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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-02-21

Phone your news items to the
Journal. 'Phone No. 90.
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
Regular SOC
Cameo Brooches,
At 27c

Cameo Brooches, pretty gold-plated
frames, stone cameo mountingS, finely cut
designs, copies of the high cost she'll
canoes.
GOIdenberE'S-Firut Floor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
LANDING PLACE FOR AIRCRAFT.
Army Aviators May Soon Be Flying
Over Donaldsonville.

E[1. Lieutenant Chas. de Boney de la
Y srgne, representing the army avia-
tf5n school at Lake Charles; H. 8.
Daylis::. manage, Of the Lake Charles
Chamber Of Commerce, and Mr.. Lam
dry, member of a committee Of the
| latter organization, visited Donald
.sonville4 Thursday afternoon to look
over available sites for landing
place for airplanes on crosse ountry
practice flights from Gerstner Field at
Lake Charles. The party were met
here by Messrs. R. S. Vickers, Walter
Lemann and others, and were shown
two locations that it was thought
might answer the purpose desired.
One of the tracts is in the Lemann
addition, on the upper side Of the
South Louisiana Fair Association
grounds, but this proved to be toe.
small, it being feared that undeE
some conditions the fair buildings
might Interfere with the safe man.
euvering of the airplanes when about
to alight or depart.
A larger tract of level land in Smoke
Bend, owned principally by Camille
Rome, was next inspected, and was
found to be satisfactory in nearly all
respects. Arrangements are now be-
ing made with the several owners to
secure the use Of this location, and
while the negotiations have not yet
been. finally concluded, sufficient pro-
gross has been made to warrant the
tender of the site to the army au-
thorities. 1t is estimated that fund
of $500 to $500 will be required to
pay for the rental of the land and
defray the expense of adapting it to
the purpose contemplated, and this
amount will be raased by means of an
appropriation from the police jury,
supplemented perhaps by subscrip-
tions from patriotic and public-spirit-
ed citizens.
In addition to being used by the
army airplanes, it is pointed out that
the site may serve as landing place
for the aircraft which will be en-
ployed in the governments proposed
aerial postal route.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
ANOTHER POINT OF view.

lot as an expression of ourE own
views, but merely in continuance of
the discussion now Under way in the
Letters from the People" column of
this paper on the subject of teachers
salaries, we reproduce the following
editorial, captioned Teacher Oliver
Twists" from last Saturdays issue of
the esteemed st. Francisville True
Democrat:
Ex-Governor N. C. Blanchard is
entirely correct III saying that this is
an inopportune time for a general
raise of the salaries of teachers in the
public schools. While it is true that
the cost of living has increased, it is
equally true that the taxpayers are al
ready heavily burdened to support
the schools as they are now, and with
prospect of having to meet other
forms of taxation incident to the war,
the present limit III the cost of public
education sh9aid Is urged
that unless the teachers are paid more
they will turn to other occupations
that are more lucrative. This will
apply only to teachers of the higher
grades, and each Of these presents a
different problem in the value of his
or her services, which the school
board especially concerned can de-
termine, and fix salaries accordingly
The average teacher is getting as
much, and in many instances a great
deal more, than she could earn as a
stenographer, bookkeeper or clerk,
taking her educational preparation
into account.
''The school boards should be study
ing to reduce expenses and clear up
the deficits already on their books
rather than to increase their expendi-
lures with no corresponding promise
of greater efficiency in the schoels.'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
NO MENINGITIS HERE.
Sporadic Case on Riverside Plantation
80 Regarded as Cured.

e- Regarded as Cured.
An item appearing in last Sundays
Times-Picayune stated that DIR. Oscar
Bowling, president of the Louisiana
Board of Health, had reported to DR..
Robin, president of the New Orleans
Board of Health, the presence of a
case of spinal meningitis in Donald
sonville and Burton. This statement
is erroneous in so far as it applies to
Donaldsonville. There has not been,
and is not now, case of meningitis in
this city.
A single case developed on the
Riverside plantation three miles be-
low Donaldsonville, the victim being
Thomas Cancienne, 9-year-old son of
William Cancienne, blacksmith on the
place. This was a sporadic case
purely, and the patient has about been
cured, having reached an advanced
stage of convaleRence that assures
his complete recovery from the at
tack. All precautions were taken as
soon as the nature of the malady was
determined, and there is no danger of
spread of the infection.
Germs of the disease were found to
be present in five Of the persons who
had come in contact with the patient,
negative reactions being reported in
the cases of fifteen others. Of the
five carriers or suspects" one has
since been found to be free of
and the remaining
four, together with other inmates Of
the house, are being held under OBJ
servation until further examinations
reveal that all possibility of infection
has been removed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
Highway Plans Expedited by
Conference.

Work on number of highways ir
Louisiana has been expedited by 8
personal visit to Washington by Dun.
can Buie, highway commissioner TO,
Louisiana. Five Louisiana projects
were subjects of conferences between
Mr.. Buie and members of the staff OF
the Office of roads and rural engineer
ing. |. W. Sylvester, city engineer
of Alexandria, Senator Ransdell, and
Louisiana members of congress, also
were parties to the conferences.
One of the projects for which an
agreement was signed covers twenty
seven miles of highway in Road Dis
trict No. 2 of Ascension parish, ex-
tending from Hope Villa to the
st. James parish line. The road will
be OF gravel, and will fourteen feet
widpI Its total cost will be $780,
ooOesof which the federal government
will pay $4,000.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
Soldiers Remains Laid to Rest Here.

Soldiers Remains Laid to Rest Here
The remains of Sergeant Allen
= Thomas, who died at Camp Beaure.
gard from spinal meningitis Sunday.
! Jan. 20, at Ais p. M, were inferred
in the Catholic cemetery in this city
Tuesday forenoon, the 22nd ultimo.
Sergeant Thomas was a grandson of
the late General and Mrs. Allen
Thomas, distinguished residents of
Ascension parish in by-gone days, and
was % years and 6 months of age.
He was a member of the machine gun
battalion of the 156th Infantry Regi-
ment, and among the fragrant floral
offerings which covered his casket was
an especially beautiful token sent by
the members of that command. From
the time of arrival here until thief
hour of the burial rites, the body of
Sergeant Thomas rested in the court
house, from whence the funeral took
place. A file Of high school cadets
acted as a guard of honor to the |
mortal remains of the young patriot.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
DEATH OF SIDNEY LEBLANC.
Weil-known Donaldsonvillian Expires
Suddenly at Jennings. "

The host of friends of Sidney ].
Leblanc were shocked and deeply
grieved to learn of his sudden death,
which occurred at 6 o'clock Wednes-
Day morning at Jennings, where he
was filling a position in the employ OF
the Louisiana State Rice Milling Com
pany.. 1t was known that the condi-
ton of his health was regarded as
uncertain, owing to an ailment of the
heart, but there was no Estimation
that the end was so near, and when
word came that he had suddenly been
stricken down the sad announcement
could scarcely be believed.
Mr.. Leblanc was "a native of this
community, aged so years and S
months, and was young man of adj
mirable character and many excellent
qualities. He was highly regarded by
all who knew him, and the untimely
termination of his promising career is
widely and sincerely deplored.
The remains were brought to Dom
aldsonville and conveyed to the resi-
dence of Aramis Melaneon, a brother
in-laW Of deceased from whence the
funeral took place at o'clock
Thursday forenoon with services and
interment in the Catholic church and
cemetery.
Mr.. Leblanc was married only a
few months ago to Miss Lillian Mel
ancon, of this city, besides whom he
leaves to mourn his loss his mother,
Mrs. Nicholas Leblanc, three broth
ers, Messrs. w. j., Henry and Nick
Leblanc, and three sisters, Mrs. Ed
ward Leblanc, Mrs. Adlard Landry,
and Miss Edna Leblanc. The Chief
joins IN extending assur-aces of pro-
found sympathy to the bereaved fam
lily. "A -.-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG MATRON
Mrs. Jesse Melancon Passes Away, a
Martyr to Motherhood.

MANY hearts were saddened when
it became known two weeks ago that
Mrs. Jesse Melancon, nee Miss Lizzie
Landry, after four months combat
with the forces of death had hnally
succumbed to the attack of the Grim
Reaper and closed her eyes in the long
sleep that knows no waking. The end
came at so o'clock Saturday morn
ing, Jan. 10, and at the patients bed
side when the closing scene In llfe>s
drama was enacted were the loved
ones who had watched over her so
tenderly and tirelessly from the day
she was taken i'll. The funeral was
held from the family residence near
Philadelphia Point at 1890 O'Clock
Sunday forenoon, Jan. 20, with ser
vices at the St. Francis of Assislum
church in Smoke Bend and interment
in the Donaldsonville Catholic ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Landry was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Landry,
well-known residents of the first ward
of Ascension parish, and was 81 years
of age. Besides her parents and
grief-stricken husband, she is survived
by eight children, the youngest baby
only four months old, whose coming
into the world entailed the supreme
sacrifice on the part of the noble
young mother. The children are Sue,
Alma, lila, Lawrence, Jeffy, Lee,
Samuel and Allen Melancon. Three
brothers and three sisters are also left
to mourn her loss, namely: Messrs.
Edmond, Emile and Edward, and
Misses Olive, Edmonia and Advaline
Landry. To the afflicted family the
Chief, in common with an extensive
circle of friends and acquaintance.
proffers sincere sympathy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
SPLENDID stipwinc MADE.
,. II. s. Pupils Roll Up Total ot
$s57O.5O in w. S. s. Campaign.
By PRINCIPAL R. S, vICKERs.

/ @oA>~@~~N'
/; The VI. s. S. campaign which was
| :raugurated in all the schools of thu
| United States on Dec II was brought
a close in the Donaldsonviile High
;t,ehool Thursday by big drive which
YRS participated in by nearly ons
| hundred pupils selected from those
| ryho had distinguished themselves BY
heir patriotic enthusiasm and energy
ince the very beginning of the cam
,;aign. Before midday, these earnest
..oung workers had used their efforts
10 such good effect that the supply OF
WI I stamps in the local postofficet Tas
Exhausted, In spite Of this handicap
However, they continued their work
by taking orders for future delivery.
The days sales amounted to about
$500, which brought the total sales
made through the school up to $500
30. When it is considered that a
vast majority Of the sales made were
Of 25-cent thrift stamps, some idea
can be formed of the amount of work
performed by the energetic and pa
sriotic young workers of the high
school. Some school III more pros
porous community may have passed
our total and won the state prize, but
we have the supreme satisfaction of
moving that no school in the whole
country has surpassed our splendid
.:-oung patriots in energy, earnestness,
end enthusiasm. This in itself is re-
ward sufficient, and is source of
The utmost gratifcatlo both to the
school authorities and the community
at large
The standing by grades at the end
Of the contest is as follows: Lower
first, $71.50; advanced lrst, $39.25;
second, s72.75: third, s8045O;
fourth, s206O.50; fifth, $476.25;
combination grade, $68.25; sixth,
s992.50; seventh, s1718.25; eighth,
s610.50; ninth, $1343.50; tenth,
$4,000; eleventh, $162.75.
From the above it will be seen that
Inc fourth grade surpassed all others
il the amount of sales. and this taken
with the further fact that it is hum
o!red per cent grade-that is, that
every pupil as we'll as the teacher has
purchased at least one stamp-means
hat it is the winning grade in the in
! er-class contest. To the winner of
This contest the principal promised
holiday some time in the early spring,
and agreed to provide wagons for a
picnic. Included among the winners
is the pupil who proved most active
during the campaign in each of the
other grades, resulting as. follows:
First, Kellet Byrnes; second, Edward
Pfster; third, Walter Lemann; fifth,
Robert Dill, Jr.; sixth, Anna May
Allen; seventh, Marie Winter; eighth,
Lewis Bornman; ninth, John Saxon
tenth, Ida Klos.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
RETURNS FROM FROZEN NORTH
Local Sugar-Boiler Here for Brief
Stay After Ohio Campaign.

Florian J. Michel, who has long
been prominent as sugar-boiler in
Louisiana and in the tropics, and is
now achieving equal success in the
beet sugar manufacturing game, re-
turned tn Donaldsonville Tuesday
night from Ottawa, Ohio, where he
has been filling a position in the su-
gar-making department of the Ohio
Sugar Company's factory at that
place. After completing most sue
cessful campaign at the big plant Of
the Los Alamitos Sugar Company at
Los Alamitos, California, Mr.. Michel
was transferred to Ottawa by the
former concern to replace a sugar
boiler who had been called into the
army by the draft. He arrived at
Ottawa Nov. "a and remained there
untifsaJ Ian. ri, when the last strike Of
sugar was boiled. The campaign
proved an altogether satisfactory one
notwithstanding the severe cold
weather, but operations were delayed
for several days owing to a snow
blizzard which paralyzed railroad
traffic and caused shortage Of cars.
The Ottawa factory had been out Of
commission for four years, and was
put into operation the past season by
new company which bought the
plant from the former owners. The
present company is very well satisfied
with the res1lts obtained and expects
to have much longer run the coming
season. Mr.. Michel states that the
current winter has been the coolest
in Ohio in thirty years.
The fuel shortage is acute and con-
siderable suffering has resulted. At
ter visit to the home folk, Mr.
Michel expects to leave about March
for Los Alamitos.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
SCHAFF--LEROY.
Nuptiai Ceremony at Catholic Church
80, Crowns Pretty Romance.


49,, Crowns Pretty Romance.
A wedding of interest was that OF
Miss Lea Clara Leroy to Joseph D.
Schaff, which took place at Ascension
Church Thursday afternoon at !
o'clock, Rev. Father C. NJ. Chambon
officiating. The bride was given in
marriage by her brother, Edwin Lee
Roy, and was attended by Miss Flor
ence Dugas as maid of honor. Felix
Hebert, of the fourth ward, was the
groom's best man. A large assem-
hlage of relatives and friends of the
popular young couple witnessed the
pretty ceremony. CAT 2 o'clock Mr..
and Mrs. Schaff left via the Valley
route for New Orleans, where they
will enjoy stay of several days.
Upon their return they will make their
home with the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alcide Leroy, in the Le-
mann Addition.
The bride is prepossessing and
accomplished young woman, whose
manifold charms and virtues have en-
deared her to all who have the pleas.
ure Of her acquaintance. The groom
is son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schaf,
ST., and is young man of fine quail
ties and attractive personality.
1t gives us pleasure to record the
happy marriage of these estimable
young people, and to join in the fell
citations and good wishes extended
them for an abundance of prosperity
and contentment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
INSURANCE FOR EVERY
G FIGHTER. q

The treasury department is making
an earnest effort to have every mem.
Der of Americas fighting forces take
advantage of the government insur.
ance plan, which Secretary McAdoo
asserts to be "the most just and hui
name provision ever made by any
nation for it's soldiers and Sailors
The purpose is rapidly being
achieved, the insurance having passed
the fifth billion mark in the total of
policies written, and there are many
military units in which every member
has taken insurance. But this lat
total is only beginning. Amerf
az my and navy should be 100 per ceps
Injured. a
The automatic insurance provided
by the law is only partial and limited
protection, payable only to wife, child,
or widowed mother, and ceases after
February IL, 1918. It is important,
therefore, not only to the soldiers and
sailors of the country but to their
families and dependents, that before
that date they avail themselves Of the
full government protection, which
can go as high as $40, 900 and is pay
able to wife, husband, child, grand
child, parent, brother, or sister.
The law also provides for the reed
ucation and AhabilitatioA of the to-
tally disabled and monthly compensa-
ton to those disabled.
The necessitysof prompt application
can not be emphasized too strongly.
Persons in service before October Is,
1917, must apply not later than Feb.
IL, 1918. Those who joined after
October Is, 1917, have 100 days from
the date of enlistment in which to
apply.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
A.cen.ionite. Coming Acro.s"Nieely


Ascensionites Coming Across" Nicely
S. J. Coogan, deputy collector of in
ternal revenue, who arrived here last
Saturday to assist Ascension citizens
to make QUE their inconIF tax re-
turns, was n called to New Orleans
Thursday afternoon. He lhas been
replaced by Deputy Collector Murphy,
who will remain here until Saturday.
Feb. 9, inclusive. A large number Of
persons called on Deputy Coogan for
information and assistance during
his stay here. Many of these were
found to Sbe not subject to the tax,
"but they showed the proper spirit" "
said Mr.. Coogan. Uncertain as to
or not they were required to
pay the tax, they took the trouble to
inform themselves.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02

The st. Joseph Commercial Insti-
tute basketball team was defeated by
the Thibodaux College five in an in
teresting game on the grounds of the
latter institution last Sunday after
noon. The score was "a to 4.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02

Hear Chas. Giroir on the piano at
&he Gem Theatre tolnorroW. A musi-
eal treat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02

= Eur 1918 Christmas Club now
open. Commercial and Savings Bank.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
RESPECTFULLY REFERRED II
THE POLICE JURY.

There are two matters that demane
and should receive the immediate at
tention of the police jury.
One is the condition of the grave
roads on both sides of Bayou La.
fourGae and along the riysr above
| Donaldsonville The manner in
which these highways have been ne
elected is positive shame. At sew
eral places they are ABOUT to revert
to the condition of o binary dirt
roads, and from one eng to the other
they are arely in need { repairs. 1t
is stated hihat a fund oh some $500
provided -tor the mainte nance Of the
gravel roads has been lying in a local
bank for the past year, untouched,
while the expensive highways have
been permitted to go from bad to
worse through Jack of attention on
the part of the public body response
Bile for their upkeep.
The other matter to which refer
ence is made is the possible loss of
hundreds of yards Of gravel purchased
for use on the hard-surfaced highway
to be constructed in the Second Road
District of the parish sand now stored
on the river batture at, various points
between the Iberville and st. James
lines. A communicated from Hon.
Henry c. Braud appearing in today's
Chief deals with this state of affairs
in plain terms and puts it up to the
police jury to take some action in
stanter that will safeguard the tax
payers interests and avert the heavy
financial loss that would ensue by the
needless sacrifice of this costly road
building material.
Later.-Since the above was writ
ten and put in type, the Chief has
been informed by Police Juror l.. W..
Armitage of the fifth ward that the
contractor who is to build the Secdad
District road has arrived at DarTt!w
and on Monday next will comV< zee
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-02
c H A RTE
PALo ALTO COMPANY, INC.

United States of America-State of Louisi
ana-Parish of Ascension.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-29
IN KAISER CLASS
It's Now Patriotic for Kansans
To Swat the Rooster.
Barnyard StrutterS Reduce Ma.
tons Food Supply.

Manhattan. Kan, May 29.-That it
is the patriotic duty of every Kansas
farmer to swat the rooster. June 8 to
8, is the opinion of Frank e. Fox, as
sistant in poultry husbandry in the
Kansas State Agricultural college, The
estimated loss from the production of
fertile eggs in the summer months is
$1,500.0O0 every year.
The state of Kansas is now organized
against the production of fertile eggs
in summer. Rooster Week" is the
time when all ROSTERS are removed
from the flock. Valuable breeding
birds are removed to separate pens
and saved for the next year. Males,
worthless from the breeding stand
point, are sold on the market. This
aids in producing better eggs. and feed
is saved.
''Infertile eggs are better for hu-
man food and they store better" said
Fox. 1T is common statement tina
food iii win the war. Production
infertile eggs is one way of producin
good food. Fertile eggs develop ro=
in the summer months, and rots ar
usually a total loss"
Infertile eggs do not command
higher price on the market at presen
but such an effort will soon be starte,
to bring this about. In certain local
tiles the produce dealers pay a higher
price for roosters during rooster weel
and thus help with the campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-29
CHANCE FOR KANSAS FARMERS
Negroes OF Other States Would Come
Here for the Harvest.

Opportunities for Kansas farmers to
secure help, and especially colored
help, are found in letters which have
been received by the Chamber of Com
merce and forwarded to A. D. Folker,
county agricultural agent. A number
of letters have been received from
parties in Missouri. Nebraska, Texas,
Carolina and Michigan, asking about
the wheat prospects here and wanting
to know the names of farmers who
would employ them.
Letters received from parties in
Texas, who are apparently looking aft
er the interests. of colored people
there. state that there are a number
of families in the state who are barely
making a living and are anxious to
come to Kansas that they may help in
the harvest fields or secure permanent
positions as farm hands.
This is an opportunity for Kansas
farmers to secure help" said Mr.. Fol-
ker today. land farmers who can fur
nish colored families a small house
on their farms to live in should get
together and send representatives to
Texas. They could pick out what fam
lilies they wanted, put their stuff all in
a car and ship them here with small
expense