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The Dolores star., 1918-05-24
NOTICE FOR PUBLlCA3IpN.
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O0partAont Of tho 1nkofi0f,
U.6 Land Once at Durango, Coloeado.
Notice q hsreby siysa that John Scar, os
Dolores, COLORADO, Who, % March 19sh Mi,
made homestead applieatio4 Ne. o11yN Ter Tie
Is vsst, M T nsfiais isn has 1Isd soztss & issss.
tiou 70 .nako anal thfseIeaf peoeh - ekeah,
nsh claim 70 the land a6oRo dsses16sd. be66re
Nontsguma county, Color1do, ak qDetoe, Cn1o-
rado, on The asth day e Nay. tslk
Susie Spear all Of Dolores, CoSor0AQ.
First pub apr. lsi lsss psS nay O iSiE
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

Report Of the Conditiou Of the First National
Bank a. Rorss X e. s:as q At
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23

DR.. and Mrs. Clay, Of
New Mexico, recently motored
from their home to New Or
leans where they visited their
son. On the return trip they
passed through Opelousas,
and while here were guests at
the hospitable home of DR..
Theogene Chachere. Further
on they stopped at Basile
where they visited Mrs. La
tiolais the mother of the
younger Mrs. Clay. The lat
ter, who was Miss Ida Latte
lais of this city, before her
marriage several years ago,
accompanied them on the re-
turn trip.
II. NJ. Foraz, well known
citizen Of Grand COteau, was
a visitor to Opelousas on Tues
day, and was a caller at the
Clarion office.
frank Olivier, prominent
young resident Of Frozard.
was in Opelousas on Tuesday.
Mr.. Olivier is just now re-
covering from an operation
for appendicitis. He was OPP
Grated on about three weeks
ago after having suffered for
some time.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23
EDWARD L @
MARRIES MISS sCALLY.

Edward I. Estorge, among
New Iberia's leading men Of
affairs, was married to Miss
Nell E. Scally at the Jesuits
Church in New Orleans Oh
Tuesday, February 5.
Several days prior thereto,
when Mr.. Estorge announced
his coming marriage, a large
number of his warm friends
gathered around the festive
board to sing the swan song Of
his bachelorhood.
Those present were
Rev. j. M. Langlois, Albert
Estorge, Edward +. Estorge,
Walter j. Burke, Edwin S.
Broussard, Albert A. DeBlanc.
Sidney DeBellevue, Geo. W.
Dallas, A. A. Dauterive, Silvio
Broussard, Maurice LeMaire,
Ventress j. Smith, Alphonse
Davis, Emile Villemot, Jules
Dreyfus, John Taylor, Porteus
Burke, August J., Suberbielle,
VIM. Lassalle, Ferd Cling, M.
w. Fisher, IT. S. Sealy, Henry
L. Smith, w. O. Hugoin, G. G.
HenshaW, j, E. Hitter, P IA.
Landry. AT the banquet
Ventress j. Smith was toast
master. Toasts were made By
Father Langlois, Walter i
Burke, Edwin S. Broussard,
Porteus R. Burke, Emile Vile
mot, and Jules Dreyfus. The
following excerpt from Mr..
Dreyfus sketch on Mr.. Es-
torge's bachelor career is
interesting:
1.-THE only rift and unful-
filled duty which prevent the
finish and completion Of the
last sensational chapter Of
your bachelor history is the
lack of reason, explanation Of
your convulsive withdrawal
from the order, and your sud-
den conversion to q new cult,
to new strange standards and
to new emotions and
eternal devotions.
I'VE would like to have our
Official sculptor chisel and en-
grave on memory's adamant
tablet the receding, disappear
figure of our ex-hrother to
immortalize your fleeing
at our next memorial
exercises.
Mr.. Edward +. Estorge lis q
cousin of our kind friend, Mr..
Fl. 3. Estorge Of this city.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23

- @E%@
Mrs. G. Hollingshead, Of
Port Barre, was in Opelousas
on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Dossmann, recently Of st. Lam
dry, are in Opelousas. Their
many friends will be glad to
learn that they intend to re
side in Opelousas.
Mrs. Thomas Quirk, of
Beggs, was a guest at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Stagg on Thursday.
Mr.. andd Mrs. Frank
Dimmick of Bellevue were
among the many who attended
the Elks' banquet in this city
on Saturday night.
-Mfs. Mary B. Giesen was
a visitor to Baton Rouge the
first part of the week.
H. T.. Callahan was a
business visitor to Morrow on
Thursday.
Miss Clara Hazard, one
of the popular young ladies Of
Melville visited here last week.
Hon. e. M. Boagni, local
capitalist, left for New Orleans
on last Saturday and spent the
greater protion Of this week
there. Mr.. Boagni attended
to fuel administration matters
and other business while in the
Crescent City.
Professor E. l.. Stephens,
president of the Southwestern
Industrial Institute at Lafa-
yette, and Professor Alleman,
another of Louisiana's well
known educators, passed
through Opelousas on Thurs
day, en- route to Lafayette, af-
ter having attended to educa-
tional matters in Baton Rouge.
Officer james Bihm, of
Eunice, was a visitor to Ope-
lousas on Friday.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23

4 -4S% &Y&sNStS1S4 %685 SA1SAs1S 4S64 &h&A@ -
Couftableaus affords special
advantages for boat construc-
ton being practically at the
source of supply for the raw
material lumber and eliminat-
ing the necessity of transit for
our building material by rail
roads, which now is one of the
greatest drawbacks in the rap
id utilization of lumber for
boat building purposes.
Still another consideration
is as follows: Just at present
our community is entirely de-
pendent upon railroad trans
portation. During the past six
years the levees protecting the
surrounding country have brok
en- twice during flood water pc
AN&sA
Rod; namely, in 1912 and in
1916. During these years The
railroads were temporarily put
out of operation by the high
water and for some weeks and
even months railroad trans
-
portation was practically held
up. These occurrences are
quite sure to be repeated in the
future and in such case water
transportation is the only form
of transportation available.
In short, in the writer's opin-
ion, to put a dam across the
mouth of Courtableau without
a large and adequate lock,
would be a little short of
criminal. To put a dam with
such a large and expensive
lock would be a very foolish
expenditure of public money
and entirely unnecessary. The
only argument in favor Of a
at all is made on behalf Of
drainage. This subject is par
excluded in your in
structions regarding this hear
and the writer will go no
than to say, that the
same amount of money as
would be necessary to build 4
and lock would secure
far more efficient drainage if
applied to an intelligent sys-
of back levees paralleling
the bayou banks and leaving
The channel open.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23

K UP-One bay mare
between five and six years of
age taken up by the under
signed on his premises in Belle
vue, near Shuteston, about
three weeks ago. She has
black name and tail, and legs
are black near hoofs. Mare
was in neighborhood about
one month prior to the time
she was taken up.
Owner viii come forward,
prove property, pay costs and
take same away, or the mare
will be sold according to the
police ordinance relative to es
tray animals.
TRUMEN RICHAD,
Bellevue, near Shuteston
feb-23-3t
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23
Society and Personal

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of the popular young ladies Of
Melville, was an Opelousas Wis
itor this past week.
Miss Aline Dezauche Wis
tied relatives in Melville OH
Saturday.
-Chas. VOORHEES, was a
business visitor to New Or
leans during the week.
u. B. Clements was a bust
ness visitor to Rayne during
the week and returned home
on Wednesday.
Miss Lillian Souillier Of
New iberia is the guest of
relatives in this city.
Mrs. Ben Mosely of Lafay-
cite is the guest Of her mother,
Mrs. w. Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Budd
and little daughter, Annie,
have returned to Opelousas af-
ter having spent several weeks
in New Orleans.
Mr.. Luther Mornhinveg
arrived here Sunday and will
be the guest Of his parents,
MIR. and Mrs. G. Mornhinveg,
at their home on Main Street.
Mr.. Mornhinveg is now a
resident of far-away Alaska.
He left the land of snow on
the 18th of January and visit
ed Seattle and San Francisco
en- route to his former home.
W. H. Lewis of Gold Dust
was a visitor to Opelousas on
Thursday.
W. f. Brown, prominent
member of the police jury,
from the fourth ward, was a
visitor to this city, during the
week.
M Mary Littell left for
New Orleans during the week
to be present at the: Lastrapes-
Comeau nuptials, which will
be solemnized in that city to-
day.
j. R. Vidrine, prominent
citizen of the Mamou section.
was a business visitor to this
city Friday.
NJ Margaret Sanders is
visiting heer parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. L. Sanders. Miss San
ders is one of the teachers in
the Eunice schools, and re-
turned home on account of
the schools there being closed
by the board of health.
Miss Clyde Lawler, stu
dent of the Ruston Industrial,
arrived here Tuesday.
&C. F. Bailey, of Baton
Rouge spent Saturday and
Sunday in this city.
i. F. Schell of Washing
ton was in Opelousas on Fri
day.
Dr.. B. A. Littell left dur
ing the week for San Antonio.
Texas, having been called to
that city by the illness of his
sister, formerly MISS MARY
Littell, of this city.
Mr.. F. J. Dietlein and
little daughter, Alice, visited
New Orleans the past week.
/. w. Sylvestre, for
merly Miss Heloise Violet of
this city, has been on a visit
to relatives in Opelousas for
some time past.
Louis Guidroz. prominent
young citizen Of ArnaudVille,
was a visitor to Opelousas on
Wednesday.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23


Mrs. J.. w. Jordan hal
returned from a very pleasant
visit to her niece, Mrs. Prince
Johnson, of Crystal Springs
Miss.
Felix Richard, student OF
the Lafayette Industrial, spent
the weekend as the gust OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. He
bert Richard.
Dow Lewis, well known
in Opelousas, and now in the
service Of his Uncle Samuel,
recently spent a furlough with
relatives in St.Landry parish.
He returned to Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga, where he is
stationed.
Mrs. J. I. Keller, Of Gold
Dust, was a visitor to Opelou-
sas and was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Waller Wilson dur
ing the week.
e. Goldstein of New
Orleans was a visitor to this
city on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Nc
Clelland, and DIR. Ben Nc
Clelland, well known citizens
of the Lawtell neighborhood,
were in Opelousas on Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Men
dosa Of Patterson arrived here
Saturday and have rented the
Wyble home on Madison
Street. Mr.. Mendoza is con-
nected with the school extern
sion work in st. Landry.
Mrs. Oscar Rabb, who
has been visiting relatives here
and in Washington for the
past several weeks returned
to her home in Memphis.
Tam on Wednesday. She
was accompanied to Memphis
by her sister, Mrs. A. L.. Byrd,
of Lake Charles, who will Wis
it there for a while.
Mrs. r. j. Dietlein and
her charming daughter, Miss
Lulu Como, left Thursday
morning for a visit to New
Orleans.
-Trumen Richard and Leo
Burleigh, well known young
farmers of Bellevue, transact
ed business in Opelousas on
Thursday.
F. M. Pinckney, success
full poultry dealer Of near
Washington, was a visitor to
Opelousas during this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Lynch and Mr.. and Mrs,
Webre Of Port Barre attended
the Elks' banquet at the La
Combe Hotel Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quirk Nc
Caffery, Or. and Mrs. S. II.
Holloman, Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
w. Quirk, Miss Margery Kill
patrick, Mr.. Aaron Wolff and
DIR. Woods were among the
Westinghouse who attended
the Elks' banquet in this city
on Saturday night.
Mrs. Florence Wartelle
returned on Tuesday f rom.
Washington, where she had
gone on account of the illness
Of her daughter, Mrs. W. Ell
ter.
Chief of Police sonnier,
of the progressive little town
of Elton, was a visitor to 0pe-
lousas this past week.
Miss Clara Hazard, one
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23

all present and future naviga
ton in and through Bayo,
Courtabeau and it's connection
The entire community of st
Landry parish would be for
ever denied the benefits OF
free water transportation
which is one Of the natural
gifts and assets of the com.
munlty. Not only would the
community lose the actual ben.
eft of the water transportation
but it would lose the favorable
water competition rates now
secured from the railroads
which have q very important
bearing on industry in the COM
munities affected. The mere
existence Of navigation on Bay
on Courtableau saves the writ
er on his freight charges over
the railroads a minimum of
100000 a year and a maxi
mum Of 100000. This, Of
course, furnishes a personal
and selfish interest on the part
of the writer in his desire to
retain navigation, but the ben
efits to him are merely illustra-
tons of the benefits to everyone
else in the community. The
rice, cotton and sugar
industries are all similarly af-
fected.
To put a dam across the
mouth of Courtableau and
a lock sufficient to
meet the requirements of nav
igation, would entail an ex-
penditure in the writer's opin-
ion, of at least $1,000, 10000.
Such lock should be not less
than 160 feet long and so feet
and would require a
head as great as the present
at Plaquemine. In fact the
conditions at the mouth Of
Courtableau would be practi-
eally the same as those at
P~laquemine. It is common
knowledge how great were the
difficulties and how expensive
was the construction of the
.ock at Plaquemine. The writer
has been informed that some
has made an estimated
or such alock at Courtableau
placing the cost at $350,000.00l
out the engineering company
With which the writer is con-
lected has recently completed
a lock for the Barge
in New York State and
'eels justified in stating, from
lis own experience, no such
oocn could be built at Courta-
,leau under present conditions
anywhere near as low a sum as
$3.50, 100000. Even assuming
|. dam to be constructed con-
aiming such a lock, no water
pass through the lock to
oring a supply into Courta-
oleau without the construction
If additional sluice ways and
4
iood gates which to be effect
We in periods of low water
have to operate at such
/ low level and also operate att
iuch a high level during flood
ime that the expense would
almost double the cost OF a
lock without such
iluice ways. If such sluice
ways were not provided, only
IN enormous pumping plant
It great expense could supply
sufficient water from the Atcha
'alaya into Courtableau to
relief to the rice growers
@ the South and West.
An additional personal and
selfish reason on
he part Of the writer
maintain open navi-
ration on Bayou Courta-
,leau, is as follows: Our com
oany is ideally situated for the
manufacturing of barges and /
boats suitable for inter
lal waterway transportation
purposes. We are now plan
ling a development Of a fair
iized boat yard, specializing
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23

There Is more Catarrh In this section
put together, and for years 1t Was sup
posed to be incurafle. Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is q local disease
greatly influenced by constitutional cen-
aitioas and therefore requires constitu-
tionaI treatment. Halls catarrh Medi-
cine, manufactured by f. J. Cheney &
Co. Tsls9o, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy, il taken internally and acts
thru tina Bleed on the Mucous Surfaces
of the systsz. Oae Hundred Dollars re-
ward Id of5erea for any case that Halls
Catarrh MsSieina fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
T. j. CHENEY e. CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. s5c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23
permission

quests PERMISSION {
bring a 55-foot dredge through
the mouth of Courtableau tc
the head Of Bayou Teche. This
dredge will draw 5 feet Of wa.
ter and at the very start will
necessitate opening up a fail
sized channel, merely for the
purpose of securing passage
for this dredge. The writer is
now operating in Bayou Cour-
tableau above the remaining
distractions near it's mouth,
two good sized steamboats,,
one large barge 1I8 feet long,
80 feet wide and 6 feet, draft,
together with a numerous
equipment of smaller barge,
derrick boats, etc. All that
the writer needs to fully COM
plete the restoring of naviga-
ton to Co~urtableau, is a
dredge such as the above COM
pany now wishes to bring into
said bayou; therefore, after a
careful study and investiga-
ton of the plans of the above
company, the writer has been
SO pleased and enthusiastic
over the prospect of immediate
relief for our water transpor-
tation that he has agreed with
the representatives of the At
chafalaya-Teche -Vermilion Co.
to put his own water equip
ment, including special appara
tus for snag raising and drift
clearing, to work at the mouth
the bayou at the same time
that the dredge of the above
company shall enter it from
the Atchafalaya, and in this
way with a very complete
equipment afforded by the two
outfits quickly and effectively
clear out the last remaining OBJ
struction in the bayou and
once more restore permanent
navigation to Courtableau.
Such a combination Of cir
cumstances has not arisen in
twenty-five years and may not
occur again if not taken adj
of at this time. In
short, from the viewpoint of
navigation, / therefore, look
upon the project of the above
company as a God-send to our
community which it would be
stupid and negligent
If us not to take advantage of.
The above remarks apply to
The proposal Of the Atchafa-
aya-Teche-Vermilion Co.,,
merely with reference to Bay
III Courtableau. The addi
dredging proposed from
Port Barre down the head-wa
,ers of the Teche and across to-
he Vermilion River again
opens up a new route event.
lally available to navigation,
will compete a magnif-
cent chain of internal water
ways connecting practically
Ill the navigable streams OF
Louisiana by means
of an Intercoastal canal and its
tributaries which will give
Southern Louisiana a water
system absolutely without rival
n the United States and rival
.ng the immensely valuable in
waterways of Holland,
Begun and Germany. The
writer, an engineer by profess
ZION and an extensive traveller
throughout the world, has
seen nowhere, except in the
above countries and along the
Grand Canal of China, the pos
,ibility of internal waterway
development any more thor
ough or beneficial than this
opportunity in Southern
Of which this work
5 one important part.
The effect on navigation on
y is considered in these re-
marks in accordance with your
Instructions, and the writer
will not attempt therefore TO
upon the benefits to the
general community in the way
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23
MARSH MAKES MASTER
LY STATEMENT TO
ARMY ENGINEERS
His Effort Considered One OF
Best Presentations of Court
tabIeau's Unusual Nat
uraI Advantages.

ufal Advantages.
Below we publish the state
ment of R. o. Marsh, presi
dent of the Port Barre Timber
and Tie Company, to the Army
Engineers in New Orleans OF
February 18th, last, relative tx
the maintenance of navigation
in Bayou Courtableau and the
great benefits to be derived
from the gigantic irrigational
project by which it is intended
to solve the salt water prob
lem in Southwestern Louisiana
rice fields. Delegations from
Washington, Opelousas, Port
Barre and other cities and
towns appeared before the
engineers. Mr.. Marsh's state
ment is considered the finest
presentation of the project, on
which the engineers have thus
far made no report. It fol:
lows:
New Orleans, La.
February Is, 1918.
Col. j. c. Sanford, Corps of
Engineers, U. S. Army, Divi-
sion Engineer, New Orleans,
La.
Sir: In accordance with
your circular letter, No. 16 of
February IL, 1918, advising
that a public hearing will be
held in the Office of the Divi-
sion Engineer, Gulf Division, on.
February Is, 1918, to consider
the plans of the Atchafalaya-
T~eche-Vermilion Company Of
Lafayette, Louisiana, for max
ing a channel from the Ateha-
falaya River to the Vermilion
River via Bayou Courtableau,
Bayou Teche and a canal for
the purpose of irrigation and
navigation, and the question
Of revoking the existing permit
of the Levee Boards for closing
of Bayou Courtableau from the
Atchafalaya River, I'beg to
submit the following state
ments:
1st. Plans of the Atchafa-
laya-Teche-V ermilion Co:
The plans of the above COM
pany contemplate bringing
water from the Atchafalaya
River to Bayou Teche from the
mouth Of Bayou Courtableau
where it enters into the Atcha-
falaya River to the head of
Bayou Teche at Port Barre,
where it leaves Bayou C~ourta-
bleau. The only way water
can be taken in sufficient guam
titles at all times Of the year
from the Atchafalaya to the
Teche, is to dredge out and
maintain an open channel
through Bayou Courtableau.
This action in itself can only
be of great benefit to all navi-
CATION interests on Bayou
Courtableau and cannot con-
ceivably in any way do any
harm to such navigation inter-
ests. This conclusion is SO
self-evident as to need no
comment.
The writer has taken a par
ticular interest in restoring
and maintaining navigation to
Bayou Courtableau and has
made a close personal study OF
the subject. The results and
conclusions of these observa-
tons are already embodied in,
reports which / have made to
your office-copies of which
are appended hereto-as ex-
planned in these appended re-
ports, I have heretofore seen
hope Of establishing open
navigation at all stages of the
year from Courtableau into
the Atchafalaya until the lapse
of at least one more year. The
proposition Of the Atchafalaya
Teche-V Company will
-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23

Word was received by
relatives here that a fine baby
girl was born to Mrs. E. S. Tai
bert at her home in North Lou
isiana. Mrs. Talbert was Miss
Thelma Guidry, of this city,
before her marriage.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-23
Drives Out Malaria. BRas Up systeen

The Old Standard sauSra7 s1xeaEfhenli1a tonies
GsoVxsS TASFFdLssg8 chill TONIC, drives chi
ter. 4 Mae tesase. Ex aauKS 9n1 tM&dtcf. SIC
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-02-13
Nor,cE.,NPRoeATE'

State of Iowa, Crawford County, S.
In Probate. r.
In the matter of the estate Of w. j..
Cochran, late of Crawford county, dc.
ceased.
Notice of Appointment of Admins.
traitor.
TO Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that on the
23d day of January, 1918, the under
signed was duly appointed admins
traitor of the above entitled estate, and
all creditors of said estate are notified
to file their claims in the office of the
clerk of the district court, in and for
Crawford county. Iowa, within one
year from the date OF this notice, ac-
cording to law. and have the same al
lowed and ordered paid by the said
court, or stand forever barred there
from.
Dated this 23d day Of January, 1918.
- ~ e. T. COCHRAN.
p. J. Klinker, Administrator.
Attorney for Administrator. 4-3t