Monroe area asked for 25 percent property tax cut by board
Ouachita parish board of affairs and Assessor Joe Hanna seek a 25 percent reduction for suburban Monroe West Monroe city property to align with 1919 values while keeping 1921 assessments at 1920 levels. Farm lands would drop from 55 to 40, 35 to 25, and 12 to 8 per acre. denuded hardwood from 8 to 6 and denuded pine from 6 to 4. Timber lands unchanged. Abstract due July 25.
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Board of State Affairs
Baton Rouge
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
Joe Hanna
Parish
State Board of Affairs
Hanna
Monroe Gas Field Seen as World’s Largest Under Study
Louisiana’s Monroe field is described as the largest gas deposit on earth. Engineers project a 43 to 130 year life, with potential daily output around 160 million to 140 million cubic feet, and note feasible pipeline delivery to New Orleans at reduced costs. They urge conservation, proper regulation, and a field supervisor for Louisiana.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Governor and Conservation Department
Monroe
Louisiana
M. W. Bell
R. A. Cattell
Dallas
United States Bureau of Mines and Petroleum Engineers
North Louisiana
Parker
Department of Conservation
Lounisiana
St. Louis
Kansas City
Houston
Memphis
New
Nature
Attorneys Newton and Newton file habeas corpus petition
A writ of habeas corpus was filed in Monroe before Judge Fred M. Odom seeking the release of Jesse Donnick, accused of rape. Attorneys Newton and Newton argue the city judge lacked authority to issue a warrant for a crime with more than two years in prison, making the petition notable in the area. The case, set for trial before Judge Odom, targets Sheriff Arthur Grant to order Donnick’s release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Fred M. Odom
Sixth Judicial District Court
Monroe
Jesse Donnick
Donnick
Charles Schulze
Odom
Arthur Grant
Richland Land and Timber Co Forms Northeastern Louisiana Ventures
Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee businessmen organize Richland Land and Timber Co to build sawmills and pipelines for oil gas and timber lands in Richland Ouachita and nearby parishes. Capitalization 50000 potentially rising to 1000900 with a five member board led by M A Sorrells L B Harris W J Thomas A P Merron and George Wesley Smith. The firm may pipe gas to eastern communities if new field gas is found near Monroe.
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Richland Land & Timber Company
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Richland
Ouachita
Board of
M. A. Sorrells
Belzoni
Miss
L. B. Harris
Memphis
W. J. Thomas
Rayville
A. P. Merron
Oakland
George Wesley Smith
Monroe
Monroe Defeats Bastrop in Low-Scoring Saturday Game
Monroe defeated Bastrop two to nothing in a slow start worsened by rain soaked diamonds. From the fifth inning both pitchers limited baserunners as Bastrop’s Sawyer reached on a miscue in the sixth, and Shreveport’s team was later routed on Sunday by Monroe.
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Monroe
Bastrop
Shreveport
Sawyer
Waller
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Pastor Maps Fight On Monroe Vice In Sermon
Rev Frank Tripp of the Baptist church denounces vice conditions in Monroe calling for action beyond mere endorsement of the status quo. He cites a federal health report listing ten houses of prostitution with seventeen inmates and warns oil-field prosperity could threaten moral life. He praises local press for publicizing the issue and notes a recent fourth murder mystery amid ongoing police efforts.
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Monroe
Frank Tripp
The
Baptist Church
Tripp
State Board of Health
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Sheriff’s Office
State Department of Health
Bureau of Protective Social Conditions
United States
All South Secretary Here for Convention in Monroe
Lawrence Little, All South Christian Endeavor Secretary from Chattanooga, arrives in Monroe to arrange the twenty eighth annual Louisiana Christian Endeavor Union convention. He says the event will draw a large entrance and features a recreational program for delegates including trips to gas fields, Forsythe Park activities, tennis, baseball, swimming, and other events. The Monroe Municipal Street Railway will transport delegates to the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALL South
Christian Endeavor Union
Lawrence Little
Chattanooga
All South Christian Endeavor
Monroe
Louisiana Christian Endeavor Union
Little
Wallace Clift
Presbyterian Pastr
Forsythe Park
Monroe Municipal Streat Railway Company
Richland Parish Files Record of 10 Million Property Roll
An abstract of the Richland parish assessment roll filed with the state board shows a total value over 10 million dollars excluding public service corporations. Real estate values hold, personal property declines, and lumber plants push some gains. Lipscomb notes the 1921 roll sits about 500 thousand below 1920.
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Richland Parish
State Board of Affairs
E. B. Lipscomb
Public Service Corporations
Lipscomb
Richard Parish
Louisiana
Convention of Labor Opens at Denver Amid Unrest
The forty first annual American Federation of Labor convention opens in Denver with over 500 delegates. Unemployment wage cuts open show, European federation relations, disarmament, Irish question, recognition of the Russian soviet government and more than twenty major issues before the gathering. President Gompers and the council seek to resolve the carpenters union withdrawal with plans for peace amid threats of ouster if decisions are ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Carpenters’ Union
Building Trades Department of
Federation
Carpenters
National Board
Flag Day Observed in City With Band Concert
Flag day will be observed tomorrow evening at Court Square by Ft. Miro Chapter D A R and other patriotic groups. A band concert starts at 8 with short talks. homes and places are asked to display the national flag as a tribute. All are invited to attend and participate.
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Court Square
Ft. Miro
Sims Says He Has Not Been Ordered Back from Leave
London Rear Admiral Sims states no cable from Secretary Denby cancelling his leave and ordering immediate reporting to Washington, and confirms he has not received such a message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sims
Navy Denby
Washington
Four Women Charged in Kaber Murder Case
Cleveland reports four women now face murder charges in the Daniel F. Kaber case. Indictments are expected as the grand jury probes a Lakewood killing two years past. A signed police statement details how assassins allegedly entered the home and a daughter played piano to mask footsteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Daniel F. Kaber
Lakewood
Erminia Colavita
Kaber
Marion MacCardle
Infant Smothered Death In Parker McComb Home Funeral Held
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Parker McComb died at three and a half months old after being smothered in its bed. The mother found the child with its face buried in a pillow upon returning to the room. A physician arrived too late to aid the infant and a funeral was held yesterday afternoon with burial in Old City cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker McComb
Old City
Demonstration Sparks Burns at Met Rouge Home
Miss Verna Lilly, a Morehouse demonstration agent, and L. L. Davidson were badly scalded at Mr. Davidson's Met Rouge home when a can of hot soup burst. They were treated in Monroe where doctors said they would not be seriously disfigured and face possible eye injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Lilly
Morehouse
Louisiana
L. L. Davidson
Respect Caldwell Young Lady Shot in Ambush Near Columbia
Miss Arkalia Hester, well regarded in Caldwell, was shot in the left hip while at a dance at J. H. Ferrand’s residence six miles west of Columbia. Bloodhounds trailed the shot from the window to woods where a rider escaped. a rejected suitor is rumored but unnamed. Medical reports say the wound is not serious and recovery is likely unless infection occurs.
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Monroe News-Star
Columbia
J. H. Ferrand
Here
Arkalia Hester
Sheriff McClaughan
J. J. Humble
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Satan
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Richland Roll Revenue
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Scorfs
Jackson
Stokes
Convention OF Labor
Trish
Associated Press
Caldwell
Ross the Sandwich King
DE Leo
Genasco
Christian Endeavor OF
City School
Benefit State Christian Endeavor Convention
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