The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-04-03

! IaLlOllc Clurcn Wnere 3OU men tOOH
communion in a body. Archbishop
Shaw of New Orleans said the mass
and Rev. Father Gassler OF New Or
leans delivered the sermon. The arch
bishop confirmed about 300 and was
assisted by several priests of the sur.
rounding churches.
Monroe, La. Fire destroyed the
municipal water and power plant
placed the city without fire protect on
and put newspapers and other indus
tries dependent on electrical power
/ temporarily out OF business. Water
! will be provided ct once, but il will
be months before electrical power
again can be produced local..
Monroe. - But eighteen true bills
were returned by the grand Jury
which has just finished its investiga-
lions. setting a low record for the
parish. Only few of the bills were
for felonies. In the past as many as
eighty true bills have been returned
" OAb'Alld 81 anu JulitS. ht tlSl-
teen bills returned were against not
more than ten persons.
Leesville. - Three thousand dollars
worth of good were stolen from Geo.
Sliman's store in South Leesville
when the store was entered, and the
thieves boldly selected goods and
hauled them away. Entrance was ef-
fected by prying open the front door.
The thieves made their selections of
goods with care, taking only articles
of more than usual value.
Leesville. - Proposals have been
made by some OF the leading citizens
of Leesville to organize a Commercial
Club. Recent grow of the town. with
the coming of several new industries
and the prospective development OF
this territory into an oil district, snow
the necessity of such a civic organi-
cation.
Donaldsonville. - At a meeting of
the joint committee OF the Lafourche
and Atchafalaya Levee Boards held
at its office in this ely. Frank X Sims,
OF the Lafourche Levee Board, was
appointed executive chairman OF the
joint committee and placed in full
charge OF the work of the committee.
Shreveport. - The Arkansas Natur- |
al Gas Company recently completed |
its Langston lis in section 24-21-S in |
the shallow sand with an initial pro-
duction estimated at $500 barrels. |
The well duplicates the company's
ZIG brought in on the same lease a
few days ago.
White Castle. - The question has
arisen in the municipal government as
10 who is who. Mayor Barbay has
gone to Abita Springs, La., for his
health, and Acting Mayor Luke B. Ba-
bin being sick in bed for the past
week, leaves the town without a
chief.
Baton Rouge. - Meigs o. Frost. of
he New Orleans Item. arrived from
New Orleans in an airplane with II.
.. Boonstra, pilot OF the Service
Company, in a Canadian Cur
-iss blplane bringing with him several
acts OF the airlane edition of the
TEN.
Baton Rouge. - Percy Levert, an
employe of a local motor company,
vas seriously hurt near Denham
springs recently when a crank few
If of a tractor that was being crank
ID and hit him on the forehead.
Monroe. - The right of the city
II Monroe to appropriate property for
Desiard street has been put
p to City Attorney Russell, who is
ow preparing an opinion on the sub
ect.
Leesvilie. - Representative Frank
'BoiSiano, who is a member or the
legislature from this district, is call.
lg meetings of farmers 10 uuke steps
prevent the ink boil worm from
iaking its appearance in this parish
Roseland. - noseIand is becoming
large plant shipping station. E.E
alley, who purchased the C.. A. Tri-
out farm, is making a success of
iising plants for the Northern mar.
cts.
Baton Rouge. - A motion has been
led in the District Court for a new
'ial for Dewey Key, Chris Shehan
nd Howard Harvey, charged with
'tDing James Melville on Decem. ,
err 16.
Alexandria. = A special train over
lie Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
rived here with four outfits of the
rm who have the contract to Law a
pc line from the Homer Oil Field
} New Orleans.
Lake Charles. - The farmers are
uch exercised, so II is said, over the ,
against raising cotton. al. Z
ough no one questions the fact that .
e weevil is here and in quantities. 3
Thioodaux- - Thibodaux touk a
'iiday to properly welcome forty ole
en- from Camp Pike. who were here
reading propaganda to get recruits
T the army. r
Lake Charles. = One of the most
iportant deals as 1t relates to the