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mosquitoes. These fish were, how
however, scarce in most parts of the
lake examined, perhaps on account of
the fact that larger fish which prey
upon minnows were very plentiful.
The influence of impounded waters
on the breeding of mosquitoes AMI
the consequent spread of malaria is Il
question calling for prolonged
studies, and it is the intention of the
public haalth service to continue Is
Investigations of this subject.
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March 20, 1915

WHAT CAN A LITTLE CHAP Doi
[By John OxenhamI
What can a little chap do
For his country and for you
What can a little chap do?
He can fight like knight
For the Truth and the Right;
That's one good thing he can do.
He can shun all that's mean;
He can keep himself clean,
Both without and within;
That's another good thing he can do.
His soul he can brace
Against everything base.
And the trace will be seen
All his life in his face;
That's very fine thing he can do.
He can look to the light,
He can keep his thoughts white,
He can fight the great fight,
He can do with his might
What is good in Gods sight; fl
Those are excellent things he can do.
Though his years may be few,
He can march in the queue
OF the good and the great
Who battled with fate
And won through:
That is wonderful thing he can do.
And--in each little thing
He can follow the king.
Yes-in each smallest thing
He can follow the King
He can follow the Christ, the King.
FROM Princess Mary's Gift Book"
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Des Moines Tribune: Billy" Sun
day circled the bases the other day
in Philadelphia in sixteen seconds.
That at ffty-two years of age is with
out any question a record mark. II
nothing else of value Is to be gained
from BILLY" Sunday, he has empha-
sized tremendously the value of ply
steal fitness.
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Governor Dunn has named April 20
as good roads day. If the present
legislature has its way there will be
no need for good roads day In Iowa.
The repeal OF the Johnston law will
make it unnecessary. While other
states are enlarging the powers of
good roads officials, Iowa is curtail-
ing them. and the result will be
shown not only in he roads them
selves, but will affect the state gen
orally
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Men Who viii Be in Charge Of Boats
and Packets for This Year
Have Been Ap.
pointed.
ARE VERY FEW CHANGES
Captain Mckenzie Will be on tho
keokuk and Captain Dodds on
the BIackhawk Again
This Year.

The captains OF the boats which
will ply the river this coming season
have been selected There are but
few changes from last season. Fol-
lowing are the boats and their cap
tains:
Quincy, packet-St. Louis to St.
Paul. Captain John streckfus.
st. Paul, packet-St. Louis to st.
Paul. Captain Nathan Patterson. Clin-
ton, Iowa.
linston. Captain Con. MCGEE. Dubu-
que.
sydney, excursion steamer-Cap-
tain Roy Streckfus, st. Louis.
w. W., excursion steamer-Captain
Robert Trombley, Dubuque.
Morning Star, packet-St. Louis to
St Paul Captain w. L. Blair.
Helen Blair, packet-Davenport to
Burlington. Captain Harry Young,
Albany, III.
Keokuk, packet-Quincy to Keokuk.
Captain Hugh Mckenzie, Keokuk.
Black Hawk, packet-Burlington to
Keokuk. Captain Robert Dodds, Dav-
export.
Rinoco, pleasure boat-Owned by
the Mayo brothers of Rochester, MINI.
Captain Robert Cassidy, Wi1ona.
Klitan, pleasure boat and house
boat Northumberland by Miss
Mary Deere, Moline, ILL., Captain Will
liam York, Rock Island.
Wanderer and barge Idler-Owned
by Lafayette Lamb, Clinton, Iowa,
pleasure craft. Captain Joseph Suley,
Clinton, Iowa.
ST. Purchase, excursion boat-Out
OF ST. Paul, with barge. Captain Will
liam McCraney, Winona.
Red Wing, excursion steamer-Out
OF ST. Paul. Captain Milton Newcomb,
Poin, Wis.
Artemus Gates-Captain John Lund,
Clinton, Iowa.
Arthur S.--Captain George Schnei-
der. Galena, Ill.
Marquette Captain Joseph Young,
Davenport.
Pierson-C Captain Harry Lancaster,
lie Glare, Iowa.
Alice-Captain Parm Lancaster, LIE
Glare, Iowa.
Lone Star-Captain John McDoa.
aid, Davenport.
russo-Captain George Trombley,
Davenport.
Harriet-Captain Paul Gerlich, Rock
Island.
Frederick weyerhouser, pleasure
boat, owned by Weyerhouser and
Donkman company-Captain John
Whistler, Rock Island.
G. w. Hill-Captain G. NJ. Wisherd,
Quincy.
Potosi-captian George Kimball.
Dubuque.
Ruth, sandboat-Captain e. J.
Sauer, Dubuque.
Samuel Peters told Ravenna),
packet and eNcursion-Captain Sam
uel Peters, Wabash, MINI.
United States Boats.
United States steamer, David Tip
ton in service between st. Louis and
ST. Paul. Captain Perry Ruby.
United States steamer Eleanor
Dubuque division. Captain Ben Betz.
ger, Dubuque.
United States steamer Alert-La
Crosse division. Captain Edward
Clark, La Crosse.
United States steamer E1len-Rock
Island division. Captain Charles De-
lul, lie Clare, Iowa.
United States steamer Ruth-Rock
Island division Captain Don Hols.
apple, lie Clare, Iowa.
United States steamer Robert Har-
rfs-Rock Island division. Captain
William Feehan, LIE Clare, Iowa.
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The defeat Of the teachers annuity
bill is disappointing. The legislature
is defeating a number OF the best
measures that have ever been offered
for enactment, and the teachers an
nuity bill is one of them. In keokuk
this measure has been Loyalty ana
supported. 1t is to be re-
gretted that it did not meet with the
same endorsement in the legislature.
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ELDERviLLE. ILL.
>~~~~~~>~~>~~>

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Peppel and
daughter, Ruby, from Missouri, have
been visiting relatives here the past
week.
Charlie Hardy, from winnebago,
MIMI. Is visiting his father, D. w.
Hardy, in Hamilton. and he also visit.
ed relatives here Thursday evening.
Mrs. VIM. vogel, who was seriously
sick last week, is able to be about
again.
Miss Velma Webster has been
spending a few days with her brother,
Ralph and wife, near Suffer, last
week
Mr. Osa Wallace is on the sick list.
at present.
Mrs. Bradley spent Wednesday an1
Thursday with relatives north O,
Powellton.
Mr.. Berry has put a switch board
in at the Martin home. This makes
it very handy in calling our neigh.
bors
Mr.. Henry Kunz and son were
hamilton goers Wednesday.
Mr.. vogel AMI family attended
church Sunday, at Suffer, and also
took dinner with Geo. Mulch and fam.
lily.
John Rcasenbaum and W. KeobIer
were Carthage goers Wednesday.
Miss Hazel Triboulet was in Keo.
kuk Saturday.
Although the time is drawing near
10 oat sowing time, no one as vet
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City, Iowa, Is visiting Mrs. J. NJ. Daw'
son.
Mrs. Laura Kennedy returned from
Hit, Thursday. She reports Mrs. W.
A. Kennedy as improving.
Rev. J. H. Lane is painting the U.
NJ. Jones residence.
Fred Fairchild was in Memphis
Thursday
Mrs. Sam Cameron and daughter,
Mary Elizabeth OF Kahoka are guests
at the Price Davis home.
The farm house of II. P. Flick, To-
Gated five miles northwest of town.
burned to the ground "Wednesday.
The fire is supposed to have started
from the nue.
Roy Powers and Miss Nellie Pryor
OF Arbela were united In marriage by
Rev. Lane, Saturday. March 20.
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The spring hat season has arrived
and the knowledge of the husband
relative to such essential feminine
apparel is still in neglected state.
1t has not passed the "how much"
stage.
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II you are unable to meet your
obligations-don't worry. Uncle Sam
is facing deficit Of twenty-six NIL
lion.
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II the bill to confiscate every We
hicle that has beer In it is adopted by
the Iowa legislature, the owners of
automobiles can take off the number
and substitute the placard: This is
q water wagon"
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THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

Men are what their mothers made
them. You may as well ask loom
which weaves huckaback, why it does
not make cashmere, as expect poetry
from this engineer, or q chemical dis
covery from that jobber.-Emerson.
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In spite of the Chicago Examiner,
Judge Wade was sworn in as federal
judge at Creston last Tuesday.
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Mrs. Dan Cline is visiting with her
son Archer and family near Asbury.
Charles Selby was in Memphis on
Wednesday.
George Ritter was in Kahoka Satur
day.
Mrs. Bertha Bell Of Milton, Iowa,
visited her parents over Sunday.
? Arthur Marlette and wife were Me.
dill visitors Saturday.
Walter Miller returned from Omaha
Thursday.
Miss Bess Snider was in Kahoka
Tuesday.
Mrs. v. c. Stonebaker Of Promise
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has begun as the ground seems rather
wet, and we hardly believe old winter
is quite done, the way the snow flies
every day.
Mrs. H. C. Christner visited Sunday
at w. Mulch's, near Tioga.
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TO REMOVE DANDRUFF

Get 25-cent bottle Of Danderine at
any drug store, pour a little into your
hand and rub well into the scalp Win
the finger tips. BY morning most II
not all, of this awful scurf will have
disappeared. Two or three applica'
lions will destroy every bit of dand.
run; stop scalp itching and falling
hair.
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Common Sense.
Atchison Globe: Sometimes good
luck is a result of just holding to
lob.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
Old Darkey Who Viewed
Battle of Orleans Dies
at Washington.

Steven Thomas, an old negro
over one hundred years of age,
who saw the battle of New Or
leans, and who belonged to an
officer in General Andrew Jack
sons army, died at Washington
on Sunday. before New Year.
Steven Thomas lived W t h
jonas W. Bailey for thirty eight
years, working in the capacity
of gardener. Before coming to
Washington he resided in New
Orleans over eighteen years af-
ter the famous battle between
the Americans and British at
Chalmette. It is thought that
Thomas died at the age of 118
years.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
College Notes.

The basket ball season opened
most favorably for st. Charles.
On Saturday last, the College
quintette met and defeated the
Opelousas High School, by the
sided score of 66-l6. COM
bined and individual effort was
responsible for the victory and
all the spectators agree that we
have a team to be proud of. All
worked together and outclassed
their opponents in every stage of
the game. If we look for stars,
our eyes turn towards G. Billeaud
whose speed and agility were
CONSPICUOUS. S. Barrett, as d
first year man, showed remark
able accuracy in basket-tossing.
J. Troy, the veteran player,
guarded the College basket in
great style.
Next Saturday we expect to
meet and beat the Rayne High
School five. Our schedule is
complete and will include twice
as many games as that of last
year.
The st. Charles Thespians are
busily preparing an interesting
comedy, THE Growler, " which
will be staged at the Carnival
Season. It promises to be a
thriller and we predict splendid
results, as the play is under the
direction Of Mr.. J. B. Doonan,
whose versatile ability needs no
comment.
The Philharmonic Societies
await their annual banquet.
More about it later,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
WILL BUILD SCHOOL
AT KROTz SPRINGS
School Board Creates School
District to Levy Money
for Modern Building.

The people of the little town
of Krotz Springs are very anx.
ious to have a modern school
house, one which will be cred.
lit not only to the Atchafalaya
town, but to the parish of st.
Landry.
The school board of St. Lam
dry voted at its meeting On last
| Wednesday to create the Krotz
Springs School District and it is
proposed to build a modern build
ing, which will serve its purpose
for any number of years, until
the town of Krotz Springs will
have bloomed into beautiful
little city.
The taxpayers in and around
Krotz Springs will tax them
selves to the extent of five mills
on the dollar for the purpose of
erecting a building which will be
of comfort and service to the
educable children in that section.
Many Northerns, it is expect
ed, will begin pouring into that
section of the parish next year,
to spend the greater portion Of
the year, as Krotz Springs has
been extensively advertised and
written as one of the ideal fish
ing places of the United States.
Now that it is proposed to con-
struct a model road between
Opelousas and Krotz Springs on
this side of the Atchafalaya and
Krotz Springs and Baton Rouge
on the other side of the river, til
is thought that the Northerners
will be more interested than
ever before in that portion of
this parish.
Reports from Krotz Springs
are to the effect that the people
there will gladly vote the taxes
to build good roads and a good
school building. The first cleo
ton, that of the good roads pro-
ject, will come up on February
10th, and promoters Of this
scheme are confident that the
property owners will vote solidly (
for the tax to build roads in the
Eastern section of St. Landry.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
TICK FREE TERRITORY
Example Shows How I'M
portant It Is 70 Be
So Classed.

Baton Rouge, Jan. 13. The
importance of the tick freeing
Louisiana of the cattle tick is
shown in the many letters re-
ceived by DR.. w. r. Dodson, di-
rector of the state experiment
station, from northerners who
contemplate the establishment
of live stock farms in the state.
Yesterday Mr.. Dodson re-
ceived a letter from the mana
ger of a large live stock COM
pany in Kentucky, who expected
to locate in Louisiana, to estab-
lish a big live stock farm, if he
could find what he wanted in
tick free territory.
THE live stock men from 9TH
er parts of the country are look
ing to this section" /" said DIR.
Dodson, but they are not COM
ing to tick infested territory.
The tick free states of the south
will get this valuable immigra-
ton and capital. /"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23

fresh in the memory of practi-
cally every person in Louisiana.
The little Opelousas boy, who
was the cause Of one of the most
sensational cases ever pulled off
in the south, wandered away
from his parents fishing camp
at Swayze Lake on Aug. 23rd 1913
and never was seen thereafter
until w. c.. Walters was arrested
in Pearl River county. with the
little fellow whom the Dunbars
and their friends and relatives
claimed was their child and who
the court decided was Bobbie
Dunbar.
After a legal battle IA Missis-
sippi which lasted several weeks
Walters was finally extridicted
to Louisiana and brought to Opel
ousas. In April 1914 the trial
was staged in the historic old st.
Landry courthouse. eliminating
in the conviction of the accused.
The attorneys for the defense,
headed by Hon. E. B. Dubuisson
Of this city. petitioned the court
to set aside the verdict. on sew
eral grounds. but especially on
the fact that the act under which
the tinker was indicted was ille-
gal. Losing out before the dis
trict court the attorneys took the
case up to the Louisiana Supreme
court and won out. After a |
reconsideration, however. the
Supreme Court reversed its de-
cision and finally arrived at the
that a second trial
would be necessary.
Walters was brought to New
Orleans in the early part of the
summer, where he has been ever
since. It is expected that he
will soon be out on bail and that
The chances are that he will new
ar be tried for having kidnapped
the Dunbar child.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
Miss Lass Dies Suddenly,

Miss Olympia Lass, only
daughter of Mrs. D. Lass, a well
known and highly respected
boarding house keeper Of this
city, died suddenly at her moth
er's home on last Monday night.
Miss Lass was 43 years of age
and was the picture of good
health up to one hour prior to
her death, when she was seized
with violent pains. Physicians
were summonded, three respond
ing to the call, but when they ar
rived Miss Lass had practically
although they tried
everything imaginable to bring
her back to life.
Miss Lass was a devout Catho-
lie, being leading member Of
the Altar Society of the St. Lam
dry Catholic Church. She was
the companion of her aged moth
er and her departure will indeed
leave gloom, never to be effac-
ed at the Lass home. She will
be remembered by her many
and acquaintance as al
good Christian and splendid
citizen.
Her remains were inferred at
he Catholic cemetery on Tuesday
morning, where Father EngerInk
spoke feelingly of the splendid
of the dead lady.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
WORK ON CONNECTING
ROADS Is STARTED
All Country Gravel Roads
to Join with City
Streets.

The work of connecting the
city streets with the country
gravel road was started last
week and had it not been for the
rains during the latter part of
the week Main street would no
doubt be connected with the
Washington road.
Mayor Loeb stated on Monday
that as soon as the job on Main
street would be completed he
would wait until the weather
would settle for the rest of the
work.
The fact that Main street will
be connected with the Washing
ton road will be a source of
great satisfaction to the automo-
bilists of Opelousas and Wash
ington, as the country road
which connects the two most i'm
portant towns in St. Landry par
ish has proven to be the most
satisfactory gravel highway"
in this parish.
It is stated that sand gravel
will be used for the work on
South Main street, as well as
the street connecting with the
Port Barre road.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
To USE ONLY sand
GRAVEL HEREAFTER
Engineer Robert Gives Or
ders to Discontinue Clay
Gravel for Roads.

Engineer Robert, parish road
supervisor of St. Landry, made
Ia trip to Alexandria, where he
went to give orders to the Tioga
Gravel Company, to henceforth
send only sand gravel for the ST.
Landry roads.
For the past few months the
public has been kicking about
the sort of gravel which has
been laid on the good roads of
st. Landry, many prominent
citizens claiming that the sort of
gravel being used on the major
ity of the roads was nothing
more nor less than common red
clay.
Contractor Fisher began kick
ing about the gravel from the
beginning and from experience
with the clay gravel it is thought
that the best thing to do with it
is to leave it in the gravel pits OF
Rapides parish. As the WASH
ington road was constructed with
sand gravel many are convinced
that that is the reason why this
road is far superior to any in 81.
Landry.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
TWO ARE MENTIONED
AGAINST MAYOR LOEB
Dietlein and Eastman Being
Boosted AS Probable
Candidates.

In all probabilities. If he runs
for reelection, Mayor Edward
L. Loeb will be opposed by two
other aspirants for his position,
at the election in February, 1916.
Aldermen E. K. Eastman, who
was elected last year on the Loeb
ticket from the Fourth City
Ward, is being mentioned as a
probable candidate, while the
many friends of Frank J. Diet
lein, former alderman and a
prominent jeweler of this city,
are consistently reporting that
he will be placed on the ticket
as a contender for the most i'm
portant city office.
Mayor Loeb has not, as yet,
intimated whether or not he
would be a candidate to succeed
himself one year hence, but it is
reliably thought that his friends
will demand Of him to make the
race for the office which he has
been filing for the past three
years, having defeated DR.. B. A.
Littell in 1912and DR.. ]. A. Shaw
in 1914.
If the race SINNERS down to a
three cornered affair it is thought
that it will be the most interest
ing one pulled off in Opelousas
for quite a number of years.
None Of the mentioned candi-
dates have stated that they in
tended to make the race, but
their friends from various Sec
tions of the city have been show
ing a great deal Of interest in
the probable candidacy of their
Individual favorite.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
w. c. WALTERS TO BE
RELEASED ON BAIL
Attorney Garland Willing To Allow Tinker Freedom On
Bond Claiming Parish Cannot Pay
Another Trial

William c.. Walters, convicted
in the st. Landry parish District
Court in April 1914, for having
kidnapped little Bobbie Dunbar,
son of Mr.. and Mrs C. ?. Dun
bar OF this city. will be released
on bail within a short time, if re-
ports from New Orleans are cor
rect. Attorney Garland, who was
one of the main prosecutors of
the convicted kidnapper, while
in New Orleans this week acci-
dently stumbled against 7. S.
Dale, the Mississippi attorney,
who so ccurageously defended
the tinker in the famous kidnapp-
ing case, and expressed his de-
sire to allow the tinker freedom
on bail.
Mr.. Garland, speaking as to
the impracticability of trying the
nation widely known kidnapping
case says:
1t is doubtful if we will ever
be able to try Walters again.
The first trial cost the parish of
st. Landry So, 900 and broke US
fiat. We are under obliga-
tion to the governors of Louisi
ana and Mississippi to defray the
cost of bringing Walters witness
es from Mississippi. Personally
[ would never consent to trying
Walters again without affording
him every facility for proving
his case in accordance with our
pledge to the two governors. T
believe the feeling in Opelousas
generally is that way.
The parish of st. Landry has
not the money to pay for another
trial of that kind, and isn't like
ly to have for a good while to
come. That being the situation
told Mr.. Dale when I met him
that / would not oppose motion
for bond. "
The kidnapping case is still
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23

OF the suspects was given. One
of them, by the name of Crosby,
was arrested and placed in the
parish Jail in this city, on We'd
nesday morning. Another one
by the name of Van Buren was
thought to have been located at
Church Point, whittier the sher-
if Of this parish, went in search
of him.
DR.. Richard, who is manager
of the branch bank, was in this
city on Wednesday evening and
stated that the people of Leon
vile were not alarmed whatever
over the robbery of the bank.
The citizens realizing that the
fund on hand at the bank were
limited did not hesitate to depos-
it their money, several deposits
amounting to a few hundred
dollars being made within a
short time after it was discover
ed that practically all the cash
on hand at that bank had dis
appeared.
The parish officials feel con-
ddent that they will have all of
the suspects under apprehension
within the next few days.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-01-23
May Run for the Legisla-
ture.

James Sanders of this city is
being mentioned by friends as a
candidate for the Legislature
from this parish. Although it
is somewhat early for candidates
of minor Offices to announce
themselves it is thought that
Mr.. Sanders will do SO within
the next few weeks, as scores OF
his intimate friends are very
anxious that he should be one Of
the representatives from st.
Landry.
This parish is allowed three
representatives in the Legisla-
ture, the present incumbents be-
ing Gilbert L. Dupre, Z. Austin
Fontenot and A. D. Stewart.