"All we were ever told, or that we
expected of Paradis was more than
confirmed by our personal visit with
you, and we are leaving with our
entire party as- investors at Paradis,
not because you wanted us to, but
because we ourselves wanted to, be
lieving your land cheap at double its
present delling price, and at the
doubled figure it would be cheaper
tian any other good land in Ameri
ca, considering its wonderful fertili
ty, all-year crop growing season, mar
kers transportation, health, sunshine
and nearness to the great city of
Nev Orleans and the Panama Canal.
"Signed: J. E. Bower, John H.
Parr, John A. McMullen, W. R. Os
lorn, C. B13. Wimer, O. W. Basquin,
R. M. Slator, W. O. Roberts, Ford
M. Booth, J. P. Beattie, iArtiur Dawc,
It. A. Petrie."
Fire Prevention Day.
Governor Hall has issued the fol
ldwing proclamation:
"Whereas, one of the greatest
drains upon the wealth and resources
of the United States is the enormous
fire waste, statistics showing that
the losses from this source exceed
$250,000,000 annually, Iouisiana's
yearly contribution to this great
waste being over $5,000,000--wealth
forever gone-and that most of this
waste is attributable to carelessness
and preventable causes, and calls
for remedial and preventive action
on the part of the people and their
officials;
"Therefore, I, Luther Eghbert Hall,
governor of the state of Louisiana,
do issue this, my proclamation, si'g
gesting and naming October 9, the
forty-second anniversary of the great
Chicago fire, as a day to be set apart
as fire prevention day.
