The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-04

in memory of the late L. Caspari, pop
ularlv known as the father of the Nor.
NAL School, A note of appreciation
has been received by President V. L.
Roy from Sam Caspari, a son of the
deceased senator.
The Cosner-Ziegler plantation OF g.
800 acres on Choupique bayou has
been sold to Fred G.. Lock of Lake
Charles for $ST.500, the contract Of
sale including transfer to Mr. Lock
of all cattle, crops. implements, etc.
on the place. The rice crop now grow,
ing aggregates / 900 acres.
Word from Fort Logan II. Roots is
that all Lake Charles men now In
training there for commissions in the
reserve corps of the army have sue.
cessfully passed the final physical eX-
aminations now being given and that
the other examinations will soon
come.
On account of the resignation Of E.
c. Peters, who has been in charge OF
the department Of rural education at
the Normal School at Natchitoches,
it has been decided to call off the far
mers boys and girls short course.
which was to have been held during
the week beginning on the first Mon
day of August.
Mrs. f. Richardson Of Hammond
has been appointed chairman of the
special local Red Cross committee
which has been formed for the pur-
pose OF answering the call for sup
plies of special garments needed fcr
hospital use at the front
The contract has been let for the
erection of new Presbyterian
Church edifice at Lake Charles, the
contract price being s25,106, the
building to be Of brick and located On
the site of the present frame church
at Broad and Ford streets.
The Iota Rice Company. with many
modern improvements and increased
capacity, will be ready for active ope
rations in August, and several buyers
for the mill will enter the market
early to purchase supplies for the
coming season.
The drouth has been effectively
broken by copious showers in the
last few days around Iota, and the
prospect is excellent now for plenty
Of water in the bayous to drive out
salt water and finish irrigating the
late rice crops.
Tangipahoa crops generally are in q
flourishing condition. The late corr
promises a banner yield. Sweet po
tato vines are still being planted out
extensively, and while this crop will
be late the yield will be the heaviest
in many years.
L. A. Williams, Henri L. Gueydan
George Hathaway and DR.. A. c. Viii
kins of Crowley we're appointed a
committee to consult and advise with
the United States engineers ordered
out for a re-survey of the Mermentau
river.
The negro, 10 Burr, who fell into 4
we'll thirty feet deep few days age
at Iota, and whose spine was fractur'
ed and lower limbs paralyzed. has
been sent to the Charity Hospital in
New Orleans for treatment.
The parish food conservation agent
Miss Virginia Dormon of Natchl'
toches announces that notwithstand.
ing the drouth, quantities of vege-
tables and fruit have been canned in
Natchitoches parish.
A series of revival services will be
held at the Methodist Church at
Donaldsonville. beginning on the
fourth Sunday in August. Rev. ]. 7.
Noteworthy of Jackson, Miss, will be
in charge.
Another deep test has been started
in the Jennings oil field the well being
known as Westside No. l. 1t is locat-
ed in the extreme southwestern sec
tion of the field, about quarter of a
mile from production on the Lekelt
tract.
The patrons of Guedan and Able
vile High Schools have petitioned
the Parish School Board for a special
election to vote a tax to enable them
to run these schools for full term
OF nine months.