The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-09

ested, as he considers this nothing
more than his duty in these times of
trouble and stress. The supply OF
material is practically inexhaustible
in the lowlands all over the state and
can be obtained at small expense.
The evident indifference-on the part
of some live stock owners throughout
Louisiana toward. the advantages Of
fered by the earnest efforts of the
Louisiana State Live Stock Sanitary
Board to help them is causing the
board to become somewhat discourag-
ed, says DIR. E. p. Flower Of Baton
Rouge, executive officer and secretary
Of the board. In several instances
lately the board learned that carcasses
of animals that had died Of infection
were left in the sun from early morn
ing until late in the afternoon before
being disposed Of. The board mas
tried to convince the live stock owners
that the carcass Of the charbon-infect-
ed animal is the chief source of in
fection, and that there is very grave
danger to the livestock of the state in
permitting such a carcass to lie out.
unburned and unburied, through a
long hot day. The board, says DR..
Flower. will prosecute these violators
OF the law in the courts.
Tho 1actr,,nfion Of dinninr 70 ",
Ouachita parish by a lawless and ig-
norant element in several sections
lately has been brought to the atten-
tion of Governor Pleasant, and be
has addressed letter to Sheriff T. A
Grant, of Monroe, directing him to ap-
prehend the guilty parties and prose
cute them according to law, and 20
afford all the protection possible TO
the watts.
II was decided at Abbeville to or
der an election for Tuesday, July 8,
throughout the parish to take
the sense of the property tax
payers on the proposition to issue
JULIUS W lut tuiOulll VI 2ON,VVO W 1ufiu
the floating debt, and levy a special
tax of one mil on the dollar for
period of ten years to pay the same.
tatoes by means of dry kilns formed
the subject of an interesting talk to
farmers around Hammond by t. III.
Holloway, an expert who Is touring
the state under the direction of the
executive committee of the State Food
Preparedness Commission, to outline
conservation of the. potato crops.
At a meeting OF the loan committee
Of the Louisiana National Bank, at
Baton Rouge, Joseph Gottlieb, the
banks president, was directed to pur-
chase 100000 worth of the Liberty
Loan bonds, in the name Of the bank.
When the treasury certificates were
issued last month, the bank subscrib-
ed to $4,000 worth Of these.
r. L. Sloan, of Mt. Lebanon, arriv-
ed at Colfax to be government demon
strator in Grant parish, vice r. II.
Benton, Jr., who has been appointed
beef cattle specialist in the State
University's extension service.
Bishop Laval Of New Orleans, ac-
companied by Father Cramer Of Lake
Charles and Father Borrel of Elton,
confirmed a class of eighty-four in
the Catholic Church at Oberlin.
The Prairie Farms Lands Company
sold during the past week, land south
of Lake Charles to the amount of $685.
329, to homeseekers from the North
west, who came down recently to look
over their holding.
Patriotic workers at Hammond were
busy last week tagging citizens. under
the auspices of the parish food con-
servation committee, to raise funds
to aid farmers in increasing their
food crops.
Prof. ]. M. Johnson of Cheneyville
has been selected by the local trus-
tees as principal Of the Colfax High
School in the place of Prof. ]. R. De
Moss, who has been in charge of the
Colfax school three years
The Tallieu Broom Company, OF
White Castle. has lately placed en-
the market broom made entirely of
palmetto leaves, which, owing to the
prohibitive price of broom-corn straw.
is bound to cause an immediate de-
mand for the new article.
A fund is being raised at Lake
Charles by public subscription to
send several Confederate veterans 10
the Washington reunion and the po-
lioe Jury at its next meeting win bs
asked to assist