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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1931
Page
10
The Winnfield Enterprise published a Buy In Winnfield edition to boost home merchant sales. Editors quote merchants urging residents to buy locally, noting tax support for Winnfield and money circulating to improve the town.
Louisiana will be represented at the Mississippi Valley Industrial Exposition of Progress in St. Louis. A ten day display features Louisiana natural resources, sound motion pictures of state life and wildlife, and exhibits on manufacturing, civic and educational progress. Sponsors expect novel products to enter common use later.
Ward Marshal J. T. Richardson recovered Elbert Snowden, a local man alleged as a habitual offender, in Monroe on Thursday. Snowden was arrested by Ouachita officials after Richardson informed on a nighttime breaking and entering charge. Snowden was brought back to the parish jail to await court action.
Farmers in Caddy and Bossitt parishes face heavy crop damage and replanting after a wind and hail storm. In Giboulund area a strong ballot haul was reported. Several fruit bulises blown down, vines uprooted, one person identified as a dayline Tariner Brown left injured.
In Baton Rouge on Tuesday the Louisiana Highway Commission agreed to pay the Louisiana State University about 1.8 million dollars for roughly 22 acres near the old campus including five brick buildings. Additional capitol fund payments of 300,000 to 550,000 will finance campus growth to serve 3,000 students and fund a medical center in New Orleans, a girls dormitory, fine arts and music buildings, a student center, and possible extra dorm space. The new capitol in progress with steel work near completion advances on schedule.
Government meteorologists from the United States Weather Bureau study temperature patterns in the New Orleans area to help site citrus orchards and protect crops during critical temperatures. The Louisiana citrus industry is expanding with hundreds of acres planted and large shipper movements recorded in 1930.
The First Baptist Church Ruston troop 46 held a Friday meeting led by Scout Paul Cooper Whild. Members listed include Paul Cooper Fred Paylor Joe Tuten Julian Harris Jack Thigpen Henry Mays Henry Campbell Jessica Lomax Wiley Jones Gerald McCallum Jamis Pirkle Cary Leggett John Bennett Bechel Cubper J.B. Griggs John Walters and others. Several indicated intent to attend summer Scout Camp. Activities featured games and a closing skit by Jack Pilzpoen.
Washington plans to ease traffic by building a major New York Avenue extension and widening 26 other arterials. The 50 foot wide, cement rich project will be laid on a new right of way with later widening possible and aims for smoother, longer lasting surfaces. A city traffic survey within 24 miles of the capital will guide future roadbuilding by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
The 1930 Louisiana assessment totals 1 746 869 806, down from 1 756 774 578 in 1929, the first decrease since 1921. The report cites depleted timber and natural resources, re valuations, and flood and drought impacts as key factors. Total state taxes total 52 745 279 56, with state share 10 040 990 20. Lincoln parish shows an increase to 9 423 319, up 342 556 from 1929.
Today ten states maintain a pension system for aged residents who are penniless, too old to work, and alone. The programs aim to provide basic support to elderly people with no other means of income.
Parish agent J A Shealy reports alfalfa thrives in Lincoln Parish with over fifty farmers growing it. Yields range from half to a full ton per acre, and failures are rare. Causes include poor inoculation or soil fertility, improper planting, or weed seed infestation choking the crop. some fields are three years old.
A hairy vetch specimen grown by W. O H. Napper of Hire is on display in the James building lobby. H L Mc Knight, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, notes it as an example of a winter forage crop that doubles as soil builder and pasture. Napper sowed the vetch in a two acre oats field last fall.
The McFarland Port No. 2 auxiliary of the American Legion will hold its eleventh annual Poppy Day sale on Saturday May 30 in Ruston. Funds support child welfare and veteran rehabilitation. poppies are made by disabled ex service men. Mrs J H Barnes chairs the committee with help from Mrs Alva Brinson and Mrs Sanders Baskin. Local girls will distribute poppies and the sale coincides with Memorial Day weekend.
Sanders Baskin, chairman of the state service committee of the American Legion, reminds families of deceased veterans that the United States provides headstones for eligible veterans through the national program. Officials urge contacting local posts for details and eligibility verification.
Mr Baskin says several War of 1812 Civil War Spanish American and World War veterans lie buried unmarked in Lincoln parish and asks steps be taken to obtain Federal headstones. McFarland Post No 2 American Legion in Ruston offers application blanks and more information.
The saying attributes indigestion to excess meals rather than a faulty stomach. It notes that overeating often triggers discomfort and that the root cause is the quantity of food consumed rather than inherent digestive weakness.
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