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TUEST. LANDRY CLARION
*Here &half the Press tpe People's Rights Maintain. Umawed by Inflence and Unbrtbed by oat..'
VOLUME XXXII-NO. 5. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1921. TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
AS YOU GO'
LAN FOR ROADS
PROVES A WINNER
yonmer Governor Sanders
M olds Wnning Card in
The Convention
gFOSrTION MELTS
ON FINAL PASSAGE
a` mpt to. Defeat Ordi
nance Defeated Overwhel
jningly By Delegates
Baton Rouge La.. May 10.-Passage
S fander's "pay as you go" road
4saCe by the decisive voe of 96
against 23 nays was one of the
of the morning session of the
tgstational convention Tuesday.
. load ordinance had the legisla*
right of way under a special or
) Mr Bell of .Calcasieu promptly
a motion to recommit which was .
, yeas 39, nays, 69. The or
:oce was then placed on final pas
withoft any speech-making and
gst trough to safety with plenty
to spare. Applause swept
per the convention as President
iu asmnounced the reshit of
is declared to be the first
of real constructive work done
s oonvention since it convened
It also finally disposes of
go of the vital issues before the con
o4r4dinsance is a complete road
ei within itself, even if the or
dimancesO in the taxation committee
lcisg the ad valorem tax on motor
yhlcles into the highway fund and
Ig amnc authorizing a tax of not,
hik a bali mill for road put
psua are not acted upon.
' .: is estimated that the ordinance as
p` ed will provide more than $4,000,
00 a year for road construction and
uaintenance at the very outset. This
will be inereased from year to year as
the atuer of motor cars in the state
uatilply and the sale of gasoline in
resses.
egislature will work out the
1. "`and carry the road construc
0d maintenance program into
lAbdsiaa, within the next few ;ears,
)131 have a modern highway system
at the same time pay for " the
"ads as they are constructed, un
the provisions of the Sander's
go" road ordinace, which
ten into the niew constitAttion
he text of .the art 1l
'BRoad and Highways"
Atile-The legislature shall
e for the establishment and
asiatenance of a system of hard sur
Stee state highways and bridges, un
d* the supervision of the board of
mt. engineers, until otherwise pro
hT~eed for a general highway fund for
C sonstruction and maintenance
Gereof; shall authorize the acquisi
th. by expropriation or otherwise,
i rights of way for highways, drain
and aals and ditches, may provide
'K the purchase or expropriation of
glvl beds and shell deposits for the
:; (Continued on page 4)
RISH RETAINS
-FULL MEMBERSHIP
RMAN AMENDMENT GIVES
8 -REPRESENTATIVES AND
DISTRICT TWO SENATORS
4. Landry parish is not to lose any
its representation in either house
ithe state legislature, according to
'mastion received from Judge G.
., r6 Thursday morning.
' h original plan of the committee
'0p9otiontment reduced - the St.
delegation In the house of rep
* ives, giving us two members
against three thretofore, and the
I district was changed,
ie cut off and added to
s, leaving St. Landry and
to comprise the new district
11h only one senator.
able oposition arose over
auction In membership and a
to instituted against the plan's
As a result the amendment
y Delegate Peterman of St.
haally adopted. St. Lan
its three seats in the
and the new senatorial
will have two senators.
bership of the next house
tatives fixed at 86 but as
It will be 100; the senate
*S 41 members instead of 38,
y proposed.
Slgg of Bayou Boeua `rang
)tlsbaess in Opelousas cn last 1
POPULAR OPELOUSAS COUPLE .
MARRIED ON LAST TUESDAY
A wedding of more than usual local
interest was that of Mr. Charles M.
Thompson to Miss Lura Sandoz,
which was solemnized at the Catholic
church in this octy at high noon last
Tuesday, Rev. Father Simery, assis
tant pastor of the church, officiating.
The magnificent church edifice was
tastefully arranged for the occasion
and the music was of the highest type
and strictly in kepeing with the occa
sion when two of Opelousas' most
popular young people were joined for
life. The church was thronged with
a large number of relatives and
friends who wished to see the young
couple made man and wife according
to the beautiful .ritual of the Catholic
faith.
Mr. Lester Roberts, bosom friend of
the groom, acted as best man, while
Miss Gladys, sister of the bride, was
bridesmaid.
Aoziompanied by the hearty well
wishes of relatives and friends Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson departed on the!
1:09 westbound train over the Frisco
for Houston and Galveston where they
will spend their honeymoon, return
lug to Opelousas later to make their
home at the residence of the bride's
mother, Mrs. P. A. Sandoz, on North
Court street.
Mr. Thompson is a son of Mrs. C.
M. Tihompson of Opelonsas, a grand
son of the venerable Mrs. Henry L.
Garland and a nephew of District At
torney R. Lee Garland. The bride Is
a member. of one of Opelousas's oldest
and most prominent families, and by,
~her lovable ways and charming char.
acter she has drawn around her a.
large circle of friends., Mr. Thomp
son was at one time editor of the
Clarion and at different t1hen con
nected with the pewspapers of this I
city, though at the present time he is
employed. in a local cotton office.
The Clarion extends its congratula
tions to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and
wishes them every joy of married
life.
s
SCARDINGi WINS -
DEBATING MEDAL
ST. LANDRY BOY TAKES HIGH
HONOR& AT CATHOLIC UMI-'
VERSITY HE IS ATTENDING
In the, final prize debate recently
- held at Catholic university, Washing
; ton, D. C., fLessley Gardiger otBristol,
1 ., silduate of St. Charles ollege
Nun tl lbeatiflul mdal which was
Sawarde by the Ce4bW of Cathoeic un-'
tersit
This is a singular victory which re
I douds to his credit, and which is-an
other laurel in his crown of success.
- We are glad and congratulate him, as
t ihis is but the fruit of his untiring
efforts along that line.
FAIR PROGRESS AT
MORGAN TEST WELL
DRILLERS MEET WITH SOME DI-.
FICULTY WHEN QUICK SAND'
IS ENCOUNTERED
G. W. Morgan, local manager of
the American Oil & Refining com
pany's test well, now being drilled
In Evangeline parish, close to the vil
lage of Chataignier, stated to a news
paper man 'the first of the week that
his crew were making fair progress
with the work in hand, though they
had been experienciig considerable
trouble with quick sand and hence the
drill did not sink as rapidly as- could
be hoped for. Indications of - triking
the real article, however, were good
and he had strong hopes that oil 4
would be uncovered in the test well o
at a comparatively shallow depth. i
A blue print map of leases sur
rounding the well shows that Mr. Mor- 4
gan and his associates have made re
markably rapid work of disposing of ]
same to other parties. Three leases,
however, surrounding the well and in 2
close proximity, have been retained
for off-set tests and are not there- E
fore on the market -'
LIBRARY FUNDS GAINS BY t
MONDAY NIGHT MINSTREL
I
The minstrel show at the high
school auditorium Monday milht, stag
ed by local talent, groved a finanelat
and social success. The program was
a pleasing one in every sense of the
word and was thoroughly appreciat
ed by the large audience present. One
hundred and sixty dollars was taken
in by the sale of tickets and this sum,
less a small amount due for expenses
will be added to the fund being accu
mulated to aid in the securing of a h
library for Opelousas.
,Y SOLONS' PAY IS
:alt HIKED AND THEN
3Z, CUT. ONE THIRD
li.
at Senators and Representa
ts- tives to Get Ten Dollars
'g- Per Diem
as
an CONVENTION WON'T
STAND TREBLE JUMP
et Committee fixed it at Fif
1teen Per Day but Delegates
d Apply Pruning Knife
ig Pity the poor legislator!
is For long years the daily pay of
the Louisiana senktor and represee
le tative was four dollars while the gen
eral assembly was in session. Uis
pay stopped when the assembly ad
a1. journed. In addition thereto he also
r. received a certain pay for railroad,
a travel, but he didn't need that meas
ly sum in the days of the long ago,
Jfor as a rule every monther's son of
-them had a railroad pass in his pock
Lr et and could travel at will anywhere
in the state at any old time. The
h railroads, acting through their paid
lobbyists, were profuse in, simply
shoving 'the free passes at every sen
i_ ator and representative, and It is no
," state secret that every one of them-
or almost every one-didn't turn
S them down with becoming scorn.
a That was in the good old days be
y for the time to dear people got
e. wise to the situation and before a
a few puritanical members became
,. wrathy and opened war on this perni
e cious activity on the part of the rail
roads. They claimed it was bribery,
pure and simple, and that for a legis
lator to accept was In the nature of
accepting a bribe, and the railroad
that tendered the pass to him was
guilty of bribery. They' had their
way eventually. and .the free pass
went out of fashion as well as out of
commission, and the legislator had,
to pay for his ticket every time he
went home or went to Y'w Oceans to
have a week-end of g!:)rious time
when Royal stret was in the height
of Its grandeur and the booze joints
occupied every step, almost, from Ca
nal to Iberville. Most of the time,
-to be sure, the weary legislator, feel
ing much it need of rest and (liquid)
refreshment, Royal street style, hik
I ed it to New Orleans and sent word
r to the folks at home that he was al'l
ed to the city on "important legisla
tive business."
Well, after the free pass went out
of style the four dollars per didn't go
anywhere with the legislator, in view
of the continual rising cost of living
over in Red Stick. So, somehow, they
managed to get a princely raise of an
other "buck" per day, making the I
I 'tal five dollars for every day they 1
sweated with the state's business and
wearily answered to their names
when some member called for the
yeas and nays on the final passage of a
a bill and the high and mighty clerk t
(or, did you say, one of his assistants) S
called the long roll. That was awful
work and the pay thereof was_ meas
ly indeed, but 'the poor 'fellors .had r
to enduar it' all in vain, th-oughi they t
swore it was a hardship for a busi- a
ness man 'to give up' his private af- C
fairs at home and spend sixty swelter- 5
lug days over on the far-famed.
heights of Istrouma. But, we ;always
noticed, there never was any lack of ~
"suitable material" each suceceding dI
'election, and somehow for every seat
In both houses there was a *nigh::' d
scramble and a dozen or more' aspir
ing statesmen and near-statesmen and b
would-be statemen trying 'to upersuade
that they, and they only, were the
propsr ones to go to 'Baton Rouge and
help make the laws for the everlast- a
Ing confusion of the Louisiana tribe
of the human race. They didn't say h
a darn thing about that poor itttle 1
five per day when they shelled thee
woods of their native heath in search
~of votes; but once haveing landed .the d
plum they began to cuass.the fate ~that
'placbed tl~am In such a horribly poorly ri
paid 'position of "trust and import
ance.",
But after all the worry, nll the talk. tl
all the hubub of poor pay for" the
senator and legislator there at last di
'Eppears to be some hope, for fthe con
tutional convention (which some in
fernal Louisiana newspaper has wil- o
fully dubbed "the colleotlen of a
freaks") has taken official - cogni
'gance if 'the plitiful position and the
financkia conditioo of our legislators,
prqsent and 'future, and will see or r
has seen, that they will get a little
deeper dive. into the Mtate's' strong
box avery pay day. This Is lorlous ,
news indeed, especially to these as
'pirhig statesmen who are lying backti
in the cool shadows of seclusion, da
lng plans for the entire future con- e
tests when they will appears on the 4
hustings and offer theasselves, I d
their lives, their atatesmenship, their
SUNDAY IS K. OF C.
DAY IN OPELOUSAS
NOTED LECTURER OF WASHING
TON CITY WILL TELL FACTS
OF FAMOUS ORDER
Tomorrow (Sunday May 15) has
been designated as 4Knghts of Col
umbus Day" in Opelowsas. At the
9 o'clock mass at the church a full
exposition of the prlincles and aims
of the Catholic order 4till be made,
and at 10:30 o'cld the same morn
ing Dr. John J. Craig of Washington
City will deliver an address to the
members of the order at the K. of C.
home on Main street. Everyone is
perfectly familiar with the work of
the order among the soldiers during
the great war and for this work it
'has gained world-wide reputation.
The order, though comparatively
young in years, has grown very rapid
ly and its total membership now must
be close to the million mark. The
lecture tomorrow by Dr. Craig, as
well as the talk at church, should
prove of much interest to all who have
the good fortune to hear them.
LOCAL MAN STATE AGENT
FOR AUTOMOBILE NECESSITY
Attention is called to ,the advertise
ment of J. C. Fadaol of jthis city, who
has been appointed state agent for
the distribution and sale of "Lisco."
This compound is said to conserve
gasoline in an autobmobile engine.
prevent the accumulatio. of carbon-,in
the engine's cylinders and get more
miles out of a gallon of gas. It is
guaranteed and certainly worthy of
trial, for in addition to these several
excellent ftetures it is also to keep
down repair bills. If it has all these
virtue it will prove cheap-at any price.
See Mr. Fadaol and get fuller particu
lars . The Estate of J. B. Sandoz, of
this city have it on sale.
OPELOUSEAN IS
REALLYA HERO
AMOS BOURQUE SAVES EIGHT
PEOPLE FROM DROWING WHEN
SBOAT CAPSIZES
Without giving time and date, a
- correspondent at Breaux Bridge, St.
Martin parish, writes the Clarion that
Amos Bourque of Opelousas, working
t for the dredge of McWilliams Founda
tion company, saved the lives of four
men and four women there.
Mr. Bourque worked unceasingly in
saving the lives of these people
and saved as many as he could find
in the water near him, it being dark
he could not find Miss Ledney Herval
and Mr, George Bustshell, both of
whom drowned.
The party had been out to a supper
and when returning to Breaux Bridge
the boat in which they were traveling
struck a stump, causing it to oapsize.
Mt. Bourque's friends are trying to
get a hero medal for him as he proved
remarkably brave in saving the ten
members of the party who would oth
erwise have drowned. 'The accident
occurred In the Bayou Portage, which
stream is near Breaux Bridge.
names and their sacre4 honors for.the
dear "peeps."
But somehow the cruel convention
dealt the card from a bald deck when
It recahed, in the course of Its deli
berations, the orinanee touehingý ea
the pay of senators sad repro- -
sentatives. The committee said fif
teen dollars per day was the proper
and just spay for the legislators. Com
mittee reports and recommendations,
however, do not always ;mean any
thing when a man's status is concern
ed. The convention took an awful jab
at the report and when it was cussed,
discussed and re-cussed from all an
gles known to the legislative geomet
rician and long o ell was ordered
,the fifteen per day went up in araoke
and only ten bpcks a day will re'vard
the man who warms a seat In etther
branch of the Louisiana leglsletiua nil
der the organic law which the conven
tion is now making such desperate
efforts to fhame before the time limIt
of one hundred and five days expires
and, be it known, the delegates are
getting. fifteen-par day etch for thli
work.
Verily, the convention, as someoue
remarked, took the legislative mem
bers holding seats therein, and those I
who do not, as wsl. us those , hE
hope to do so, ul on the top oa the 2
mount, gave them a view of the beau
tiful valley on the one side arid promils- I
ed them a place thersin, and then I
cruelly and incontinentll kicked them I
across the dividing line into the ¢
depths of -sheol an t'other side. Woe I
is me!
COUNCIL WISELY
S DECIDES AGAINST
G BUILDING WALKS
Special Meeting Wednesday
as Night Results In Post
poning Action
the
ei FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
a8 NOT FAVORABLE PLAN
le, Speakers Stress Fact That
n. Property Owners Unable
To Bear Burden
C. The bone of convention on' the side
is valk matter was settled at the meet
Of ing of the city council Tuesday night.
Lg For time being there wil be no move
it made towards constructing. fifteen
n- miles of concrete walks, or any part
d thereof, in Opelousas, and the neces
st ity of citizen taxpayers taking any
ie drastic action has therefore passed.
r The council met Tuesday night, ae
ld
re cording to previous notice, to settle
the sidewalk proposition. There was
an Imposing, formidable array of peo
Yple present for .the meeting. Standing
Y
room only was at a premium in the
e_ city hall and the overflow extended
Lo out on the sidewalk in front of the
,r hall. Only four members of the board
of aldermen were present. Messrs.
.e Danel, Stelly, Clark and Mouret, Mr.
e. Dejean of the first ward being absent.
n Mayor Loeb presided,
13 Several monster' petitions signed ay
is protesting taxpayers were presented
,f but it was not necessary to read them
LI or take them up in detail as the final
p action of the council showed.
e Dudley L. Guilbeau. E. B. Dubuisson
. and John W. Lewis, representing the
- opposition views of the\ taxpayers ef
ºf fected by the proposed sidewalk con
struction, were 'the speakers and de
livered eloquent arguments showing
the inadgability of the alder
men orde ng the work started- at the
present time. Financial conditions
Pere such that the people wbo would
have to meet the cost were al
solutely unable -to- stand the exespse,.
r was the burden of each speaker's
view and talk. Thby advised strong
ly against undue haste in this matter
and positive and convincing evidence
a produced to show that to proceed
-" with this work would not only, mean
t a hardship on many but would sipell
S ruin and loss of homes to others.
It would prove confiscation of proper
r ty in many instances, stated the speak
ers, and no one could deny the ab
a solute truthfulness of the assertion.
3 Some property owners, poor in the
I world's goods owning large lots with
in the city. limits would have to pay
1 bills for paving walks on one and in
f some cases two sides of their proper
ty. Several hundred linear feet+ of
r walks would cost approximately three
9 dollarts per running foot, the
total bill for that particular owner
running well over the thousand dol
lar mark. City taxes, state takes, par-.
ish taxes, several special taxes, all
based on high assessed valuation,
-already made owning city property a
burdensome thring indeed. To add
1 further to this financials load would
be -like adding the final straw -that
Sbroke the camel's back.
One gentleman, well -informed on
the cost of sidewalk etdnstruction,
stated ,t a a ewsieper man Wednes
day me nain& while discussing the
mntter, tht the approximate cost
wuld be two dollars and ten cents
per running toot. In view of the fact
that certificates of indebtednese for
the work would be issued the con
tractor and he would in turn have
to discount the paper at some 1ak.
and in order to get full value tog his
tork ;he would be compelled to add
filly fit ty' per, cent =more to the real
worth thereof, making the final charg;
to the property owner about three
dollars and fifteen cents per running
foot. This cost was of course entire
ly out of all reason but it had to be
faced if the council ordered the con
struction of the walks without going
Into any details, of final cost. Finan
cial conditions were such that con
tractors would experience much diffi
culty in floating paper and if they suc
ceeded in so doing it would be at a
great discount and naturally the prop
erty owners would have to meet this
added goAt.
The upshot of the whole thing was
that the council wisely decided to le:
things drift along for the timd be
ing until conditons warranted the
ordering of the work in question. Mhe
matter, therefore, rests.
fir. Clark of the fourth ward moved
that the matter be indefinitely post
.onedi Mr. Danel of the secon( Ward
promptly seconded the Clark mation
and on call of the yew sa ndyg the
four memnbers present voted tori the
rotoje uaaknhously.
OPELOUSAS DENTIST
AUTHOR OF A SONG
Dr. A. J. Bercier, who has practi*
ed dentistry in Opelousas for fully
a third of a century, came into the
Clarion office this week and present
ed us a copy of a song which he had
oompoped, the music being by Leo
Friedman. We always knew Doc Ber
cier was a first-class dentist but ie
never dreamed he entertained any as
pinations along the line of music.
Commenting on his song, the doctor
had this to say:
"What prompted me to write this
song: My liabilities were $8,500. I
was dn deep thought how to raise the
money. I went to my son's room and
asked him if he knew how I could
make four million of dollars. He
said 'yes, write a song equal 'to "Tip
perary." He was at one time read
ing a loveletter, written by three
girls, each writink a sentence.
"Well," said -1, 'all you young
folks think about is love, and it seems
the most popular thing on earth,
to kot4 young and old, so I shall
make it a love song and see how much
love I can inject into it.'
"And this is the product. It has
been selling like hot cakes in the
west, and the publisher writes that he
will hav no trouble introducing it
nationally. R. Mornhinveg & Son
have copies on sale at their jewelery
store."
INCREASED PAY
STARTS AT ONCE
DISTRICT JUDGES WILL GET FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUAL
LY, SAYS CONVENTION
All efforts aimed at the proposition
of the convention to pay district judg
es the increased salaries on the adop
tion of the new constitution went up
In smoke when the issue was fought
out in that body this week.
Compromises o( different kinds
were offered only to be rejected. It
was maintained that judgqW now hold
ing office we e'+elect; on a salary
basis of three thousand dollars per an
num and that .they should finish out
their terms before the higher pay
i was'aliowed. This went b''tlie boatrds
and then the opponents of the idea
offered a compromise to the effect
that the judges now serving 'e r' id
four thousand dollats annually until
the new terml begins:. This was also
rejected, and immediately on the drm
l p'etion aid adoption of the -.ustitu
tion the five thousand dolla s salary
will be paid.
The number of judges of district
courts in the state has been reduced
in the redistricting plan, but this will
not take effect until after the next
election in the fall of 1924. As it is
the present thirty-odd judges will
cost the state in salaries just 2-thirds
more money than at present, and when
the number is reduced in 1924 the
pay of those remaining, on the five
thousand dollars basis, will total con
siderably more than at present paid
to the larger number.
NEGRO KIWNG
IPILAISANCE
BLACK FROM EVANGELINE GT8S
ON RAMPAGE, KILLS ONE,
WOUNDS ANOT'H1ER
It all happened at a negroe'dance
held on the place of Prank Vidrthe, In
Plaisance, last Saturday night, and
the `famous *'aturday ntk t"'bi 'tat
in its deadly work. As jresult of
the fracas A e itegro, .Au Bella,
from Evangeline pat 7eh' I in l
charged with hbe kiping another
negro, Charles, and the wounding of
Alexandre Lafleur, a brother of the
dead, min. Sheriff Thibodeatx made
quick ,work of getti4 Bell~rd end
landing him in the St. Landry parlin
jail. The coroner's iwquest was held
in Opilousas Wednesday morning:
FATHER COLLIARD VISITS
RELATIVES, IN FRANCE
Thursday, May 5, Very Rev.' A. B
'Colliard, pastor of the local Catholic
church departed for a visit to his rel
atives in France Fater Colliard is
a native of Lyons, but he ,has not
visited his old -home for about twen
ty " years.
Father Collisrd 'will return in the'
last days of September or the first
days of October: -Durg his absence
the parish church will be in _the
charge of Rev. S. Simery, Father
Colliard's assistant.
Dr. Conway, f6trmerly of nesr VIlle
Blatte but now residlgg in New Or
leans, teame in Wednesday night and
will visit friends here for a brief time:
He went to Crowley Thursday after
noon for a day's stay.
GIAUDIT COM T1E'
OF MASSMEil
MAKFSIS 11REPORT
Dived Into City's Finances
and Public Improvement
Bonds
GOVERNOR REQUESTED
TO FURNISH AUDITOR
State Official Makes Inves
tigation and Files Ex
haustive Report
On Sunday afternoon, April 3, a
masemeeting of the citizens of Ope
lousas was called, to be held In the
9 court house for the purpose of dis
cussing the affairs of- the municpal
ity and take some steps to ascertaia
the existing condition of the power
plant and try, if possible, to alleviate
the Itroubles shtflileting ithat institu
tion.
Much discussion was indulged in,
quite a lot of verbal fireworks spill
ed, and the meeting finally adopted a
motion to appoint a committee to In
vestigate the affairs of the electric
and water plant. This cQmmittee wa,
composed of Dudley L. Guilbesa, IL
U. Callahan, E. M. Boagni, L. N. Lit
tell and E. B. Dubuieson.
The committee immediately stars.
ed the work of investigation and its
complete report, including the repot t
of the special auditor sent here by
the governor, as well as the report of
the Louisiana Fire Pirevention bureau,
follows:
TO THE PEOPLE OF OPNLOUSAS:
The undersigned committee, ap.
Pointed at a massmeeting held April
3, 1921 hereby submits its report along
the line of the resolution under which
it was appointed.
The day after this massmeetlag the
committee met, decided upon a
course of Inquiry and sought a can.
ference with Mayor Loeb, arid Aldepr
men 8telly and Mouret, composing
the municipal committee in arge
of the "power plant."
This conference was had that week,
your committee asking for lnformta
tion as follows:
Questlons to Aldermen
credit to the power pla4t" repair
fund?
How much Is now due 2f r material,
etc., which must be paid and degi
ed from said fund? What e
amount, rema ining in said fund t
paying the abovd?
What to the , estimated prtable
cost of completing the Power plant t
How many feet of lines in the city?
give number of wires and size;
How many poles?
RHow many feet of wire and what -
different sizes will be required to put
existing lines 14 good condition?
How many poles? How many cross
arms? 'How many transformers? How
many insulators?
How many poles have been erect
ed In new work? How much wire
has been strung on new work?
How much wire, cross arms, trans
formers, poles and insulators are on
hand?
How much purchased and not yet
received?
When were bonds ready? When
were they sold? To whom .and for
how much?
Where is the money? What lnter
eat is. the money drawing?
Give an Itemized statement of' all
money expended from the proceeds
~of the' bonds and to whom paid ?
This Information was pronalsed.
end April 11, 1921. same havitng not
yet been furnished, your commnittee
addressed a communication to the
governor, requesting that he direca
the supervisor of ipublic accounts toe
come to Opelousas and makte an audit
of 'the fund, realised from the . two
hundred and fifty thousand .,dollar'
bond Issue. This was done, and en
drdtofApril 21, 1J21. a report of
sal sait asmede, which 5w have
In the meantime your counnittee
sought the' gd offices of the fire
reventioa bareau, with a view fha,
Ssoni qualified electric e~gineer
Inpc he work under way In the
rebuilding of 'the power plant ai elec
tric lines. It. wgs unly during the
-latter part of April that' a represen.
tative from that bureau was able to
reach here. In the meantime, much
new line 'zonstruetion had beset done.
We have this report whder date April
Audit of Send #und
Other than the ltem sed statement
'of disbursements the auditor's report
Is as follows:
State of Louisiana, Arl2,12
Supervisor of Publiu Accounts,
Baton Rouge, -La.
Governor John If. -Parker, Baton
Rouge, La.
Dear Sir:-In conformity' with
yours of April'12 an audit of the im
provement bonds of the city of Opelow
sass has just been completed (by this
office.
this Issue amnounted to $250,*00 and
was dated July 1, 1920. It V)as 44
'~rotised for sale in several fisaandial
papers and daily papers, but the may
or informed ant that no bids were~re
celved. JOn December 2 a pioposal
-was received from H. D. -Laredle, Jr.,
'offering to sell the bopds at piar and
accrued interest 'for a comzinleso of
$24,998.00 and '1he accrued iSterest.
His offer also stipulated that the pro
coeds were to be depoulted inOpe.
lousas National bank itr
I, (Continued on k U)(