Monroe Hosts Farm Bureau Meet As Louisiana Fede ration Growth Embers
The Ouachita Parish Farm Bureau unit of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation forms in Monroe with Harry F. Kapp of the American Farm Bureau Federation guiding Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana and Texas. Key officials include Harry D. Wilson and W. R. Perkins. Parish leaders from Morehouse Union and other areas attend. Industrial plans for Monroe rise on natural gas prospects with eighty six wells producing about 800 million cubic feet daily.
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Harry F. Kapp
Little Rock
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mississipi
American Farm Bureau Federation
Texas
Ouachita Parish
Farm Bureau
Morehouse
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
Caldwell
East Carroll
West Carroll
Bernstein
Monroe
Charles Titche
Kapp
Wilson
Perkins
M. Collins
Newsome
W. M. Steele
New Orleans
The
Louisiana Warehouse Association
D. C. Barr
Met Rouge
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Bat
Dyowisianfeld
Bastrop
Palmerville
Suits Charging Anti-Trust Violations Filed in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi February 11 41 life insurance companies doing business in the state since 1908 are charged with conspiring to fix life insurance rates in Covington county chancery court. District Attorney A J Browning seeks penalties totaling 89 million dollars and daily fines of 5000 for each day of violation. Each company is ordered to appear at the March term of Covington county chancery court.
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Mississippi
Covington
Jackson
Miss
Chancery Court
Covington County
Wilson urges low water navigation on Tensas River
Congressman Riley J. Wilson told the Rivers and Harbors Committee that adopting the engineers report will secure low water navigation from Jonesville to Kirk's Ferry. A 1916 tonnage of 8,200 rising to 73,183 in 1919 supports the plan, with estimated commerce for timber, agricultural products and imports. The project costs 8,400, split evenly between local interests and the federal government.
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Chief of Engineers
Tensas River
Jonesville
Kirk's Ferry
Riley J. Wilson
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Tensas
Fac
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Wilson
Tengas
Negro Freed After Not Guilty Verdict in Mule Theft Case
Andy Lewis of Morehouse parish Louisiana, called one of the state’s “best old-time southern darkies,” is freed by an Hamburg Arkansas jury. Despite no witnesses and lack of funds, the court assigned a lawyer and prominent locals testified against him. the jury found him not guilty of mule theft. He declared he would return to Jones.
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Andy Lewis
Jones
Morehouse Parish
Louisiana
Astler County
Ark
Hamburg
Lewis
Frank Strangways
Freight Traffic League Seeks Donation for Road Material Aid
The Latte Traffic Relief Association of New Orleans asked Ouachita parish police jury for 150 to aid policing and district protection in freight ties on road building material. The jury sought state and federal aid from the Louisiana Highway Commission for 18.7 miles of the Monroe Ruston highway and Dixie Overland trail with surveys due to be finished in thirty days.
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Latte
Vic Spyker Sent To Bastrop Home
Vic Spyker of Bastrop, badly injured in an automobile wreck at Lamkin weeks ago, remained in critical condition at St Francis Sanitarium in Monroe before being moved to his Bastrop home.
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Bell Spyker
Bastrop
Lamkin
St. Francis Ganitarium
Monroe
Oil men, scouts rush to Ram sey No 1 well near Farmerville
Oil men and scouts from El Dorado are in Farmerville chasing a possible oil producer in Union parish at Crawford and Sebastian wells, Ram sey No 1. Reports offer no definite oil strike status as water control remains problematic while McDougall Co plans slow drilling to test the 2,100-foot sand.
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el Dorado
Farmerville
Union Parish
Crawford and Sebastian
Ramsey No. 1
Unionn Parish
Louisiana
Praise Hill on Harding Pleads with Senators
Ouachita parish engineer H C Daigie reports on Dixie Overland Highway cost estimates and 50 50 state federal aid sharing with Monroe area work likely starting this year. State Highway Engineer Fourmy praises Ouachita parish roads maintenance report showing over 95 percent upkeep. Senate considers Washington conference treaties and a President Harding address urges rapid ratification, denying any entanglement commitments.
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Praise Hill
Harding
Ouachita
Washington
H. C. Daigie
Ouachita Parish
J. M. Fourmy
Lafourche Swamp
Louisiana Highway Commission
Daigie
Fourmy
Monroe
Louisiana
Fred Hill
Associated Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Moonshiners Scarce as Drive Reduces Distilling
Monroe police inspector R. E. Heap says the city’s moonshine campaign has pruned operations. A month ago at least 100 moonshiners were active in the city but arrests and fear of enforcement have driven violators away. He doubts any remain in city proper, few may linger on the outskirts. Drunkenness has fallen, signaling improvement.
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Monroe
R. E. Heap
Asphalt Works in West Monroe City Contracted
The Deal Construction Company of Shreveport is building a large asphalt manufacturing plant at West Monroe on the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad. The plant will hire many workers and produce asphalt for Monroe paving projects. A permit to build was secured from the West Monroe city council at the last meeting.
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Deal Construction Company
Shreveport
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
West Monroe
Monroe
Services At Grace Church on Septuagesima Sunday
Grace Church at Corner Oak and St. John Streets holds Holy Eucharist at 7 50 am Church School at 9 30 am Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 am Even song and Address at 7 30 pm Sermon topic at 11 am backslding or Gods Call to Man from Why Stand Ye Here All Day Idle Henry Whitfield and Mrs Bert Williams soloists choir to sing at both services Warm welcome and good music at worships
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Henry &Th
Church of England
Henry Whitfield
Bert Williams
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