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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
SYMPHONIES PULLS OFF STUNT
INGETTING OUT IT'S BIG EDITION
Only Usual Required Getting Out Publication and
Practically Everything Accomplished in Single Weeks
Time, Thanks to the Great Help of the Labor-sav-
ing Machinery Recently Installed

that man planned they should do.
And aside from the natural pride
that we feel in getting out this
edition, we think that it reflects
much credit on the business men of
Opelousas and vicinity. They res
ponded nobly when called on for ad-
vertising, and, it is needless to add,
that if we had not received their
concrete support the edition would
not have been possible-surely not
in its present size. But advertising
through the newspapers has been
long recognized as the only way to
reach the public eye and as this
fact has been demonstrated more
and more to the reading and bust
ness public, they have turned more
and more to the newspapers in order
to gain the desired publicity for
their merchandise and wares they
offer for sale. Fake schemes of adj
vertising are fast going out and the
modern newspaper is now recognized
as being the only way. The volume
of advertising today-much the larg-
est in the entire history of bust
ness-abundantIy proves this asser-
ton.
We honestly believe that our read
ers can and will find much in this
issue that is of interest. We ask
them not to pass up the many ad-
vertisements as unworthy of notice
We do not believe they will do any
thing like that, for rural newspapers
are read from first page to last and
the country people even read all the
advertisements. That makes news
paper advertising valuable, hence is
the real reason why newspaper space
is sought after by business men.
The Star-Progress can add that
this is not the last big edition it
proposes to publish. From time to
time we viii get out similar edi-
lonesome as large and perhaps
some larger, just as the volume of
advertising justifies. We think that
The local advertisers will find this
newspaper at all times the real me-
dunn Of reaching the buying public
in this parish. The circulation of the
paper is increasing by leaps and
bounds and within a short time we
expect to have the largest reading
clientele of any weekly paper in
this section of the state. We have
spent several thousand dollars in
equipping this Office to the end that
We could turn out the very best
country weekly in the state and give
our increasing number of patrons
the best job printing to be obtained
IN this part of Louisiana. We think
hat our expenditures for better
equipment will bear fruit and that
he people of this parish will APP
,reciate what we have done and
how their appreciation in sub
,tantial form.
From now on just watch the Star
Progress grow. It is by long odds
he best newspaper in this parish
md is not surpassed by any weekly
publication in the state. The mark
/ ,as been set and we are going to
i've up to it to the very letter.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

The Star-Progress received a
pleasant call Monday morning from
c. N. Bertrand Of the Mallet sec
ton of the sixth ward. Mr.. Ber-
trand is one Of the largest taxpay-
ers Of his neighborhood, and his
friends being anxious to have rep
resentation on the police jury, have
gotten him to submit his name in
the January primary as candidate
for the police jury. Being well ac-
quainted throughout the ward there
is no doubt that the prosperous Mall
let merchant and planter win be
elected from the the sixth ward.
-B. w. Clopton, one of the lead
ing citizens and taxpayers of the
Morrow section Of the fourth ward
was in 0pelousas Monday. Mr.
Clopton is very much encouraged
over his race for member of the
police jury from his ward.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

lob vet. AT present he is handling
two well known makes, the Stude-
baker and the oldsmObile, and the
number of cars of those makes seen
everywhere in this section attests to
the fact that Oslo is not asleep on
his watch but is busily engaged IN
selling the machines. The other day
he stated that within brief space
of time he had sold about half
million dollars worth of several
makes of cars in his territory, and
that is going some, when it is con-
sidered that he faces keen competl-
ton. But Oslo is hustler and
knows the automobile game from
start to finish and generally sells a
car. when there is a prospect IN
view.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

This is no Special edition of
the star-Progress by any means,
hut we believe that it is the biggest
edition of any newspaper ever IS
sned in the local field before. In
the past, editions of considerable
size have been issued, but never the
size of this one. And when it is coz.
sidered that the editions of other
local papers have taken time and
much labor to publish, it would seem
that the undertaking was so great
a. TO almost dishearten the average
uublisher. unless he made up his
mind to spread the work over per-
iod Of months in order to issue the
edition on some set date in the
future.
But with the Star-Progress this
has been altogether different for
not a single thing was done to-
wards getting out this huge edition
until the last part of last week when
several columns Of type were set
for it. The many pages of adver-
tisements; the big amount OF read
inc matter, all set on one linotype
and the page forms printed on two
presses speak loudly for themselves.
IN addition, we can state that no
extra help was employed and every
lick of work was performed by the
regular force of men at work IN
this Office. Of course the trick could
never have been turned if this office
had not been equipped with the very
last word in the shape of machinery.
In the old days when type was set
by hand and heavy cumbersome
presses turned by man power, such
a job would almost have been I'M
possible except for the larger papers
published in the metr Doitan cen
ters-a country newspape. and
weekly at TINT woulI have never
dreamed atlc.s rt;.z it
But pc $ quit taeI laborious
task of 4igga;g .:re OFT u = i-stv
case when 0tmar Merganthaler in
vented machine which performs
three functions and for the specific
purpose of setting type and nothing
else but type. With this marvellous
machine one good man can set as
much or more type and with less
ease than a half dozen good hand
men in the days gone by. The mach
inc has been too often described
and seen by too many for us to go
into any lengthy description OF a
machine that works with marvellous
ingenuity and does everything but
talk, and even then it talks through
the type it composes and casts.
Then the high-speed presses IN
this Office have done their share OF
the burden. The new Babcock Opti-
mus has handled the color work to
perfection, while the big Cottrel
has also nobly stood by the force
in tightening up the burden. With
out a hitch or tremor these two
machines have responded to the
slightest touch and turned the print
ed sheets out at a rapid rate. Al
most human; built by human hands
after being thought and planned by
human minds they have done all
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
Oslo SELLS THE
STUDEBAKERS
Local Auto Dealer Makes Fine
Record as Salesman
of Big Cars

If there are any automobile sales
men in this section of the state who
have surpassed the wonderful record
made by Oslo Bordelon, local agent
for the Studebaker and 0ldsmoblle'
we would like to get a glimpse at
him. Oslo has been at the game for
a few years and that he knows ROW
to sell cars and does sell them, IS
thoroughly well known throughout
this part of the state. He has hand
led as dealer and salesman several
different makes of automobiles ana
he has never fallen down on the
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
GREAT POSSIBILITIES
FOR OIL And GAS
In LOUISIANA
Eyes of Producers Everywhere
Turn Toward Pelican
State
FUTURE OF INDUSTRY
is FULL OF PROMISE
Immense Gushers Brought in
IN Homer Field Starts
Much Activity

oil producers in ali sections Of
the country are turning their eyes
loagiLgly toward Louisiana. While
The greasy stuff has been produced
II quantities in this state for many
years, yet development has not been
going on on as vast scale as in
Oklahoma, Texas and other common
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

sistently forward to the attainment
of a goal set by its ambitious Off
cials. Blessed with tremendous re-
sources, it has won the confidence
of its many depositors and patrons
and today it ranks well up with the
best and strongest banks Of the
state.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

to our door in vast stream.
eria1 and otherwise. win be rolling
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

g a SG3: aa8 IS HI3: Is:
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

greater comfort under all road conditions.
They do away almost entirely with side
sway and rebound which twist and rack the
car.
Diagonal attachmentof the Three-Point
Springs at both ends of 13O-inch SPRING
base gives the steadiness and smooth riding
of the heavy car of long wheelbase.
Equipment is complete from Auto-Lite
Starting and Lighting System TO Marshall
Divan Spring Upholstery.
Come in and see this car. Ask tor
Booklet. Overland 4 Touring, 1915; Road
ster, SS45; Coupe, 1895; Sedan, Sl375;
Prices {. O. b. Toledo.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
Omaha Hotel People
Will Attend Meeting
in Chicago This Week

The annual convention number OF
the Midwest Hotel Reporter has
lust been issued. This association
comprises the states of Nebraska,
Iowa, Minneota, Wisconsin and the
two Dakotas.
Contrary to the general rule, the
annual convention this year will be
held outside the associations terri
tory and convenes this week in Chi
cago in connection with the Hotel
show.
Such a thing as a hotel show is
rather novelty. This one, to be
held in the Coliseum, beginning Au-
gust !, and continuing to August g
is the first event of this sort to be
held in the west.
In connection with the Hotel
show there will be about II conven-
tons, some of them international in
character, and it is anticipated that
| the show and conventions will draw
larger crowd of hotel men than has
ever been assembled in any one city
at one time.
Among those going from Omaha
are Rome Miller and wife, Fred Cas-.
tie and wife, R. E. Bryant of the
Loyal, D. B. Young of the Conant
Fred Rothery of the Blackstone, H
B. Payne of the Wellington Inn. R
! w. Johnston and F. E. Sch af, rep
resenting the Nebraska Hotel Co,
I. A. Medlar and wife of the Mid
West Hotel Reporter, secretary o
the Northwestern association; Mis-
Thompson, assistant secretary, ant
R. B. Wallace, associate editor of th
Midwest Hotel Reporter; Mis-
Alice Gilchrist, official stenographer
She has reported the proceedings o
the convention of this association
for several years.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
BELLEVUE MAY
NOT OPEN FIRST
OF NEXT MONTH
Alumni Given More Time to
Obtain Funds to Run Co..
Iege for Coming
Year.

Bellevue college may not be able
to open at the beginning OF the reg
ular school year next month. This
fact developed at a meeting held
yesterday at which the members of
the board Of trustees were present
with the alumni, who have been So
Letting funds to keep the institu-
ton going.
1T would take about S25,OOO in
subscriptions to run the college the
coming year." said Henry T. Clarke,
president of the board Of trustees.
"'The alumni, by hard work, has
raised about $1,000
I'VE don't know Just what will
be done. Nothing definite was de
cided at the meeting except that we
gave the alumni more time to try
to raise the additional funds neces-
sary"
There was a report several weeks
ago that the college was to be
turned into a military academy.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
Omaha Movie Talent SWamps
|Directorof ''EastMeets West"
Embryo Mary Pickfords, Theda Baras and Doug.
Fairbankses Confde Screen Ambitions to Producer
of Local Fm-Practically Entire Cast Selected

of the heroine's mother. The men
who made application consisted, for
the most part, of young men about
20 years old.
Grin Lewis was cast for the part
of Lewis, the explorer. In spite OF
the numbers who applied for parts,
Mr.. Kennedy was unable to find the
right types for the parts of the hero
ines father and mother and the ex-
plorer, Clark. These parts remain
to be filled and Onahans who be-
lieve they might qualify for them
are requested to communicate with
the publicity bureau of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Out of several hundred applicants,
the following were chosen to take
part in the play: Mrs. Joseph Mer-
ritt, Miss Marguerite Kinder, Miss
Evelyn Mauer, Pierce Tobin, little
Gwendolyn Eiche, Miss Margaret
Stephenson, Mrs. P. R. Tobin, Mrs.
R. NJ. Austin, Miss Angellne Rush,
Miss Zdenka Sedalacek, Miss Max
inc Mullins, DR.. E. B. McQuillen,
Mrs. J. w. Henderson, Miss Mary
George, Leslie Van Nostrand, Will
liam Hansen, w. B. Dresler, Sam O,
Okun, Miss Hazel Nichols, Miss
Edna Millard, Frank Drdlik. Miss
Harriet Rhodes, Miss Rosa Jensen,
Miss Angeline Hughs, Miss Maud
Casson, Miss Rose White, Miss Bess
White, Miss Sophie White, Merle
Grauer. Mrs. Merle Grauer. Miss
Irma Latz, Miss Thelma Kicker,
Miss Lucille Dunn, Miss Adonna
Mayes, Miss Pauline Sturgess, Al
fred Brock, Harlan Haaker, Miss
Dorothy Crippen, Miss Peggy Rol-
Inns, Miss Alice Elliott, Clair Pase,
Mrs. E. T. Emery, Miss Grace Ros-
enstein, Miss Jennie Katzburg, Miss
Millie Kotler and Mrs. Frank Burch-
more.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
Americans Study Financial
Needs of Wrecked Belgium

Brussels, Aug. 2.-(By The Asso-
ciatcd Press,)-Belgian industrial
and financial needs are being dis
cussed in series of conferences be-
tween Belgian and American Off
cials. The first meeting was held
Friday.
The meeting revealed the fact that
Belgian industry has taken only Sl4,-
100000 of the $40,000,000 credits es-
tablished several months ago be
cause the loans are to short in pro-
portion to the high rate of interest.
The present exchange on the dollar
makes As per cent increase in the
cost to Belgian purchasers OF Amer
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
Bret City News

Have Root Print It--Beaco Press
Elec. Fans Ss.5o-Burgess-G -Granden
DR.. +. A. Van Buren-Office, 46S
Brandeis Theater. Phone Douglas
1852.
FREQ Advice-Let the Carey Clean
Ing Co. fix your overcoats now. Vel
vet collars, 50 and better; good one
for So.
DIR. A. Observation-Disclosures and
surgeon, who has just returned from
service overseas, has-now resumed
practice at 526 World Herald build
| ing.
Fontcnelle Chapter to Meet-The
Fontenelle chapter of the Eastern
Star will hold it's regular meeting
Friday evening, 8 o'clock, at the
Masonic temple.
Employees Hold Picnic-The of
flee force Of M. A. Disbrow & Co.
and their families held a picnic at
Elmwood park Friday. Thirty-five
were present. Games were played.
Ure to Take Vacation-City Com
missioner Ure will leave early next
week with his family in his auto
mobile for a trip to Lake Sylvia,
Minn.. where he will spend 10 days
vacation.
Arrives in Pa1is-Mrs. Lew Pix
ley Is in receipt of a cablegram from
, Capt T. A. Rich, announcing that
his wife. who left Omaha three
weeks ago for overseas, has arrived
in Paris.
Invents Traffic Tower-An i'm
proved signal tower which directs
traffic by means of system of bells
has been invented by Daniel C
Stickrath, carpenter, 1702s Vintor
street. Mr.. Stickrath has patented
his invention.
Inspects Water in Lake-Chemica
analysis of Lake Manawa water
made by DR.. Charles F. Crowley
Omaha city chemist and instructor
in Creighton university, shows the
water is not only clean, but is health
full for bathers.
Nuns Get DiplOmas-A class o
3S nuns. 10 of Omaha, received di
plomas yesterday at the completion
OF summer school course con
Quoted at Creighton college, Sister
fOm all parts of the United State
and Canada have been receiving in
struction at Creighton this summer
and there are several hundred TAX
ing the normal course there now
They will finish about August Is.
Mrs. Ella Cummings Weds-Wor,
has been received by Mrs. j. c
Haarmann that Mrs. Ella Cummings
widow of the late DR.. j. A Cum
mings, has been married to Edwar,
! Marchand of Chicago. The cere
mony took place at Mrs. Cummings
home at Tampa, Fla. Mr.. and Mrs
Marchand motored from Florida t
Chicago. They will go to California
in the fall and will stop in Omah;
enroute.
Actors Memorial Day-Actors
National Memorial day has bee
planned for December S, 1919, b
the leaders of the American stage t
memorable the service given by tn
theaters and the entertainers durin
the war, and to again build up tn
fund maintained for the relief o
actors and actresses who are let
penniless through old age, injury O
! sickness. Theaters throughout tn
country, including Omaha, will stag
special plays December 5, and tn
proceeds will go to the fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
II want to be a movie star
"And In the movies stand,
"A diamond crown on my forehead
"a hlg role In my hand ~


Big girls, little girls, skinny
girls, fat girls, girls with curly hair
and girls with straight, in num-
bers that crowded the capacity OF
the Chamber of Commerce rooms,
made confession yesterday after
noon that they wanted to play in
the movies and copfided their am
bitions to Lem F. Kennedy, who is
here to produce the Chamber of
Commerce motion picture, East
Meets West"
Several Mary Pickford's were
present with long golden curls
that would have made Mary en-
vious. Shades of Theda Baral The
air was charged with vampishness
as in came a dangerous looking fe-
male gowned in snaky black satin.
As movie home wrecker this
wren made Louise Glaum look like
an infant in All orphan asylum. She
might have camped Mr., Kennedy,
the director. but Mr.. Kennedy is
guaranteed to be vamp proof, hav-
| ing directed the most Vlolelt Speel-
mems in existence.
Doug" was there, too, with a
three-foot grin. He assured the d.
rector that Fairbanks couldn't hold
candle to him when it came to
doing stunts.
And then the "professional' was
there. She thought she ought to
have the leading part because she
had experience-as stenographer
in a studio.
The number of women who ap-
piled for places in the play out
numbered the men Is to one. The
women ranged from 7-year-old
girl to an elderly gray haired
woman who wished to play the part
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
South Side School Children
Visit Prehistoric Ruins

Prehistoric ruins of the tribes that
formerly inhabited Nebraska were
shown to so, High School of Com
merce girl students who visited the
home of DR.. Robert F. Glider, near
Bellevue, following a picnic in the
woods near Child's Point Friday.
Old Indian dwellings near the home
of State Senator w. L. Patrick
were shown the picnicers. A talk
on The Prehistoric History of Ne
braska" was given by DR.. Glider:
Miss Jeanette Macdonald, dean OF
the girls, was in charge of the
group.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
| South Side
OMAHA MARKET
LEADS WORLD IN
SALE OF SHEEP
All Records Broken During
Past Week; Handles Near
" Half of All Cattle
Sold.

Receipts of sheep at the Omaha
market have taken a big jump dur
ing the past month. Omaha leads
all the markets in the world in the
number of sheep handled last week.
About l23,200 head were taken here
as compared with 72,700 head last
week and 60,500 head year ago.
OF the total receipts of cattle over
the country the Omaha market
handled nearly half.
Receipts of sheep so far this year
are over $4,000 more than on the
same date last year A new rec
ord for the month OF July was es-
tablished with total of $4,000
head. This represented an increase
of % per cent over receipts of the
same period last year.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
Denver Partly Inundated
As Result of Cl0udburSt

Denver, Aug. 2-Street car serv-
ice was partially paralyzed, certain
sections of the city flooded and 800
picnickers at City Park marooned
for two hours as the result of a
cloud burst here late Saturday.
The lake in City park overflowed,
covering sections of the park three
feet deep and flooding streets in
the vicinity. In other sections OF
the city sand and mud covered car
tracks.
Police and fire department auto
mobiles rescued the marooned per
sons after several mothers had
waded through the water carrying
their children.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
South Side BreUities

Light baggage and express; call office,
Soutn 1871 or South 1869 r j. Ford.
Baggage and Express-Also moving
quick service. Jack Ford. South 1880
band concert will he given at High.
land park this evening at 80 o'clock.
Row Clarev a1o4 TT straet renorted +ba
theft Of His auto 70 tbe no,ice g t,,rLay tne
Camp Merritt, N, r. nfter eight ''nvu months, %.
service in France '''o'''''
for Ssle-one acre broom house, large
narn, Az bearing fruit trees and shrub
'ou'n s''n
oergt Charles II. Anger son OF Mr.. and
MIS-. herman Anger, 22OS street, has
returned from overseas service.
A baby girl was born at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelly; Mrs. Kelly
was formerly MISS Agnes Higgins.
Thirteen boys from the South Side Socia
settlement were treated to a picnic at
Jobn Rorc,. ae,a so,.h ,,,,,o..,, s,u..
street, reports that he apprehended a
| negro boy in the act Of stealing his hi =
cycle.
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'N.'' '''ul va az ''o.A
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Mexican have re-
| turned from their honeymoon. Points of
interest In Colorado were visited Mrs.
| Mexican was formerly Miss Ebba Madsen.
For Sale-5-room house. lots. plenty of
| fruit trees and grapes, garage, we'll. els
| tern. electric lights and near paved street
and car line. Price $2,40O. 1719 Madison
street.
| A. Bake proprietor of bakery at
| Twenty-fourth and M streets. is planning
to build an addition in the rear of his
| store. He recently purchased the prop
erty for $4,000.
| For Sale-12-room house. built for two
families: modern. except heat: desira bic
location: streets and alleys paved; cement
! sidewalk: good shade; a snap for some
| body. Phone South SO. G. E. Hardins
Coal Co.
| Er.,+r.,lv u,by NOT nou,e pbore South
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
Sunnmer-SpoiLed Skin
Rensoued by Absorption

As undue summer exposure usually
leaves an undesirable surface of tan. red
ness or roughness. often freckles, too, the
sensible thing to do is to remove such
surface There's nothing better for this
than ordinary mercolized wax, which act
ually absorbs an unwholesome complexion,
The thin layer Of surface skin is itself abb
sorbed, gently. gradually. so there's no in.
nveniences. no detention indoors. Spread
the wax lightly over the entire face at bed
time and take it off in the morning with
warm water. If you will get one ounce of
mercolized wax at the drug store. use it for
a week or so. you may expect marked i'm
provement daily. When the underlying
skin is wholly in view your complexion
will be marvel of spotless purity and
beautiful whiteness.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
Rush for Naturalization,
Following Story in Bee

Following a story in the Omaha
Bee last Thursday that foreigners
who have served in the army would
be received for naturalization FRI
day and Saturday free of charge,
81 men made. application for the
examination to be held next Tues
day. A man from St. Louis will
give the examinations and a total
of 90 have made application toy
their papers at that time.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
South Side Detective Not
Expected to Live: Son Home

Detective Andrew Lepinski, who
has been i'll at his home, 4437 South
Twentieth street, was reported
much worse last night and physi-
clans said he had little chance to
live until morning. Mr.. Lepinski
has been unconscious since Thurs
day. Sergt. Louis ]. Lepinski, just
discharged from service after two
years duty overseas, arrived home
yesterday afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
Armours Build Rest Rooms
to Accommodate Employees

Rest rooms and showers to ac-
commodate 1000 employees have
been completed at the Armour plant.
The new rooms are over the loading
docks and include three rest rooms
for women, showers and baths tor
men. and locker rooms.
"The Armour Oval" issued BIZ
weekly for the employees, has been
increased from four TO six pages.