Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19

gram, the ex-secretary Of the State Board OF Health, VINO
was convicted OF embezzIing 81, 600 of the state funds, must
his term OF three years in the pententlary.
Strawberry culture seems profitable in Ruston, in the
Darish of Lincoln, where Herman Anderson raised on one
quarter of one acre 6l2 gallons of berries, valued at S2Ol''
which is exclusive Of the amount consumed by his family
New Orleans will be rich in summer resorts when span
ish Fort is rehabiliated as is proposed by the Railways Co.,
possessing then besides its beautiful Audubon and City
Parks, the resorts at West End, White City and Spanish
Fort.
A land deal is on in VermiIion parish involving the sale
of a large tract of some Is, 900 acres of low lands, which, 1t
is stated, will be- drained and then developed along trucking
lines by intelligent farmers. 1t is stated that eastern carl-
tai is behind the project.
And still the trusts continue to multiply. Tins time II
is a s., 700. 900 chewing gum trls! which will take over the
business of six of the largest chewing gum factories IN the
United States and Canada. The company IS known as the
Sen Sen Chicle Company.
A sixyear old hero, Desire Fontenille of Mausura, La,
was presented with a gold medal at the annual commence
ment exercises of the st. John College in Mansura ON
June Is. This little fellow on June z. rescued IRON drown
ing a little companion, Of five years OF age.
The willy Japanese was caught up with recently in Hon
olulu, Territory of Hawaii when a conspiracy was disclosed
bv which it had been planned to get control OF the Hawaiian
sugar business, Some 1000 japanese laborers went on a
strike and seventeen of the leaders were indicted.
Winfield, in the parish of VIM, is preparing for a
Good Roads ralv on July 3, and an invitation has been ex-
tended to Gov. Sanders to speak on that subject. The com
mittee having the matter in hand intends inviting ponce
Jurors from adjoining parishes to attend this rally.
Another evidence of the progressiveness of our SISTER
porjsh is that St, Bernard is now proposing to construct
fourteen miles of shellroad in the interior OF the parish eA
tending from Poydras plantation to Bots Gu Lac "hlch
when completed will give St. Bernard about thirty miles o
good roads.
President f. l.. Stevens of the Lafayette Industrial In
stjtute has been notified by State Institute Conductor Ale
man that on Monday, June q, Prof. w. +. Howe OF the U
s. Department of Agriculture would begin a serlses OF lee
lures on agricultural education. The lectures WILL cohu"o
for three days and will be illustrated wlthstereopt1con We"
and it is hoped that the farmers and public generally wi
attend.
The New 0rlerns public School Board, which has ha
under consideration some rowdish behavior Of the student
OF the Bows High School at one of the Girls High School
and for which the wrongdoers were given various degree
Of punishment, goirg so far as exp. son for several, M
now mooifed it's first action and the sentence OF expulsion
four of the students has been reduced to SIX months 81
pension with an apology and a repr1mald.
The parish Of DeSoto has organized a Parish Develop
u mpnt League and has affected a permanent orgah'zauo
Besides the regular officers it has a board Of directors con
posed of ~thirty-two men, representing every town ana Sc
q ton in the parish. The charter declares The purpose
the League to be to encourage immigration 10 Deooo pa
+ ish; to interest foreign capital in locating any and all Kn'
of legitimate industries; to cooperate with any ana oil pe
g sons or corporations striving to promote general prosper
and to build good roads and to do all things needtul al
necessary, to promote the welfare of the parish. The
itiation fee of the League is fixed at So and the dues
J., 81. 60 per month.