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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19
Respectfully submitted,
JEFF B. SNYDER,
Z. f. YOUNG.

On motion of Commissioner Gold
man. seconded by Commissioner Bon
ey., the report of the above committee
was accepted and the claim therein of
M. S. Beltzhcover and Britton d
Kontz Bank for refund of S376. II,
for taxes collected ard paid Board by
error, was ordered paid.
Resolutions fixing the levee tax of
the District, advalOrem, produce and
acreage, for the year 1919, were TAX
en- up and adopted as follows:
provided in the instructions hereto
fore given them.
Be it further Resolved, that a To-
cal assessment or forced contribution
for the year 1919 of fifty 500 cent;
per bale for bales of cotton presses
by the Lowery press, or other ROUND
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

ST u. II. ISIHDSll, lle OeCTeldEY was
instructed to forward a copy of these
resolutions to The State Auditor. and
to the Assessors and Tax Collectors
OF the several parishes comprising
he District.
Inc following resolution was Of
fered b. Comr 3. f. Yourg and sec
onded by Comr. ]. II. Lambdin, and
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That pursuant to Act
No. "A of 1889 and Act No. . Of
1902, a local assessment or forced
contribution for the year CT 1919 OF
One % Dollar per bale for bales of
cotton of the gross weight OF 528
pounds, is hereby levied upon each,
and every bale Of cotton OF the crop
of 1919 produced within the limits
of the Fifth Louisiana Levee District
upon lands subject to taxation, and
the Tax Collectors of the several par-
ishes comprising the said District are
hereby ordered to proceed with the
collection Of same. and in the manner
On motion of Comr. Schneider, seq
onded by Comr. Young, the claim of
Mrs. 7. s. Sitton for rental of q
certain lot in the town of Providence
used by the u. S. Government En-
glneers entire time same was and has
been used of will have been used and
so occupied be allowed the sum of
$4,000, and the president was au-
thorized to draw warrant for said
amount.
On motion of Comr. Schneider, sec
onded by Comr. Young. the claim of
Mrs. d. F. Peck for rental of a GER
tam lot in the town of Providence.
used by the U. S. Government Gov
eminent Engineers, be allowed to the
extent Of $500 for all time oceu-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19
STATE TAX SALES OF ,
MOVABLE PROPERTY

State o. Louisiana Ver5rs DciiET 'en'
Tax Dcbsors, Madison P@1isa' lou
:5anS.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-19

irc was taken up and disposed oil as
follows: ..;.. o,,d
Reading Of all communications anG
rn9ort Of committees taken up anu
di-posed of as follows, 49,, ,o,o
a. 49, April 9th, 1919.
To the Hon. President and Members
BOARD Of Commissioners. Filth La.
Ievee District. .,.
vour Committee, appointed to eN-
or,ire the rolls and ascertain the
amount of taxes paid by Mr.. Nj. =.
PeltZhoover and Britton & kontz
Sank during the years 1914, 1919,
and 1916. upon lands which d!d not
belong to them, and which was dually
assessed. beg to report as follows:
That for each o. Tho years l9lA ~
and 1916. NJ. S. Beethoven and Brit
ton & Kontz Bank were assessed with
3.4O6.20 acres Of land, which III tLu a
ard in fact the correct assessment OF
said NJ. s. Beethoven and Brittoh
a Kontz Bank for said years was
2,538.45 acres, and the taxes raid
YOUR Board by the said NJ. 5. Beitz-
hoover and Britton & KontZ Bank
during said years on lands erroneous
| " assessed to them, and which wa.
duaIly assessed, amounted to Sl25.5 81
for each of said years, or total OF
S276 II
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
NO PAPER TOMORROW

Taking advantage of the inter. rupted cable service and the fac: that Congress probably will not be in session tomorrow, the News will join with the Alaskan Engineering Commission and numerous business houses of the town in the observ- ance of Memorial Day. which prom ises this year to be more generally observed throughout the United States than ever before in the his tory of the nation.
 Perhaps by Saturday, when the next issue of the News will appear, repairs 10 the cable will have been completed, and normal communica- ton with the Outside restored.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
BOOMING MEXICO

Those who speculate upon the re- adjustment of industrial conditions and the reabsorption of the soldiers into civil life are wont to reflect that after the civil war the soldiers were readily readapted to working conditions
 They do not consider, however, points out the Chicago Tribune, that after the civil war there were thous- ands of acres of open land, fit for immediate tilling and homemaking. And they fail to see that the coun- try is now prettt well occupied, at least to the exclusion of boundless opportunities such as offered in 1866.
 Another thing, says the Chicago paper. we are hearing good many complaints from the soldiers abroad in effect that they consider them selves sighted in some degcee in that prohibition has been n1ada effective in their absence IL fol- lows that at least two things will excite their mental processes-the desire for employment and some inquiry into what has happened to their one time personl freedom of action.
 Mexico is a broad and fruitfu U! country, filled with opportunities for making money easily, offering a most salubrious climate and, by some stretch of figure, only a stone throw from the old homestead. l. requires only that Mexico effect some sort of stability so that mans labor and his investments find reas- enable protection and there appears forthwith an alluring prospect fer the vigorous youth of the pioneer type of mind.
 Once more: we need hardly dwell upon the statement that Mexico has not gone dry and is not likely to go dry-unless, of course, it should by some unlocked for cooperation of prohibitionists and Monroe doc. trinists, yield to such American in fluences as might penetrate and stabilize the country and also erase the present frontier Thus Mexico offers to the pioneering youth the measure of liberty he seeks vainly in the United States.
 If Mexico could be stable it is conceivable that emigration nigh offer advantages to those who con sider themselves in need of labol and liberty.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
EUROPEAN AIR PLANS

Elaborate plans for international air services are now being worked out by the French government and it is probable that some of them will be inaugurated soon after the peace conference has finished worl. and promulgated its decisions for the control of aviation In addition France will establish air routes which will be entirely within her own boundaries and therefore under her control alone.
 One of the most pretentious schemes is that for service which will run London-Paris-Marse Rome Naples Brindise- Constantin- ople, Another line will be estab- lished between Paris and Morocco,
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29

much maligned ration of bully beef proved to be acceptable also.
 "Bartering was the order of the day al all stations A slice of bread would obtain three shines, fill a large water jar or attract a carriage of supplies During our last after noon in Dedegatch, on the Aegean Sea. we had the use of horse and wagon all afternoon, in order to return borrowed furniture. for the payment of one tin of bully beef
 "The fame of American Red Cross relief stations spread through out Bulgaria to such an extent that other Red Cross workers and Brit ish and French officers, including two Fench generals, sought us out in passing to secure a canteen of hot tea or to replenish depleted rations''
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
RED CROSS WORK
 HAS AMUSING SIDE

SALONIkA.-Some of the more amusing human interest" incidents of the activities of the American Red Gross nurses and field workers during the repatriation of Greeks deported into Bulgaria during the war are related by Lieutenant A. S. Bedell, in charge of the American Red Cross relief stations in Mace donia and Bulgaria. "
 '.We came into Bulgaria on a German freight car,"" says Lieuten- ant Bedell in his report This Red Cross car was the first car of the first train that ran from Serres to Salonika after the armistice and it was with the Red Cross from the time we entered Bulgaria until we returned to Greece.
 "On the trip out of Bulgaria we had one iron bed and two camp cots. One Red Cross man slept on a crate i of biscuit tins, the bed being de- mountable to furnish five chairs by day. The Red Cross man turned over frequently in the night, bring ing discord from the tins, but de- spite our protests at his noisy mode of sleeping, he declared he had a 'rattling good bed
 i 'Firewood was obtainable along the route and we were able to use our woodstove after cutting a hoic in the side of the car for the stove pipe. Liquid food proved our only difficulty. It was impossible to boil even half an inch of water on the stove when the car was in motion. We had real American coffee grinder. The coffee beans were put in clean sock and one of the men to the the tune of Yankee Doodle would crush the beans with hammer.
 When chicken was wanted for dinner one of the party would go out with a half cup of sugar in hand, wander about the village until he saw likely chicken, which he would thereupon seize. The native woman who made the most outcry was presumed to be the owner and usually was glad to accept the half cup of sugar in exchange. Our
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
Department of the Interior Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE

Passengers leaving on the train for any point on the line south of town are required to purchase tickets before entering the train.
 Tickets can be purchased from the station agent, whose office is in the employment office, on the ground floor of the general office building, Alaskan Engineering com mission.
 Tickets will be on sale at any time during office hours, and can be purchased in sufficient time be- fore the departure of the trains.
 Regular trains leave the foot of A street on Wednesdays and Satur- days at a. m.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29

and Paris and Madrid probably will be linked up.
 There are at present two services out of Paris, one to London and the other to Lille and Brussels. The former is at the moment for mill tary business only, but plans have been laid for a service that will benefit the general public. So far there is no intention to make this 8 passenger service but the feasi- bility IS being discussed of sending telegrams and special delivery let ters between the two capitals by air It takes only about three hours for the trip so that a telegram could be delivered quicker in this man ner than by wire. IL is probable that charge of perhaps three francs would be made for the carry ing of letters.
 The line between Paris and Brus- sels is for passengers and an air plane is making one trip a week each way, The fare is about three hundred francs. This service is private enterprise run by one Of .he big airplane firms, although Il is government controlled.
 Two other firms are about to start similar services with the per mission of the government In view of this it is probable that no regu- lar government service will be es- tablished, although of course, mili- tary airplanes are carrying supplies and despatches to the front daily. The time required to fly to Brus- sels from Paris is about two hours and a half.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
FORMER CHAMP
 MI|RES WITH
 SNUG FORTUNE

SAN FRANC1SCO-The personal friends of Willie Ritchie, former lightweight boxing champion of the world, believe he will abide by his announced intention of retiring from the ring for all time With his final bow to pugilism, the curtain will come down on a fighter wno was considered one of the gamest that the ring has known.
 There are many who have watch ed the ring career of Ritchia who deem him in a class with Battling Nelson in the matter of standir 2 up to, and taking punishment with out whimper. His last battle with Bennie Leonard. when he continued fighting while reeling from the ef, fleets of the champions blows, more than made good the claims cf game ness made for him.
 4 notable instance of Ritchie' : gameness was displayed in hls cham pionship fight against Jce Rivers in this city on July i, 1915. when the latter made an attempt to take the title from the then champion. For the first five or six rounds Rivers outfought and outboxed Ritchie to such an extent that the crowd was looking to see PItchie take the final count at any momes,-. Ritchie continued to fight back un- der merciless punishment and finally succeeded in landing a couple of stiff punches that slowed up Rivers. The tide then suddenly turned and in the eleventh round Rivers was prostrate
 Ritchie is comfortably fixed n the matter of worldly goods. Be sides a handsome cash balance in the bank, he owns couple of apart ment houses here which return hun a good income. He never has dis sipated and does not rse tobacco in any form. His one frivolity. which has been the cause of muct good-natured banter on the part of his friends, has been his fondness for dancing, which he indulges in whenever the opportunity occurs
 Prior to becoming champion, Ritchie worked in a garage and is an expert meehanician. H. con- sidered at one time going into the automobile business and it would not be surprise if, eventually. he entered into this line of work.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
BROTHER BUTTON
 REFUSES REWARD FOR
 WORK AMONG LEPERS

HONOLULU. - Brother Joseph Dutton, who succeeded Father Dam fen, the martyr, at the leper settle ment on Molokai, has refused to ac- cept a pension from the territory and a bill in the legislature to give him $50 a month for life has been tabled at his request. Brother Dutton said he was in good health and wanted no reward for his work among the lepers He has not been off the island of Molokai for B years and has contributed s10,000 of his own money for relief work.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29

FUR SALE-Team of young horses, weight about thirty hundred. Guaranteed to work single or double, wheelers or leaders, and perfectly gentle. Vachon, Tolo- vana. k21
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29

Tests by Swiss city of the rela- tive efficiency of arc and metallic filament incandescent lamps for street lighting were decided in favor of the latter, chiefly because more agreeable to the eyes.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29

FOR SALE-Settee with cushions; i; large round table top, 6 it. in diameter, and doors. Apply Casey's Warehouse.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
CRIPPLED PIANIST
 GIVES A RECITAL

LOS ANGELES.-Arthur F. Full Ter, who has been so crippled for nineteen years that he must lie on his back, gave a piano recital here recently before large audience.
 Mr. Fuller, whose bodily ailments keep him close at home and to whom travelling is an impossibility, de- clares the inspiration of music gives him physical strength to play a re- cital. which he gives while lying at full length before the instru- ment.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
WANT ADS

FOR SALE-Household furniture,
 dining room set, White sewing
 machine, bedstead, etc. Apply Mrs. Leroy Mover, Second and B.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-29
BLOND ESK|MOS ID BE PROTECTED BY GOVERNMENT

FORT YUkON-"Blond Eskimos" discovered by Nilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer, in the far northern Arctic, will be left in their uncivilized aboriginal state, according to Leo Witrenburg, a trader and whaler who stopped on his .'mush" from the Arctic ocean to the States.
 The Canadian government, Mir. Wittenberg said, has forbidden all white people from the outside world to trade, trap or even visit in the section of Victoria Land, where the strange white race lives. Even mis- sionaries cannot go into the country, he asserted.
 Canada's orders are being en- forced by the constables of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police from the police station at Herschel Island. an Arctic post at the mouth of the Mackenzie river.
 " "ilteLperS sdlu ne went among the blond Eskimos'' a year after Stefansson's discovery and estab- lished a post, where he engaged in trading, whaling and trapping. He remained there, he asserted, until Canadian authorities requested him to leave.
 Wittenberg's description of the strang race coincides with that given by Stefansson. They have blue eyes, light hair and European fea- lures in general, he said. Authori- ties believe the tribe descended from early Greenlanders.
 Reports brought out of the North about year ago by W. J Bower, one of Stefansson's companions, said the "blond eskimos" used bows and arrows, dressed in skins, used Hints for making fires and knew absolutely nothing of the great outside world lying far to the south.
 Tests by a Swiss city of the rela- tive efficiency of arc and metallic filament incandescent lamps for street lighting were decided in favor oF the latter chiefly hararSa r,ara
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Essex Sets New
Worlds Record
Endurance Mark
In Fifty Hours Of Running
More Than $500 Miles,
at a Mile a Minute
Clip, Was Accomplished

An Essex stock chassis under
American Automobile Association OBJ
servation set new worlds mark for
long distance endurance on the Gin
clnnati Speedway on December 12 1t
was the FIST time a car had ever been
driven under official observation at
top speed for fifty hours
Put on the speedway to prove its re-
liability in a fifty hour test, the Essex
at the end of twenty seven hours and
ffty-elght minutes and in the 1,79Oth
mile, because of rain and sleet was
forced to stop. A second start was
made three days later, but snow again
ended the trial. This time the run
lasted sixteen hours and twenty I've
minutes and covered 1,042 miles. The
third run, starting the following day,
was successful, the ffty-hour period
being completed.
Thus the proof of Essex endurance
is even greater than that expressed in
the fftyhour run. The average car is
driven little more than 5000 miles in
the entire season, but this stock Essex
CHASSIS went more IMAM mile minute
for 5,870 miles, covering it in ninety
four hours and twenty-five minutes
driving time.
Almost as astounding as its endur-
ance was its tire experience. The
front wheel tires went through all
three trials without change. Two rear
tires were replaced because Of damage
done by splinters from the board-sur-
faced track. The tires were Goodyear
cords.
The car was driven by Dave Lewis
and Tommy Milton, the noted racing
drivers, and DeLloyd Thompson, one
of the most famous stunt" aviators
in the country. The drivers worked in
six-hour shifts, making two stops dur
ing this period to fiji with oil and
gasoline.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton representatives at the trial were
Fred J. Wagner, the widely known
official starter of practically all Amer
lean speedway events, assisted by F. t.
Edwards technical representative Of
the American Automobile Association
contest board; J. Z. Schipper, of De-
troit, assistant technical representa-
tive, and R. A. Leavell, in charge of
! The electrical timing apparatus.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Seventeen Tire Stores
Combined in One Croup

The American Tire and Distributing
Company, Inc. has taken over seven
teen tire stores that have been in bust
ness from three to ten years and will
continue to operate them as separate
units Each sells automobile tires of
all the standard makes and also ac
cessorics, both wholesale and retail
In most instances the same men that
have made them successful will con-
tlnuo to conduct their affairs.
Following are the stores that figure
IN this big merger: E. Schoonmaker
Company, Inc, with stores at IS Walker
Street and 835 Seventh Avenue. New
York City, Newark. N. j., and Utica.
n: T.; Broadway Tire Jobbers. Inc. $50
West Fifty-fourth Street, New York
City; Public Service Tire and Rubber
Company, Inc, Newark, N. j.; Smith
Haincs. Inc, 1882 Broadway, New York
Clty; Associated Rubber Company, Inc.
~ Front Street, New York City; Dean
Motor Supply Company, Inc. with
stores at Albany and Utica, n. ";
economy Tire Exchange, Newark, n. J.:
Auto Ire Exchange, Inc, with stores at
Detroit, Mich., and Newark, n. j.; Hen
schel Tire and Rubber Company, Inc.
300 broadway, New York City; the
r: ): willis Company, with stores Mt
$3.50 Chambers Street and 65-67 Reade
street, New York City, and Seaboard
l. ire and Rubber Company, Inc, 13 Me-
chanic Street, Red Bank. N. J
The board of directors of the Amer
ican lire Distributing COMPANY. Inc
is composed to a great extent Of tho
original owners
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Service Given
is Great Part
of Truck Haulage

Long distance hauling and moving
concerns operating between New York
City and outlying cities rely to great
extent on the service given by the
transportation means which thew en-
ploy to build up good will for their
business. The Lee Brothers. Inc. of New
York City, make feature of the sery-
Ice they can render customers by the
use Of Packard trucks.
This company operates five large
warehouses in New York and does ex-
tensive hauling to other cities. 1t has
used Packards since 1911, and now has
eleven Packards in its fleet of eighteen
trucks
Among the long distance runs this
company makes is a regular trip sew
eral times each week to Bridgeport.
Conn. This trip has been made regu-
larry for some time, and no difficulties
nave been encountered, as far as the
trucks were concerned. In addition.
trips have been made to Boston and to
Philadelphia. John NJ. Caughlin, one
of the drivers, who drove Packard
trucks at the front in France for
eighteen months. says that the Pack
ards come through under the severest
tests
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Packard Will Stage
Export Exhibition
Branch TO Be Appropriated.
Decorated; Interpreters
To Be There

The new policy Of the Packard Motor
Car Company nccessitates the holding
Of a special export exhibition at the
company's headquarters, Broadway at
Sixty-frst Street, from January 3 to
10. Packard Twin n-Sixes, both closed
and open models, finished specially
for the export trade, will be the fea-
ture of the exhibition.
The building will be decorated for
the occasion with the arms and stand
ards of all nations. and interpreters
will be on hand. Invitations are being
mailed to all local export men and their
friends from abroad, although anybody
interested in the specially finished
Packards on exhibition is cordially
urged to attend.
with modern transportation bring
ing all nations closer together" says
Colonel Fred Cardway. export man
agcr, "Amercan manufacturers mus,
realize that the old take it or leave
it policy is a thing of the past. We
plan to make this export exhibition
an annual event and viii probably
follow this with a display of motor
trucks specially equipped for overseas
service" "
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28

cars you will note if you run your hand
over the surface of the side of the hood
that these '!ouVres' project outward
and backward like lips or fms, leaving
The inside surface smooth Obviously
however, if they are to catch and get
rid OF the hot air from the engine they
should, TO be really serviceable. project
from the inside surface facing inward
and forward. This viii both cool the
engine more efficiently and prevent
so much hot ar and gasoline odor
from getting back against the dash and
under the floor boards.
For example. when you wish to skim
the cream off q pan of milk you insert
the spoon, tilted forward and down.
and skim in the direction of the tilt
ing, thus gathering the cream onto the
spoon.
IN similar fashion and on the same
general principle the engineers OF the
Moon Car Company were the first in
the field to so-design these 'louvres' on
the Moon car that they project inward
and forward, giving superior ventlla-
ton, as well as offering to the eyes
a smooth outer surface which makes
much ncater appearance.
This IS but one of those common
sense details found on our new Moon
models, but it we'll demonstrates the
degree of thought and study which
Moon designers and engineers give to
every detail of construction"