The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-05-04
I. P. A. CONVENTION
New Orleans Post Instructs for
Powers Of Iberia.
Bob Slated for State Secretary
and Louis Ochs for the Ma
tional Head of the Order.

| Post i Il. p. a. had a meeting
III the banquet hall Of the st
Charles Hotel Saturday night
and it was manly in til. natur.
OF routine, the members closing
az OF the details preliminary 4
attending the Louisiana Division
Convention to DO held in New Ibe
ria May 10, II anG II. TO Til.
end the Secretary was notified tc
say to Mayor Kehtnlan ana 10 Prof
Craighead. President OF Tulane
University, that they are expected
to be the guests Of Post Il to at
tend .he Convention, leaving by
the GAO Il m. train on the morn.
ing OF May 10. The Secretary
was also notified that DR.. Irion
President of the State Board of
Health, had similar invitation
from the New Iberia Post, the
Convention entertainers.
President Block. Secretary Bob
and qni!e number Of the mem
bers were present at the Saturday
night meeting.
Mr.. Ochs discussed the matter
having the Illinois Central, Miss
slssippi Valley and Southern
Pacific trains stop at Carrollton
Avenue inward and out ard bound
adding that the Railroad Com
mission had deferred the question,
owing u the inability Of certain
Of The railroad otficials to be pres
ent.
II was the sense Of the meeting
that the local post 60 to the New
Iberia Convention. agreeing to be-
favorable to the nomination and
election of !. 5. Powers, Of Post
G. New Iberia, to be President Of
the Louisiana Division for the
ensuing year.
The Special Committee appoint
ed to select from the local post
those to be named as delegates to
the National Convention to be
held in Norfolk will announce
the names when the New iberia
Convention is on.
The following communication
from Fred +. Mayor, Special Med
ical Inspector of the State Board
Of Health, to Louis .)chs was read
and referred To Mr.. Ochs, who
will write his acceptance:
"New Orleans, April %, 1907
"I.ouis Ochs' Esq New Orleans
La Sir-l'ursnant to the direc-
tions Of the President of this
Board, you are invited to deliver
al address on The Drummer As
a Sanitarian' at the sanitary con.
ference to be held in OpelOuSas Oh
May ., 3, aud 4 y
Pres. dent Block and members
of the local post announced that
New Orleans would 20 to the New
Iberia Convention with a big del
egatiOE.
Mr.. Joe Wells, of the Queen
and Crescent Route, announced
to the members that his road had
been selected by the Louisiana
Division to make the trip to Nor
folk for the National I. p. A.
Convention to be held 10 mid June
and assured them that they would
get the best Of service and that
they could bring their friends "a
long and have the advantages of
the rate for the round trip.
A letter from J. Magnus 4 Co
Of Cincinnati, to the post indorsing
the nomination of Louis Ochs
aud approving the nomination AZ
b q enployerswa read and receiv-
ed with cheers. The Messrs. Mag
nus paid some pretty compliments
to Mr.. Ochs az q hustler extraordl-
nary and we're loud in their praise
Of the energy he displayed in their
cause, assuming thai this zeal
would enter into anything attempt
Ell by Mr.. Ochs.
Mr.. Ochs said he would not be
able to take the Post B de!ega-
ton to New iberia, but he had
placed that matter in the hands OF
Louis Gruber, who knew more
about handling an excursion party
than he did himself.
Mr.. Kerr, Chairman of tn Q
rost's Hotel Committee, submit
ted : report on the matter Of hO