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Catlett:
AN ORDINANCE
To amend and re-enact Section 1 of
the original ordinance of the Po-
lice Jury Of the Parish Of st.
Landry, State of Louisiana,
adopted on the 9th day Of Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1918, creating the
Bellevue and Coulee Croche
Drainage District of the Parish
of st. Landry, State of LOuisi-
ana, entitled:
IAN ORDINANCE
"0f the Police Jury of the Parish of
st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
creating the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District of st.
Landry Parish, State of Louis
lana, and fixing the boundaries
thereof; constituting said drain
age district body corporate in
law, and vesting it with power
and authority incident thereto;
vesting the government and con-
troll of said drainage district in
board of five (5) commission
ers, and fixing their domicile;
providing for the qualification
of said commissioners, the man.
ner of their appointment and
fixing their term of office; pro-
viding for the first and subse-
quent meetings of the board and
the election of officers, and fix
ing their compensation; author
izing and empowering the board
to make and adopt bylaws, rules
and regulations for its govern
ment and that of it's officers; re-
curing the board to keep the
proper books and accounts; and
providing the method af procur-
ing funds for the district"
Section BE it ordained by
the Police Jury of the said
Parish of st. Landry, State Of
Louisiana, now in regular session
duly assembled, that all che land and
property situated within the following
described boundaries, to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
of Section 4, Township 8, South,
Range 3, East, thence running due
east about three and seven-eighths
miles to where the south line of Sec
1, Township s, South, Range 8, East,
intersects the west line of Section As,
Township 8, South, Range 8, East,
which point also strikes fork in pub
lie road leading from Opelousas to
Bristol, via Chretien's Point; thence
running in a northerly direction, fol-
lowing said public road for a distance
of about eight miles, to the northeast
corner of the property formerly
known as the old Truman plantation,
now owned by e. w. J. Evans, said
point being also situated in Section
142, Township 6, South, Range a,
East, and at the intersection Of pub
lie road leading to West Bellevue
from main road hereinafter mention
ed; thence following the public
road leading to West Bellevue in
westerly direction, about twenty-five
chains, to where the same intersects
the east line of Section IA, Town
ship s, South, Range 4, East :. thence
running in a northeasterly direction,
following the east line Of the w. D.
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Horn property about twenty-eight
chains to where the same intereSects
the north line OF Section 143, Town
ship 6, South, Range 4, East; thence
running west following the north line
of Sections 143, 144 and las, Town
ship 6, South, Range 4, East, about
fifty-three chains to the northeast
corner of Section las, Township 6,
South, Range 4, East; thence running
due north twenty-three chains; thence
running west to the east line Of the
Bayou Plaquemine Drainage District,
being about thirty chains; thence fol-
lowing said east line of said Bayou
Plaquemine Drainage District, in q
southwesterly direction to the south
west corner of North half of north
west quarter of Section 81, in Town
ship 7, South, Range 8, East; thence
running due south three and three
quarters miles to the point of begin
ming.
Containing approximately eighteen
thousand seven hundred fifty 49,
75O) acres be and the same is
hereby Incorporated into a drain
age district, to be designated
and known as the Bellevue and !,
Coulee Croche Drainage District
Of the Parish of St. Landry, State of
Louisiana, and all the land and prop
arty situated within the boundaries
If said drainage district shall be sub
ect to taxation for the purposes of
more perfectly draining the lands of
ain water within said drainage dis
riot.
Section BE it further ordained,
tc., that this ordinance shall take eff
ect Immediately from and after its
doption.
Voting for the ordinance Messrs.
arcade, Mills, Daley, Cummings.
'avy, Catlett, Rushing, Martin, De- :
can.
Voting against the ordinance-Iy
lone. q
Adopted this I'd day of December,
|. D. 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAvY, q
President. !;
ATTEST-
]. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
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country pursuit, therefore it should
be attractive to the man or woman
who has a few hours of spare time
each week.
1.-THE first investment in a colony
of bees" says Mr.. Davis, ais the only
investment for a number Of years. It
is not necessary to plant anything for
bees to gather nectar from, as most
localities have hundreds Of varieties
of Misunderstanding flowers, and the
bees viii fly several miles if neces-
sary to get this nectar. Honey is
made from nectar gathered from
these flowers. It is taken into the
hive, there the water is evaporated
out of it, and it is condensed into a
delicious and wholesome food.
'The shortage of sugar calls for
more honey production next year and
as its production is so easy if done in
the modern way, there should be an
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OFFICIAL. PROCEEDINGS
OF THE POLICE JURY
(Continuedl

to be the governing authority of said
road district; now, therefore,
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Landry, La, in
regular and lawful session convened :
Section THAT the president and
clerk Of this Police Jury shall be and
are hereby authorized for and on be-
half Of the First Road District, Third
Police Jury Ward of the Parish OF St.
Landry, State of Louisiana, to incur
debt to the amount of eighty-flve
thousand dollars 1886, 100000, and
to make and sign serial negotiable
coupon bonds of said road district
therefor, numbered consecutively
from one ~ to eighty-five 1851 ,
both inclusive, the first of which
shall become due on the first day Of
July, 1920, and the last shall mature
on the first day of July, 1853, and
which shall bear interest at the rate
Of five per cent 90 per annum, pay
able semi-annually from date, with
interest coupons attached to each
bond; and said bonds shall not be
sold for less than par.
Section 2-That the proceeds OF
said bond issue, when negotiated,
shall be deposited in the treasury of
said parish, and there shall be and re-
main as a trust fund to be used only
for the purpose for which the same
were raised as set forth in the pre-
amble hereof.
Section 3-That said bonds shall
be of date the first day of July, A. D.
1919, and shall begin to mature on
the first day of July, A. D. 1920, and
shall become due and payable each
year thereafter until and including
the first day of July, A. D. 1859, and
shall be in numbers and amounts as
follows: Eighty-five bonds of the de-
nomination of 100000 each, and
dates of maturity as follows, to-wit i:
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bank in the city and state of =
option of the holder.

option of the holder.
This bond is one of a series of eigh-
ty-five bonds of the denomination of
81 100000 each, and numbered from
one ~ to eighty-five 1857, issued
by the Police Jury of the Parish of st.
Landry, La, for and on behalf of the
First Road District, Third Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry, La,
as representing an Indebtedness in
Cured for the exclusive purpose of
constructing roads and bridges in said
road district, and issued in accord
ance with the provisions of the con-
stitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, in pursuance to an cleo
ton held in said road district on Tues
day, May 81, 1919, the result of
which was duly canvassed, declared,
promulgated and registered accord
ing to law, of which said election
there was no contest and none can
now be lawfully made.
And it is hereby certified and re-
cited that all acts, conditions and
things required to be done precedent
to and in the issuance of said bonds
have been properly done, have hap
pened and have been performed in
regular form and duly as required by
law, and that said indebtedness does
not exceed any statutory or consti-
tutional limitations.
In testimony whereof, and by the
authority of an ordinance of the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, lawfully adopted
on the first day of December, 1919,
and now recorded in the mortgage Of
flee of the State of Louisiana, in and
for the Parish of st. Landry, /, F.
Octave Pavy, president of the said
Police Jury, have signed this bond
along with J. J. Healey, clerk thereof,
likewise duly authorized by said or
dinance, and sealed the same with the
seal of said Police Jury in accordance
with law, on this
day of ----, A. ID. Is.
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increased force of honey producers in
the state Of Louisiana.
There is a little apiary at Lock-
port, La, just a backyard affair, COW
ering !, space of about fifteen square
feet, with six bee hives which are
modern in every respect, with an up
tO-date bee enthusiast as its owner.
This woman has received this past
season sixty-five gallons together
with three hundred pound-seetions Of
honey, realizing over $S3 per colony.
Almost any one can do the same thing
if the bees are given the proper care
and attention"
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BEES GIVE GOOD RETURNS
ON THE INVESTMENT
]. J. HEALEY, Clerk.

Bookkeeping, like many other lines
of agriculture, presents an attractive
and profitable source Of revenue to
any one who will give just a small
amount of time to same, according to
E. C. Davis, specialist in bee culture,
extension division, Louisiana State
University. It requires less constant
devotion, except during the main
honey flow, than almost any other
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PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
Estate EMBLEM)


Bond of the Parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, for and on
behalf of the First (1st) Road
District, Third Police Jury Ward
of the Parish of st. Landry, La.
Know all men by these presents,
that the Parish of st. Landry, La, for
and on behalf of the First Road Dis
trict, Third Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry, La, a political
subdivision of the State of Louisiana,
for value received, hereby promises
to pay to bearer on the first day OF
July, A. d. One Thousand Nine Hum
dred and ......, $..........,
lawful money of the United States of
America. with interest thereon at the
rate of five CD per cent per annum,
r-yable semi-annually on the first
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Clerk

LIerk.
Each bond shall be signed by the
president of the Police Jury and the
clerk thereof, and the said officers are
hereby required to have written, print
ed or engraved on the reverse Of said
bonds the following certificate:
This bond secured by a tax. Reg
istered on the day of -
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day Of January and July of each and
every year from the first day of July,
1919, upon presentation and surren-
der of the coupons hereto attached, as
same may mature. The said princi-
pal and interest on this bond being
payable at the office of the treasurer
of the Parish of st. Landry, at Ope-
lousas, La, in said parish, or at the
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July 1, 1913, three bonds, $S,OOO.-
90.
July 1, 1914, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July 1, 1945, three bonds, $S,O00.-
90.
July /, 1916, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July l, 1947, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July /, 1s4S, three bonds, $4,000
July l. 1s4s, three bonds, $s,OOO.-
July /, 1860, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1861, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July /, 1852, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July /, 1853, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1854, three bonds, $4,000
July 1, 1855, three bonds, $4,000
July 1, 1856, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1857, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1858, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
July 1, 1859, three bonds, $S,000.-
90.
And the form of said bonds shall
be substantially as follows, save as to
number and date of maturity:
81, 100000 $l,OOO.OO
TrNrIrrn CTATEC OF AMERICA
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lust REcEIVED-A carload 81
six-inch Economy Shingles end
six-inch clippers" Place your or
der early as they won't last long. ST.
LANDRY LUMBER co. novSt1
NOTICE is hereby given that / am
III applying for a pardon. VIM.
KENNY.
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AN ORDINANCE

Mr.. Mills offered the following or
dinance, duly seconded by Mr.. K. T.
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( the treasurer of said
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President of the Police Jury of the
Police Jury Of the Parish of st.
Landry, Louisiana.
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Secretary of State. D

Which certificate after the delays
provided by law have expired and in
accordance with Section 81 of Act
256 of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana for the year 1910,
and the laws amendatOry thereof, shall
be signed by the Secretary of State
of the State of Louisiana and have at
tached thereto the great seal of the
State of Louisiana. The interest cou-
pons attached to said bonds shall have
printed or engraved thereon the fac
simile signatures Of the president and
clerk of the Police Jury.
And when said bonds are thus is
sued and registered by the Secretary
Of State according TO law, they shall
again be taken into possession by the
clerk Of the Police Jury and by him
held until negotiated.
Section THAT when said bonds
have been signed, issued, registered
and returned to the clerk of the Po-
lice Jury, they shall be ready for ne
gotiating and the president Of the Po-
lice Jury is hereby authorized fully
for that purpose.
Section 5-That the Police Jury of
the Parish Of st. Landry, La, shall
levy on all taxable property in said
road district in accordance with law,
at the same time as other taxes are
levied, in addition to all other taxes
now authorized by the constitution
and laws including any special tax,
tax above all said taxes sufficient to
pay the interest and principal Of the
bonds herein directed to be issued as
the same may mature; which tax may
be levied and extended on the assess
ment rolls at any time prior to the
final collection of taxes due for that
particular year; and when collected,
shall be used for no other purpose
than that of retiring maturing bonds
and coupons.
Section 6-That the clerk of the
Police Jury shall cause the original of
this ordnance to be recorded in the
mortgage records of the Parish of st.
Landry, and also published in the
Star-Progress, the official journal of
the Parish of st. Landry, according
to law.
Section BE it further ordained,
ETC., that this ordinance take effect
from and after its PRONUNCIATION.
The foregoing ordinance was duly
read and considered and majority
of the members elect being present,
voted as follows, tO-wit:
For-Messrs. H. D. Larcade, R. L.
Mills, J. E. Daley, E. A. Cummings,
F. o. Pavy, Geo. Greig, K. T. Catlett,
W. NJ. Rushing, Theo Doucet, F. P.
Martin, Alex Sylvestre.
Against-None.
Absent-Messrs. ]. T. st. Cyr, ]. P.
Pitre, w. F. Brown, W. C. Dejean,
Allen Mccoy.
Adopted December /, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
]. ]. HEALEY, Clerk.
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On the

-, 10, the Par
ish of st. Landry, Louisiana, for and
on behalf of the First Road District,
Third Police Jury Ward, Parish of
st. Landry, La, lawful political SUBJ
division of the State of Louisiana,
will pay to bearer
at the office of the treasurer of said
parish, or at the
bank, in the city and state of --
at the option of
the holder, being interest due that
date on its road bond dated July 1,
1919, No.
President of the Police Jury Parish of
st. Landry, Louisiana.
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Clerk.
INTEREST COUPON
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-13
SELECT JURY IN
MILLION DOLLAR
RDLBEL' CASE
Trial Against Chicago Tribune
Opens at Mt. Clemens;
Claims Paper Injured Good
Name and Credit.

Mount Clemens, Mich, May H.
The preliminary examination Of
seven members of the panel by cour
sci for the plaintiff marked the first
days progress in the Sl,000,000 libel
suit Of Henry Ford against the Chi
cago Tribufle.-,
Mr.. Ford's complaint is that on
June %, 1916, the Chicago Daily
Tribune in an editorial injured him
in his good name, credit and reputa-
ton; brought him into public hatred,
contempt and. ridieule, and injured
him in his feelings, business AND 9th
erwise.
Explains Case.
Alfred ]. Murphy, of counsel for
Mr.. Ford, began the examination of
members of the panel. He explained
that the Tribune editorialSwas writ
ten at the time the. National Guari
was being recruited and sent to the
Mexican border and that two days
prior to the alleged libelous editorial
the Tribune carried dispatch from,
Detroit stating that Mr.. Ford would
rot hold open the positions of any
of his men who quit for military
service nor would he pay their sal
aries, as some other employers were
said to be doing. NOR care>tor their
dependents. This he said was un.
true, but nevertheless served as the
basis. for the subsequent editorial.
The suit. he said. Gas the result.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-13
ENGLAND TO PAY U. S.
335,SO0, 600 WAR BILL.

Washington, May IA "com.
piete and comprehensive settlement
OF all claims between the United
States and Great Britain growing
out Of the military operations has
been reached by the American liqui-
dation commission. Secretary Baker
announced today that under the set
tlement the British government
would pay the United States $685.
$4,000 as net and final adjustment
The claims made by the United
States consisted largely of the Brit
ish- governments share in the ex-
penses OF procuring spruce for avia-
tion material, the production of Lib
erty engines, the proportion Of
American wool turned over to Brit
ish manufacturers for uniforms and
shipments of cotton linters, powder
and distillates. 1t was estimated
that the British should pay II per
cent of the total cost of producing
the Liberty engines. this item alone
amounting to $l6,s00,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-13
Only Hope for Children ,
Of Israel Lies With :
Jews Now in America

New York, May l2.-The war has
dealt world Jewry a blow from
which it will not recover for genera
tons and only the rising OF Amer
lean Jews "in all their strength and
nobility can prevent annihilation of
Jewfy in Europe, DR.. Hahn T.. Davis
OF Chicago, major in the Red Cross
commission to Poland. declared here
today upon his arrival direct from
that cd0ntry.
World Jewry is at the greatest
crisis in its history" DR.. Davis de-
clared. rFive years of terrible war
have decimated the Jewish popula-
tons throughout eastern Europe and
the ebb and flow of fighting in Po-
land, Austria. zecho-Slovak,a and
Russia has virtually wiped outxhe
younger generation of men. The
only hope of the children of Israel is
in the 3,500,000 Jews of America who
have not suffered from the ,iroads
of war"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-13
Des MONIES Sheriff
Arrests Suspects
in $4,000 Robbery

Des Moines. Ia, May l2-(Special
Telegram. )-Sheriff John Griffin to-
day announced that four arrests have
been made in the Iowa State bank
robbery case. which may clear up the
mystery in connection with the rob-
berry on March rs, when $4,000 in
money and bonds was taken from
the bank. The men arrested are:
M. R. Pharmer, IS years old, assist
ant cashier, who has been in bank
nine years; Lloyd Patton, 33lyears
old, said to have been driver Of car
robbers>drove in getting away from
bank; Robert Don Carlos, N years
old, of Liberty, Mo-, formerly sol
der at Camp Dodge, said to have
been one of the gunner, and Laura
jones, alias Liz Christie, 3l3 Ninth
street, at whose home it is alleged
plans for robbery were made. Sher-
ifs deputies first got on case when
they found Don Carlos had pur
chased an automobile costing $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-13
University Student
Driven mTowntfor
Dressing as an Officer

Lafayette, Ind, May 12.-Harry
I. Weinshank of~-Indianapolis, a
Purdue university student arrested
last summer on a charge of imper-
sonating an officer, was driven from
Lafayette today by crowd OF irate
students for repeating the offense.
Weinshank. it is said, dressed as an
artillery officer, led detachment OF
overseas veterans in parade in In
dianapolis last Wednesday.
. Weinshank returned to Lafayette
today and call for an indignation
meeting was issued. More. than
1000 students cut classes to attend.
and after short session sought ou.
Weinshank, ducked him in tank OF
water and then chained him to the
old Purdue bell and paraded him to
the interurban station, where he was
placed on a car and sent to Indian
apolis During~the parade he bore
a placard inscribed with the words,
Aour her r
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-13
'|}s!sssE '|}ss!!sSssE.
QUEEN OF THE REDS"
JAILED IN CHICAGO.
BITS OF NEWS

Chicago, May l2.LMarie Nardini,
called Queen of the Reds" by gov.
rrnment authorities, her husband
Pasquale. and Adolph and Joseph
Fratesi. are being held on deporta-
tion warrants today following AFRAID
on atlat and the seizure Of a guam
tity, OF anhrchistic literature.
The Nardinis were released two
weeks ago from the Wisconsin state
prison where they were serving
terms in connection with the explo-
sion in 1917 that killed seven de-
tectiyes in a Milwaukee police sta
ton. The action Of the lower court
which resulted in their sentences
had been reserved. ~
Those arrested are believed to be
members of gang who have been
distributing revolutionary doctrines
through phamplets and other printed
matter. Deportation warrants for
the entire group are held by In
spector Howard Ebey of the depor-
tation bureau here.
After translating some Of the
documents found in possession Of
the group, federal authorities said
evidence indicated that they had
been working on plan to bring
about an uprising of radicals on in
dependence day as protest against
imprisonment or deportation OF
"reds."