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VOL. XXV. NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11I, 1917. No. 23.
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VOL. XXV.
pERSONALS
Ajp OTHERWISEI
C .ub tt is week
t ho of Mrs ' The
b ul players w" r e %1 A. 1 ' urke.
, I'U Richard, d;I Mrs. F.
S rs- R. A an:. r,1 tived
;1aIoltion' .. :I.:. nlettug
_ c ld at the t"" :, \l:s. t .
G. pollok -t.: r:ilnted the
Afternoon Fi e Hiundred
wweek. hh., .,.. i i play
.e -Mrs. t . tE. aid M.rs.
t- l etion. Mr . A. i'cieard will
ae t the next ie-'.t.n9.
M Blan au1 Lil and her
Mrs. Petrie. are at latayette.
A . Meyer and ,,n have re
Sfrom vislting er r, lati'e at
a - ue , l'la',V lln.q, and
" rry Fallon ,nt.r,'inid her
Mrs. Sarah Bernard of Chi
dt diner last W', ddnsdad.
a SNelson Fallon has tully re
from a severe , at n: his foot
1o M Wk at school.
Fret md Cook and son. (erson.
S frte Abita S),ring, Satulruay
a week with h. r hus'anli.
gg . .y friends of Mlr,. Ellen
will regret to learn that she
i#ed1 to undergo an op r
iL aret Glordano of Ironton wAs
Shere last week.
Sor.ichard kixon and son. Mau
" ea red from New York Satur
, afta spending ten days' va
' y friends of George Thorn
g beo glad to know he is con
.crt after a serious accident.
Ia Joha Chapter No. 33, 0. E. S.,
bI their opening meeting Monday
Safter having been closed for
rameser months.
f Sedonia Rouprich left for
olarles. IA., where she will join
r heasead. Mr. Adolph Rouprich.
S~ieployed at the government
Wgg M that place.
: - L L Armstrong of Pleasant
4 ap guest of Dr. R. L. Riley
Wier has been sick this
NIra Scott left last week to
gehool at Evergreen. La.
Besale Chauvin of Nairn. 1a..
guest of her aunt. Mrs. J.
] immnett Cognovich spent the
agi ia Nairn. La.. with rela
, Mnamie Martinez has returned
after spending a week in IBaton
y A. Biaggini spent Sunday In
j. "ia and children wesra
jbs of Mrs R. Stocktleth Sun
 . R. Olivier is the guest o. his
. He will return to Quaran
shortly.
L Kinkaid and daughter,
will leave shortly for Hous
sas, where they will be the
Sf Mr. and Mrs. W. Friech.
el Mrs. H. Pettigrew are
up their home in Pelican Ave.
Mr. Pettigrew is a marine at
tsal States Naval Station.
A. Gerreta was a week-end
of the Missee McKee in Mc
k H. M. Nolaha. who was at Fort
_ L returned home.
ma m trleads of Mr. Joe Kest
Wl be glad to know he has
a positlon as oiler on the
Magnolia.
. Mrs. F. Albrecht and
a taken up their residence
Clinle Pope is visiting rela
ampton, Va.
.ly friends of Mr. Joe Kest
, Will he glad to know he is
after undergoing an
t Touro Infirmary. iHe
h hne ia a few weeks.
Oladlys Munsterman returned
AI Ia., Tuesday. after
I Week with her aunt. Mrs.
r-@fl Knights Branch No.
I el a regular meetling
 I. at Mechanics' Hall,
'9 members are requested
will be asked to
bh. ceremonies incident to
of the Y. M. C. A. hay
SNatval 8tation in the Fifth
- Crom, October 21. The
emamittee of the Y. M. C.
SMatb in its building in St.
- l. has instructed Oen
A. O. Browne to ar
program.
& lsLkeebring has en
Unlversity as a student
EBOYS
AT
SFRONT
sWId get a very
I me ad liter.
Ul letter each .
I res homse
V weuld sen
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WARE TO RE[GSISTER
FOR THE TEAROF 191
Several thousand Orleans are
warned by W W W. Heard, registrar of
voters, that it is time to register. If
it should be necessary to call an elec
e ion during the fresent year, or the
. next one, citizens holding 1916 regis
I tration papers would not be able to
vote.
It is necessary, as everyone should
know. to register every four years.
Ip to the present time only 16oi,u
a names appear on the new registration
books. which is almost 30.0u0 short of
the city's total registration. Only cit
izens holding papers taken out since
I Jan. 1. 1917. will be able to vote in
I elections during the next four years.
r LEVEES IN GOOD CONDITION.
The members of the Orleans Levee
Board Friday made an inspection of
the levees on the west bank of the
t river. from the Algiers ferry landing
• ,to the lower limits of the parish.
They found the dykes in good condi
r tion and such work as was going on
- progressing satisfactorily.
t Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan art
receiving congratulations on the ar
r. rilal of a little baby at their home.
S John liuras of Empire. IA.. is the
guest of Mrs. .1. Ramos.
ii Mr. and Mrs. J. Barrios of Jesuit
e Bend are visiting relatives.
Miss Albertine Lecourt left Tues
day evening for Covington to spend
s awhile with her cousin. Miss Olga
McNeely.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Salathe re
turned from Bay St. louis. after
I closing their summer home for the
season.
The Once-a-Month Euchre Club
I- met at the home of Mrs. Nelson last
week. The successful players were
, Miss Mary Ferguson. Miss L. Nicaud.
y Miss C. Richard and Mise C. Nelson.
r The consolation was won by Mrs. S.
Boylan. The next meeting will be
r held at the home of Mrs. ID. Murtagh.
u Little Maurice Heath of Belleville
. Street fell last week while skating
t and broke his collar bone. Hills many
friends wish a speedy recovery.
t Frank Bennerfield. who has been
Y doorman at the Third Precinct, has
been retired from the department,
s after more than twenty years' service.
Virginia Aodge No. 136. Knights of
0 Pythias. met Monday night and the
Pythian War Relief Fund and Liberty
.. Loans were discussed.
I. W1ord from the United Fruit Com
pany gives the information that the
e ship which is bringing the body of
1- Mrs. T. V. Casanova. Sr.. from
Panama is delayed and will not ar
d rive here until some time on Thurs
n day. The funeral will probably be
held on Saturday.
n Mr. and Mrs. i). P. Martinez of s0:
Opelousas Avenue are receiving con
* gratuatlins on the arrival of a boy
1- at their house on Monday.
Mr. John F. Sullivan, who was for
is merly connected with Mr. Peter Rupp.
I- has accepted a position at Lake
Providence, la., his former home.
r. The many friends of Miss Eunice
5- Itonner will be sorry to learn that she
e is ill at the Nurses' Infirmary at the
Charity Hospital. Her friends wish
'e her a speedy recovery.
B- Miss Freda Peyer left for St. Louis
It last week after spending some time
here, the guest oT Mrs. J. Susslin.
d Miss Myrtl Christy of Morgan City
Ift for Alxandria last week. She will
remain a few days.
t The many friends of Mrs. Becket
are glad to see her out again, after a
- spell of sickness.
5 Little Inez Emelda Burmaster of
le t26 Pacific Avenue entertained her
little friends on Monday. October S.
d the occasion being the third anniver
'e sary of her birth. Quite an enjoy
able evening was spent by the little
folks who sanmg. danced and played
games. Delklous refreshments were
served.
Is Mrs. C. Gonzales and baby, Harvey.
f and brother, Albert Harvey. returned
Le Tuesday from Tampa, Fla. Mrs. Gon
zales is stopping with her parents in
SAtlantic Avenue and will reside here
rpermanently. Mr. Gonzales will join
* his wife and baby in a few weeks.
Rev. J. A. Petit was Installed friar
o. and Louis W. Peterson, navigator at
' the lnstallation of officers of the 4th
ii, degree Knights of Columbus last
!d week.
Nelson Graham and Ned Whitmore
Swho are attending Jefferson College.
to spent a few days here this week.
Albert Peterson. 13 years old, of
h 329 Beileville street, had a narrow es
e cape Thursday. when on skates rid
Sing behind a wagon he let go his hold
I and started across the street at Se
-I guin and Delaronde streets in front
Sof a Troy Laundry auto driven by
George Terry. lie was struck but
- not injured.
it John Laskey is rebuilding the shop
which was destfoyed by the recent
fire in Patterson street. The frame
of the new structure is up and an
SAmerlcn flag is proudly floating over
I lt.i
Six reels of motion picture films
were found abandoned in the ferry
station in Algiers by the pollce of the
Eighth Precinct station early Satur
day morning.
The Thursday Afternoon Euchre
Club met last week at the homne of
Mrs. L. F Gisch. The successful
players were Mrs. I'. .1. Lewis. Mrs.
C. E. Dickey (playing for Mrs. H. A.
Tansey) and Mrs. C. Prisch. Mrs.
Adams received the consolation. The
next meeting will be held in the
home of Mrs. F. Goebel.
The N and L Sewing Club met last
week at the home of Mrs. C. V. Kraft.
Mr. Alonzo Burke spent a few days
in Houston on business last week.
Mayor Behrman was a visitor to
SDonaldsonville. La.. where he opened
the Southwest Louisiana Fair.
A plate glass show window vralue,
at $50 was -damaged by a boy with a
sling shot lriday evening at 7:30 o'
clock in front of I. Weiner's furniture
store, 137 Delaronde street. The glass
( is owned by J. Bodenger and is In
sured.
t Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Dumestre. are
* receiving congratulations on the ar
rival of a daughter.
A cear of the Algiers-Oretna line
Jumped the track at Morgan and Se-a
gaa etreeb Thimrenl .
A Second Line of Defense
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FOSTER OLROY0 CLAIMED BY DEATH
Foster Olroyd. city electrician for ion. Francis. Is in the navy and is
seventeen years and recognized as now aboard the gunboat Wheeling.
one of the most experienced electri-' The funeral took place Tuesday at
cal men in the South. died in his :t o'clock p. m. Funeral services were
home. 516 Pelican avenue. Monday held at the ('hurch of the Holy Name.
night at 9:15 o'clock. While Mr. 01- of Mary. Rev. Fathers Larkin. Petit.
6r
royd had been In poor health for some
time. it was only last week that he
was compelled to remain in bed.
Since the city decided to install a
new light system several months ago:
Mr. Olroyd had been working night
and day and it is believed the strain
was too great. It was only a few
days ago he practically completed the
plans and specifications.
Mr. Olroyd was born in this city
September 20. 1861. and received his
early education in the public schools.
After leaving school he accepted a
place with the Baltimore and Ohio
Telegraph Company, serving for about
two years. Later he became identi
fied with the Edison Light Company.
remaining from 1888 to 1895. In 1s95
he went with the Algiers Waterworks
and Electric Company as superintend
ent and during his stay installed the
present system.
Mr. Olroyd was appointed city elec
trician in 1900 and filled the office
with distinct credit. He made many
friends on both sides of the river.
For years he supervised the stringing
of lights in Canal street and at the
city hall for the Carnival.
He was a member of the Interna
tional Association Municipal Electric
ians, the Louisiana Engineering Soci
ety. Choctaw Club and Jovian Order.
In addition to his wife. who was
Miss Florence Mary Krapp. he is sur
vived by eight children, two grand
children and a sister. The children'
are: Mrs. Theo Hotard. Mrs. B.
Kroutter. Foster. Francis. Aidan. Ira
and Misses Ethel and Sidney Olrovd.
The sister is Mrs. W. P. Ball. The
WEEK FOR TAXPAYER PROTESTS
C. Taylor Gauche. president of the
Board of Assessors. his been advised
by the Board of State Affairs that any
property holders wishing to protest
the state assessments made by the
board must do so before October 15.
as after that date no protests will be
received.
At a meeting of the board held Oc
tober 2 this resolution was adopted:
"Resolved. That any and all protests
by police juries or individual taxpay
ers to actual values fixed by the
Board of State Affairs for state rur
n poses shall be made and filed with the
board on or before Monday. October
15. 1917."
Mr. Gauche said he had received
numerous inquiries from property
holders as to when and where they
could protest the assessments made
anfd Cavanaugh officiating. Inter- I
ment was in Greenwood Cemetery. c
The active pall-bearers were M. J. '
Rooney. I. J. Virgin. Ben Willard.,
Geo. Wattigney. Frank Owens and E.
E. Lafaye.
Algiers
People
Pay
The Ferry Company's re
ceipts each day are
about $400.00 or for
the year
$146,000.00
We paid in City Tax for
the year 1915
$87,292.00
We paid the Ferry Corn
Company $58,708
more than the entire
amount of our city tax.
MORAL
Boost For City
Owned Ferries.
FERRIAGE AT
COST
Eventually Free
Ferriage
it
POSTAL RATES
IICREASE NOV. 2ND
In reference to the new postal rates
which co into effect on November 2.
1917. the following has been issued by
the postmaster:
"On Friday. November 2. 1917. the
new rates of postage on first class
mail becomes effective. c
"The rate on letters, and other first
class mail (except drop letters) will
be three cents an ounce or fraction I
thereof. t
"On drop letters the rate will be
two cents an ounce or fraction there- s
of. IDrop lerttrs are letters m;ailed
for delivery from the office at which e
posted; that is to say. letters mailed I
in New Orleans for delivery in New
Orleans).
"Postal cards are required to have
prepaid postage of two cents per card.
To the one-cent postal cards now in
use an additional stamp of one cent
must be affixed.
* Poor cnrt (rtrvwfet safling eards&
hearing open written messages must
have two cents prepaid thereon."
LIEUTENANT NOLAN RETURNS. 1
l)r. Nolan, wh. at the outbreak of
the war was commissioned as a first
lieutenant in the Dental Corps of the
U'. S. Army, and who has been sta
tioned at San Antonio. has returned
to Alziers having been placed on the
inactive list owing to a slight physi
cal disability, and will again resume
his practice and will be glad to see
his many friends.
HORSE IS CAUSE OF $600 BLAZE.
A horse roaming about the yard in
the home of Harrison llaywood, ne
ero. at Behrman avenue and Ptole~lmy
street. was the cause of a fire which
comoletely destroyed the building and
contents valued at about $600.
In some manner the horse struck
the weather boarding of the house.
causing an oil lamp. which was on a
small table to fall to the floor, re
sulting in an explosion. The occu
pants were awakened by the smoke
and fled from the house.
Are
You
Progressive
The Ferry Company's re
ceipts are about $400
a day or for the year
$146,000.00
This amount is an Ex
tra Tax on the Algiers
People.
Ferriage At Cost
would wipe out this
extra tax on Algiers
People.
Are You Willing
To Help
No charges are made by the
City for crossing the hundreds
of Bridges that span the
Bayous and Canals on the
other side of the River.
The cost of all these bridges
is considerably more than the
coest of the Physical Property
of the Ferry Comopsuiaes
LADIES REGISTER
WEDNESDAY 11TH
M1RS K.ATE \.I.LILIRI. .L aptain
L.ieutitnant .1ppointted For lEa h
Ne\t W e 'dnet ,l lv will I.. r. -ttr.:
tli n day t,,r the ladiL  ,t:,t i:.ci in
trest is bhl,:. taken in thi. I '::, r
Mrs Kate Valli,-r ha-i her litouln
airts ready to btr--n w rik early Wed
nesday.
Th'. card which is to bhe maId, ot:1
or tilled in by each lady \h ,':l ,r in
pl(e'e. V. 11 , ditain mnhu, h data. it .. I 'e
ýioet so tar as to ask eacih lad. t,
give her correct aye in year onlyl.i
the iI nth, may be lefit oil.
Thir. are about ten difierenlt heatldý t
under which a lady may register at i
uniter ea . h f, these heads ar,.e meI n
tioneii nai :y othersit -
The ilifferent heads are as folloiws: t
1 r--\riculture. - clerical. : --l)o
Inetic. 4 Industrial. - Protssio al.
t;- l'uhlic Service. --Sotcial Servo1e I f
-l('d Cros-s. , \iiscellatltiou . 1,- a
('ontribut ions
H , elo i is a list of thre preci:ncts.
their boundary lines. the location of
the bioth and lieutenant in charte:
1st Precinct Mrs II. 1. lioyt. L.ieut.
l'atterson to river side of Pelican av
enue. from river side of Verret to
river. Booth :l1 Miorgan:
i2nd P'recinct: Mrs .\ J .\mnueio. t
Lieut. Woods sitde of Pelican avenue ,
to river side of Opeloiusas from river I
side of Verret to riler: booth Mc- n
t)onogh No 4 school. Ale\ and ler
muda streets t1
;:rd Plrecinct: Mrs. Edna \ndrews.
J Wood side of O()pelousas a enue to .
Parish line. from wood side of Ver- H
ret to river; booth Mcl)onogh No. ,. h
Verret street. a
4th Precinct: Miss G. Herbert. tp
• Lieut. Patterson to river side o- Alex c,
y street. wood side of Verret to Whit- a
ney avenue; booth Belleville school. s
e ,th Precinct: .Mrs. E. R. Manent. e
$ Lieut. Wood side of Alex to river side t
of Opelousas. wood side of Verret to ý
t Whitney; booth .,06 Slidell avenue. if
6th Precinct: Mrs. R. A. Dixon. n
n Lieut. Wood side of Opelousas avenue 1t
to Bringier. wood side of Verret to g,
e Whitney avenue: booth 426 Olivier c
street h
di 7th Precinct: Mrs. McKinley Vezi- p
h en. from Whitney avenue to Stanton n
d Plantation: booth Adolph Meyer a
t school. Naval Station. s
A general meeting is called for c
e Thursday. at 7:31) p. Im.. Oct. lI. 21l c
I Olivier street.
CAPTAIN, LIEUTENANTS AND F
CLERKS, 15th WARD, b
t 'Catain. Mrs. K. Valluer. 219 Ollv
ier street, phone Algiers 288L. V
1st Precinct. 311 Morgan street- d
Lieut. Mrs. Ii. L. lloyt.
Mesdames C. Johnson, W. L. Card. v
Leila Collins. G. E. Armstrong. L.
it Lorio, Jno. Duffy. ('has. Zatarin. It.
A. Tansey and Miss Ida Kevlin. r
2nd Precinct. Mci)onogh No. 4.-- 1
Lieut. Mrs. A. J. Amuedo.
te Mesdames ('. Yalets.. Appel. Jos. e
Daniels. Frank Hymel. Misses Cor
ie rine Hughes. Edna Karr. Ophelia
1e Koppel. Louise Averill. Mrs Fred
Stansbury.
3rd Precinct. Mcl)onogh No. 5.-t
E. Lieut. Mrs. N. Andrews.
In Mesdames Ii. T. Malone. Aug. Scha
hel. J. Sullivan. Misses M. Stenhouse.
y E. Rees and L. Shook.
4th Precinct. Belleville School.
Ld Lieut. Mrs. Z. Gaiennie.
Mesdames V, Olivier. C. Corbett.
k Thomas Little. R. F. Mons:Vvadce.
e. Misses Georgina Herbert. Eugenia (
a Herbert. Adriel and Grace Iennox. (
- Florence Burgis. Aline Kevlin and
-Sadle Garland.
e 5th Precinct. 426 Olivier street.
Lieut. Mrs. E. Manent. (
Mesdames C. V. Kraft. C. P'rlsch.,
- F. lIoogoven. Misses I. Brookes. Jos
ephine Langford. Irene Crane. Adel-t
aide Giblin. Alberta ftlafkesbring. Er
minie Hlopper. Camille Nelson and
Cora Shields.
6th Precinct. 506 Slidell avenue.-
Lieut. Mrs. R. A. Dixon.
Mcsdames R. Lands, V. Cherbon
nier. P. O. ('aferlo, Sydney Oswald. 1
Geo. Walters. Misses M. Vaughan. E.
Schroeder. .A. Rodick, F. Stumpf.
7th Precinct. Adolph Meyer School.
--Ieut. Mrs. McKinley V'ezien.
Mesdames W. Windisor. E. W. Jor
dan and L. F. Gisch. Misses Florence
Lusk and Mary L. Gaspard.
Fifth Precinct. 42-; Olivier street.
Mrs. Esther R. Manent. the lieu
tenant for the tifth precinct announces
the following commissioners and
clerks and the hours of service ('onm
Smissioners:
Misses ('ora Shields and Irene
C('rane. 6 a. m to I p. m.
Mrs. (C V. Kraft and Miss Adelaide
Giblin. I p. m. to 6 p. m.
Misses Irene Itrookis and Joseph
ine Langford. 6; p. m to ¶9 I, n.
Clerks-- Mlsses Erminle Hoppler and
Alberta ilafkesbring. 6 a. mni. to, 1 p.m.
Mrs '. F'risch and Mis ('amille
Nelson. I p. m. to p imn.
Mi.s 'o·ra Shields and Sirs. P. tloo
goten. 6 p. m. to t. p mn
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
.\ minst enjovable tine wn.as splent at
the home of Mrs It Itessin W.ilne
day eveninr. the occasion hiein the;
lIth anniver;ary of their d;aurphte·
Lula May. Gaines were played. danc
ing indulged and refreshments were
sirved. Miss O. Hust rendered sev
eral selections on the piano Those
present were Misses J,-nnie Louise
and Pearl l.ecrourt. Addle, and B.ulah
Gulllot. Stella and ;lady-s LJeJunne.
Martha Adams. Rita. Benniati. Mar
caret May Heath. Ielen C'harlorville.
Ruth Aycock. Ethel Anderson. G;race
Martinez. Mareardine Pujol. L.ella PI
tre. Vera andl E. Coork. and Ottrers.
Messrs. James Covell. Too Cook. .. S
and Bill I'Peterson. Fenne Vallette.
Charles Sadler. Prank Neueer. Georre
Beninnatti. Beverly, Walter and E J.
Lejeunne. Omega Huget. Ruby Le
Ijeunne. Mr. and Mrs. James Covell
land Mrs. 0. A. Aycock.
LETTERS FROM THE
': PEOPLE ':
I 'I ::r
SI I.- It a I t.
oii-' uly.
I t t Sirit.
a 1 i l.ti.ti St.
2 \.i::it~tt stt
Pr V \ Kraft.
t , il r Th. h.. t .ty
I . t i Ath nVi"-t }our eltrontl
in thi. wt..k" Issue of the hierald.
tall:n, u; o. ithe ppeople of .\!:i-ers to
form an areaiti.it aiin to further the
int" rest of tht" Fifth District Tlhero
- 1U t utilht but that Aii, r " saily
reT i- an . rtUritt ttlon ha-ed en pure
democra yr . I tof t ntriulle-l i litlt.til
- and io; 'rated t.r thi gºoo of the
etttnrun.ty at l Ie. t th or, t y for a
fel int!ue..til p!rtwi setkink pters-o
tal gain. It mtui t he tn ,rganiLatiinI
ac4 rl, ;u . hi i taitnhi d A which w ill
ciln t i the front , hen it iu neiessary
to dli-;agree , eth the adrniin t ration.
andl nit i" a wiht h .ervilily bows .tnd
scrapes to the potwers that be, to the
ditrimei:t of the comtiunity. Algiers
is in the same h\ as I >au. when he
sold his birthright for a m0ess of pot
taglt .\lutiers has bartered its inher
ntt rights for ta tie.t political jobs.
with the reu -it that it gets nothing
tior than these ftea t lit -al jtobs
The tig things o elisewhere. For
the sak of the sie fe' jobs it has to
suffer theu burden of tuntjudst and ex
iessivi t(eo t if ferry transi.ortation.
with abominable service and the great
hindranc  toi cumhiterciial and social
advancement incident thereto: it has
to rut up with usatge by the large
corporationts according to the corpor
ation's whims: it has to stand by and
see improvements going on in all oth
er parts of the city but its own seet
tion. It has been many years since a
street was paved in Algiers. A new
firehouse was put tup where -it wa
not so badly needued, whereas the
larte arsa below the viaducts is ab
solutely unprotected. It recently re
ceived a school house a hich it should
have had several years ago. Com
pulsory ratproofing was forced upon
many poor. yet the rats running
around the St. John market can be
seent a block off. The hardship
caused the people iof Algiers on ac
count of the conditions on Canal St..
from the L. & N. depot to the Canal
street ferry. together with the Public
Belt Railroad switching nuisance. has
beaen-permitted to continue for years.
An organiztratron Interested only in
the good of the community as a whole
with the detetmination to b tter con
ditions and get at the bottom of them
irrespective of whom it affects, and
which would confine its endeavors to
the bit things and ignore picayune
matters altogether, and which would
not permit itself to be used as a
bumper post for critcism to shiaeld
politicians, could undoubtedly be a
great power for the upbuilding of our
s"ction. In such an organization I
would be willing to do my utmost, but
otherwise. I believe the organization
would merely he a farce. and a tool
to be orked against the comtmunihty
inst iad of for it.
Yours sincerely.
S. A. Eross.
REALTY OWNERS. PROTECTIVE
ALLIANCE.
Resolution.
To the Hlonorable Mayor and
:Commission Council of New Orleans.
noity Hail.
Whereas. accordinr to the report of
the Ic S. Public Health Service in
charge of the plague situation in New
Orleatsr that the last case of human
plague in the city was on September
l. 191b--- more than two years ago, and
that the last rodent case was April
t, 1917: and
Whereas, an approitmte total of
1t 2.45 buildings have been ratproof
- ed up to June t3l. 1917. practIcally
conhpleting the work and
Whereas. a renort to this organiza
tion given (in September 2 e. 1917.
states "that the plague situation UnN
der the foregoing conditions are ex
. tri.- ly favortable: that as ino plague
rnits s ore caurht all summer probably
t ione woula be caught this winter, as
h plaeur has a tendency to spread durt
ing hot weather, and that there was
no uanger of any further spread of the
Soplacue" inder these favorable con
s dituions ships are now permitted to
ii land at ratproofed wharves without
rat guards: and
d herea5. the f tingcondtiu e of the ex
r . iublic ir-althl service in the city
lenhs to keep realty greatly depreclat
ht ed to the trimiendt of the city and
the drinerty owners' interests owing
- tau their resence. therefore be it
Hlesilved. that, the Itealty Owners'
d Protective Alliance hereby respectful
ra ly petitions the honorable Mayor and
e Commission Council. that unider the
foregoing favorable conditions, to re
p. call the Ia l Public Health Service
from the city, no that it can be an
nounced to the world that ar l danger
from plague has passeu.. and thereby
stimulate our depreciated realty val
ucs and cortmerclal pursuitj. and be
ly it further
Resolved, that a dopy of Ibese reso
fe ltions he itvyn Vo the Ctonmtmiission
Counc Idt ard that copies be sent to
fothe Asslation of aosmerce and oth
Snr commercial bodies. including the
press, to join us in this request.
e Adopted October 1, 1917.
Wm. C. Harder,
h President.
• .. T. W Melesner,
r- Secretary.
e. UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
Remaining at Station A. New Or
i. leans, La.. Postoffhie, week ending
.s. Thursday Oct. 11. 1917:
- Women- .Ias. Cahill. Heater Pen
e. nes. Mrs. (;alla, M. Hargis, Fanny
in James, Bertha Johnson, Clemitine
J. Johnson, (2): Loulsle Lyrod.
e.' Men-Freddle Rosa.
il Chha. Janvier, Jos. W. DInlels.
Postmater. Supt. Sta A.