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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-07

| Be It Further Ordained, That all
bids will be made without condi-
tion whatsoever imposed; the Po
lice Jury of the Parish of st. John
the baptist will furnish to the pur
chaser a proper legal opinion as
to the validity of the proceedings
leading up to the bond issue.
Be 1t Further Ordained, That
the special counsel employed by
the parish of st. John the bap-
tist for the getting out of these
bonds will instructed to prepare
the necessary advertisements for
the sale of these bonds and this
advertisement shall be publish
ed in the official journal of the
Parish of st. John the baptist
and in paper of the City of New
Orleans once each week for the
period of thirty days in compli-
ance with law.
The vote on this ordinance was
as follows:
YEAS: Reynaud, Barre Songy,'
Cassagne, Babin, Lasseigne
NAYS: None
And the ordinance was adopted
There being no further business
the Police jury adjourned.
|, the undersigned Clerk of the
police jury of the parish of st. -
John the baptist, State of Louisia
ma, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of proceedings of
meeting of the said police Jury
held at Edgard on the 5th day of
June, 1917.
Edgard, Louisiana.
June 5, 1917.
Wallace Lasseigne.
Secretary.
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Timely Naxims.

If you can't go. give.
If you can't enlist, you must
assist.
IT you can't support arms.
help support those who can.
1t you can't serve at the
front, save at home.
II you can't fight, farm.
| hey also serve who raise
the food to feed the fighters.
ltyou can't dig trenches, dig
potatoes.
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1nlS DOnd IS one OF a series OF
One hundred and eighty (180)
bonds, numbered from l to 1919 in
elusive, of the denomination of
One Thousand Dollars $4,000. 00)
each, aggregating One hundred
and Eighty Thousand Dollars
($1SC, 900. O0} issued by the parish
of st. john the baptist, State of
Louisiana, for the purpose of road
construction, under and by virtue
of the authority conferred by Arti
Gle 281 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana, Act256 of the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana for the year 1910 as
amended, and said bond was
specially authorized at an election
held in the parish of st. john the
Baptist on the 4th day of june,
1917, the returns of which said
election were duly promulgated
on the 5th day of june, 1917.
The debt represented by the said
One hundred and eighty bonds
was incurred and the bonds were
issued by virtue of the authority
conferred by the Constitution
and Acts referred to and conform
ing to the result of an election
held by the property taxpayers
qualified to vote at the election
held on the 4th day of june, 1917
who authorized the governing
authority of the parish of st. John
the baptist to levy each year a
tax sufficient to pay the principal
and interest of said bonds in ac-
cordance with law, and it is certi
fed that all of the acts, condition
and things necessary to be done
precedent to the issuance of this
bond and the other bonds of this
series, in order to make them leg
al, binding and valid obligations
of the parish of st. john the bap.
tist, have been performed in due
form as required by law and that
the Indebtedness of said parish,
including this issue of bonds, does
not exceed the constitutional or
statutory limitations of indebted
ness.
In Witness Whereof the police
jury of the parish of of st. john /,
the baptist as the governing auth
ority of the parish of st. john the
baptist has caused this bond to be
Issued, signed and sealed with
the corporate seal of the said
police jury as the governing auth
ority of the parish of St. jonn the
baptist, all of which were affixed
hereto by its president andSecre
tary on behalf of the parish of
St. john the baptist on this first
day of August, 1917.
PARISH Of ST. JOHN the BAPTIST
Secretary President.
(FORM OF COUPON)
On the first day of August Feb
ruary 19--the parish of st.
John the baptist, State of Louisia
ma, will pay to bearer Twenty-Five
Dollars ($25 .OO) at --------
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And the Police Jury of the [ dr.
lish of ST. John the Baptist, as the
| governing authority of said Par
ish, obiigates itself and Is bound
under the terms and conditions Of
law under which these bonds are
issued, each year to levy such tax
es as may be sufficient to provide
for the interest and such fraction
al part of the principal as may be
coming due at their respective
maturitieS, such tax not to exceed
the limit as fixed by the Constitu
ton and Laws of the State Of
Louisiana.
This ordinance having been
submitted to a vote, the following
members voted in the affirmative:
Reynaud, Barre, Songy, Babin,
Cassagne, Lasseigne.
NAYS: none, And the ordinance
vas declared adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Songy sec
onded by Mr.. Babin.
Be 1t Resolved, That the Asses
sor and Tax Collector of the Par
ish of st. John the Baptist are
hereby instructed and ordered
10 assess and collect for the year
1917 a tax of Three and one half
mills ($.O03 1I2) on the dollar of
the assessed valuation of all pro-
pertyin the Parish ofSt. John
the Baptist for the year 1917, aud
that a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to both the Tax Collec
tor and the Assessor of the Par
ish of st. John the Baptist.
This ordinance having heen
submitted to vote, the vote was
as follows:
YEAS: Reynaud, Barre, Songy
Cassagne, Babin, Lasseigne.
NAYS: none.
Be 1t Further Ordained That |
the President of this Police Jury
Is instructed to have said bonds
properly printed or engraved
and properly registered with the 1
Secretary of State in compliance
with law.
All of these proceedings having
been read in full were approVgeis
by unanimous vote.
On motion of Mr.. Barre second,
ed by Mr.. Cassagne.
Be 1t Ordained by the Police
Jury of the Parish of st. John the
Baptist as the governing autho-
rity of said parish, that the Pres
dent of this Police Jury be in
structed to advertise for thirty
days for bids for the purchase of
bonds of the Parish of ST. John
the Baptist authorized at the elec
tidn held on the 4th day of June,
1917.
Be 1t Further Ordained, That
bids be called for to be opened or
Thursday the 10Th day of July
1917 at Eleven o'clock a. no. at
Edgard, Louisiana, and that each
bidder will furnish with his bid
certified cheque in favor of the
President of the Police Jury of
the Parish of St. John the Baptist
for the sum of six Thousand Dol
lars (S6000.00) which amount
will be held by the president of
the police jury of the parish of St
John the Baptist until the success
| ful bidder is determined. The che
ques of the unsuccessful bidders
will be returned to them and the
cheque of the successful bidder
will be held as evidence of good
/ faith and credited on his bid. In
! the event of his failure to fulfill
the conditions of his bid. the
amount of jis cheque will be for.
feited to the credit of the parish
O. T0k,. 4L1 D. 1vEs14
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tist, State of Louisiana, for val
ue received hereby promises to
pay to bearer on August l, 10
the sum of of One Thousand Dol
lars in gold coin of the United
States of the present standard of
coinage with interest thereon at
the rate of five per centum per
annum from August l, 1917, pay
able semi-annually on the first
day of February and on the first
day of August of each and every
year, upon the presentation and
surrender of the coupons hereto
as the same shall mature
The principal and intereston this
bond is made payable at---
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Anthrax: Vesul;lion nor;sh .
Typhoid: Ibervin~, &. catsS an, :
oula, 8; Winn, Hscsr ss,n
sion, 2; st. Maras, >.
Bossier, I; Vermilion. ..
Acadia, /; Ouachita, L.
Pointe Coupee, 1; w.
Carroll, /; Rapides, I;
Natchitoches, list. Ian
dry, J; Caddo. j; Lafayet
te, l; Jeff. Davis, 2.
Smallpox; Vermilion, 8;
Tangipahoa, 1.
Hookworm: Allen Parish /,
Pellagra: A decrease In the
number of cases of peRa
gra this week.
Caddo, 2; Vernon, 2; St.
Mary. i; Ouachita, 1
Morehouse. 1 Rapides l.
Malaria: An increase in tbs
number of cases of mala-
ria this week.
Vermihon, 20; w. Carroll, 4:
E. Carroll, 5; Allen, 8;
ST Mary, 2; Desoto, 2:
Plaquemines, l; BeaurS
gard, /; Natchltoches, /.
St. Landry,1.
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Secretary of State.

Be 1t Further Ordained, That
these bonds mature in the follow
ing manner:
Bonds No. l to inclusive mature
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or at the option of the holder
at----------
being seml-annual interest due
on its Public Improvement Bond
dated August 1, 1917, No.
Secretary
President


Be 1t Further Ordained, That
these bonds shall be executed by
the President and Secretary of
the Police Jury of the Parish of
st. John the Baptist on behalf of
said Parish and that the coupons
shall bear the fac-simile sigma
lures of the President and Secre
tary Of the Police Jury of the Par
ish OF ST. John the Baptist.
Be 1t Further Ordained, That
these bonds shall bear the follow
/ ing endorsement:
This bond secured by a tax,
Registered on this day of-19--
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or at the option of the holder at :

The form of said bonds to be in
substance as follows:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
No. --- $----
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND OF
PARISH OF ST.. JOHN THE BAPTIST
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
The parish of st. john the bap-
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----or at the option of the
holder at
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dhe Police Jury Of the Parish Of
st. John the Baptist,

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ADJOURN
AENT, MET ON The 5th DAY of
JUNE 1917, at EDGARD, LOUISIANA
FOR THE PURPOSE OF COUNTING
TIE VOTES CAST AT THE SPEC.
IAL ELECTION HELD on THE 4tb
DAY OF JUNE 1917 IN THE PARISH
OF ST. JOHN the BAPTIST.
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Entered ss second-class matterFeb-
ruary 10th 1914, at the Post-Of1ce at
Lucy, La, under the Act of March
8, l575.
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On the first day of August Feb
ruary 19--the parish of st.
john the baptist, State of Louisia
ma, will pay to bearer Twenty-Five
Dollars ($25 .OO) at --------
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A. LaSS6lgne, pf6SIueHI, r.
Reynaud, P. Barre. P. G. Songy.
o. A, Cassagne, Cyrille Babin,
Wallace Lasseigne, Secretary,
Resolution by Mr.. P. Parre sec.
onded by Mr.. F. Reynaud
BE 1t Ordained, That the presi-
dent IF this police jury is autho-
rized and instructed toissue pro
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-13
Dimensions in LANGUAGE.

Perhaps there are states of mind per-
fectly expressible in language; but any
reader with q love for something be-
yond cleverness will value passage
not so much for content small enough
to be exactly adjusted to its form as
for a content which is felt to have ex-
banded the form. to overflow it, to cir
Gle beyond it, writes George Soule in
the New Republic. This Is, for instance,
the charm of Henry James style; he
did not take language as 1t was given
him and busy himself with the game of
finding meanings which neatly and
gracefully would fit into it; he kept
stretching it and using it for new pur-
poses until he made of this one dimen-
slonal medium an imitation of three
dimensions, something in which recur-
ring variations of suggestion lead out
ward and back again until 1t conveys
not simplihed procession of ideas,
but rich mind as 1t exists TO itself.
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SUFFICIENT FOOD FOR BEES
Every Colony Should Have at Least
Thirty Pounds of Honey-White
Glover Is Favored.

Sufficient food is essential. Every
colony should have at least 30 pounds
of honey. White clover honey Is best,
Dark honey should be used sparingly !;
and honeydew honey not at all, on ac-
count OF the waste it contains. Bees
never deposit fecal waste in the hive,
but retain it in the large intestine,
passed out In attempting to rid them
selves of this, the bees fly forth on
cold days, become chilled and never
find their way back.
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section OF road surface depends on
two opposed factors:
(a) 1t Is desirable to get water away
from the surface as quickly as prac-
ticable, SO as to prevent the surface
material from being softened by sat-
uration or washed by water collecting
in, and flowing along, ruts.
(b) 1t Is desirable to keep the cross
section Of the road as fat as is con-
sistent with good drainage, because
traffic distributes itself over fiat road
surface much better than over one
that is heavily crowned, and an even
distribution of traffic makes toward
uniform wear and comparatively light
maintenance. There is also less danger
OF skidding on road of fiat cross sec
ton than where the surface Is crowned.
In general, the amount of crown
should be greater on grades than on
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sand. In such cases it is preferable
that the cross section be fiat so as to
retain as much moisture as practicable,
though in cold climates q slight crown
may be desirable In order to afford
drainage when the surface is frozen.
But sand roads must be surfaced with
some other material if they are to be
improved to any extent, and in that
case the surface of the travelled way
would have to be crowned as usual.
Also, where curves occur in the align
ment it is desirable to "bank' or ele-
vate the outer edge of the roadway and
thus make the crown one way.
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SIOE DITCH
FIG. 3

cross section adapted especially to
fat grades where considerable vol
ume of water must be carried. bitches
of the cross sections shown In figures
1 and have the advantage In that
they may be constructed with an or
binary road grader, which is not true
OF the section shown in figure 8.
3. Where it is impracticable to con-
struct side bitches that will carry the
required amount of water without
washing, paved cutters should be en-
ployed. Suitable cross sections for a
cobble gutter are shown in figures
and 5. Where it is impracticable to
construct cutters, earth side bitches
frequently may be kept from washing
by the use of breakers.
4. II the material composing the
roadbed consists of springy earth, some
form OF underdrainage is essential. A
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causing washes on steep grades, resort
is sometimes had to "water breaks"
or neutrality-suspicious." constructed
across the road at short intervals.
These water breaks may consist Of
either broad, shallow bitches or fiat
ridges constructed at a slight angle
with the road so as to turn water from
the Travelled way into the side bitches.
Such devices usually are much more
Objectionable, especially to automobile
traffic, than rather heavily crowned
road, provided the surface is not con-
structed Of material which becomes
very slippery when wet, and they
should de dispensed with except In ex-
IRENE cases.
An exception to the general rules for
browning a road surface perhaps
should be noted as applying to cases
where the roadbed and surface are Of
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METHODS OF PLANTING CORN
ing With Early and Late Maturing
Varieties Of Crop.

Methods of planting corn by which
one or two rows of an early-maturing
variety alternate with one or two
rows of later-maturing variety
planted alone, according to the annual
report of the bureau of plant indus
try. Where there is likely to be
shortage of moisture during certain Pc
RODS of growing season, dependence
should not be placed in single va
riety; under such conditions two or
three varieties which differ consider.
ably In length of growing season
should be grown.
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man who, crossing the old bridge span
ming the stream, had sunk with yield
ing. rotten tlmbers. Now he was in
mid-stream, his arms waving wildly,
whirled round and round helplessly
In the strong central current.
A natural born athlete, superb
swimmer, Maurice soon had the in
sensible victim of the bridge accident
in his grasp after a plunge into the
water and few speedy swinging
strokes. He got the man ashore and
laid him on the bank, kneeling to chafe
his cold hands and pressing his chest
to exude the water from his lungs.
"Oh, I know him!" cried the pale
and trembling Elva. '1e is the strange
old man who came early in the sum-
mer and who lives like a hermit in
the old Percy cottage near the edge of
the town. He never speaks to any
one. They call him mis-mis-"
'Afiser?" supplied Maurice.
"No-misanthrope, that's 1t. He
lives poorly, but they say he has
money and had some business or fam
lily disappointment and buries himself
here to get away from all his old
friends and associates"
1--WE had better get him home" sug-
gested Maurice. "See, he is recover
ing. Courage, sir" spoke Maurice in
his hearty. helpful way. 1--WE got you
out of your trouble just in time"
The old man was still half dazed.
He shivered with cold and shock. Be
tween them Elya and Maurice assisted
him to the wretched home where he
lived. He was so weak when he
reached 1t that they had to almost car
ry him into the house. They placed
him on bed in miserably furnished
room.
az will make fire and get him I'M
dressed and comfortable" Maurice adj
vised Elva.
s'But you will stop on your way
home and tell me how Mr.. Trask is
getting along?" pleaded Elva and heI
eyes fell and she flushed consciously
for while she was truly sympathetic
and humane, she longed to have Maui
rice take up the thread of that well
come love discourse where the Incl
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The BUSY Bee.

The bee is pointed out as paragon
of patient industry. Few people, how
ever, realize the infinitude Of energy
bees in order to store their hive with
honey. How much do you suppose II
takes to make, for example, pound of
clover honey? The scientists calculate
that 1t requires the nectar from no
fewer than $4,000 clover blossoms. To
extract this nectar requires 2.75O.000
visits by bees who often have to go for
it distance of one or two miles, Who
of us has the industry Of the beei
And yet how else can the honey of LIE
be stored biblical Recorder.
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line of farm tile laid to proper grade
under each side ditch Is, in general, the
most satisfactory way of securing ade-
quate underdrainage. Either four-inch
or six-inch tile is employed for this
purpose.
s. Culverts or bridges should be con-
structed wherever it is necessary to
carry water across the road.
6. Avoid turning water from one In
tersecting road down the side bitches
of another. Also avoid draining ada
cent fields into the side bitches.
Crown.
The proper crown to give the cross
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1heColden
Egg
By Victor Redclife
Copyright. 1917. by w. g. chapman.)

Copyright. 1917. by W. g. Chapman.)
II am speaking from my heart,
Elva. Can you give me any hopper"
Youth and love were enshrined in
the mellow golden sunlight which ir-
rndiated Elvn Parsons and Maurice
Houghton, seated on messy bank at
the riverside.
1t was the critical, ecstatic or
despairing moment in the fate Of Maui
rice Houghton which he had antici-
pated for many months. He was a
small farmer in the district, laboring
nightly from dawn to dark to wrest
living from the little twenty-acre
farm patch his father had left him
badly encountered with debt. At last
he faced the unequal struggle In a
manly, practical way. 1t would take
ten years to lift the interest-deyour-
ing mortgage, but by close. calculating
and persistent effort he could feed the
consuming monster. finally extinguish
it and meantime, live comfortably, at
least. With Elva Parsons by his side
Maurice was sure of hopeful counsel
and cooperation and happiness.
SO he had come to the little home,
had decoyed her into stroll which
she regarded as merely casual and
now Elva sat blushing dlvinely, her
eyes nverted, but her heart throbbing
with responsive love for her sutton OF
year, whose brave, loyal spirit had
long since appealed to her.
Alas the words of reply that would
make Maurice Houghton happy man
were fiattering on her honey sweet
lips, when, suddenly
Crash
The startling sound aroused both
from their dream Of bliss. They arose
to their feet.
Splash
"Oh, Maurice, a man In the water !!
He will drown. No! mol do not i'm
peril your own lifes"
But Maurice was gone. In a flash
he had taken in the picture of an old
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF ARriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Effective drainage usually should be
the very first consideration In connec-
don with the location and design of
any road. This statement requires no
explanation, because the action Of wa
ter In changing clay into mud and in
causing all kinds of soils, except sand,
to give way when load is applied, is
familiar to every person living in a
humid climate. The following sum-
mary supplies few suggestions as to
how water may best be removed from
q road bed:
/. The road surface should be
crowned so as to shed water off to the
side bitches as rapidly as it falls on
the road.
2. Wherever the road is in an exca-
walton, suitable side bitches or cutters
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SIDE DITCH
fi0. z

should be provided along the sides so
that the water may be conducted to
some point where it may be turned
off from the road; The accompanying
figures show typical cross sections for
earth side bitches. The cross section
shown In the first figure Is suitable for
steep grades where the depth Of water
in the side bitches must be kept low In
order to prevent washing Of the soil.
The second figure shows a modified
section which gives a greater capacity
for the same widths of ditch than the
cross section shown in the preceding
figure, but which can be employed only
on comparatively fiat grades II wash
ing is to be prevented. Figure shows
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level stretches Of road, because the
tendency for water to wash away the
surface by collecting in and flowing
along ruts depends largely upon tho
steepness Of the grade. Also the care
with which road is to be maintained
may have an important influence on
the amount of crown that should b.
road surface maintained in smooth
uniform condition will shed water OF
to the side bitches with much less
crown than would be required where
ruts are allowed to form.
Instead of browning tho rood sur
face sufficiently to prevent water from
flowing along tina travelled way aud