St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-23
FOR
GRAND PARIsR AIR
s''ss''' lsssss y 0psIousas d spon..,
lh ssst Rsss.
NJ ling On JANUARY 10Th
A.,sl fs'nsFs, Aarshsnis, Bankers, and
Y lal'Isslsa 3 ssIisrs Of Parish,
Afe lsssil leAllsna.

~ ssssa " Aslena.
opeleusas and the farmers J,
ene parish, have had . taste i i
is.l parlsn falrs on B small scale tht
These comp ratiyely small af,
e salrg T rs not 1I only demonstrated thai
=. Landry SOL could produce J
variety and a quality Of crons moi
yag;a1 ueameq l.sl Ct By many even in this
pallsa put i got together exhi.
Slls winch we're sent abroad and
brought forth TIE acclaim r,d and
wonder OF people everywhere.
now i i IS proposed to eclipse
these efforts and hold d real bio
Iaira sumner that will spread
lne glory Of St. Landry every
where.
The 0pelcusas Progressive
League IS tie sponsor Of the bic
tar, which will Be held some.
time next Fall Ia Opelousas, and
the wide-agzake President of the
League, M IA. J.. Bercier, is
the nlainspring of the affair.
which tact means that there will
be no let upiIl activity until the
Fair is assured
The initial step will be con-
yention Of farmers, merchants.
and business and Iaboring men ia
general. of st. Landry parish, to
be held ia 0pelousas on January
10th. Mr E s White, Agricul-
tural Agent of the Frisco road,
and Dr. W r. Dodson, dean of
the Agricultural Department Of
the Louisiana State University.
will be present at the meeting
and help Ia the preliminaries.
The Frisco road is heartily Inter-.
estaed Ii this section and is in
varfoes and effective ways land
iniF b sSiisa 10 its development. A
cataioeue devoted entirely to this
section las has just been issued
BY that road which is calculated
to do immense good. Much of
the material for this catalogue
was gathered at the small fairs
held here, showing the necessary
for d real big fair.
There Is no reason why st.
landry should not hold a fair
excellinp any ever held in any
other uafish in this State, " said
TIr Bercie We have the pro-
duets o fie soil equal to any on
Garth 90 we lead in stock, and
show M vel IL poultry. God has
ly;ssed o.ar land with plenty, and
yze ys.ss1 shollId show the world what
W. " haVe And these fairs serve
To brina all our coutrymen to-
erofber = m where they uan exhibit
fhair nroducts, exchange ideas
and j. become wiser in their chosen
a.,ocss;da ssl,o M This comrningling,
ssss sssoc;sfinp and exchanging OF
sssgsss 6 ;dSss stimulates to higher
;dooIs q M aSd brings forth greater
.a.oa,,sr;fv .uea,s # and genuine happi-
,losl i,ass want farmers and
1lsse, nthsr sls less men from the var
olils, sq..s sssiIeps Of the parish to at-I
soe9 to,,J he Convention on January
lfat,, sSls. m help III bringing about on
lVsl.; ! ~. ei shaf win be q credit to st. |
lssIasas 1'ls j !IsrIorl hopes that every
~, T., s; bit a shoulder to the
Wi1esa IIS;s l ychal,t who refuses to
rs 81. ~ ar0er can not expect
help I, ia Of the farmer.
rs VS.. bcis not my friend II
nllIle 49, ss,1,er who is indolentH
b ;Is d vail himself Of op-
ana 1...,'; a;',.S to keep abreast OF the
porsll. times, brings down |
prog sseIf disaster and ruin.
upon as closed the door on
Ii1ls sou must be a moving,
an ans.s Isss; inns to be in the run
ming s., one straight road |
to
a,ir poil tax before next
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