The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-09-23
THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL
Texas and Louisiana Auto
!. mobilists trying out 4 part
Of the proposed Trans-con-
tinental Highway.

On Tuesday afternoon It wa
our privilege to accept an invita-
flon, extended by Mr. Jno. A Bu
qnor to be a mem Der of a partv o
citizens going in his car up on tn,
lake .oad to meet the party from
Texas and Western Louisiana fol
lowing the old Spanish Trai
through to New Orleans. Mr.. Bu
quor was himself at the steering
wheel. His guests were K II
Bnffinton, general agent of the
n | " Northern K X Judge s
Power of the City Court; l. w
Grant, correspondent for. the
Times Picayune, and e +. Mil
lard of the Iberian A few miles
ride on the lake road brought the
party 70 the rendezvous opposite
DIR. Harrison's pecan orchard.
where number Of cars gathered
TO await the arrival of he tour
lsts. Mayor II s SeaIy was a
passenger in one of the cars.
Sheriff L A Landry was in an
other. Mr. Fred Patout, man
ager of the Hotel Frederic, drove
his own car.
After a short wait great cloud
of dust up the road announced the
coming Of the path finders, who
occupied some fourteen cars and
represented the cities of Calves
ton, Houston, Beaumont, Port Ar
thur, Orange, Lake Charles, Jen
nlngs, Crowley. There were a
number of ladies in the party.
Salutes were exchanged as the
tourists rushed by on their way to
this city, which they reached on
scheduled time with wonderful
precision. A halt was made at
Hotel Frederic for the night
where all disembarked, were re
fTeshed and rested.
That evening All informal re
ceptlon was held at. the parish
Court House, which was presided
over by Mayor III. s Sealy, who
IN graceful though brief ad
dress welcomed the visitors, and
then called upon Mr.. A O. Bern
ard to act as master of ceremonies
for the evening. Mr.. Bernard
after assuming the gaveI welcom
ed the visitors and the coming of
the transcontinentai Spanish Trail
highway and assured them that
Iberia would do it's utmost 10 fur
ther it's aims In clever manner
he reviewed the work being done
In the Improvement of public high.
ways all over the country. He
felt confident that Iberians, who
had always done their part in all
advance movements, would again
do their part and keep pace with
the sister parishes iD helping to
make a glorious success Of the
transcontlnental high way.
The master of ceremonies then
,lled upon the following visitors
successlvely, who expressed their
IDEAS, logic and humOr, concerning
his great project, and recounted
both history and personal expert
snces: Geo. w Graham of Hons
on, q. f Kirk of Houston, B. w.
rnrnbull of Beaumont and Port
III. 3. Lonidue of Or
aDge, George Hathaway of Jen
liDgs, ID M. Foster of Lake
Z. s. Coghlin of Texas,
md II B Bayliss of Lake
Charles. Many of the speeches,
'tatements and expressed hopes
we're applauded to the echo. All
we're quite unanimous in their un
tinted praise of the magnificent ,
Examples of road work a1d bridge
'uilding they had encountered in
he parish Of Calcasieu.
Mr.. Bernard delivered the clos ,,
ng address, wished the visitors a
rod speed aud safe return He ,
united that lberians were able to
peak in the superlative degree of /,
ONE of their possessions and &C :
also. We have :
ere two of the geatest pure rock !,
alt mines in the world, a soil un
walled by that Of any region, a :,
Innate devoid of extremes of heat !,
r cold and permitting out door
'bor every day in the year. He
cit confident that If time were Z
eI mitted the visitors to get az
TAINTED with Iberia's true great
ess they wontd be powerless to
,sist the temptation to boost Ibe
a on all future occasions.
The next morning the tourists
,ok up the thread of their way on
own through the valley of the 0
eche, by Franklin and Morgan 8
ity, on to 1hibodeanx, Donald q
,nville and the Crescent City Y
The ladies Of the party were !.
RS. @. E. Briggs and Mrs, I. A. = =
ees, of Lake Charles, and Mrs. =
w. Taylor and two children, of b
e8umOnt. !
Mayor 81. s. Sealy and Mr. p
red. Il Patout, of this city &C {