Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-09-20

Northwest ha1tf0ad, the Improvement
of roads hereabouts and the adver-
Using of The resources of Cane River
Valley and Natchitoches parish.
New Orleans. - This city was Sc
lected as the meetiig place Of the
1921 convention of the National Ma
sonic Relief Association of the bien.
NAL session held in Minneapolis,
Mimi, August 1923 The meeting will
bring 10 this city a large number OF
men who are prominent in the Mason
ic fraternity from all portions of the
country
New Orleans-A petition has been
filed by the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Company before the
Railroad Commission of Louisiana, ac-
cording to an announcement by the
company Saturday, asking for an or
der authorizing the corporation to
continue its present rates for a pc
Rod of not less than twelve months
after December 1.
Branch.-Clarence Hays, hero Of
! the st. Mihiel drive, is home on fur
Tough visiting his parents at this
| Llace. He he had started over the
| top for the third time when a bursting
shell above him tore out his entSe
right shoulder blade. rendering the
arm useless for life. He also was
gassed on a previous occasion.
Colfax- Judge ANDREWS has grant
ed an appeal from his order for the
bonding of the injunction in the cay
tie dipping controversy, returnable IN
thirty days. The appeal being suspen-
sive in it's operation, all dipping will
have to be discontinued until the
Supreme Court can pass on this i'm
portant matter.
| New Orleans. - Next to agriculture
the largest and most important indus
try in Louisiana and Mississippi is
the fisheries. Approximately O,0OO,-
900 is invested in this business in the
two states. while the annual Crop"
of fish, oysters, shrimp, turtles and
other varieties of water food is in tho
neighborhood Of $10,OOO,OOO.
MonrOe-The City Board Of Health,
through its president, DR.. D. p.
Hirsch, has issued a notice to the
people of Monroe warning them
against drinking the water furnish.
ed by the city of Monroe, wthou;
first boiling it, due to the present
condition of the Cuachita river from
which the city obtains its supply.
Lafayette-M. Billeaud. Jr., presi-
dent of the police jury, announced he
favored Lafayette parish building
its own main highways under the su
pervision Of the State Highway De
partment. He says this plan. in his
opinion, will be cheaper and the work
will be done much faster.
Crowley. - Professor J. M. Baker
Jr., for several years employed as
teacher in the Crowley High School
; has been appointed elementary super
; visor to make such periodical visits
among the Acadia parish public
schools as will he conducive to the
Improvement of school work.
Sparkman.-The annual county
school rally for the western distric
of Dallas county was held at the Pine
Grove consolidated school near here
with more than $50 persons from al
Parts of the district in attendance.
Alexandria.-Th double platoon
system was put into effect by tht
Alexandria Fire Department. making
the first city in the state to adop
this system. There will be two crew
Of twelve eacE.
Baton Rouge.-Governor Pleasan
> has been invited to make the openin
address at the annual meeting of tn
=, American Public Health Association
which will be held in New Orleans
October % to 80.
= Colfax.-Millions Of catterpillars, %
army works, have been at work il
The cotton fields hereabouts for TIL
: past week, and they have eaten al
: the foliage on the cotton plants whicl
cuts off all hope for any further ID
crease in the fruit this season.
Harrisonburg.-The police jury @
;, Catahoula parish met here and pre-
: mulgated the result of the recen
: elections held in the parish to issu
/ 5000, 600 good road bonds. The resul
3 was largely in favor of the propos
s lion. the number being at the ratio
Of z to 1 and in amount is TO 1.
j New Orleans. - The campaig
d against venereaI diseases in the stat
d Of Louisiana viii be terminated III
s less the state undertakes jointly wit
3 the federal government to continu
r the work according to DR.. Oscar Dow
ling.
!. Slaughter.-J Scott Douglass {
r Slaughter has received a message col