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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-12

Actual amount spent for road
work.
re straction ioaa rs 5,57s.oo
section 2,1se.1s
grade grader os Work ........ 2,s2s.72
Dragging on county road
system -. $3.50. 1900
Road repairs by patrol
men 49,. ..s... o,Soo.44
no Used material material aa .6,514.72
Right of ways ......... 4,27S.50
Work done for town
ships County to be
reimbursed ........ 10000
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-12
NOTIONS.

The largest and most up-to-
date line Of notions ever
carried in the city.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-12

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-12

Foremost Of course, are the Zephyr ging-
hams. They are offered in many choice
Scotch plaid effects as well as the dainty
check and plain cOIOrings.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29

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AN AID IN THE CHIEF BRINGS
RESULTS EVERY TIME. TRY IT.
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The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
New CITY Electrician.

l.. A. Tucker of Houma has beer
employed to succeed J. W. Byrnes as
electrician of the local light and
power plant, and arrived here yes
terday evening to make preliminary
arrangements preparatory to entering
upon his new position. For several
years Mr.. Tucker was superintendent
Of the light plant at Houma, and for
some time past has operated garage
in the Terrebonne city. He is skill
ed and practical electrician and me-
chanic and comes here highly recon-
mended. He expects to remove here
with his family the latter part of the
week, when he will take charge of the
local plant.
Mr.. Byrnes will leave tomorrow af-
telnoon for Tolson, Okla, to assume
his duties as electrician at the big
electric plant of the Constantin Oil
Refining Co. He will be followed by
his family in a few weeks. The Chief
wishes good luck to it's young friend
and every success possible in his new
field of labor.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
Burnside Notes.

J. F. Saxon, Jr., and George Cox
Jr, have returned from school-the
former from Biloxi, Miss, and the
latter from Tyler, Texas, where for
more than one year he pursued a
business course.
J. F. Torregrossa has gone to the
Touro Infrmiary in New Orleans fo1
medical treatment for stomach trou-
BILE. Mr.. Torregrossa came to River
ton plantation March Is; planted 500
acres Of rice and the prospects are
that he will make a good crop.
Among the graduating class of
1920 Of the St. Gabriel High School
in Iberville parish, which held its
commencement last Thursday, was
Miss Ethey, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lapeyrolerie.
Representative Morgan and Vick.
.ers occupy desks Nos. 81 and 32 ir
he hall of the house Of representa-.
tives. Their seats are only three rows
from the speakers stand. In the
matter Of comittee of arrangements
they were equally fortunate. Nor.
gan-Agriculture, Parochial Affairs
and Railroads. Vickers pufHt
Health and Quarantine, Agricu.; u t
and vice chairman Of Public Educ;.-
lion. Good for Speaker Walker.
My inspection or rather 3bserva-
ton of the cane crop this week be.
tween Burnside and New Orleans
from a car window Of a, valley train
reminds me Of the cross-eyed NAH
the condition of the crop does not
"look good" 1t is now too late tc
expect an average crop, even as com
pared with the past two years. Oil
refining activities and the increased
acreage planted in rice has literally
driven out the cultivation of cane be-
tween Laplace and Kenner. The twin
aggregation, oil and rice, has ad1ninis-
tered the solar plexus blow to the
cane industry in that territory.
The cane growers who sold THEN
cane last year for SIT ton are now
paying about 5000 for ton of sugar
With yield of 125 pounds to the ton
sixteen tons Of cane produced a ton
OF sugar. The refners are now able
to scoop the difference in profits be,
tween S272 paid for the cane and
$500 received for the sugar or 1928
less the cost of manufacture. Will
some one please figure out the per-
centage of profits made by the re
finers?
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
Property Transfers.

The following property transfers
were filed for record in the clerk OF
courts office this week:
Mrs. Estelle Allen to Oscar j.
Soignet: One-half improved lot NO.
IA in Claiborne street, 3ox2o; price,
.$275.
Maeinnis Land q Improvement
Co., Ltd, to Alphonse Kahn: North
half of not rs, fronting in Railroad
avenue, between Division and Taylor
.aets, 3Ox120 feet; price, $1,000.
Lucien Casso ct. ais. to Louis ii.
Babin: improved lot No. ITO, in Rail
roud 2venue near Opelousts street;
price, $500.
A BloomenstieI to Echeverria and
Schroeder: Improved lot No. 9 in
Railroad avenue, between Claiborne
and Charles street; price, $4,000.
J. N. Colomb ct ais. to John M.
Maher: Improved lot No. 20, in La
fourche street; price, $1,000.
United States to Clarence L. Cau-
sey: Patent to east half Of northwest
quarter of section 33, in township ten
south Of range three east. containing
seventy-nine and eighty-three one
hundredths acres
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29

John Montero, accompanied by his
wife and young son, John, Jr, and
his neice, Miss Nita Hebert, arrived
Monday from Houston, Texas, and
expect to remain here two weeks
as the guests of Mr.. Montero's
mother, Mrs. John Montero, at her
home in Lafourche street. The trip
from the Lone Star state was made
N Mr.. Montero's handsome new Vile
automobile. The distance of 400
miles was covered in two days. Ow-
ing to the boggy condition of the
roads in the Chacahoula swamp, the
party was obliged to travel by boat
from Morgan City to Gibson. Aside
from this inconvenience, the journey
vas made over good roads and the
tourists had a pleasant and delightful
time. Mr.. Montero is member of
The firm of Montero & Brande, who
recently erected modern bottling
plant in this city. The Chief well
comes the visitors to Donaldsonville
and hopes that their stay here will
be an enjoyable one.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
Chance Of Positions.

Aramis j. Melancon, who for the
past year has held the position of
bookkeeper at the Lafourche Mer-
camille Company, has rendered his
resignation effective June |, to ac-
cept similar employment in the big
department store of Adolphe Netter.
He will take about two weeks vaca-
ton, which he will spend visiting rel
atives, before assuming his new posi-
ton about June Is or 20. He is also
city auditor, which position he will re-
tain. Mr.. Melancon is an expert ac-
countant, having made lifetime
study Of general accounting and aud
iting in their broad principles and ap-
plication to all lines Of business activ-
ity. He has had practical experience
in such varied lines as retail store,
banking, drugstore, wholesale gro
Gerry, insurance, cotton seed Oil mill,
foundry and machine shop, electric
light, power and water utilities ac-
counting. His library includes all Of
he principal and standard works on
cconnting and auditing, besides
complete file of the Journal Of Ac-
oountancy, the official publication of
the American Association of Public
accountants in the United States
tie has held several important
1ositions in the past, in all of
| which he gave entire satisfaction
to his EMPLOYERS. and he will prove a
most valuable addition to the ac-
counting department of Mr.. Meters
store. In his new position Mr.. Mel
ancon will succeed Leon Levi, who
has been bookkeeper Of the Meter
establishment continually for the past
thirty years, and who will retire
therefrom to become floor walker of
the establishment. Mr.. Levi will
take a much needed vacation which
he will spend partly with his Dlother
in New Orleans and partly at some
resort on the gulf coast, returning
here to assume his new duties about
the end Of June. In point Of service
Mr.. Levi is the oldest employe IF the
Meter emporium. He is vel! known
to every patron Of the establishment
and enjoys their fullest confidence
and esteem as we'll as the confidence
and esteem Of the entire community.
1t will be a source of pleasure to his
many friends and customers of the
store to know that although retiring
from the position which he has held
so long, he will still be on hand to
greet them at the old stand with a
cheerful smile and pleasant hand
shake, and will continue to serve
them in the future as he has done so
satisfactorily and so we'll in the past.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
Aubert Talbot for District Attorney.

In a card appearing elsewhere in
this issue of the Chief, Aubert Talbot,
a brilliant young attorney Of Napol-
eonville, makes formal announce
ment of his candidacy for district at
torney Of the twenty-seventh judicial
district, composed Of the parishes Of
Ascension, Assumption and St. James
and solicits the votes and support Of
the electorate of these parishes. If
elected, hersays he will perform the
duties incumbent upon him to the best
of his ability and understanding and
without fear or favor. AS soon as
he can wind up the legal business
which he has on hand he will make
an active canvass of the district and
|endeavor to meet in person all of the
voters of the three parishes.
Mr.. Talbot is native and lifelong
resident of the parish of Assumption
where he has very large and influen-
tial family connections. He grad
uated in law at Tulane University and
has practiced his profession with
splendid success for the past several
years, being at one time associated
with George S. Guion, the present
district attorney, and presently with
Sam A. Leblanc of Napoleonville. He
is fully qualified in every respect to
discharge the duties of the Office to
which he aspires.
He enters the race with strong back
ing in his own parish and many we'll
wishing friends in the two other par
ishes which comprise tie district. He
is man of courteous manners and
pleasant personality and will no doubt
be heard from as the campaign pro-
gresseE.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
Welcome Surprise Party.

A grand welcome surprise party
was given to Miss Gertrude johnson
by the Mount Zion Baptist Sunday
School children last Thursday night.
Those present were: Mrs. Florence
Mckay, Misses Gertrude Bee,, Evelina
Bee, Ida Nocentelli, Beatrice Bertran,
Viola ,Bertran, Elsie Bowie, Leotta
Johnson, and Messrs. Percy Keys,
Joseph Breaux, Percy Nocentelli,
Early Davis and Hollie Wilson.
REV. E. J. ELLIS, Pastor.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29

Lafourche Council, knights of
Columbus, will hold grand initiation
at Thibodaux tomorrow, when large
class of candidates will be admitted
into the order. A number of appli-
cants for membership in Ascension
Council will be taken to the Lafourche
city to receive the degrees at tomor-
rows initiation. They will be accom-
panied by large delegation of local
nights, headed by DR.. P. T. Thibo-
daux, grand knight, who will go to
participate in the days festivities.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29

men as we'll as men, and the women
could be induced to go to the polls
and cast their ballots, it would be
buried under an avalanche Of women
votes from the Arkansas line to the
gulf.
The eighteenth amendment to the
constitution, the prohibition amend
ment, was forced upon the people
very much against their wishes, by
means of coercion and intimidation.
The so-called Anti Saloon League, an
organization about which no one
seems to know anything, welding an
influence which no one has been able
to account for, by means of political
threats, coerced many politicians and
legislators to vote for the measure,
in violation Of the dictates of their
own consciences as we'll as the ex-
pressed wishes of their constituents
and as a result Of their activities a
| handful of people were able to force
upon this great nation a law, SO OBJ
noxious and so restrictive of personal
| liberty, that it is said that the Car
of Russia, at the zenith of his auto
cratic power would not have dared
attempt to infict it upon his. servlle
people. Vice President Marshall, de-
clared in the course Of speech re-
Gently, that # the vote in the United
States senate on the resolution to
submit the amendment had been TAX
en- secretly, not more than eighteen
senators would have voted in favor OF
the measure.
The nineteenth or suffrage amend
ment was no doubt forced through
some of the state legislatures by the
same threats of political retirement
used by the anti-saloon leaguers IN
pressing the eighteenth; but be 1t SAID
to t he credit of the Louisiana iegls-
lators that these threats have not
availed with them. Like Gov. Par
ker, the lawmakers Of this state are
familiar with public sentiment IN Lou
isiana regarding the suffrage amend
ment among the women as we'll as the
men and they can be depended upon
to place the stamp of their dlsap-
nroval upon the measure in no un-
ristakable terms, when it comes up
before them for ratification or re-
lection,
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
IN BOSTON.

Waldo Beane:
Confusion. Just
as I'm on the
point of solving
the p y t h a g o.
rean Theorem I'm
summoned to my
nightly repose!
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses
were issued by the clerk of courts
office this week:
Manuel Leavings to Cecilia Bau-
man.
Gustave Price to Nita Boudreaux.
Albert Julien to Louise Landry.
Clyde A. Helm to Lessie Roddv,
Clifford Gibson to Jessie Thomas.
Emile Jirio to Adeline Banks.
c. T. Hill to Anna Mire.
Jas. Millions to Pearl Watson.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
ANNOUNCEMENT.

take this method of announcing my
candidacy for District Attorney of the
Twenty -se> enth Judicial District Court.
composed of the parishes of Assumption,
Ascension and St. James, and to solicit the
votes and support of the electorate of these
parishes. | promise. if elected, that l will
perform the duties incumbent upon me as
district attorney to the best of my ability
and understanding and without fear or favor
AUBERT L. TALBOT
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29
District Court

Attorney c. V. St. Amant, who
vas appointed judge ad. hoe to try
the case of A. N Delaune VS.. the
LeBoeuf Planting Company, held
court last Tuesday to try the excep-
tions of want of proper citation filed
IN the case. After hearing evidence
and the arguments Of counsel on the
subject, the judge maintained the ex-
ception. ~
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29

Mrs. Lillian Breckenridge, who was
here on visit to her mother, Mrs
Victor Maurin, left last Sunday for
Baton Rouge where she will spend
few days before returning to her
home in Washington, D. C.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-05-29

A thrifty man is safe from worry.
Buy wisely, save intelligently, and
invest in thrift and war savings
stamps.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-05-07
Work of MssissippIs Legislature
o4RevieU of It's Recent Session

question, and from his heart he an
fswered, MY God, man, | have moth
ing there; nothing!"we reported his
bill as it was written, and the House
increased it, and the Senate agreed to
the increase.
Our plan in the ommittee was. first.
to consider the amount necessary to
support the institution; second, neces-
sary repairs; third, to provide build
ings to take care of the present over
flow attendance; fourth, to enlarge the
institution The fourth item was con-
sidered only in the case of the Tuber-
culosis Sanitarium and the Juvenile
nile Reformatory. Where there were
several items, we followed the plan of
giving the whole of one item, rather
than the half Of several. If a man
asked for two buildings, and we had
not sufficient funds, we would provide
for one good one, and not attempt two
make-shifts.
In addition to the foregoing reasons
for a increase in appropriations and
tax levy, was the increased cost Of liv-
ing. In October, 1919, the Governor
had to borrow for the institutions
100000, and the legislature had to
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-05-07
BY NON. VIM. HEMINGWAY


Chairman of the House Appropriations Com
..mittee. )--1N
The Committee on Appropriations
hid twenty-nine members and after
many weeks of hard and honest eff
fort to deal fairly with this institu-
TONS and the taxpayers, they brought
out the appropriations, and the House
and Senate and our progressive gov
arnor agreed withthem We gave
every party interested full, fair and
courteous hearing. We realized that
any head of an institution who did not
have vision of larger, more use
full institution, was not the man for
the place; but that as we had many
nstitutions,it was our business to look
after them all. So we told the head of
each institution, as they appeared be-
fore us, that we would probably have
tOIcut out his appropriation, and as we
did not want to impair the efficiency
of his institution, we asked him to in
dictate where he could stand cut with
the least injury. In this way we re-
duted the improvement appropriation
over one million dollars, and the sup
port materially. One gay we asked
the head of the institution the usua,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-05-07
Road Outfit of District Five for Sale.

Ito be Continued
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-05-07

: appropriate $4,000 additional. 81 fbat
lile aeHcit n appropriations for 1918
! - was oZ65,003 AS one-half Of q
h'iil would produce $250000, it win be
seen mat the increase in the tax lew
wa ScompuIsoIy when the lagislatrre
iIet. ana as q further reason. 0nlv
@i4,VuJ mad been appropriated for re-
pafa on l9l5-l5 for all institutions
l@enIy-5lE in number, one alone hav-
l4ig tWenty-LoHr 'arge buildings, sever
az having eight to twelve. This made
IL certain that cur repair bill must be
large 'i.e9S -
! will be as brief as possible, give
an analysis Of the purposes of the an
preparations made,
Comparison With 1888.
for the bienmium of 1888, the
total appropriations were $12. 305. 600
for l92O-21, $18,7OO, 600, an increase Of
So''9o 600, or 1913 per cent. The tax
Ivy OF l9l6-l9 was 81 mills; for
l92O-2l 8 mills, an increase of so per
over one-third of mill being for the
purpose OF taking up the deficit of
1910 ~. Neither the appropriations
nor the tax levy has increased in the
same proportion as the cost of living.
Schools and Colleges.
Every one knows the universal de- |
mand for better paidteachers and
more schools, and in addition to that |
need an increase was made necessary
by the amendment of the Constitution
adopted last November by the voters
to authorize the legislature to appro
pirate money to equalize the school
terms in various counties. The legis-
lature regarded this mandate from
the people to make the proper appro-
pnation to carry ut their will as ex-
pressed at the polls.
For 1918-19 the appropriation for
common schools was $4,238,210, being
$3.50 for each educable child. This
amendment to the Constitution re
CURED $3.50 additional, so that we
appropriated So per child. And there
were $4,000 more children than for
the previous wear.
The total for i920-21 is $6,766,5l2,
an increase Of s., $4,000 for the two
years, $l,264,l51 per annum.
LHe LaA IeIy necessary TO faise the
! money nor 5hls would pe approximate
ly five mills additional to the deficit
li'1lItoheu would make the tax levy
ii3 lhese TWO purposes alone equal 70
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FOR SALE


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Presbyterian church is for sale. Il
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-05-07
EOR SALE

200 bales Of good johnson Hav nj
~ N. SCALES,
A'S -fst. Macon, kisss
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-06-16
Money Rules Easter
ON New York Exchange

NEW YORK. June I6.-Almost the
only noteworthy feature of todaS's
somnolent stock market session was
the relative case of money. Call loans
ruled at 8 per cent. regardless of the
occasional upward impetus from
to payments of income and excess
profits taxes.
Time money was quotsbly unaltered
Stock derived their sole support and
occasional upward imputus from
pools. Tho professional element be-
ing unusually active in specialties. en-
bracing the chemical division where
gains attained substantial proportions.
Higher quotations for independent
steels and kindred equipments were
traceable to the same influences.
Crusible Steel was conspicuous
exception to the general industrial list,
at one time showing "A loss of about
10 points but recovering almost half
its loss when pressure relaxed.
Sales 335, 900 shares.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-06-16
Reports Fail to Speed
Up Buying in Coffee

NEW YORK, June 16,-Iiigher
ca abIes from Brazil and reiterated ru-
mors of unfavorabfe weather condi-
tions failed to stimulate further buy
ing in the market for coffee futures
today. The opening was to 4 points
lower and the market sold about IA to
10 points net lower, under liquidation
by some of yesterdays buyers who
found no cause for immediate alarm
in the official weather news. Higher
late cables from Santos and the re-
newed rumors of lower temperatures
led to slight rallies but they we're not
fully maintained with the market
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-06-16
DAILY MARKET NEWS, LOCAL AND GENERAL
Including Pendeton Prices and Associated Press Repor

The following prices are the prices
being paid to producers by Pendleton
business houses. Wherever retail
prices are given the fact will be spe-
cially mentioned.
Eggs and Poultry.
EGGS, 40 cents. (Retail price is As
centS.)
Hens, 28 cents
boosters, Is cents a pound.
Chickens, 2S cents a pound.
Country Ham, EtA
Ham. best quality. 2sc.
Bacon. best quality, 40c.
Butter Fat and Buttsx'
Ranch butter, s1.iO roll. (Retail
price is also s1.l0)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-06-16

Qulet tone was SHOWN IN the cattle
alleys at North Portland for the Tues
day morning trade. Only a scant sup
ply came in sight and demand con
tinued about steady. Late Monday
afternoon a slightly lower price was
announced on cows and heifers of the
hos
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-06-16

farmers to take the ruling price of
imported wheat. This was announced
by Sir Arthur Griffith -Boscawen,
unionist for Dudley. during discussion
In the house of commons today of the
agricultural bill, which. by guarantee
OF prices and security of tenure, ssh 5
TO encourage the farmers to grow
wheat.
Sir Arthur explained that the gov
crnment feared world shortage in
wheat and believed prices would rule
hish for Il long period.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-06-16
Little Change Seen
In CoaIk-c Grain Trade

SEATTLE. Wash., June 16.-City
delivery: Feed mill $50 per ton;
scratch feed S92: feed wheat s99; all
grain chop $50: oats SIS; sprouting
oats ts1: rolled oats $50; whole corn
ss6; cracked corn Sss; rolled barley
SIS: clipped barley $50.
Hay. Eastern Washington timothy
mixed s47 per ton: double compressed
s51; alfalfa sac: straw SIS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-06-16

HENRY E. WORCESTER
BOSTON: Why do you suppose
Henry = Worcester. whose photo
graph is printed here, hid from
the photographer? Why doesn't
he want the American public to
see his face? Worcester is charged
BY the United States Government
with profiteering in sugar and he
6 about to he placed on trial.