Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-22
BAKER 81 SON.
HEALTH TRAIN
To Reach Tensas Parish Next Satur-
day, March 30th.

The Health Train" sent out by
the State Board of Health under
direction Of DR.. Oscar Bowling and
which is now touring the State, will
reach this parish next Saturday,
March both, and should be visited
by all of our people.
The following letter from Mr..
Dan Jacob, Assistant General Pas
senger Agent for the Missouri-Pa-
cific Rail Road, is of special interest
to our readers:
Alexandria, La, March 10Th, 1912
The Tensas Gazette,
st. Joseph, La.
Gentlemen-I am giving you below the
schedule over the st. Louis, Iron Noun
tain & Southern Railway of the Agricul-
, tural- Health-D Demonstrate Train, show
ing the places at which same will stop
and time between arrival and departure;
wednesday, Marcn Zfth-
Pollock 7:45 to 9:35 a. m.
Columbia 10 to l:20 a. m.
Monroe 2;20 p. m.
Thursday, March 2Sth--
Collinston 7:40 to $40 a. m.
Mer Rouge 9:55 to ii: 55 a. m.
Bonita 1920 to 2:20 p. m.
Bastrop $40 to SIPS D. m.
Oak Ridge 8 p. m.
Friday, March 29th-
Mangham 500 to 1000 a. m.
Winnsboro 1925 to 1925 p. m.
Gilbert l2:45 to 2:45 p. m.
Florence 2:55 to 4:55 p. m.
Ferriday 500 p. m.
Saturday, March Both
Vidalia $40 to $40 a. m.
Waterproof 100 to 1890 p. m.
st. Joseph :05 to DDS p m
Newellton 2:57 to 4:30 p m
Quimby 1855 pm
Monday, April LIST
Alsatia, $40 to $40 m
L. Providence 1915 to 1l:45 o m
Delivered to ", s. & P. Ry.,
at Tallulah at 1850 p m
This train will consist of about eleven
cars and contain agricultural exhibits,
live stock, agricultural machinery, charts,
photographs, samples of soils, fertilizers,
model homes, model schools and vast
number of other important exhibits,
which will be of vital interest TO the
masses of people in the State Of Louis
lana. In addition the State Board Of
Health will have a health exhibit and
the State Board Of Education will have
an educational exhibit. Thereiwill be a
corps Of able lectures, composed of repre-
sentatives Of the Louisiana State and the
United States Department of Agriculture,
the Louisiana Board Of Health and Edu-
cation, who win give very interesting lee
lures on the foremost subjects before the
people of our State.
In addition men thoroughly familiar
with the exhibits will explain at each
and every stop the important features of
the exhibits. There should not be cit
izen along the route OF which this train
tIdNCAS VIII cllOuiU lOt SC bildt HE hsttih-
| lily and himself secure the benefits of per-
sonally inspecting each and every exhibit
contained on this train, and hear each
and every lecture as given at the place
where train stops nearest to his residence,
This is an educational train. even the
children are benefited by hearing the
lectures and seeing the exhibits and we
owe it to ourselves to use every effort to
see that each and every citizen secures
information as to the operation Of thi:
train, so that they receive the benefits
to be derived from same andI am, there
fore, asking you as personal favor tc
give this matter as prominent place q:
possible in your valuable paper. The St
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Rail
way are distributing at various town,
flyers or circulars announcing this train
but am satisfied that il you win plac,
an article in your valuable paper regard
. ing this train and schedule under which
: same will be operated that it viii reacl
vast number of people who perhaps
would not be able to secure the informa
ton from other sources.
h Yours truly,
DAN JACOB,
ASST, General Passenger Agent.
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