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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
PR0Fs SEE
AUTOMOBILE M|IRlGE
Scientists Relate Novel Optical
Illusion on Pacific Highway
in Sacramento Valley Mat
ter Of Hot Air, They Say.

Automobile rnirages' at night are
the latest discovery Of science.
me next time you think you see two
cars coming along the highway. and
don't call up the brain specialist or
sign the moonshine pledge. It's just
another of those auto mirages" and
you aren't 10 blame.
A.. A. Knowiton OF the physics depart
ment and DIR. William Conger Morgan
who teaches chemistry are respons ible
for the discovery of the auto mirage"
an account of which is given in the Oc-
tober Science" magazine.
The auto mirage" was seen when the
scientists We're motoring from Reed
College In Portland, Ore to the Uni
versity of California in Berkeley.
GHOST LIGHTS
While passing over the Pacific high
way in the Sacramento valley. "just
after dusk" writes Doctor Knowltcn.
"a car with powerful headlights came
over the rise a mile ahead. A minute
later the lights of a second car appear
ed some distance in front of the first
as IL the driver had just turned them
on. These lights were about half as
brilliant as those OF the first car and
| approachin0--a small one followed by q
larger one. The large car was seen to
gradually overtake the small one until
finally we met and passed-a single
car. I thought there were two OF them
said Doctor Morgan. so did ]. We
had sen mirage at night"
DIR. knowlton says that the Pacific
highwaNin the Sacramento valley. be-
ing paved and under q hot sun. is an
ideal place for mirages. because they
require a layer OF warm air Immediate
~ over the ground in order to be seen.
occurrences, but the mirage at night
| is q new discovery
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
BEST FORMULA FOR
Preparing SOLUTION
TO PREVENT FROST
Service Manager Explains Why
He Prefers 0lycerine and
Why Certain Other Mixtures
Are T. desirable.
BY GEORGE W. SWEET

(National Service Manager. Studebal
err Csornora tioy,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
MAN
HONORED BY BRITISH

Secretary of War Newton ID. Baker
has received IL letter from tho British
government quoting a report of the
British ambassador in which several
prominent Americans are warmly COM
mended for the aid they gave the Brit
isln during the period of war. Those
named are: Captain Raymond f..
CARLISLE. Col. Edward A. Deeds, Col. j.
q. Vincent. Lieut. Harold Fl, Emmons.
Col. Leonard s.. Horner, and William
e. Potter. Colonel Vincent is a figure
IN the transportation world. He is
vice president of engineering, Packard
Motor company.
The Italian government is looking to
Asia Minor as a possible source of
hlA1 suurly
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16

clxAnce to show Whether ~ ii 81 fault.
X ua1Ght ~ euGseaee1 e13o ptnte there
-srS 3. 81 ~ r. ~. ~. ~.
ought to 20 to school 10 m oxport In
gasoline combination to learn the ways
Of smoking cars and how to know the
chronic offender from the ono who Is
merely the victim OF cold weather and
an engine that pumps OIL
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16

lNational Service Manager. Studebak-
err Corporation
When the frost IL on the pumpkin
you can depend upon it's being In close
proximity to your cooling system.
Jack Frost is notorfously no respector
or persons and the sworn enemy of the
motor car. He will attack the radiator
OF any car IL given the slightest oppor :
tunfty. and il you are inclined to be
careless or forgetful at this time OF
the year you had better watch out.
RMS Is the open season for anti
freezing solutions and car owners will
save themselves much annoyance and
considerable expense IL they will take
some pains to select or prepare a
good solution and use 1t.
THREE COMMON SOLUTIONS
There are three substances in gen
eral use for making anti-freeze solu-
tons, each of which can be prepared
by the owner himself and used without
having to consult the professional me-
cha mic. Alcohol is probably the most
popular of all anti-freeze agents. gIy-
cerine has proven very effective but
its cost during the war made its use
almost prohibitve to the ordinary own
or. Calcium chloride is perhaps the
most easily prepared solution Of all
and, for that reason is widely used.
But to my mind it is absolutely wrong.
Calcium -chloride is a mighty danger
Gus solution to. use. The commercial
product, sold in solid form or in aQue-
GUS solutions as an anti freeze mixture
is highly injurious because of the ac-
ton on the components of the cooling
system. Such alkaline solutions are
productive of an electrical action
wherever two dissimilar metals are
utilized, such as the brass tubing of
a radiator and the solder used at the
joints, the iron water Jackets and the
brass or copper plates. ] strongly adj
wise against the use of all soluble salts
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
WE CAN TESTIFY IT'S
ACTUALLY BEING DONE

How are the roads in this section 2"
Fine" replied Farmer Corntossel.
We've abolished bad roads,
big job, wasn't it?''
mot at all. Wherever the going is
specially hard, we don't call 1t a
road We call it a 'detour.' "---w Wash
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
TO SHARPEN OLD FILES.

Worn files may be sharpened by
placing them in a solution OF one part
sulphuric acid and two parts water in
an earthen vessel. They should be
rinsed in clear water after standing in
the solution over night.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
GREASE OFF BRASS.

Brass casting may be cleaned of
greasy deposits by boiling them in pot
ash or I've.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
DRIVERS MT ALWAYS IT FlU[T WHEN
AU7OSSMOKE; But FINES WILL TEACH
ILL TO SAVE EXPENSIVE Gas AND OIL

throttling down. there may be trouble
with smoke. The reason Is that with
a closed throttle the gas drawn in dies
not I'LL the vacuum in the combustion
chamber and this draws oil past the
pistons This same thing comes when
the engine is running idle at the curb
for Some time, as the chauffeur puts
1t, pumping oil.
SMOKE AND STEAM
The trouble is likely to occur more
in cool weather than when 1t Is warm
and vaporization is perfect, for the
engine is more often kept running so
it will not cool too much or freeze.
Running idle also causes the carburetor
to load up, and dense black smoke is
the result when the engine Is started.
Smoke caused by excess OF gasoline
may be distinguished by It's being
black, while that from excess oil Ii
blue, and there Is always steam issu i
ing from the exhaust and as soon as 1t
strikes cool air It is white. One of the
products of combustion in the cylinders
is water, which is vaporized and passes
out with the exhaust becoming steam
As said, do not believe that every
driver whose car smokes should be
hauled up and fined; at the same
time the man who habitually does per-
NIT it should be taught a lesson, and
'jf fried often enough to decide to rem
edy the cause it would be profitable for
him. since to make the smoke he is
burning very expensive OIL
The chief objection to smoking cars
lis that it is disagreeable to others and
is unhealthy. That being the case, the
cops should give heed to the great mum
Der of cars which smoke so that the
eye detects it but do give off ex-
cessive quantities OF offensive fumes
invisible but more disagreeable and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16
PREvENrARLE FUMES

One of the products OF combustion is
carbon monoxide, which Is deadly, and
there are other gases which are par
ticuIarly objectionable, as every one
knows who has walked the city streets.
1t is easy to detect the car which is
extra offensive, for not all give off
great volumes of fumes which choke
and tickle the throat and make one
think harsh things II not actually say
them. Not all but much of these ex-
cess fumes might be prevented by a
proper adjustment of the carburetor
and proper instruction in driving.
Now 1t is TO be expected that the
cop will know all the ms and outs of
anto smoke and be able to distinguish
offender and the one who is temporar-
lily in trouble for the fact is he cannot
turn off the smoke" at will. 1t takes
several blocks before the trouble Is
oovlafed. me Policeman might give
card to be taken UP several blocks
away, however. to give the driver a
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
COULEE CROCHE
FAIR ON TODAY
School Affair Will Attract a
Large Crowd-Will Be
Followed by Ball

Everything is in rediness to make
the Bristol school fair, which takes
place today, a bowling success, ac-
cording to reports from the 'Coulee
Croche neighborhood. The fair has
been thoroughly advertised and as the
candidates for the various parochial
offices have assured the school au-
thorities of Bristol that they will adj
dress the voters of the southern por-
tion of st. Landry, large gather
ing is expected. DIR. c. A. Gardi-
ner, prominent Bristol physician, will
be chairman of the political side
show of the bazaar and it is expected
that much spice" will be injected in
the rather dormant political campaign
of st. Landry. y
Remi Sibille assures all the young
people of this city who wish to go TO
Bristol tonight that there win he an
excellent dance and the hall will be
appropriately decorated with pretty
girls. A gala time is promised al
who go, and especially the candi-
dates.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
DAUGHTERS MAKE
CHARITY MONEY
Thirty-five Dollars Realized at
K. of c. Hall From Sale of
Gumbo Last Sunday

Success crowned the efforts of the
Daughters of Isabella to raise funds
to replenish their depleted charity
fund, when the Daughters gave a
gumbo at the Knights of Columbus
home on Sunday morning, following
High Mass.
Several members of the local court,
assisted by young ladies, worked up
the entertainment which proved a
success. Eighty-five dollars was add
ed to the charity fund of this frater-
nal organization and all copcerned
were satisfied beyond doubt that
much good will result from Sundays
little feast.
Miss Gertie Sandoz, the head of
the local Court, and her assistants
are receiving the congratulations of
the friends and members of the Ope-
lousas Court for thier untiring ef-
forts for charity and are to be high
ly complimented for the splendid
manner in which they entertained on
last Sunday.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
SNILES BUILDS
FINE OFFICE
Growing Lumber Company Has
Erected Suitable Building
to Meet Trade Demands

The A. C. Skiles Lumber Company
has made such wonderful strides in
the past three years that it was ne
cessary to enlarge its sheds and
yards, and finding himself "cramped
up" for office room, A. C. Skiles, the
manager of the company, did not hes
itate 60 have erected what can be
classed, without any doubt, the finest
office building in this city. The
good taste of the prominent lumber
man asserted Itself in the pretty
building and now 5Ir. Skiles and his
corps of employees are housed in a
building befitting a prosperous bust
ness
7. George Chachere, architect of
the company, planned the building,
and as usual George performed his
task to perfection. A peep in the
Skiles office will reveal that nothing
has been left undone to make the
building not only pretty but suitable
for all purposes. Modern furniture
adorns the place and one is made to
feel perfectly at home" upon enter
ing the hospitable lumberman's of
flee.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
RICHARD ACQUITTED
OF MANSLAUCHTER
THIS WEEK
Plaquemine Point Farmer Ex-
onerated by Jury for Killing
of Octave Joubert
JURY STOOD NINE TO
THREE FOR ACQUITTAL
Most Prominent Criminal Case
of Present Term of Court
IS Disposed Of

Eugene V. Richard, accused of
killing Octave Joubert and tried dur
ing the November term of the Grim
inal court for murder, when the jury
was unable to agree on verdict and
mistrial was entered, again stood
trial this week at a special term of
court, this time, however, ION the
charge of manslaughter, and was ac-
quilted by the jury Wednesday morn
ing.
Mr.. Richard and the deceased were
neighbors. The formers hogs had
gotten through to Mr.. Joubert's corn
on several occasions, for which the
two men had had serious trouble, re-
sulting in the killing, during last
August, of Mr.. Joubert by Mr.. Rich
ard.
The first trial, on an indictment
charging murder, lasted for virtually
an entire week, resulting in hope
less tie-up of the jury District At
torney R. Lee Garland then ordered
special term Of court to try Mr..
Richard a second ime,and after bit
ter legal fight by counsel for the
state and defense during Monday,
and Tuesday, the case went into the
hands of the jury at IL o'clock Tues
day night. 1t was not until II o'clock
Wednesday morning, however, that
the jury was ready to render its YER
dict in the case.
The jurors who voted for acquit-
tai were Leonce Richard, Clebert
Roy, John Montgomery, Oscar Roy,
Lee Mallett, Theo Selma, Simon Stel-
ly, Finley Trosclair and o. B. Thomp-
son; while Armstrong Smith, w. ].
Reeves and Joseph Vidrine, Jr., voted
for conviction.
Throughout the trial friends Of
both sides crowded the court house
and much interest was manifested II
the final outcome Of one of the mos
important criminal cases to be trieC
in the district court here for severa
] years.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
FONTENOT MEET
THIS EVENING
Grand Prairie Supporters of
Candidate for Sheriff Ar
range for Big Meeting

Friends and supporters of Ariel
Fontenot, popular young candidate
for sheriff, have arranged for a big
Fontenot rally at Grand Prairie this
Saturday afternoon. This meeting
is the beginning of a series of rallies
to be held throughout St. Landry in
the interest of the efficient young
aspirant for sheriff of this parish.
The meeting is scheduled to take
place at 0zeme Fontenot's store, in
Grand Prairie, at $50 o'clock, and
several prominent spakers from Ope-
lousas will be on hand to aid Mr..
Fontenot in putting his claims be-
fore the voters of the fifth ward pre-
cinct. One or two of Grand Prairie's
most influential and substantial citi-
zens viii sepak in behalf of Mr.. Fon-
tenot':i candidacy.
Reports. from Grand Prairie indi-
cate that Mr. Fontenot will be given a
rousing reception at the hands of his
many staunch supporters, who feel
sure that Grand Prairie will be one
of the many country polls to be found
in the Fontenot column on January
20 next.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
TWO WEDDINGS OCCURRED
HERE DURING WEEK

There were two weddings in Ope-
lousas during the week, quite pleas
ant surprises to the many friends of
both contracting couples.
The first was that of Mr.. Aaron La
fleur and Miss Viola Mornhinveg,
which took place Tuesday evening at
the Methodist Church, Rev. J. D. Har-
per officiating. The groom is son
Of DR.. Armand Lafleur of Lawtell,
and is a popular employee of the
Callahan and Mornhinveg garage,
while the bride is the pretty young
daughtr of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Mornhinveg of this city.
The second wedding was that OF
Mr.. Paul Boagni and Miss Frances
King, both of this city, which took
place very quietly at the Methodist
Church last Wednesday night, Rev.
Harper, the local pastor, officiating.
The groom is the eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. NJ. Boagni of near this
city. and is engaged in managing his
fathers large market business here.
The bride is the pretty daughter of
Mrs. Preston King and for some time
past has been the efficient stenog-
rapher of Attorney NJ. H. Thompson.
The Progress joins with the
many friends of the two happy coup
les in wishing them many years of
unalloyed bliss.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
PRAIRIE RONDE
BAZAAR MONDAY
School Fair Will Attract All
Parochial Candidates and
Large Crowd Expected

Prairie Ronde is falling in line
with the bazaars this year, and has
therefore made arrangements to
stage one of the biggest school af-
fairs yet pulled off in this parish,
when, on Sunday, a bazaar for the
benefit of the graded school viii be
given at Lafleur's hall. Everybody
is invited and as the public spirited
citizens of the progressive communi-
ty have been at work boosting the
fair for the past two weeks, it is ex-
pected that a large crowd viii be in
attendance.
All parochial candidates are urged
to attend and will be given ample op-
portunity to put their claims before
the people of St. Landry. It is un-
derstood that practically all office
seekers in st. Landry will attend the
fair. -
Following the various entertain
ments planned for the day, the fair
will be brought to a successful con-
clusion with an appropriate string
band dance.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
FORMER ST. LANDRIAN NOW
BOGALUSA HOTEL MANAGER

Warren S. Gardiner, native of
Grand Coteau and member of prom
inent family of that town, is now the
manager of the famous Pine Tree Inn
located at Bogalusa, La. Mr.. Gar
diner and his family left here quite a
number of years ago, locating first in
the Rio Grande country of Texas, and
several years later moving to the fam
Gus Louisiana sawmill town of Boga-
lusa, where he embarked in business.
His numerous relatives and friends in
this parish hope him much success in
managing the hotel
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
I0CAL CONCERN TO
PROMOTE BIG OIL
DEVELOPMENT
landry Oil & Gas Co. Ex-
- acts Its TO Lease Thousands
of Acres Soon
,poMOTERS ALREADY
EYEING ST. LANDRY
nj Boom Expected in Parish if
0peIousas Company Can
Obtain the Leases

e. Landry may be the scene of
ia scrambling for wealth, if plans
q The St. Landry Oil and Gas Com
Inv with DR.. J. A. Haas, president,
sraHD. Larcade, Jr., secretary, ma
terialize.
According to H. D. Larcade, Jr.,
ths company is presently leasing land
: St Landry and Evangeline parish
and if a sufficient number of
.cres can be leased within reason
.ble length of time, outside capital
its will come into st. Landry for the
uurpose of putting down several test
wells.
II has been the general belief of
the people of this parish who have vis-
ted the several oil fields that St.
landry would one day develop the
greatest oil field in the state, if not in
the entire country. Biologists, it is
understood, have carefully inspected
several tracts in this parish and it is
said that they have made favorable
report on their explorations and re-
searches in st. Landry.
The St. Landry Oil and Gas Com
pany, it is said, must obtain leases
On several thousand acres in order to
induce the companies that are de-
sirous of invading st. Landry terri
tory. According to Mr.. Larcade, the
company which he represents is ex-
periencing no great difficulty so far
in getting leases, but as it is neces-
sary for it to have many thousand
acres under lease before it can get
outside help, an appeal to st. Landry
to get together and start
up an oil boom was recently issued
through the Star-Progress advertising
columns and is now having the desired
effect.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
LASTRAPES WINDS UP
REGISTRATION OF
PARISH VOTERS
Clerk of Court Completes Task
of Visiting Each of Coun-
try Precincts
ONLY FEW DAYS LEFTIN
WHICH TO REGISTER
St. Landry Voters Must Be
Qualified By Dec. 20 in
Order to Vote in January

Henry Lastrapes, clerk of court and
ex-officio registrar of voters for the
parish of st. Landry, completed his
tour of the parish at Port Barre on
Thursday. Mr.. Lastrapes wes very
busy registering the voters of the
parish, going to each of the twenty
four precincts lying outside of Ope-
lousas, having been busy with this
important work since November 10.
He will now be at his office in the
court house in this city, where he is
prepared to register those voters
who have so far failed to do so. Mr..
Lastrapes tour through the parish
was an arduous one, as the roads were
in bad shape owing to the recent rains
and it was a difficult matter in per-
forming the arduous task.
According to the records, there are
considerably more than five thou
sand registered voters in st. Landry.
There are others who are entitled to
register and who have not attended
to that important duty, and as the
time in which they can do so is very
limited, they should get busy at once
or they will discover on January 20
that they are in the ranks of the non
voters and will have to stand aside
and 'let George do it" when it
comes to exercising the free Ameri-
can privilege of aiding in the selec-
tion of officials to serve for, the next
four years.
The registration office viii close
on December 20. Those who have
thus far failed to register therefore
have only one week left in which to
get ready for the battle of ballots
that is scheduled to take place nexs
month.
Mr.. Lastrapes visited Big Cane and
Morrow on Monday; Melville and Ba-
you Current on Tuesday; Krotz
Springs and Palmetto on wednesday,
winding up his tour at Port Barre on
Thursday.
While a very small percentage of
the voters took occasion of the visit
of the registrar at their respective
precincts, the law makes it mandatory
for the clerk of~court to make reg
istration tour of his parish. Mr.. Las
trapes expressed himself as very
much satisfied with the round of the
precincts of the parish.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
WILL
GIVE LOVING CUP TO
BEST WORKER
Person Who Will Do Most
Good for City to Receive
Beautiful Token
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
APPROVES OUR PLAN
Publishers of This Paper Fee
That Much Good Will Be
Derived By This Move

The Star-Progress believes that the
person who does the most good for his
town should receive recognition
from the public, and following the
footsteps of progressive metropolitan
newspapers, the Progress will
present as a Christmas gift in 1920
beautiful loving cup to the person
acclaimed the most philanthropic dur
ing the coming year.
The publishers of this paper laid
their plans before the Chamber of
Commerce on Wednesday night and
that body readily agreed that this
was one of the greatest moves yet un-
dertaken in this city.
The Star-Progress has always been
ready to do anything that would pro-
mote the welfare of this city. 1t had
several plans in consideration, having
consulted with the leading merchants
of Opelousas as to the best one, but
it was left for Jonas Roos, genial
and progressive proprietor of the
Roos store, to suggest the acceptable
plan. He was the one to offer the
idea that the Star-Progress as the
leading journal of this city and par
ish should inaugurate the move to
pay public recognition to the one
who worked the most for the welfare
of Opelousas.
It is the plan of the publishers Of
the Star-Progress to allow the Cham
Der of Commerce to appoint COM
mittee for the purpose of selecting
the one who has done the most good.
The only restriction will be religious
and sectarian-in other words, this
movement will not be influenced by
religious deeds-it must be purely
civic work. When the presentation of
the loving cup will be arranged for,
much publicity will be given the occa-
sion, and the Star-Progress believes
that it can make of it the greatest
annual event in Opelousas.
The general public is urged to re-
member all civic deeds performed
by our citizens-by the poorest, as
well as by the richest-as next year
the public will have much to influence
the selection of the proper person for
the beautiful Christmas gift which
the Star-Progress intends to make a
yearly affair.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-13
ROAD SUPERVISORS
ORGANIZED LAST TUESDAY

The members of the Board of Su-
pervisors of Road District No. IL of
the Parish of St. Landry, recently ap-
pointed by the Police Jury and COM
posed of Messrs. E. NJ. Boagni, E. B.
Dubuisson, ]. F. Dezauche, Leon and
DR.. j. B. Guillory, met in the office
of the Police Jury on last Tuesday,
December 9, and organized by elect
ing E. M. Boagni, chairman, and ]. F.
Dezauche, secretary. Applications for
the position of engineer of the dis
trict must be filed by January Is,
1920, and the president and secre-
tary were authorized to advertise for
such engineer at once.