The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-02-21


the State Highway Department 70
! state aid and supervisors and fo
federal aid in the construction of th
Lafayette-New Iberia highway alon
the Southern Pacific railroad mai
line from Burke station counect,n
with the Lafayette gravel road nea
Billaud Refinery.
Alexandria, E. Oliver. who To-
several years was manager of a loca
printing establishment, and who re
Gently returned from overseas. where
he spent a year in the service of the
Y. NJ. c. A., has been chosen as bust
ness manager Of the Louisiana Col
lege in Pineville, and viii look after
the financial affairs of the institution
This position has just been created.
Alexandria.-W. ID. Coleman, traf.
fic manager Of the Alexandria Cham
Der Of Commerce, left for New Or
leans TO attend the hearing before the
/ Interstate Commerce Commission on
/ conditions growing out of that case.
1 He will also attend a conference of
/ the Natchez rate case and shipping
representative Louisiana shippers at
the Board of Trade rooms.
Natchitoches-Mis Edith Grazing
er, Y. w. c. A. worker, who served
in France, gave a lecture at the Bap-
fist Church in the interest of the as
sociation. She told of the activities
of the Y. w. C. A. during the war and
the possibilities for further usefulness
among young women of America, es-
pecially those who are earning their
own way.
Natchitoches.-The Black Lake Oil
Company has made a location in sec
ton 10, township 10, range 6. this
parish, and its derrick will be complet
ed In about ten days. All materials
are on the ground and drilling will
begin at once. All citizens as well as
oil prospectors are much interested
and the progress of his well will be
closely watched.
Donaldsonville - Every available
acre of rice land in this section has
been rented and is now being plow- !
ed preparatory to being planted in !
rice. Bayou Lafourche will have the |
largest acreage of rice planted in It's
history, and the prospects are that
the rice crop in the parish will be
The largest ever harvested.
Opelousas.-After many delays the
monument of the veterans of the
confederacy and the world war have
and the two shafts are be-
ng placed in position on the Court
Square. The local camp of Confed-
crate veterans viii prepare a pro-
'ram for the unwilling of their mon
Monroe--Wiring. metering and
'iping so many new houses built too
ate to be placed on the 1919 tax
oils has put the town of West Mon-
oe to such an expense, it is claim J
d, that it has been found necessary
|
ent. :
Opelousas.-Bonds of Road District :
70. of the Fifth Ward to the amount ,
[ $4,000 and the issue Of SIS 900 by
ne Third Ward District of the Third
Yard were purchased by the three
anks of Opelousas, Planters Bank
nd Trust Company, st. Landry Bank
nd Trust Co., and the Opelousas Ma. T
onal a
Opelousas.-Th police jury at its S
'ssion recently authorized an.appro- p
'iaticn of $500 for defraying the ex- h
'nses OF two boys from st. Landry s
irish on the trip promoted by Su-
'rintendert OF Education Harris to
e farms enc experiment stations of
e states Of the Middle West.
Alexandria.-The establishment of
lstmyre Brothers was entered by a
LEI who stole goods worth $3.50. q
ltrance was effected from the rear. IL
lie articles stolen consisted Of -four.
sarettes and tobacco. The thief
ide his exit through the front door,
lich was left open. h
Donaldsonvipe.-The case of Jos n
n Gonzales VS.. H. A. Morgan and e
5. Vickers, contesting the nomi- ST
ton OF the latter to the office Of
from this parish.
ich was decided in favor of the de-
ldants. has been appealed to the cl
cult Court of Appeals. re-
afonroe-E. Jack Selig has purchas. VI
from the city of Monroe a plot of :,
ound fronting two hundred and ff- v
feet on Louisville avenue by sew.
ty-six feet deep, for $3.50. The new
y fire station will be erected -
arby. g
MISUNDERSTANDING from a week tn
4 fox hunt in the Dan Bankston 81
cket, near Chesbrough. c. r. An
rson, master of the hounds. and Ir.
n Kent, bugler of the Hammond
Club. report three days splendid OF
,rt. FC
of
donroe.-The $4,000 quota of ha
achita parish in the campaign of mi
American Cotton Association viii
raised this week, it is believed.
campaign committee expects to
Sc 800 among thirty charter mem. in
s and the balance from indivuals. tel