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4-. g M - so, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURbAY, APRIL 27, 1918 - VOL. XLIV No. 2
KOFC.WARFiNDENTERTAInMTTO-IGHT AP L.2
A11 Olen Married Since War Placed in Class One-I of Draft List
WHERE DOES IT
S fHOW GERMANY
ACCOMPLISHED
BIG THINGS?
Towns R. Leiih A-sks Why
iBand It to The'I'i: What
Have They D)one?
ro EPOCIH- A.i G
S INVENT!ON THEIRS
i termany Shouted "Hoc deri
SKaiser," and Labeled It
I "Made in Geri'unliy"
(py Townes I. L, ! L.h, [,,. -I).. i'h. D.,
F. S. Sc., Ad.tit: t .in i r(,feassor
of Chemistry 1 ' r, rt', . l niver
-. ty, Georgi, itn. Ky.
During the .u.t in nthi I have
heteard the (Germ:'n-i art aigned ai
;:ýtlant, boorihu , :a i ric, yet in
le:arly every cast' too speakers satf
.'4i4d to their iui 'eti." s stuch an ex
pIeilon as: "H't t h .in it cniiites to
.guing you have to hall:d it it theml;
-, have mad, s-ci'. 't.
- ..Why lhandll it to, tilinm? What
ydpojh-making invention o.r discvlteli'
I1 of German origin ".'' Ipt a stamp
tlm3,hiehich fs-iascribel . "Made in Uer
'! ?" Their , ntis have kick
M 4ltp a fair amount of spray as they
.iPAoled in their 1,~l: but te world
bi yet to hear ia tin'i-hty Teutonic
.iash. Time ani, in Fl'reneh.
--gllsh, Amnerican.t Ialian and Span
: Inventors .and oi-.cut' itrs hane
selat tidal iyav. s tttt.llunt ti.t' g lte.
:Let -us now be ,speci:,'.
". ~ie steam engine, hais been ca:led
- rt greatest of all inhentions. It
e the shac '.i-t; fro'tl sla.:es; it
led the marls ut !i,: w',t'rld; it
neighbor:; of ti'" antipodes.
*eiomen, a natile t ,f I),;vrshire.
ed the patcnt lfat the first Par
successful steain: ,n..in ;: \VWat.
tchman, pert's iI it: ('uynet,
ek and Tr,-t!\hiI hI br,,ight for
the locomotiv'e. l,,t )ti t;,erntan
Stephenson, an ,:n: .ishma:tn.
'atthe first to apply tho l~'.mi otivt ,
ugine to rai:wiay f,,r lJs-mnger
F; rance, ElitIgl:itld andt .\Allt'rica
Rued it to navi+:alion. \\ hn all
been complete, ';t-::tinn 'pulld
th.whistle cord, shuttlld "loch der
'r!" and ta 'l ,I \li:tle in
nany."
t.h. e telegraph, , hich i,: ;nl- is tihm
history of ti:, ,iI.l, was ill
t d by an Anietri:in. I',of. .\or"e.
.- o also SlL'g'"t,.-I th,- Al tlantu c
. e, which \va; sail'j. lll 'tvn y laid
" 7 that Amerit ai: ,ii r- .i: '-s. it'ntist,
C"I.I PField, ass.L tol in r.,,ring. the
SAW world alumnsi it . if itie old' by
-. ord Kelvin, the p :n. .. ;,}hys 'icrits,
:wiDrtish subject t;r.:h'aln tel.l the
-.hlef Inventor of thit : ' r,;,hti . i was
b.-e In Scotlai, .l n ', ,ri . a , fi.ilume
1 America. A ytng .tu ..lan. M.\ar
*Pt, gave wirel .- ti, ::i r i': lhiY ( tihe
d. The hou-,e .,t !l.thnz· llern
"shade great us,. f 2t*ls' iniven
1i0a ti ntelling (;r, at Itii'ain. Amenri
i nlld Italy in at y;:. i tI xerbliage
° -at the fatherlai,d hi,,. t 'e fur. the.
hted peoples of t h eartih.
i rus McCort mick. a native of
eat Vilrginia pr,(o ý id thi' reaping
ehlSune which h ar'...' t-I li t ood of
.the -World; . .di ' of It land.
iroight forth :the tlhr. 'hit' ma
^" ll; thus was , f >,ha - i- !+,' ; . VIN
- y, of .la ý:l 'lh . l is; p1 rent
,BiS Iinvented t ill tin g;In; liar
.ie/.s, an Englishmani maI the Ili
hman. stuplietid its deficiency
. his famoui' spiiri-i' frame: the
. glthman Kay iit ttlu,:i' I the
h. le In+ 'e iiint'. i l i• l. t ,+ tho de
-: the knittinr ,'iim. n:o,, 'art
t, lnvento I of :,. ' or t tr lo i.
SBritish sub, . h. ' -,s the
* clothed.
'Worships a't th .:lint of Mars,
Votive offi,..: h + sh, made
god of wx ," I ,,:, no't, sht ,
idatributed s i:t:". 'l ,,r. smioke
powder. p,,,ii ,, !,u cai,. nitro
irn, gun-coi :n. dtnamiile, tor
shrapnel. :.::titc cannon,
Ile rifle. !,'!·it ee :-lim tin g oun,
g guim. rvotv ir. Maxim sihen
bimmerlirss tun. uihboat, iron
- atteries o,.r :, m:ni, r plate.
. ig ttirrt, .' )w:Ia or air
Iteeb German· b >-tr .... her milf
'Appllancis irtm ith er nations.
- e not sur .ril that she ob
her devices of .r.'itV firo!m
Il me souret . . ,i, nit pro.
- the first aiitb .... ie vuianled
r,-lIquid sa- .. as - nt ine,
-8lS, th 'r .na et r. t, iomtet or.
* . forte. :a , 1 ,',ire. itt nails.
Mgaa.ss, 'i--: r - '. e 'n ar.
I1 car, sh in'. ,at,' brake.
- 0, aut-oniobi. na ul.' tic. tire.
-machili, , ...xriic-. calen
machine. Ca.h rtginti-r, stteel
pens, etc., a, infIntum.
- *The greatest hine 'that C.rm.nv
-0tne Is to f Ils-Ix mly ierlise her
the. light of the worl,. No
At hers invented the electric
MEN MARRIED
SINCE DRAFT
LAW PUT IN
CLASS 1-I
List of Those Put In This
Class Under the New
Instructions.
MEN DRAFTED
TO LEAVE MAY 1
Those Put in Class One-I To
Appear for Examination
Thursday, May 2.
Following are the white men call
ed to leave May 1, 1918, for Fort
\icArthur, Texas:
harry A. Freach, Mandeville.
Sacm L. Parker, Slidell.
Louis Hall, Bush.
Clifford C. Bailey, Onville.
Geo. W. Todd, Lacombe..
Fulton Talley, Mandeville.
The following men 'who have mar
ried since the draft law was enact
ed, have been taken from Class 4-A
and put in Class 1-I, ,asd are notified
to appear for examination Thursday,
May 2. 1918, at 10 a. m.:
Alvin M. Smith, Covington.
Joseph Ront, Covington.
Jessie Tyson, Covington.
Adolph Lazana, Slidell.
Percy F Miles, Slidell.
Ralph M. Rousseaux, Slidell.
Ellis Warner, Slidell.
John M. Sylvest, Violin.
Will Newell, Florenville.
Ernest A. Sticker, St. Tammany.
Andrew J. Loyd, Covington.
1. W. Sullivan, Beaumont, Miss.
Walter E. Fazende, Covington.
Edgar Shelly, Madisonville.
John F. Reeks, Slidell.
Wade Burns, Covington.
Bertrand P. Troullier, SlideI
Wade H. Jenkins, Isabel.
Camille Rodriguez, Madisonville.
Winer W. Jackson, Slidell.
Geo. J. Dubuisson, Slidell.
Ned Irving, Slidell.
Henry Andrews, Florenville.
Archie Parker, Talisheek.
Will Coley, Florenville.
Henry McCall, Slidell.
Joseph Nelson, Slidell.
Reddeck Ezell, St. Tammany.
S. Narcisse, Bonfouca.
Arthur Gooding, St. Tammany.
Lenny Ray, Slidell.
Percy E. Smith, Covington.
Calvin Craddock, Pearl River.
Harry M. Crawford, Pearl River.
John C. Duckworth, MadIsonville.
Laurence Woods, Folsom.
Arthur Lane, Madisonville.
John J. Ouder, Slidell.
Willie Bingletary, Lacombe.
David Hunter, Ramsay.
Albert S. David, Covington.
Nelson Lumzey, Ramsay.
Rusaw Jenkins, Covington.
Joseph H. Pons, Abita Springs.
Thomas Louis Doby, Mandeville.
Daniel Jackson, Peitrl River.
Geo. I'. Frentz, Houma, La.
Edgar Talley, Violin.
John Howze Dunham, Slidell.
James Jackson, Mandeville.
Malshne Penn, Houltonville.
Walter Deen, Hllldale, Miss.
Carroll B. Grothaus, Mandeville.
C. Sidney Frederick, Covington.
\\m. Thos. Crawford. Sllidell.
Jas. M. Hutchinson, Mandeville.
Hy. Morgan Cooper, Bogalusa, La.
Robt. E. Glockner, Mandeville.
light, the gas light, the acetyline
light, the kerosene light, the search
light, the flashlight, the safety lamp
the candle dip or the friction match.
America, France, England and other
"untutored" nations performed these
tasks. The sun, moon and stars
are the only lights left for Germany's
contention, and according to the
SMosaic account, the Lord and not the
kaiser made and placed them in the
firmament.
1)auerre, a Frenchman, presented
us with photography. Our own Edi
son brought forth the motion picture
to delight and instruct the eye and
the phonograph to please and teach
the ear. The Germans enjoy our
records, and lifting high their steins,
drink a prolonged toast to the
achievements of the vaterland,
"Deutschland uber Alles."
Galileo, who first saw the heavens
with a telescope, was an Italian.
The men rwho first saw the earth and
its teeming life with a microscope
were not of German origin. Yet
many telescopes and microscopes in
our colleges, being marked "Made
in Germany," have led students to
believe that these wonderful instru
ments were devised by German brain.
The Germans are mechanics, not in
ventors.
By use of the compound micro
scope Pasteur, the LFench biologist,
as early as 1857 demonstrated a con
nection between microscopic orgat
isms and disease. was nine
years before Dr. Koc the German
bacteriologist, had duated. In
this smtna D'.tiu a of "
(comier 8)
S. CAMOUFLAGED QUARTERS OF MARINES IN FRANCE
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The huts of the Amer'ican marines now training behind the lines in France have been covered with brushwood
P. -kep them-from being seen by enemy flyers.
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The utsof te A eilcn mrins no trinin beindthe ine in rane hae ben o~erd ith buslwoo
1to tem frm beig see by eemy fyers
MADISONVILLE
NEWS NOTES
Through the courtesy of the build
ers of "Tumble Inn," at Madison
ville, last Saturday, a very enjoyable
dance, with refreshments, was large
ly attended and netted the neat sum
of $120 for the local branch of Red
Cross. The music was furnished by
the Working Men's Band. Much of
the success was due to the energetic
work of the men's committee under
Chairman Archagelo, Andrinac and
Probst, and the ladies' committee,
Mimes. P. A. Blanchard, Jos. Le
Blanc, Paul Oulliber, A. Oulliber, Jr.,
G. E. Ericson and E. L. Case. This
committee was from the R.d' Cross.
The W. O. VW. Ball, to be given
for a charity fund, ,will be at the
U. F. B. A. Hall to-night. It wi:l be
under the auspices of Oak Camp N.).
266. A pleasant time is anticipated.
The boxing contest staged for Sun
day terminated in a rough house, in
which "Boll Weevil," (colored) a
brother to one of the contestant.,
struck the referee A chase by the
police followed, but it is. said that
P'oli Weevil is runnlhg yet.
WasmtTo Go To, the Front.
The following letter shows that
the color line is no bar to patriotic
seantiments. The writer is desirous
of tiSltitug for his oountri, and
thoughelhe is noboft draft age waives
his exemlpton, and is ready to go to
the front, it hib' Government will
accept him:
'Ma4tlootville Aprit 24, 1 0S.
Local Board, Coritaagn, La.
Dear Sirs:--I ant dwtroua of do
Ing my -bit for Uncle. Sam, and am
not of draft age, only 20 years- old.
Am physicaly perfect and wish to
join one branch of Uncle Sam's flght
ing machine. As. I am barred b.'
color margin to volunteer in the
special branches- where they are in
need, 1 wish your board to help me
out by taking me asoon as poseible.
Yours truly,
AARON JOHNSON.
-A
II.1o . .sW AN RWID ('lSe*M .MET
IhS¶AAN' DISA tIER.
Up to the time of the great Italian
disaster, the American Red Cross
was operating in Italy only through
an adisory commission and had un
dertaken little of special importance.
A telegram from the American am
l.rssador at Rome for food and
clothes reached the American Red
Cross in Paris in the middle of the
fcrenoon. By evening of the next
day they had bought in Paris mark
eta 24 carloads of supplies and had
started these supplies toward Italy.
%\ :thiu one week after the diststrous
retreat the AmericallPRed Cross was
In the field with physicians, nurses
and ambulatnces, ministering to the
refugees. Twenty-three ambulances
were dispatched from France alone
early in November for service with
tht Italian Army and it is planned
to increase this number to 200. No
agency other than the Red Cross
v-a3 in position to answer so instant
ly such a stirring appeal. No: would
the Red Cross be able to meet such
emergencies were it not o'- the
American people who provide funds
_hat is another reason behind the
appeal for a hundred million doilars
for war fund. Every dollar of this
n-.ney is. spent in actual war relief
;nd relief which is gorely needed and
can not be had from - any other
source. The Italian work is al, ex
ample.
BOY SCOUTS PLAN CAMPING TRIP
AT CLOSE OF SCHOOL.
The stories of camp life have al
ways aipeated to the boy, and there
are few of them who have not long
ed at times to enjoy some of the
ap- eterpwstheirns e.tbeos Troop
No. 1 of the Boy Scouts is making
Ernest Louis Fuhrmann, of Good
bee, La., is the son of Mrs. Alice
Fuhrmann. He is now at Newport,
having joined the L'. S. Navy, and
will be in training
at that station until
he is ordered to ac
tive duty. He is
one of the St. Tam
many boys who is
anxious to get a
whack at the Kaiser.
He is one of the
"Liberty Boys."
SMALL COTTON
PATCH DOES
NOT PAY
By Capc. G. E. Millar.)
Abita Springs, April z5, 1918.
'Observer," in last Saturday s l
sue of the Farmer, does not quite
grasp the situation. I do not auvo
cate giving up the growing of cot
ton-quite the contrary. tiut when
the small man who cultivated frm
5 to 15 acres tells you that he "only
broke even and had no return for
his and his families labor," it is
time to quit planting cotton on a
small scale. 1 have not met one, but
several, who told me that. What
the small farmer (for that matter
the big one too) -wants are crops
that help to build up the land and
which will feed the family and the
stock first-something growing all
the year round, and which builds up
the soil. I am glad to hear of the
large amount of fertilizers put on
the "Onville Rancf," and no doubt
that the crops grown there will be
the pride and envy of the whole
parish. I only wish that all the
farmers had so much stable manure
from well fed aninmals.
At a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the St. Tammany Fair As
sociation, held Wednesday, it was
agreed that a judges' stand would be
arranged for at the next fair, and
that all exhibits. must be brought to
the stand, and then they will be sure
to be judged on their merits and the
owners can be there and see for
themselves why this or that parj
ticular exhibit did or did not win.
It is only by comparison that a fair
award can be made.
While on the subject of parish fair,
it would be a splendid thing for every
farmer to have a share or two in
the stock. It would wipe out the
incubus of debt, and put the whole
thing on a strong financial basis. It
isa for the farmers special benefit and
they should be interested in it finan
cially. I feel sure that when the
average farmer sees it in the right
light none will hesitate to take a
share or two-they are only $1.00
each. The board of directors should
have a farmer or two on the board:
Let us go to it!
Mr. C. S. A. Fuhrmann, manager
of the Parkview Theatre, has made
arrangements to have amusements al
the Fair Grounds. Under this man
agement there will be dancing, races,
baseball and other forms of at'iletic
and outdoor amusement. It wti! be
the only thing of the kind tha: Cov
ington has had, and should be glad
ly welcomed by visitors as wI.l as
home folks.
plans to spend a week in the woods
with boating, swimming, fishing and
other forms of scouting. To make
this possible Friday, May 3, will be
Scout Day on the school grounds.
They will amuse you and refresh you
and put the pennies and the nickels
into their treasury. At night there
,Will be even more fun. It is Scout
Night and you cannot aflf6d to miss
it. For a small admissil6i you will
be more their repaid. Aik- the
boots.
COVINGTON BOY NOW AT
THE FRONT IN FRANCE
A I'hoppin Fisher.
He is now in service at the front.
In Hospital Unit No. 24. He is a
Covington boy.
K. C. ENTERTAIN
TO-NIGHT
The Knights of Columbus will give
a "War Fund" entertainment at they
Southern Hotel to-night, April 27.
There will be recitals by Emmet
Kennedy, dancing and cards. The
entertainment will commence at 8
p. m. Admission, 50 cents.
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IIDELL HEADS LIST.
In the Third Liberty Loan Slidell
heads the list of St. Tammany towns
with the sale of $86,000 of bonds.
This puts St. Tammany well over the
$200,000 mark.
RED CROSS MEETING.
The St. Tammany Branch of the
Red Cross will hold its meeting at
the high school auditorium, Wednes
day at 2 o'clock.
NOTICE.
Will all parties who have signed'
the pledge cards for War Savings
Stamps, send those for file to Miss
Kate Eastman, parish chairman W.
S. S., Covington, La. The school
children have pledged htemselves to
do their bit by selling the stamps to
the parties pledged, and os we want
the names sent in immediately.
O
K. OF C. INITIATION AT
BATON ROUGE.
On Sunday, April 21, the follow
ing gentlemen were initiated at Bat
on Rouge in the Knights of Colum
bus: Messrs. John E. Berwsteri J.
Ragan, T. Garland Moise, S. Cass rta,
Randolph Ray and H. J. Roublon.
St. Tammany Counail 1380 spared
no pains or cost to give the young
men on their first journey to knigt
hood a ;oyal time. A special train
was engaged for the event, which
returned Sunday night with the St.
Tammany delegation. There were
approximately 100 men of military
age who also went through at Baton
Rouge on Sunday.
SCHOOL BOARD
PROCEEEDINGS
SESSION OF
APL. 12-19
Provision Made To Repair
Damages in. Slidell
School Building.
REPORT OF SECTY.
OF SCHOOL BOARD
The Financiltg of Schools,
Madisonville Fund, and
Many Other Matters.
('oving'on. La., Aptril i1, 1. 15.
llhe St. Tanmuany Parish S~hool
l'oard m~'t in regular sesioln on tile
above date in the offi:e of the Sup
erintendent with ,he follo\in g niemii
bers present. F. J. OlKeefe, sec
on0d ward; N. Ii. FitzSimons, third
ward, II. H. Levy, fourth ward; W.
1H. Kahl, fifth ",ard; Dave Evans,
sixth ward; H. W. W\oodruff, ninth
ward. Absent: (.eo. R. )utsch,
first ward; Berry W. Todd, seventh
ward; J. 11. Robert, eighth ward,
and Geo. E. Millar, tenth ward.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and upon motion of Mr.
Woodruff, seconded by Mr. K:ahl,
were approved as corrected.
The following report was read lb.
the Superintendent, and upon mo
tion by Mr. Kahl, seconded by ,Mr.
O'Keefe, it was accep:ed and re
ferred to the Stale Supervisoe' of
Public Accounts:
To the Honorable President and the
Members of St. Tammany i'a:rish
school Board:
%Gentlemen:--I beg to aubmhit the
foilowing report and staoemntet o
our school for tile quarter ending
March 31, 118.
The schools of the sevenoth ward
have completed their termi of seven
months. The friends of toe .',.d,
son\ille school, under the leadership
of their School Improu;ement i.eague
hal\e raised enough to pay their
eachers' salaries for the eighth and
ninth months. I regret tha: tilhe
amount raised has not been s!ilici-
ent also to continue the operating of
the teo school transfer,.
Unless the pupils who have 1rav
eled on these transfers attend school
for the rest of the year I fen,' they
will not be ready for promotion into
their next grades. I do desire, how
ever, to give credit to the ladies of
Madisonville, as well as their town
council, for the very commendable
interest taken in their school. Un
der the present conditions, and when
we consider the rapid growth of the
town caused by the new ship yards,
I feel positive that additional teach
ing force will be required there for
annther year.
The patrons of the FolsoIm school
have raised by private subscriptions
enough to continue their school for
two months beyond the term fur
nished by public funds. The at
tendance at the Pilgrim Rest school
fell to -below ten, recently, and I
gave my consent to the.-q.ioirrg of
the school for two weeks.` I trust
that we will be justified in reopen
ing it at the end of that time.
lJut as soon as we get time, I feel
that we should consider ways and
ne.,nse of hbilding a :we v ihouos at
Pearl River to take the pl.ae ) the
,one burned last falU U'n r pr,-
ent conditions I see nothing to do
other than asking the praplE of that
(i trict to float bonds, because the
oret el special tax will unt fturia.h
enough, even though we were to hold
it for two years.
Yoiu will remember that at our
last meeting you approlpriates i 1 2,00
for the purpose of repairing the toi
lets in the Slidell school. I have
secured bids for this work and find
the lowest ones will reach some over
$2000, or $800 more than your ap
propriation. For this reason no con
tract for this work has been award
ed. Feeling that the cracks in the
Slidell school building needed im
mediate attention, I secured Mr. W.
T. Nolan, of the firm of Nolan &
Torre, to go to Slidell and make an
inspection. The. following letter
eltter from him gives this recom
mendation:
Dear Mr. Lyon:-From the in
spection of this building made yes
terday we are of the opinion that
there is one point at least where the
lintel over the openings on the side
of the auditorium needs instant at
tention and if the temporary shoring
is done as suggested, viz., of pointing
in a 6x6 piece to rest on the present
brick cemented sill, leveling up the
same to provide a flat footing for
the bottom of the shore, wedging up
tightly under the shore, thete should
be no trouble for the present. This
remedy of course is only temporary
tn' character so as to provide against
an accident occuring.
We notice that most of the out
side corners of the building have set
tied and these foundations should be
APPEAL IS MADE
MERCHANTS TO
ASSIST LABOR
PROBLEM
Council of Defense Asks the
Elimination of Unnec
essary Work.
POINTS TO WAYS
OF DOING THIS
Co-Operative Delivery Sys
tem Saves Half or
More of Labor.
The State Council of Defense !s
uL.es the following war message to
the retail merchants of Louisiana:
You, as a retail merchant, are cill
edl upon to take a definite .part in a
:,flion wide program for making the
bcst use of m-n and materials in the
conduct of the war. The request
conies from the Commercial Econo
my Board of the Council of National
Defense. The Board asks you to
plan for the elimination of 4nneces,
sary work. Its recommendation'
,uill make it possible for y.M to
operate with smaller forces and sue
cer.fully meet your own labor prob
lems. When any of your employees
leave to join the fighting forces do
:it replace them if you can help it.
To replace them would mean taking
workers from farms, munition fac
tories, railroads, shipyards, or the
like, or from the already short sup
ply of workers available for these
vital industries. Instead, the board
asks you to try to get on with the
force you have left. In many cases
the reduction of delivery service will
make men available for other peal
Lions in your store from which men
have been taken for military or other
essential work.
As a moans of- doing this with the
leccnt pos;ible inconvenience to you
and your trade, the Commercial
lEconomy Board of the Council of
National Defense and this council.
urges the following:
1. That you reduce your deliv
eries to one a day over each route.
2. That the privilege of retuait
ing merchandise be limited to 3 lays.
3. That co-operative delivery sys
tems be established.
One delivery a day over each
route does not necessarily mean that
each automobile or wagon shall leave
the store only once a day. Each au
tomobile or wagon may make sev
eral trips a day, but each trip should
be over a different route.
These are definite concrete reo
ommendatlons that are being suc
cessfully applied to all classes of
business. The Commercial Econo
my Board also recommends that
merchants adopt plans of their own
to eliminate or curtail special deliv
eries. and the handling of needless
C. O. 1). orders.
Co-operative delivery systems com
monly save one-half and frequently
save more on delivery expenses when
compared with the operations of In
dividual systems. We will be glad
to supply literature on this subject
to merchants who are interested in
the plan.
If these recommendations have
not already been carried out in your
,:tore, you and all other retail mer
chants are urged to carry them out
without delay. It is of the greatest
importance that you do this and do
t at once. The object is directly
and solely to conserve manpower for
the nation's defense. By co-operat
ing you will help to win the war.
r•.inforced so as to provide against
any further sinking.
We would suggest that a plan and
specilications be prepared as soon as
c:,nvenient and bids should be ask
ed for from contractors with a view
of putting the building in proper
order, which would include the noW'
arrangements for the closets, fling
the plaster, and generally going over
the building and putting it in order.
We would be prepared to do this
at any time and shall be glad` to
hear from you about it at yo " eOr
venience.
Yours very truly,
NOLAN & TORRE.
I had the 6x6 supports placed in
the windows, as recommended by
Mr. Nolan, although .you understand
this is oply temporary relief. Fol
lowing out the suggestion of Mr. No
lan and with the approval of your
new member from the ninth ward,
I asked this same architect to make
a careful inspection of the inside as
well as the outside of this building
and give us an estimate of what the
probable cost would be for making
thorough repairs and placing the
building in -irst class condition.
Mr. Woodruff and I both feel that
the board has in the past been mak
ing temporary repairs and that the
best way will be the cheapest in the
end. I offer the following letter
from Mr. Nolan, giving in detail the
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