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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
Mr.. SHERIDAN CON
TEMPLATES MOTOR
CAR service

Mr.. H. w. Sheridan, General
Superintendent of the Morgan's {
Louisiana & Texas Railroad and
Steamship Co., Louisiana West
ern Railroad Co, and the iberia
and Vermillion Railraad Co., was
in this city on Wednesday, ac-
connpanied by Mr.. j. w. Knight
linger, and Mr.. w. s. Middle
mas, Assistant Superintendent
and Mr.. A. O. Herman, Inspec-
tor Of Transportation. These
officials of the Southern Pacific
were in Opelousas for a few
hours, being kept busy the en-
tire time they remained here.
They expressed themselves to
the effect that there was no play
with them, and they were not
dressed like one would picture
the owner, of the great Southern
Pacific railroad. and his assist
ants. would be. When the Clar-
ion representative asked for Mr..
Sheridan and q stoutlv bI1iIt
man. attired in oyeralls. walked
up and said Here he il. I h J
representative could not restrain
from having a puzzled look. ne
soon found out. however. by the
manners of the distinguishedman
that he was Mr.. Sheridan. the
Vice President and owner Of the
Southern Pacific.
Mr.. Sheridan is of the opinion
that Opelousas should have a
motor car service and is willing
to give his line a motor car, run.
inng from Morgan City to Wash
ington and back each day, but
ne says that he has to know how
the people of this city feel about
it. Anyone who has ever ridden
on the Mary Jane ought to be
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
OFFICERS emf 0 re {
GAME LAWS in
THIS DISTRICT.

There will be ne doubt here
after in the minds of the hunt
ers in this district that the au-
thorit!es will perform their duty.
as Sheriff Marion Il. Swords and
Mr.. -Chas. Thibodeaux of this par
ish, journeyed in the wee hours
Of the morning on Wednesday. by.
way of automobile, to a point
called Courtableau Station, on
the Frisco Railroad, near the
Atchafalaya River, and imme-
diately proceeded to arrest a
party of ten hunters, composed
of some of the most prominent
men Of Evangeline and Allen
parishes.
Charges have been entered
against these men and they will
have to await the meeting Of
the Grand Jury.
1t is now evident that the
game authorities in this section
intend to arrest all who do not
comply with the laws Of the
game commission. This will be
a lesson 10 many a hunter who
thinks that he will never be
caught up by the authorities for
violating the game laws, on who
thinks that he is too prorniYt for
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
MIR. Halpnen Doing Splendid Work.

Mr.. Michael Halphen, the City
Street Commissioner, has done
.splendidly in fixing up the
streets. A short while after he
took charge of the streets, due
to the terrible winter weather,
0pelousas was nothing but o n e
mud hole from one end of the
city to the other. This natural
~ put the streets in a very bad
condition, but now, due to the
efficient work of the Street Com.
missioner, the streets are being
improved each day; it will not be
long before every street in
this city is as level as possible,
if nothing happens to prevent
Mr.. Mike" from performing
his duty.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
RICE CROP IS EX.
CELLENT THIS YEAR
St. Landry Will BE On Top As
A Rice Raising Community.--
Country Will Be Prosperous.

over three thousand acres of
rice being raised right in the
vicinity of this city sounds good
to the well-wishers of Opelousas.
II means that the country people
situated close to the gigantic
canal of the Union Irrigation
Company will be prosperous once
more when the leaves of the
silent oaks will be turning golden
and the cool breezes of Autumn
will be on their annual visit to
this country. It means that
there is no need of saying that
the farmers of St. Landry are
having hard times.
Rice will be raised in abund-
ance this season and if the mar
ket prices are anywhere close to
being suitable our banks in Ope-
lousas will be doing wonderful
business during the winter
months.
st. Landry farmers were all
ways afraid to undertake raising
rice, as they were compelled to
trust to the rainfall for their
water, but now that Mr.. Schell
has accomplished a wonderful
feat-that of establishing a mann
month canal right here in our
midst, in old st. Landry parish,
the people living around Opelou-
sas and Washington, have gone
to raising rice, as they are al
ways sure of flooding their crops
Just as much as is needed.
As a matter of fact the rice in
this community is as pretty for;
the season as any one can find,
no matter if he should go to the
very rice country of this state,
where this cereal was being
raised, long before st. Landry
people dreamed Of the Union. Ir-
rigation Canal.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
OPELOUsAS, LA, SATURDAY. MAY Il, 1913.
DUNBAR'S LAWYERS
60 TO SEE WALTERS
District Attorney Garland and Mr.. veazie Visit
Columbia to Secure Evidence Against
Walters.

| District Attorney r. Lee Gar
land and Mr.. Edward P. Veazit
went to Columbia this week in
order to secure e ,ough evidence
to have w. G. Walters, the al
| legged kidnaper of Robert Dunbar
| Jr., extradited to Louisiana
and it is reported that these
two men have found more evi
dence against the accused thar
was ever thought of.
The most sensational feature
Of the trip to Mississippi was the
Identification of the alleged kid.
naper by FIVE very reliable per.
sons from McComb City, who
were brought into the crowded
court room at Columbia and i'm
mediately, without any difficulty
picked out w. G.. Walters as the
man who had told them in the
Illinois Central station, at Nc
Comb City, one night during the
month of December, 1912. that
he (Walters) was a detective and
that the little boy with him was
little Robert Dunbar, whom he
was bringing back to his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Dunbar, of
Opelousas, to claim the $6, 600
reward.
One would say that it was very
easy for them to recognize Wal
-ters, an account Of the pictures
of the man which they saw
times and again in the New Or
leans and other papers, but those
who were present realized the
fact that it was indeed difficult
to pick out the alleged kidnaper
from a crowd of two hundred
spectators, especially since Wal
ters was clean shaven, and again
there were two men from Colum-
bia brought into the Court Room,
ON account of their personal re-
semblance to the accused.
The men who picked Walters
were A. NJ. Richie, w. D.
Holmes, B. L. Morgan, Joe l..
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
DIR. FRED. ]. MEYER
GUEST OF TEXAS
MEDICOES.

DIR. Fred. J. Mayer, the Presi.
dent of the Louisiana State Med.
ical Society, returned home Mon.
day from San Antonio, Texas,
where he had been attending the
sessions of the Texas State Med
icaI Society, having been in
vited to address the citizens of
that city, under the auspices of
the Texas Medical Association,
on the night of the 5th Of May.
The following night, at the
Texas Tulane Alumni banquet,
DR.. Mayer made an earnest plea
for reciprocity, pointing out the
anomaly, that the President OF
the Texas Board Of Medical Ex-
aminers, as well as many of the
great surgeons and physicians Of
Texas were Tulane graduates
and yet no medical graduate of
Tulane University could practice
in the state of Texas, without
being re-examined by the State
Medical Examining Board.
DR.. Evans, the distinguished
head Of the Texas State Medical
Examining Board, as well as
many other prominent physi-
clans of the Lone Star state,
promised the able President of
the Louisiana State Medical So
ciety, to do everything in their
power to rectify the anomalous
condition.
AT the installation Of the
othcers-elect, of the Texas Medi-
cal Association, DR.. Meyer was
again called on for an address,
ln which he discussed THE
Higher Duty of the Pro-
fessi Prevention. I n
me course of his remarks he al
mded to the fact that this was
the fifth time he had enjoyed the
nInbounded hospitality Of Texas.
de paid tribute to DR.. Brumby,
ex-State Health Officer, under
whose administration and with
whose assistance it had been his
privilege to hold the First Popu-
lac Institute of Hygiene, held in
Texas, at Corpus Christ, in 1906.
n Mayer also spoke of the
great philanthropy Of Mr.. Hol-
land, OF the Hollands magazine,
VINO had financed scheme of
popular education in Hygiene,
90 the lines of a Louisiana
hygiene Bill of 1900 and 1902,
w winch unfortunately for the
s.ate, was vetoed by the Cover
nor ". w. Heard, which scheme
snaDied the eloquent DR.. Car
NIX. rsck. OF Dallas, to evangelize the
ls1as towns, on a cleanup cru
sade; that Judging by the imme-
elate results following these re-
slorhas Mr.. Hollands philan-
.nropy was of greater value than
tne ablishment Of the great
apaaflons i involving the ex-l
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17

right have.
Once one street is paved here
it is the opinion of nearly every
one in favor of better streets
that the property owners of
Opelousas will not ask the city
to help them to pave the streets,
on the contrary they will do like
the people of progressive cities
are doing every day of their
lives they will pave them of
their own accord, doing the same
thing which our citizens have
done with concrete sidewalks
When it was first proposed that
Opelousas have concrete side
walks, some of the old fellows
here wanted to fly up to the skies
as they thought that the people
We're getting to be too expensive,
now the city does not even pay
one third for the construction of
concrete sidewalks, for some Of
the enterprising and hustling
citizens of this city go to work
and have the banquettes passing
in front of their residences and
pay for these with their own
personal money.
It is hoped that Opelousas will
be able to. boast Of splendid
streets in the very near future.
IL it were left entirely in the
hands of the men who are at the
helm of the affairs of Opelousas
and these men were in a position
to pave the streets this city
would not have one single dirt
street to its name. These men,
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men, are doing all they can for
their community 1T is up to the
citizens of Opelousas to do some
thing for themselves, at the same
time rendering a valuable service
to their town.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
penditure Of millions.

penditure Of millions.
DR.. Mayer thinks San Antonio
a great town, which will not,
however, reach the acme of its
business hope to be the Tourist
Mecca Of Texas, until the citi-
zens allay the dust, destroy the
breeding places of flies, and pre-
serve every shred of its historic
past, instead of pulling down the
walls of the Old Monastery Clois-
tiers. near the Alamo.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
Corrections.

In last Saturdays issue, in Civ
ing an account of the death
of little EWell D'Avy tn;
Clarion, on account of being
mis-informed, stated that the
little baby had died whilst the
mother was taking him to Mrs.
Cahanin, when in reality he died
in the arms Of Mrs. Cahanin, at
her home, where the mother had
been with the child for a week.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
LOCAL AGGREGATION
AGAIN VICTORIOUS
Veltin's Pitching and Dejean's
Hitting Features OF Splen-
did Bali Game.

The Kinder team, the one
which had such a good reputa-
tion all through this country for
its wonderful ability to hit the
ball all over the lot, iourneyed to
this city on last Sunday, with i
large crowd of its rooters. to
get a good trouncing. They also
brought with them their ''pili
finger" who threw his balls so
swiftly that there were no bat
ters in this portion of Louisiana
who could even come anywhere
close to hitting him, he was
what you may call a wonderful
being. Opelousas was to be
shut cut and the Kinder pitcher
would not have any pity whatso-
ever on the local bunch of ball
players, BY not letting them
have one hit. Go look at the
score book and you will find out
what that second 'Rube Wad-
DELI did-or at least what the
Opelousas boys did to him.
Toby Veltin, the local HEAVIER.
was On the mound with the
goods. and he certainly did de-
liver them to the Kinder nine.
They were undoubtedly of the
opinion that Opelousas had 3
cannon instead of a baseball
pitcher. Nearly the same bunch
OF players who knocked the old
reliable "Ox" out of the box.
sometime last summer, faced
Veltin, but they learned that
Toby was there to stay in the
pitching box and at the same
time would make them get
away from the plate. They
seemed as though they were ex-
ercising themselves for q good
days work in the pine woods of
Allen parish.
The features of Sunday 8 game
was the heavy hitting Of Captain
Charlie Dejean and the splendid
of Toby Veltin. These
two players are without doubt
the principal cause Of the victory
going to OneIousas Mr. De.
jeans hits came in lust Il
time. = In the seventh inning
with two men on base s.Tni,,n1SSi
came to the plate amid fhe
cheers of his MANY adn1irers and
immediafeIv resnondel "a their
clan1nor for q h;f hv sr,alxi.,t. tIao
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17
COMMITTEES MEET To
DISCUSS GOOD
ROADS
Meeting Held at the Courthouse
ON Monday Highly
Enthusiastic.

every Incorporated town in the
parish, a committee of three
from the Police Jury and the
Mayor of the City of Opelousas-
met at the courthouse on Mon.
day evening to discnss things
about things. The subject IS up.
permost in the mind of every
true st. Landrian and was thor.
ouughly discussed by those in
the courthouse and these men
came to the conclusion that the
people of this parish were al
most universally in favor OF
Good Roads, but the principal
steps to take would be how to go
about it to secure the money for
the construction of permanent
highways. The ordinance passed
by the Police Jury sometime last
month was found to be defective,
SO the meeting of these men on
Monday evening was for the pur-
pose of formulating plans by
which this parish could be adj
vised as to the fact that it was
hardly probable that any money
could be secured on the face of
the ordinance adopted at the
April meeting Of the Police Jury.
The following resolution was
adopted:
Be it resolved, that it is the
sense of this meeting, that,
whereas, a vast majority here
present favor the bond issue for
good roads, nevertheless, due to
the fact that there is a serious
doubt as to whether or not the
bonds could be disposed of with
the ordinance in its present
shape, be it resolved. that it is
the sense of tn e meeting that
the Police Jury rescind the pres
ent ordinance and draft a new
ordinance that viii command the
support of the mass of the voters
of this parish. "
Chairman Payy, of the COM
mittee from the Police Jury, is
of the opinion that this is the
proper course to pursue under
the present circumstances and
he expressed himself to the effect
that he would recommend the
r. ;s honed that there will he
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17

rue 81 landry (Is.) Clarion n Without
aarpi sns ss the best edited ns printed
vaaklIss in the xhsIs ssgih.-aHERfCAE
sHEgsPAPER UNION.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-17

OFFICIAL JOURN4A T.
ms 81. IaEdly gIarian Is ms OElIeiaI jsss.
aal Of sVsfy puhilE body IN fhs paFlshs Pei.
Ice Jury, Sch0ai Board, Leyea Beard, Manls
eiplailss oi0pal0usas, Port BaFFa and MslVllla
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-13

this work. 1t must so on from genera
ton to generation. have made a
good start. as l think. l had a great
deal Of experience trying to raise pears.
I tried out at least forty varieties and
did not find one that would endure.
Over near Dubuque a number of years
ago a pear was originated that was
hardest OF all and comparatively free
from blight. About % years 6 1
commenced with the Chinese sand pear
as a foundation. 1t is hardy but the
fruit not good. BY cross breeding with
good varieties, l nave about twenty
new ones and of these only one has
shown any blight. Here is the Kiefer
pear grated on to the sand pear and
it bears we'll. Pears grated to the
tops of the Russian orelle nave proved
good and hardy. One of the most in
teresting of the phases Of this work
to me is the discovery that where by
merely top grating on hardy trees we
effect such changes In the wood OF
the ordinary variety we must also eft
feet the seed of the fruit. Out of this
thought will come a new eme IN
seedlings. All the work thus far done
, looks good. I am hopeful of the flu
ture."
Mr.. Patton stated that he has trans
! planted about 500 seedlings this year
bin his experiment work.
The state society decided upon max
ing the Charles City station the only
one to which the society looks for re-
suits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-13

fnal ds6ate 'Sorl ihtsr-collS6tlNS IlSoSX
The aroe two named were mstnbefo u
the high school dsbAtng team WhiUh
won the state championship lasa yeAr.
won the northwestsfn ehampi0nehip,
and Bradley was : member Of the
Northwestern championship debstihe
team. Their record at Cos speaks
we'll for their training IN high school.
The other two members Of the. team
will be William q. Purdy. Of Eisln. H..
who won great honors during his high
school days. ana Ben Knight. Of OGls
vein. This year Coe debates the Iowa
State Teachers College IT Cedar Fans
and on the same night Morningside d
Sioux City. The question 10. .ThE
Minimum Wage Law.n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-13
Northern Io1ua items

acre: forty acres, one-half mile east OF
town. owned by the same firm. was
! sold to w. w. Woods. Of Sheldon, FOR
1886 per acre.
ivinten.
Melvin Martin. the young man who
issued the check on The Farmers Saw
ings Bank of. Keystone on
was brought before Justice j. F.. Allen
and waived preliminary hearing Wed
nesday. An information was drawn by
the county attorney and the defendant
taken before Judge Nichols. where he
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
/, the refQrmatory at Anamosa for a pc
Rod Of fifteen years. The young man
lclaims to come from Aroma, ILL.,. and
that he has not been IN trouble before.
The check was signed by him using
1.-THE name of Henry Tile, a prosperous
farmer near Keystone as the drawer
thereof. 1t was in the sum Of $3.50.
His only escuse vas that he was down
and out. and that he did 1t to get some
money which he greatly needed.
Dunlap.
George Benson, Of Rockwell City,
arrived here on Thanksgiving day to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. GA A. Malone.
Hereby hangs a tale. Several years
ago George and his brother Roscoe,
tthen both small boys, were brought by
a. home finders association out Of the
east to Dunlap, and both boys were
taken to rear by Mr.. and Mrs. Malone.
They lived with the Mdlones until
about a a ago, when they botn
wenttto Rockwell City to work. They
had no knowledge Of the parents until
recently, when their mother. who lives
in. New York, located them thru cor
respondence. 1t seems that the mother
wax sick in a hospital when they were
taken care Of by this association. and
was unable to find the boys until a
few days ago. The boys left Monday
| night to visit their mother. but say
| they expect to return to Iowa to live.
Cedar Rapids.
(, "A German workman, who was on
his way from western Iowa to his ma :
tive land with $1,000. the savings of
a lifetime, was the victim of two con-
ndence men on q Northwestern train
"Wednesday. The men secured only $1OO
Of the mans money. owing to the Tact
THAT he had a draft for $500 and 500
lin cash. He passed thru Cedar Rapids
Wednesday evening en- route 10 New
York, and as he did not care to stop
lover to attempt to have the men ar
rested his name was not learned. The
man had told some Yellow passengers
on the train that he was going back
to the "old country" and was talking
of his trip when two men who over
heard the conversation informed him
that they were government inspectors
and that he must show them he a I
ticket to his destination ~ well as
enough money to see him thru. The
herman produced his ticket. and his
wallet, which contained 800 in bills
snd q draft for 5000. After looking the
money over the men managed to slip
the bills out Of the wallet. When they
handed. 1t BAG to the traveller he
placed the purse In his pocket without
Examining the contents. The robbery
occurred while the train was some dis
lance from M%arshalltown and it was
not discovered until the train reached
belle Plaine, when the foreigner kan
lined his wallet nj found the money
was gone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-13
DRINKS PINT OF ACID
Herman Andersen, e Psmsrsy, Takes.
carbelie Acid b Mistake. Death Re-.
suitins in twenty Mi nutss-Bslisvsd
70 Have seeur.d Wrong Bottle Mhsn
After Medicine.

Special to Times Republican.
Pomeroy. Dec. 13.--Herman Ander-
son. of this place, died shortly after
dinner Friday after drinking fully i
pint Of carbolic acid by mistake. Mr..
Anderson had complained all morning
abou. not feeling very well and went
home n he took some medicine and
then went to bed. Shortly afterwards
he called his wife, who was down
stairs. and told her 20 come up as he
had drunk carbolic acid. His. wife
rushed up and then called the doctor,
but he could do nothing as the acid
had burned his stomach so severely.
He died about twenty minutes after
wards.
Mr.. Anderson Is about As years old
and leaves a wife.
The sudden demise OF Mr.. Anderson
is felt by every one as he was liked
by all who knew him.
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CHARLES q. PAXTON ACCOM-.
sPLfsniNo oREAT WORK IN sE-
-s hALF o. IOWA.
MAKING pEARs oRoM WHERE
THEY NEVER BEFORE GREW
Vas start On Twenty Varieties Of
sssdIinss-Patten In Charge Of sta.
ton Rseesnixsd by state Society a.
Productive Of ResuIts-Has Devoted
Entire Life e Fruit Culture.
,cial to Timer Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Des :. Moines. Dec. 1~3.-Governor
EClarke in the course of an admirable
ION hand address before the state hor-
Lticultural society paid a high tribute
Ito Charles G.. Patton and told of his
pleasant visit to the experiment station
(which Mr.. Patton is conducting at
Charles City and OF the work he is do
ing there.
III MI. Patton has accomplished that
which he IL trying to do" said the
governor, the development Of hardy
fruits that will Withstand the severe
winters OF the northwest, he will de-
serve the thanks Of generations Of our
people yet to come. 1t is just such work
as, this. the service Of man for his
/ fellow man. that is worth while in this
world"
Mi. Patton was present at the meet
Ing of the, society. as he has been at
most meetings for nearly a half CEN
fury. He brought with him for the
first time some evidence Of what he
Is. doing. especially in regard to pear
breeding.
Il nrTnly DelleVe, ne saiu 10 youI
correspondent, that I have laid the
foundation for pear growing over a
flarge area OF country where the pear
is an unknown fruit. They have been
Fat work on this problem at other places
for many years. but at 10 place have
the built their work as I have on the
foundation Of the very hardy Chinese
pear trees. Here, for INSTANCE. is the
limb of a pear tree. showing that 1t
lis hard and sound; yet that tree has
withstood the severest winters and
temperatures 30 degrees below and
more. Still more important. however
is the fact that these pears are free
from blight. That is not a local ques-
! ton, tho, for the blight is the great CD
stacle to pear growing everywhere. ~
III have here trees that Withstand the
severe winters in a large group OF
states, including northern Iowa was
| consin. Minnesota and the Dakotas. II
| will be a great achievement. but a tree
| that is free from the blight would be
welcomed everywhere"
ss Work Of Lifetime.
Mr.. Patton states that he a az
least twenty varieties Of seedlings that
are promising. ..
IT have been in Iowa over fifty
wears" he said, land have been at work
IN this problem of varieties suitable
for our northern climate for forty-nNe
years. vet it is only the beginning. IL
Ia not for any one man to complete