The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-04-18
Weekly News Bulletin
Office of State Commissioner,
Audubon Park, n. O. La.

The InteTIldlioild' hApoSi'ioh
~h;ch opens on the 3Oth of April
,ool in the City Of st. Louis, to
commemorate the centennial OF
~ cession of the Louisiana Ter.
,;torv fro n France TO the United
States, promises to be one of the
greatest expositiohs ever held.
n this Exposition the State of
rouisiana by virtue of the fact of
having given the name to the en-,
.;,o tract of land embraced in the
1ouisiana Purchase, and OF having
taken s1ch an active part III the
nreceling and succeeding events
II the history of this portion of
tho United States, has been given
Asst choice in the selection of a
.;te for her State Building and III
the apportionment of space in the
rarious exhibit buildings at the
Exposition.
An appropriation provided by
the State Legislature of 100000.
20 and the appointment of a
Board Of Commissioners by Gov
amor Heard and the election of
Dr. William g. Stubs as State
Commissioner, all Of whom are
now actively engaged in arranging
fm and collecting exhibits, will
fuarantee for Louisiana a com
,lete and handsome display of her
wealth and resources.
Tie Louisiana Board of Com
missioners to the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition is composed of
the following gentlemen: Gov.
". W. Heard, Major J. G. Lee,
Col Chas. Schuler, Keatchie, La,
Judge Emile Rost, St. Rose, La
and Hon. II. L. Gueydan, Guey.
dan, La
Governor w. w. Heard, was
born and reared in 'the hills" of
North Louisiana, where he received
bic education and where through
bis ability, his intelligence and
Dund Judgment and his resolute
and conscientious discharge of
duty be rose to prominence and
ID recognition of which, he was
elected to the Office of Governor.
Bis aspirations and aims are de-
yOted to the welfare and upbuild-
nig Of the State, as was evidenced
BY the Louisiana exhibit at the
Buffalo and Charleston Exposi-
lions which was made possible
painly BY his efforts, and which
nhibits have been the means Of
Ringing Louisiana so promlneii.
i before the people of the North
nd East.
MAJOR j. G. Lee. the present
f,.nmissioner of Agriculture ana
Emigration, is native Of Nor'n
louisiana, a man of broad cuitufe
"A one who has come to the front
II reason Of his determination 10
,pc,ecd. and whose success in the
position lie occupies must oe az
n|lfying to himself as it certain
10 his numerous fr'end'
lhnuthout the State lie ha'
tlrpxn his entire energy int
ssety enterprise that he has eve
undertaken and in consequence
nlcl. god has been accompIlsh''
for the State lie has Organ'ze'
the system Of Farmers Institute
md Parish Fairs, aud in man
slker llnesof agricultural dcve'ol
nent ID Louisiana he has bee
prominently associated. lie ";
chosen one Of the COMMISSIONS
u the Buffalo and Charleston y
petitions and again to the World
Fair in st. Louis.
Col. Chas. Schuler, is a prom
rent farmer Of the State, progre
i've and intelligent, and a ieao
n every industrial moveme
xlooking to the development a
Welfare Of Louisiana. He is
nenher OF the State Board
Agriculture and Immigration, a
~ several times represented
aIish in The the Legislature, q
+ one ol the leading citizens
North Louisiana. He is an el
a tho proshvtorian Church