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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
Twenty-Five Years Ago, 1898.

Last Monday brought dire distress
and unestimable loss of property to
many citizens of Lafayette county.
About 5 O'Clock that evening de
structive tornado passed through the
southern edge Of Willow Springs town
ship, and on northeasterly thorugh Fay
cite township, cutting swarth about
one mile wide and spending its force at
the eastern limits of the county.
Those losing their lives were Mrs.
James Bailey, of Willow Springs; Erick
Peterson, of Fayette. and Thos. 0leson,
of Moscow. Others were severely in
jured and much damage was done to
property and considerable live stock
was killed and crippled, hundreds of
miles Of fences carried away and all
timberlln the track of the storm leveled.
Died, in the village of Linden, on the
18th inst, of pneumonia, Mr.. Royal
Granville, aged 81 years. Deceased
was born and grew to manhood in
Linden.
Married. at the M. E. parsonage at
Linden, Saturday evening, May q,
Mr.. George Jackson of Mineral Point
and Miss Lila M. Poad of Linden, Rev.
j. w. Barnett officiating.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
WILLOW SPRINGS NOTES.

BY Special Correspondence.
The next Red Cross meeting will be
with Mrs. Tom Sleep on Wednesday,
May 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fremont Calvert left
last Thursday for Rochester. Mimi,
where Mr.. Calvert will consult Mayo
Brothers.
DR.. and Mrs. Lehnkiring and son of
Darlington called on Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Stone Sunday afternoon.
Roy Gordon and family spent Sunday
at r. N. Parkinson's.
Genevieve and Marion Woolrich spent
last Wednesday with Mary and Martha
Reilly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone and family spent
Saturday evening with Peter Lindholm
and family.
Tom Adams is laid up at present
with dislocated knee joint.
The supper and entertainment which
was to have been held at the church
last Friday night, and was prevented
on account of the weather, has been
postponed indefinitely.
A few of the neighbors congregated
at A. j. Walkers last Friday night and
helped them dispose of six quarts OF
ice cream, after which the hat was
passed and 1915 collected for the Rec
Cross.
George Woolrich and family called or
Will Benson and mother Sunday evening
The Willow Springs Sunday schoo
picnic will be held the 9th of June.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
Forty Years Ago, 1878.

A few of the leading men of Oar
lington are anxious to have flax mil
started at that place. Situated in the
midst of a rich flax growing country,
1T would make good location.
Rufus Ray, young. man employed
in the cigar factory at Dodgeville, met
his death last week by accidental
shooting. He was on his way to his
home in Platteville and it is thought he
stopped to shoot at bird when the
gun was accidentally discharged, killing
him instantly.
Illinois war veterans held large
meeting at Springfield on the 23rd inst,
the occasion being the transfer of the
battle flags and other relics of the war
from the State Armory to the new
State House.
Mrs Mary L. Dunn, relict of Judge
Dunn, of Belmont, and the mother of
Mrs. Gov, Dewey, committed suicide
at Muscoda last week. Mrs. Dunn was
70 years of age and it is supposed that
the recent death of her son Tarlton, in
Colorado, caused her action
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23

After a prolonged seige, freighted
with much suffering, Mrs. Esther Ray 8
life was forever closed at 1890 o'clock
Monday morning, May 25, 1903. Mrs.
Ray was a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Dobson, early settlers Of Min
eral Point. Deceased was born in Min
eral Point July, 10, 1866.
The United States board of general
appraisers at New York have ordered
the duty of Is per cent paid on the
statue Of Matthew Murphy Of Oar
lington, which was made in Italy to be
placed in the Lafayette county court
house at Darlington.
Many Of our readers viii be panied
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
RED CROSS NOTES.

The Red Cross work rooms have been
moved to the Parish House for the
summer months. The regular meetings
will be held there on Wednesday, Fri
day and Saturday afternoons of each
week. These rooms are large and we
ought to have from fifty to one hundred
workers at each meeting. The needs
are urgent.
Our quota for May is 300 First Line
Packet Pads These pads are used at
the very front. Our order was late,
but we must have il ready on time. We
have never yet failed to complete our
orders, and we must not fail now. We
urge your attendance.
The Waldwick Auxiliary, May IA,
brought in the following 25 scultetus
bandages, as FLINDERS. pajamas and
Is pairs of socks. They are also help
ing us with our May quota Of pajamas.
We wish to thank the Farmers and
Citizens Bank for the use of their
room during the winter, and also the
light and heat which they so kindly
donated.
We also thank the Vestry of Trinity
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
Announcement of Regret.
To the Editor:

10 tne Editor.
Dear Sir: 1t is with regret that |
have read the letter from the Madison
Chapter of the Red Cross, printed in
your issue of May 10th. Evidently
some of our neighbors or one of them
complained of our Quitting our own
boys first. In the first place, enough
donations of money were given to the
Red Cross in this city, because of this
Quitting, to provide for the wool used,
aud probably will now be withheld from
the Red Cross until this purpose is ac-
complished Also the list published
just above the letter, of "a, 265 articles
sent by our Red Cross branch to the
Madison chapter within year, shows
that we have not been slackers in that
line. While the receipt of cash to the
amount of $7,504 Oh shows that our
pockets, as well as our hearts, have
been opened.It must be remembered
that ours is a small community. 1t
seems most inopportune time, just
before Red Cross drive, to send us
such letter.
A MEMBER OF THE RED CROSS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
Fifteen Years Ago, 1903

MIR. Thomas, father of Albert Thomas
of Cobb, was buried with Masonic SER
vices last Sunday. Deceased was one
of the most highly respected citizens
of Iowa county.
Tuesday evening, May 10, was an
important epoch in the lives of Mr..
Ben Jacka and Miss Cora Prideaux, as
it was then they were united in mar
riage by Rev. f. w. Tomlinson, at the
home of the bride 's.parents.
The Mason Mining and Milling Co.
of Linden is capitalized at $3.50, 900.
The output now is about 100 tons of
milled jack per week.
Thomas Dolphin died at the Iowa
county insane asylum this Wednesday
morning, May q. All the older people
of this community remember CHEEKY
tom" Dolphin.
Another faithful spirit has passed to
the great beyond in the person of
Thomas Polkinghorn, who died in this
city on May 18th, at the age of 70 years.
Mr.. Will Potterton, promising
young farmer, and Miss Bertha Ellery,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos Ellery,
were united in marriage at the bride {
home this Wednesday evening, May 81
The death of Hon. j. M. Smith oc.
Cured in this city early Thursday
morning, May Ia. Mr.. Smith was 9
native of Pennsylvania, born at Big
Springs, Feb. 26, 1884, coming to Min
eral Point in 1888. He was prominent
in politics and was successful lawyer
here for many years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
Child Welfare.

Because so many physical defects
were found in our soldier boys, that
might have been remeded in their
youth, the government has instituted
weighing and measuring test of all
children under six years of age in the
United States.
A local committee has been appointed
to attend to this work for the city and
town of Mineral Point and parents will
soon be notified of the time and place
where they must take their children
for the test.
COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
Senior Class Play.

The Senior class play, "Claim Al.
lowed" given at the Municipal Theatre
on Wednesday evening was largely at
tended and pronounced by many the
peer of any class play ever presented
by Mineral Point high school gradu-
ating class. Proceeds were over three
hundred dollars. The characters in the
play were unusually well sustained.
Each one entered into the spirit of the
occasion in manner that called repeat
ed applause. The high school orchestra
furnished excellent music. Prof. W.
r. Rood and assistants deserve much
credit for the successful production of
this pleasing play.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
FROM THE TRIBUNE FILES


Married, at the residence of Lewis G..
Wheeler in this city, May 25, MIR. Eddy
Lewis Beech and Miss Mary Tregillus,
both of this city.
The festival given by the ladies' of
the Presbyterian church at the City
Hall last evening was largely attended
and passed off pleasantly. We under
stand the net proceeds were Sl25.
Died, at West Eau Claire, Wis, May
"a, 1869, of typhoid fever. John Hoff-
man, formerly of this city.
Mr.. John DeBoos and Mrs. Theresa
Rogers were united ia marriage in
Arena on May 90th, Rev. A. A. Over
ton officiating.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23

to learn Of the death of DR.. +. B..
Brewer, which occurred at the home Of
his sor in Fort Atkinson, Tuesday,
May IL.
Preparations have been completed
by the wal department for joint man
euvers dun ng the coming summer of
all branches of the regular service and
many state militia organizations, for
which Congress has appropriated
81. 900, 900.
Miss MarcelIa Coady, aged about Is
years, died at the home Of her mother
in this city early Tuesday morning,
May 26, 1908.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
Lecture at |. o. o. F. Hall.

The regular meeting of the Mineral
Point Rebekah Lodge win be held at
the /. 0. o. F. Hall on Friday evening
at p. m. instead of 7:30, as the hour
will be given over to Mrs. Lyon of
Chicago, who will give short pro-
gram of recitations, followed by a
health talk on subject, "48 Things a
Woman Should Know" The talk is
free. All members are urged to bring
a friend.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23
At Age of 81 Years.

Mrs. Amelia thinner passed from
this life at Cobb, Sunday, May 18th.
1918, at the home of her son, Daniel
thinner, aged "a years. The funeral
took place Tuesday morning, Rev.
O'Connor Of Highland officiating. De-
ceased was sister of Mrs. Charles
Gilman, Sr., of this city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23

Its too bad we can't put some
daylight away in the cellar now along
with our coal, for use next winter when
its needed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-23

church for the use of the Parish House
for the summer.
Mrs. A. j. Walker gave social at
her home in Willow Springs. The pro-
ceeds, amounting to 1915. were do
mated to the Red Cross.
Miss Leila Whitford, teacher of
school district No s, town of Linden,
gave an entertainment for the Red
Cross. The proceeds were $1400.
OTHER DONATIONS
Mrs, N H. Snow. SIS 90
MIR, Joseph NJ. Phillips, 200
Mr., Palzkill, 90
Patriotic Services at Methodist Church
The month of May has been desig
mated by the war council of the Metho-
dist church as Patriotic Month. +" one
Sunday during the month to be devoted
to special patriotic exercises. These
will be held in the Methodist church in
this city next Sunday.
AT the morning service the new stars
will appear on the service flag, the
names of our men in military and naval
service will be read from the pulpit and
an honor roll bearing the names of
these men will be placed on the wall OF
the auditorium. The sermon and music
will be of patriotic character.
The evening service will be under the
auspices OF thd Woman's Missionary
Society of the church and the program
will include the following
"The Marseilaise" by mems chorus
and other patriotic music.
Pantomine, ''The Prayer founded
on the real experience of French gun
ner.
Recitation, "a Little French Violet"
Miss Jessie Polglaze.
"A Message from the Marne," Mrs.
j. f. Hendra.
THE Purpose, Pledge and Plan of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
in France" Miss NJ 2. Hutchinson.
A silver offering will be taken during
the evening for the French Orphan
Fund.
Other services of the church will be
as usual. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the public.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
TEMPORARY LANDING FOR
LAKE CHARLES AvIAToRs

There is a movement on foot to
have the lots in the old Colorado
Southern addition to the city level
led off, thus making an ideal land
ing place for airpIanes. During the
present week mer planes have
passed over the city. Three days in
succession the ships were e e in the
air over Opelousas. This, then, is
the reason for the move, and all
that remains is to ecu the con
sent of the owners of the lots in
question that the work be performed.
Former Mayor Loeb has taken the
initiative in the movement and those
who have a similar feeling are urged
to e him and cooperate in the work
which he has already. started.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
HIGH PRICES IN BELGIUM.

PARIS, May 5.-A prominent Bel
gian who has remained in the occu-
pied territory has succeeded in get
ting a letter through to his son, now
serving on the Belgian front on the
User. The writer says everything
In the country that is necessary to
feeding is requisitioned by the Ger
mans.
Some current prices are:
Butter, the equivalent Of s2.35 9
pound; flour. about s1.I0 a pound;
meat, $3.50 a pound; fats, 1910; SUI
gar, s1.1O; coal, SIS a ton; and eggs
80 cents; haricot beans, 50 cents a
pound; spool Of cotton, $50; box OF
matches, 4 cents; low shoes, s22; and
petrol. SO a gallon
Your mother and have each lost
about thirty pounds weight the let
ter continues. "and uncle has lost
fifty. But that only makes US young
er and does not bother us otherwise
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
WINS B 6

tate is in full swing. New Organs
is setting a good example. The city's
food department is giving demon
stratiens all over the municipality.
S. ]. Schwartz, state merchants
representatives, has arranged elab-
Gratis potato displays and is direc-
ting the merchants in other effec-
tive advertising. The produce deal
ers are cooperating. The demon
straticn agents and the home eco
nomics agents in the parishes are
carrying out practical and potent
plans of their own. The joint eff
fort will result in the old CROP be-
ing out of the way before Louis
iana's abundant yield enters the
broad market. Mr.. Parker has in
voked the attention and aid of the
transportation division Of the Food
Administration and has been assured
that all railroads in this state will
be prompt and efficient with facili-
ties to handle. the important food
crop which will also be a factor in
the wheat saving crisis. Shippers
who fail to be given the right kind
of service are asked tt speak quick
~ so that they may be helped with
out delay,
The first conviction of a retail
grocer vas announced on Monday,
and it turned out to be a woman,
Mrs. V. Miceli, 1901 North Claiborne
Avenue, who INSISTED on selling
flour without the cereal substitutes,
pound for pound. as stipulated in the
fifty-fifty regulation. She had been
educated and warned, and the only
she had was that the slip
which finally brought her before the
bar vas committed by an employee.
The Food Administration ordered
that no licensed food or supply deal
srs sell her any goods, directly or
Indirectly, during a period OF fiji
cen days.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
GOVERNMENT OFFER
BRINGS BIG RESPONSE
FREE SCHOOLING AT TULANE
LOOKS GOOD TO DRAFT MEN
Several Accepted and viii Enter
Big University for Course
Of Special Training

The governments offer to sew.
eral hundred young Louisianians to
give them free a special course of
training in certain lines In Tulane
University. New Orleans, brought a
ready response, SO far as st. Landry
parish was concerned.
The time limit on this offer ex-
pired the first of the week but be-
fore its expiration a goodly bunch
of young st. Landrians had applied
for the positions and several who
filled the requirements we're &C
cepted while others were notified
that they would hear later If they
had also been accepted.
Those who applied and were i'm
mediately indicted into service un-
der this special head were: Raoul
Sibille of Sunset, who was accepted
Saturday; Oscar =. A~ndrepont, of
Opelousas, on Saturday; Frank T.
Martin of Arnaudville On Friday.
Leo Pitre Of Opelousas and W. H.
obier of near Opelousas were also
among the fortunate ones.
Others who applied and who had
not made the eighth grade in the
public schools but had had mechani-
cal experience we're referred to the
authorities. Those accepted were
notified to report for duty on May
16. at Fair Grounds, New Orleans.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
NEW BUILDING TO
REPLACE old ONE
A0oLpHE JACOBS BUYS FAMILY
HOME ON MAIN STREET
intends to Erect Modern Opera
House and Picture Show as Soon
as Conditions Warrant

Adolphe Jacobs, stirring Opelousas
business mar and a strong believer
in making all edges cut and putting
in modern Improvements, this week
purchased from the succession Of
his late father the old home and
store property located on the cor
ner of Main and Bellevue streets.
the price paid being seven thou5and
dollars.
The old two-story building on the
lot has been sold to Auguste Amy,
local carpenter and contractor, and
he will remove it from its location,
thus clearing the property for Mr..
Jacobs use.
Mr.. Jacobs proposes to erect at
some time in the future a modern
opera house and picture show on
lot. He says that right now
materials and labor are so high in
price and SO a r that the venture
would prove too expensive and he
has concluded to bide his time IN
til after the war or sooner if con-
ditions change.
The old building is one of the land
marks of Opelousas and was erected
more than fifty years ago, in the
lays when people erected substantial
buildings and all joints were put to-
with wooden pegs instead of
rails, the latter being too scarce and
expensive. Lumber, however, was
plentiful, cheap and of the best quail
" and would endure the rayages of
he elements for a century without
any appreciable deteriora-
ion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
SUCCESSION SALE
ESTATE or LAWRENCE DAILY, JR.
No. 6915, Probate Docket, Sixteenth
Judicial District Court, Parish
of St. Landry, Louisiana.

By virtue Of an order Of the Honor
able B. H. Pavy. Judge Of the Six
teenth Judicial District Court, hold
ing sessions in and for the parish
of st. Landry, Louisiana, bearing
date April II, 1918, and in pursuance
OF a commission to me directed by
the Clerk Of said Court, there will be
sold at public auction, by the under
signed, to the last and highest bid
der, t the front door of the Court
House. IN opelousas. Louisiana, at
Il o'clock A. NJ, on
SATURDAY. NAY is, 1918.
the following described property, to-
wit:
Eighty 1907 acres Of land. situated
in the parish of Acadia, Louisiana,
together with the improvements
thereon, and bounded on the north
by the property OF Mrs. Hockady, on
the south by same, on the east by Mrs
Iris James and on the west by the
property Of -. Being the same
property acquired by decedent under
last viii and testament Of the late
Eugene Hockady.
Terms and Conditions-Cash.
DIR. LAWRENCE DAILY,
apr13-6t Administrator.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
FOR SALE !!
DESIRABLE CITY PROPERTY,
CENTRALLY LOCATED

On account of removal | am offer
ing for sale my residence on South
Walnut street, only two blocks from
the St. Landry State Bank, having a
frontage of about 100 feet and a
depth of 30 feet; also one LOT adj
joining on the north with a frontage
of about 14o feet on Walnut and 80
feet on Bellevue street, with, a small
building; also one vacant lot adjoin-
ing on the south with a front Of about
100 feet on Walnut and 80 feet on
Landry street.
viii sell separately, or altogether.
Terms: Part cash, balance on terms
to suit purchaser. Residence has
all modern conveniences, sewerage,
bath, electric lights, etc.
For further information call or
address
MISS IDA cHEvis,
o~pelousas. La.
nay-11-1t
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
ONE KILLED AND ONE
WOUNDED AT A DANCE

a regrettable homicide occurred at
a dance at the home Of Arthur Du.
gas, at Tate's Cove, Evangeline par
isE,, last Wednesday night. AS a
result of the trouble one man, young
Ardein, was killed and another, Vid-
rine, is wounded. Felonise Bertrand
of Washington. son of Charles Ber-
trand Of that town, Is the slayer.
Following the trouble the young man
who it seems was also wounded,
came through Opelcusas, had his
wound treated by a local physician
and then in company with his attor-
ney, Hon. Z. Austin Fontenot, accom-
panied by the young mans father,
went to ville Platte where hesurren-
dered to the sheriff.
Mr.. Vable Ardoin, manager OF the
b. r. Conway place, also located in
Tate,s Cove, was an Y witness and,
it is said. generates young Bertrand
for the killing.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
COTTON SEED is CALLED
TO THE couNTRY's AID


The cotton seed conferences, prep
aratory to the regulations for the
new season. began at New Orleans
on Wednesday,. This initial session
was intended to hear constructive
suggestions from the producers, mill
ers and handlers in louisiana and
Mississippi. The meeting wa at
tended by Hugh Humphreys and DR..
Geo. H. Denny, chiefs of the cotton
seed division of the United States
Food Administration, and John M.
Parker, food administrator for Lou
isiana, presided. The chiefs appeal
ed to the patriotism Of the industry
to place the nation ahead of indi-
Aidual interest and asked c6topera-
tion IN smoothing and speeding the
way from production to consumption,
at the same time stating that the
Government would aid in seeing that
there was fair reward for the farm
ers and other handlers of the prod
uet. The latter was one of the
most important of all the wal COM.
nlodities, outside of all questions Of
food and feed value, because the fl
bre and glycerine obtained from
cotton seed and its processing were
entering largely into the manufac-
ture of munitions needed to carry
on and win the war.
There has been much misunder-
standing regarding the new order re-
lating to wheatless days. The
wheatless days are still on and are
more important than ever, because
the wheat shortage is acute and
there is no chance of relieving the
strain until the next crop reaches
the mills. The only way enough
wheat flour for shipment to the sol
diers and the nations abroad a be
obtained is to save it out of consump-
ton. To make sure that Louisiana
will save her share, Mr.. Parker in
stituted two wheatless days each
week upon which no wheat products
OF any kind were to be eaten, sold,
bought. handled or used. He named
Monday and Wednesdays as the
days and these obtain in all but the
Third Congressional District, which
bod previously instituted Sunday
and Wednesday. 1t was intended
that the bakers should manufacture
bread made Of other flours than
wheat for consumption on those
days, but the vast majority grit
turning gu any bread a. all, thus
inflicting hardship upon tn4 poor.
Besides, there was an unpatriotic
minority that baked and sold extra
quantities OF bread on the DAYS
preceding the wheatless, and even
took advantage to profiteer. So 1t
was decided to clear the situation
and protect the deserving by permit :
ting the baking and sale of war bread
on wheatless days. In every other !,
way the days are still wheatless, and :
u Is important that they be sacredly .
observed. The bakers. both employ
ers and employees, drew a lesson
rom their brief experience, and are
now urging that work on n day can
very well be dispensed with ana no
hafm lone 70 the public. There is !
2 movement among them to ask the !
legislature to extend the Sunday law J
Y cover bakeries, which are now ex- !
snpt from the provisions of the {
J
me campaign in favor Of the po- 1