The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-01-13
STATE NEWS.


Elk.
Arrangements being ~ de- to Of !
crate the Lake Charles sugar refine
nv next seison. Ow to iatllity
10 get seed cane after the most sire
nuous efforts, the III II will be oper-
at d on cane to he shipped ia tr m
a dist lnce.-- Htra'd.
The Teachers Institute to be held
10 Franklin on Jan. 10Th and goth
promises to be very attractive and
entertaining. Besides display of
local talent there IS on the program
lectures by Supt. Calhoun and Prof.
J. 3. Aswell. These two gentle
men are State Institute conductors
and having them on these two days
assures success. Septic.
The assessment Of the state OF
Louisiana has just been completed
and it shows some interesting points
The nine parishes which constitute
Southwest Louisiana-Acadia, Ca
casieu, Cameron, Lafayette, Iberia
st. Martin, St. Mary, Vernon and
VermIlion-show total assessment
today Of s32. 427, 200, agamIt 1914.
OF, III in 1896, an improvement
of 81, $3.50, 132, or nearly half the
total of the state. -Ex.
Farmers around Welsh and tn Dse
who are planning 10 settle at Welsh
are turning to the deep well plan for
the Irrigati IN other farms saysthc
American. The farmers from Lake
Arthur country and from the par
ishes east OF Cslcasleu are settliug
around Welsh and almost all are ar
ranging 10 put down deep wells AMI
to initial pumping plaut. for the ir-
rigation OF their farms. Each man
IL thus independent of all others and
IL able to food his land a. long a
season and as deeply as he des res TO
and suppl es pumping capacity for
The Louisiana cor greesional del
cgation spent Yesterday IN the city
says Thursdays Picayune. and lett
last night for Washington, where
t,ey will resume their seats in the
fifty-six,h congress.
Hon. Robert +. Broussard, OF
tie Third district, vi h bis wife,
registered at the st. Charles.
lit goes without saying" said
Congressman Btou,sard, taking
with the lobby man, ''that | an
mainly Interested IN the improve.
nlcnt OF tha waterways Of Lonisi ;
ma. ] seY that Chairman Burion,
OF the rivers and harbirs commit.
tie, says that there VIII be no bill
At this session Of congress. He il
from Ohio. | do not know a. To
the truthfulness of that report, but
we will certsluly bring concerted
actioh 10 have rivers and harbois
bill.
"'Ihat IL one thing we people viii
demand. aud | believe all the leg
'lators Of the Mississippi river val
l.y will be with Louisana's delega.
ton IN this matter.
"Personaily, have at least two
important matters under considra.
ton Tor the Third Louisiana di-.
trict. l hope and expect to get tn.
balance, amounting 10 some 1882
600, for the completion Of the jstt,
work At Calcasien para, AT lh.
mouth Of Calcasien river. We need
It. and have little doubt about Sc.
curing bib 10 that effect.
ssIn the second place, the locking
ut Lafourchc bayou will claim an
equal share Of my time and energy
Tbs scheme calls for the doing
away Of the levee- ON both sides OF
the bayou aud the building Of locks
Ii has been found tina. the levees
will not hold the foods The las,
estimated Of the United States
engineers was in 1880, and II called
TO, 1850, 900 TO do that work. /
presume present estimate would
be little more. hnt not much.
.'Hyscinli,sy Oh. yes. they viii
come In, Of course. ! have beet
working on the rhiiing OF Loals.
lans streams Of that pest ever since
] Was elected % congress, and | will