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PROCEEDINGS or
THE POLICE JURY
opelousas. La, Aug. 2, 1920.

Opelousas, La, Aug. 2, 1920.
The Police Jury met in regular ses-
sion this second day of August, 1920,
with the following members present:
DR.. F. o. Pavy, President, presiding;
Messrs. st. Cyr, Phillips, Dupre, Cum
mings, Guidroz, Moreau, ClOpton, Go
deau, McCaffeEy, Deshotels, Sylvestre,
Dejean, Guillory.
Motion by Mr.. st. Cyr,
Resolved, that a warrant be issued
in favor Of Mrs. Josephine Bargesse,
for the sum Of five dollars against the
contingent expense fund, as a refund
year, 1920. Motion carried.
Mr.. M. ]. Godeau, offered the follow
ing ordinance, seconded by Mr.. w. c.
Dejean, and upon being duly read was
adopted unanimously, tO-wit:
An Ordinance
Levying a special tax of five l5)
mills on the dollar on all taxable prop
erty situated in the Fourth Road Dis
trict of the Fourth Police Jury Ward
of st. Landry parish, La, for the year
1920;
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the parish of st. Landry, in regular
session convened; that
Whereas, a special election was
. duly held in the Fourth Road District
Of the Fourth Police Jury Ward of St
Landry Parish, La, on the 22nd day
of January, A. D., 1920, at which cleo
ton was submitted the proposition as
to whether said road district, through
its proper governing body, should be
authorized to incur debt and issue ne
gOtiable bonds to the amount of Sew
enty-fiVe thousand dollars, ($75,00O,
00l, to run for a period of from one
TO thirty years; and as to whether
the governing authority of said Road
District should be authorized to levy
annually a tax sufficient to meet the
payment of the bonds and interest al
same mature; and
Whereas, said proposition was duly
carried and the result Of said election
duly canvassed and promulgated BY
the police jury Of the parish Of st
Landry, on the End day of February
A. D., 1920; and
Whereas, the police jury of the par
ish of st. Landry, the governing body
of said Road District, has authorized
the president and secretary OF 1T
body to issue said bonds in accordance
with the authority vested in it b!
virtue of said special election; and
Whereas, a tax of five mills on the
dollar on all property subject to tax
ation in said Road District will be re
quired to retire interest coupons ma
turing on January list, and July LIST
1921, as also a surplus to be accumu
lated to retire the bonds maturing OF
July list, 1923; therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained, that &
special road tax of five mills on the
dollar be, and the same is hereby
levied for the year 1920, on all prop
erty subject to taxation in the Fourth
Road District of the Fourth Police
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with authority to advertise the con-
facet to rebuild said bridge and let
same to the lowest responsible bidder
and receive same when completed;
and be it further resolved, that pay
ment for said work shall be made
against the per capita and vehicle tax
fund of the Fourth Ward, for the year
1920.
Yeas: Messrs. st. Cyr, Phillips, Du-
pre-, Cummings, Guidroz, Moreau,
Clopton, Godeau, McCaffery, De-
shotels, Sylvestre, Dejean, Guillory,
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. B. w. Clopton,
Resolved, that A. J. Richard, be
and he is hereby appointed as mem
Der of the Board of Supervisors of
Road District No. 8, Fourth Police
Jury Ward, vice J. E. Hicks resigned.
Motion carried.
On motion Of Mr.. Sylvestre,
The police jury adjourned until 2
o'clock, p. m.
Evening Session
The Police Jury met pursuant to adj
| journment.
Present: Lr. F. o. Pavy, president,
presiding; Messrs. Mills, Phillips,
Dupre, Cummings, Guidroz, Clopton,
Godeau, Deshotels, Sylvestre, Dejean,
Guillory, Moreau.
Motion by Mr.. McCaffery,
Be it resolved, that the clerk of this
body be instructed to notify Rose
| Thiery and Thos. England to move
their fences off the public road,
known as the Moundville-P laisance
public road, so as to widen said road
ITO a width of not less than 35 feet;
the fences to be moved within 30
days after notification to the owners
thereof. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Cummings,
Be it resolved that the clerk of this
body be and he is hereby granted a
Is days vacation beginning Aug. 18th.
Motion carried.
Mr.. Sylvestre called to the Chair.
Motion by Mr.. Dupre,
Resolved that Mr.. Thos. Fontenot,
be and he is hereby notified to re-
move his fence from off the public
road to it's original position which ex.
listed prior to it's removal by him,
one or two years ago. Motion car
ried.
On motion of Mr.. Cummings,
The police jury adjourned until to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Aug. 3, 1920.
The police jury met pursuant to
adjournment.
Present DR.. F. o. Pavy, president
presiding; Messrs. st Cyr, Mills
Phillips, Dupre, Cummings, Guidrozr
Moreau, w. F. Brown, Clopton, Go
deau, McCaffery, Deshotels, Sylvestre,
Dejean, Guillory.
Motion by Mr.. McCaffery,
Resolved that the petition of Mr.. J.
E. Bacon, praying for change OF
road leading from a point just below
Dubuisson Station, so as to straighten
the said public road, be received and
granted as prayed for. Motion car
ried.
Motion by Mr.. w. F. Brown,
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Jury Ward of st. Landry parish, for
the purpose Of paying the interest
coupons maturing on January LIST, and
July list, 1920; and also for the pur-
pose of accommodating an amount suffi-
cient to retire the bonds maturing on
July 1st, 1923; said tax to be collected
at the same time and in the same
manner as all other taxes are collect
ed.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc. that the assessor of the parish OF
st. Landry be notified of this levy,
to the end that he may carry said tax
on his assessment roll for the year
1920.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
ETC., that this ordinance take effect
from and after its PRONUNCIATION.
Adopted August End, 1920.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest:-J. j. HEALEY,
Clerk
The foregoing ordinance was duly
read and considered and majority OF
the members being present, upon roll
call voted as follows, to-wit:
Yeas Messrs. st. Cyr, Phillips, Du
pre-, Cummings, Guidroz, Pavy, Mo
reau, Clopton, Godeau, McCaffery, De
shotels, Sylvestre, Dejean, Guillory.
Nays: None. Ordinance carried.
Motion by Mr.. ]. T. st. Cyr,
Mr.. v. v. Ledoux, as a member of the
Board of Drainage Commissioners o.
the Bayou Mallet and Plaquemin'
Drainage District be received and &C
cepted. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Cummings,
That an appropriation of Sixty dol
lars, be made against the contingent
expense fund of 1920, and that a war
rant be issued monthly at the rate o
fifteen dollars per month against TIM
above appropriation, and made pay
able to Mrs. Jack Tucker, whose hus
band is an inmate Of the Louisiana
Leper's Home; and whose family Il
deprived Of his support, as per peti
Yeas: Messrs. St. Cyr, Phillips, Du
pre. Cummings, Guidroz, Pavy, Mo
reau, Clopton, Godeau, McCaffery, De
shotels, Sylvestre, Dejean, Gu1llory
Motion carried.
Mr.. st. Cyr called to the chair.
Motion by Mr.. McCaffery,
BE it resolved that the presiden
and clerk of this body be and they ar
hereby authorized to issue a warran
for the sum of two thousand dollar!
against the "Sheriff's Salary Fund
of 1920, in favor of the Parish Treas
urer, to pay salaries of the Sheriff
and Deputies, etc., for the months o
July and August, 1920, and the Parish
Treasureris hereby authorized to pa!
said salaries from the Sheriff's Salar!
fund, accordingly. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Clopton,
Resolved, that the report Of commit
tee appointed to investigate into the
condition of the Big Cane Bridge
across Bayou Boeuf, be received an(
accepted; and be it further resolved
that said committee be continued
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J. P. Pitre, salary for June nd
July. :. .......
l. R. Guidry, salary for Jun.
and July. ;. :. ..... s
Chas. Duckworth, salary -,
June and July $500.
G. M. Hicks, salary for Julv
onezime Babeau, salary for
July. :. -. 4.
Bodemuller, stationery sher.
ifs office. -. $500.
o. E. Langley, conveying mi.
soner to jail. >. J. -. ~
R. L. Virgins, conveying mi.
soner to jail :. :.
Chas. Thibodeaux, postage. etc
Chas. ThibOdeaux, feeding ana 81
mainting prisoners 3.
st. Landry Bank & Trust O. -''al
interst daily balances a..
On motion Of Mr.. McCafferv Asas
The committee on claims -.
itself into regular session b ~, M.
jury. wv
DR.. Pavy in the chair.
Inc committee on claims renoa.,
:! through Chairman Mills thar 80
had examined the claims as abovs )
tailed and found same correct
/ On motion of Mr.. Guillory
The report Of COMMITTEES on o,.t
was accepted and Commits y
charged. ~
On motion Of Mr.. Mills.
The reading Of the minutes ~, Il
pensed with and stand approves
! On motion of Mr.. McCaffery
| The police jury adjourned untll i.
first Monday in September, beIng i.
sixth day Of said month.
| F. OCTAVE PAW
- President
Clerk.
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666 cures Malaria, chiIis an
Fever, Bilious Fever, Coles ass
LaCrippe. 1t kills the para
that causes the fever. i i
splendid laxative and gsnsa
Tonic.-adv.
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Not 4 Bright outlook

'In case you marry my daugaA
what are your prospects," l'
what / can learn by observation sa
it will take all the cash yen ego q
me have to keep her in cloths
Life.
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Resolved, that a committee OF
three be appointed by the chair to IN
vestigate into complaints as contain
ed in a petition presented to this
body, in connection with the construc-
ton of the Krotz Springs road. MO-
ton carried.
Chair appointed Messrs. w. F.
Brown, w. c. Dejean and ]. T. st. Cyr.
Mr.. Deshotels offered the following
ordinance seconded by Mr.. McCaffery
to-wit:
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1920-06-30


die adj
for and
While Rial Europe working
and relatives
To Rial left
will understand that shall
end all troubles Return
TIL the last moment of my life Shall be
goo andh happiness"
Spain had meanwhile determined
that If his sld
end Rial arrested mped
to death But had the
Rial
Filipino
Philippine
80 1896 when Rial
himself said his life for his country's
lion
mind could erealn
Il of and the desire
to be
of
ne is not dead spirit
the
named his
with such spirit as Its national inspiration
dof
While awaiting death his cell
My Farewell" an
oeoho
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New Aerial Sport
Developing In
The East

NEW YORK June 29.-'Avetting"
The new sport OF jumping and lying
BICYCLES equipped with wings, has
received stimulus through the Oh
,el OF u $1,000 challenge trophy by
he Aerla League oil America, to be
competed *or annually.
The first American contest VIII be
conducted as soon as it is possible
20 make the necessary arrangements
'AviGt.tinS," has been accepted as a
.ecognized aeronautic sport by the
international Aeronautic Federation
which controls all aeronautic sports
and Judgment On all records in this
ountry will be made by the Aero
Club OF America, the federations ac-
i've representative in the United
States.
Experiments with the winged
bicycles" were being made, principally
4 Franco. at tie time the war broke
ut. The present flight Ncord is
.ing jump oil Is feet at a maximum
eight of Is inches.
Trials IN prize contests, particular
~ at lssy -les-Molineaux, have pro-
tuced bicycles large and small, equip
I'd both with monoplanes and BIZ
planes and, in some case, propellers.
Avietting' is accomplished by pedal
ling light bicycle equipped with cf-
cient wings d, speed sufficient to
make it leave the ground. Expert
iM n.ers are fl ling something Of the
same difficulties that were encoEn-
red before the earliest aeroplanes
Guild bc made to take the air.
Aviation experts, such as Gabriel
Voisin, Hean Goupy, Count Gustave
lie Puisseux and Emile Landougne,
IRE seriously interested in "avietting"
as an incipient science. France has
IN organization of over 200 members,
all of whom possess "aviettcs."
There is a pt ssibility of developing
free flight, Independent of motor
through some combination of the glid-
ers of the Wrights and Lilienthal and
he bicycle" says Henry Woodhouse,
vice-president of the Aerial League
# America.
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German Rail Service
Better Now
R U n 0 n 7 i me !
BY CARL GPOAT

(Unted Press Staff Corresponding
BERLIN, june 29-Germany's rail-
road system possesses more locomo-
tlves now than befoIe the war. 1t is
eliably estimated that theN are
en- the Prussian-Hessian lines a few
more than $4,000 engines, as COM
rared to about 1000 before the war,
or larger territory.
However, in the pre-war DAYS there
we're fully 1880 serviceabIe engines
while today the total runs less than
1900.
%Ihese figures are interesting in
considering the whole industrial situa-
lion OF Germany, for despite the hand
caps imposed by war upon rolling
lock IN general, and despite the
drawback of labor difficulties, snort
*ge OF material and coal since tb.e
war; Germany railroad system is
now beginning TO show a marked Inn
provement ovcr its condition in 1919.
way ami June official figures bid
ialr to bear ou' officials hopes mora
strongly than the past year would in
advance, Lave appeared to warrant
Government shops and private fac
ores are Lending every effort to get
ins the German rolling stock back
INTO repair. And, while they have
'ot reached pre-war production. thew
ale now grinding out tired, run. down
engines ct a rata estimated ut about
double tina. of year ago.
AS the writer OF the Berliner Iapc-
Oiatt sum married. the situation con.
can notice that conditions are vastly
improved. for he trains now run ON
-Ame." This is mainly true, where
as during the last winter the traveller
never expected schedule to be main.
a4ned. Also, it is noticeable that a
considerable extension of travel facil.
4ues has acen Undertaken with com
ing OF summer. Better connections
exist betw. en- Berlin and Paris from
June /, while local traffic is losing
many restrictions under which it suf-
1ered until the last th1Ne or four
months.
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Nogales, Arizona, Wednesday Morning June 80, 1920
N a y Americans
Visit Old SCandi-
navian Homes

LONDON, June 30.-Thousands of
Gcandinav.ans are passing through
England his season on their first
pilgrimage to their former homes
since the war began in 1914.
Every eastward bound transaltan-
tic liner has it share of NorwNgians,
:Swedes, i'ane5 and Firms. AS an
instance Of the volume of traffic
t.E Scandinavian countries, the
CunarCA1r Carmania landed over 400
5candinavians at Liverpool last week
AID the Caropia, a few days later
brought enough to necessitate a speci
al train for llnnish excursion party
clone. In many cases, passengers
ire booket thi eugh FROM New York
10 Scandinavian ports, the steamship
companieS cven taking charge of hotel
arrangements in England.
This sp'1ng has seen the resum otion
VI the auft'al TIP homeward of llt
III Observation-Disclosures forced dur
ng the wal to forego their visits to
their friends N the old countries.
Most Of he traffic is being handled
l.hs month, as throughout Scandina
ia today IS celebrated as Midsummer
Day national festival. The
Sual route is through England to
GO the east coast, where ships are
Soarded fcr Scandinavian ports. In
Septembe the rush back to the
United States and work is expected.
Steamship companies are already :
hooking PASSENGERS through from
Scandinavia to New York.
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FOURTH OF JULY KERMESS

AT the Hidalgo Theater, in No
s.ales' Sonora. as a part of thN In
dependence Day festivities, ON the
afternoon Of the Fourth Sunday
thu entertainment will be a Mexican
inner, with al that lovers of good
are like to eat and drink. From
B o'clock il; tn. evening until S O. lock
n the morning there will be dancing
And those inclined to give the God
dess of Chance a whirl will find a
roulette wheel at a convenient place.
The price Of the dinner will be 81:
that of dancing will be So; and 9th
er features will be limited by the de-
sires or whlms of the participants.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Of Santa Cruz County.
STATE OF ARIZONA
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Thomas G. Brown, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
,lersigned E. V. Alternately, Admin
istor of the Estate of Thomas G..
Brown, deceased. to the creditors of
and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, 10 exhibit them,
With the necessary vouchers, within
four months after the first publica-
ton of this notice to the said E. v.
Alternately, Administrator at the Of
flee of Duffy & Purdum, Attorneys.
al Nogales, Arizona the same being
the place for the transaction of the
business of sait estate, in said Coun-
ty Of Santa Cruz, State of Arizona.
A. ". ALTERNATELY,
Administrator of the Estate of
Thomas G. Brown, deceased.
Dated Nogates, Arizona, this 18th
day Of June 1920.
First Publication, June 16, 1920.
Second Publication June %, 1920.
Third Publication June 80, 1920
Fourth Publication July 2, 1920.
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Local And Personal

On Friday night, at $50 o'clock,
al who VIII assist in singing at the
fourth 1t Jul, services, to be held
at the ptntezuna open air pavilion
hunday evening, are requested to-
meet at the TRINITY Congregational
Church. Mrs. Gillespie will direct
The chorus.
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RIAL, FILIPINO MARTYR,
WROTE REMARKABLE POEM


Every year June 10 is celebrated by
Filipinos as the anniversary of the
birthday OF the Filipino martyr, DR.
Jose Rial. regarded as the greatest
man the Malay race has produced
Rial, who spoke seven languages
and was cultured and much travelled
man Ton one occasion he travelled
across the Quilted States), earned the
enmity of Spanish governors in the
Philippines by protesting against the
oppression Of the Filipino people. AS
boy he had Witnessed scenes that
sent shafts Of grief into his poet
soul, and he early dedicated his life
to the liberation of his 'land adored. :"
At the risk Of his life, and at the
sacrifice of his career, friends and
loved ones, he became the spokesman
for the stified grievances of the voice
less multitude, and thus became "the
living indictment of Spain's wretched
colonis, system"
Rial could have saved his life, as
he had been warned by friends not to
return to the islands ne could not
be disSlladed, but before, returning to
Manila left letter with friend in
hodgko1x TO be opened after his
death, in whl>h he wrote: GLADLY do
l go To expose myself TO peril, not as
any expiaiOn of miSdped (fOr in this
matter | believe myself guiltless of
n of Il
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More than 81 00n rth of tickets
Lave been sold already for the prize
right Morday Aft the Monte
una Hotsl. a great boxing card is
damned.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1920-06-30

A telegram from the City of Mex.
leo, to friends in Nogales, Sonora,
conveys TIE information that Col.
francisco Garcia, who was chief Of
staff fo- General Gales, has been
appointed governor of the Territory
of Quintana Roo, over in the Yucatan
region.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1920-06-30

Mr.. J i. Robinson OF the Border
ION & Metal Company, has return
cd from a visit in various parts of
Sonora, in connection with his bust
ness. He was at Boludo, Hermosillot
/! a Colorado and Guaynlas.
Second Of April Lodge No. 2,
Mutual Society Porfirio Diaz, has
ent out i,N ita.ions to Literary and
Musical Observance, in commemora-
ton of Tire fifth anniversary of the
f;eath of Don Porfirio Diaz, which
viii take f,iacc at the Lyric Theatre,
Friday evening July I'd
Mr.. Kenneth S. Mandell, represent
ing F. G. Masquelette & Co.. ac-
coutants, is here from Ell Paso; and
yesterday fN began the semi-annual
audits of the books of the City of
Iogales.
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Mr.. Alberto Chacon, well known
Importer doing business in Nogales,
Sonora, vent IT, Hcrmosillo on bust
ress yestel day.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-26
FOR SALE

uooD bungalow home, two bed
~ iooiiis. modern bathroom, din
s room, iiving room. nice kitch]
en-, quit IN conveniences, east
ont, LOT 5Ox130, 2 blocks to
1, G1arllne, fifty feet to pavement.
Trossession Nov. 1st. s250O.
Ierms $500 cash and balance
monthly at $35, including inter-
est. Apply owner, 1541 state
street. Phone 1914.
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Governor Wears
Shoes 18 Months

Boston, Oct. 25.--- Now that tht
secret il out. everybody wants te
know where he got EN-.
Ever since he announced that ne
has worn the same pair of shoes
the last eighteen months, Governor
Coolidge has been receiving q flood
of letters, all asking the same Dues
tion:
"Will you please tell me where
you bought those shoesg'
A stenographer, "sick and tiree
of reading those stories about
stenographers who wear silk stock
ings and expensive shoes, politely
informed the governor that shtl
finds it extremely difficult to wor
ry along on her salary, and 4
somebody is making shoes whici
will stand the wear and tear of
year and a half she would like tt-
know that firm and know it quick
ly. She learned, to her disappoint
ment, that the firm makes onl..s
mems footwear.
The governors mail has jumped
to about $50 letters a day since hd
became a candidate for vice-presi
dent. In addition to those who tell
him how the campaign ought to bl
run, who ask advice as to what inl
vestmens are safe. who want hin,
to help the writer's sell something
to the Republican National coml
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REAL ESTATE

room house and lot 132x132
toilet, lights, bath, garage, chick.
en- house, large fruit trees, shade
l block to street car, and good
rich soil for garden. Price $500,
terms.
room house on paved street
basement. furnace, 2 toilets, bath,
lights, chicken house, 80 fruit
trees. logans, raspoerr;es, prunes,
grapes. apples, cherries on l acre
lot; this is the place you are
looking for 4 real home. Pice
$6500, terms.
room house, east front, lot
50x120. city water. electric lights,
4 blocks to street car; don't pay
rent whin this can be had at $3.50
Are You looking for close in
property? if so here is good
room house on Court street, plas-
tered, toilet, bath, lights, gas, large
lot, fruit and shade, paved street,
and block to car Inc. Price S5,-
000. terms.
Here is a house of 5 rooms,
plastered, toilet, water, barn and
garage, large lots. Price $1,000;
cash $500 and $40 per month.
10 acres and s room house. IL
miles north of Salem, al. plowed
for crop, good dark soil, barn COX
80 with shed on one side, chicken
house, well and pump, good range
heating stove, etc. Price $4,000;
cash $500, balance easy terms.
10 acres dark gray soil all in
cultivation. fenced woven wire and
rail, acres logans, evergreens.
shack house, small barn, wells,
close to school on sCed road; this
is a good place for the price. ~
500; cash $4,000, balance easy
terms.
If you are looking for a good
home in the city we have. If you
are looking for a home on easy
if you are looking for
any kind of farm or fruit propo-
sition, we have it, see us.
l.. A. Hayford
REAL ESTATE
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