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The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01
EDue tgaN FOR SOLDIERS. IlI::


The Fas lsKaaid for Vocational
Educatidl nth. Headquarters at
Washing 10. IL anxious to have
the namJt dress Of all soldiers,
wounded E1 iahiisd during the war,
who waassa or training At
some usefa aa, nts government ex-s
pense.. Ms calas q I & have been sent.
% the losay ssgt M Boards, for use in
writing tos hes.bSsaTrd and giving in
formation Il dIsg h wounded or dis.
abled solasnt Andsan persons who
know Of sAtra kS:s ot that class who
might care % se6S xySsthe governments
offer Of as Sfs training are re-
quested tdsSsG ss66dn 1.-THE msmbers Of.
the local N Il Beasfd for the said
mail cardsE Ia, fsdsral board in an
nouncing anent's purpose
provide esad AZ Tvysaastion and train
ing, states hs;sShe simple favor
|of writing ass IN ma sca1a the name.
and addreas aama Hsdi isabled il the
military o lAervice Of the
United STATS Aver ftlnent, you may
open the d. s8pp artunity to him.
Uncle sam assqaghs the Federal
3oard Of VaSs aSsAloEarEdueation, wants
to put him aiiI .. good ipb-no matter
how or whsdsaassah the arvice he was
disabled. ffnr@ disability prevents
him from Returning Ss employment
Without traiiaKs4 ard he wishes to fol-
provided ba n federal board, the
course will be furnished Tfree Of cost,
and he ~iH also ID paid, as
long as thel ttaining lass, monthly
compensatidh, Of nas less than $65,
Lor a sum eada to the pay Of his last
month of aaasservice,s and allow
lance will baa,o wao his dependents.
Regardless 1 6fa the 4 present circum-.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01
Neuus of the
Photopiays.
Next Weeks Bill At the Grand.

Sunday-The Dolly sisters in "The
Million Dollar Dollies," and Lone
some Luke Comedy.
Monday Ethel Clayton in @Mag-
gle Pepper and Official War Review.
TuesdayAlice Brady in I'm the
Hollow of Her Hand
Wednesday--Doro Dalton IN
"Quicksands,' and Ford Weekly.
Thursday Corrinne Griffith IN
"The Adventure Shop.
Friday-Elliot Dexter and Gloria
Swanson in ssDon't Change Your Hus-
bands"
Saturday, Eight for Millions, Z
Evolves Of Kultur," Pathe News, and
comedy.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01
GRINDING SEASON ENDS.
New Hope Last t9f Close Down liant
Gang 1sonNting.

New Hope factory, the last IN the
parish to close for the grinding sea-
son, ceased operations two weeks ago.
Several thousand tons of WindroWea
cane on this and other places, lncl1d-
ing r. E. Noel's McManor plantation,
were abandoned in the field on ac-
count Of the bad weather, which
made it Improbable to haul it to the
mill. Some Of this cane is beng
used as feed for hogs and cattle
while other largs quantities OF it Is
being carted to uncultivated lands ~
the rear of the plantations where u
will be burned when it has sufficiently
dried up.
onUEvan Hall plantation, many
hundreds Of tons Of cane were ike. ike.
wise abandoned in the field for the
same reason.
The cane thus left in the fields
represents many thousands Of dollars
which will prove total loss TO tne
planters. !.
The crop Of 1918 was an uss1suai
lly large and heavy one, but tn
shortage Of laboH influenza and con
tinued bad weather combined; mad
lit impossible for abe planters TO say
/ it all, and the Is to the suga
planters in other sections as well q
lin this parish, viii no doubt prov
very severe. !,
Some Of the planters who recent
made an examination Of the can
windrowed for spyng planting 9
4 found it sprouting fast, especially
i the low lands where the rain Wate e
/ remained longest In the higher az
Ibetter drained lands the seed is r r
! ported to be in much better cond con'd
I tion
J. Owing to thes,ad weather no ne
work has been possible for son
I time and the planters are from g
month to six weeks late with tne
t tfcane planting. The rice and GO
! planters, too, are late with their fle El
work, and unless weather condltIo
improve so as to permit the ploWi
and preparation Of the land for pial
4 ing in the very early future, 4
i feared that these, crops will be
: Eeeedingly short this section T
It year.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01
u Nav Not Bring Back Dead.

The following is extracted from a
letter written to Waiter Lemann,
chairman of Ascension Chapter,
American Red Cross, relative TO
Frank Monta1b Of this parish, who
died while country n
The Red Cross has as its policy
disc outraged parents il their requests
FOR the return of bodies sof soldiers
who have lost their lives overseas.
The government is doing nothing
about it at present, and it is hoped
that by the time there is an oppor-
tunity Of returning our dead, that
relatives will prefer to have them Lie
4 the land where they SO nobly fought
beside those other heroes, the sol
diers of our Allies. There is much
talk Of 4 national cemetery abroad,
and this, it seems, would -he-a better
way Of honoring our dead, than by
returning them to this country. ( gu
can assure the father that the grave
Of his son is made beautiful by
plants and shrubs, and that It Is
Jared for by devoted Erench women
Who tend the cemetery where Amer1-
leans lie with the same devotion as 1s
given to the ground where their own own
dead are sleeping 8
Frank Montalbano was the son o.
Frank Montalbano, sr., an Italian,
who conducts a store on Bayou La
fourche, about two miles beLw Don
jacksonville. He was at first reported
Iby the war department as slightly
wounded in action. Later he was re.
ported as having died Of disease.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01
INCOME. TAX FOR 1918.
Returns Must Be Made By Marcl
is, Under Heavy Penalties.

.
Work on the collection of $6,0e0,-
LOCO 900 has begun by the : Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue. This is
the estimated yield Of the new reve-
| nue. bill. The income tax provisions
lof the act reach the pocket-book of
every single person in the United
States whose net5income for 1918 was
$1,000, or mese, andSf every married
person whose net income was $4,000,
For more. Persons whose net income
eaualled or exceeded these amounts,
according to their marital status,
must file return Of income with the
collector of internal revenue for the
district in which they live on or be-
fore March Is.
Here is what will happen to them
lif they don't: for failure to file re-
turn on time, a fine of not more than
$1,000 and an additional assessment
of 25. per cent ofsthe amount of tax
due.
For swillful1y refusing" to make
a return on time, fine not exceeding
$40, 900, or not exceeding one years
imprisonment, or both.
For making a false or fraudulant
return, fine Of not more than $10,-
loco, or imprisonment for not more
than one year, or both, together with
an additional assessment of SO per
cent Of the amount Of the tax eVaded.
For failure to pay the tax on time,
a fine of not more than $1,000 and an
additional assessment Of s per cent
Iof the amount of tax unpaid, plus 1
per cent interest for each full month
during which it remains unpaid.
In addition to the $1,000 and $4,000
personal exemptions, taxpayers are
allowed an exemption Of 5000 for
leach person dependent upon them for
chief support if such person is under
eighteen years Of age and incapable
of self-support. Under the 1917 act,
this exemption was allowed only. for
each dependent "child. The head Of
a family-one who supports one Or
more persons closely connected with
him by blood relationship, relation
| ship by marriage, orby adoption is
entitled to all exemhtions allowed q
married person.
. The normal rate ef tax under ftiis
new ct q the fi1'st
$4,000 Of net inco ONE above the ex-
lemptions, and .12 per cent IN excess
Iof $4,000. Incomes in excess ot
I$50O0 are subject also to surtas
ranging from per cent Of the
amount of the net income between
$4,000 and $4,000 to 65 per cent OF
the net income above 81 100000.
Payment Of the tax may be made
| in full at the time Of fling return or
lin four installments, on or before
4 AZ krs4
| March Is, on or before June 3, on
or before September IS, and on o.
before December Is.
Revenue officers will visit every
Icounty. in the United States to aid
Taxpayers in making out their re.
turns. The date Of their arrival and
1.-THE location Of their Offices may be
Iascertained by inquiring at offices O
Icollectors of internal revenue, post
Iofices and banks. Failure TO see
These officers, however, does not re
Ilieve the taxpayer Of his obligation
Ito file his return and pay his tag
within the time specified by law. II
this case taxpayers must seek tht
. government, not the government thu
Taxpayer.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01

s. 8 49, -.
The progressive young gentlemen
who are at the head of the. movement
having for its object the organizat ton
Of a stock company, for the establish,
menF Of xpensale candy store 70
this city;so that over $4,000 q
the capital stock Of the new concern
has already been subscribed for, and
thew believe that enough additional
stock will be taken to permit organl-
zation in the course of a few days
tt IS sincerely hoped that the pro- pro.
moters Of this new venture VIII sue
eeed in their efforts and that the en-
ternrise will soon be going concern
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01

We must keep cur army equipped
and ready to enforce peace terms
Continue to lend Uncle Sam youl
money-buy w. s. s.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01

Does your crate fit in your ire
Mace? Do not run theRisk Of having
the CRATE fall out while q big flre :
roaring up the chimney.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01
"I,he Adventure Shop

Bud Fishers humorous story, s.Ths
Adventure Shop" has been made in
to very entertaining photoplay hER=
Kenneth Webb, which will be appre-
ciated by young ara old alike. Phyl-
lis Blacks amusing adventures as
proprietress Of the Adventure Shop =
and her search for the Green Gull
labaloo, furnish one Of the most ori-
ginal plots that the screen has of
fered this season. Those who can
not laugh and be thrilled at the vari-
Qua scenes must lack in a sense of
appreciation Of that which is really
humorous. This play will be the Of
fering at the Grand Thursday.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01
"Don't Change aour Husband .

. This enhancing play will be the
feature at the Grand Theatre next
Friday. 1t is an hrtcraft special
picture, produced by Cecil B. DeMi1le,
which is in itself a guarantee Of high
quality. The story is new version
IF the familiar triangle lovely and
romantic young wife, husband i'm
mersed in business and neglectful of
his wifssand a debonnaire, sleek and
highly clever young architect. The
wife leaves her husband under the
spell cf the newcomers romantic
promises and lives to repent and go
back again to the man who was fool
ish enough to put business before
everything else, but who, meantime,
has reformed and become as i'm
maculate as his ex-rival.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1919-03-01

Let us do your job work
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK

The biggest factor in the business
outlook at any given moment is the
subtitle factor called confidence"
When business men have courage,
all the producing elements set out to
produce to their capacity, which keeps
everybody busy and earning money.
And when businss men lose courage,
factories shut down. Timid people
should realize that their gloomy tenn
permanent tends to bring on the cOndi-
tiOns they spend their lives in dread
ing.
One strong reason for confidence Is
that there is now in existence, tried
out in the furnace of war, the great
federal reserve banking system. Be-
fore this organization was created, the
United States suffered from business
depressions about every decade or .
little oftener. The bank laws were 80
rigid that a perfectly sound and SOL
vent business could be wrecked mere
ly by a lack Of ready money. This
weakness in the financial structure
has now been removed by legislation
that makes possible the massing Of
reserves to protect every solvent busi-
ness. Thus the principal cause for the
old periodical 'panics has been re-
moved.
There is always danger in times Of
imitation and over confidence, that Q
great structure of debts will be built
on an insufficient foundation Of assets.
But the business community has ad-
vanced with caution through this war
period, and no such condition is likely
to exist.
The country still faces the peril Of
Bolshevism. But the school educated
American masses will not be fooled by
the follies that have deluded poor
blinded Russia. so with prudent and
courageous enterprise, with justice 70
all elements of the working cOmmun-
ity, all clouds should evapOrate in the
clear sunshine Of American optimism.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
VICTORY BUTTON
FOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS

The Victory Button, authorized by
the Government, for soldiers who were
honorably discharged from the Army
and who served at least fifteen days
at any time between April 8, 1917 and
November II. 1918, win soon be ready
for distribution, according TO q letter
from the War Department received
by the U. s. Army Recruiting Officer,
at Joplin, Missouri. This button Is
designed to be worn as = lapel button
on civilian clothes, and consists Of q
five pointed star, surrounded by \
wreath and with the letters "U. s."
in the center. The button is Of silver
for those wounded in action and
bronco for all others. Field clerks and
officers, as well as enlisted men, are
eligible for these buttons.
Within a few, days q supply Of these
buttons will be received by the Army
Recruiting Officer at 112 West Fourth
Street, Joplin, No., and they will be
issued on the presentation Of a dis
charge certificate or, in the case Of Of
ficers, q discharge order.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
STATE LINES WIPED OUT,
A SPIRIT OF COMRADESHIP

Missouri seems TO feel the same way
as Kansas about state lines being
,Eiped out. Governor Allen has ex-
Sots ySed 4 sentiment about the way
ana the relation established by the
..cL- has and Missouri units In the Thir-
!. h division had united the states
ria IN the same day H. s. CLARK, ad-
yeEsH general Of Missouri, was en-
pressing the same thought In Q letter
to Adj. Gen. Charles !. Martin. =
Captain Baird, of Missouri. has been
in charge Of the reception Of Mis-
souri, units at Camp Funston. In q
letter telling how pleased Captain
Baird has been with the Kansas peO-
pie, the Missouri adjutant general con-
cludes: "YOu know, here In Missouri
since the organization Of the Thirty
fifth division, we have forgotten where
the state line Is. We have found the
Kansas people the best on earth, and
the cOmradeship. existing between
them, regardless Of state lines, IL
something which does me good to
know" q.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
THAT TAR CREEK OIL WELL

The announcement that several
Baxter citizens had brought in fav-
Orably looking gas well in the Nowata,
Okla, field, has revived an old story
in Baxter concerning the possibilities
Of oil near Baxter.
City Treasurer Cook informs us that
several years ago an oil well was, put
down on Tar Greek, about six miles
from Baxter, but at what depth the
hole was he did not know, but strong
flow of oil was found. In fact it was
SO strong that it shot out over the
derrick and ran the cutters full Of the
oil. But like a great many other mys-
teries in the development for oil, this
well was plugged up with lead, the
end Of a telephone pole being used to
batter the lead down so it would stop
the hole.
Mr.. Cook says that the farmers in
the Tar Greek section of the country
hauled the oil away in barrels and
stored it for use about the farm.
This story is worth an investigation,
for it is a well known fact that men
who deal in oil and prospect for it,
never open up a field until they get
ready, regardless how good the pros
pect hole is. II oil was found on Tar
Greek, then 1t stands to reason that
the anticline is here, otherwise no oil
would have been found.
Mr.. J. 7. Phipps, who has put down
the two deep wells for the water
works plant, says that he did not en-
counter any oil sand, but it must-be
remembered that he was not deep.
enough by twelve or fifteen hundred
feet.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
IT'S coos TIME
AND WILSON'S TIME
Industrial Welfare Commission
Issues Notice of Goods
Time" from June 10
to July 10

The industrial welfare commission
yesterday issued a formal notice that
merchants in rural communities in the
wheat belt can close according to
Goods time" during the harvest sea-
sOn-frOm June 10 to July 10.
It had been pointed out to the COM
mission by small town merchants and
farmers, that in many communities
the farmers are using "God's time"
and in the towns, "Wilson's time" is
being used. It was represented that
this would bring q hardship during the
buster harvest season.
The commission could not change or
modify the order now in effect with
out giving ninety days notice. In that
way no good could result for harvest.
The permission to close according 10
sun time, provided no women clerks
are worked longer than nine hours a
day, win relieve the situatiOn.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
A REAL ART CONTEST COMING

Have you a little fairy in your
home? Is your little fairy q little
+smiler or q little sobber faiEyf II
your little fairy is old enough TO nse
his lungs and not over three years Of
age, you viii be interested IN what
follows. ~
Some lady or q bunch Of ladies who
don't happen to have children but who
have time to plan for the little fellows,
have planned q little exhibition, 30 to
speak, Of all the babies in the city;
all babies whether pretty babies or
ugly ones; lean babies, fat babies,
skinny babies, long babies, short
babies, white babies, red babies,
(black babies barred); in fact most
any kind Of baby that can qualify
for the before mentioned ages, il GO
ing to have q chance to carry OF the
prize for being either the best smileI
or the worst sObber in town.
The ladies' Of the aid society Of the
Methodist church propose to enroll the
photos or post card pictures Of every.
young hopeful in town, the only re-
quirement being that each mother who
enters the contest viii deposit Q re-
gistation fee of tenz zdsntb lprDhabiY
for the safe return Of tie baby On the
day Of the decisiOn). These photos
must be left at q place 10 be desig-
mated soon and q set Of judges. prob
abyl some Of the crusty old bachelors
Of the town, will be invited in to pass
on the entries.
A night will be selected ct which
time contesting mothers will be asked
TO present their little fairy at the
church and a program in keeping with
the cherub affair will be given.
Now if you happen to possess q lit
tie fairy You know all about II; brush
him or her up, as the case may be,
and have your pink ribbons all in
place and the other little didoes that
90 to make a baby pretty.
Watch for the dates and be sure to |
furnish photo when you register.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
Second Deep Well at the Water.
works Plant Brought In
DrilIer Thinks Flow
Is Sufficient

7. ]. Phipps informed the writer
this morning that he had struck
strong flow of water in the second
deep we'll where the waterworks plant
is to be established, and from all ap-
pearances it seemed to be a strong
one. He was not able to state how
deep the weliawas but thought It was
around 1900 feet. Drilling was stop
ped and pump ordered from Joplin
which will arrive today. The pump
will be used on both wells, showing
the capacity of each. By this means
the total flow of water can be arrived
at and a comparison for use and re-
serve made.
Mr.. Phipps was under contract to
go 500 feet further down,but he struck
the flow close to two hundred feet af-
ter proceeding with the second con-
tract.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
REPRESENTATION

The forestry question is one Of the
lspbIems forgotten during the war,
that should now be taken up with en-
ergy. The country is short on build
lle stock, fuel, paper pulp, and other
xk6Ascial obtained from woodlands.
Great forest tracts are needed to pro-
tsct the water supply, and tree growth
makes any neighbOrhOOd beautiful.
The Boy Scouts of America have
Nd the way, by asking their troops in
every state to plant trees in memory
Of Theodore Roosevelt. The authOri-
ties and public in Kansas should CO.
operate heartily in this splendid move
nlent.
The New York State Conservation
Commission shows what can be done
by offering 100000 trees at from
$3.50 q thousand for seedlings, up to
$3.50 for larger ones. When you can
ut six sprOutlings for a cent, there
II no excuse for idle land.
MANY people won't plant trees
thinking they will die or move else
where before the trees attain size.
That is poor business and poor COM
Iiinnity spirit. Trees add to the re-
sources Of the state and town, and
within very fewyears make a prop
erty salable at q better price.
II you can't wait for the more per-
manent trees try the quick growers
like catalpa. An Ohio man writes Of
1000 Of these trees he planted ten
years ago. Many of them are twenty
feet high now.
Ths need Of refOrestatiOn applies
not merely to wild tracts, but equally
to little pieces Of waste land near
cities. Don't let q single quarter of
IN acre lie idle in Baxter Springs. II
you can't cultivate it and If it is not
likely to be used for building pur-
poses, plant trees. There is plenty Of
boy and girl labor that can do it.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
DISTRICT COURT

S. L. Jones. alias E. L. James and
John Roderick were found guilty Of
forgery in the second degree on the
first and third counts by jury in the
district court yesterday. A night ses-
sion of the district court was held to
finish the case. The jury went out at
8 o'clock and returned with their YER
dict at 10 o'clock.
The defendants in the case, both Of
whom were under twenty-one years Of
age, were charged with passing
forged check on a grocery store at
Treece on January Is, 1919. The
amount of the check was $3.50 and
was forged on the. La Sale Mining
Company of Picber.
y The case of the state against Pleas
Poole was taken up and is expected to
last for at least two days. Poole is
charged with the murder Of Earl Mill
er at Blue Mound on the night Of No
vember 10, 1918. Orville Pifer was
charged jointly with Pleas Poole for
committing the Offense. Pifer had a
separate trial and was tried at Galena
1t the January term Of courtiand con-
victed Of inanslaughter in the fourth
degree and sentenced to the Reforma-
tory for from six months to one year.
He is now serving his sentence.
The following are the names of the
jurors who will try the Pleas Poole
case: John Cure, Arthur Evans, J.
w. Harley, H. H. Fehrenback, Albert
Ready, J. A. Zimmerman, Chas. Gal
lagher, John Newcomer, Henry Cros-
by, Paul Goes, Frank Furano, Arch
Kapple.-Columbus Advocate.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
WILL CONTINUE
THE HIGH RATES
United States Supreme Court Is
sues Order Permitting Burle-
son to Continue the High
Rates In Telegraph

Washington. May 7.-Arguments In
The telephone and telegraph rate
casas involving the authority Of the
postmaster general to increase intra-
state toll rates were closed today in
tbs supreme court and the cases taken
under advisement. In view Of the i'm
p0Ftanco Of the questions involved
/. both In the wire cases and railroad
rate cases argued yesterday, It is be-
leved the court will render decisions
in'ths two cases before entering upon
the summer adjournment next month,
The court before recessing today
until Nay 10, issued an order permit
ting the postmaster general to con-
rtlnns to charge increased telegraph
xntes In Illinois and temporarily stay
ea the carrying into effect Of injunc-
lions issued by Federal Judge Lands
eAjOining the postmaster general from
making the increase effective. The
order, which was announced by Chief
Justice White, remains in effect un-
II the appeals have been finally dis
posed Of and continues in operation a
similar order granted by the lower
court for the purpose of permitting
the appeal to be brought.
With the conclusion of the hearings
today arguments in all pending cases
closed for the term.
The court, however, after rendering
opinions on May 10, will recess for
two weeks and final adjournment for
the summer will be on June 9.