Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-01-20
1FKALB'S FIRST NSTALLMENTO OF
e Story ON BOGALUSA APPEARSN
IAN. MANUFACTURERS RECORD
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-obousing the Iocsc output OF
for "a I'm on which advances are
cane 9Th ~ he local banks. Owing to
made ~ dance of succulent grasses
ne t sU absolutely open winters, with
ana . srs available throughout the
pastuLJa a5irving is becoming an impor-
ysar' ;n5nstry, At the present time
talI nc e Anderson, Of the Bureau
Ali I.l- # the United States Depart
Of o4-, IF Agriculture, is engaged in
n a,5ving the soils IN washington
au9ShH5 around Bogalusa, which will
psflsn, establish the character and
eleal. .biiitv of every section in the
sdsP g o-ea This will be of great
TnG Violence nee to prospective settlers.
39uS. shown by this soil survey to
IaI Vet adapted to tree-growlng will
be Ds'. classified, and will then enjoy
be y o,;oI reduced and fixed valuation
sP = he Louisiana statutes for the
ul Osa.s of taxation as an incentive
lIpoGf1oyrostation. Good cleared farm
. Ere are now available at $50 per
Iano' or which the appraised valua-
acre s.' ,vould be about SIS. The rate
w v ovation in the country is - mills
o. Of I'm n the city of Bogalusa % mills
ogr hundred dollars
There are few communities of the
- n Bogalusa in the South that
s s.;ov 60 many public advantages:
M streets are we'll maintained ana
dlgno s provided with cement
s ;5ayaIks. The school system is sus-
s s,io on high level Of efficiency,
s .. +bere are six fine new grammar
CIV s.Soois accommodating 1900 white
s snDiIs and having 81 white teachers.
Rag new model high school is nearly
n s.nnlete. and will De ready for oc-
MAN .unancv in February, 1921. 1t is /
t s-o.storv brick building, $50 feet .
iorc by 80 feet wide, magnificently /
jsbfed and cost, with equipment,
SsO0O0O. It was designed by Nolan
Tore of New Orleans and built /
4 Rurke Bros. of Hattiesburg, Miss.
IN citv maintains a paid fire depart
nont with two automobile pumping
srd chemical engines, six hose reels,
4 addition to which there is an
emergency high-pressure pumping
engine connected with the city water
supply system to assist in fire-fight-
ing.
Although the site of the city orig
iDaIly belonged to the Great South
en- Lumber Company, and homes
we're built for the employees, the
houses and lots are being sold as fast
g anyone desires to buy them. AS
result, the city has largely ceased
70 Be a company town." but is es-
sntially a community of freeholders.
An interesting feature of the place
is that the population is not huddled
around common center. 1t is scat
tered over an area embracing 16
square miles. Around the Pine Tree
Inn is a district of beautiful modern ]
bungalows, costing from $4,000 to |
$4,000 each. These are equipped
with all the latest conveniences.
Building is going on at rapid rate.
me company boasts that OF the TO- {
100000 feet of lumber cut from the I
tovnsite, 100000 was used in
huIding the city. {
BOgalusa has started right in an !
other respect. There is a sewerage t
system, to which all the houses in the {
town are connected, and the water f
supply comes from artesian flowing
wells that penetrate u gravel stratum {
at a depth of 800 10 100 feet.
The significance of all these con- {
aitiols is that Bogalusa is a COM c
Portable and attractive place for 7
those who appreciate the advantages G
q civilization. 1t bears no resem- v
bance to the usual type of lumber
camp. The best grade of men can
come here with their families to en- t
JOY life in normal and proper man
ner, and not merely to make a living. t
Inc result is that the best kind of !,