St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-08-16
WILL OPELOUSAS BE
REPRESENTED HERE?
5. ". La. Bureau To Appolni Cammiiisa Df
Five As Publicity Commission.
WILL PARISH HAVE MEMBER?

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step Should BE Taken Tint Praminent Nan
From Mere Be Placed On This Committee.
At the big state get-together
convention, which is to be held
probably in New Orleans, before
long, there will be delegates
from every parish, municipal and
commercial organization in the
great state of Louisiana, .if the
plans, of the promoters of the
convention does not fall through
The first gun was fired IN this
plan, while at the Lafayette Con-
vention for the Southwest Iouisi-
ana Development Bureau, when
Mr.. A. r. Barracks. Manager Of
the State Publicity Commission,
offered an invitation to this Or
ganized body to participate in
such move, and thus serve two
purposes, the first of which is to
show that this district, whilst
organized to itself and for South
west Louisiana, should be desir-s
GUS of reaching out across dis
trict lines and embracing all
territories in the state with their
cooperative boosting spirit.
The second purpose would be
that some tangible move be
made at once, to show this spirit
of cooperation.
AS result of this invitation.
q resolution was offered by Mr..
j. P. Colomb authorizing an an
pointment Of a committee of Ave
from this district, to be known
as a Publicity Committee. and
authorized to act in cooperation
with the State Publicity Commits
sion in securing a representative
attendance at the State Conven-
tion, which will be held at an
early date. The date of the
Convention will be set by the
Louisiana Publicity Commission.
The resolution further setforth
that the Southwest Louisiana
Development Bureau goes on
record, and recommends that
every section in the state and
every parish. municipal and
commercial organization appoint
a committee to further the inter-
est of this great get-together
state convention, at which it ID
proposed to devise ways and
means for the best method for
conducting general cooperative
development throughout the
state.
The people of Opelousas should
use their influence to secure the
of at least one per-
son from this parish on the Pub
Iicity Committee of the South
west Louisiana Development
Bureau. This parish Is entitled
10 it, for the fact that it is the
argest in southwest Louisiana.
and one Of the most principal
farming parishes In the state.
Another reason for the appoint
nent Of one from st. Landry ii
,he fact that it is the northern
parish in this district, and one
member should be appointed
rom every section of southwest
Louisiana, with one from Lafa-
1ette, as the central parish.
Mr.. Barracks will be here on
Saturday, August 30th and will
10 doubt make an interesting
ak on the cooperation of the
lifferent parishes in the state
or the purpose of boosting the
,ntire state Of Louisiana. He
viii, most likely explain. the OBJ
ect and purposes Of the propos-
ID get together state convention
which the State Publicity Com
mission will call, in the very near
'uture. Nevertheless Opelousas
md st. Landry should be. well
represented at this convention,
md the various organizations In
he parish should exert them
elves to appointing delegates To
his convention, but above all
hnco eyoaui1aficns shn,a1d 45,.cro
he Southwest Louisiana Devel-
'pnlent Bureau to appoint one
member from Opelousas, or any
,oint in st. Landry. On the com
nittee of five, which will repre-
ent this newly formed boosters
bureau, at the state convention
# the boosters of Louisiana.
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