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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1930
Page
2
Superintendent Harris pushes for more school funds amid claims policies shaped by Governor Long cripple schools. Critics attack free book programs and illiterate-campaign rhetoric while urging patience and sound policy over flashy, costly schemes.
A reflective piece on patience as a key element of thrift and personal progress. It argues for safe investments, steady growth, and avoiding rapid ascent. The author warns that haste harms many promising ventures and emphasizes long term discipline over immediate profits.
J B Holstead argues farm life offers greater comfort and social joy than town life. He says farmers work for themselves, avoid bickering, value independence, and form the backbone of republican government. Many heroic, humble figures are found in country life.
The American Farm Bureau Federation reports that better roads cut auto costs and boost social and economic activity. It urges expanded feeder farm to market highways and all weather rural routes to fix the months of impassable roads, aiding farmers and city dwellers alike as budgets permit.
A fragmented 18th century style speech urges officials toward action Pondering Louisiana governance and political maneuvers while criticizing current road plans and urging the governor to take decisive steps amid administrative concerns.
The piece criticizes Governor Long and lawmakers for failing to secure money for state schools and new institutions. It urges legislators to suspend other matters until decisive action funds the educational system, warns Long to abandon politics, and demands responsible governance.
Governor Huey P. Long pledged to back and sign the Ginsberg Peltier tick eradication bill if passed. Provisions include state funding for dipping cattle and expenses for needy ranchers, optional dipping for tick free horses and optional spraying for infested animals, with a goal of a statewide program costing about 400000 dollars yearly for five years.
Mississippi will be freed from federal quarantine July 1 as tick eradication succeeds. Louisiana eyes envy yet notes its own hills remain tick havens. South Mississippi eradicated ticks within two years after dairy farmer cooperation and a $500,000 legislative appropriation. Border fencing remains along Mississippi Louisiana line.
Baton Rouge May 29 The Senate defeated the Canbie resolution to investigate state boards and departments by a 19 to 16 vote with one administrator and four anti Long senators absent One paired senator did not vote but was present The vote paused pending reconsideration of the measure scheduled for Friday night or early next week
Loita produced 390 217 479 pounds of sugar equivalent from the 1929 cane crop. The report, released today, states Lionel L Jones Agricultural Statistician Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture prepared the data.
The report lists 1929 sugar cane figures in Louisiana: 2,007,025 short tons ground for sugar, 19,619,018 gallons of molasses, and 4,056,085 gallons of sirup. Yields per ton and per acre are given, with ten year averages for cane ground, sugar production, molasses, and sirup across the Cane Belt and state totals.
New Orleans bids were opened by the Sewerage and Water Board for improvements totaling about 230000 dollars. The plan includes two 110 inch screw pumps at station 9 in Algiers, expanding station 3 capacity, installing truck type switchboards, a motor generator, transformer and accessories at station 2, plus cables and insulated wire for station 17.
Biloxi May 31 The 40th Confederate Reunion opens Tuesday morning with a brilliant assembly of the Confederate Army. Biloxi as host city displays banners and flags along streets and buildings. Camp Sneed completed and filling with Gray Army veterans, tents borrowed from the U S Army arranged in White House park for comfort under Captain H W Edmonds.
H F Miller of 211 Eleventh Street in Mena Arkansas praises Thedford s Black Draught as a reliable laxative and remedy for indigestion biliousness headaches and general malaise. He notes quick relief after two or three doses and urges buying only the genuine product at one cent per dose.
Governor Long campaigns to pass the administration measure funding two cents more of the gasoline tax in bonds as the Louisiana Legislature nears the end of its third week. He claims support of 70 votes in the House, while evidence remains scarce.
The 4 000 000 bond fete in dellal dollars totals 47 000 000. One cent of the quioling tax yields 21 000 000, but only 947 000 000 remains for paving 3400 miles, making the plan risky. Promised road builders may need to share with others, Governor Long opposes highway department reorganization, and the bill sits with the House highways committee awaiting early consideration.
The famous palace of the Alhamore in Spain was originally a fortress capable of holding 40,000 men.
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