The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-05-05
CAPITAL COMMENT.
The Chiefs Special Weekly Letter
Serving Hot from the State House
Appetizing Bits for Our
Readers Consumption.

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''To arms or to farms!" ''The
hoe is mightier than the sword" /"
These are the slogans this week of
every loyal Louisianian. Not only
the capital, but every town, every
community, every family, echoes the
sentiment. Louisiana is eager to do
her bit in the world crisis.
While General McCrory is coop
Grating with U. S. officers to furnish
Louisiana's quota for the militia and
the Officers Reserve Corps, Su-
perintendent Harris is proposing to
allow public school boys to engage in
raising food crops during the rest of
the session and receive their regular
promotions; Howell Carter, of the
State Department of Agriculture, just
back from a tour of number Of
parishes, says the prospect for bum
per crops of corn, cane, rice and
truck is most promising; and the home
demonstration agents are planning
community canning clubs to take care
of the surplus foods and help the peo-
pie fill their larders for next winter.
All the officials are alive to the prob
ability of scarcity of flour.
The governor, while contemplating
such serious questions as an extra
session of the legislature to consider
the widows dowry law, and the re-
quest of the suffrage association to in
clude in such call the consideration
of the woman suffrage movement, and
while daily singing officers commits
sions, is also leading in the movement
for increased food production by sue
cessfully raising vegetables in his own
back yard. He is at present attend
ing the conference on national de-
tense in Washington, where food and
fuel supply and price regulations will
be discussed. The state council of
defenssT- will cooperate with the ma
tional council.
The Board of State Affairs con-
tinues it's good work, in spite of the
hue and cry about farms and farms" /"
Chairman Thomas has notified police
juries and assessors that railroads
and other public service corporations
must be assessed for local purposes on
the same basis as other property. BY
order of the board all assessment lists
were closed May /. The rolls will be
held open FOR public inspection from
May II to May 81.
Secretary of State Bailey has fur
nished the u. s. census bureau with
data which will be of service to the
war department. in putting into effect
| the selectiYe conseription law 81 sys1ea
Estate.
Harry q. Wilson is representing
Louisiana this week at the confer
lence of federal trade in Washington.
1 slf the conference fixes a maximum
price on foods, said Mr.. Wilson, I
shall propose also a minimum price.
This would guarantee to our farmers
d good price for their crops and
stimulate greatly the production OF
flood crops throughout the state.
Mr.. Wilson is making an effort to
find out the need in the state for jars,
cans, and other preserving supplies,
and will be able to render assistance
| in meeting the need if the merchants
will cooperate with him. He has re-
quested police juries to furnish each
high or central school in their par
ishes with canning outfit for the
use of = , various communities.
Some 600 or more boys and girls
from the high schools of the state are
taking part in the annual rally this
week at the University. Among the
entertainments in their honor is an
elaborately planned "College Night"
performance, consisting of play by
| college dramatic talent and comic
stunts" by the different classes.
From rs to 100 L. s. U. students
will attend the training camp at Lit
tie Rock. The faculty will grant them
full credit for the terms work. The
camp opens. May Ia.