Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-04-12

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New Orleans drug addicts are to be
supplied constantly with the maroon
les their systems demand in order r.
keep them sane New temporary
quarters are to be established for DIS.
tribution Of the. drug that will permit
the segregation. of. races, with special
provisions for women, and a home is
to be acquired and equipped to cure
all possible cases.
One OF the latest plans to help re-
turning soldiers get their old Jobs
back is through mediation con-
mittee, according to Levering Moore
OF New Orleans, chairman of the ex-
eeutiVe committee of the board of
management of the Association Of
Commerce Bureau for the Employ
ment of Returning Soldiers and
Sailors.
Governor Pleasant, r. L Sims.
state bank examiner, and L. e.
Thomas, chairman of the Board Of
State Affairs, will be among the
speakers at the twenty-eighth annual
meeting OF the Louisiana League Of
Homesteads and Building and Loan
Associations, which will take place at
Bogalusa, April 25 and 26.
A resolution to take steps imme-
dfately toward having the city COM
mission council obtain a municipal
gas and electric plant for Baton
Rouge was passed by tie Citizens
Protective Association at a stormy
mass meeting. The meeting was held
as protest against the recent raise
In gas and electric rates b ythe Ba-
ton Rouge Electric Company.
Declining all invitations for social
entertainment, the Southern Whole
sale Grocers' Association, which viii
hold its annual convention in New
Orleans May z, and 9. will devote
its entire time to the serious consid-
Grafton OF the problems food distrID-
utors win have to contend with dur
ing the period OF reconstruction fol-
lowing the war.
Albert Breaux. 16 years old, OF Ba..
ton Rouge awoke from what physi-
clans described as Sleeping sicK-
ness" after being in 8 state or coma
three weeks. Breaux, who was nour-
ished with liquid food through
tube, said he "felt fine" Physicians
say the youth has not lost in weight,
and that his general physical condi-
ton is improved"
That the plan to reduce cotton ac-
reage SO 1-3 per cent will be success
full in Louisiana is indicated by re-
cent reports of farm demonstration
agents in the cotton growing par
ishes. The agents are in close touch
with the situation and are .devoting a
large part of their time to the cam
paign.
Success of the Victory Liberty
Loan campaign to be inaugurated
April Il, so far as Louisiana is con-
ceTned, is assured, according to L.
I. Squires, field representative for
the Liberty Loan organization in the
thirty-eight parishes OF the state en-
braced In the Atlanta district.
Bids recently made for the mate
rial and buildings at Camp Beaure-
gard have all been rejected and al
certified checks sent along with the
bids win be returned to their owners.
The camp buildings and material viii
ater he advertised from Washington,
n order that bids may be received
rom all over the United States.
Mayor II. D. Apgar instructed the
police to kill all dogs running at
arge unless muzzled with wire has
ret muzzles. Several children have
been bitten by dogs with rabies IN
Monroe and West Monroe in the past
ew days.
By far the vast majority of tho
,eople Of six large cities which he
listed on q ten-day trip are in favor
overwhelmingly of the League of Ma
ions. according to Dr. George s. Sex
on. who returned to Shreveport re