The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-03-06

Monrce.-Failing to lie placed on
he route of the proposed Pershing
Highway, the Monroe Chamber o.
Commerce and the Dermott, Ark, |
Board of Grade will at once proceed
With plans ~ organize the louisiana
Arkansas Highway Association to pro
mote a model highway from Little
Rock to Alexandria following the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway and a branch
highway from Dermott through Lake
Lake Providence and other
towns to connect with the Dixie
Highway leading to Monroe.
Jennings.-Caldwell Brothers OF
New Orleans having been declared the
lowest bidder with s214,500 for the
high school and 1,500 for the eler1en-
tary school, it was voted by the COM
mittee award them the contract, al
ter some notifications in the plans
had been mutually worked out and
agreed upon by the committee, the
architects and the contractors.
LAFAYETTE. - Because Of the demand
for residences and factory sites IN
Lafayette, p. j. VOORHEES, has puTchas-
ed the Northumberland Addition near
the railroad, comprising forty lots
which subdivided into locations for
homes and business enterprises. Mr..
VOORHEES, will have the property ready
soon. He has a number OF applicants
for residences.
Alexandria. - The city of Alexan-
dria is making arrangements for the
construction of large reservoir for
the city water supply, large enough to
contain three million gallons of water
AS soon as the site can be decided
lpon work will be commenced. The
contract has also been let for the drill
ing of an artesian well to increase the
water supply.
Monroe.-Possibly the largest real
estate deal made in Ouachita parish
since the present activity in realty de-
yeloped several months ago took place
when 1882 acres of land known as the
Hard Times Plantation, was sold by
A. H. Kelley to the Home Realty and
Development Company here for $685.
220.
LAFAYETTE. - Lafayette is going af'
ter water route to New Orleans by
way of Municipal canal and the Atch'
afalaya-T eche-Vermillion connection
The first step will be an application to
the United States engineers for the
elimination of spillways, thereby max
ing the waterway navigable.
Baton Rouge. = Superintendent t
H. Harris and practically all the OF
ficiales of the department of education
have gone to Cleveland to attend The
, National Education Association meet
! ing. The party from Baton Rouge IN
Guided Messrs. Harris, Commit, Ives
Trudeau, Foote, Lombard and Favor
st. Martinville. = The Standard Oi
J Company of Louisiana has bought
! site here on the sawmill track and VII
Immediately erect warehouse AM
| storage tanks for the local trade a
to supply the rice farmers in this tel
ritory. Lawrence ]. Brown has bee
appointed local agent.
Opelousas.--Arthur Darby Of POI
Arthur. Tex. and Miss Cora Collins
this city were MARI ed recently at tn
Catholic church, Father Colliard O
fic ating. Mr.. and Mrs Darby wi
make their home In Texas.
Enthusiastically Woodson, men
Der of the faculty of the Industrial IL
stitute, has acquired the controlling II
ter st in Denbo and Nicholson G
Lids hardware and implement bus
ness from st. Louis capitalists.
Brelin.-Judge Jerry Cline convene
the regular jury term OF court hel
and only one jury case came up II
II ii p young white man from Ga
dale named Gerald, charged with la
ceny, being tried, and acquitted.
|. Monroe.-william Wunch, Neil
, of Germany, but a resident Of Monr'
|. for fifty years, died here at the age
n years. He had been connected wi
one business firm here for forty-h
years.
/, Marksville. - Riblinger home al
sanitarium has changed hands twice
!, 80 days. Drs. z. and A. Kiblinger SC
4 their home and sanitarium to Mrs.
:, F.. Neck about the middle of Janual
, 1920. Recently DR.. George A. May
bought the home and sanitarium frC
II Mrs. Neck.
n Baton Rouge.-At the hearing
y two requisition cases before Govern
n Pleasant, the requistion was grant
in the case of l. M. Hirshfield, who
charged with being a fugitive FRI
T. justice and embezzling in Massac
n sets.
20 Lafayette. The local lodge
70 Pythians have leased quarters doN
town. The place will be furnished
tractively. The house.warming will
N celebrated by the initiation of la
or class of candidates. New Orleans ,
en- be well represented.
er
Pointe la Hache.--L. NJ. McLaur
q conductor on the Illinois Cent
de, railroad, charged with assault and
IN tent to kill one of Joseph Lett