The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-02-10

| FFoElueu, indt SalQ HOau DISTRICT
No 2, through its Board of Super
visors. shall not have jurisdiction or
control over the present model road.
or the right or authority to close or
abandon any public road which has
been stabIished by the Police Jury
of the Parish of ST. Mary, within the
limits of said Fourth Ward
SEC. Be it further ordained, etc.,
| that all ordinances in conflict with
This ordinance. be, and the same are
+. hereby repealed.
Adopted at the meeting held Febru-
| airy 1th. 1917.
(Signed) CHAs N. FROST,
President.
(Signed) r. EMMETT O'NIELL,
Secretary.
Inc President thereupOn appointed
| Mr.. lssac ;. wooster as a member of
the Board of Supervisors of Road
District No. g
Mr.. |. S. Wooster made the follow
ing statement to the Jury:
In presenting this petition we wish
| The POilce Jury to understand that the
citizens Of the Fourth Ward do not
wish to have their Ward remain a
bic In the future to make a district of
the whole parish. but stand ready
To join with the Parish any time this
is poss ble."
The following communication from
'esidents of the 7th., Ward of this
Parish was presented and read:
TO the Hon. Chas Frost, President of
the Police jury OF st. Mary Parish.
Dear Sir:
We. the undersigned tax payers of
The 7th Ward of the Parish of St.
Mary. do hereby cal your attention to
tn serious ,ge now being caused
Us by the overflow of the Dupuy Cou
zee near the old Cahaie Hebert place
Your Overseer removed the Old Bridge
on this cou!ee and put ia its place an
old boiler, thus reducing the outlet at
his place fully 50 per cent of its
former capacity.
The late heavy rains caused the
ovet Nv of the land on our side of |
this coulee, and unless relief is AT. |
iorded us we will lose a considerable |
part Of our cane. We hope you will |
give thus matter your attention and |
grant Us the relief prayed for.
Respectful Y submitted.
The A. MOresi Co., Ltd.
DAMAS >iORESI, Mgr,
Luke Landry,
Ed Joseph,
CASTOR Guiberteau,
II bert Landry,
Anatole Conner,
John Provost,
P. A. Boyk;n, NJ. D.,
The Nautfrey Co.
nv .. 5. SIMS. Secty.
g V. Proctor,
Frederick Landry,
L. A. Mendoza,
Pierre Thompson,
Adrien Dupuy.
On motion Of A E. Gain. seconded
DN oscar Boudreaux and carried the
hoad Overseer was instructed to nOti-
~ al other parties wnO are obstruc.
ting this canal tn remove the Obstru.-
lions ana when this Is done to remove
the distractions complained of.
The following report from f. L.
SaLcler was present. d and read. and
on motion OF Sidney j. Wolford, Sec
onded by A. E. Calm. and Carried.
same was ordered received, filed and
made part If the minutes.
Franklin, LA. Jan. 3lst. 1917.
10 the Honorable President and Members
OF The Police Jury, st. Mary Parish:
GENTLEhEN:-1 respectfully submit the
following report for the month Of Janu-
ary, 1917.
devoted % days t. the work:4 days.o
once work, days on annual leave, one
holiday, made "a Official visits. Ii special
Visits, trayeied by K. X. 24O miles, by au-
TO 295.
| attended the Farmers Short Course at
Baton Rouge.
Organized one Federal Farm Loan As.
ISOLATION In the Cyprenort section, held
Dhe meeting at same place.
Purchased one pure bred bull at the
haton Rouge sale for one Of st. Mary,s
sugar planters. the live stock interest is
RAPIDLY Increasing in this Parish.
showed several farmers how to ,nocu.
late their hogs against cholera.
Franklin. La Feb. End. 1917,
Project Of Agent Ed. l.. Saucer. for the
year 1917 In st. Mary Parish, La:
30 per cent Of"the time devoted to field
crops:
10 corn demonstrations, selections. fer
Utility. etc.
cane Demonstrations, COOPERATING
with State Experiment stations.
rice Demon>tratiOnss with fertilizer.
acid phosphate.