Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-04-18

parishes of North Louisiana in the
Eleventh Federal Reserve District
were formulated at Shreveport when
the chairmen Of the various parishes
committees met with w. d. Hume of
Dallas assistant director Of sales in
the Eleventh Reserve District, and
and John N. Gambrell. Jr.. an AZ
tache Of the Treasury Department at
Washington.
Much talk was heard at Natchi-
toches when some Of those most VIC
.lently opposed to cattle dipping re-
ceived little encouragement. Reso-
buttons were adopted at q mass meet
ing calling on the police jury to pay
damages for injury to live stock IN
dipping last year and putting the
meeting on record as "suspending7
the dipping law until this demand is
met.
The third annual convention of the
Louisiana State Sunday School Assoc
citation convened in Minden for q
four days session. Between two
hundred and fifty and three hundred
delegates were in attendance from
every section of the state. DR.. John
L. Scales of Shreveport was presi.
dent of the association and presided
at the convention.
II may be two months before II
will be possible to bring the Wash
ington Artillery to this country. Il
was stated at the Office of the chief
of staff at Washington. While the
organization is under assignment for
early convoy. the shipping situation
is such that the prompt movement OF
all troops assigned to convoy cannot
be carried out.
New Orleans will do her part in
taking disabled soldiers into shops
where they can be taught trades and
get practical experience enabling
them to get back into industrial life
This assurance was given by mem
bers of the merchants and manufac
turers' bureau and the industrial blu
reau of the Association Of Com
merce.
Steps toward the organization o
the Louisiana Branch of the Wa
Veterans Association are to be TAX
en- in New Orleans. following tele
gram from Theodore Roosevelt, tenn
porary national chairman. to William
Allen Cook, temporary state chair
man.
SPRAY in the spring for the cur
cuIio insects" says B. Szymoniak. az
sociate horticulturist. extension divl
sion. Louisiana State University. "The
curculio il a small-snout BEETLE. which
punctures the young fruit early IL
the spring and causes the fruit to b
knotty, deformed and wormy.
One of Louisiana's biggest goot
roads projects was started on thu
way to actual accomplishment at Bat
on Rouge, when the state bond Issue
of s7OO 900 for construction of thu
New Orleans-Hammond and New Oh
lean-Chef Menteur roads was sold b,
the State Board of Liquidation.
The heads Of the strawberry-grow
ing industry of the parish and tn
many brokers at Hammond to handl'
the crop are a unit in their praise
of the Bureau of Markets establishei
by the United States Department o
Agriculture.
The Louisiana Presidential Assc
citation of first and second class post
masters and the State League Of thir,
and fourth classes will meet In join
session at Franklin. Monday an
Tuesday, May rs and n. 1913.
The School Board Of Franklintol
has ordered an election 10 vote I'll,
600 bonds to be used for building al
annex to the High School buildin
and a principals home on the scnoo
property.
Reports from the various ward CON
mittees ON the cotton acreage redut
tion shows that in 1918 there wer
21 .s23 acres of land in Natchitoche
parish planted IN cotton, while Il
1918 farmers expect to plant 1919
or a reduction of q per cent.
The residents of Natchitoches pal
ish paid homage to the returning so
diers in the town Of Natchitoches
thus commemorating the second ar
niyersary Of the declaration OF wa
upon Germany by the United States.
The Civic League Of Patterson hel
their regular monthly meeting an
delegates we're appointed TO atten
the Third District convention, whic
meets in Gueydan on April 25-26.
In the primary election for mayo
of Natchitoches. of the 265 votes cas-
w. F. Johnson received 203 and 1
s. Kalmsley 62.
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