St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-06-19
?. NAY BUILD ROAD FROM
MAN0U TO CHENEYVILLE
ChicOt Correspondent says that 4 Survey VIII
Sherry be Mada..RepOFtea Oil discovery
Wear Pins Prairie.


Chieot, June 15.-John R. Thomas,
Esq. has been awarded the contract
to carry the mail daily from Chicot
to Saint Landry and return.
We are reliably informed that the
Southern Pacific railroad will shortly
make q survey from Mamou to some
point near Cheneyville. Who knows
but that Chicot will yet come to the
front-Iet that road come, and let
lChicot take q notion for the capital
or EVangeline, and there may be
something doing Just watch the
fun.
Your correspondent is reliably In
formed that oil has been discovered
on Pierre Uding1s place, just above
Turkey Creek, and Mr.. Journee, 81
Miles & Co., who is boring Just below
Pine Prairie station, is Investigating
the report, and much interest is be-
ing manifested in the matter.
Neighbor Derbes has just shown
us some Triumph potatoes given him
By DE-. W. 3. Hawkins, weighing one
and a half pounds each. Derbes says
DR.. Hawkins gave him fifteen or
twenty of them, and when he got
home, carrying them, he was ex-
hausted from fatigue.
Rev, Whatley, Methodist minister,
drove in town Friday, and held bis
usual services Saturday and Sunday,
Genuine boil Weevils have been dis
covered in the blackberries here.
The Chicoites Baseball club, man
aged By Sam Thomas and Hon. P. Il,
Singleton, walloped Hon. VIM. Clark
Pine Prairies to the tune Of q to III,
last Saturday evening. tt was indeed
a smuggling match, but the Chicot
boys got the best of it all through
the game.
Mr.. 4. E.. Calcote, prominent farmer
and merchant Of Elm Bayou, passed
through here on Saturday evening.
Henry Clark, SON of the 0ld Re.
LIABLE passed through Chieot with {
member of the fair sex. He was anx.
ions to know the result Of the base.
ball game. "27 to II in favor oi
Chicot.o was the answer. "Ha! ha
the laugh is surely on the old MAJ
and his Evangelians, laughed tht
said son Of his father.
Misses Susie ErIich and Ora Wal
paid . visit to Saint Landry on Thurs
day.
Erich Jr. was mingling with tht
Pine Prairians on Saturday morning
He reports the place still on the boom
We learn that Dir. q. d. Courtney
has made over 500 bushels of IrisE
potatoes, and he says the boil weevil;
are not worrying him just now.
Hon. John W. Walker, who wa
here on Saturday, reports that there
Is no doubt that oil has been dis
covered at Turkey Greek.
AMBROSE Andrus, son of DIR. 0mel
Andrus, who has been absent seYera
months in Iberia parish, is on a visit
to his parents here, and will remain
until July 1st.
Quite a crowd from Pine Prairie
and Chicot Witnessed the game 0,
baseball between Pine Prairie ant
Ghicot last Saturday evening.
Messrs. Raymond and Nell Griffith
entertained quite a crowd Of yonns
folks with music 0n the violin, ut th,
Erich home, on Saturday evening
among whom we're Mr.. Hubbard, Dir
Burleigh, Leslie Burleigh, Misses Ali
and ElVina Andrus, Miss LYDIA Conrt
ney, Miss Soileau, Mr.. Charley Wolff
Mr.. Aubrey Courtney, and others.
Miss Josie RedWine, of 0akdaIe,
spending a few days at New Town
the guest Of Miss May Murray.
Mrs. DougaI Thompson, Of VIII
Platte, attended church here las
Sunday.
Al delightful rain fell on Monday
which was very much needed for corr
melons, etc. GHIC0T.