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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

L. Wallis Brown Of Hammond, who
has just returned from a statewide
trip, reports that all kinds Of crops
look well. rice, cotton and sugar being
especially fiourishing While the ear
lier corn was burned up by the recent
drouth, the second crop. he says. is
in fine condition and the potato crop
is good.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

The charter Of the Liebke Lumber
Company, Inc, was filed with the
clerk Of court at Plaquemine.. This
firm has capital Of $4,000, with the
right of increasing this to $4,000
shortly.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

s. F. Self was Jailed at Columbia
on a charge Of deserting his family
at DeRidder and for decoying Nellie
Harbin, a young woman out Of the
same place, from her home for immor-
al purposes.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

Passing Of the $1,000 mark in the
Shreveport Rotary Clubs campaign to
raise in Shreveport $1,000 Of the 81
600 wanted by Chaplain J. Gilmer
Buskie to supply the First Louisiana
infantry with a service car" was an.
nounced at the clubs meeting.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

- evans. son OF Mrs. Mary
0t Tangipahoa, is the first man
snss parish to arrive on the act
cehs OF hostilities in France, his
have been advised.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

Percy s. Barelli has been awarded
the contract for the construction of a
sewer to run along and through the
Covington school property for the
sum of $4,000. his bid being the low
est received.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

The new Deitzel engine for the pow
er and light plant at Welsh has arriv-
ed and the experts sent by the manu-
facturer are busy installing it. 1t will
furnish continuous day and night
current.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

S. S. Reid. Of Amite. member of the
firm of r. c. & S. Reid, has success
fully passed the required physical ex.
animation and been commissioned az
naval officer in the United States
navy.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

,.. saes :. Bailey, secretary Of state,
nceo -. that he has let the con-
49, 49,. iof 1918 automobile license
c.the - 'o'the Grim Stamp and Badge
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

b. ss..' :. Martin of Welsh ,et,
corps !. . report to the medioa, ss
,olunsss.sse seilvs service. DR.. Martin
qualiass 8 ssN. several :. months ago ann ann
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

Owing to the severe drouth lasting
for three months and only lately brok-
en- by local showers, Conservation
| Agent w. Fl. Thompson. who has i,:.
spected conditions in Little River. a
small stream about three miles from
Monroe, reports thousands of fish dy-
ing every day. The water is stagnant
due TO the drouth.
L. Wallis Brown Of Hammond, who
has just returned from a statewide
trip. reports that all kinds of crops
look well. rice, cotton and sugar being
especially fiourishing While the ear
lier corn was burned up by the recent
drouth, the second crop. he says, is
in fine condition and the potato crop
is good.
Passing Of the $1,000 mark in the
Shreveport Rotary Clubs campaign to
raise in Shreveport $1,000 of the 81
600 wanted by Chaplain J. Gilmer
Buskie to supply the First Louisiana
infantry with service car" was an.
nounced at the clubs meeting.
The charter Of the Liebke Lumber
Company, Inc, was filed with the
clerk Of court at Plaquemine.. This
firm has capital Of $4,000. with the
right of increasing this to $4,000
shortly.
At a recent meeting of the Vernon
parish school board at Leesville the
following budget of $121, ,907 probably
expenditures foor the scolastic year
1917 and 1918 was adopted.
Vermillion sugar factory of Able
vile has ordered twenty barges 10
handle the crop along Bayou vermil-
ion and the Peoples Sugar Company.
operating Rose Hill mill and refinery,
has number building.
s. F. Self was jailed at Columbia
on a charge of deserting his family
at DeRidder and for decoying Nellie
Harbin, a young woman out of the
same place, from her home for immor-
al purposes.
Percy s. Barelli has been awarded
the contract for the construction of a
sewer to run along and through the
Covington school property for the
sum of $4,000, his bid being the low
est received.
The new Deitzel engine for the pow
er and light plant at Welsh has arriv-
ed and the experts sent by the manu-
facturer are busy installing it, 1t will
furnish a continuous day and night
S. s. Reid, Of Amite, member of the
firm of r. c. & S. Reid, has success
fully passed the required physical ex-
animation and been commissioned as
a naval officer in the United States
navy.
A seventy-foot cypress flagstaff is
being. prepared by Sheriff Ballard OF
Amite and in the course of a few days
Lhe flag will be raised at a patriotic
meeting on the courthouse square.
Prominent men of Tangipahoa parish |
will take part in the exercises.
About four hundred men are nov |
engaged at work for the Union Bridge |
and Construction Company which is
10 build government ships at Morgan i
City. "A double shift is being used to
get the ways in readiness.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

v,.,s nee crop will make a record
my. ~. nom all accounts, as it did not
me-. uom the drouth. Lafayette far.
fiEaiion. W ueep wells Tor ir-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

has s,,..sra vernon Parish School Board
session 'se,ed rs teachers for the coming
time ana sae sa board win pay cash this
,dnsss' ~ s,,oI nope to be free from indebt.
nssA .s.,'''. sssl. Finley stanly is showing
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-11

i ssn Y cotton plant around LAFAYETTE
fickin, ,sneed ~, and well fruited.
niar s ss..a WIN begin soon and the gin.
gust %. " open about Au-
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-10-12

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Of tho Capitol has been effectually
removed"
John Cotton Smith, a member Of
the first Congress to convene in Wash
ington-the second session Of the Sixth
Congress-wrote:
Instead Of recognizing the avenues and
streets portrayed on the plan Of the city. not
one was visible, unless we except road, with
two buildings on each side Of it. called the
as laid down on paper. from the Capitol to the
Presidential mansion. was then nearly the whole
distance deep morass, covered with alder
bushes. which were cut through the width Of
winter.
The Rambler believes that he has OBJ
tanned some interesting matte by look
vania avenue at the time Of the in
corporation OF Washington city in 1902.
In the square on the north side of the
Avenue. between 1st and I'd streets
the eaSternrnost two lots were owned
by Daniel Carroll of Duddington,
the next lot to the west was in the
name of Jones and Kain, and the lot
at the I'd street end of the square
was in the joint ownership of John
On that lot were three small structures
assessed at s120. $500 and $500. These were
the only buildings on the square.
The land was assessed at 10 cents a
square foot. All the land back of the
Avenue front of the square was owned
by Carroll and Law. The square on
the north side from I'd to Sd was a
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GuarGmg Innportamt Mines and Waterways of the Nation

In addition, the state collects l or
cents a ton on all of the ore taken out
of the mines which it does not own, and
there also are local town, county and
school district taxes upon these same
ore properties. An official of one OF
the largest companies tells me that his
taxes are equal to about rs cents ton
on all the ore he takes out. The mines
pay annual taxes also upon all the ore
in sight-that is. upon all the ore that is
known to exist in the earth. The as
sessed valuation OF the various mining
properties is more than 270.000,0 ,000 and
the tax upon this brings a big revenue.
There is tax also on the transportation
OF the ore which amounts to something
like a million dollars year. Indeed, the
iron mines of Minnesota pay one-fifth OF
all the real estate taxes of the common
wealth. The money is collected without
trouble and it makes Minnesota compare
lively rich. 1t furnishes an example
to the other states of what they have
lost or lose by not holding on to large
part of the mineral rights within their
boundaries.
AS it is. the bulk OF the ore now in
the ground belongs to parties outside the
state The most of it is owned by the
United States Steel Corporation, whose
branch. the Oliver Iron Mining Com
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through the iron regions Of Lake Su-
pertor over roads as smooth as a floor.
and that, Notwithstanding. they go up
hill and down all the way. The waste ore
furnishes much of the material for max
ing the roads. This is smooth and hard
in fine weather, but it takes on paint
like film when it rains. The permanent
roads have a surface of gravel or ma
cadam, and they are now talking of a
concrete driveway eighty miles long.
from Hibbing to Duluth. There is one
county. st. Louis. which spends s6o0.ooo
a year upon its public highways, and
the town Of Hibbing has appropriated
$17s,000 for road improvement These
public roads make the whole iron range
one community. Automobiles are COM
mon and the people think nothing of go
ing back and forth twenty or thirty
miles to dance or civic meeting.
AS to the towns. the streets are well
paved. and lighted with big electric
group lights on bronze posts. In fact, it
is so bright at night that the chickens
cannot sleep. A man in Hibbing re-
Gently tried to raise hens. but the light
was so brilliant that he had to shut
them up in a dark room as soon as the
lights went on. to get them to lay in the
day time.
Most Of the towns have public IL
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streak plays out At its best 1t is made
up Of huts and shacks. and at the END
II soon falls into ruins. This iron ore
industry will last for generatlons' anu
the miners have built homes as though
they expected to stay. Every famiiy
has its own house. and there are no
such things as blocks and barracks.
The buildings are substantial. Many
Of them are of brick and stone. They
have fine lawns and gardens. and archi-
tecturally the towns are as good as
any of their size in the country.
This is especially SO of the schools
and other public buildings. Every iit,
tie town has it's high school and graded
schools. built of brick and OF artistic ei
houses have swimming pools All have
large Fairgrounds. and not few have
gymnasiums. The teachers are better
paid than those in cities of six times
the population. and the educational
in the east. There Is a school at Au-
rora which has battery OF sewing ma
chimes and a range of kttchenettes 1t
has carpenter and metai-working shops. ops
and a gymnasium with shower baths
adjacent. 1t has also a theater. an
athletic field and ten-acre patch for
school gardens.
BILE wainscoting, and their fixtures are
nickel-plated. At Hibbing they exam
Inc the children as to eyesight and
hearing and insist that their teeth be
kept in the best Of condition. 1t Is the
same In Virginia, which is a town of
$4,000 population. and also in the
smaller municipalities of the range.
have never travelled through a min
ing country which has roads SO good as
This whole section has been cut up by
highways, many Of which are macadam-
ized and covered with oil dressing. You
can ride for hundreds Of miles
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tho south side between 9th and 7th
had two buildings on 1t. The lot at
the 9Th street end contained $4,000
square feet, was valued at 12 cents q
foot and had been divided into five
parcels. owned by William Lowell. Rob-
ert Underwood, DR.. John Willis. George
Blount and George Andrews. On
Lovell's part, next to 9Th street, was a
building assessed at $4,000.
=
A lot near the middle Of tho block
was in tho name of David Burnes'
heirs. and the lot west Of that was
owned by Hugh Summerville. and on it
stood a structure assessed at $4OO The
next lot to the west was owned by
Jacob Snider. Christian Plant and
Joseph Blount, and the 7th street end
Of the block was owned by Cruik-
shanks and Thompson. improved by a
building which. II the Rambler Is not
belonged on his notes. was assessed at
$1,000. the most important building on
the Avenue, except Lovelrs Hotel, on
the north side of the Avenue between
14th and 18th streets, which was as
sessed also at $1,000. In the square
on the north side of the Avenue be-
tween 9th and 10th streets no build
sessed at 12 cents foot and the lots
were owned by Thomas Law. William
Dorsey and David Burnes' heirs On
the south side. between 9th and 10th.
there were three structures. evidently
small frame houses, near the 10th
street end of the square. The land.
like that on the north side. was as
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recruits for the Army. It has taken
more than its quota of liberty bonds.
and has subscribed literally to the Red
Cross The companies have given the
lands and ploughed them for their
people, and both women and men have
been cultivating gardens to increase
the food supply.
The spirit Of the country is demo-
cratic The people vote their own i'm
provements. and although considerable
welfare work is done by the mining
companies the revenues Of the towns
are such that they are practically in
dependent.
Notwithstanding its percentage of
foreigners, this mining region Is per-
haps the most advanced in sanitary
and civic conditions of all the mining
regions of the United States, I have
visited the copper mines. gold and sill
yer mines. cal mines and other min
eral territory in different parts Of the
world, but nowhere have l found
people SO well to do as here. The or
dinary gold mining region plays out
within a few years. 1t springs up in q
night and dies as soon as the pay
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Damascus was the headquarters OF
the 5th Corps of the Turkish army. Il
was assumed that in the case of revolt
of the Arab tribes the government
means of quick reinforcement for tho
troops scattered along the desert. It
might have been able to do this in Or
binary times, but it Is clear that no
considerable force can have been sent
southwark during the last few months,
or else the Arab revolt is far more for
midable both as to numbers and as to
military power than has been assumed
by the entente allies themselves.
Whatever the military situation may
be. the new kingdom of Mecca 10 q
geogra phical as we'll as a political fact.
The Mohammedan world may not &C.
cept the sheriff of Mecca as the legiti.
mate head Of the faith, but 1T viii; take
ment at Constantinople Is no longer in
control of the twin holy cities of Mecca;
and Medina, and that the Arabs have
king of their own.
Jerusalem delivered is not yet q
closed chapter of Turkish power In the
Holy Land. At one time there res11d
to be more German than Turkish troops
in Palestine to resist the allies and con-
siderable military skill has been shown
in defending it. This is attributed to
though the Turks have shown them.
selves good fighters. The allies. how
ever. control the coast They have
been able to land several military.
expeditions. When they can spare more
troops. further expeditions will be
landed.
Jerusalem's fall may not be near &C
hand. but by military observers it 10
considered certain to fall. The Young
Turks government then will have lost
all control in the Holy Land. and itB
leaders again may ask what II has
prohted them to make Turkey an ally
of Germany. while others are asking if
the time has not como for Turkey to
make . separate peace. -
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public reservation and had not been
divided into lots. The square on the
north side between Sd and ~ streets
was also a public reservation. and 1t
was good many years before indi-
vidual lot-holders were to be found
there. In the square on the north side
between AZ and 9Th streets. no build
ing from An street the lots were
owned by James Hoban, David Burnes'
heirs. John Kennedy and William Dor
sey. On the square on the north side
of the Avenue between 9Th and 7th
streets several small buildings had
appeared. The lot at the 9Th street
end had been divided, William Duane
owning the east half and William
Woodward the west half. On Duane's
s1.500 and on Woodward's lot was a
building assessed at $4,000. The next
lot Qot p was owned by Thomas Law.
the next by William H. Dorsey and the
next lot. in the name of Huddleston
and Cook, was improved by g. building
assessed at $1,000. The lot at the 7th
street end of the block had been di-
vided into three parts. owned by
Nicholas Sporrer, Samuel Stettinius
ments were assessed at $500, Stettinius'
at $1,000 and Christy's at 5000.
~
On the south side of tho Avenue
from 1st to 9Th the squares were un-
subdivided and unbuilt on. That from
1st to Sd streets had no special desig-
nation. that from Sd to Az was RES
ervation AZ and that from " to 9th
was Reservation B." The square on
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Europe. This is. the sentiment that generally
the states-the appearance everywhere of a
vast outline with much to ell up
In 1895 traveller, Isaac Weld. vis-
tied the new Territory Of Columbia, or
the new federal district, and soon aft
erward published. in London. book
entitled Travels Through the States
of North America He said that ''It
may be taken for granted. in the first
place. that the whole of the country
bordering upon the Patowmac river.
and upon those rivers which fall into
it, will trade with the city Of Wash
ington."
There was published at London in
1856 journal kept by Francis Baily.
at one time president of the Royal AS
Economical Society. The title OF 1t was
journal of Tour in Unsettled Parts
of North America in 1896 and 1897"
Four pages of this journal treat of the
District of Columbia. He wrote:
The truth is that not much more than one
half the city is cleared-the rest is in woods
and most Of the streets which are laid out are
cut through these woods and hare much
have when they shall be built: for now they ap-
pear like broad avenues in a park. bounded on
many Of them, and proceeding in so many vari-
directions. they have certain wild. yet uni
form and regular appearance which they will
lose when confined each side by brick walls
The canal and the gardens, as we'll as the bridges
which you see marked down In the plan are not
yet begun: they still in the same state of
marked out. In fact, II 1t were not for the
Presidents house and the Capitol -. you would ak
tended for the metropolis Of the United State-.
John Davis. an Englishman. writing
of his travels in North America in 1898,
devoted many pages to his several
visits to the Territory of Columb bia,
and he says that "a road is making
from the Capitol to Georgetown and
another on the New Jersey avenue. be-
tween the Capitol and the Eastern
branch; in effecting the last object the
declivity Of the abrupt hill to the south
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blow to British prestige among the
Mohammedans.
This prestige was regained and q
tremendous military advantage secured
under command of Gen. Frederick
Stanley Maude. inflicted sweeping de-
feats on the Teutonic and Turkish
forces and occupied Bagdad. Since then
they have continued to extend their op-
erations. until virtually all of Meso-
potamia is in their control. No likelt-
hood now exists that a Teutonic-Turk-
ish force Will be able to regain Bag
dad. Mesopotamia, whatever its future
NAV be- Is lost to Turkey an IN
tegral part of the Turkish empire. The
alliance with Germany has resulted In
depriving the Young Turks Of some
thing which they were in no danger OF
losing had they remained neutral.
Nor is it understood that the Turks
have been able to regain all the terri
tory they lost to the Russians when
the Grand Duke Nicholas crossed the
Caucasus and occupied the territory on
tending up through Armenia to the
Black sea.
1t IS all guesswork what might have
happened had not the czar deprived
the grand duke of his command on the
western front and sent him into what
was intended to be exile. This intend
ed exile gave the grand duke another
military opportunity. but after the
Russian troops seemed ukeiy TO occupy
the whole of Armenia and Turkeys
Black sea territory Germany's influ-
ence at Petrograd again curbed his ac-
tivities Then came the revolution and
its paralysis of the Russian military
operations in the transCaucasus re-
gion, as well as on the western front,
but not all this territory has been re-
gained by the Turks.
A loss to the Turkish government
fully as great as that of Mesopotamia
and Bagdad is that of the holy city of
Mecca and the section Of country ad-
Joining the Red sea, which comprises
the Arabian desert. The revolt, orig