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Q. On what roads should the
first Government appropriation, if
made, be expended: (a) all roads;
(b) post roads (r. f. d. and star
routes); (c) main travelled market
roads; (d) main highways conDec-
ting important cities and towns IN
State; (e) trunk line, interstate
highways connecting State CAPT.
tails and large cities2
8. Should the Government ap-
preparation be expended on con-
struction, on maintenance, on gen.
eral Improvement, or on any or
all of these, or should the allot'
ment by the Government be un-
conditional, or paid as reward
after local authorities have con-
structed or maintained highway
In GOOD condlGlOns
4. What proper ton of cost OF
construction, Improvement, or
maintenance should be borne by
National Government, State, coun,
ty, road district, and abuttine
property owners, respectively, OF
what amounts should be allotted
to the States on an unconditiona
plan, or what amounts Der mile
should be paid as rewardsl
s. Should the Federal appro
prlatlon be apportioned among the
States on basis of population, area
mileage of roads, mileage of rura
and star routes, taxable valuation
or a combination of these9
6. Should the supervision O
construction or maintenance O
Government aided roads be by tht
Federal Government, the State
and local authorities, or jointly3
Kindly let me know IN wha
manner you submit these questions
to the people of your community
and how soon YOU can probabl!
report the concensus of opinion.
Yours very truly,
JONATHAN BOURNE. JR.,
Chairman.
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For Sale.

Splendid new Studebaker Surrey
and double harness, very cheap by
A. NJ. Russ. Apply to 2. M. Potts &c
see sane.
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West Baton Rouge parish will issue
a $1,000 bond for the grayeling and
putting in permanently good shape
all of the main roads in that parish
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To the Honorable Police Jury of the
Parish of Natchitoches, La:

L
Parish of Natchitoches, La:
We, the undersigned property tax
PAYERS of Ward one, Parish OF Natchl-
toches, being more than one-thlrd IN
number, resident tax payers and quail
flied voters of said ward, respectfully
petition the Police Jury of the Parish
of Natchitoches, La. to call a special
election of the property taxpayers quail
flied legal voters of said ward one, as
soon as practicable, as provided by the
laws of the State, to take the sense OF
the property taxpayers OF ward one,
qualified and entitled to vote at said
election, as to whether or not spe clol
tax of five mills on the dollar shall be
imposed and collected fol the year 1916
and to exist for ten years on all prop
erty in said ward one liable to taxation
under the laws of the State, to exist
for such period of time not exceeding
ten years as will net the sum of sixty
five thousand dollars, in aid of the Or
ange Northeastern Railroad Co., its
successors or assigns, corporation
duly organized under the laws of the
State Of Texas domiciled at Natchito-
ches, La; provided, that said tax shall
not be collected or paid to said company
until the completion and operation OF
a standard guage railway from the city
Of -Natehitashes Ia. sntatA deep <szatttNE
harbor at Eost Orange, Calcasieu Par
ish, La.
And provided further that said COM
pany shall make the city of Natchito-
ches, La. permanent division point OF
said railroad and shall purchase twenty
acres of land in or adjoining said City
of Natchitoches, La, and erect there
on yards and rcundhouses and other ne,
cessary appurtenances for a division
point, and
Provided further, that said Railway
Co. shall commence the construction OF
said railroad on or before May 9Th, 1915
at point not exceeding two miles from
the City of Natchitoches, La, and shall
complete said road and operate trains
thereon by January LIST, 1916; and II
event said tax is voted and the condi
tons hereof complied with by the Rail
road Company the Police Jury shall
levy and collect annually, commencing
in the year 1916 according to law sait
tax on all taxable properto in said ware
one,
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1919
A Timely Topic.

The Enterprise is in receipt of
the following letter from Senator
Bourne who is chairman of the
Joint committee on Federal Aid in
the Construction Of Roads. A
number of pertinent questions are
asked which are of grave impor-
lance especially at this time when
the good roads question is the
paramount matter that is of in
terest to the public. The opinion
that any of our readers will give
will be much appreciated not onlv
by the editor but will be of great
value to this community.
MY Dear Madam:
/ am very anxious to obtain for
the benefit of the Joint Committee
an intelligent expression of public
opinion on the basic questions in
volved in the granting of Federal
aid in road Improvement. 1t oc-
ours TO me you might like to CO.
operate in this matter to the ex-
tent of stimulating the public to
an expression of their views. Ii
this suggestion strikes you favor
ably, will you kindly advise me as
early as practicable as to public
opinion in your section of the
country on the following ques-
tons:
/. Should the Government
make appropriations in aid Of
nuhIic roadsg.,
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HER CLOTHES AGAIN.

Little Girl no one knows
How you stepped on "Grandma's toes.
She may not like your modern style
But am thinking all the while
She has more good common sense
And her judgment is innocence.
You may try to please the men,
I'll admit but even then
No man, e'er did like f1irt
Or girl in hobble skirt,
And to see your underwear
Would require good X-ray,
And since Eve is out of date
Don't you think it rather late
To try to please the men
With clothes they would not let
Their sisters wear or sweetheart yet,
Now for Grandma, she's all right,
And the only style worth while
She's
The Grand Old Lady,
Her Daughter.
Another reply to Little Girl" also
knocks the socks off of her:
Little girl that answered back
In your poem there no lack
Of either mother-wit or rhyme
But YOU missed your goal this time!
If you think you please the men,
Little Girl, you think again;
am sure if you could see
Yourself as you look to me,
You would see no beauty there
In the clothes you fail to wear.
Not one man in fifty towns
Likes your skin-tight, fiimsy gowns
Men may look at you and smile
Not because they like your style
But because you look sight
In your dress so blooming tight:
You don't please the men that thinks
Folks you please are only ginks.
Taking you from head to toe
With your funny, close-cut hat
You remind me of a rat;
Next, your shoulders, tailored square
Not soft'ning curve is there;
Next your waist, SO fiat and big
Build to suit your other rig;
Then your hips! You've none at all
Though your clothes so tightly fall;
Skirts that don't reach near your feet
Feet that might look trim and neat
Underneath full grown dress
In that short skirt look mess,
Twice as big as they should be
Think you please US? Hully gee!
In that skirt so scant and slim
No, by Neds! You don't please Him
And your little spindling legs
Shapeless as some wooden pegs.
Showing every step you take,
Hide them, child, for PHYS sake!
Where's your mother-does she know
That you're simply wild to show
What few clothes you can wear
And the crowds of men that stare;
Little Girl, we do implore
Won't you wear some clothes ono
more?
Let Grandmother's way prevail
Don't let folks broadcast the tale
That you wear no underclothes,
But yonr corset and your hose.
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Rerpectfully submitted,

M. S Pittman, Sam Aaron, A w Wat
son. NJ H Carver, u P Breazeale, S G
Dowden, A E Rath, VT Row, A H.
Lecomte, ] w Freeman, j 7 O'Quin,
c H Gibson, j L Weaver, Ortemeyer
Hardware Co. C S Robertshaw, R De-
vargas, S o L'herisson, R w Boydstun,
T P Raggio, w Cooper, Phanor Brea-
zeale, Marie C. Breazeale, by Phanor
Breazeale, Marie E Breazeale, by Pha-
nor Breazeale, G w Kile, M Lieber, c
E Trichel, M Aaron, Jos. Bath, M. D.,
A RACIAL, E R Harrington, M. D., j
B Tucker, D Hyams, L Gimbert, Mrs
J W Payne, Mrs. M E Payne, Mrs c
Jones, E. J Harkins, Mrs. Ellen Aaron
per Sam Aaron, R j Phillips, Edward
Phillip bv r ] Phillips, J S Stephens,
M. d., CS Boyston, ] L Bryan, K ).
Schuman, L Tujague, Mrs. L TuJague,
M E Prudhomme, 2 T Gallon, M. D.,
WI Corley, Mrs. Antoinette Prudhom-
me per E st Ann Prudhomme, Chas.
Sines, H L Beard, H Sanderson, D
c Scarborough, C c o'Quin, W T Gun
ningham, NJ Nelken, S Nelken, L A
Dranguet, A L Plummer, c F Powell,
Julia A Powell per c A Powell, A 5
Jackson, John Scott, R N Metre, b F
Phelps. T F Porter, A L Metoyer, N
T Smith, j A Enloe, H P Gatlin, A E
Ewing, N L Rird, H A Breedlove, II.
Cook, M L Dismukes, Mrs. M l. Dis
mukes, ] Ernest Breda, o G Prudhom-
me, ] w Cockerham, A B Browne, j
| A Barlow, Sam Levy, c DeBliux,
Mrs. A DeBlieux, J w Scott, R Car
roll, S B Simmons, j L Biny, e. Z
Chaplin, Jr., C Chaplin & Son per c. Jr:
d. II johnson, A Katie, Miss Lille M
Tucker. Miss Callie M Tucker, J c Clark
Albert Funderburk, Mrs. E Suddath,
Edgar Levy, S H Hill, M R Hill per S
H Hill, S M Hyams, Mrs. Laura Tri-
chel. Chas. DeBleux, T w Ford, j H
Harrell, ] C. Pearson, G. V. Porter, }
C Keyser, Simco9 Walmsl9y, Miss Liz
zie Walmsley per S W., R S Calves, 2
M Potts, Joe Scott, J Thomas, W
Pharris, w D Hagewood, L E Barron,
In Prothro, E S Self, H F Crow, M
B Tauzin, Chas, Inter, E L Dezendorf,
NIL zoe Dezendorf by E L D., J 2
Nardini, L Levy, J H Blanchard, G P
Varnado, A A Lay, B F Dranguet, A
Wirbarg, Mrs. C. Wingbarg, G r SUIT
tpn. ] c Sutton, E L McClung, Chas.
Semmelman & Sons, Marshall Semmel-
man G S Young, John Freeman, Jas.
Dey, L Catham, Edward Metoyer, E.
B Dinbory, Pierson & Dunckleman,
Miss Fay Dunckleman, D w Breazeale
VIM Scott, CT O'Quin, j T Sandlln, Z
L Teddlie, ] H Stephens, J 0 Gunter,
j W Young, John A Any, c Dunckle-
man ] w Jones, Jr., ] M Cunningham,
G P Welsh, w A Stemper, D H Phar-
ris, B K Boydstun, ] P Prudhomme,
Thos. Martin, Jonas Jones, G II ALI
britton, Ell McFerren, John A Man
ming.
| hereby certify that there appears
more than one-third of the qualified tax
! PAYERS who have signed this petition.
S, G., DOWDEN,
Assessor.
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members joined recently but there is
still room for plenty more.
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THEIR PLEAS OF GUILTY
TURNED DOWN BY COURT.
Tells Man and Woman If Stories
Are True They Are Innocent
Orders Trial.

A man and a woman. each 0f whom
had pleaded guilty TO crimes that
meant long years Of imprisonment in q
penal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to-day 10
fore Judge Malone In General Session
for sentence-were very much surprised
when Informed by the Judge their pleas
of guilty would have TO be rescinded.
THE stories told by you to the pro-
bation officer OF this court" Judge
Malone said to them. makes II impos-
sble for the Court to accept your pleas
OF guilty II your stories are true you
are innocent and should be acquitted"
The woman. Flossie Swinton. OF No.
80 West Ninety eighth street. had plead
ed guilty to assault with intent to kill
Albert Dreiker. m No. lG West One
Hundred and Sixth street. She told the
probation officer she simply acted In
self d efense.
Thomas Mccormick. young truck
driver OF No, $50 Canal street. on whose
truck was found a bale containing en-
broidery which had been stolen from a
broadway business house, explained
that he knew nothing about the theft OF
the embroidery. When he found II on
his truck he called a policeman.
Both had been advised to plead guilty.
Judge Malone assigned two lawyer Ia
conduct the defense and ordered early
trtals.
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WHITMAN GETS NEW AIDE
TO HANDLE CASE OF THAW.
Einar Chrystie of Bar Association Is
Appointed Temporary Assistant
DiStrict-AttOmey.

Einar Chrystle. Chairman OF the Griev-
ance Committee Of the bar Associa-
ton. was appointed rs a temporary As
slstsnt Dtstrtct-Attorncy to-day. and as
aligned by Mr.. whitman 20 an ONCE In
the Criminal Courts Building. The on
ject Of this move Ia to facilitate tho In
vestigatiOn ordered by Gov. Sulxer into
the latest scandal attached To Harry
Thaw's attempts to Ket out Of Mattea.
wan Asylum for the Criminal Insane.
At the request Of the Governor the
District-Attorney and the Bar Assoc
citation will work together In the Inves-
t!Kation which has TO DO with tho u. oOO
given by Thaw TO John Anhut. a law
yer. and the connection OF DR.. Russell.
former superintendent OF the asylum.
and others with the raising Of the fund
The District-Attorney went to Albany
- zee the Governor this afternoon. and
the Thaw case In one Of the matters he
will discuss. Immediately on his re-
turn he will take up the Investigation
with Mr.. Chrystie.
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word for anybody, Their malevolence
IL such that they hate to see any one
do any good except themselves and AS
a rule they are quite incapable OF do
ing good act.
And 30 with the other depa rtments
of the city. The people OF this city
have every reason to be proud of them,
every one OF them. They are scientifi-
cally organized. and the heads OF them
and the men OF them are doing the
best work done In any city on this con-
tinent to-day.
Il might ada that that is acknowl-
edged everywhere all over this country
except here in the city of New York,
However. We manage to get along. and
get along we'll"
The Mayor. Commissioner and Chief
will make a tour OF the new fire houses
after the medal awards and at the
last one they visit at Morris avenue
and One Hundred and Sixty-nnth street
there Will be collation. served by the
Claremont Heights Property owners
Association Of which w. d. Carroll Is
president.
Commissioner Johnson announced that
twenty-eight motor propelled steamers
have been ordered at price Of $3.50
each and eleven OF them have been de-
Nveysd and are In service. Twenty six
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tending all large fires. especially the
Equitable fire. rendering surgical as
slstance to fremen and refusing all
compensation. No civilian ever before
received this medal.
Bronze Efficiency Medal-Capt. Kelly
and the men of Hook and Ladder Truck
No. 9. For doing twenty-one test feats
Of which this 10 a sample: Stretching
line by stairway TO roof. showing nozzle
and part OF line to umpire over edge
backing down and out of building In one
minute or sixty seconds.
In introducing the honor men to the
Mayor Commissioner johnson said that
he knew OF his own personal knowl-
edge 1T was the first time In his HE
the Mayor ever pulled false alarm"
Mayor Gaynor said in part;
I'VE have every reason to be proud
OF the Fire Department and the Police
Department OF this city, know there
are some who when they find some In
dividual, one OF 10000, who forgets him
self and goes as,ray note that incident
and try to attribute II to the whole
force. either OF the Police Department
or OF your department, whichever 1t
may happen to be.
Those are either blind partisans seek :
ing their own elevation, or they are
bilious people wao never have . good
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sHe IS SUMMED eecAuse -
i've 'sSr A GOOD FELLOW.

crave n she II willing to pay the
price And how few should blame
her II she thinks-she lives but once
and so snatches her birthright OF
pleasure even at the price Of her
soul. 1t Is not the white slavers
alone who are to blame for vice con-
ditions In New York. No. they are
labelled and can usually be avoided
by a right-minded girl. 1t In our
plain. honest, everyday business
man. who travels our streets in So
briefly. and conducts his business at
fairs with wisdom and skill. To
these men. many q girl owes her,
downfall. The worst phase Of the
case 10 that many OF these men.
themselves. do not realize the harm
until 1t In too late. These same per-
sons would defend the ''unwritten
law" In a murder trial. The sanctity
OF the home, In theory. Il still re.
spected. How few practice Its vir-
tues. In a great city where 80 many
have permanent addresses merely a.
a place to leave their trunk and to
call for mail-the atmosphere OF
home will. Of course. be lost. It
seems to me that New York nseCs
not to struggle 30 hard for ideal
working conditions. To ind some
solution OF the problem which con-
fronts the working CIR! outside Of
business hours. I am not man
hater. but a happily married woman.
The Snug everyday business man
with time to kill and money to burn
holds the key to the Working Girls
real Problem.
No truer thing was ever said than
BE good and you'll be lonely" and
II applies to the New York Work.
ing girl.
by ONE WHO HAS HAD En-
PERLENCE.
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EMPLOYERS BLAMED Fol
LEADING GIRLS AsTRAY.

Dear Madam. The working girl
does not necessarily go wrong either
because of low wages or OF moral
depravity. I battled with conditions
as a wage-earner for Ave years. l
have rubbed elbows with people
from Fifth avenue and the Bowery.
] have lived decently on s. week.
True I was often dissatisfied with
my positions, but l watched the
newspapers and hunted for better
places. came from the country
and recent college life. had not
friend In this city and very little
money. walked the streets In
safety. looking for work. / obtained
a place addressing envelopes at s. a
week. ! paid $50 week for room
and two meals a day at the Trow-
mart Inn. an excellent hotel for
working girls. l did my own wash
Ing and walked to work. For few
weeks was contented. Then !
earned Sc q week and continued at
this for two years. Later l secured y
and finally S15-for honest toll. ] had
few clothes and no money for
pleasure during this time. but was
not starving. The worst part. l
think now. was the long, weary and
lonely evenings and holidays. Even
now shudder when think Of
them. The public libraries are GER
tainly a boon for the poor. but even
the most studous occasionally longs
for an escort and an evening OF
pleasure and gaiety. To sit In a
small bedroom and read while laugh
ter and music float In the window
may be virtuous, but II is not nat
ural or to he expected OF a young,
healthy minded girl / know II is a
fact that no gir!, however PROPOSES
sing. need MISC this fun which all
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police ssn1sesoss from IL man No -
been % active In showing them up.
LAWYER NeWGll'e TRIAL GET
NEXT THURSDAY.
Justice seabury IN the supreme Court
to-day set next Thursday a. the date
Tor the trial Of Edward J. Newell, the
lawyer for George A. sipp. who has
been indicted for bribing q witness
and for attempting to dissuads Q Wit
ness from appearing to testify. This
Will be the second case to be heard
which arises out Of the police graft in
Ncstigations. tho frst being the trial
and quick conviction OF Policeman liar.
tigan.
II II charged that Newell gave 10
Sipp 800 OF the $3.50 alleFsd to have
been raised by Inspector Sweeney and
Capt. Thomas Walsh for tho purpose
OF keeping sipp out OF tho Jurisdiction
OF the New York courts. Judge Will
lam NJ. A. olcott will be Novels
counsel.
The only witness before the Grand
Jury to-day was Alexander Nash, a
member Of the MorningsIde Republican
Club at Ninety-ninth street and Column
bus avenue. which In believed to be n
negro gambling house. Nash admitted,
after much questioning. the payment OF
protection money TO policemen: but he
contrived TO forget the names OF the
policemen who had collected the money
and said the man who formerly paid II
on behalf OF the club was dead.
II became known. after Nash was ex-
cused temporarily from the Grand Jury
room. that Policeman John ], Ske,Iy.
under Indictment for collecting bride
money from Mary Goode. the disorderly
house Keeper. and Sol Wolf. the i,au,r
dealer who figured prominently IN Mary
Goodies testimony. paid visit to Nash
last night.
Beca,ise Tomorrow. the date set for
imposing sentence upon Policeman John
j. Hartigan, the convicted perjurer, IA
Good Friday he was called before Jus
tlce Seabury and the time for passln,
sentence was postponed until next Tues.
day.
Hartigon. still rccaicitrant. despite the
prayers OF his wife that he confess, iid
not see the Dtstrict-Attorney before the
latter went to Albany to-day. though
James A. Donnell. his lawyer, had a
hasty interview with Mr.. whitman he
fore the left. II II expected that II he
does not show "a willingness to reveal
what ne knows about his superior. for
mer Inspector Sweeney. before Tuee.iay
a sun sentence will be his portion.
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should be what she expects of herself.
She Is practically the only woman that
has an unrestricted choice In matters OF
morals, and there IL all the more reason
why her standards should be the high
est, since she sets them for herself.
There are. Of course. few real Villains
20 be encountered In life. and when the
lovely heroine is quite sure that she has
met one. and not merely phantom
conjured by her own vanity or indis-
cretion. the only thing for her TO do -
70 get into another drama. or. rather,
into an office where drama does not
play an important part. But the letters
OF the young women who discuss the
Villains are very interesting:
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Most young women s.ro led into
accepting attentions OF this kind
from men by lack OF worldly knowl-
edge and BY the ingenious but sgre'
gious vanity which prompts them
to believe that any man should bs
willing to pay . luncheon check for
the privilege OF casing into their
bright eyes or listening to their
bTtllar. conversation.
Now, when men want conversation
they seek each other And whatever
the calibre of the talk may be actually.
they are convinced that 1t Is more bril-
liant than anything woman could say
merely because a woman doesn't say It.
Only the masculine artist has a genuine
inpersonal appreciation of feminine
beauty for its own sake. and even not
every masculine artist Is capable OF
such detached admiration. ] don't see
why young women expect men to serve
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luncheon. To be more specific. we
have reached the point in the discus
sion Of the girl who works and wins
when she calls our attention to the
fact that she is not always permitted
to do her work and draw her salary,
out is expected to "fiirt and joke with
her employer"
In letter which Is practically an
indictment Of the New York business
man. a young woman reader Of The
Evening World observes to-day:
Surely there is something wrong
when a decent girls acceptance Of
lunch together instead Of eating
alone leads to wine dinners and the
incubation Of a spirit Of daring!"
True enough. but a girl does not
have to be downtown very long be-
fore she realizes that condition
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~ KllSsl ~ Taa1eao. ~
0ewosl Benson. tsn, q Ne - cAoo-
bsrs sersSl was playing - NseAs ana
wsse strSsts yesterday aftssaooa whom
. yellow taxtcab. driven By Nathan
Druckef Of No. 17so washinston avenue.
the Bronx. struck him and knocked hin(
down. The chauffeur stoppsa his ma.
chine end. puttinS the 10Y n n, rushed
70 Hudson 0tfsst Hospital. The boy
dAed eAsiy ehAs morning. Drucksr Vas
not arrested
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chemical spouting scouts. costing N,l6S
each. have also been ordered. These
scout cars which can make thirty-nve
miles an hour also carry hose for the
larger engines.