The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-04-15
April 20 has been designated in .

| NOpeidtion Win the fedora
agents In charge of the work q
shreveport, and NJ. l.. Wilson. farm
demonstration agent in this parish
are preparing to carry out the ide,
IN every rural school in the parish
IN the hope that Caddo will be taker
out or the quarantine area and freec
OF the tick by September l.
Inc pupils of the rural schools ar,
10 compete for prizes offered bv f
w. Jones, assistant superintendent Ir
charge OF the rural schools. to b,
awarded to the authors of the three
Dest essays on tick eradication. The
pupils or each school will submit es
says from which the three best O,
each school will be chosen and tine
winners will be selected from these.
In those sections of the parish
where there has been some opposr.
ton to the police jury's cattle dip
ping ordinance, special efforts 10
convert the opponents will be made
by Professor Wilson and DR.. R. 4.
Noyes, who is in charge Of the gov.
ernment's eradication work.
Every teacher in the country
schools OF the parish is being sup.
Piled with data concerning the work
so that all will be in position to com
duct an hours discussion Of the SUBJ
Ject on the day chosen and litera.
ture pertaining to the work and its
Importance to their interests has been
sent to every farmer and cattle owner
in the parish.
Ihe parents OF rural school chill.
dren will be invited to attend the dis.
cussions In the schools on Tick Erad.
icatlon Day" and every effort is being
made to form the farmers and cattle
raisers OF Caddo into a unit for the
elimination of the pest.
Decision has been rendered for the
defendant in the suit of G. L. Adsit.
or Lake Charles, against Sam and
Joe Parks to confirm title to valua.
BILE property in the Vinton Oil field
purchased for taxes in 1911. The de.
PENDANTS said they had received no
notice of the impending tax sale, on
which ground they were given the de.
cision. They further asserted on the
trial OF the case that ]. Cook Wilson,
prominent oil man. and head of the
company that had leased the tract
from them, was the real owner Of Ad. |
sits interest In the lease. Sam Parks
was former president of the Indus
trial Lumber Company, and is wide
y known throughout the timber belt.
Talisheek staged one OF the most
unusual and fortunate OF
accidents, when a seven.
automobile, carrying six
persons, dived almost headlong into a
hole in the road, turned
hree somersaults, scattering the oc.
'upants on every side, and piled up
N the side Of the road badly broken
nd battered-and not a serious In.
ury was suffered by any one Of the
TX persons. One passenger suffered
minor fracture Of the skull and
round on the knee, and most Of the
theirs were bruised considerably, but
scaped without a scratch.
An old doctrine Of law invoked for
ne first time in Caddo parish so I'm
ressed the jury that heard the trial
the damage suit brought against
he ", S. and P. Railway Company, by I
. r. Tomlinson in behalf of his three !
ear-old daugheer, Eugenia Louise.
lat they awarded the petitioner $6,,
10. The little girl was injured by q
'oss-tie falling upon her while she G
as playing on a pile Of ties stacked /;
the railroad crossing in Haughton ,
Id in preparing his case the attorney .
r the plaintiff based II upon what is =
lown as the ''turn-table doctrine"
st employed in England seventy. r
70 years ago.
The new automobile given to Gov. n
nor Hall had its first collision with
residence when Mrs. Hall, in turn.
g the corner through mistake, put
r foot on the accelerator instead :.
the brakes, and the car ran on the :,
llery Of the residence of w. c. Jou. =, :,
rt before it could be stopped. The :,
cupants OF the car, who were, be =,
les the governors wife, Mrs. Stout. =,
sister of Mrs. Hall, and the children :,
Howell Morgan, escaped injury and =,
> car was little damaged. ~
rhe new 100000 gas plant erected
the Lake Charles Gas Company, as.
lee of the franchise awarded ]. c. "A
ssler and j. G. Boyle, last fall, has III
en- placed in operation, gas being q
ned into the mains for the first VI
le. The plant is located at the ri'
I'd of Ryan street, near the Calca. Vi
u river, and is fireproof. There is 81
rage capacity for 10000 cubic feet oe
gas, and nearly sixteen miles Of
ins.
Idjutant General McNeese, L. N. we
announced that a camp of instruc- IN
i for officers, non-commissioned VIC
GERS and selected privates of the ou
lntry branch Of the National en-
.rd will be held at Monroe in the ms
svth Park grounds April $3.50. al