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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
LEONvILLE NOTES

The boys basketball team Of Sunset
played the Leonville boys here Sunday
afternoon, the score was 6 to z in "a
yor of LeonYine. 1t was hard fought
game. All the community was out =
see it. At the same time the club
members sold refreshments and clear
ed good sum.
This place was visited by good
rain the past week which was greatly
needed. The trainers are making
things turn around in a short place.
Tilden Meche, member of the school
board from this ward, attended Z
meeting of the board Monday.
Guy Coles was a business visitor t.
Opelousas Friday.
Mesdames ]. n. Reaux and Alfred
Arnaud of opeIousas spent Monday
with Mr.. and Mrs. R. Arnaud.
Guy Coles. Nathan Robin, Lee Robin
Edmond Pavy and Octave Richard
took in the free picture at Arnaudvilid
/ Friday night.
( The following took in dance at Joe
DevilIiers, near Opelousas, Saturday
night: Misses Olivia Bryant, Laurence
Mistric and Estelle Mistric, Anatha
Arnaud, Guy Coles. Nathan Robin
! Mrs. Antoine Mistric also went along
as chaperone. Of the crowd. All repoTt
fine time.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
Octave Durio

Opelousas' street commissioner, Dc
tave Durio, aged AZ years and S
months, died at the family residence
in this city last Friday afternoon and
was buried Saturday evening with
services at the Catholic church and in
torment in the Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. Durio had been quite i'll for
some weeks but day or two before
his death appeared to be recovering
and was feeling so much better that
he expected to resume his work as
street commissioner within a few
days. The final attack of the malady
from which he was suffering came
quickly and his death followed almost
at once.
The deceased leaves a widow and six
children, all of whom are grown OF
nearly grown, besides father and a
large circle of relatives and friends.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13

Chief Deputy United States Mar
shall o'Malley of-Alexandria transact
ed business in Opelousas Monday de-
parting on the afternoon Southern Pa
cific train for home.
Austin A. Richard Of Palmetto was
here Monday on business affairs.
Aaron Wolff of Lafayette and N.
Wolff Of Alexandria passed through
Opelousas Sunday enroute to Wash,
ington to visit relatives.
Mrs. Helen Porter arrived on Sat
urday from Houston, Texas to wish
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A
Jackson, near Opelousas, and returned
home Monday morning.
Dwight Thistlethwaite of neai
Washington and Miss Jimmie Car
riere of that town motored to Ope
lousas Sunday afternoon.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
SWEET POTATOES
RECEIVE ATTENTION


AT present the sweet potato is the
most widely grown horticultural crop
of the south, receiving attention by
the horticultural extension forces"
according to NJ. Hull, sweet potato spe-
cialigt. Every southern stae is do
ing special work with sweet potatoes
while some of the states, among them
being Alabama and Louisiana, have
men who re devoting their entire time
to the work. Storing and marketing
are the two problems demanding tn"
greatest attention. In view OF the
fact that the southern states produce
about so per cent of tho sweet pota-
toes grown in the country and mar
ket only about 20 per cent is suffi-
cient justification for pushing this
line of work
Diseases of the sweet potato are
becoming sc widely scattered that il
is practically obligatory upon the par
of every grower to carefully select
and diginfect his seed before bedding
Experiments conducted in the vari
Gus states have demonstrated thai
sweet potatoes can not be depended
upon to keep if dug after frost.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
City Clerk

Mr.. A. S. Picard a member Of the
constitutional convention from Ascen-
sion parish was visitor to Mayor e
L. Loeb and family on Sunday.
John Vfgnes of New Roads, La, rep
resenting Upjphn's Medicine company
attended to business here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Jno. w Lewis and
daughter, Miss Evelyn, spent several
DAYS in New Orleans during the pas.
week
Howard Allen Of Washington was an
Opelousas visitor on last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fontenot OF
Grand Prairie were visitors TO 0pelou-
s4s Tuesday.
Miss Mary Margaret VOORHEES, OF
Lafayette was visiting relatives here
last Sunday.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
MISS LAzARo BECOMES
BRIDE or. LIEUT.. WHITE

A wedding of unusually interest in
congressional and navy circles took
place yesterday afternoon at o'clock
in the apartment of the brides par
ents, Representative and Mrs. Lads
las Lazaro, OF Louisiana, at Falkstole
Courts, when their daughter, Miss
Heloise Lazaro, became the bride of
Lieut.. Allen Howard White, u. S. N.
A beautiful decoration of spring flow
ers and palms adorned the various
rooms and the ceremony was per
formed in the drawing room by Mgr
Mackin of St. Paul's Church.
The bride, who was escorted by
her father. wore a gown of soft white
latin with a voluminous veil of tuIle
TWEA ~ g NIX NJ,
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
ESTATE OF cELEsTTNE sATUR,
No. 1855, Probate Docket, Sixteenth
Judicial District Court, Parish
OF St. Landry, La.

Whereas, Joseph Rideau, has ap-
piled to be appointed administrator OF
the above numbered and entitled
estate, and
Therefore, notice is hereby given to
any and all interested parties to show
cause. il any they can or have, in
writing in this office within ten days
Of the first publication hereof, why
the prayer Of the said petitioner
should not be granted.
BY order Of said court dated, April
II, 1921.
HENRY LASTRAPES. JR.
apr Is 2t Clerk Of Court
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llM .lAI a,SScr
~ NIGHT oLoUO nn,Rs7
.aso saEAKER-sRi0e-
= WASHED AWAY
g khE

-. rain in thirty years
" h' y, Thursday night. Il was
8 re-. ID By > vivid disp aaL,s Of
~ : high wind hoTlsa
!, - va, driven in binding
y nm - the murky heavens s,n. 49,.
s'''l : the city were either
', .,tirsly away or 50 under d.
~ en- ! unsafe for passage. The
.rsr Bayou lesson on Blocn
~ .-osts were washed away
w =. one spanning the same .,
be Us c-o,ee street was badly
The Landry street Oriase
- 4. psrls gully was also washed
- = soth streams were raging tor
accident was narFO"ly
!, me bridge over the RaWls
-. big roadster automobile
- rom Port Barre in the late
90. !, ne night plunged into the
s.sm where the bridge had
~ water VS. overhead but the
80, Of the machine, man and
escaped death miraculously
!, IN making the plunge fell OF
-, pipe crossing the stream ailc
\. grsvsnted the machine ron
,..spg over on its top.
maze to crops was considerable
-a0r to reports from farmers
~ badly blow mover and som'
- entirely out of the soil, ant
~, cotton and cotton just planted
.,,s5 IKE treatment. It is states
Z. nueh cotton viii have to be plant
!, sesIn.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
CARD OF THANKS

We take this means of extending
our heartfelt thanks to our many
friends and relatives who so kindly
assisted us in the illness and death
of our late husband and father. 1t
would be impossible for us to express
the appreciatiye thoughts we enter
tain for those who aided during that
time. 1t will be impossible for us to
ever forget their ministrations during
the hour of trial. Once again, We
thank all.
MRS. OCTAVE DURIO AND
FAMILY.
Opelousas. La, April IL. 1921
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
LOUISIANA FARMS INCREASE
BY 1900 IN PAST TEN YEARS

Washington, April 6.-The bureau
of the census today issued its figures
showing the number of farms by
states and counties. IN Louisiana at
the time the 1920 census was taken,
there were 135,455 farms. In 1910
we're I2O,546 farms.
St. Landry parish leads in the num-
Der Of farms with 6574. Avoyelles par
fsh is in second place with 1928 farms
The numbers of firms in certain other
parishes is as follows: Natchi.oches,
s411: Caddo. 1902; Franklin, 1882; De-
Soto. 1902; Bossier, 1927; Claiborne,
4O24.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13

such permit, or request for hearing
thereon, together with any briefs, re-
ports or other data for which eonsid-
GRAFTON is desired, should be submit
ted on or before May %. 1921, to the
Executive Secretary. Federal Power
Commission, Washington, D. c.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
CLUB RALLY TO BE HELD
IN oPELousAs APRIL 80

The eounty and bona denoast7
ton agents, Mr.. Mendoza and Miss
Dowell, have arranged to hold q club
rally in opelousas on April 80, for
the purpose of stimulating more IN
terest in club work in this parish
The different clubs of the parish viii
assemble at the high school building
promptly at 10 o'clock, form para
de and march over town and back to
the school house where few short
talks will be made by people support
ing and boosting club work. In the
afternoon the club members viii take
part in various contests and games
and present a club program consist
ing Of a number by each club, after
which Mr.. Mendoza win show educa'
tional moving pictures.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
Federal Power Commission

Federal Power Commission
In compliance with the Federal
Water Power Act al Stat, 1851 no
tiee is hereby given that the Louisiana
Gravity Canal Company. Inc, Major
Welman Bradford, President. Alexan'
dria, Louisiana, has applied for pre-
liminary permit for power develop
ment in the headwaters Of CaIcasieu
River above a point in T. s., R.
W.. in Bayou Nezpiaue above a point
in T. s., R. 2 W., L. NJ. and in Bay
on Cocodrie above Washington, Louisi
ana ANY objection against granting
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13

Mis- Ethel Worm, after spending
several weeks in this city as the
guest of relatives, returned to her
Nome in New Orleans Saturday.
i Miss Nathalie Haas spent several
days in Alexandria last week as the
guest Of her cousin, Miss Mamie
Haas.
666 breaks a cold quicker
than any remedy we know.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
woonliuht Picnic

a. Lucile Dunbar entertained a
-ssr b her friends at a moonlight
- on the beautiful lawn at the
~ q her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
,.,ou Dunbar, on East Grolee
90 The spacious lawn was illp-
-ustsd with electric lights and in
Z, ,snter was a large table where th1
sHsIous refreshments, consisting OF
,ssiehes, cakes and cold drinks,
~ served, Miss Mendoza chaper-
az the following: Misses Sybilie
=lIsr Louis Hollier. Dorothy Rey-
ss YYonne Reynolds, Susie ana
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13

The following relatives of the fam
lily of the late Octave Durio were u
OpeIousas to attend his funeral last
week: Mrs. ST. Paul Bourgeois Of
Jeanerette; Mrs. Celestine Brooks Of
New Orleans, Mrs. Saul Lavergne OF
Port Arthur. Texas, Mrs. G. 3. Latioi-
ais Of Port Arthur. Texas and Mrs.
Brady Beggs of Timberton, La.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13
FOR SALE OR RENT

Brick building on Landry street.
half block from Court House. Applg
to ]. LANDAU, opelousas, La
inch SO-3t
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13

John P. savant Of whitayille trans
acted business in Opelousas last Mon
day
Attorney and Mrs. P. R. sandoz re-
turned Sunday noon from weekend
trip to New Orleans.
Charles F. Bailey of Baton Rouge
spent the weekend here with relatiT'
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13

Henry Ford is one of the most conspicuous sue
eesses Of the past decade.
His wonderful rise from comparative obscr1ity
to afuence is due to his ability to save ana 10 III
fluence others to save
He insists upon each of his employees working ouI
his or her own welfare. He expects them 20 MAKE
the best use of their earnings. He asks them TO save
His ideas in this respect are not unique. many
big employers show a decided preference 1of the
man or woman who saves.
There is some portion of your income that you can
ave Start nowhere.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13

There being no further business o.
motion. duly. seconded and carried
tine meeting was adjourned.
E.. L. LOEB,
Mayor.
Attest. ]. PBRRODIN,
City Clerk
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OFFICERS:

OFFICERS:
EB Dubuisson, President,
chas r Boagni, Vice-President.
a ~ ICON Duure, V.-Pres. and Cashier
W I PuIford, Assistant Cashier.
"a H-.S,;r comeau, Assistant Cashier
Robert L. Fields, Utility
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-13

me DIRECTORS:
AS 81 Z. BoAGNI.
,s BOURGEOIS,
4E 81 SAND0Z,
LION DUPRE.
= DuBUIsSON,
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-08-19
DISCOVERS ART IF TEMPER|NG COPPER

What should prove to be an import ant factor in bringing back the copper mining industry and greatly increas- ing the demand for the metal is re, ported in the press from Laporte, Ind. Walter Bunton of that city has just sold to the United States Steel cor poration the patents of a process of hardening copper, by which it can be made as hard as steel. Some such process was known to the ancients be- cause copper so tempered had been found in ancient ruins, but scientific men have not, until now, been able to discover the process.
 The matter is of very vital interest in a county like this where copper is the chief resources and where enor- nous quantities of the metal are still to be mined.
 The article which bears every evi- dente of being reliable and accurate appeared in Wednesdays Denver Post and is as follows:
 (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire)
 Laporte, Ind, Aug. 9-One million dollars cash and cents a pound roy atty will be paid by the United States Steel corporation to Walter Bunton of this city for his patent on temper HE CODpSI. uc lSpOIL "uo SOll- firmed by Bunton Monday afternoon after recent interview with Judge Gary and other steel company offici- alS
 Bunton's discovery is one for tem- pering copper, an art lost since the days of ancient Romans. Tempered copper as Bunton has made it, means perhaps the hardest metal known. un- less it is Elwood Haynes ''steelite.' y It means cutting tools in machinery that will not strike sparks it means automobile, marine engine, locomo- tive and motor bearings will not burn out or crack as others do. Bunton will receive his money as soon as the dis covery has gone the rounds of fore ign patent offices. Not until then. by order of the steel company. is he at liberty to divulge the process.
 It is known, however, that there are three stages to the process. The first treatment of pure copper makes it harder than copper has been made before when not alloyed, but keeps it still ductile and pliable. The second treatment makes it as hard as steel and the third so hard it cannot be cut by the best steel saw files. or chisels
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-08-19
CARL HAYDEN BACKS MINE ASSESSMENT
 CHANGES

Washington, Aug. 1.-The Hayden bill changing the time for doing as- SeSsment work on unpatented miner al claims from the calendar to fiscal year has passed the house and will probably be acted upon by the senate in the near future. The only way in which this change could be brought about was to extend the. time in which the assessment work for 1921 may be performed from December 31, 1921, to July l 1922. The bill was ann ended to provide that the period with in which the work to be done annual ly on mining claims shall commence at noon on July first instead of mid night on June 30. When this measure WAS under consideration by the house Congressman Hayden said;
 MT. Speaker, the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Arentz) was kind enough to submit his amendment to me in ad- vance of offering it and 1 am glad to accept it. The wisdom of beginning the year in which assessment work must be done at neon instead of mid night will not be disputed by anyone who is at all familiar with the loca' tion of mining claims. There have been frequent disputes caused by two UT lnOTc 1uSA SOlHS upOh lAO oeihuo piece of ground in the middle of the night. often without seeing each other. Rights mineral claims will n,enceforth be initiated when the sun is at meridian height, which is the beauty and glory of the day. instead at that time of night-'When church yards yawM and hell itself breaths out contagion to this world.
 "As to the bill proper, the argu- lnents in favor of it's enactment have been fully set forth in the report by the chairman of the committee on Mines and Mining (Mr. Rhodes) and by other gentlemen who have spoken here today. The desirability or changing the time for doing annual assessment work on mineral claims from the calendar year, beginning January 1, to the fiscal year, begin ming July 1, has long been recoghlzeu and meets with the approval or prac tically all those engaged in prospect ing and mining As typical ot many other statements in support or lniS change, let me quote from the Mining and Scientific Press of San Francesca;
 As we have suggested before,
 one excellent amendment Of the
 present statute would change per
 manently the fiscal date for per
 forming the annual assessment
 work from January 1 to July l.
 Congressional action taken some
 months ago extended for six months, or until July 1, 1921, the
 final date for the completion of
 the work for 1920: accordingly, 4 it would be convenient to make
 the suggested change at this
 time.'
 ssIn this connection it should not be forgotten that section ? of the act to save daylight was not repealed and consequently the United States stan dard time for the zone in whlch mining claim is located will govern and not the local or sun time. In ATT zona. for example, where the stan, dard time is about 30 minutes ahead of the sun, prospectors and claim own CTS will avoid difficulty by remember, ing this fact at high noon on July |.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-08-19
HOUSE VOTES ID L|FTBAN ON STILLS
 IN HOMES

Washington, Aug. 16-Any house holder could have home brew under interpretations placed upon an amend ment to the Willis-Campbell beer bill approved today by the house.
 The amendment adopted as a sub- st1tute for senate provision would require federal agents to have war rants before entering homes in search Of liquor. It provides however, that no warrant shall be issued for home
 unless there is reason to believe such dwelling is used as a place il. which liquor is manufactured for sale or sold"
 Representative Fileds, Democrat, Kentucky, declaring the house amend ment would virtually sanction nome brew provided it was not made to be sold, attempted to have the word for sale" striken ouc, out his motion was rejected, 96 to 54
 Volstead FaVors Amendment
 Representative sVolstead, .Republi- can Minnesota author of the original prohibition act, favored the house substitute as adopted. He declared later it would not change the policy of the prohibition enforcement bureau in reference to home brewing. No at tempt of late has been made on ord CTS from Washington, he said, to pro- hibit the home manufacture of potent beverages for personal use.
 ''The section we put in the bill pro- vides that the law is to be enforced as we intended when we passed the prohobition act, said Mir. Volstead. While it expressly stipulates that no homes are to be searched without warrant, and then only if the liquor made is being sold, federal officers can get evidence ill other ways as to whether the law is being violated.
 Fields DenouncA; Amendment
 "The section of the original act prohibiting the manufacture of liquor with alcoholic content of more than one-half of one per cent is still in force Search of homes without war rants usually has been conducted un- der the revenue act which authorized such action under some circum- stances"
 Pleading for tight ban on home brew, MT. Fields declared that If you say a man can rig up a distillery in his home. you kill the Volstead act"
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-08-19
LOCAL RAINS DOING WONDERS FOR
 GENTLEMEN

Local showers, from light to heavy, have been so well distributed over the grazing of the entire country around Clifton that nearly all the ranges have been benefited and the condition of all stock greatly improved
 It is predicted among the cattlemen of this section that the fall growth ot grass and everything else will be most wonderful. More rains are still likely to follow, and with the warm days in between, it is going to make a remark able growth, everywhere in this area
 CattIemen Are Pleased
 While good rains have fallen thus far, and the hills age assuming a hue of green. it will be noted that already in several sections around Clifton the grass is several inches high. The cattlemen are rejoicing, feeling that their troubles for this season, due to the scarcity of feed, are thing of the past.
 Now, if by some hook or crook a good price could be obtained for stock, the ranchers and stockmen around Clifton would soon be put on velvet again. However, it is to be hoped that something will happen to bring about the very desirable result
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-08-19

Peter Mortensen,. the Arizona Copper Company's Store, an Italian Shoe Shop on Chase Creek and other minor tnefts not reported. Considerable loot was found at the home of some of the boys consisting of wearing apparel dry goods, toys, etc. which is being held by the Sheriff until the owners can identify the same.
 Guadalupe Placencio, Mexican aged about 45 years, ard residing on Chase Creek was arrested on Wednes- day evening and charged with the crime of Contributory Delinquency. the youths apprehended stating that he had been purchasing their loot from them, and upon his premises be- ing searched considerable of the stolen property was found stored therein.
 The youths and Placencio are being held at the County Jail and will re- ceive a hearing before Judge Laine in the Superior Court next week.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-08-19
AR|zONA'S RATE |S FIXED AT 73 CENTS

Arizona'S tax rate has jumped 251 cents on every hundred dollars prop erty valuation as the result of the economy" session of the state board of equalization, which body has been meeetir,s for the past eight days. The new tax rate will be 73 cents per $100 as against 4712 cents last year.
 Decrease of $54, 100000, or approx imately 6 per cent, in the value of taxable property in the state is re- corded in the finding of the board, made public last night, the total valu- ation being $S30,000,000 compared to SSS4 ,000 900 for the previous year. Surprise was expected in some quar- ters that the tax rate was not set at d higher figure. Many persons looked for 75 cents per $100 announcement.
 Elimination of the industrial com mission through court decision that the law creating it was unconstitu- tional, and disclosure that funds for vocational education would be neces- sary enabled the board to lower the tax rate somewhat. $150,000 was to have been raised for the former and there remains a material uneXpended balance for the latter from the pre- vious appropriation of $341 ,OO0 suffi- cient to conduct the work in the state.
 Reduction of 121a per cent in the taxable value of irrigated lands. an advance of half over the cut recom- mended by the board of supervisors, was announced for Maricopa county. The board of supervisors has urged 0 25 per cent slash on the s1S2 per acre figure of last year.
 The following changes were made in livestock assessments last year: Cattle, reduced from S30 to $25; sheep from sS to $5; goats, from $4 to s, The assessor and board of equallza- tion of Maricopa county had reduced by from 20 per cent to '25 per cent the valuations of all kinds of livestock last year. The state board restored these figures to the average through out the state.