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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-20
Melville, La, May 8, 1916.
By orded Of the Honorable H

by Ofded OF TIE HoHofdDle Il.
S. Joseph, Mayor Of the town Of
Melville, La, I issue this his order
calling a special meeting of the
Board of Aldermen of the Town of
Melville, La, for the purpose o.:
general business and doing all
things necessary to finish the bust
ness of this administration.
Therefore, take notice that a
special meeting of the Board of
Aldermen will be held for the above
purpose on Monday, May s, 1916, at
7:30 o'clock p. m.
H. S. JOSEPH, Mayor.
Attest: LYMAN Fl. LYONS, Clerk.
We the undersigned members of
the Board of Aldermen Of the town
of Melville. La, do hereby ac-
cept service for the call of a special
meeting Of the said Board fer The
purpose as above mentioned.
Signed by the following members:
=. H. LYONS,
CA. LONG,
r.. II. JONES,
w. T. SMITH,
pETFR CHASER
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-20
PETER GLASIa.
Melville, La, May 8, 1916.

H@HW H#% 4LSAFiAAAt 1oA5
"A special meeting Of the Buar.l Gf
Aldermen was held on TIE ahsse
date. Present: Fl. S. Joseph, May
or, presiding Aldermes p. Chaser,
R. H. Jones, C. A. Long, +. II. Lyons
and w. f. Smith.
The minutes of tie meetings Of
April 4th and April 24th were sead
and approved.
The following reports WIRE read
and approved:
Report Of Marshal O. F. Hamil-
ton for April, as follows.
Fines collected $1,000; ssts co.,
lected So; total sis turned over to
town treas.
Report of Clerk E. H. Lyons, GEL
leetions April ist to goth inclusive:
Reg tax year 1915, s223.9o;; spe-
cial q. L. tax year 1915, sl79.i2
mercantile licenses year 1916, $40,
dog tax year 1916, 81: total turned
over to town treasurer S444.02.
He also reported warrants issued
Nos. e6s, 9ee5, and 1908 sfA.25; Nos.
1901, 1902, 1904 to 1908, inclusive,
s52.25; total warrants S66.50.
Clerk L. Il. Lyons also made the
following supplemental report COW
ering period April 29tl to May 9Th,
inclusive: collections Reg tax year
1915. s27 20; special E. Z. tax year
1915. s2i.7 6; dog tax year 1868:
total turned over to town treasurer
s5O.96. Warrants issued covering
said perior Nos. 1909 to 1913, inc,
1918.
Report of Superintendent u. L.
System as follows:
Collected and deposited in
bank during April. $3.50
Past due March ser
vice bills is .SSfI.4O
Past due matreial
bill is ...... $500. 1887
Material sold during
April. ... 2f.7o
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-20

NOTICES: AL persons de-
string to apply for posi-
items under the incoming admins
tration are requested to fill their
applications with the city clerk by
Monday, May 2ist, inst, as the
new administration will organize
Tuesday, the 22nd inst.
E. {. LOEB. Mayor.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-20

voting on his bill No. f023.l
The bill of the interstate Electric
Co. for s24.48 was approved and
ordered paid when due.
The minutes of this meeting
read and on motion of P. Chaser.
seconded by G. A. Long and duly
carried, they were approved as
read. The retiring board then adj
journed sine die.
Il. S. JOSEPH, Mayor.
Attest: LYMAN Il. LYONS. Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-20
Waenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as q
General Tonic because it contains the
Wen known tonic properties QUINTNE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria. Enriches the Blood and
Builds MP the Whole Systesn. 30 cents.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-20
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
ESTATE OF JOSEPH DuBOUR-
DER
No. Probate Docket, 10th Ju-
dicial District Court, Parish of.
st. Landry, La.


Whereas, John B. and Chas. @.
Dejean have applied by their petit
ton to be appointed joint admins
traitors of the above entitled and
numbered estate.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given to all parties interested to
show cause, If any they can or have,
within ten days from the first pub
LEGATION hereof. why the prayer of
the said petition should not be
granted.
By order of said Court.
HENRY LAsTRAPEs, JR.,
Clerk of Court.
may 1926
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-20

WANTED-AN energetic active man
to establish permanent business.
Whole or part time. Health and
Accident Insurance. Immediate
cash returns and future. Address
National Gasulty Co, Detroit. Mich.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Las Vegas-'Not guilty." was the
sealed verdict returned by the jury
in the case of the State VS.. Juan
Castillo, charged with rape. Castillo
had been in jail for several months
He was accused by his wife of hav
ing criminally assaulted his daughter
aged Is years. Castillo has main
tanned from the first that the charges
were the invention of his enemies.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
wills ON AND MARSHALL
ENDORSED FOR REELECTION BY
NEW MEXICO DEMOCRATS.
Twelve Delegates Elected, Giving
Each Hall Vote In st. Louis
National Convention.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Albuquerque. New Mex.-The Demo
cratic state convention elected twelve
delegates to the Democratic National
Convention, giving each a half-vote.
The delegation was instructed to cast
its vote for President Wilson and also
Vice President Marshall. The state
ment Of A. A. Jones of Las Vegas,
first assistant secretary of the Interi-
or Department, that IL he could serve
the people OF New Mexico further
they had but to call upon him, was
taken as an announcement Of his can
didacy for nomination for United
States Senator. A tumult of cheering
broke loose and Jones was carried
around the hall.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
FOREIGN

= 1ANAAAAA
Mauna Loa is eruptlng witn IA
creased activity. according to reports
at Honolulu.
The Most Rev. Jeremiah J. Harry,
archbishop Of Manila, has been ap-
pointed bishop of Omaha.
William Graves Sharp. the Ameri-
a ambassador, is convalescing In
Paris from an attack OF pneumonia.
Tho German emperor, according to
a Geneva dispatch to the Temps, is
oon to pay a visit to the Austro-
Italian front.
Sir Edward Gray reiterated in the
House of Commons that peace talk is
premature and that Great Britain's
pledges to its allies must be fulfilled.
The definite statement in the Ber-
lin press dispatches hat Germany
would welcome peace was read with
deep interest by officials in Washing
ton.
Sir Roger Easement and Daniel
Bailey, his soldier confederate, were
indicted for high treason by a grand
jury, after a brief consideration Of
the evidence in the preliminary hear.
ing.
Through the fortunes of war, one Of
the chefs most appreciated by EN-
peror william and the crown prince
in recent years, fed the delegates to
the conference of the allies recently
held in Paris.
Francis Dyke Acland, financial sec.
rotary of the Treasury, speaking in
the House of Commons on the agrf.
cultural situation, said 1t was impera.
tive that farmers drop their preju-
dice against the employment OF fe.
male labor.
A London report that Prince Won
BuelOw has been chosen to succeed
o Bernstorff as German ambassa-
dor to the United States is accom-
panied by the assertion that this
move is in pursuance of the kaiser's
effort to conclude an early peace.
The Geneva Tribune's CONSTANT.
nople correspondent say it is be-
lieved in Constantinople that a plot
is on foot to liberate former Sultan
Abdul Hamid, and that his guards
have been greatly increased. The
correspondent adds that the pension
of Abdul Hamid has been reduced
from $4,000 to $6,25O.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
FIaht vIetIm Badly MutIIated.

TERRA Notwithstanding Gu.
rule, of this town, was seriously hurt
in a rough-and-tumble fight at En-
senada, after a dance at that place,
by four men who beat him up terri.
bly,, knocking out four of his upper
teeth, with a piece of the Jaw bone,
and cutting his face to ribbons with
kicks. The four men arrested and
charged with having seriously in.
iured Gurule were Dario Trujillo, Ju.
lian Lobato, Max VelasQuez and
Iorgs Truiillo, all Of Ensenada.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Guard Cant Pass U. S. Examination.

Columbus Physical examinations
Of members Of the New Mexico Ma
tional Guard, concentrated here, was
practically completed, mastering Of
ficers announcing that none of the
companies has sixty-five men, the re-
quired peace streagth, who can pass
the army recruit examination. Mus
tering has been postponed until the
skeleton companies can be fully
recruited.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
eeta $1,000 Erom civ.

Santa Fe.-Mrs. Matilda Wilson OF
Philadelphia was given a verdict of
$1,000 damages in the Federal Court
against the city of Albuquerque. She
had sued for $4,000 and had testified
on the stand that after injuries she
had received she was unable any
longer to dance the fox trot and hest
tation waltz. Mrs. Wilson is GO years
of age.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Prss!den, to A.tend pam pedIea.IoI

Observation-Disclosures Wilson and
Secretary Of the Interior Lane will be
present at the dedication of the Ele-
plant Butte dam early in october. A.
A. Jones, assistant secretary of the
interior, who arrived here was au-
thorized to make this announcement.
The President probably will make
platform talks in New Mexico, accord.
ing to Mr.. Jones.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Rndlum Boom IN New Mexlco.

East Las Vegas-Report of an ex-
animation of the Las Vegas hot
springs near here, made by DR.. Fay
cite ]. Jones, president OIL the State
School of Mines, indicates hat these
waters carry an a%ppreciable amount
of radium.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Ploneer Preaeher Dies Id Artesla.

Roswell-Rev. ]. C. Gage, m of the
pioneer preachers of the Pecos Val
ley, and for some time a resident OF
Roswell, died at his home at Artesia,
after a long illness, aged II years.
The funeral was held at Artesia.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

An eastern chemist a y he has
found a way to make automobile fuel
ou Of water. We've suspected long
that some OF our pump handlers beat
him to IL.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Sheen Herder Killed by Train.

East Las vegas.-Santa Fe train No.
l, west-bound, struck and killed
EziQuiel Montoya, aged 40 years, a
short distance south of here. Mon
toya was a sheepherder.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Elre pestroys Portales Creamery.

Portales-The Roosevelt creamery
was burned and is a total loss. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss is partly covered by insurance.
Plans for rebuilding are said to be on
foot.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

The circulation OF that counterfeit
81 rote Ia a good deal more serious
matter for most NJ us than the circu
lation Of counterfeit 500 note would
be hut not so serious as the circula
tion Of a counterfeit 81 note would be
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

When the keeping Of automobile
pawn shops becomes a thoroughly es.
tahNehad business. we suppose It's rec
ORri7ed symbol will be three gilded
gasoline cans
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Lumberman is Drowned.

Albuquerque-Hurled from a tie
boom into the RIO Grande, Ansley
Dickson, foreman of the boom camp
at McCaffey's, thirteen miles north Of
Domingo, vas drowned.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

. western man has had his reason
restored by advertising n men who
seem m have lost their senses adopt
this method the want pages are go
ing 20 be crowded
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

According to the Kansas City Times.
nobody IS ever killed by an automo-
bile going at Is miles an hour. But
perhaps the victims are ashamed to
confess Il.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

When a fellow kisses his sweet.
heart s pet dog he is just crazy enough
to he %iovnusly ~ love and then he
hash / sense enough 4 know that the
cool wet nose Of a pet dog Is not a
good place upon which TO land a kiss
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Considering the large increase In
farm values shown by the federal sta.
tisiics one Is even less surprised that
the per capita distribution Of automo-
biles IN the country Is 80 large.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

A man doesn't have to be unusually
prominent to become angry when his
name is spelled wrong in the papers
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

The shoemakers are the most in.
consistent people In the world They
= hlwling about the scarcity OF
leather and making the tops OF the
shoes higher all the time.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Some of US used to try to solve the
meaning Of the Mona Lisa smile. Now
we try TO solve the meaning OF the
official wal reports from Europe.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
5000 Automobile Licenses.

Santa Fe.-The number Of 1916
automobile licenses issued reached
the 5000 mark May IS.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

The Americans have been called
a nation OF pie-eaters. They ought
at least to make sure that there will
v be crow In the pie.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Our idea Of the height Of the incon.
gruous Is a stirring lecture to the
trench lighters on the antiquity Of
man
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

The war has interfered with the
foreign peroxide supply. This may
tend to make brunettes a forced fash.
ion.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Deputy Game Warden Named.

Santa Fe.-Game Warden T. c. de
Baca appointed Arturo f. Baca OF
East Las Vegas a deputy game war
den and license collector.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

A man may be incorporate in eat.
Ing but after he gets too much he
doesn't whip his wife and shoot up
the neighbOrhoOd.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

They say the price Of molasses is
going up. but as molasses can't be
used running automobiles nobody is
kicking about II.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

The men who make It a practice to
lay all their misfortunes on the Lord
rarely give the Lord credit for the
blessings they enjoy.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Spaghetti is now made in inch
lengths. for the American trade Won
der what the standard wheelbase for
macaroni is
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

One thing the ccminR season needs
iF a canOe that will balk on approach.
ing water over thee feet deep.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

American efficiency is still equal &c
the task Of furnishing almost as many
investigators as there are victims.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

The Philadelphia North American
declares that blondes rule the world.
and every lucky fellow with a blue.
eyed wife seconds the motion.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

The man In the Zeppelin has not dis
placed the man on horseback as a hg.
ure OF popular fascination
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

AS nearly as can be asc~ertained,
most OF the a Of war is TO be
found In the magazines.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

A true patriot this summer will be
a nan wearing an A~merican-dyed
black suit which has turned pink.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

One umbrella in the hand is worth
a dozen sailing through the air In q
wind storm.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

One OF the most interesting instances
Of British economy is the kilt which
saves the trousers.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

As the b%enefcent law Of compen.
sation is still on the lob. whiskers
are coming back in time to conceal
the worst features Of the sports shirt.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Lobster prices are crawling up. Just
10 keep pace with gasoline.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Digging the garden is no longer g
sweet, delightful dream. but a hard,
back-breaking reality.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

II men we're as decent as they know
how to be reformers would be beg
ging for Jobs.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the ~laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than hnOW.
All good grocers. Ldv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

One example OF taking unnecessary
trouble Is 10 bet on a fake horse race
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

King George has 300 cousins. says
an exchange, so war isn't his only
trouble.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02

It makes many a woman happy to
be sorry for somebody.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Eorehanded.

Husband-I don't see, Estelle, how
you could draw all your money out Of
the bank and spend it, when l spe-
cially told you that wouldn't be able
to give you any more fer some time?
Wife-But did 1t on purpose, dear.
Suppose the bank should fail?-Life.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
SPORTING NEWS


Denver's most sAllful riders and
drivers participated in the trottinS
matinee at Overland Park, Saturday.
Charlie White of Chicago knocked
out MilbuTn Saylor of Indianapolis in
the first round of their scheduled
ten-round bout at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Racing at the proposed meet at the
old Hawthorne track, in Chicago, July
1929 will be permitted, but no
gambling will be allowed, according
to John E. Traeger, sheriff OF Cook
county.
A bill to prohibit transmission be.
tween the states or into the United
States from a foreign country of race
track or other gambling bets, odds,
results or advertising for use in con-
nection with pool selling, bookmaking
or other gambling was favorably re-
ported by the House interstate com
merce committee.
GENERAL
President Wilson delivered an ad.
dress before the League to Enforce
Peace, in Washington, Saturday night.
The Rev. DR.. Timothy Dwight,
former president Of Yale University,
died at his home at New Haven,
Conn.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Jack
Clifford, her dancing partner, with
whom she Quarreled violently in Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo, last February,
announced that they were married in
Baltimore.
Victory for the administration In
its fight to make Louis ID. Brandeis
an associate justice Of the Supreme
Court was regarded as assured when
he Senate agreed to vote on the nom
nation.
Compensation for a child yet un
born, to become effective at birth
and continue until the child is sixteen
years old, vas awarded by Referee
w. w. Champion of Williamsport
Pa, in a decision made public by the
wOrkman's compensation board al
Philadelphia.
Angered when his father threaten
ed to chastise him for impudence
William O'Brien, Jr., 10 years old
went to his bedroom in his home in
Philadelphia, procured a revolver, re
turned to the kitchen and. according
to the police, shot his parent in the
back of the head.
Alienists sworn by the defense n
behalf ii DR.. Arthur Warren Waite
testified in New York at his trial fol
he murder of John e. Peck, his
iather-in-law, that the young DENTS.
vas a moral imbocile" and an Tim
moral monster" who had only an in
n knowledge of right and wrong
Bread dough saved the lives o.
.hree bakers at Anderson. Ind, wheI
1 steam boiler exploded in the over
toom OF a bakery. A great mass o.
.ough plastered over the three men
Protecting them from scalding by the
team.
At a meeting Of the Progressive
national executive committee in New
York, Raymond Robbins OF Chicago
was Sc ected as temporary Chairman
OF the national convention; o. X. Da
Wis Of New York. temporary secre
tary. and r p. Carrick OF Nebraska
: sergeant-at-arms
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Important to Mothers

A mar seldom speaks lightly If he
stops to weigh his words.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
Natives Charged With sootleguIns.

Nat'VS0 ~"H'8VU VIII DVVEI0HU'HH'
Roswell.-Rodolfo Soliz and Fran
cisco Cordove are in jail here
charged with b~ootlegging.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-02
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COWING EVENTS.
Tune 6-s-Teacners' Meeting at East
Las Vegas.
June 9-ii-Annual Convention New
Mexico Sunday School Association
at Las Vegas.
.sh Rite Reuniop at
Santa re.
July 4-s.-Cowboys' Reunion at Las
Vegas.
Aug. 2s-Republican state Convention
at Santa Fe.
Sept. 4-7-state Tennis Tournament at
Roswell.
Oct. 3-6-New Mexico Bankers Associ-
alton Convention AT Grand Canon
Ariz.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
HORSE WILL GET A PENSION
"Daisy" Has Been the Heroine of More
Than a Hundred Thrilling
Shipwrecks.

Daisy. the heroine of more than one
hundred thrilling shipwrecks in the
past u years. has been added to the
list of pensioned government EN-
ployees. Daisy is the handsome dappIe
gray mare--the pride of the United
States coast guard station at Peaked
Hill Bars. Provincetown. on the tip
end of Cape Cod.
Since November ID. 1855. when
Daisy. as chubby. playful colt. en-
tered the service of Uncle Sam, she
has faithfully performed those duties
incumbent on her. According TO the
seven men who comprise the crew at
the Peaked Hill Bars station, Daisy
has been the real thing in successfully
executing many brilliant rescues. Not
only has She furnished the motive
power in all kinds of storms exc. ice
bound shores of Cape Cod for the land
journey of the lifeboat, but she has
also aided the men in bringing safely
To shore hundreds Of haIf-frozen sailors
in the breeches buoy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21

The basket man has been having
troubles of his own since the begin
ming of the war Baskets which were
imported from France and Germany
come now in uncertain Quantities from
Holland, which has no willows. Some
of the old stock from earlier importa-
tions still remains. Among these are
baskets ws.eh came from Gernany
and e ssrgely to the South. where
they are used for small market has
kets. They are the old-fashioned kind.
high and reticul-sbaped. with a cover.
A basket in its cheapest form. which
il devoted 10 the baby. IS of SpIints.
Ii is an extra-size market basket with
the usual handles at the ends. This
is swung on simple iron frame and
makes a baby's cradle Others of
thes. with ribs for hood top are
place., on the floor. having no stand
ard.