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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
DEMONSTRATION TRAIN
ROYALTY RECEIVED
At MELVILLE.

Melville turned out in all its
2 beauty and splendor to give the
Iexas and Pacific special demon
4 y sssnaflon train a arousing reception.
Upwards of 5000 people from
~ snd around Melville were at the
asallon early Tuesday morning
Wnen the lectures and demonstra-
Tons began.
Governor Hall wasf to attend
put On account of very important
BUSINESS he was unable to be pre-
semi. He, however, wrote a let
r 70 the people of Melville ex-
plalning his absence and compli-
mentlng the Texas and Pacific
upon the splendid work it
Mas doing for the State of
some very interesting lectures
X IRE delivered on this occasion.
nose which were most prominent
nl nsre: Tick Eradication" by DIR.
psalygmple OF the State Universi-
Y. me Importance of develop
lg me dairy industry in the At
SS.alaIaIaya ~ district" by A. H
osapie and The fertilization Of
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
LAFAYETTE VOTES In FAVOR
OF TAX.
Citizens Show That They Want
A Trolley Line.

The citizens of Lafayette are
proud Of their city, indeed they
have cause to be, over the out
come Of the election held there
on the 23rd, when the people of
that hustIing little city voted the
proposed tax Of the Southwestern
Louisiana Power and Traction,
Company, and are now planning
to do the same thing for the
Louisiana Traction and Power
Company on February 14th.
Now that they are assured of one
trolley line the progressive peo-
pie of enterprising Lafayette are
the most eontented people in the
entire state. The Southwestern
Traction is already operating be-
tween New iberia and Jeaneret-
te and it proposes to extend its
line to Abbeyille, through st.
Martinville, Bfeaux Bridge and
Lafayette. Ali the towns on
this line have voted in favor of a
tax to help out the Company and
the Company will in turn rush
the work of building immediate
~ and in a few months Lafayette
will have communication with all
of the principal towns and cities
of the Teche country.
The threat Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad to move their
shops to New Orleans, thereby
taking away from Lafayette
some four or five hundred men, is
supposed to be only a bluff
and the people of Lafayette are
not worried. Anyway the trolley
means every bit as much and
perhaps more than the Southern
Pacific shops.
Let the people Of Opelousas
display the progressiveness OF
our sister city and then we will
have cause to be proud of our
city, too.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
ANOTHER SAW MILL FOR
ST. LANDRY.
Mr.. Crutcher Thinks of Putting
Up Saw Mill Here. Left to
Citizens to Obtain 1t.

Mr.. FL. Y. Crutcher, formerly
of Iota, Acadia Parish, La, Wht
had a large interest in a sawmil
at that point has sold out the
mill and was up here this week
with a view Of looking into the
possibilities of putting up a stave
factory near Opelousas.
It is understood that he con-
templates building this mill on
the Southern Pacific railroad
some fifteen miles north of here,
but at the same time he would
establish it nearer Opelousas if
he gets the proper inducements.
Now is the time for our citizens
to be up and doing and put
their best foot forward in order
to secure an enterprise which
would mean a great deal for this
city. Last year we had a splend-
i'd opportunity to land the Kern
Go. s mill but through some dis
interestedness on our part this
company passed us up for Port
Barre. After this was done we
saw our mistake and would have
gladly made them a proposition
for them to come here-but it
was too late. and if we do not
look out we will miss this mill
also.
It is said that Mr.. Crutcher
has already made purchases and
for sufficient timber to
run his mill at least three years
and probably longer. Unless we
make him a better offer than
other towns he will do just like
the Kern Co. and Opelousas will
then be left behind wondering
why is it that it did not get thsi
enterprise.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
DR.. HALLOWAY WRITES
ABOUT GOOD ROADS
President of lberve Police Jury tells Lttell Law
ler How His Parish Got
Good Highways.

From the communication of DR..
W. A. Holloway to Messrs Littell
and Lawler, which we herewith
print, one can judge fairly well
how much it would take US to
build our country roads. Iber-
vile Parish has several miles Of
very good road which cost the
people of that parish very little.
Now they are enjoying good sub
stantial highways at very
small cost of maintenance.
Messrs. Littell and LaWler were
kind enough to allow us to print
this letter and we hope that the
people of this parish will benefit
by it. The idea that it would re-
lquire an enormous amount of
money to build roads can easily
be proven erroneous by the state
ments of DR.. Holloway. The
letter follows:
Plaquemine, La, Jan. 9th, 1913.
Messrs. LaWler & LittelI,
Opelousas, La.
Gentlemen:
have your letter of the 25th,
and take pleasure in giving you
the approximate cost and grade
of our gravel roads.
First. We grade our dirt road
Of about rs feet in width, one
half inch to the foot and in the
middle of this road we put in
width Is feet Of washed gravel.
The gravel is 5 inches thick in
the middle and 3 inches on the
sides; on the top of the gravel
we put about two inches of sandy
soil; we then use a drag and road
to keep it in shape un-
til the sandy soil mixes with the
gravel and forms a cement.
After uniting and becoming
perfectly hard the cost of up
keep will be very small outside
Of drainage.
We put a small ditch on each
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
EHIGRANTs
COMING TO OPE.
LOUsAs.

/ Father Engberink recently an.
nounced that in about three
weeks he expected about twelve
families OF industrious and in.
dependent Belgian and German
families to arrive at Opelousas,
to make a permanent settlement
here. He has interested these
people as a result of industrious
and admirable efforts on his part
to develop the neighboring coun-
try, and with the assistance of
the Catholic Colonization Society.
A good welcome to these people,
and our assistance in seeing that
they are well located, given good
and productive farms at a fair
price and on good terms, will
bridg others this way in a steady
stream. Father Engberink will
be glad to talk to land owners
having large or small farm tracts
near town suitable for offering
to these prospective buyers. He
wants to put them on good land,
well situated, where they will
not only succeed, but help our
farmers with their example of
European land economy and in
tense cultivation of crops.
Father Engberink assures us
that these emigrants are honest,
hard d-Working and experienced
farmers. He informed the So
ciety that he would receive none
and all come with recon-
.endations from the parish
priests of their respective homes.
They are not rich, but they have
sufficient funds to finance their
first crop. It is up to US to give
them a rousing welcome, every
possible aid, and fair treatment
in a business way.
Their permanent settlement
here will logically be followed by
butter making, creamery, and
truck shipping industries such as
they depend upon in the old
country, and from them we have
much to learn and much material
assistance to, expect in the devel-
opment Of this section.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
BUFFALO GNATS DEV-
ASTATING EVANGELINE
Young Daughter of ST. Landry Applies to Govern
n1ent for Aid to Extermnate
the Pest.

Just over the boil weevil pest,
this section of the country, and
particularly the Evangeline
country, recently carved out OF
st. Landry, is being scourged by
a visitation of buffalo gnats, and
the farmers Of that section have
applied to the Government for
aid inthe effort to destroy the
insect.
It is said that it is almost i'm
possible to work stock in the
field, and that in many instances
farm work has been practically
abandoned.
It is also said that wild hogs
that is, hogs raised in the woods
are leaving their range, and
coming to the farms, it being
impossible for them to stand the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
Mr.. DABOVAL MEETING
WITH SUCCESS.
Promoter OF Rice Hill for 0psIsasas highly
EIatsd Over Prospects.
HE IS "RICE FED BABY. /"
Tells OF the Opportunity that 9pslousas Pso-
pie Should Take In the Timely Project,

I am delighted with the en-
couragement given me by the
people of Opelousas, in the mat
ter of the location of a rice mill
at this point said Mr.. Charley
Daboyal. of Rayne, who is here
promoting rice mill for Opel
ousas.
He went on to say that he
could not see how the people of
this city should hesitate a mo-
ment in coming into the project,
particularly when the interest he
represents are willing to put 1p
half of the capital twenty
thousand dollars.
This fact should insure good
faith, and be a guarantee that,
they mean business.
He explains that Washington.
and other places along the Schell
Canal, will erect rice mills, and
that the immense crop which
will be made all along the canal
will per force 60 to these rice
mills and spend their rice money,
for whatever they need, with the
stores of the places where they
market their product.
This logic is a stone wall.
There is no getting around, or
over it.
Mr.. Daboval comes from a
rice-raising family.
His brother erected the first
mill in this section.
So Mr.. Charley Daboval is a
rice-fed baby" and knows all
about the rice business.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
Free Show

One of the Royaline Co.'S ad-
vertising shows is in town since
Tuesday and 81 showing very
good performances absolutely
free of charge and. everyone ia
invited to attend. The show will
remain here until February the
9th. performing every night, ait
7:30 with a different program
each night. Since there arrival
here they have been accorded a
rousing welcome and several
hundred people have witnessed
the vaudeville.
There is nothing to be sol d so
there is no need of thinking that
they are offering you a show for
nothing and will get there money
back by selling you different
things. Be sure to go out and
take it in.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
WOMAN SHOWS NERVE
WITH A TOY PISTOL
insiance at JsaalBgs IS Dam0usfraiipn
that ths weaker ssx'' Is not Al.
together Weak.
USES TOY PISTOL and WINS
IA Bold Face and stiff Upper Lip" is a
Dangerous Weapon TO Contend With In
Every Phase Of Life.

A wee girl, reading to a wet
sister and a wee brother in Jenn.
ings, last Saturday night, hearc
a noise downstairs.
| Thinking that it was the in.
trusion of cat, she descended
the stairs.
Going into the dining room, she
met a burly negro, and inlmedi
| ately demanded Of him his pur.
pose in the house.
| I want money, he said.
At once this wee girl realized
her position.
There was the black chunk of
midnight, not only inpeIled by
! the desire of money, but no doubt
also by the beastial lust of the
race.
II she was subdued in his first
demand-God knows what would
have happened.
This plucky little woman, real
izing the situation, looked around
and found the only savior in the
sight of her brothers toy pistol,
reposing harmlessly on a table
near by.
Picking up this innocent in
strument of play, she pointed it
at the negro, and told him to
get away from there in tWomin-
utes, or she would blow his
brains out.
Just give me one second,
missus, and I'll pull quick, y
begged the negro, facing a toy
pistol and a determined woman.
Faminine disposien, her nature
is in bold contradiction with that
Of the masculine.
She is gentle, kinder than the
sterner sex.
But there is her impulsiye mo-
tor-given.
It explodes, that motor does.
Man is more evenly balanced. i
Man is more hardened to ma
ture thought and the avoidance
Of impulses. He beats against
the shores ard rides the waves
and fights the eddies Of life with
more precision than do women
ne studies all of these charts,
and tries to keep in the middle
IF the stream, and to make har-
Dor when the weather is unpro-
petious.
The brave rocker of the cradle
launches her bark.
The wind is no matter to her.
She sails on.
Her chart is impulsiveness.
Let there be shoals, and the
dash of the angry waters drag !
down the wood and the flesh, but
IN the cold, dry skull, if such
power were given, there would
be sweet remembrance-thereI
would still be life, tho the body
De inanimate. !"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01

side of this road about two ane
one-half feet wide on top and {
foot Or more in depth. If the
road is sandy we use the dirt out
of the bitches to put upon the
gravel, otherwise we haul sane
from the batture if on the river
or the nearest sandy place.
| believe a roller should be
used to smooth the dirt road be-
fore putting on the gravel land
to make it as firm as possible.
Our cost per mile has been
about S1700 or $500, but the
teams for hauling the gravel and
sand were furnished by the
planters free of charge and the
labor was paid for by private
subscriptions.
The parish furnished the grav-
Ell at cost of about $3.50 per
mile, money raised by private
subscriptions $3.50 to $3.50 per
mile, no charge for mules and
carts.
I think the only right way to
build permanent roads would be
to vote a bond issue and build all
your main roads and let the fu-
ture help pay. If you had tohire
teams and carts or do the work
by contract I see no reason why
it should cost you over $500 per
mile.
We have made our roads thirty
feet wide, allowing five feet for.
side bitches and rs feet from
ditch to ditch and if graveIed put
Is feet of gravel in the middle
of this roads The gravel is sup
posed to spread to about a 20
feet in width in the course Of
time.
/ hope to have given you the
desired information, if not do
fail to write. me.
Very truly yours,
w. A. Holloway.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
NEITHER CHURCH NOR
CHARITY RESPECTED
Unnatural MIscreani Robs Poor Box In
Caihalie Church. Villain SfIIl
Al Lodgs.

Last Friday night some un.
known and unnatural miscreant
violated not only the scantity OF
a church, but every principle OF
humanity, by entering the open
portals of a church, the friene
of all and the protector Of the
poor, and robbing the public poor
box of the contributions place.
by devout persons to be expend.
ed for the relief of the poor anc
needy Of sle parish. The Catho,
lie church of Opelousas was the
scene of this unforgivable ane
unbelievable crime. On Satur-
day morning it's priest, Rev.
Father Engberink, was shocked
and astonished to find that ar
unknown amount of aims intend
ed for the poor was carried off
by the unprincip1ed criminal te
whom nothing was sacred and
charity was unknown. The
wretch was fool as well as brute,
for with equal opportunity to
despoi1 less sacred places where
greater valuables would be at
his hand, he chose 30 take the
miserable pittance of the suffer-
ing poor, and in so doing to vio-
late, not merely the laws of man,
but of the House of God as we'll.
There is no tangible clue to the
perpretrator of this outrage.
We can only suppose, and hope,
that it was committed by a
to our country and blood
as well as a stranger to all decent
principles. A suspicious charac-
ter of the tramp type was seen
by Father Engberink in the
church on the following morning
n a pretended attitude of prayer,
out with a hat upon his head to
evidence the fact that he was a
to its meaning and to the
due to the House of God.
lie was ordered from the church
md his presence reported to the
authorities, but at this writing
lis suspect has not been appre-
lended, nor has any clue been
obtained.
Father Engberink announced
It both Masses last Sunday that
n view of this outrage, he would
Immediately take steps to pro-
:ure not only a fire and burglar
,roof poor box, but a fire proof
nd burglar proof safe in which
o house the Holy Sacrament and
,eep it sacred from the touch of
he desecrator and dispoiler.
The proceeds of the usual New
,hurch contributions of the first
will be applied to this
We cannot express in strong
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
EMBEZZLER NULL IS.
ARRESTED in
CANADA
Former Frisco Employee at
This Point St0pped--To be
Brought to Louisiana.

i Every one here well remem
/ bers Fl. c. Null, the famous
booster" who did so much fol
1 the baseball boys and who hae
planned an extensive triI
through the Northern States fol
"a party of young men to repre-.
sent Opelousas in the sporting
world and who had organized the
Louisiana Boosters Associa-
tion, - which afterwards fell
through. Likewise everyone
will be glad to hear that this man
has been arrested in Canada for
embezzlement and is b Elm g
brought back to Louisiana to
face the charge.
Il is said that after Null left
Opelousas SO mysteriously he
went to Canada, where he taught
school in order to pay the Surety
Company which had stood his
bond, but after having made
enough money to take him to
further points he again disap-
peared for parts unknown and
the Surety Company Immediately
set upon his trail which led to
his arrest a few days ago in
Manitoba Canada through the
granting of extradion papers.
Whilst in Opelousas Null fell
in the good grace of the ever
hospitable people of our city and
thereby successfully made his
way to robbing them. He at
first interested himself with the
organizing Of a baseball team
which proved successful both
as a pleasure and financially.
After this he founded the South
western Louisiana Boosters Asso-
citation, which had as its object
the advertising of Southwest
Louisiana. BY this scheme heob-
tanned an immense amount of
money not only from Opelousas,
but from many other cities and
towns of Southwest Louisiana.
When the time came for the,
trip to materialize he kindly in
formed the baseball boys that he
did not have enough money to
defray the expenses of the team,
and that it would be impossible
for the Boosters to undertake
the expedition.
In the meantime however, |
the Frisco Company sent an au-
ditor to audit Nulls books, which |
were found wanting by some
81, 400. Before the news got /
out Null suddenly left Opelousas
and left the different subscribers
to the Boosters Association
with the satisfaction that they
had contributed to a supposed
cause and that their
money was not to be returned.
Sheriff Marion Z. Swords of
st. Landry is on his way to Can
ida to get Null; on his way there
le will stop over at Washington
City where he will obtain the ex-
.ratidion papers. It will be sew
,ral days before the sheriff will |,
'eturn with the culprit. never
heless, the outcome of this case
S awaited with interest and it
$ hoped that Null will get the :
'uli penalty of the law and there I:
" secure sentence long enough +
o justify the people at large for
lis robberies.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
OPELOUsAs LA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY / 19l3
persecution Of the gnat.

persecution Of the gnat.
In the examination of a mule,
which had died suddenly, a great
many of the gnats were found
in the intestines of the animal,
having gotten there through the
nostrils and mouth. A number
of. intestinal perforations were
made by the gnats, causing
death.
There are some of the destruc-
tive insects in st. Landry par
ish, but their field of havoc
seems to be confined mostly to
Evangeline parish.
Congressman Pujo is handling
the interests of the people of
Eyangeline in an endeavor to
secure relief.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01
GRAVEL ROADS ARE The
ORDER OF The DAY
me Hundred and Thlriy Miles of RsadWOFk
10 Be Bone During 1913
CADDO IS in THE LEAD
vim A Tax OF Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand DOlIars--Dr. Bowling Advises
Gravel for 0peI0usaS

DR.. Dowling, who spent Sat
urday in Opelousas, and noticed
carefully the condition of the
streets of this city, was very
frank in expressing his opinion
that, if the property owners, ane
the city, were unable to pave the
streets with concrete, grave
would serve the purpose.
In fact" said the Doctor,
gravel is being used to a large
extent in street paving in many
cities, and in road building it is
the accepted pavement. y
Dir. Bowling voices the opinion
Of Governor Sanders, as express
ed here in his address last week,
an address that has put a stimu-
lus in good roads and good streets
that perhaps could not have been
brought about by any other
agency.
The Picayune iias a resume of
road work that will prove of in
terest. It follows:
That 130 miles of road work
would be contracted for during
the next few days, approximate
III as much as was done during
the entire year of 1912, was the
statement of State Highway En-
gineer w. E. Atkinson yesterday
says the Picayune. Three parish
es have takenssthe aggressive in
road building, and will immedi-
ately exploit a large amount to
work.
Ouachita has taken the lead
over all other parishes and FORM
ed a good roads district, incIud-
ing all of the parish lying east of
the 0uachita River. In this
section, leading out in all direc-
tons from Monroe one hundred
miles of road will be begun with
ii the next few days. For the
payment of this work a bond is
sue of between $500, 600 and
sa150, 600 will be voted.
These roads will be constructed
Of gravel. with the regulation SO
feet width, bearing a crown of "a |
feet. Sufficient culverts and
deep bitches on either side of
the road will insure perfect
drainage. incidentally adding
materially to the life of the high
ways.
Sabine Parish will build twelve
miles of highway. This will be
constructed of sand clay and
will be gagged up to the standard |,
OF the highway department.
The road will start at Many. GO
ing northeast toward Robeline.
Upon the completion Of this work
II is probable that a larger un-
dertaking will be exploited.
East Baton Rouge Parish wilM
Dnllo the Oak Villa highway out
Of Baton Rouge, running in a
south easterly direction. This
highway will be sixteen miles in
lenth, and will be constructed
m gravel. Work on this road
Will be begun Immediately.
The State Highway Depart
ment will supervise the building
a these roads, and will give all
monetary aid possible, ranging
Irorn one-third of their cost TO
ole-half e A highway engineer
Will be assigned to each road to
supervise the construction J
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-02-01

the soil' by DR.. Dodson.
Many people from Opelousas
went to the demonstration and
were all well pleased.