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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06
Motion by Mr.. Catlett,

: BE 1t resolved, that the Clerk an
! President of this body be and they ar
, hereby authorized to issue, a warrar
I for the sum of four hundred and thirty
! two dollars, ($432.00) in favor of j.. c
: Adams & Co., as final payment of roa
: grader purchased for the 4th and st
wards: said warrant to be issue
) against the internal fund
{ Of the 4th and 9th wards.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Fisette,
Be it resolved, that the sum of th
sum of ten dollars be appropriated on
of the Road Funds of the 3rd ward, TO
the purpose of purchasing the right-oi
way for a ditch over the land of Mrs
Anatole Lalande, and that a Warran
for the said sum of ten dollars be is
sued to her in payment of said right-of
way.
Voting for: Messrs. St. Cyr, Guillory
Daley, Iseringhausen, Fisette, Dun
bar, Catlett, Walters, McCaffery ant
Dimmick.
Against: None. Motion carried.
Mr..St. Cyr called to the Chair.
MIR. K. T.. Catlett offered the follow.
ing ordinance, duly seconded and car
ried:
AN ORDINANCE
To create a Road District in the 18th
Police Jury Ward of the Parish of st.
Landry, State of Louisiana, and to fix
the boundary lines of said Road Dis
trict, and to designate the name by
which said District shall be known.
Sec. /. Be it ordained, by the Police
Jury of the Parish of st. Landry, State
OF Louisiana, in regular session CON
vened, that pursuant to authority vest
ed in this body by law, Road District
No. l of the 4th Police Jury Ward of the
Parish OF St. Landry, be and the same
IS hereby created and the boundary
lines OF said Road District are hereby
fixed af follows, to-wit:
Commencing at a point where the
north line of Township 5, S. R. Z E.,
intersects the Atchafalaya River, and
thence running west along said north
line of said Township to the northwest
corner OF said Township, thence south
on west side of said T. 5, S. r. Z, E., 3
miles to center line of said Township.
thence west GU center line of Town
ship 5, S. R. s, E., three miles, thence
South 2 miles, thence west 3 miles to
west side of I. s, S. r. 6 E., thence
South to the Courtableau Bayou, thence
so%utheasterly along North bank of said
Bayou to the Atchafafaya
thence. northerly along west
banks OF said Atchafalaya River to the
place of beginning, containing about
seventy square miles, more or less, as
shown on map in red border lines, on
file with the Clerk of the Police Jury.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
ali ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance be-, and
the same are hereby repealed and that
his ordinance take effect from and az
.er its passage and PRONUNCIATION.
Adopted Mch. 2, 1915.
JOS. T. ST. CYR,
President pro tenn.
Attest: j. j. HEALEY. Clerk,
Opelousas, La, Mch. 2, 1915.
othe Hon. President and Members
OF the Police Jury,
Gentlemen
We the undersigned committee, ap.
to examine the statement Of
ne st. Landry State Bank, fiscal agent,
eg leave TO report that we have ex-
mined said statement and found same
Greet, and recommend that q war
mt for the sum Of &l6. II, be Issued To- :
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06

100000 paid in one year; rs,
OO0.00 paid in two years, and $4,000
paid in three years, for which deferred
payments the parish shall issue Ger
~tificates of Indebtedness to the sait
Marion Steam Shovel Company, %
Marion, Ohio, with interest at the rate
offs percent per annum, payable an
nually,
Be it further resolved, That the fund.
for the cash payment of the said boa
shall be taken from the following funds
Special Road Fund, $4,000 90; Contin.
gent Expense Fund of 1915, 5000. 90;
$500. 00from Internal Improvement Roao
and Bridge Fund Of 1915, to be charged
against the Police Jury wards as fol.
lows: list Ward, $4,000; 4th ward
5000, and the 9th ward 5000, making
a total cash payment of $4,000. GO.
And be it further resolved, That the
President and Clerk of this Police Jury
be and they are hereby duly authorized,
empowered and directed to issue a
cash warrant in the name and on be-
half of the said parish of st. Landry
for the $2000.00 cash payment, also to
issue certificates of Indebtedness for
the deferred payments on the terms
hereinabove stated-all of which war
rants and certificates of indebtedness,
to be made payable to the Marion
Steam Shovel Company, of Marion,
Ohio, and deliver the same to the said
Marion Steam Shovel Company, or its
agent, upon the delivery of the said
boat to j. j. Healey, or any
or persons authorized by this
Board to accept the same.
And be it further resolved, That the
said dredge boat be rented to the va
drainage districts which are now
formed, or may be formed in the par
.sh of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
md upon terms and conditions to be
upon by and between such
1rainage boards of such districts, and
he Parish of st. Landry, repreresent-
ID by the Police Jury thereof.
Voting for: Messrs. st. Cyr, Guillory,
evans, Daley, Iseringhausen, Pavy,
Dunbar, Catlett, Walters,
'eall, McCaffery, Foster, Gournay, and
)immick, Is yeas.
Voting against: Mr.. w. F. Brown.
lotion carried.
Motion by Mr.. w. F. Brown,
Be it resolved, that the ordinance
November End, 1914, creating
lie first Road District of the 4th Police
ury Ward of st. Landry, Parish,
e and the same is hereby repealed.
lotion carried.
Received from D. NJ. Fontenot, AS
,ssor, the sum Of 1852. 70, as a refund
salary appropriation for the year
ia, including also, a refund of com
ission received on double assess
Ients for said year.
On motion of Mr.. Daley,
The Police Jury adjourned until to-
orrow morning at $50 o'clock.
March 2, 1915.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adj
urnment: ,
Present: Mr.. r. Dimmick, President,
'esiding; Messrs. st. Cyr, GuillorY, !
alley, Iseringhausen; Fisette, Dun
II, Catlett, Walters, Beall, McCaffery.
Evans, Foster, Pavy and
own. i
Motion by MIR. Catlett,
That the Clerk and President of this I
tdy be and they are herebp author
I'd to issue a warrant in. favor Oh
Ugh Chamberlain, Treas. OF theJ
chafalaya Basin LeEee and Drainagep
strict for the sum OF one hundred3fl
liars, l$l0O.00l, against the Contln. b
ut expense fund OF 1915, as per reso1 q
Tied. IN
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06

Motion by Mr.. Walters,
That the report of committee on fis
cal agency be received and accepted
and that a warrant be issued to sait
fiscal agent as per committee report.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Catlett,
That a warrant for the sum of one
and 90-100 dollars be issued to C. G
Miller, against the Contingent expense
fund of 1915, as a refund ON taxes o.
1914, paid enormously.
Motion by Mr.. McCaffery,
Be it resolved, that a committee oil
three, including the President Of this
body, be appointed for the purpose Of
examining the dredge boat purchased
by the parish, at least quarterly, with
the object of maintaining said boat in
thorough repair, and condition; the
committee to report thereon at a regu-
lar meeting thereafter. Motion car
ried. Chair appointed Messrs. Nc
Caffery and St. Cyr.
On motion of Mr.. Walters,
The Police Jury resolved itself into
a committee of the whole to examine
and approve claims.
Mr.. Walters in the Chair.
R R Miller, conveying Max anp
Gnsane) from Eunice to pris-
80
Henry Landry, arresting and
conveying Oscar Robertfrom
Eunice to prison..-.... 4 60
MI Swords, conveying Amy to
PlnevIlle, as per itemized
70 II
M L Swords, feeding prisoners,
Feb 1915,-1 4s 10.
Grant Hebert, heating iailandat-
tending inSane.- IS 90
M j Long, sheriff maintaining w
G Walters, Dec 81 to Feb %. 81 90
f1enry Landry, Juror on mo-. 2 90
Garrol Mornhlnveg, e." 200
pr J Perrault, -" 200
FellX Cnaenere, 200
LOUIS Meglnley, 200
Gallanan, 2 90
l 3 Mickey, e." 200
Jno FLaWney, C. 200
] ] Stage, S.. 200
~ Lewis, &c.. 200
Louis Reynolds, 200
wi oWOTuS, on court
Is days in Feb.. 80 90
Il Swords, freight paid on dis
infectants .-.. IL 10
{ A Gosselin, ordering, etc, cleo
ton for Police Juror, / wd.. 500
Lasfrapes, Jr., ordering, etc,
election for Police Juror, /
wa 90
III Chachere, repairing cots and
windows in ail.--.... Q 90
Cumberland Tel Co, service, Feb
1915 5 es
,arel Wolff, burying pauper.. 500
Dimmick; per diem M, com.
naworkfnspecting dredge boat. 45o1
Z Daley, per diem M, com.
work ~ $500. so
!. A Guidry, NJ D, l2s vaccine
tioas at25cs 50 Is
, Holiier, 3 rnontfsservice main
tanning sewerm courthouse
and jail.. 81 Is
ST yr, per dienacom. work. 500
T st. Cyr,sHs 1Sia on dredpe
] 800
Z Brown, per diem m, O
work, Feb 20- 74OI,
II Caillouet conu.tDf election,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06

said fiscal agent, for salary interest
month of Feb. 1915, on business OF
1914; interest deducted on deposits as
per contract.
j. E. DALEY,
JOS, T. ST. CYR,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06
The Police Jury Proceedings
Continued from page five.

dia and st. Landry Parishes, it was
agreed that said committees recon-
mend that their respective bodies ere
ate a separate drainage district com
prising all lands drained by Bayous
Piaqnel1ine and Mallet and all laterals
0f said bayous, and the Police Juries
loan the districts the necessary funds
To make a survey in order to ascertain
what lands should be included in their
respective districts and an estimate of
the cost of the work in order that the
tax or millage be ascertained; each
committee shall make this report at the
next meeting of their respective bodies;
also that each Police Jury report imme-
diately to the other body as to the &C.
tion each has taken in the premises.
Respectfully submitted,
Signed: P. FOSTER,
FRANK DIMMICK,
p. Al. BELLARD,
HOMER DAVID.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06

Tn motion OF Mr.. Daley,
The committee on claims resolved it.
self into regular session of Police Jury.
MT. Dimmick in the chair.
The committee on claims reported
through Chairman Walters, that they
had examined the claims as above de-
tailed and found same correct.
On motion OF Dr.. Foster,
The report Of committee was accepted
and committee discharged.
Motion by DR.. Foster,
being formed in this parish for the pur-
pose of promoting agriculture andstock
raising; be it resolved, that the sum of
Three Hundred dollars be appropriated
Tor the purpose OF assisting in premium
distributions; resolved further, that the
amount be taken from the contingent
expense fund Of 1915, and be paid to the
Treasurer OF the association on Oct. LIST
1915; Voting for: Messrs. Guillory,
tisette, McCaffery, Foster and Gournay.
S yeas. Against: Messrs. st. Cyr,
Daley Iseringhausen, Pavy, w. r.
Brown, Catletf Walters and Dimmick.
5 nays. Mr. Evans voting blank.
AOhAOA AOpIs .4
Motion by Mr.. Daley,
Be it resolved, that the claim OF the
West Disinfecting Co., for the sum of
$94.08, be and the same is hereby order
ed paidand warrant issued TO said COM
pany, against the contingent expense
fund Of 1915; resolved, further, that the
claims of said company amounting to
9260.50, covering amount OF disinfect-
ants on hand b~erejeeted, and the sheriff
instructed to return the said disinfect-
ants to the said company; the sheriff is
further advised not to make any further
purchases of disinfectants without the
consent Of this body, or the purchasing
committee. Motion carried.
On motion of MIR. Walters,
The reading Of the minutes was dis
pensed with and stand approved.
On motion of Mr.. Evans,
The Police jury adjourned until the
first Monday, in April, being the fifth
day of said month.
FRANK DIMMICK, President
Attest: ]. j. HEALEY, Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06
Feb %, LIST Road District, 4P

" EGD 20, Isl ROaU DtSLTiCI, RI
j 80
Alva Krotz, com. of elect. Feb %. 3 OK
f A Dejean, - 3 OK
Ike LETTERS, &c" 8 O(
Collins Cormier, 60(
Ira Westbrook, /" g" 3N
A Rosenberg, " e.. e. soc
FB Cason, Sr, !" I" 8" BOZ
CIV krotz, g. 6 0C
1 Lyons, elk, /" SOC
Geo Matthias !" s." &c" 8 0C
CV Dejean, 8 &C
H D Llttell, delivering ballot box
at Melville, for election Feb
I'd
| R Guidry, delivering ballot box
es at Port Barre and Krotz
Springs Is 90
F L SandoZ, undries...... 3 rs
RAGordon, registering birth and
death certificates..-.. "a
City of Opelousas, water and
lights, Feb 1915- 10 35
DrCA Gardiner, 225 vaccinations
at 25e each Sc Is
Littell & Lawler, making map of
road district, Port Barre and
Melville Is 90
H Lastrapes, Jr.. n interdic-
ton SO
H Bodemuller, books, stationery
etc, for clerks Office. 81 90
HBodemuller, assessment blanks
etc, for assessors office .... Is 90
HBodemuller, stationery sheriffs
office 6 10
D Roos G Son, 2 tons coal. Is 90
H B~odemuller, election supplies
for road tax election, Feb %. Z 95
Jacobs News Depot Co., station
cry 10 90
W E Harmon, registering births =
and deaths. *
st. Landry Clarion, publishing
proceedings, Feb 1915.. II 81
F Dlmmick, per diem m. to
Crowley com work.. 900
F Dimmick, per diem M, to
Church Point to meet com.
from Acadia d 30
P Foster, per diem m, Crowley
and Church Point com.
work ..-- Q 80
r Foster, per diem M, com. on
dredge boat......... q so
ElWood Anselm, balance due for
burying pauper--. 800
Lavergne, com OF election,
Jan. Is for P J......, 500
Wilton Latiolais, com of election,
Jan. 26, for P J.- 8 90
j w Savoie, com of election, Jan
g, for P J...... 800
RI Wilson, com of election, Jan
26. for P J- 800
DR. G w Stubs, com of election.
Jan rs, for P J 500
Eraste Dupre, com of election.
Jan. 26, for P 8 100
Louis Mouret, road work, 8 wd... 10 90
Noel, Taylor & Taylor, digging
canal and filling holes, 3Wd.. 81 90
Z Mistric, lumber, 8 wd... 19 90
E Mistric; lumber, 3 wd 10 o
2 Mistric, bill rendered for lum-
ber, 8 Wd~-.- 1870 IS
F Quebedeau, cutting tree off i
road, and road work, 3 wd... LOO
Robin & Bergeron, ct ais, road
work, 8 II. d
Antile Lalonde, Jr., road work,
8 Wd-----.--.--- 800
wd - Is 90
Benz. Shoemaker, road work, 8
wd - IS 90
j MelaIcon, lumber and road
work, 3 wd.-....... II OOi
} Robin, S OF team on road, 8
Wd -. g N
Guidroz. use OF team and
road work. 1914, 3wd-- 50 90
T. Landry Lumber Co., lumber,
10 ID
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06
Motion by Mr.. Guillory,

Be it resolved, that the report o
committee appointed to examine thu
dredge boat located in the drainage
canal northwest of Opelousas, be re
ceived and accepted, committee dis
charged and the report ordered spread
upon the minutes. Motion carried.
To the Honorable President and Mem.
bers of the Police Jury of the Par.
ish Of st. Landry, Louisiana.
The committee appointed by you on
the second day of February, 1915, for
the purpose Of investigating the dredge
boat, owned by the Marion Steam SHOW
ell Company, of Marion, Ohio, which
they have offered to sell to your Board,
and which boat is now located in the
drainage canal about two miles north
west OF Opelousas, beg to submit the
following for your considerations:
We, as your committee, visited said
dredge boat on the 18th day Of Febru-
ary, 1915, and made a thorough and
careful examination of the same. We
lind the boat in satisfactory condition,
there being no ~perceptible wear what
ever on the same, and would recon-
mend the purchase of the said dredge
boat by your Board for this parish, on
the followingterms and conditions, to-
wit:
81, 100000. 8 100000 paid cash, 49,
10000 paid in. M year, So, 90 paid
10 two years, and s 100000 paid in
three years; Parish to issue warrants
Tor the deferred payments, payable to
tha Marion Steam Shovel Company, of
Marion Ohio, with interest at the rate
M g per cent per annum, payable an
n~ually--all OF which is respectfully SUBJ
snitted to your Honorable Board on this
1st day of March, 1915.
JOS. T. ST. CYR,
FRANK DIMMICK,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-03-06

I recommend the purchasing of the
boat. P. FOSTER.
March /, 1915.
On motion of Mr.. S. A. Gournay.
agly seconded by Mr.. McCaffery, the
be II resolved, That the Police Jury
QT this parish, nov in meeting, duly
assembled, purchase from the Marion
3leans Shovel Company, of Marion,
41sos the liz yard Steel Dredge Boat,
sssic1 = now located in the drainage
csi1al about two miles northwest of the.
Cry cf Opelousas, St. Landry Parish,
louisiana. upon the following terms
and conditions, to-wit:
SIl,oo0.00;s. = 10000 paid in. cash,
az EE"E =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
A Hyphenated American

A German citizen of Cullman has written a letter to The Age-Herald in which he refers to the recent lire which destroyed a plant of the Beth lehem Steel company, and says the German sympathizers in this country don't conceal their satisfaction, "but wish every powder plant in America would blow up, without loss of life, of course"
 The columns of The Age Herald are always open to an expression of opin- ion by any person, regardless of what that opinion may be. This paper has dealt far more kindly with the Ger mans than hundreds of other news papers in the United States, and will continue to do so. It is but natural for German residents of this country to sympathize with the fatherland in the European war. But when they lose sight of the fact that they are Ameri- cans first and so far forget their al- legiance to their adopted country as to "wish every powder plant in Amer ica would blow up" they are no longer to be regarded as loyal citizens.
 If every munitions plant in the country were destroyed, it would mean not only tremendous financial loss to private corporations, but would make the United States for the time being helpless to repel a foreign foe, if such an emergency should arise. Of course, there is no likelihood of all our muni- tions plants being destroyed, but the Cullman man wishes they could be and voices the sentiment of many of his fellow Germans. He would be quite willing to cripple the United States in order that Germany might win the war.
 The place for Germans who feel that way is Germany and not Ameri- ca. Fortunately this is not the atti- tude of majority of excellent Ger man. American citizens. They hope Germany will be victorious, but they realize that they owe a great deal to America-more, in fact, than they owe to the fatherland. They have made this country their home and have enjoyed the privileges and ad- vantages of American citizenship. They can be depended upon to neu- trailze the "pernicious activity" of German sympathizers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

to be taken into consideration, but it
 is not to the interest of the belliger-
 ents in Europe to involve us in the
 conflict The world will need after the
 war all the strength of prosperous ex-
 pansion which the United States can
 develop to furnish basis for peaceful
 reconstruction.
 The Presidents eloquent Thanks. giving proclamation, promulgated be- fore the full extent of the nation s bounty was known and before pros perity was so impressively realized can be read today with even keener pleasure and approval in the light of the good times that are here and the even brightening future.
 The people of America always have much to be thankful for, even when in dustrial depression prevails, but not in many years have natural conditions contributed to the joy of the holiday season as now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
HOTEL LOBRIES
postoffice neceiptr 1ncrearlng

"The receipts of the Birmingham postoffice are increasing at @ rapid rate.' said Assistant Postmaster E. R. Norman. This quarter will make a fine showing as compared with the same quarter of last year.
 The Southern railways purchase of a400O stamps recently makes a very appreciable addition to this months receips. The Illinois Central and the Central of Georgia have followed the Southerns example and will in future buy the stamps used in this section at the local postoffice It is believed the Louisville and Nashville will soon adopt a similar policy.
 The Western Union had been buying stamps for it's local headquarters in New York, but it now gives that busi- ness to the Birmingham postoffice. All these large items will count for much in raising our rating, and the Chamber of Commerce Is to be heartily com. mended for the interest 1t has taken in the matter
 General business conditions here are improving steadily and this fact is re- flected in the increase in postoffice re- ceipts aside from big purchases made by the railroads"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

The library of the late Alfred Henry Lewis will be sold by order of his brother. William F. Lewss. at the Amer iear Art galleries, New York. December ] and 2. The library contains about 1000 volumes, most of them being stand ard works of American and foreign au- thors. There are many books on travel and adventure including books on the American Indians, early western explora- ton and Licneer life in the west, from which it Is believed that Mir Lewis de- rived some of the information contained in his western stories. works on crime and criminals form an important part of the collection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
opJECr LESSON FOR THE SOUTH

From the New York Herald.
 Democratic senators and representatives from the south who voted for the "sea- mans law have only to look to Ala bamas chief gulf port for an object lesson on the first workings of that pre- cious piece of legislation. As is told in special dispatch to the Herald from Mobile, examinations were held there last week to qualify seamen under the pro- visions of the new Jaw, with the result that of 76 applicants only three were found to fulfill it's requirements.
 At the time the LaFollette bill was before Congress the ract that it would work a serious hardship upon southern ports was called to the attention of dem ocratic leaders but without effect. The bill was a party measure and they had to vote for it.
 At best very few seamen are to be found at southern ports. Apparently the pros visions of the new law will greatly re- duce the number from which vessels talk ing out southern products can obtain the men they need. When southern com rerce begins to feel the pinch due to lack of sea transportation democratic politl- clans are likely to find that playing tail to the LaFollette kite was. for them, costly experience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
OUR NEW SEA FOOD

From the Providence Journal.
 The United States bureau of fisherl, is furnishing an ocular demonstration it's discovery that the tilefish, after
 mysterious submarine cataclysm whic caused their disappearance for more tha 30 years, are returning in abundance.
 The bureau has chartered the Glouce ter auxiliary schooner Stranger to il augurate the development of this mel deep sea fishery. The Stranger, after short cruise along the 10O-fathOm lin within easy sailing distance of NeI York, Newport or Boston. landed h( first fare at Fulton Market on October q 5000 pounds of the big, beautiful and mea! 4tilefish. Last week she brought to maj ket 12.00o pounds, after being out onI fivs days.
 There appears to be tile fishing enoud to attract . numerous fleet to tl grounds which the bureau has charted d a general east and west line, 60 mil or so south of Nantucket. Block IslalI and Long Island. A new sea food is b| ing introduced, and employment Is proII sised for the boats at "a season when th] are usually laid up. An idea Of tl quantity of tilefish on these grounds. be expected if conditions continue favc| able for their habitation. is afforded \ the statement that at the time of tA disaster in 1882, more than LOO coo, 600, ps3 ished within this short stretch Of the Al lantic.