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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26

1T isn't so much the amount a boy produces in dollars and
cents that measures his worth to n community" says j. II. Toul
ouse. Of the state college. although that in itself is worthy OF
note in any boys activities. However, the club boys true worth
will show itself in the habits he forms and the example he sets
TO other boys. In this respect the club activities carried on by the
state college Of agriculture, and the government cooperating. is
doing more TO make worth while boys than any movement ever
lnaugurated by the United States government. That the accumu.
lation Of dollars and cents will eventually grow out of the club work
stands to reason; but the great good. lies in the habits learned in
doing things well. The club boy has the advantage Of having his
state college brought right into his home, Of having all the ad-
vantages Of the experiments carried on by that institution. The
lessons learned at great expense are his for the asking, and out of
the coaching he receives from his state leader will come the way
of knowing how 10 succeed In his undertakings. What will this
make a boy worth TO his community Can you guess what a
successful citizen is worth 10 his community Can that citizens
the answer TO What is a club boy worth TO a community ?"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26

Oh yes. we wish 10 remind you again Of that commercial
club organization. II is needed just as bad now rs 1t was last
week. Several of the business men have mentioned II, and the
new corners are more anxious for II than are the men who have
lived here for the last three or four years. The growth of the town
may suffer a relax with the removal of the troops from Mexico,
and Il is up TO US 10 be ready for such. The way 10 do IL is TO get
a large number of live farmers here. and the best way TO do that
is to get up a systemic means of advertising-a means of letting
the kind Of men we want know what we have here.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26

Now that the time is not far of when the fly will begin 10
get in his dirty work would il not be a good plan TO get busy and
clean up our premises and not wait for the arrival Of Mr. Fly
The rubbish that has accumulated during the winter must be re-
moved before spring, and no better time than now can be found
for doing such work, and IL will help to b~eautify our town. Clean
up and then set out a few shade trees. II everybody win do this
we can make Columbus a real pertty little city.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
Millions Lost Annually
BY LabOr's Sick List
La BOARD OF HEALTH

1t is said that the average
number of days of sickness,
including young and old,
amounts to II days in the
year. If this estimate be cor
rect, the number of days lost
runs in figures almost incredi
ble. Even if cut by half, the
number seems unbelievable.
In Louisiana there are ] :
100000 people. If the aver
age number of days of sick
ness is say FIVE and we believe
our health conditions justify
a low figure, then 5000, ,ooc
days annually total the sick
days OF the population.
Are they wage earners?
about one third. Do they earn
$1.50 a day? Then the act
ual earning loss is $23, ,5oo,-
900.
Ifsickness can be prevent
ed and it can, easily one
half-woulk it not pay to
[put more than $50, 900 aside
for the state health depart
ment and more than a paltry
sum for local health work?
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28

Thirty-four bills were introduc
ed in the House and sixteen in
the Senate, making a total of
even fifty for the special session.
In the list of bills passed one
carries an amendment to the Con
stitution providing for exemption
of soldiers and sailors from poll
tax.
In adjourning Thursday the
Legislature completed its work
in one days less time than the
governor had allowed.
The extra session deserve the
compliments of the people of
Louisiana in doing so we'll what
it had to do.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
Do your Hens Get
Enough pure water.

Water is a very important part
of the ration required by poultry
The body of an average mature
hen contains about 56 per cent
water. An egg is rs per cent wa,
ter. All feed consumed by poultry
must be softened by water to pre-
pare it for the digestive process.
Blood is composed very largely of
water, which serves to carry the
red and white corpuscles to the
different parts of the body to
nourlsh the needy tissues and
eliminate waste products. Water
is just as important and valuable
as food in maintaining the body
health OF the hen and as a factor
in the maximum production of
eggs.
Supplying water once or twice
a day is not sufficient, especially
in summer.
Pure, fresh water should be avail
able to poultry at all times. Water
serves not only the purposes men
toned, but also to lower the body
temperature of the fowl. This is
done by system of evaporation
through the breathing organs
which is the cause of hens hold
ing their mouths open and breath
ing rapidly on a hot day. The fast
er they breathe the more rapid is
the evaporation through the
lungs and the lower is the body
temperature,
The average flock Of one hund
red hens will use about five gal
Ions of water daily through the
hot season.
Considering both the present pric
es of feed and the relative value
of feed and water in the ration
water has a feedi~ -
about Zig value of
tSenty cents a gallon. As
water costs practically nothing,
there Is no excuse for neglecting
poultry. = A. E. Rolf, Live Stock
Extension Service, Louisiana
State University L. S. u. Press
Bulletin.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28

Mr.. E. E. waldo, represent
ing the Grolier Society of
New York was a business
visitorin st. John parish re-
Gently.
Mr.. Waldo was kept busy
selling the Book of Know
ledge" highly recommended
by many prominent men OF
Louisiana and other States.
The Grolier Company oc-
cupy offices at No. 73O Gra-
vier Street New Orleans. Mr..
1. D. Stafford being local
Manager.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
Food products will
Win the War.

EThe war will not be won by
the last 300, 900 fighting men
but by the last 300, 900 bush
els of wheat" " A European
statesman made the pro-
phecy and Mr.. Hoover, Amer
ica food administrator, de-
clares that the United states
must furnish that last 5oo,-
600 bushels.
Louisiana farmers are not
expected to raise much wheat
but they are expected to raise
as much as possible Of other
food crops that are better ad
aptAd to ourclinaatic and soil
conditions
Every bushel Of corn. soy
beans, velvet beans, COW peas
potatoes. rice, oats, barley
rye. etc. produced II Louis-
lana VIII have the effect Of
leasing 8 certain amount of
wheat for use else here +.
n F1ssS- 1S.16<@s
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
Grand Dance and
Play at Edgard.

No one can afford to miss
the Grand entertainment to
be given in the Edga1d High
School Auditorium on Sun,
day, july 29th., when the St
John Dramatic Club will
stage " A Woman's Honor I"
for the benefit of the Red
Cross F Fund. Immediately
after the play, there will be a
Grand DANCE. with excel
lent music. Refreshments will
be on sale throughout the
evening. The Reserve-Edgard
ferry will run all night to &C
comodate the people on the
left band of the river.
Let no one miss this play
and Dance, and thus help to
swell the Red Cross Fund in
st. John. All your friends will
De there. oyou just can't af-
ord to stay home.
Don't forget, Sunday, July
18th. 8 p. m in the Ed
sard High School Auditorium
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
The Model S

Mergenthaler Linotype, model 5
! to be installed soon in the Mes.
chacebe's office.
The models Mergenthaler Limo
type is without the least doubt
the best and most up-to-date sin
gle magazine typesetting mach
inc on the market to-day and will
be ever ready to handle our work
with great ease and promptness.
The machine will be installed
next week and on or about the
18th, of August next we expect
to take the all slug route for the
first time.
Two concrete foundations have
been built this week in the Mes
chac6be's Building, one for the
Linotype and one for the small
engine that will furnish the pow
er to run the Linotype and vari-
Gus presses.
Running outof type is a daily
occurrence in the Country offices
With the use of a Linotype this is
avoided. An operator can run all
day and all night if the hot met
al IS there the machine will never
hesitate to respond to the opera
tors touch.
We can show, Eeu far more than
We can explain in this issue, and
If ever you happen to be in Lucy
just drop in our Office = you will
always find someone who will be
ready and happy to receive yor
and besides show you , I,
up-to date aDd -iI" 'li.'
safss "ouueilul 'Vpo
lung machine is operated.
The editor takes this opportunity
to solicit all the news you possib
ly wish to appear in public print.
We will not limit you to so much
news and no more, on the con
trary. the more newsyou send US
the better. We will be in a posi-
ton TO handle all the news you
may wish to send and-Will be
more than glad to have lots Of
news from the various wards of
our parish each week.
We solicit the assistance not on
ly of our many kind subscribers
but the aid OF everybody in this
parish, whether you are a subscri
ber or not.
Only send in the news and we
will do the rest FREE.
The editor has gone into very
heavy expenses in procuring this
Linotype, and his object was
not merely to own a typesetting
and make little money
but to run a hetter paper and
give the good people of this parish
all the parish news that they are
entitled to have in the most up
to-date and quickest way.
We again solicit all the news
matter you may possibly wish to
send US.
The Meschacebe is.your official
journal. and the peohle's paper.
Show the editor tAt you are
with him, and he Ger ainly will
never fail to be with on
Let Us all join hand nd nj,
this old weekly ne
lLe Mesehacebe1
.4fsn esssE5z4es .xsrs 80 q. =.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
LOCAL PERSONALS,

Mrs. Otto Litz, of PIaquemine,
La. is Visitingrelatives in the
First Ward this week.
Senator L. Maurice Reynaud
left for Baton Rouge, La. MONDAY
afternoon after spending the
week end with relatives in st,
John.
Editor 'ohn D. Reynaud was
"a business visitor to New
Orleans during the week.
. p >
Mr.. Theodose Dry, formerly of
this parish but now a resident of
Algiers, La, spent Sunday with
relatives and friends in st. John.
Miss Victorine Casano of New
Orleans is spending quite an en-
Joyable stay in the First Ward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denis Haydel, Of
Gramercy, La, visited relatives
in st. John during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. SEVERN Faueheux.
Jr., of Wallace, La, accompanied
by Misses Alba, Mabel and Eula
Dufresne and Mr.. Albert L. Bos-
5ier motored to Lucy Sunday
evening in Mr.. Faucheux's Ford.
We beg acknowledge receipt of
a postal Card from Mr.. Stephen
J. Burch who is at presentin
Denver, Colorado.
Mr.. Burch is accompanied by
his sister Miss Laurence and re-
port the trip as a most pleasant
one.
Mr.. Nestor Fourroux, son Of
Mr.. Jules Fourroux of Lucy left
the latter part of the week with
the Hercules Contracting and
Dredging Company for the
Arkansas river where the Com
pany has just accepted a very
heavy job.
Mr.. Nemour Fourroux, Captain
Fourroux's eldest son left a few
weeks ago for Transylvania
where he is also holding a very
responsible position with the
Hercules Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Borne, of
Lutcher. La. are visiting relativ
es in st. John.
tlMr. and Mrs. Arnold Horn, ar
Interesting little family Of Luling
La, were visiting in the First
Ward recently.
= y
Mr.. and Mrs. D. BossieE Of
Gramercy, La, ccompanied bg
Mr.. and Mrs. a. Clement also 81
Gramercy motored to St. John 4
the beginning Of the week yhels
they were the honored guests oS
relatives in the First Ward
y
Mr.. Carl Becnel, of Taft. Ia.
and Miss Aimee Cambte, Of Is
Place. this parish were united
into the holy bondso Of matrinohv
at the st. Peters Catholic
Church, Reserve, la this weel
The neWlyWeds visited relafiV
es in the first ward oa their y
70 their new home u q
Long llfe happiness n
periks to tie happy oo1
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28

Madison, Wis, July a.
'Prussianism has crushed
the hearts of millions of wiv
es and mothers. Otto has been
called. The baby and | will
have to shift for ourselves.
But Otto will do his duty--he
must That's how Mrs. Otto
Wagner, wife of the Madison
Wis. No 258 took the news.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28

If you cannot possibly send US
the news of your locality, only in
form US and we will gladly make
arrangements to have one of our
representatives call upon you on
a certain fixed day each week.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
Lynn, Mass IulY "a

Lynn, Mass. july "a
timothy D. Mcclure, one of
this city's 25Ss, tainted when
he learned his number was the
first out. His mother also col
lapsed When she learned it.
Sharon, Pa, July 24.- The
first Sharon man draft with
No. 258 is John Pitts, born
on Friday, the 18th. Ex.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
Proceedings Of Tne Police Jury.
PARISHOF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
OF THE

adjournment, Tor the purpose OF
opening bids for the purchase OF
theirroad bond issue of One Hund
red and Eighty Thousand Dollars
($180, ,000.00) and promptly at
eleven o'clock a m. the Police
Jury was called to order at Ed
gard, Louisiana by the President,
and there were present:
Messrs. F. Reynaud, P. Barre,
P. g. Songy, P. A. Cassagne,
Cyrille Baoin and A. Lasseigne.
Absent: None.
The Secretary at his desk.
There were found to be four bids.
The bid Of Well, Roth & Com
pany beinC less than par was not
considered.
The bid If the Interstate Trust
& Banking Company being par
less Sc, O95.Q for expenses, print
ing Of bonds and legal services.
The bid cf the Hibernia Bank &
Trust Company being par, accru
ed interest and S121 90 they to
have tle deposit of the proceeds
without interest and also to be tis
cal agent for the collection of all
taxes, and
The bid Of Elston & Company of
Chicago, Illinois. being par, &C
crued interest and a premium of
$1,000 with the condition that
the proceeds of sale be deposited
with the Interstate Trust & Bank
ing Company without interest
until expended.
After due consideration of the
bids, the Police Jury considered
the bid of the Hibernia Bank &
Trust Company. which is written
in the following terms:
Edgard, La, July 19, 1917.
Police Jury of the Parish of
st. John the Baptist,
Edgard, La,
Gentlemen i
For the One hundred eighty
thousand dollars $3.50. 100000
par value st. John the Baptist
Parish solo Bonds, dated -----l
denominations So bearing in
tegest at the rate Of sQTo per an
num, payable semi annually
maturing as per notice of sale,
1918 to 1S49, without option of
prior payment, Principal and in
terest to be made payable at some
place mutually satisfactory, we
hereby offer to pay you par and
- ! ;,,t~.Ask ~ a~t -
acCrueu iAASSLcoS ~ ~Sst0 oI ue-
livery OF bonds TO US, and IN adj
dition q premium of One Humid
red Twenty enc Dollars ($121. 0O) |
This bid is made subject to theI
following terms and conditions: /
ne. nj. the the .1roceeds Of the bonds
be deposited in this Bank with
out interest. as also the Fiscal
Agency & collection of all taxes,
to be withdrawn only as needed. !
Certified check for $4,000. 90 en-
closed herewith as an evidence of
our gooo faith. to beheld by you
and applied as part payment on
this contract, if accepted, or to
be returned to US Immediately if
this hid IS rejected. or our attor-
neys dec lne to approve the legal
ty Of thase bonds.
Respectfully submitted,
Hibernia Bank & Trust Company
By John Dane
On motion of Mr. Cassagne,
seconded by Mr.. Reynaud, the
bid of the Hibernia Bank & Trust
Company was duly accepted.
The vote on this motion was as
follows:
YEAS: Reynaud, Barre, Songy.
Cassagne, Babin, Lasseigne.
NYSs None.
And the bidof the Hibernia
3 ank & Trust Company was &C.
eenEed
Being 70 further business.
81 Beard adjourned
sllace sa ssel
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28

Rock Island. III, July "a
Francisco Scala one of the
early oor,s drawn frorl this
City, does not care whether he
is drafted or not. Francisco is
being held at the county jail
for murder.
In fact if Francisco is given
any choice in the matter he
will select to serve in the
army rather than serve in the
penitentiary.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
Cincinnati. O., July 24-

Cincinnati, o., July 24-
What's in a name? Dunn
Bottoms, a porter, thinks his
is a tailsman. It was at the
bottom OF army draft. Bot
toms number 3217, was the
last drawn in the lottery at
Washington.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28
ODDITIES OF DRAFT

St. Louis, Mo. July 24.-
Mrs. Nellie Mccarthy, who
jumped into the Mississippi
river here today and was
.drowne6 told friends before
she committed suicide that
she would end her life because
her son, Russell, was drawn
in the army draft. The name
of Russell Mccarthy does
not appear in the list of me
called up for examination for
the first draft.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28

Milwaukee, Wis, July "a.
1t didn't take Herbert L. Mar
ito long to find out where he
stood. He wired from Mar.
quette, Mich, to learn his
serial number and received
the following reply: "258"
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28

Gray, Ind, July "A - Prin
ters and proof readers drop
ped in their tracks today
while trying toget out a list
Of fmen drafted in Gray. A
sample ofnamesfrom the1irst
ten in each of the three exemp
ton districts is as follows:
Vidak Kondenich, M. Blar-
queszco, Love white, Boles-
law Gutoroski, F. H. Bell, E
Radamovich, spaseniji Re-
becca; and Wladyslaw
WojichienoWski.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-07-28

Entereo as second-class matterFeb.
rusry IOth 1914, at the Pogt-O Office at
Lucy, La, under the Act of March
3, 1879.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-03-01
FOR THE SICK CHILD.
Toys That Will Amuse Without Exeit-
ina Your Patient.

II is difficult to keep the sick child
entertained. Especially when Gonzales
ccncc starts in the task Is trial to
nurse or mother. for the child that Is
III dislikes to stay in bed unless 1t Is
too Ill to care about anything.
A supply OF toys is. Of course. Il
great aid In making the hours of coll
valescence pleasant to children. Many
gifts of toys were solicited and re-
ceived by the hospitals in the cities
where infantilc paralysis made such
big inroads last summer, for the hos
pital authorities realized that conva-
lcsccncc passes much more pleasantly
aud perhaps more quickly to the child
that is happily engaged with toys.
II you are buying toys for a child
that Is i'll remember first that they
must be simple. Nothing complicated
or too exciting must be chosen. for OK
citement Is bad for anybody who is not
In the best Of health.
For the little girl well along in con-
Valescence, the girl Of six or over, pa.
pc dolls are delight. Hours can be
passed in cutting them out and other
hours In playing with them.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-03-01
Storm Stories.

History repeats itself even In storms
at sea. The Norwegian steamer Spica
was broken from her moorings at
Blyth and pitched like a cork over half
n mile Of dangerous rocks until she
bumped against the pier. But this Is
nothing to the adventure Of the Eben-
ezer, a craft of ninety-five tons, which
was once driven by q gale toward
Chesil beach, near Portland. An enor-
nous wave seized hold Of the ship and
carried it to the very top OF the bank,
where 1t was left high and dry. The
sailors stepped over the side and walk
ed into Portland, where they were
greeted by some as liars, by others as
men who had come out Of the jaws Of
DEATH" as the record puts 1t. But the
Ebcnezer was found exactly as they
had said 1t would be, and two days lat
or she was launched and brought round
to Weymouth bay.-westminster Ca
Zette.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-03-01
MAKE THE HOME BRIGHT.
Dark Colors For Walls and Woodwork
Have q Depressing Effect.

The interior decorations of man
home may have much to do with his
domestic happiness or unhappiness. As
the case may he. according to the sec
rotary Of the international Association
Of Master House Painters and Dccora-
tors. The depressing effect Of dark
cOlorS In wood finish and wall paper
has wrecked homes which would have
been happy had the cOlOrs been bright,
Is the opinion of this expert.
Ozark cOlors in home decoration are
like dark. gloomy days in their effect
on people," he said. 1T is we'll known
that gloomy days arc commonly known
TO the police rs suicide days There
arc many more suicides. murders and
other crimes on rainy days. \ man
owes II to his family to surround It
with bright rooms which will catch all
the sunlight there is and turn IL into
domestic happiness.
"A room done in dark colurs has the
same effect on persons entering 1t as
utter darkness. Ones senses cannot he
so active as in bright surroundings,
and there Is a loss of buoyancy that
breeds grouches. with all their disas-
trous results. Bright. clean. open minds
arc the sure result Of bright surround
ings. kansas City Star.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-03-01
RELIGIOUS

Says PuIpits Today Need Better Acting
"It Is said that Il took the Egyptians
thirty years 10 make a good mummy,
but now the theological seminary can
make one In three. tell you that II
an actor did not get his work over the
footlights better than the average
preacher gets his message over the
pulpit the actor would be sacked the
first week."
This Is what the Rev. DIR. Walter p.
Bentley, national secretary Of the Ac-
tors Church alliance, told congrega-
ton OF 1000 in the Cathedral Of st.
John the Divine, New York, recently.
He said the church needed the iniiu-
cncc Of the stage to give "life, vigor
and articulation" to its ministers.
DIR. Bentley was welcomed to the
pulpit OF the cathedral by Bishop
Charles 8. Burch. He was scheduled
to speak on How the Church and tho
Theater Became Friends" but devoted
most Of his address to describing how
the two became enemies, to their mu-
tual III fortune. He said that, In spite
OF strenuous efforts which were now
being made TO bring people to sec that
the interests Of both church and stage
lay along really similar lines, the day
OF perfect understanding had not yet
come and that each institution was
the loser thereby.
"You may not know It." he went on,
"but the beginnings Of modern drama
came in the eleventh century, when
the church was the theater, the priests
the actors and the chancellery the.
stage. The congregations were the auI
diences. Soon, however, 1t was seen
that church and stage were properly
separate. The stage held the mirror,
up to nature and depicted life as it'
was on earth. The church, on the 9TH
er hand, depicted life as 1t should be.
"Then came the colossal blunder.
People began to believe that the inter-
ests Of the two must be opposed. The
church became jealous Of its offspringI
Do you wonder why actors do not love
the church when history records how
they were declared outlaws by the
very institution which gave life to their.
profession? The misunderstandin
still goes on.
THE Lord took mercy on his people
who were deluded by Puritanism. He
took away John Calvin and sent us
William Shakespeare, a glorious ex-.
change"
The speaker then said the church
needed the stage.
"What the church today needs Is
Catholic teaching in dramatic FORM"
he said. "Why does Billy Sunday
sweep the country with his cheap the
ology, orthodox as 1t sounds? Because
he talks in the language Of the man
on the street. He speaks and is under
stood and remembered. Billy Sunday
thinks more Of burning than he dos Of
learning"