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MAJOR ROBERT WARWICK
GIN MIzznIIpIn

ing five per cent 6 per cent?
interest per annum, payable semi
annually, said bonds to be of such
denominations and payable at such
time and place as shall be prescribed
the proceeds of said bonds to be uesd
for the purpose of providing and
creating a system of gravity drain
age for the said drainage district and
the maintenance and improvement
thereof, as hereinabove stated, and
the inhabitants thereof, title to which
shall vest in said drainage district.
The said special election will be
held on the 18th day of January,
1920, between the hours of a. m.
and p. M, and the polling places
are hereby designated as follows:
Rosa, at E. V. Hudspeth's store
R. G. Andrus, w. B. Baker, Arthur
Fogleman, commissioners E. V. Hud-
speth, clerk.
Whiteville, at ]. P. Savant's store
James Milburn, J. H. Baldridge,
Adam Stage, commissioners; e. E.
Singleton, clerk.
Beggs, at Jack Cason's store-J. c..
w AIIICyg SlauuC 0LSNGu5OH, JO6
Reeves, commissioners; w. A. Peck
ham. clerk.
The Board of Commissioners of the
said Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drain
age District of st. Landry parish,
State Of Louisiana, will meet in open
session in the office of the Police
Jury in said st. Landry parish, in the
City of 0pelousas, State of Louisiana,
on the 14th day of january, 1920, at
the hour of 2 o'clock p. M, and then
and there proceed to open the ballot
boxes used at said election and exam
inc and count the ballots in number
and amount, and examine and cam
vass the RETURNS of said election and
declare the result thereof and make
and file and record process verbal
thereof.
Dated at the City of Opelousas,
Louisiana, this 4th day of December,
1919.
ALLOTES THISTLETHWAITE,
President Board of Commissioners Of
Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drain
age District.
ATTEST
L. "A. ANDREPONT,
dec6-6t Secretary.
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J. D. BERTRAND, JR.,
Secretary.


SGANA - avn -
We, the undersigned, T. T. After
berry and j. d. eBrtrand, Jr., presi-
dent and secretary, respectively, of
the aByou Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing dOcu-
ment consisting of three 81 pages
of typewriter matter, numbering
from / to 3, inclusive, is a true and
correct copy Of the fourth meeting
of the Board of Commissioners of
the Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District, held at 10 o'clock
a. M, in the City of Opelousas, La,
on the 23d day of December, A. D.
1919. For Identification herewith,
we have caused each page of said
document to be signed with the in
itials 70 the secretary, thus
In witness whereof, we have here
unto subscribed our names and affix-
ed the corporate seal of said Drain
age District, in the City of Opelou-
sas, La, this 23d day of December,
A. D. 1919.
(SEAL.)
T. T. ATTERBERRY,
President.
]. D. BERTRAND, JR.,
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-..vrI OVERS PICTURE coRPoR-
ALTON PRESENTS
.rur MIRACLE OF LOVE-"

Adapted from COsmo Hamilton n,i
An. Adsp read novel. A big seven-reel
widely 80. ion based upon society life in
proaulscssSsyync circle of British life. As a
the up ran for months in the Cos
story ,; y Magazine. 1t shows how
mopOii, I've Is triumphant over all OBJ
true w The cast includes Wyndham
s sssanding Lucy Cotton, Edward
2srIe and Jackie Saunders.
ALSO
suIR POLLARD IN NEW COMEDY
9srrSsIscION. 10 and Zoe
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MINUTES

Of the Fourth Meeting of the Board
of Commissioners of the Bayou
Mallet and Plaquemine Drain
age District of the Parish of St.
Landry, State of Louisiana, held
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, in the City
of Opelousas, Louisiana, on the
23rd Day of December, A. D.
1919, to canvass the returns and
order the promulgation of the
special election held in said
Drainage District on the 22d day
of December, 1919.
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FOR THE FUNDING OF THE
AVAILS OF SAID ACREAGE


TAX INTO BONDS
Proposition to incur debt |.
in the sum of one hundred /
and fifty thousand $780,
100000 dollars, and to issue
serial negotiable coupon
bonds to represent the
same, the said debt to be Sc
cured and paid by the avails
of the acreage tax or forced
contribution of sixteen
cents (16 cents) per acre per
annum, submitted in the
proposition for levying and
collecting of acreage taxes
or forced contributions, as
hereinbefore mentioned and
voted upon this day by the
taxpaying electors of said
Bayou Boeuf and Waxia
Drainage District, Parish of
st. Landry, State of Louisi-
ana, qualified to vote under
the constitution and laws Of
the State of Louisiana, and
to represent the funding Of :
the avails Of said tax into
bonds to run for period of
from one ~ to thir-
ty-five 1851 years from
their date, bearing five per
cent 6 per cent? per annum
interest from their date pay
able semi-annually, and to be
issued for the purpose of
providing and creating a sys-
tenn of gravity drainage in
and for the said drainage
district, by cleaning with
dredges or otherwise the Ba-
you Waxia, Cow bayou, Lit
tie Waxia and the laterals
and bitches connected with
said bayous, as outlined in
red on the map Of said dis
trict, and the maintenance
and improvement thereof
and the inhabitants thereof,
the title to which shall vest
in said drainage district. +
Taxable valuation $
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WEDNESDAY
ANITA STEWART,
"THE COMBAT"

Voting against the resolution
None.
There being no further business,
the president stated that motion to
adjourn was in order.
Upon motion. by Mr.. Reed, second
ed by Mr.. Gosselin, the Board adj
journed to meet at the call of the
president.
T. T, ATTERBERRY,
President.
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hands high. In first class shape and
at bargain. j. P. SATAN, Opelou-
sas, La. oct18-tf
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I oST-Three twenty-dollar bills, be-
Ia tween Shute's Drug Store and my
residence at SIG South Union street.
Finder will please return to me and
receive reward. JOHN CLARK, Ope-
lousas, La. nov22-tf
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10

I1pANEsE BILLY SUNDAY" AR
RIvEs IN u. S. HERE TO CON-
VERT JAPS IN AMERICA TO
CHRISTIANITY
Photo hsows Rev. Paul Kanamori, the
aBilly Sunday" Of Japan, who re-
Gently arrived in San Francisco
from Japan and who expects to
convert thousands Of the Japanese
inthis country to the Christian
faith.
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DAVID WARK GRIFFITH PRE-
SCENTS
SCARLET DAYS"

"SCARLET DAYS"
A nepic of the Golden West in the
days of 40. There is no question
about it, D. w. Griffith is an artist,
and Scarlet Days" is another proof
of it. Even the most sober minded
Individual can scarcely fail to respond
to its decisive thrill An all-star cast,
including Richard Barthelmess, Clar-
inc Seymour, Lillian Gish and Robert
Harron. Seven reels.
ALSO
MUTT AND JEFF and FORD'S
WEEKLY
Doors open at P. M.
ADMISSION, - 5, 10 and 25c
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THURSDAY
The opening of Another Serial!
"THE INVISIBLE HAND"

"THE INVISIBLE HAND"
With Antonio Moreno and an all
star cast. Positively one of the great
est mystery serials ever produced.
Who is the owner of the Invisible
Hand? Who killed John Thornton?
See the first episode-it is in three
reels.
MAJOR ROBERT WARWICK
"IN MIZZOURI."
Two men strove for her love. One
wore city clothes and waxed mus
tache; the other offered love and
honor. Which did she choose?
Matinee from P. NJ. to 5 P. M.
Free for everybody. After 5 P. M.
ADMISSION, - 10 and Csc
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Notice to Voters-To vote in favor
of the proposition submitted upon
the ballot, place a cross (X) mark in
the square after the word "YES;" to
vote against it, place similar mark
after the word mo"
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TRESPASS NOTICE-Tbe nubli

TRESPASS NOTICE-The public
! is hereby notified that hunting
and trespassing on our properties in
the Second Ward is positively for
hidden, and violators will be prose
cuted according to law. HORAIST
& FORAZ, Sunset, La. dec20-6t
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PRISCILLA DEAN,
"Ths Widest of Paris, .
IN HER LATEST SENSATION
THE SILK-LINED BURGLAR"

A thrilling story by Louis Joseph
Vance, of woman crooks adven-
lures in the underworld. Positively
one of the most thrilling dramas of
the season. 'The punch is packed
into A Slik-lined Burglar with both
fists" says the New York Morning
Telegraph.
ALSO
FOX NEWS
ADMISSION, S, 10 and 20
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Proposition to levy an
acreage tax or forced contri-
button of sixteen cents (16
cents per acre per annum on
each and every acre of land
subject to State taxation in
said Bayou Beouf and Wax
ia Drainage District, Par
ish of St. Landry, State Of
Louisiana, for a period of
thirty-five 1857 years, for
the purpose of providing
and creating a system of
gravity drainage in and for
said drainage district and
the maintenance and inn
provement. thereof.
Taxable valuation -. s.
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TOR SALE-Five pairs young Mis-
L souri, mules fifteen and One-half
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]. D. BERTRAND, JR.,
Secretary.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10
WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS
WILLIAM RUSSELL,
IN
EASTERN HOP

EASTERN HOP
Eastern Hop is the patrons idea
of great picture. 1t bristles with
thrills; throbs with emotions; glows
with color, life, heat See it!
ALSO
FOX NEWS,
With special editions of the latest
gowns and styles for the coming
spring.
ADMISSION, S, 10 and zoe
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Signature Of Voter.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10
Signature of Voter.

Signature of Voter.
Notice to Voters-To vote in favor
Of the proposition submitted upon
this ballot, place a cross (X) mark
in the square after the word eyes"
and to vote against, place a similar
mark after the word mo"
FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND
LEVYING OF ACREAGE TAX
OR FORCED CONTRIBU-
TUnN
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10

Mr.. Beall offered the following or
dinance, which ordinance is in verbs
and figures rs follows:
ORDINANCE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23

sarily, is not a. safe or just or
American answer to his deceit. The
conviction Of no criminal is sim
pie matter. The "Red' may be as
difficult to catch in the act of crime
as the counterfeiter or the SNUG
gler. But to give any small, central
body of men the control of so sacred
matter as education merely to
facilitate the suppression Of a par
ticular group of criminals is OPP
posed to every fundamental princi-
pie of Americanism.
Our schools arc mainly locally adj
ministered and should remain To-
cally administered. Our right of
free speech in times of peace should
not be subjected to regulation by
any body of men, however wise or
discreet. We want no censorship
of education in short, however pa
triotic the motives of those who are
advocating the project.
The Rand School is not an in
stitution commanding any intelligent
mans respect or deserving on it's
merits the protection of law. But
the principle is larger than any one
small pest. 1t is principle deserv-
ing the adherence of every Ameri-
can who believes in the govern
mental system under which we live.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23
No Censorship of Education

There are clear and conclusive
reasons against the bill proposed by
the Lusk committee for subjecting
the Rand School and all such schools
to state regulation.
First and most obviously, the bill
contradicts the main logic of the
Lusk report, which argued con-
vincingly that the existing criminal
anarchy statute of the state pro.
vided against every fornr-of sub
versive radicalism. This statute,
Complementary Furnishing, forbids
every act in aid of the doctrine of
change by violence. 1t clearly COW
ers school in which such doctrines
are taught. In short, if the Rand
School teaches and urges the over
throw of our government by force
its teachers are violating the exist
ing laws of the state. On the other
hand, if they are preaching only
change by orderly, legal methods
they are acting within their rights
as Americans.
A RED" commonly camouflages
his doctrines, but state regula-
ton Of schools ali schools .paces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23
MIR. Gibson's "Life"

The news touching our old friend
Life will be welcomed by every
one possessing affection for the
American tradition. A high mark
of character and intelligence has
been maintained by this official
magazine of American humor. Its
humor has tended to become too
officials formal and conventional, al
most bureaucratic in it's search for
the safe, guaranteed-to-pr oduce-a-
chuckle joke. But it's editorial pages
and its policy have been distin-
gulshed and high minded, as wise
and clear-headed as they have been
good-natured. Upon the founda-
ton of such Americanism as Mr..
Mitchell's and Mr.. Martins has our
country built all the pcrmanency
that it possesses.
The new ownership. will carry on
this fine tradition, we are sure. Will
it also go delving into new fields of
hunor in an effort to widen the
appeal of the Life page? There is
Enthusiastically an opportunity for
growth here. For better, for worse,
leadership of American humor has
passed from the magazine field
to the newspaper in the last gen.
GRAFTON. Life has suffered in con-
sequence. There is no humorist
drawing for magazine who pos
sesses the wide public or the wide
human appeal Of Briggs, for exam
pie. 1t is to the columnists of the
country-B. L. r., of The Chicago
Tribune, or Don Marquis, of The
Ncao YORK; Erening San, or our own
f. p. A.-that the American reader
OF taste first turns for hunlor to-
day. The despised comic and the
joke "colyum" have Enthusiastically
borne away the victory.
This humor of the newspaper is
largely thing Of daily repartee.
Plainly, there is ample room for the
weekly to hew out path of it's own.
This is the task which Mr.. Gibson
faces in his new role of publisher
to keep Life the sane, considered in
f1uence it consistently has been and
include within it moro Of the salt of
the days humor, the stuff that really
entities our country to its reputation
as the possessor of a sense of humor
second to none.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23
On Abusing Young Genius

Probably there IRE no more young
geniuses in the home than there
were before the rise Of Daisy Ash
ford and her brilliant six-year-old
sister Opal Whitley Of The Atla,s-
tic. But the fame that has come to
infant masterpieces has plunged
many parent from calm amuse-
ment at little Betty's precocious dex-
terity with the typewriter into a
state Of real alarm lest the child be,
after all, another disturbing genius.
The crisis is probably only psyche
logical, but that makes it no less
difficult.
Therefore we hail as a direct con-
tribution to domestic morale the ad-
vice handed out by Hugh Walpole the
other day on the care and abuse of
young genius. eff you have young
GENTS in your home" he said, "my
advice is to go home and strangle
and trample upon and hold down
that young genius"
Mr.. Walpole spoke out of his ex
perience, it may be presumed, as
young Jeremy" ana from real
solicitude for the good of other
eight-year-olds. ga writer" he we'll
says, "who has been coddled and
praised and encouraged to read his
productions to the assembled family
from the age of eigh. will never
know the fine rapture of having a
first book accepted at thirty, after
many reflections and the continuous
predictions Of his Aunt Julia that he
will never amount to anything"
The real good of the writer thus
co-existing admirably with the peace
Of mind of the family, the only per-
son to suffer from the policy of
strangulation is the infant who sees
father lower his paper and hears him
say, grudgingly: "Well, son, Well
listen, if it isn't too long"
With his assurance, however, that
eight-year-old agony becomes matur
lty's triumph, the horde of young
lmitators Of Daisy Ashford with
which the race is threatened, and all
young scalnps who confde to diaries
their secret opinion of the hand that
spanks, may be returned to the
status quo ante. Mothers need not
fear to turn out the nursery light in
themiddle Of burning chaphen, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23
Backward, Christian Soldiers!

The New York State League OF
Women Voters, responsible organi.
zation, of which Mrs. Frank A
Vanderlip is chairman, has pre-.
sented a carefully prepared report
which makes two serious charges.
One is that Speaker Sweet, touch
ing welfare legislation, is unduly
under the influence of the Associ.
ated Manufacturers and Merchants
whose secretary and lobbyist is one
Mark A. Daily, of Buffalo.
The other charge is that the So
called New York League for Ameri-
canism, Carroll d. Babcock secre-
tary, is screen for an effort to
defeat workmen's insurance for the
benefit Of insurance interests.
The evidence submitted against
the Speaker is calculated to excite
robust suspicion, and explains why
the Speaker year ago put the well
fare bills into his pocket and sup
pressed them after defcrring con.
sideration until the close of the SEES
SION. Once again the Sweet ma
chine is maneuvering against the
bills, and once again Mr.. DAILY seems
well placed in respect to access to
the Speakers ear.
1t is prudent for the Republicans
of the state to note that a close
imitation of the old Barnes machine
is operating at Albany. Is it in
tended to make the women under
stand that the Republican party in
this state has only lip interest in
progressive legislation?
With respect to the so-callcd
League for characterization it ap-
pears that its most lively interest is
IN opposing health insurance, such
as most civilized countries enjoy
Unless the private insurance com.
panies write the policies New York
is not to have it. Secretary Bah.
cock is a patriot from California
where he was deeply concerned
about economies. He organized what
he called the California Research
Society Of Social Economics. Its
researches were confined to marshal.
ling data against public health in.
surance. Mr.. Babcock has carried
on in New York similar work. He
holds that it is "socialistic" and most
un-American to have health insur.
ance. To him the fact that Great
Britain and other countries which
are bulwarks of individualism have
such insurance is of no consequence
The Republican party has large
majority in both houses Of the Legis.
lature. 1t is responsible for results
Does it want to go into the fall cam.
paign under the banner of Sweetism
with Messrs. DAILY and Babcock as
color bearers? One can imagine
the progressive wing losing step as
such precentors sing "Onward, Chris
tan Soldiers. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23

pure emergency bill. 1t is to re-
main in force only until November
/, 1922. It gives the courts in
cities of the first and second class
discretionary powers to stay sum-
mary dispossess proceedings against
tenants when the latter tender pay
ment at the existing rate, with such
additional payment as the judge
may deem fair and reasonable. This
is restriction only on such land
lords as are unwilling to submit to
a judicial determination of what
constitutes a fair renting increase.
1t restraints only obvious profiteer.
ing during an emergency period.
When famines and epidemics come,
the police powers expand automati-
cally. During the coal shortage Of
1918 and the influenza epidemics of
1918 and 1920 the conduct of BUSH
ness in this city was summarily in
terfered with. The present housing
crisis is threat to public health
and order. 1t is fatuous to assume
that the Legislature is not COM
petent to take radical measures in
dealing with it.
Most owners of habitations are
more sensible than the one who said
at Saturdays meeting: eve want
all the income we can get, the same
as labor does" The Federal gov
eminent interviewed to prevent the
soft coal men from striking for
higher wages. 1t has in effect
coerced the railroad men. The de-
sire to take advantage of public
calamity like the housing shortage
by skyrocketing rents is bad policy
and bad citizenship. The real
estate owners will show more wis
dom by trying to harmonic their in
terests with the public's needs
through give and-take conference
at Albany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23
Rash Landlordisrn

HE real estate owners who clamor
against the Lockwood housing bill
lack clear grasp Of the renting sit
uatlon. They ignore the existence Of
public emergency. AS the extrem-
ISIS were warned at Saturdays meet
ing OF the United Real Estate Own
CTS Association, landlords must con-
sent to the passage of some remedial
measures. Otherwise, as Stewart
browne SAID, the Legislature twill
pass measures to suit the tenants.
ana the landlords will discover that
they have killed the goose that laid
the golden egg"
The United States is still techni-
cally at war with Germany. The
emergency created by that fact
legally permits vigorous use of
legislative power. The Legislature
could probably pass a moratorium
act if it wanted to. Even if it is
admitted that the war emergency
has passed for practical purposes,
there is a grave peace emergency
so far as housing facilities in this
city are concerned, and peace
emergency is as sacred as war one.
The courts would certainly take
notorious facts into account in re-
the Legislatures action.
Gha 6rat Of the Lockwood bills is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23
Not a Sim Fein Parade

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The parade on St. Patrick s
Day was not Sim Fein parade 1t
was the old parade of the Irish Amer
lean citizens Of New York, which has
become time honored custom, and
the men who marched up Fifth Avenue
Wednesday had nothing to do with
making an alliance with Germany in
1916. The men who received aid from
Germany Gf this be true) during or
before the Easter rebellion are in their
graves in Ireland. and the men who
walked in tho St. Patrick's parade
this year in New York are our own
boys who fought on the fields of
France and who left there behind
them many of their comrades dead
that small nations might live.
Surely the 165th Infantry (the Goth
Of gallant fancy has done enough for
our beloved country to be beyond petty
criticism. I should think they had
earned the privilege to march I'D Fifth
Avenue whenever they choose to fore
/ gather, and do SO without protest from
any citizen Of this land for any reason
whatever.
We are all Inconvenience at some
time i'll our lives by being held up by
parades. Sometimes it is the Elks.
sometimes the Masons, etc. Human
beings love parades and probably will
go on parading to the end of time, and
1t is difficult to understand how the
police can cope with the great crowds
on these occasions if they have not spe-
cial regulations to meet the situations.
MARY DISSEL.
New York, March 20, 1920.