season will decompose
during the winter, forming hu-
mus and this humus in combina-
ton with the mineral matter of
the soil will serve as a food sup
ply for your next years crop,
thus paying you abundantly for
your Falls work. Try it at once
and you will be thoroughly con-
vinced of its merits.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
Jury Sends Several to Baton
Rouge.

Since last Friday at twelve
To- clock, up to yesterday at
twelve, six men were convicted
by the petit jury. The Court
has not adjourn ed yet, but there
are only a few cases remaining
on the docket. Next week the
Judge will be busy with the
civil suits, until the 9Th, when
he will continue crimina. court,
hearing misdemeanor cases.
The following verdicts were
given out during the week:
James Wesley, burglary
guilty; Philogene Savoie and
brother, Pierre. cutting with in
tent to C o m m murder, not
guilty; Drake Taylor and An
drew Phenix, COW stealing,
guilty; Pliny Eagland, cow steal
ing, guilty; Valcin Willis, muir
der. guilty without capital pun
ishment;; Arthur Domingeaux,
murder, guilty without capital
punishment: Babe Adams, bur-
glary. not guilty; Willie Strother,
murder, not guilty.
ST. Landry will furnish a
great number to the state peni-
tentiary, when the time comes
for those convicted to depart.
There were three found guilty
last week and six convicted up
to Friday evening, making a
total of nine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
COMMISSION FORM
SURE TO WIN OUT
All Factions Seem to Be I'm Favor of the New Form
Of Government Which Will Garry by
A Good Majority.
Opelousas seems assured Of a

Opelousas seems assured Of a
Commission Form of Govern
ment. That is what all the
politicians think. In fact it is
generally conceded that the
smallest majority Commission
form will win out by will be two
to one.
There seems to be an under
current fighting this issue, and it
is reported that there are a few
persons in Opelousas trying to
defeat this new form of govern
ment. Whatever power that
current will have it is an assured
fact that it will not be able to
compete against the overwhelm-
ing numbers, who are in favor
of a new kind of government.
Several cities have been run
by commissioners, in this state,
and thus far this kind Of govern
ment has proven to be more sat
isfactory, not only to the city
officials, but also to the public
generally. Lake Charles a n d
New iberia have been in the
hands of commissioners for sew
eral months and it is a known
fact that it has met the approval
Of the citizens of these two pro-
gressive cities.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01

From an agricultural point of
view st. Landry has often been
referred to as the Garden Spot"
of the State. Perhaps this is
true, yet a visit through the par
ish reveals the fact that many
farmers are cultivating land that
Is very poor indeed. In fact
many farmers are cultivating
land that is absolutely devoid of
/ organic matter and therefore en-
tirely unfit for cultivation at all
A. large majority of our farmers
know this to be true from per-
sonal experience and still they
persist in this practice to their
own financial disadvantage and
to the disadvantage of those de-
pendent upon them. Why is
this strue? Why should any
man cultivate poor land? | am
sure no one prefers to do so and
am also sure that it is not ne
cessary that he do so for the con-
ditions are we'll known whereby
one may cultivate land for an in
definite period, removing the
crops each year, and yet have
the land better at the end than
it was at the beginning.
We are told that when farm
ing began in this country it was
the custom to farm a field until
it wore out and then move over
on another farm an exhaust it
and so on so long as there was
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01

It is hoped that the voters of
Opelousas will turn out to cast
their vote for a Commission
Form of Government. There is
no reason for staying at home
on the 25th OF next month, when
a matter of such vital Importance
comes before the people of this
city. Every voter in OpeIousas
should go to the polls on that
day and cast his ballot pro or con.
The Mayor and the majority
of the members of the Board Of
Aldermen, it is understood. will
support the Commission Form.
The parish officials have n o t
stated whether they would sup
port it or not, but it is thought
that they will all be on the win
ming side, when the election
comes off.
The state in which the Board
of Aldermen will leave h e
affairs of the city, next January,
will be most promising and the
new plan of governing Opelousas
should work splendidly, provided
that good men are chosen as
Commissioners.
The Mayor has already issued
his proclamation of election,
which is to take place on Tues
day, November 25th.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
THE CONFESSION TO
PLAY HERE THURSDAY
Great Drama Will Be at the
Opera House on
Nov. 9Th.

THE Confession, a drama
with the secrecy of the confes-
sional of the Catholic Church,
which is to be the offering al
Sandoz Opera House, on Thurs
day night, November 9th, has
Mr.. Richard Sterling playing the
leading role of the Rev ]. ].
Bartlett. Mr.. Sterling has been
congratulated for his excellent
characterization of this beauti-
full part. Theatre-goers f7mem-
bering him in Quo Nadis, !"
The Sign of the Cross" and
The Christian, = claim that this
clever and realistic work he is
offering, outshines by far, any
thing that he has ever done.
Mr.. Sterling says, have
met a great number of Protest
ants and Hebrews who have wit
messed The Confession and
they have been enthusiastic in
their commendation of the rem
dition of Ehis beautiful play. /
would advise everyone who is
not of the Catholic faith to see
this play, for through it they
will get an insight into the con-
fessional and will learn that the
place is not what some have pic
tured it, and that what passes
there between penitent an d
priest is sacred to the church and
never revealed. No law has
ever been able to open the con-
fessional. It has been bullet
proof against all civic enactments
and there is a reason it should
be. There is a spiritual side to
every human being, and when
that side asserts itself, what it
confesses should be sealed. In
this play a French Canuck kills
a man and runs to the confes-
sional to be absolved. He Sc
cures absolution on the promise
if any innocent person is accused
of the crime he will confess to
the authorities. In the same
act the priest learns his brother
is accused of the crime, having
been in a scuff1e with the man
when he was shot. The priest
knows of the innocence of his
brother. He knows the murder
er, because the information
came through the confessional.
The murderer defes the priest
to tell. The latter is powerless
although he sees his innocent
brother led to the gallows. I'm
time the conscience of the muir
derer betrays him and the inno-
cent man is set free"
In his conversation, Mr.. Sterl-
ing mentions, that Il. S. Will
ard had a play called THE Car
dinal," !" which ran through SINH
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
UP-TO-DATE STORE
BUILDING GOING UP
IsidOr Isaac Establishing Splen-
did building for Use of
Mercantile.

The @ 0pelousas Mercantile
| Company will soon move into a
beautiful store building which
will soon be constructed for its
exclusive use, on Main street,
opposite to Blacksher's store.
The building will belong to Isl
dor Isaac and will be one of the
most up-to-date and modern
store buildings in the state.
The Mercantile will carry a
full stock OF general dry goods
and groceries. It will be in a
better manner to serve it's
many patrons than ever before
and Manager Isaac Roos expects
to do as large a business as the
store formerly did, a few years
ago, when he had to employ
thirty clerks.
The building which is to grace
the ground upon which up to re-
Gently stood the old dilapidated
building, which was at one time
occupied by the Drearnland'
picture show, the first picture
show Opelousas had. will have a
solid plate glass front, being
built on the style of the fashion
able buildings of large cities.
It will be one story high, and
will measurel0 feet by fifty.
Opelousas is not as dead as
some may claim. With the cry
of hard time" one does not
stop and realize that this city
has doubled in population since
the hard time struck Opelousas.
What is still better is the fact
that it has not stopped growing.
A few more boosts as Mr..
Isaac is establishing here Ope-
lousas would soon be the leading
city of central, as we'll as South
west Louisiana.
The work on the construction
of the modern and up-to-date
store building will be starte l as
soon as the ground will have
been cleared of all impediments.
1t will only be few weeks be-
fore the Mercantile will have
been established on the corner
of Main and North streets,
where Mr.. Roos will be glad to
serve his hundreds of country as
well as city customers.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
CHURCH POINT PEOPLE
WILL DRILL FOR
OIL.

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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
OPELOUsAs. La. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER l. 1913
HENRY IARCADE, R.,
MAY Be A CANDIDATE
Popular Young Nan b eing
Urged for Commissioner.
To Make Splendid Race.

Henry Larcade, Jr., is being
mentioned as a possible candi
date for Commissioner Of Fl
ance, when 0pelousas will gt
into Commission Form of Gov.
ternment. His many friends
have been after him to say thai
| he would be a candidate fol
quite a while, but as yet Mr..
Lareade has not said positively
that he would run, and at the
same time he has never init.
mated that he would not listen
to the pleadings of his friends.
Sometime ago Mr.. Larcade
was mentioned as a possible can
didate against Mr.. Percy Dun
bar, for Alderman from the
Fourth Ward, but since then the
question of whether or not Ope-
Iousas should adopt the Commits
sion Form of Government or not
has come up. The people here
being convinced that the new
plan will be adopted, the ques-
ton of looking up for candidates
for Aldermen has been dropped
and now the commissioners will
be looked forward to.
There is no doubt that Mr..
Larcade will make a good race,
as he is one of the most popular
of the younger voters of the
city. His friends are assured
that he will come out on top at
the election, which will be held
next January. He is at present
member of the Parish School
Board to which Office he was
elected in September, 1913. He
made such a splendid race in
this instance that his friends are
sure that he will be a winner.
When asked whether he would
make the race Mr.. Larcade said:
Il have not decided whether |
will run or not, but the chances
are that I will be in the contest
for Commissioner of Finance,
next January
The fact that several of the old
bankers of the city recommend
Mr.. Larcade very highly for this
responsible position is enough to
convince the people of Opelousas
that he is fully competent to fill
this Office.
Mr.. Larcade has been assist
ant cashier of the st. Landry
State Bank for several years.
In this electian the contestants
will have to go up, before the
entire voting population of Ope-
lousas, since the city wards will
have been done away with, un-
less Commission Form of Gov
ernment fails to carry, which is
not probable. A candidate will
have to work harder to win than
he would if he were running for
Alderman.
However it is most probable that
Mr.. Larcade will be a candidate,
but as yet it is not known who
will oppose him.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01

lar lines and both reminded him
of Samuel Levers poem, en-
titled Father Roach. = In the
Lever story it is the brother of
the priest who is murdered. The
murderer confesses to Father
Roach. The priest knows the
assassin but he is poWerless to
have him punished. Some years
later the murderer confesses to
the priest, but not according to
the rules of the confessional.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
Mr.. Reams on Wonderful
Resources of Oregon.

Mr.. Editor:-On the Both of
September, 1912, we left the city
of Opelousas, turning our faces
toward the northwest, our point
of destination being Medford,
Oregon, which point was reached
on the evening of October 5th of
last year.
After a little more than IL
months residence here, / wish
to state, through the columns of
your paper, my impressions of
this portion of our great country.
Having been here during all the
seasons. I feel justified in thus
writing:
First, as to climate. I would
not know where to go to find
climatic conditions better. Our
winters are not severe, nor are
the summers hot. During the
middle of the day the tempera-
ture runs up, but the nights are
cool and delightful. A pair of
blankets usually feel comfortable
all through the months of July
and August. We are free from
heavy storms. A cyclone has
never been known to occur in
Oregon. Thunder storms are
not frequent. For example: On
the I'd OF October, 1912, while
passing through Arizona we
heard several heavy peals of
thunder, the last we heard for
six months or more. don 1
suppose there have been q half
dozen thunder storms during
the twelve months just passed.
Surely such a climate counts for
something.
Second, soil. There IS great
variety OF soils in the Rogue
River Valley. There is the very
deep black soil on the creek bot
toms, which yield enormous crops
of the various kinds, as alfalfa,
corn, oats, or wheat, and many
kinds of vegetables. Then there
is what is termed here I desert
land, = which is very fine for
smaller fruits and vegetables.
But to turn again to the black
soil and illustrate somewhat, I
had row OF tomatoes 140-ft In
length, from which sold up
wards of SO worth, besides use
i IN g t h g m from t h e.
t i m e t h ey begin t O
ripen until frost, and when the
frost came some of them were
simply weighted down with fruit.
/ cut Is eyes from one Irish po-
tato, planted them and harvested
43 pounds. Bro. Childs put in
less than one-sixteenth of an
acre, and, without irrigation,
gathered 1000 pounds. Rockey
Ford Muskmelons will bear near
~ as thick as they can lie on the
ground. English Walnuts and
almonds do well in this land and
I believe pecans would also do
well. Perhaps you wish to know
something Of the price of this
land. Near town is is too high
for farming, but for fruit and
vegetables. / am persuaded that,
taking all things into eonsidera-
ton, it is not much higher than
in Louisiana. You can buy land
anywhere from S25 to $500 per
acre. Just now town property
is very cheap. With a little
cash, a home can be purchased
on splendid terms, and in some
instances a man can buy without
any cash paying from SIS to SIS
per month until the home is paid