The Madison journal., 1919-04-26

! P"HNo vi the enIlre country consider
able trouble during the last few
months was one of the important sub
Jects brought up at the twenty-sixth
annual convention Of the Information
al Association of Chiefs Of Police
which met in New Orleans.
The Gunnery School buildings al
Big Lake. eighteen miles south OF
Lake Charles and near the Cameron
parish line, have been sold. Twenty
hve acres of land bordering the lake
Will be purchased and used for the
annual summer encampments of the
Louisiana Baptist Young Peoples
Union.
AT a meeting of Iberville parish
1 police jury a motion was submitted
for special election in the Seconc
Sixth and Eighth wards of the parish
for the purpose of voting a road tax
/ for the maintenance of the existing
gravel roads and the construction OF
other sections badly needed
Expressions of high satisfaction
over the terms of the Victory Liberty
Loan by New Orleans bankers and
loan committeeman and the an
nouncement that series OF decora-
tive pylons. blazoned with the names
OF New Orleans war dead would b,
erected along Canal street is the re-
port from New Orleans.
Bids have been asked for improve
ment Of levees near the Louisiana
line as follows: Boggy Bayou to Luc-
ca landing. tincluding Opossum Fork
Dike). Desha county. Arkansas: river.
side enlargement; approximate con-
tents, 100000 cubic yards; deposit
required 81 500: bonds required, equal
TO estimated cost
kducafion as a military safeguard
was one OF the arguments for the pas
sage of the Smith-Towner approprfa-
ton bill advanced by Philander p.
Claxton, United States commissioner
OF education. in an address before |
the Public School Alliance at New
Orleans.
Bids were opened in the Office on
the State Highway Department for
construction of the New Orleans-Chef
Menteur highway. Action was de-
ferred because the lower bid was
above the estimate made by the state
and federal engineers
The hve East Florida parishes
ST. Helena, Livingston.
ST. Tammany and Washington. which
have organized a woods fire control
association. are Just launching a big
campaign. adopting the
Riches, not Ashes"
Dennis Moore. chief clerk in the
district clerks Office at Oberlin since
the creation of the parish. has resign
ed and entered the race against his
brother, p. E. Moore, for clerk of the
court.
CONGRESSMAN Riley ]. Wilson of
he Fifth District, in Monroe on A
short vacation. sharply raped poll. |
ics' In the Senate in discussing ma
ional affairs.
The Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas {
ice crop will be sold in about forty
lays, F. A. Eignus predicted upon S
us return from two weeks in Wash I
ngton and New York. He is chair.
nan OF the Louisiana rice committee I
f the Food Administration. I
One OF the most enthusiastic
rowds assembled in Minden in years
rowded every foot of available
pace in the First Methodist Church
} listen to Congressman ]. Y. Sand
rs speak on national prohibition AMI
lie League of Nations. c
The retail merchants bureau Of the "
hamber Of Commerce have arrang. u
to hold big trades day at Alex. .
ldria on May 5. The secretary was u
structed to notify all merchants and II
quest their cooperation in making u
e plan a success.
First details Of the plan for provii-
g medical treatment for discharged IL
lciers and sailors at public health -
'spitals were given out for the first :"
ne recently. One Of the army hos Ut
tails, which has been taken over. a'
Senator Joseph Ransdeli and Com
ssioner NJ. L. Alexander of the
ate Department of Conservation.
e now touring the waters adjacent cu
the Gulf OF Mexico inspecting the '
hing industry. V
Six New Orleans lodges will Join in =,
p iOifialinu nf a ~r,r, - ,1rn.v