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The IITSL Qdy u JuAy1 n Os 1000 anu
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 ::
July 1, 1920, one bond, 100000.
July /, 1921, one bond, 81 100000.
July l, 1922, one bond, 81, 100000.
July l, 1928, one bond, 81, 100000.
July l, 1924, one bond, 100000.
July l, 1925, one bond, 81 100000.
July 1, 1925, one bond, 100000.
July l, 1927, one bond, 81 100000.
July l, 1928, one bond, 81, 100000.
July l, 1929, one bond, 100000.
July 1, 1880, one bond, 100000.
July 1, 1881, one bond, 100000.
July 1, 1882, one bond, 81 100000.
July l, 1888, two bonds, 100000.
July /, 1884, two bonds, 100000.
July /, 1885 two bonds, 100000.
July 1, 1885, two bonds, 100000.
July 1, 1897, two bonds, 100000.
July l, 1888, two bonds, 100000.
July 1, 1889, two bonds, 100000.
July l, 1910, two bonds, 100000.
July 1, 1941, two bonds, 100000.
July 1, 1912, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1943, three bonds, $4,000
90:
July 1, 1914, three bonds, $1,000
90.
July 1, 1945, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1916, three bonds, $1,000
CO..
July l, 1947, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1948, three bonds, $4,000
July l, 1949, three bonds, $4,000
July l, 1850, three bonds, $4,000
July l, 1851, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July l, 1852, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1853, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July l, 1854, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1866, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1856, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1857, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1868, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1859, three bonds, $4,000
90.
And the form of said bonds shall
be substantially as follows, save as to
number and date of maturity:
81, 100000 100000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
(STATE EMBLEM)
.(NUMBER)
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, q 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 Hun
dred and ........., $........,
lawful money VI Tie OAlCSu OtdGSS VI
America, with interest thereon at the
rate of five 90 per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually on the first
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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HOMER FIELD IS
SPREADING WEST
Shallow Wells are Producing
High Gravity Oil In
Abundance

Shreveport, La, Dec. 2O.-Recent
developn3 esis in section %, township
81, range Isl Homer, La, the greatest
section ofFA4Xpw, high-gravity oil in
the world, onstrqtes certaintr Of
the pool SEA Nng some distance yet
to the vest Al number both of which
viii be comp Ated in couple Of weeks.
it is expect will edge of this section
and in sect h IS, Immediately to the
north, are Arousing keen interest
among thoroughly informed operat-
ors and drillers in the Homer district.
The Louisiana Oil al B Refining Com
pany is drilling in the extreme north
western corner of section "a, with an
offset well drilling in the southwest
corner of section IS, working driller
to northumberland. This is the i'm
portant territory in which George
Baird found 40-degree gravity oil at
LOO feet depth, and which within
six months gave him five wells, pro-
ducing $4,000 barrels of oil per day
from 1,100 feet depth and boosted
him from the class of a Woodworking
driller to multimillionaire.
Mr.. Baird sold during the past
month to a syndicate of Pittsburg
capitalists, headed by the FIannery
estate and Mr.. Mellow, of the Gulf
Refining Company, the 81 acres he
owned in the northern part of section
"a, township 81, range 8, for ST.
100000, or at the rate of $4,000
per acre.
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IN EkEoI OOUFON
On the day of
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 sub
division Of the State of Louisiana,
viii 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 /,
1919, No.
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Produces Larpa WelIn

Section 80 in the Homer field pro-
duces some larger wells than does
section "a, but it is necessary to go
down to the 2,100-foot depth in Sec
ton 80, whereas the same gravity oil
is produced in section "a from a
depth of 100 feet. Thus far no
well has been put down in the latter
section to the 1920 foot sand, so, in
the minds of the wise ones, there is
no telling what sort of gushers the
deeper sands in section "a will bring
forth. The fact that the shallower
or /, 100-foot sands in section 80 fur
nish only a few hundred barrels per
day, as against production of TO-
600 to 10000 barrels in deeper sands
indicates that section "a, with its
splendidly prolific sands at LOO
feet, ought to by all methods of cal
culation, excel section 80, when adj
ditional wells are put down to tap
deeper sands. Twenty-odd wells are
drilling in the northwest quarter
section "a, and in the western half
of section Is and the south half of
section ID, township 81, range 8.
Many Of these wells are at depth
now which viii shortly mean the
western extension of the Homer
field.
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option of the holder.

bank in the city and state Of
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-03
To Start Work


Immediately in the heart of this
development in the southeastern
quarter of section IA, township 81,
ranfe 8, Homer Petroleum Corpora
ton, a recently organized million
dollar company, owns tract of land
en- which preparations are being
made to commence active develop
ment. The foothold obtained by the
new company in this particular sec
tiOn is looked upon by oil operators
as strategic and clever move on the
part of the management, since hold
ings in this vicinity by those, other
than the big producing companies,
are very few. Acreage thereabouts,
when at all obtainable, is valued so
highly that none save giant corpor-
ations make efforts to become part
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Clerk.
INTEREST COUPON
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-03

]. HEALEY, Clerk.
Messrs. St. Cyr, Larcade,
Fayy, Rushing, Martin, Syl-
None.
al1ance adopted.
Z Martin offered the fol-
az ordinance. duly seconded:
AN ORDINANCE
es, by an amendment Of the
.sslon Of the State of Louisiana,
g the election held on No
1918, it is made the duty
romeo Jury to levy en- annual
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-03
PROPOSITION
cur debt and to i,

To incur debt and to is
sue serial negotiable coupon.
bonds of said Fourth Road
District, Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st.
Landry, La. to the amount
Of seyenty-five thousand dol
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-03

Miss Blanche LeBourgeois is
the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. LeBourgeois,
near Arnaudville.
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J. j. HEALEY, Clerk.

Mr.. Mills offered the following or
dinance, duly seconded by Mr.. K. T.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07
Increasing Cost Of Government.

The new British budget covering the OF the
coming year. calls for expenditure OF $675oooooo Iof
military expenses and $525 100000 for civil departments
as compared with $29500O000 for military expense ana
civil expense in 1902 which indicates now
much greater the cost of today than ~ years
ago The higher cost not so much IN the mry
as in civil departments.
This increased cost to the fact that the British peo
pe have awakened the duties of the state to its
Of the expenses $3.50 900 is for education
for old age PENSIONS $87 100000 for unemployment anu
health and SIS 900 subsidy to promote the
erection of homes War pensions and allowances are Soo
100000.
Il was not until 1910 that Great Britain spent any money
for ubc education and Is years later the expenditure nad
raached only about S25OOO00 Gradually the amount IN
creased doubling every ten In 1914 total Q, S9o
100000 was spent for this cause, and had douOeo ny
1920 ~ =. 1000
The first old age pension expenditure was made IN l9oS
and the first for health insurance in 1911 From small pc
pinnings their spectacular growth attest their popa
What was bitterly fought by the conservative and
ary element socastic is now accepted as ~
social welfare. .
ae fioure show why the cost of government is ncreas
randy in all countries where the duty OF the stae 70 e
citizen is realized and how it must increase stu more IN ~ Tue
tre as he field of energy is expanded Inc
cost of government is cheap only when tne government ~
littia for the governed-and not always tneh.
war past and prospective responsible for large snare
of taxation and always has been When the League u va
tons becomes actuay large proportion y p,esel
ernment expenditures 1or waste WIN ~
useful purposes. o+on.1 in
In the United States have as great proporonai m
crease in the cost of government as Great Britain pu @
- - the social condition of the people Such
ndres as are made for this purpose by various state
are principally for education Old age pensions ana heatn ~
are still unknown though some form OF state
trial insurance in force in most OF our
Widows pensions provided in some states Dut m
ho,so ;s still the main refuge of the aged poor
Although expenditure Of public funds for socla welfare
decred as paternasm and vigorously opposed oy many
as the field Of opportunity narrows ana economic
mont
, eoonerate more and more in assisting the governed
M ono Of the acknowledged purposes Of government
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07
Is Harding Wet or Dry?

Discussing the prohibition amendment to the Constitu
tion in the Senate August 1917 &C. r. 564S HARDING
said
am not prohibitionist Mr. have pre-
claim to be temperance man DO not ap p
pIeath rse as n geas moral lon question: e'
His voting record on prohibition is in harmony
with this attitude At time has he taken CONSISTENT ay
stand on any prohibition question before the Senate He
did support the federal amendment but only after ne hn
self had sponsored last chance provision tor the Wets
and voted with them for other efforts at amendment IN
the interest of the liquor forces All told during his service
in the Senate there have been less than 2 ron cans on
wet or dry issues. He voted with the wets 80 times
The national prohibition amendment ow the eighteenth
amendment) passed the Senate August L. I9I 90 10 ~ w.
R.. 5666). Harding voted yea.
Before that however Harding had proposed an amend
ent limiting the time of ratification as follows Aug +
1917; C. R., 566D.
Section imperative unless it shall nave nave
been as an by the legislatures
the vera e @ the states BY
This Harding provision adopted and MARKS he lirs,
time such limitation ever written into CONSTRUCTORS
amendment
Senator Stone (Mo.) proposed an ahleiuileie phoSs
that ., ~.
shall not be enforced @ un @ @
for the ascertannent ana pay
liquors the enforcement of said article.
On this Harding voted yea &C. R., $685.
Senator NeWlands New offered amendment SUD-
stituting distilled" for Intoxicating Harding Voeu nay
with such "wet leaders Penrose and Underwood w. W.
5664). ao,+s
Senator Phelan (Cal) WdIlCeu w ouonAo
TO the Constitution giving voters choice between the
nhrases distilled and Intoxicating Harding voted yea
&c. R.. $685. 5.+
All the foregoing applies to the eighteenth amendment
The Sheppard BILL providing prohibition Tor ene ~
of Columbia passed the Senate January y l9l' w. w.
1866. Harding voted nay :; 49,
Prohibition for the Philippines was voted upon IN the
Senate January 49, 1916 &C. R., 12o8 Harding voted nay
Prohibition in the form OF amendments 70 ns
raoyoanzaon BILL the espionage act and the 1000 ana
fuel control measure On all of these Harding Voteo WIFI
the "wets"
(Continued Wednesday,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07
Continued w Wednesday,

at last he turned his head toward
Fatty.
.sWhy don't you go and get your
pullet now?" he asked.
&, "There's that man down be-
low, with the glaring eyes" said
Fatty Coon. 1--WE been waiting
around here for quite long time
and he hasn't looked away from
the chicken house even once.
Do you know him?"
"No! And 1 don't want tot" said
Solomon Owl.
.sS-sh!" Fatty Coon held up a
warning hand. Who's that?" he
asked, peering down at dark OBJ
ject at the foot of their tree.
Then both he and Solomon saw
that it was Tommy Fox, sitting on
his launches and staring at the
big head, with its blazing eyes and
nose and mouth.
mot looking for chickens, l
suppose 2" Solomon called in low
tone, which was hardly more than
a whisper
But Tommy Fox's sharp ears
heard him easily. And he looked
up, licking his chops as if he was
very hungry indeed. And all the
while the stranger continued to
stare straight at the chicken house
as If he did not intend to let any
body go prowling about that long,
low building to steal any of Farm
er Green's poultry.
1t was no wonder that the three
chicken lovers 1.-TWO in the tree
and one beneath it) hesitated. If
the. queer man had only spoken.
they might not have been so timid.
But he never said word.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07
Love and Married Lite
Rv the Noted Author
DAH McGLONE GIBSON

that l took of the toast seemed to
stick in my throat.
"It's awfully foolish of me, isn't
it" / said to her, "to allow my
nerves to go to pieces in this way?
I've always thought / had more
stamina. l can bear any kind of
pain, mental or physical, but, oh,
Miss Parker, it just seemed to
tear my heart out of me when l
saw that little helpless creature
suffer as she must have suffered
in that choking spell"
AS 1 thought of it again, 1. grew
cold. Quickly 1 put down. the
empty cup on the table and rushed
back into the room where my ba-
by was sleeping. For a moment
1 was panicl<y. Miss Parker had
left her alone. What if something
terrible had happened while she
was i'll with me?
btt.uluS ONCt tiC lAttlC Dco,
tears OF gratitude came into my
eyes and dropped on the tiny
write face. for I saw that a faint
color had come into her cheeks
and that peculiar grayish blue had
gone away from her lips.
"You see, she's getting better
every minute, Mrs. Gordon. 1
was quite sure she would be all
right. You never saw a case of
the Group before?"
mo- I answered, "what ter
rible disease it is
''Yes. it is terrible" she answer
ed. while it lasts. 1 think it is
one of the worst of childish all
ments"
"I don't think it's right" 1 ex-
claimed.
"What? Mrs. Gordon"
"I don't think it is right for
little innocent baby to have to
suffer. If had my way about
it, 1 certainly would make the
germs of good health catching in
stead of the germs of disease. Now
here I am, perfectly healthy. and
why couldn't my baby just snug
gle UP TO nay breast and catch it
some of my health, I mean7-
Miss Parker smiled. well.
TN sure she is going to be all
right now" she said. ''and you
had better so to bed I viii sit
up with her, of course.
81 don't feel the least bit
sleepy and I think III wait up
for Mr.. Gordon. He told me he
would not be out late
To Be Continued.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07

katherine Banishes the ''ooi"s'
went back into the papS
.sarv and found that she was
sleeping quite calmly SAID =
n, ,vself. Now Tn going to make
n,vself miserable again, because
know that John is out with EliAa
beth Moreland. He, of course, does
not dream that the baby is so III
and he told me this afternoon tha'
this was the last time he wouio
leave me alone and | know that
he meant 1t. l was sorry | had IN
ouired of Henriette about Eliza
beth. I knew that she would tell
her I had done so when she came
in. Henriette did not like Eliza
beth and she did like me and she
had shown in many ways since
had returned that she did not ap-
prove of Johns attentions to
Elizabeth.
Madam Gordon. too, was leav-
ing Elizabeth more to herself than
she had at first. 1 could see that
they were not going to be gooa
friends long If they lived together.
1 knew that Elizabeth was not
particularly happy with Johns
mother and that it would only be
a question of time when she would
leave there.
Someway, I could not get Kari
Shepherds peculiar letter out OF
my head. | asked myself was my
baby going to die and was that
ehe trouble that was coming to
me and was that why he was hur-
rving home? I dismissed this
quickly, however. because Knew
that for this kind of trouble Karl
shepard could bring no soiace. He.
as well as T.. knew that for the
loss of my child, If it should be
that I had to lose her, no one
could give me any real sympa-
thetic consolation, unless it would
be my husband.
And yet. seemed to be wait
ing, waiting. for-T knew not what
It could not be wholly my
nerves that made me sit there by
the window with bated breath. as
though I expected every moment
some sort of a shock.
/ heard the waiter come to the
room and Miss Parker glided in
where was sitting with a tray.
sTt is long. after dinner time" she
said. Mrs. Gordon, YOU must be
81 cannot eat: food would choke
me-"
~ ordered you some hot choeo-
ate. That at least will be strength
aning." she said. pouring me out
1 cupful. As she handed it to me-
,he buttered a piece OF toast. but
.ithoueh 1 did manage 30 drink
he chocolate, the one mouthtui
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07

If was some three hours after
sunset when Solomon Owl at last
eached Farmer Green's place. All
was quiet in the chicken house be-
cause the hens and roosters and
their families had long since gone
to roost. And except for a light
that shone through a window
the farmhouse showed not a sign
of life.
Everything was as Solomon Owl
wished it--or so he thought, at
least, as he alighted in a tree IN
the ward to look about him. he
wanted no one to interrupt MN
when he should go nosing around
the chicken house, to find an op-
ening.
To his annoyance, he had not
sat long in the tree when the
wood-shed door opened. And
solomon stared in amazement at
the strange sight he saw.
A great head appeared, with
ewes and mouth-yes! and nose,
too-all a glaring flame color.
solomon had never seen such a
horrible face on man or bird or
beast. But he was sure it was a
man, for he heard a laugh that
was not to be mistaken for either
a beasts or a birds. And the
worst of it was, those blazing eyes
were turned squarely toward Farm
er Green's chicken house!
Solomon Owl was too wary to go
for his fat pullet just then. He de-
cided that he would wait quietly
in the tree for time, hoping that
the man would go away.
While Solomon Owl watched
him the. stranger neither moved
nor spoke. And, of course. Solo
mon Owl was growing hungrier
every minute. So at last he felt
that he simply must say some
thing.
who -who-who -are -you?" he
called out from his tree.
But the strange man did not an
swer. He did not even turn his
head.
"He must be some city person.
solomon Owl said to himself. "He
thinks he's too good to speak to
a eountryman like me-"
Then solomon sat up and listen
ed. He heard a scratching sound.
And soon he saw plump figure
crawl right up into his tree-top!
1t was Fatty Coon,i
"what are. you doing here?"
solomon Owl asked in low voice,
which was not any too pleasant
I'm out for an airing" Fatty
Beautiful night-isn't
it?"
But Solomon Owl was not in
terested in the weather. l don't
suppose you've come down here to
get a chicken. have your" he in
quired.
Fatty Coon seemed greatly sur
prised at the question
'Why-no,'' he exclaimed "But
now that you speak of it. it re-
minds me that Farmer Green's
saving puiiet for me. He was
heard to say not long ago that he
would ike to catch me taking one
n his hens. So he must have one
for me And I don't want 10 dis
appoint him.
At first solomon Owl didn't
know what answer to make. But
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07
RibbIing Rhymes
Hard To Kill

you take club and swat snake and it will vain contor-
tons make long after it is dead the tail will tie ltse IN
As In defiance the swat that smashed the evil mead
t when the sunset comes say the serpent quts ls
NAV and drops it's bluff insane and some one hangs
fence in the belief devoid Of sense that such an ac.
brings rain And it much the same with Booze ms
head we saw him lose and glored in his tal but sun ms
hody sourns and twists, what time the natloh wo nu
that dead things shouldn't crawl Still sinners prev
- f .la and we escort them to the Jail and give them
ffty wears and every time walk the street some @ aele
cate I'm sure to meet whose breath suggests zwe
Booeggers in the alleys thrive-and yet the SCI pe
,: r statutes TO confound like any broken snake is
ao1s the reflex action Of his thews just make him Hop
around
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07

After three years twins came to-
us and I did get all right but three
years later baby boy came and
I was troubled again. I could
scarcely do my work at all and
suffered for four years. A neigh
Dor told me about Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and I
took it for year or nurr. Now I
have a baby girl and do not have
any female trouble. You can do
anything you like with my letter
to help others. Mrs. J. M. Bruce
r. r. d. 8, Brooksburg, Ind
The makers of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound have
thousands of such letters as tn at
above-they tell the truth. else
they could not have been obtain
ed for love or money. This medi-
cine is no stranger-it has stood
the test for more than forty years.
If there are any complications
you do not understand write 20
Lydia r. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
(confidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. (adv)
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07

Formerly a youth was ad-
advised to hitch his wagon to
a star; now Ohio lads will
prefer hitching theirs to a
newspaper.
In Ireland leaders starve
for the sake of a principle; in
Russia they starve because of
unprincipled leaders.
When women sit on juries
a wayward sister who has
perforated another mortal
can't pull a few tears and
come clear.
A writer declares that
Liquor is still in politics.
He is mistaken. That still
ness is occasioned by the lack
of liquor.
There is something queer
about Villa. Any normal re-
tired bandit would have been
in the movies long ago.
A futurist painting may
have its good points, but a,
layman can't tell whether a.
canvas represents the soul
struggle of a child of chaos or
the European situation.
Ii the fathers Of the coun-
try were living, they probaly
wouldn't show as much re-
spect for their early opinions
as we do.
The reason there is no law
against playing dominoes isl
because very few people can
get any fun out of the game.
+, Is planned TO expand the I
,iumbing course at the Eueene
,ish school. into = seaere'' ia''is- !
rial school.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07

and lifted heavy
boxes which
caused displace
ment and / suf-
fered greatly.
/ was married
at. the age of
eighteen and
went to a doc
tor about my
trouble and he
said if I had a
child I would
Al1 .tIA
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07

During August s2s automobiles
registered at the Salem free auto-
mobile camp. This number almost
equaied the REGISTRATION for the pre-
ceding two months.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07
LETTER FROM
mrs. BRUCE

Tells Remarkable Story of
Sickness and Recovery
Brooksburg, Ind.-"When was
a young girl I clerked in my
fathar,s Store
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-07

Detailed study Official Records Compiled oy Lynn
Haynes md Henry Raymond Mussey in THE SEARCH