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they are hereby appointed com
missioners for said District One
of whom shall serve for a period
of Four years and the other for
a period of two years and the
respective term Of office of each
of said commissioners hereby ap-
pointed are fixed as follows:
Mr.. Robert Robichaux, four
years and Mr.. J. P. Derouen, two
years.
Be it further ordained that the
domicile of the said Sub-Drainage
District shall be and it is hereby
declared to be at the City of New
Iberia, La, and that providing
that the Governor of the State OF
Louisiana shall have appointed at
that time the other commissioner
conformably to Act 3O5 of the
General Assembly Of Louisiana Of
1908 in order to constitute the
full Board Of Commissioners for
the aforesaid Su'b-Drainage Dis
trict, and all of the aforesaid COM
missioners appointed by the Po-
lice Jury end the Governor Of the
State Of Louisiana. shall meet In
the City of New Iberia. at the
Court House Building within ten
days following appointment of one
commissioner. by the Governor
when they shall proceed to effect
organization Of their Board by
electing from amongst their num-
Der. President and Vice-Presi-
dent and by appointing a Secre-
tary and Treasurer and such Off
GERS as they may deem necessary.
Be it further ordained that it is
the sense of this ordinance to con-
form with the provisions of Act
305 If the General Assembly Of
Louisiana Of 1908 AS well as all
other laws on the subject and that,
sold Sub-nrainare District shall
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constitute a Body Corporate as
provided in said act.
Be it ordained that this Ordi-
nance shall take effect Immediate
ly after its PRONUNCIATION.
The vote on this ordinance re-
suited as follows:
Yeas, Messrs. ID. J. Gary, Fl.
Romero, L. Decuir, A. Gonsoulin,
Fl. Derouen, A. A. Theriot, F.
'Dietlein, Numa Miguel, DR.. Me-
Gowen and A. P. Moresi.
NAYS. None.
And the ordinance is hereby
declared adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Dietlein, Sec
onded by Mr.. Moresi and carried
the Police jury adioorned to We'd
nesday. October 18th. 1919 as per
motion heretofore adopted.
A. A. THEREOF. Pres.
PAUL BASSIN. Seity.
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Proceedings of the Police Jury

amendment recently adopted by
the City of New Iberia, La.
Moved by Mr.. Gary, seconded
by Mr.. Miguel that the ordinance
prohibiting gambling within the
! Parish of Iberia adopted April
4th. 1919, be amended so as to per-
NIT Chartered Clubs to be eX-
empt of the provisions of SAID
ordinance and conforming with
| ordinance recently adopted by the
J City of New iberia. provld1"g
however that the Secretary of sald
Chartered Club or clubs operating
within the Parish of iberia SHAH
submit to the Secretary of the
Police Jury copy of their re-
spective charter and monthly
statement of the revenues and dis
bursements of said chartered clubs
together with list Of the members
who composes said clubs. Failure
TO furnish said statement and list
shall cause the said amendment to
be null and void so far as the
Chartered Clubs failing to report
are concerned.
The votes on his motion re-
suited as follows:
In favor Five. Against, Three.
Not voting, Three; and the motion
is hereby declared carried.
Mr.. f. F. Ribbeck made demand
on the Police Jury for an APPROX
Ration of approximately $3oO.Oo
which sum together with a similar
amount to be furnished by the
City of Iberia would be valuable
help to the establishment OF
factory.
On motion Of Mr.. Gary. Sec
onded by Mr.. Gonsoulm and car.
ried the. matter is hereby tabled
TO next meeting for final consld-
Grafton. |
Mr.. P. C. Romero made applica-
lion for a permit to cut often
across TIE Salt Mine road for the
purpose of draining his land with
VT interfering with the public
Dad.
On motion Of Mr. Romero. Sec I
,nded bv Mr.. Derouen permit TO {
ross the Salt Mine road with a
Itch is hereby granted to Mr.. +.
;, Romero providing however that I
Mr.. P. C. Romero obli,ate himself S
O construct a substantial bridge {
yer said ditch and maintain a
anne and further obligate hin,-
elf to keen outlet to natural
rain free of distractions. i
The vote on this motion being S
unanimous same is hereby de- a
Jared carried. t
A communication from the
heriff Of the Parish of iberia re- u
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New Iberia, La, Oct. I'd, 1919.
The Police jury of the Parish Of
Iberia assembled this dav in reg
ular session with Mr.. A. A. The
riot presiding and the following
members present: Messrs. ID. j.
Gary, H. Romero, l.. Decuir, A
Gonsoulin. H. Derouen, A. A. The.
riot, F. Dietlein, V. J. Erath. Numa
Miguez DR.. A. C. McGowen and
A. p. MOI esi Absent, None.
The minutes of the previous
meetings were read and on motion
duly seconded and carried were
approved and ordered signed.
The minutes of the Board Of
Supervisors of Road District No.
2 of the Parish of Iberia of date
Sept. 4. 10. 30, 1919 were read and
on motion &c Mr.. Romero, sec
Onded by Mr.. Gary and carried
said minutes were duly approved
and the proceedings herein duly
authorized.
The fn'.owine commune alton
from the Board of State Affairs
with reference N lotion on the
two salt mines situated in the
Parish of Iberia duly read as fol-
lows:
"Thr Police Jury should like
wise give a hearing to the two
salt mines known as the Mvlns
Salt Co. and the Avery Rock Salt
Mining Co. because we increased
their values very materially on the
mines. They should be given writ
ten notices for a hearing on this
subject. Please have this at
tended to promptly. SO that the
law may be complied with.
(Signed) L. E. THOMAS,
Chairman.
Baton Rouge, Sept. 9th, 1919.
The Secretary reported that
notices were sent Immediately to-
Mr.. Porteus R. Burke, Attorney,
representing both firms.
Mr.. Porteus r. Burke here
present, urged that reduction
be made on the assessment of both
salt mines, whereupon it was
moved by Mr.. Miguel, seconded
by Mr.. Gary and unanimously
carried that no action on the mat
ter be taken by the Police Jury
and that adjustment be left en-
tirely with the Board of State [
Affairs.
Mr.. Gustave Leblanc Of Pa (
toutville appeared before the Po- s
lice Jury and requested that the {
ordinance prohibiting gambling
within the Parish be amended SOL ,
MS to permit chartered clubs to {
operate within the Parish, said
to conform with
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l a
Jury on an investigating tour over
the said Highway, that Wednes7
| day, October 18th at 10 A. M. be
the date and hour set for said IN
vestigating tour and that the Sec
rotary be instructed to notify the
members of the two committees
to this effect
! The vote on this motion being
unanimous same is hereby de
clared carried.
Moved by Mr.. Romero, sec
onded ' Mr.. Derouen that a
special meeting of the Police jury
be held on Wednesday. October
18th, 1919 at 80 p. NJ. for the
purpose of acting upon any mat
ter in connection with the New
Iberia-,Deanerette and attend to
unfinished business and consider
ing any other business and the
| Secretary is hereby instructed to
mai! the necessary notices lead
ing to a full attendance at said
meeting.
The vote on this motion being
unanimous same is hereby de-
clared carried.
The organization of Bayou Car
lin Sub-Drainage District No. ;
being in order the following ordi--
nance presented by Mr.. Miguel
was favorably acted upon:
In conformity with a petition
signed by fifty per cent of the tax
payers residing within proposed
Sub Drainage District in the Par
ish Of iberia the following ordi-
nance presented by Mr.. Numa Mi
guez, on motion of Mr.. Romero,
seconded by Mr.. Derouen was
duly adopted to-wit:
An Ordinance creating a Sub
Drainage District to be known as
the Bayou Carlin Sub4Drainage
District No. 3. appointing the CON-
missioners therefore, fixing the
limits thereof, designating its DOM
icle and name a place for the
meetings Of the commissioners
for organization of it's Board and
conforming with Act 305 Of the
General Assembly Of the State of
Louisiana of 1908 and all other
law on the subject.
Be 1t Ordained by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Iberia, La,
in legal session assembled that a
Sub Drainage District be known
as the Bayou Carlin Sub-Drain-
age District No. 3 be formed in the
Parish Of iberia consisting Of the
territory lying and being situated
in said Parish as follows:
Beginning at a point on the
property belonging to Ulysses
Landry and Mrs. Cab Landry
south to include part
of the property of Mrs. Matthew
Abadie, then running southeast
including the former property of
J. C. Segura and P. c. Romero to
strike the cane derrick of L. G.
leblanc on the F. & A. R. r.
thence running east following and
the F. & A. R. R., to a
point including the old Robert
Stansbury property, thence North
to include the property Of J. c..
Curtis and others and that of Ed.
Boutte and others. thence north to
include a part of the Lourd estate
thence to the property of Ulysses
Landry and Cab Landry, the
starting point.
BE it further ordained that
Messrs. Robert Robichaux and J.
P. Derouen electors of the afore-
said Sub District and owners Of
real estate of an assessed valua-'
ton of more then $4,000. be and
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questing that the sum of $656.1y
be loaned to the Sheriff Salary
Fund, said amount being the sum
necessary to cover expenses and
salaries of his office for the month
Of September 1919. favorabIy
acted upon and on motion of Mr..
Erath, seconded by Mr.. Dietleir,
the Treasurer is hereby author
lied to issue check in favor of the
Sheriff Salary Fund for the
amount stipulated above out 4 Of
the contingent fund
The vote on this motion being
unanimous same is hereby de-
clared carried.
The Secretary presented a
statement from the State Highway
Department showing the amount
expended by the Highway Depart
ment in the construction of the
New Iberia-Jeanerette Highway
and the amount paid up to Aug.
18th, 1919 by the State Highway
Department, THE Federal Govern
ment and the Parish Of iberia.
The statement further show
that the New Iberia-Jeanerette
Highway expense up to Aug. 18th.
1919 is as follows:
For gravel .$14,382.0l
For Freight -. :. 1881 40
For Construction :. 23,833.91
Making total Of. 500, 547. Al
Of which the State Highway De-
partment has paid $22, 839.O7, the
Federal Government $27, 2O2.4S
and the Parish $13,5O5.86.
A letter attached to the state
ment recite that in addition to
the amount shown on thiscState-
ment there is due to Mr.. Bonner
about 100000 representing his
20 per cent reserve and 100000
due for gravel and freight. The
letter further recite that the Po-
lice Jury should make arrange
ment to Send to the Highway De-
partment the sum Of 100000 to-
ward the Parish's share Of the
cost Of this Highway.
Mnvo1 h. AZ Rouorn eooonloJ
by Mr.. Derouen that, previous to
any further payment on
the New Tberia-Jeanerette High
way, the Police Jury go over the
said Highway and investigate its
condition and that the original
committee appointed prior to the
beginning Of operations on said
Highway and the committee ap-
pointed in Max 1919 for purpose
of investigation be requested toll
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ASPIRIN FOR HEADACHE

Insist on "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin,
IN . aBayer package" containing propsi
directions for Headache, Colds, Pain,
Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheumatism
Name "Bayer" means genuine Aspirin
prescribed by physicians for nineteen
years. Handy tin boxes of II tablets
cost few cents. Aspirin is trade marS
Of Bayer Manufacture Of Ionoacetl91
acidester Of Salicylicacid.
Evening journal., 1919-09-19

enty-seyenth Division. Three Hundred
and Eighth Infantry, Company H,from
Camp Upton 10 France. My mail is
being sent to me very nicely from you
people every day and hope IL continues,
for I'm still short about 100 letters ana
the packages. about Is In ALL guess !
can say lost through the many un-
brainy employees over in France. As
do not wish to take up anyone's time
in reading this letter ] have 10 close,
thanking one and all for returning TO
me what mail have received for the
last two weeks.
There are 100000 letters a day beins
sent out now. This represents the post
ONCE business OF a city the size OF At
lants, Ga. Pouches for the West and
south are dispatched according TO
states The registered mail Is handled
BY bonded clerks. who also are girls.
There are now 22,0i5 pieces Of regis
tered mail on hand There have been
81 900 pieces sent out.
Colonel Keene said that in his i2
years experience as an army ofllce he
has never seen better disciplined body
than those girl workers.
A committee OF the girls decided on
Evening journal., 1919-09-19

women. Those who could be had were
taken from the Civil Service lists, but
others were engaged 10 quickly M the
ranks. As many as 100000 letters a
day were received from overseas at one
time.
10 was FIRST necessary TO establish a
card index system OF addresses OF sol
dlers. These were taken from all avail
able army records, and u was tre-
mendous task. Already 100000 cards
have been flled-more than the total
number OF men sent overseas. This was
due to the fact that many men have re-
turned TO France after coming home.
Cards at the rate OF 10000 a day were
illed from the emergency addresses
given by the men.
Then Il was necessary TO establish an
administrative section, classification,
filing and readdrrssing, indexing and re-
viewing sections. There is a receiving
branch. troop movement section. mall
ing branch, transport mail and special
delivery branch.
First OF all an endeayor is made to
send tho letters 90 the soldiers ad-
dressed. II this fails and the senders
addresses are on the envelopes. the let
ters are returned TO them. In no case Is
letter opened. But II the envelopes
happen 10 be torn and they have failed
10 ind either the soldier addressed or
the sender, an address is looked for In
the letter. All This is tried before the
letters are sent to the dead letter office.
some amusing incidents have oc-
currrcd in connection with this mail de-
livery. one soldier who had returned
from France wrote 10 the division that
his mail had been delivered all right
after he reached home. but that three
letters were from girls and his wife re-
ceiyed them. lie requested that no
more mail be sent TO him.
Another soldier who had given the
name Of a girl in this country 10 he
communicated with in case anything
happened 10 him wrote:
Please don't send any more mail
frois my French sweetheart TO my
American sweetheart"
Leitrs written the doughboys by
their acduaintances in France also fol
lowed them 10 this country.
Others were letters OF appreciation
Among them were:
Il wish 10 thank one and all from
the bottom OF my heart for returning
TO me my lOng-waited lost mail, which
IS being addressed 20 my sister"
I'm now at home and honorably dis
charged, being a member Of the Sew
Evening journal., 1919-09-19

certain working conditions. For in
stance, The girls decided 10 see the sol
diers parade and work on a saturday
afternoon TO make up for the time
taken on. The committee also takes up
the cases OF girls who have been late
atwork, but these have been few. The
girls work night and day, in shifts OF
eight hours. They decided TO take only
half an hour FOR lunch snd leave half
an hour earlier. They have their rest
room. with trained nurse constantly
on duty ana an army surgeon is within
call.
Captain Irwin w Minger, a reserve
officer in the Adiutani Generals office.
is directing the work under Colonel
kecne, and Mrs. J. w Walker Is lhc
chief OF the division
Evening journal., 1919-09-19
MUCH j. S. ARMY
MAIL MISCARRIED
Now Being Sorted and Sent
Out by ll20 Clerks
in New York
DIVISION ORGANIZED,
CHARTERED ON PIER

NEW YORK, sept. i9.-Details OF now
The millions Of soldiers letters that
have miscarried are being sorted here
and many OF them delivered were made
known Yesterday. This work Is now
one Of The most important features OF
the mort Of embsrkaiion. II Is being
carried on al what Is known as the
central directory Division, which Is
established on pier s6. one OF the new
iO0o foot municipal piers at the foot
of West Forty-sixth street, North river.
force Of i.i20 clerks, most OF them
girls is engaged IN the endeayor to de-
liver The doughbOys' mail TO them.
About 100000 letters were unde-
Iiyercd 10 officers and enlisted men be-
cause OF wrong addresses. To these
have been added 100000 packages. or
the letters handled. 20 per cent. Of
which have been 20 France and back.
f3O0O.O0O have been delivered The
writers have had 10000 returned TO
them and i62, 900 have been sent 10 the
dead letter Office after being mailed 10
arious addresses at camps and canton
ments in this country as well as 10
homes. All told, ii.500OO0 letters 'al-
ready have gone through The local Of
flce. which gives an idea Of the magni
iudc Of the work, The most diffificult
kind OF postal sorting.
The division was organized here in
March by Lieutenant Colonel Marcel :.
Kcent. Of the Adiulant Generals De
partment. who also organized the War
Department PostOflce in Washington.
There were sixty clerks 10 start with.
BY the end Of June This number had
been increased 10 1870. Returning
transports were then bringing back the
undelyered mail by the ton. All but (
per cent OF those engaged were girls or
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-10
Woman AS a Bull Fighter.

One would have thought that to en-
fer into combat with a bull demanded
more courage than any member of the
gentler sex possesses. But even this
dangerous calling has had it's female
follower, London Tt-Bits states.
johanna Maestrick was the name of
the lady In question. At an early age
she was taken to see a bull fight in
Portugal. Her feminine susceptlbilities,
far from revolving at the spectacle,
were aroused to a keen desire and de-
termination to emulate the prowess of
the toreador. A teacher of the art was
SO struck with her keenness, physique,
and beauty that he offered to become
her instructor and to train her as q
torera. She made her first appearance
in the arena at Oporto. The trial
proved that her agility and skill were
equal to her courage, for she quickly
laid out two ferocious bulls and rode
off in triumph amid thunders of ap-
plause.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-10
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

Chapel was held Tuesday and yes
terday and will be held on those days
until further notice. Several an
n-ouncements were made. One a n
nouncement which all the pupils were
very sorry to hear was that Harry
Bushin, a sophomore, died very sud
denly. This is the second student
which has died since last June, the
other being George Turk who wa
killed by an explosion at Camp Rarl
tan.
Some other announcements were
that the Dramatic Club meeting would
be held last Wednesday. 1t was also
announced that a prize would be given
TO the pupil who wrote the best poem
during the year. The poems will be
published in the Periscope n the
prize will be five dollars.
AT the Dramatic Club meeting held
last Wednesday a slate for the differ.
emit offices was prepared. The slate
is as follows: President, Ada Will.
eHtz; vice president, Henrietta Fine
secretary, Florence Klein, Blanche
Spiegel: treasurer, Charles Goldstein
and Harold Hansen; sergeant-at-arms
Benjamin Weinberger. This slate will
be voted on next week. Two com
mittees were appointed at this meet
Ing. One was the nominating com
mittee and the other was the COM
mittee to look after the membership
drive which will come soon. The
chairman of that committee is Har-
pld Hansen.
The election between he Hamilton
ian and Jeffersonian candidates 70
the offices of the Athletic Association
resulted as follows: President Har-
old Hansen, vice president Ada Will
entz. assistant boys basketball mana
ger Theodore Jones, assistant girls
baske tball manager Anna Handerhan,
baseball manager, William Smith as
sistent baseball manager Charles
Hughes.
The class of 1910 is expecting to
make q presentation to the schoo
Tuesday. 1t will be made in the au
ditorium n will consist of a bronze
tablet with the names of the students
who die in the war. Several speak
ers are expected to be present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-10
To Keep Suffrage Mementoes.

A portrait of Susan B. Anthony, TO.
gether with the table upon which was
written the call for the Seneca Falls
convention Of 1848-the first active
movement in America to give women
the vote-has been presented to the
Natural History museum, in Washing
ton, by the National American Woman
Suffrage association. The portrait was
painted by Sarah j. Eddy, and for the
last two years 1t has hung in the head
quarters of the national association. 1t
represents Miss Anthony not as an In
flexible leader of q great cause, but
as a smiling, gray-haired woman, upon
whose knee children are laying roses.
The table was presented to Miss An
thony by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one
of the convenors of the first conven-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-10
'Bugbee DenOunceS Democratic
Plank on the Utility Board

~ hptNAaA OfFtopbWHthts
JERSEY CITY, Oct. 10-Denounc-
ing the plank in the Democratic State
platform which pledges an elective
Utility Commission and a subsequent
appraisement of utility property by
such commission, State Comptroller
Newton A. X. Bugbee addressed a
mass meeting of Republicans in Odd
Fellows Hall in this city last night.
Mr.. Bugbee insisted that the only
way to settle, one and for all, troll
ley Dissatisfaction in New Jersey was
to restore the confidence of the peo-
pie in the fairness of the rates charged
and the only way that this could be
accomplished was through an indie
pendent appraisement Of street rail-
way properties, thereby securing a
true valuation, upon which a salts
factory rate might be fixed.
Mr.. Bugbee also stated hat in the
event of the election of q Republican
governor and legislature in November
the Interstate tunnel would be con-
structed in three years and without
additional tax upon the people
of New Jersey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-10
MEETS
IN NEWARK
State Convention Tomorrow
Prominent Speakers Secured
LEGION

LEGION Lq
The American Legion of New Jer-
sey is now preparing for the V
ton in Newark tomorrow. Seven
speakers of national repute, includ-
ing Governor w. N. Runyon and Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr, will address the
conference.
Generals and private, admirals and
seamen will meet on equal footing to-
morrow morning. More than sixty
per cent. of the delegates are enlisted
men, conforming with the rules of
the State Constitution of th~e-organi-
cation, that the proportion of officers
among the representatives elected by
the 100000 members of the Legion
In h state shall not exceed four to
ten.
Recommendations to the state and
national administrative bodies of leg
1slation and policies that the former
service men deem essential to the well
fare of the nation will be considered
next in Importance to the elections.
The future military policy of the
country Is expected to be among the
first subjects to be considered and
resolutions will be passed showing the
sentiments of the body.
Subjects which will come ND for
discussion by the veterans and upon
which recommendations will probably
be made to include the question of a
bonus to all ex-service men, War risk
Insurance, vocational education for
the wounded, civil service preference
for the veterans and Woman's Auxi-
liary.
The delegates of Perth Amboy Post
40 will leave tomorrow morning and
go instructed on most of these uues-
lions, the post having left it to the
delegates to look after its best inter-
ests.