Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-04-25

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/ for a special election i'm 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 Liber'v
Loan by New Orleans bankers and
/ loan committeeman and the an
nouncement that series Of derora-
/ 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: Doggy Bayou to Luz
ca landing. INCLUDING Opossum Fork
Dike), Desha county. Arkansas; river
side enlargement; approximate con-
tents. 1000 600 cubic yards: deposit
required 50 500: bonds required. equal
10 estimated cost.
Education as a military safeguard
was one Of the arguments for the pas
sage of the Smith-Towner apnropria-
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 %
the State Highway Department for
construction of the New Orleans-Chef
Menteur highway. Action was de-
farred because the lower hid was
above the estimate made by the state
and federal engineers.
4 The five East Florida parishes
! Tareipahoa. ST. Helena. Livingston.
St. Tanfmany and Washington. which
have organized woods Are control
association. are just launching a big
membership campaign. adopting the
watchword 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 Rilev ]. Wilson Of
the Fifth District. in Monroe on a
short vacation. sharply raped poll
tics" in the Senate in discussing ma
ticnal affairs.
The Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas
rice crop will be sold in about forty
! days. T. A. Eignus predicted upon
his return from two weeks m Wash
ington and New York He is chair.
man of the Louisiana rice committee
of the Food Administration.
crowds assembled in Minden in years
crowded every foot Of available
space in the First Methodist Church
to listen to Congressman ]. " Sand
ers speak on national prohibition and
the League of Nations.
The retail merchants bureau OF the
Chamber of Commerce have arrang-
/ I'D to hold big trades day at Alex
andria on May 5. The secretary was
( instructed to notify all merchants and
request their cooperation in making
the plan a success.
First details OF the plan for provid-
/ ing medical treatment for discharged
soldiers and sailors at public health
hospitals were given out for the first
I time recently. One Of the army hos
pitfalls, which has been taken over.
Senator Joseph Ransdeli and Com
missioner M. L. Alexander of the
State Department of Conservation.
are now touring the waters adjacent
tn the Gulf Of Mexico inspecting the
/ fishing industry.
J Six New Orleans lodges will join in
the initiation of class of several
hundred candidates in the third de
7 gree of Odd Fellowship May II.
Another bank is being organized ar
( Franklinton.
The district presbytery held its an
nual session at Lake Charles. The al
tendance this year was not large. bat
the meeting was pleasant and sue
, cessful
Two district meetings of Louisiana
home demonstration agents will be
/ held during the spring. announces
Miss Alice s. Hickman, state agent
Albert c. Bacon, Of Baton Rouge.
has been awarded the croix de suerrs
with the palm