New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-12-20
VOLUME xxx
q o1JIsIANA BEING ADVER-
TISED.


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ouIsIANA BEING ADVER-
TISED.
croat credit is due the Southern
ao;Gc Railroad for the splendit
rcaujzed effort they are making
,dyertise to the world the ad
rartaoes of Louisiana in soil Ter
ility and climate, IN mlnera
relis and forests. They spare
= expense and trouble and as
81 understand have establish
4 a system of publicity so per
aet in its work as to overshadow
n chambers of commerce, board
q trade and boosters clubs II
no State of Louisiana. 1t is
onceiyed to be the best mean.
y ageney to attract the imml
,rant who is willing to become 8
,;t;zen of Louisiana and who has
neans enough to develop and
make profitable whatever he may
couire. Great intelligence Is
a;splayed by this particular de.
Dartment of railroad activity in
he future treatment, education
ma protection of the immigrant
fter he reaches his new home in
ndisiana. Those are the people
hat will eventually replace the
onnage produced by the raw ma
er;al raised from the land which
Inc Railroad is trying to stimu-
late in place of the one being
gradually destroyed in the sugar
ane industry by the new tariff
h;ll The Railroad is doing a
natriotic service to the State and
while primarily helping themsel-
yes in the maintenance of their
traffic prosperity, they still should
be kindly, generously and lib
tally endorsed by the public.
The latest pamphlet issued by
the Southern Pacific with its title
"Louisiana for the Settler is a
magnificent treatment of the diff
ferent resources Of our State.
rollowinc il an excerpt of one Of
the pages Of the attractive book
let:
"The first requisite" said
Csrlyle, is to be a good ami
nal" Health is the cornerstone
ID which 10 build. What is this
world TO a man when his wife is
widowi Then there are the
nkh and women Of tomorrow.
1<t lu look well to them, that
ihey may look well-and BE
we'll.
Louisiana is truly land OF
somfort. But not too much. IL
4 not best for man and woman
10 be coddled in the lap OF Ma
ture. But here in Louisiana Is
escape from many ills born OF
the weather.
Kind to his crops, the weather
81 this section is kind also to the
grower Of crops. This means
health.
Lying on the Gulf Coast, the
climate Of the area is almost sub
tropical. Climatic conditions vary
little, except that frosts are more
likely to occur along the bayous.
The mean annual temperature
1t New iberia is $50 degrees,
! which il in about the center OF
ne Sunset Route territory between
New Orleans and the Texas line.
The average temperature for
December, January and Febr-
)hary range from $50 degrees to
! 6i6 degrees, and Of June, July
nd August from 80 degrees to
90 degrees f., while between
ths means Of the other months oc-
cur wider variations.
The highest temperature re-
corded during 20 years is 101 de-
grees and the lowest 8 degrees +.
The mercury seldom reaches 30
and some years not at all. The
number Of 20 days with freezing
temperatures does not often ex-
Eeed in one year. As rule
lfeexes occur only with north
Winds, bft ice sometimes forms
3en calm nights. Freezing temp
eraturcs with south wind are
1Moat unknown, only one In
lance in 30 years being noted.
eoh spells last less than three
eays, and they are rated Of so lit
ue consequence that water pipes
are not put underground.
The extreme total variation OF
: degrees is much less than that
more northerly localities. The
'lEerence between the average
mperatures Of January and
suly the coldcst and warmest
onths at New iberia, is but 2S
egrees f., while between the
neans Of the same months at st.
louis occurs a variation of 4S
egrces +. A change Of 40 de-
fees in "a hours within Iberia
karish is uncommon.
There have been periods Of six
years with no snowfall. As a
ole snow quickly disappears, but
a. 1895 a fall Of l31a inches oc-
1tred In one storm and traces
enained on the ground for five
~ Sleet is slightly more
somnon than snow, hut none was
~ during the Winter Of 1916
snd 1911.
~ seasons are less sharply
enned than in more hortherly