The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-08

congressman W. p. Martin has IT,
lroduced a bill proposing that tla
ordnance Department supply Tbi5o-
dauX and other parish seats in rls
Third Congressional District each
one cannon for ornamental purposas
from the guns captured bv the Amer.
lean forces or from Guns delivered
IN accordance with the terms of the
aImiS:ice.
The spread Of bIackleg anon,
cattle throughout the state has in
creased and DR.. -. ?. Flower of the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
calls the attention of farmers to me
law against throwing out or car.
casses. Act 1914 Of the last session
OF the Legislature compels either the
cremation or deep burial or an ami
NAL carcasses.
Unusually large assemblies of both
members and visitors we're present
when the Senate and House OF Req
resentatives at Washington convened
to pay tribute to the memory OF the
late Robert F. Broussard of Lou;sie-
IA. Practically every member or the
Louisiana colony in Washington
was in the galleries.
With visions Of another FL Dorado
oil men and prospectors are fiockinc
to the new we'll in Claiborne parish.
three miles west of Homer. Promo
ters have bought rights on huge
grants OF land. Street scenes in Ho-
mer resemble those enacted in the
Klondike. Leases are being offered
everywhere and being taken at fabu-
lous prices.
The most important highway devel-
opment during 1919 will be the con-
struction of the remaining portion Of
the Jefferson Highway between New
Orleans and Shreveport. according %
George c. Merkel, manager of the
good roads bureau OF the New Or
leans Association of Commerce.
Plans for the reconstruction OF
good roads costing more than three
million dollars in East Baton Rouge
parish were announced By W. E. At
kinson, parish engineer. The plans
call for 345 miles of road. of which
II will be of cOr"ro+n construction.
Following a months illness from
Influenza and pneumonia. John Mar
shall, private secretary to Governor
Pleasant. died az New Orleans. The
body was sent from New Orleans TO
his old home, Lake Charles, where
funeral services were held.
Prominent educators and federal
officials will address the geseral an
nual meeting of the Louisiana Teach
ers' Association in New Orleans
April 10, II and II, If plans organiz-
ed by the executive committee are
carried out
Rates on gravel used in construct
ing roads in Ouachita parish are ex-
Drbitant and are causing an unneces-
Sary drain on the funds available for
hat purpose, according to Parish En- !
yineer r. p. Boyd.
Bernard Ie0ussell cabinet maker /
" st. Benedict, who owns consider /
Ible property in Belgium, has be- /
tCwad nearly all his possessions 2
here on soldier-relatives who were
wounded and permanently manned n
he var.
Returning soldiers and sailors
rom Ascension parish who may ex-
erience difficulty in obtaining en-
loyment have been invited 10 apply
D the local draft board.
Five ships, with a capacity Of o.
81 tons, have just been assigned
, the port of New orleans by the
'nited Shipping Boards division Of
perations.
Many OF the St Landry boys who
ave been in the army, some OF whom
ave been overseas. are being dis
larged and are returning home on
very train.
Immediate action - requested By
le Council OF Defense in order that .
le local or community councils may
2 placed upon a permanent basis.
DemobilizatiOn 1T Gerstner Field is
Oou. completed. Until the govern
ent makes some other arrange
ents 300 men and betweeen fifteen ,
I'D twenty officers will remain at !,
'e field to guard and care for gov !.
'nment property. .
1t is announced that the two old
I banks in Opelousas ana parish.
e st. Landry State and the Peoples
ate, will consolidate about March
under the title Of The st. Landry
INK and Trust Company" e