Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-17


run for a period of twenty years, bc&E-.
ing interest at the rate of five D@
cent per annum, payable annually, ta
be used for the purpose of construct
ing and maintaining public highway,
to run from the northern boundary
line of West Carroll parish, parallel
with the Eudora-Gilbert branch of tk@
Iron Mountain railroad, TO intersect
the southern boundary line al point
south of Calvit.
At a joint meeting Of the Donald
son commission council and municipal
light and water commission, it was DO
cided to look into the matter Of erect
ing standpipe or an elevated tank
with a capacity of from 100000 To
100000 gallons of water, for the puT
pose of providing the city with a sup
Elemental source of water supply.
Agricultural possibilities of "cut
over" lands in Louisiana have been
once more demonstrated by Ed Strain.
a farmer living a mile and a half
north of ST. Benedict, producing q
bale of cotton per acre on cut over
land broken and prepared in the faI
and planted in cotton in the spring Of
the same year.
The Lake Charles Canning Factory,
which has been idle for number OF
years, was leased to the Deblieux and
Mays Co., Inc, of New Orleans, which
will enlarge the plant, put in new
machinery and be ready to operate
within four weeks. They will handle
fruits and vegetables besides oystsCS
and shrimp.
E. J. DeBomford, secretary of the
Tangipahoa Parish Fair, visited va
rious sections of the Tangipahoa par
ish recently, arousing interest in tbs
coming fair. F. C. Brinkley, manager
of the Elmsly Farms, Amite, has
been made superintendent of the p0uE
place in October.
Dr. Oscar Bowling, state health Of
ficer, has arranged with the manage
ment of St. Francis Sanitarium At
Monroe to establish by October I a
branch laboratory of the State Board
of Health for archaeological examinar
ton. 1t will be open to the public Of
this section.
Authentic announcement was made
that the construction of barracks fOE
Camp Beauregard has been officially
authorized by the War Department
and that plans for same are now In
the hands of the construction forces
The farmers of West Carroll have
bright prospects of bountiful crops
The rains which fell within the past
few days virtually saved many crops
from ruin. The outlook for cotton il
the best of many years past.
A civil service examination will hO
held in New Iberia on September II
for the position of postmaster ut
Franklin made vacant by the death O.
DR.. T. F. Frere. This office pays an
annual salary of S2,100.
The patriotic citizens of AbbeviIls
of Maurice, in the Fourth ward, have
raised an honor fagsawarded them IN
recognition Of going over the top
in the sale of Liberty bonds and War
Savings stamps.
Louisiana State Fair, in statement
given out at Shreveport, said the peo-
pie of Louisiana can look. forward To
a great agricultural and livestock ez-
position in 1918.
E. w, Show of the United States
Geological Survey. has arrived 10
Shreveport, to make survey OF tko
Caddo oil and gas fields for the g0s-
ernment.
Sidney Lagrange, soldier in Francs
whose home is at Patterson, was
wounded June s. His latest letter TO
his mother states that he is getting
well fast, but not fast enough to sufe
him as he is anxious to get back TO
pay the Hun with interest for laying
him up.
Ten applications for enlistment n
Y. NJ. C. A. service have been for
warded from Monroe, according to "
L. Ethridge, Northeast Louisiana
chairman of the Y M. C. A. recruiting
campaign.
Provision to accommodate transient
soldiers compelled to stay over nigas
at Monroe has been made by the can
teen service OF the Monroe Red Cross
The foundation for the gin of tho
Farmers Gin Company of Colfax has