Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-05-14
THE PRESS CONVENTION.


such marked ability us Hon. John
Dymond, Mr.. l.. +. Bentley, for
many years secretary of the asso-
citation, and Judge W. L. Holland,
of Helena parish.
The meetings of the association
have furnished opportunity for
health authorities of the State
and others with Statewide inter
ests to present these to an. organ
ization which can pass them
along.
Generally ut the meetings of
this association topics are dis
cussed that demand non-factinal
and non-partlsan support of the
united press of the State. 1t is
mt these meetings that n broad
appeal ~ made To the editors of
the State to spread knowlege on
such subjects as education, the
preservation of the health of the
people, the conservation of their
natural resources and the upbuild-
ing of the commercial, moral and
intellectual interests of the " hole
people of Louisiana.
During the session just passed,
besides the discussion of those
technical topics that are of
interest to newspaper publishers
alone, Secretary Miller, of the
Game Commission, told of the
work of his organization. He
claimed among other things that
the game killed in the State of
Louisiana has II value of five mil
lion dollars II year. He advanc-
ed the theory that Louisiana
could, by the conservation of her
natural resources in game, in
shrimp, in fish, in oysters and
terrapin increase many times the
value of this output and by lay
ing n tax OH it might support the
entire expenses of the State gov
eminent.
Governor Sanders told in de-
tail his plans for building 1000
miles OF roadway around the
State. His financial plan is that
the parishes shall fund the money
that they now expend oh road
maintenance for period of ten
years. He believes that with five
millions of dollars in hand and
with the aid of the convicts of the
parishes as we'll as those of the
State and without impairing the
usefulness of present State institu.
tons, he can build these road
WAYS. In other words. he can
take the money that will be prac-
tlcally washed OH maintaining The
present inefficient system of roads
for ten years and by expanding it
all at once he can put in roads
that will practically maintain
themselves. He estimates that
millions of dollars II year are lost
in time and in money in the State
of Louisiana because of bard roads.
He has studied the problem of
road building from a technical
standpoint, so that he can answer
the cross-questioning of the farm
ers regarding the best method for
building roads in their various
sections and he puts up an ex-
tremely able and logical talk, one
which deserves the direct consid-
Grafton Of every police jury and of
every farmer in the State of Lou
isiani, one which should receive
the evaporation of the city of
New Orleans, for if we will not
use our own criminals to build
our own streets they should he
used to build good roads for the
farmers who do business with us
and who help share the expense
of maintaining the State.
DR.. Iedbetter, OH behalf of the
State Board of Health, read an ex-
cellent paper on the subject of
the prevention of tuberculosis.
The hospitable people of Cow
ington showed the visiting news
paper folk the beauties of their
enterprising city and its surround
ing country. Covington is per-
haps as pretty spot as there is
in the world. 1t has next to the
lowest death rate among all the
places in the United States; it is
claimed that there is ozone in the
mir among the pine trees of ST.
Tammany parish. Covington is
not only one of the most beautiful
places in America but one of the
most healthtul places in America,
. place where many grow old and /,
ew die, because life is worth liv-
ng amid such surroundings and
With 50 kindly aud hospitable a I!
,eople.
The delegates to tie Louisiana
'ress Convention visited Bogalu-
a, the magic city of Louisiana. /
he name Bugalusa interpreted :
a English means clear water. lit =
J naturally beautiful place and =
nr great interests which have \
there the greatest :.
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