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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1914-10-17
SPECIAL. NOTICE

All persons owning tombs
or having members of their
family buried therein, or in
graves, in the St. John the
Baptist Cemetery, are here
BY notified.to give these pro-
per attention during the
month of October, SO that all
may present a creditable
appearance for the Feast OF
the Dead or All Saints,
which occurs on November |
Charles Richard,
Rector.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1914-10-17

Mr.. Octave Dufresne, the we'll
known oVerseer of the Gold Mine
Plantation was a Doaaldsonyille
visitor last:Sunday.
t4 80 a
Mr.. Denis st. Pierre, of Lucy
visited friends in St. James : last
Sunday.
g. aksa
Mr.. Alfred Haydel, a promi
nent. planter of, sEdgard spent
Sunday with relatives and friends
n Lutcher, La
Mr.. Joe Gaudin, of Gramercv
visited friends in Lucy on Sunday
Parish Representative Albert
}. Lacaze was mingling with his
many friends in the First and
Second Wards last Tuesday.
Misses Thelma Laurent. and
Clemence Morel accompanied by
several teachers of the Edgard
School were in Donaldsonvifle on
Friday
50 ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Denis Haydel. and
children are in Lucy for a few
days as the guests of Mrs. Hay
dePs parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emile Mairreme Sr.,
The Faculty of the Edgard
High School attended the teachers
institute held at Donaldsonville
Friday last.
Messrs- Adrian St.. Pierre, and
Charles Martin returned to Lucy
Sunday morning on the Steamer
Mary S. Blees.
q a wrrws
Ar. AlbertsL. Bossier the popu-
lar clerk Of the Launch Tom
spent Sunday with relatives in
Lucy.
- = 3 vBYa
Miss Lucie Morel attended the
Fair at D Donaldsohville Sunday.
d = ~ -
Mr.. Felicien Tregre, Of Taft
La. was a Wilton La. visitor last
Sunday.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1914-10-17
The interests of the people of

The interests of the people of
the Second Congressional District
and of the whole State as we'll,
can best be subserved by return
ing to CONGRESS that capable and
experienced Democrat,
H. Garland Dupre.
c. Taylor Gaucne.
Chairman Democratic Congress
sional Committee, Second Con-
gressional District, State of
Louisiana.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1914-10-17

Trusting that this will correct
any erroneous ideas, and alIay
any rising coment, l beg to remain
(Signed) w. S. FRAZEE, JR.
Principal of the Berthelot School.
P.S. We hope to have all our
friends with US Saturday, the
17th.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1914-10-17
A CORRECTION.

Through a personal misunder-
standing on my part, the adver-
,tisement, which appeared in the
last issue of LIE Meschac6be, re-
lative to a dance to be given at
Lucy. in the Berthelot School, is
incorrect relative to the style of
dances to be permitted. The origi
nal resolution permits only the
One Step without the dip.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1914-10-17

98RHs OF SUBSCRIPTIONS:
81 90 : Tear, Payable in Advance. |
knssRed as secend-class matterFe
guary 10th 1914, at the Post-Off flee at
s4acy, La, under the Act OF March
9, lS79.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1914-10-17
LOCAL. AND PERSONAL

Mr.. O,tave Dufresne, the. WELL
known overseer of the Gold Mine
Plantation was a Doaaldsonyille
visitor last: Sunday.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13

cross of St Andrew, and later with the cross
of St Patrick was the very last flag to be sup
planted by the Stars and Stripes.
The people of America with growing contempt
for Old World flags. fabricated many OF their
own Some of these were very odd. and without
exception all OF them were very ugly This was
true until 1920. when the Mayfower carried the
St Georges cross but those stern old Puritans
protested against the OF the cross upon the
flag, believing it to be sacrilegous. and In every
way they could. used other devices and designs
only to bring down upon themselves the wrath
of the kings officers in the colonies. The first
evidence of this when a Mr. Endcott mu.
tinying against the cross. concluded to cut on
one end OF it, Roger Williams for some reason
probably just TO get whack at whom he
disfked, complained of this The kings officers
took it up, and after long discussion decided
that Mr.. Endfcott had been guilty of ese majestic,
although that term was not known in those days
He was deposed from Office and penalty i'm
posed that he should not hold Office again for
one year. thus putting end to the flying of
any flag other than that bearing the st. George
cross.
For a long time plain red flag was carried
by an organization called the Sons OF Liberty
Following this blue flag with three cres-
cents, another with two. and still another with
one Washington himself in 1775 suggested a
white flag with pine tree. and this ia only an
other proof that the story of Washington's coat
of arms false. About 1775 a striped green
and yellow flag was carried by OF the militia
whte-striped flag adopted. This was known
as Che Cambridge flag. and consisted OF 13 alter
nate red and white stripes with the kings colors
then consisting Of st Andrews and St Georges
crosses blue field
Later Colonel Gadsen proposed to congress
our first naval flag This was a great big yellow
flag. with a snake coiled up in the center 1t
hung over the head Of the speaker for some years
and then went out OF existence. Following this
came flags of red and blue stripes. and red and
white stripes each without a field and each with
snakes in them There were pine tree flags
galore. There were flags with badgers flags with
anchors: in fact. any old thing except a St
Georges cross seemed acceptable to the colonists
struggling for light in the darkness In 1776 the
Rhode Island colony adopted a flag of IL white
stars on blue field. This is the very FIRST time
stars appeared in the fas
From the date of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and for year or more afterward the
colonies used almost everything that flies in the
heavens or swims in the water grows on land
as symbol for their flag. Finally one bright
day In June. with no father and mother Old
Glory was born. There 10 not q word or record
of any kind to show who designed the aae who
presented the resolution. or how ever got into
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
HOG PRICES GO LOWER.

Washington.-Farm prices for beef
cattle advanced more than 8 per cent.
but average quotations for hogs and
sheep were lower on April Is than on
that date in 1913. according to figures
prepared by the Department of Agri-
culture. Cattle prices for April, 1914,
were $6.29 hundred, an advance OF
2lc. In Michigan, Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas there was no change in cat
tie prices from 1913 quotations, and in
Wisconsin there was a decrease of
3Oc hundred pounds.
State averages of prices for beef
cattle showed greater variation than
hog quotations. April's lowest aver
ages were in Alabama, Georgia and
Mississippi. s4.30, $3.50 and $40, re-
speetively, compared with $3.50 in
Rhode Island, $3.50 in New Hamp-
shire and $3.50 in New Jersey, the
highest
Other state averages were: Penn
sylvania and Iowa. s7.4o; Maryland.
1920; Ohio and Kansas, $40; Maine.
Indiana, Illinois and Nebraska, $500;
Massachusetts. Missouri, Wyoming
ana Colorado, $500; Nevada, Wash
ington and California, $3.50; Oregon,
1870; Connecticut, West Virginia and
South Dakota. $500; New Mexico and
Idaho. $3.50; Delaware, Michigan and
Kentucky. $6.40; Virginia and Mon
tana, $3.50; Arizona. $500; Okla
homa and Utah, s6.10, and Minnesota,
$500. In other states the prices aver
aged below $500
The average hog price to producers
on April Is was $3.50 hundred, lac
less than that on that date last year.
In all the important hog-producing
states from Ohio to Kansas the de-
cline was from 30c to 4Oc, but in some
Of the New England states and in
practically all the South except Texas
and Oklahoma, the prices were higher
than year ago
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
New Mexico.

The Phelps-Dodge people will soon
have thousand men employed on
their property at Tyrone.
reported new rich golG strike
comes IRON the head of Rain creek. in
the Mogollon mining district that is
liekly to draw large number of peo-
pie
The Eastern New Mexico Oil Com.
pany has been organized at Melrose
to develop supposed oil bearing lands
south of that place 1t is believed the
greasy juice in paying quantities will
be found at 1,5OO feet
The Chino Copper Company OUTPUT
1s,0S7,12S pounds of the metal for the
first quarter of this year as against
13970,43S pounds for the first quarter
of 1913. The company at present en-
ploys fifteen hundred men,
A number of abandoned mines in
Grant county are now in the hands of
systematic miners who are taking our
fortunes in gold. silver and conner
from properties that had produced
millions in the past but had ceased
operating owing to extravagant man.
agement.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
The figures given out follow !;
sI.leo,e17.s2
Colorado.

In ouray district it was reported
that strike of eighteen inches of ore
running about $3.50 to the ton, was en-
countered on the Wewissa
new tunnel is being driven on the
Benack property, adjoining the We
wissa at Ouray by DuPrau, Roberts
and Bartew, and is in approximately
7C0 feet
A strike is reported made at a depth
of 500 feet on the Vindicator No. 2, at
Victor, by Lessees Potts and company.
who have vein about three feet wide
that carries values of $50 per ton.
With the Black Bear, Humboldt and
Revenue groups in the line of transfer
tc large syndicates, the outlook for
greater production in the Ouray-Tel-
luride section is decidedly promising.
F. w. Mccarthy and Frank Curtis,
struck small vein of very rich ore
on the Trout. in Box Canon park, prac-
tically within the city of Ouray. Aver
age assays of the ore run somewhat
over $500 to the ton
President Burris of Cripple Creek s
Fl Paso group in recent report tells
the shareholders that the proven ore
in the Nichols shaft territory and the
certainty of the continuation of these
ore bodies as they dip northward to-
wards the Nichols shaft, in all re-
spects indicates to our satisfaction the
ore possibilities of the deeper Eel Paso
workings.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13


through the Civil war and she ,,,,, -
~ fsl"tiNes many of the heroes of both wars
many years ago Mrst BAN became oo,y;nnaa ,ha.
I .eal history Of our flag unknown She
determined to unravel the tangled ssein ana
give TO posteritv the trla bistor,, a,a .ua,,,;.-
OF the American flag ~ ~
W, vas suggested by early writer's that George
"ashlnstons coat Of arms was the model for our
nag oi today. said Mrs Ball These statements
are SUPPORTED only by tradition and legend as
HI my search has proved that Washington was
mot tsouStlcal enough to present his coat Of arms
70 tne nation as model for its flag have
ae'ea INTO history far as it is possible TO 90
nave examined many manuscripts and have
separated tradition and legend from facts and n
II my oeilet that Washington never thought of
ms eoa' OF arms as model for the flag In fact
'here Is grave doubt that Washington had auv-
uIhE TO 90 with the designing of the flag at all
"A sentence from one of Washtngtons own
letters seems TO me to clinch this statement
Sir Isaac Heard, eminent writer OF the early
Gays, wrote to Washington concerning his coat
ol arms, which appears upon the doorway and
1nantels OF the old Washington manor house in
England To this inquiry Washington replied
May 2 1892:
This is subject to which confess I have
paid very little attention. The arms incIosed IN
your letter are the same that arc usa5 ~ ,h
family here As will be seen this was a letter
written decade after the close of the Revo,,,
uonary war, and nearly two decades after the
adoption of the Stars and Stripes by the congress-
or the United States. II Washington at thai late
date had paid little attention TO his coat Of srp,s
ne certainly paid less in his younger DAYS and
especially at time when he was surrounded bx-
enemies Indignantly prosecuted by them and
was naturally deeply engrossed in the army and
the preservation of the new born nation 7 do nor
md in all of Washngton's writings single allu-
SION by him of any of his contemporaries that his
coat or arms was used a model for the flag
The evolution of the flag gradual and uu.
ooubtediy grew out Of the desire OF the people
who had come to'this country to get away from
the tyranny of Old World monarchs or course
the first flag in this country was the red and vel
low nag OF old Spain. brought over by Columbus
The Cabots, with other discoverers OF England
planted the cross Of st. George up around New
foundland Pedro RENAL. for the Portuguese
planted the fvespotted blue flag OF that then
great maritime nation. Henry Hudson coming
here for the Dutch, brought the yellow white and
blue flag. under which he sailed up the Hudson
river. This flag was the flag OF the Dutch East
India company. These may be considered the
four discovery flags.
England dominated the country and the Eng
lsh colors were really the last well as among
the drst to dominate the destinies OF the evolving
nation. The cross OF St. George. with the added
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13

eagle in black for Germany. and Belgian lion
for Holland. the idea being to commemorate the
countries from which the states had been peopled.
In addition. it intended to have three escutch
cons linked together by chain, and each Of
these chains to bear the initial of each OF
the l3 Independent states. Then there to be
a Goddess Of Liberty in corselet and armor. With
spear and cap and shield of the states, with Q
goddess OF justice bearing a sword in her right
hand and In her left a balance In the corner
provision made for the eagle OF Providence
in a triangle, with the motto. f Puribus Unum.
On the other side OF this unique seal was Pharaoh
In an open chariot with cross and sword. pass
ing through the divided waters of the Red sea in
pursuit OF the Israetes. Moses there. and
the pillar of fire. with the motto Rebellion tc
tyrants is obedience to God This design was
adopted
In March, 1879, another committee was ap
pointed. and the report they made for great
seal worse than the first. On June l3, 1882
however, William Barty Of Philadelphia pro
posed practically the present coat OF arms, which
was finally adopted after being modified by an
other committee"
The story OF John Paul Jones rs intimately
associated with the story Of first flag. The
same congress that created the first flag ap
pointed John Paul Jones to command the Cont
mental ship OF Ranger at the same time
When the flag was prepared and the Ranger. was
about to go forth on her lonely adventure the
naval committee made the commander the first
official present of the flag of the United States.
The achievements Of the Ranger are a matter
of the most stirring events Of history. All
the world knows how, In 1877. Jones made such
gallant use Of the Ranger and kept the shores OF
England and Scotland in constant terror
The first military Incident connected with the
new flag occurred August O. 1777, when Lieu
tenants Bird and Grant invested Fort Stamwix
The garrison was without nag when the enemy
appeared. but the patriots soon supplied one very
much on the pattern just adopted by the Cont
mental congress. Shirts were cut up to form
white stripes, bits Of scarlet cloth were Joined
for the red. and the blue ground for the starr
was composed Of q cloth cloak belonging to Capt
Abraham Swartout, who was then In the fort
Before sunset this curious mosaic standard a.
precious to the beleaguered garrison the most
beautiful wrought nag Of silk and needlework,
was floating over Of the bastions. The siege
was raised on August %. but it Is not known
what became Of the improvised flag
In his statement to Governor Trumbull August
81 1777. Of the occurrences at Fort Stamwix.
Colonel willett mentions as one Of the results
of his sally from the fort that he captured and
brought, on flve Of the enemy's colors. the whole
Of which. his return 10 the fort. were displayed
on the nagstaR under the impromptu Continental
flag
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
CRIPPLE CREEK OUTPUT $1,1so,s17
Portland Mill Established New Rec
ords by Treating 1860 Tons.

Cripple Creek-The output of the
mines of the Cripple Creek district for
the month of May, as reported by the
smelter ard mill authorities totalIed
S6,397 tons, with the gross bullion val
ue of s1.19o,91792 A slight increase
is shown in tonnage. but due to the
low-grade ore treated at the local mill
ing plants, the value shows a slight
decrease. The average value of all
ores treated was s13.7S per ton.
The mill of the Portland Gold Min
ing Company, on Battle mountain, es-
tahlished new record. treating 1860
tons of lowgrade mine ore, with the
average value of s2.57 per ton as
profit. This. is an increase of 1000
toas over the previous high record.
Dividends were paid during May by
the Golden Cycle Mining Company Of
$4,000, the sixth monthly distribution
of like amount this year, and the
Elktcn Consolidated Mining and Mill
ing Company, a quarterly dividend of
$50 900.
IA fsfrRtt
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13

the congress OF the United
States. The fact is sim
ply recorded as follows:
Resolved, That the flag
of the 13 United States be
13 stripes, alternate red
and white; that the Union
be l3 stars, white in a
blue field. representing q
new constellation.
so far as the vote Is
recorded in congress II
was unanimous. and that
Is how the flag was born.
About this time the
great seal OF the United
States came into exist
ence. On July 4. l7T6,
benjamin Franklin. John
Adams and Thomas Jeffer-
son were appointed a COM
mlttee to prepare devices
for a great seal of the ma
ton. This committee re-
ported on August 10 of the
same year and recon-
mended a design to con.
sist of a rose of red and
white for England. a this
tie for Scotland. a heart
for Ireland. a fleur-de-lis
for France. an imperial
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
Wyoming.

The National Radium Mines Com
pany has filed incorporation papers.
The Standard Oil Company made it's
first shipment of motor spirits from
its Casper refinery.
A powerful flow of natural gas has
been brought in by the Montana -Wyo.
ming Oil Company at the Neville farm
near Byron.
The Basin-Greybull field is gradual
ly readjusting itself to conditions fol-
lowing the shock which came with the
news of the Withdrawal of oil lands.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
IN 3 REF
IN 3 r I { +

ern Newspaper Union News Service.
New York Metal Markets.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
Arizona.

The Green-Cananea company N.
ports for April an output of 2,O44. 900
pounds of copper against 3,5lO.oOO
pounds for March.
Net profit OF the Shannon Conner
Company for the quarter ending
March 81, was $46.675 as against s1O1 :.
63s the previous quarter.
1t is announced that a cencentrator
Of 200 tons daily capacity is to be built
at the Three r mine, in the Patazonia
district. 1t is estimated that enourh
water can be developed at the nina.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
Large Gas Flow From Byron We'll.

Lowell. Wyo.-The greatest gas flow
ever tapped in Wyoming is sending.
gas at an enormous pressure out of
1000 foot we'll sunk in the Byron
field by the Ohio Oil & Gas Company
The estimated flow of the well is l2.-
$4,000 cubic feet daily. The new gas
we'll is one of several which have been
brought in in the Byron field recent
ly. 1t is estimated that the field at
present could supply 100000 cubic
teet of gas daily. equal in caloric val
lie to 5000 tons OF coal.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
Man Without Arms Now stenosrapher

Baltimore.-Though both arms were
severed within three inches of the
shoulder, six years ago. David T.
Jones of this city has mastered steno-
sraphy. With the aid of rubber
bands to fasten a pencil or penholder
to the right arm he is able to write.
Jones. who is thirty years old, was in
Iured SO severely that amputation OF
both arms was necessary while he
was working on steel structure. In
reading. Jones' method appears some
what laborious. for he uses his tongue
10 turn the pages.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13
GEORGE l. sIckFoRo pARooNEp.
North Oakota's Former Treasurer
Pardoned BY State Board.

Bismarck. n. D.-George l.. Bick-
tord, former state treasurer, who was
convicted OF embezzlement of state
funds. was pardoned by the State
Board. He faced a sentence of from
one to three years in the penitentiary.
but the pardon was granted before he
began to serve the sentence. At one
time the total of his alleged embezzle-
ment amounted to 100000, but most
Of this amount was made good.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13


the oppressed OF all lands. The Union glea ms
out through the world as gigantic monument of
freedom. and the lowly and prosecuted Of all a
eiohs nave their eyes turned toward America with
the hope that some day they may reach the prom
lsed land
lhe American flag is the oldest flag among the
nations Of today 1t antedates even the present
ehiniems or the ancient empires of China and ia
pan. The Star-Spanged Banner has a history I'M
Ike the flag OF any other people, 1t is older than
the present flag of Great Britain which dates from
1901. 1t IS older than the German empire standard
OF ls'O, older than that Of France-l794-or that
OF Span-l7S5.
Inc hrst legislative action of which there Ia
any record concerning the design and adoption Of
a national flag taken in resolution of con
eress at Philadelphia on June a. 1775, but il was
not until October November of that year that
committee of three-Ben jamin Franklin John
ADAMS and Roger Sherman-met in the old city OF
cambridge and entered upon their duties After
long dehberaton. this committee adopted a design
consisting OF the kings coors-the crosses of st
'eorse and st Andrew-~ith 13 parallel horizontal
stripes, alternate red and white A most strange
ana unfortunate selection 1t would seem.
Inc flag was unfurled for the first time over the
camp of the Continental army at Cambridge on
day of
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13

T is now 1873 years since the United
States Of America was composed OF 13
states, the greater number OF which had
population Of little more than that OF
the average city of today. Those 13
states have grown and multiplied until
there are now As states. with popula-
tion of nearly 100 900, 900 OF the most
Eirila and strongest race OF men on
earth II has been demonstrated many
times In the past century that the strug-
giles Of the patriots or 1916 were not in
vain. The words United States OF
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-06-13

''f ~ . IA II ihi y .
1T16 When the ensign
was first displayed at Cam
bridge, the British regu-
lars assumed it was in.
tended as an indication of
submission by the 13
states to the king. whose
speech had Just been sent
to the Americans. The
comment of the British
Register OF i176 on the
new standard is interest
ing The rebels burned
the kings speech and
changed the nag from a
plain banner to one bear
ing l3 stripes. as a sym,
Dol Of the number and
union of colonies"
Isabelle Worrell Bah Is
the woman who made the
American flag her life's
study She is the daugh.
Ter of a veteran of the
Revolutionary war and
the founder of Flag dav
which Is now observed all
over the country. Her IA.
ther was Capt James p
Norrell, " ho serv