The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-03-04

sNhS little trouble and would NOT
d necessarily cause a weakening of tho
: dixie. 'Ae
Charles Wineberger, Of the Louis.
iana Strawberry Distributing Com.
pahy' New Orleans, was present n.
' meeting OF the Amite City Farmers
association and closed a deal for the
; handling Of the 1916 strawberry cron
through the local association Tho
universal crate was adopted as the
container for this year Prospects for
bumper crop are the most fiattering
ever observed here at this season n,
the year. The weather has been very
favorable, and the recnt cold smell re-
tarded the crop. At the present time
ciiinatic conditions could not be bet
Ter, declare some of the best posted
truckers. Tangipahoa and adjoining
parishes have about sixteen thousand
acres under cultivation, an increase of
hfteen hundred acres over last wear
Mr.. II. T. Crew, secretary of the
Nantach1 Oil and Gas Company of Col. |
TAX gives out the information that
MS company will drill another well IN |
the immediate vicinity of Colfax in the
near future. He says they have tbe
means in hand and ell machinery nec-
essary to do the drilling, and would
nave begun operations before now had
IL not been for the high water. The
hlgh water handicapped them in the
removal OF their drilling apparatus.
Dut as soon as the water subsidies and
the roads dry up so materials can be
hauled and handled with any degree
OF facility, work will begin.
Ihe Lake Charles water supply has
been officially pronounced safe by DIR.
oscar Bowling, president of the State ,
Board of Health. An examination of
number OF samples of water from
The city mains and from private
sources, including the three leading :
hotels, shows the water to be free :
rom any bacilli. No new cases of a,
Uphold have occurred in the past
wo weeks, and very few cases are >,
low left that are not conva.escent =
The Department of Agriculture q,
through Senator Broussard has in. a.
ormed DR.. Charles Duval, of Tulane al
University, it is ready to proceed with q,
he tests of the hog cholera preventa.
I've he has invented. The tests will
e conducted where they can be wit.
essed by members of the agriculture VI,
)mmittees Of the Senate and house. IN
enator Broussard also has been ad- sr
sed local tests of Prof. Duval's in 10
sntion will be made in Louisiana by w,
e state authorities. do
Lake Providence was visited by a in
e that burned out seven buildings In De
e Oldest section of the town. The of
q was on Levee street that skirts ms
e levee. The buildings were all tn,
ame structures, and were the old. an
buildings in the town. Owing to tro
e age and dilapidated condition Of
3 buildings, the loss will not run
er $1,000, with no insurance. '
M
AT meeting OF President Amrhein tru
the Eaat Baton Rouge parish school rea
ard, with the special committee lun
ich has been working on plans for rat
J improvement of Baton Rouge eve
ool facilities, decided to ask for a SUI
,cial election to decide upon the
posed s125,000 bond issue, suggest
recently by the committee. v
the
lore than $4,000 worth of rice has a 81
n sold in Estherwood in the last tion
nty-fve days, practically the en- wea
crop having now been disposed of. of
price ranged from s2,75 to s3.bo gov,
arrel James A. Leighton, fur and mos
, dealer, shipped pelts worth ST..
to market last week.
he schooner Rosa A, which is own pala
w tho Ct Tammanv Navo, Stor.. Unit
pany. while en- route to Coving- t"ee
struck a sunken log and sank n mas
Tchefuncta river at Pineland eie
!. The schooner will be raised coni'
he Greater mart ~ bor fro;oht III, prem
total loss. quo''
Boy Scout movement has been in
rated at Amite City with Rev.
y T. Young as the prime factor nlihis
Iture development work. About ahce'
lty-five youngsters Joined the ini- 'Ie
movement and indications point to "ho
entury mark being reached with Heioi
short time.
Wa
!, r,or,a. por;shos roo.,.,u estim
a hv art nou;a.o gradu
, City, has been enlarged, to
pages, all home print, and its ,,ns.s n
Of last week contained ten pagea ' '