The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-09-12

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dismantling of the Louisiana ant
Northwest Railroad, the improvement
of roads hereabouts and the adyer
| Using of the resources of Cane River
| Valley and Natchitoches parish.
New Orleans. This city was Sc
| Iected as the meetiig place of the
1921 convention of the National Ma
sonic Relief Association of the bien
NAL session held in Minneapolis
Mimi, August 1929 The meeting viii
bring to this city large number oil
men who are prominent in the Mason
ic fraternity from all portions of the
country.
New Orleans-A petition has been
filed by the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Company before the
Railroad Commission of Louisiana, ac-
cording to an announcement by the
company Saturday, asking for an or.
der authorizing the corporation to
continue its present rates for pc.
Rod of not less than twelve months
after December 1.
Branch.-Clarence Hays, a hero Of
the st. Mihiel drive, is home on fur
Tough visiting his parents at this
Llace. He he had started over the
top for the third time when a bursting
shell above him tore out his entire
right shoulder blade, rendering the
arm useless for life. He also was
gassed on a previous occasion.
Colfax- Judge Andrews has grant
cd an appeal from his order for the
bonding of the Injunction in the cat.
tie dipping controversy, returnable In
thirty days. The appeal being suspen-
sive in it's operation, all dipping will
have to be discontinued until the
Supreme Court can pass on this i'm
portant matter.
New Orleans. - Next to agriculture
The largest and most important indus
try in Louisiana and Mississippi is
the fisheries. Approximately $50 ,000,-
900 is invested in this business in the
two states, while the annual crop"
of fish, oysters, shrimp, turtles and
other varieties of water food is in the
neighborhood Of S10,000,000.
Monroe.-The City Board of Health,
through its president, DR.. D. p.
Hirsch, has issued q notice to the
people of Monroe warning them
against drinking the water furnish
ed by the city of Monroe, without
first boiling it, due to the present
condition of the cuachita river, from
which the city obtains its supply.
Lafayette-M. Billeand, Jr., presi-
dent of the police jury, announced he
favored Lafayette parish building
its own main highways under the SUI
pervision Of the State Highway De-
partment. He says this plan, in his
opinion, will be cheaper and tine work
will be done much faster.
Crowley. - Professor J.. M. Baker,
Jr., for several years employed as
teacher in the Crowley High School,
has been appointed elementary super
visor to make such periodical visits
among the Acadia parish public
schools az will be conducive to the
Improvement of school work
Sparzman.-The annual county
school rally for the western distric.
of Dallas county was held at the Pine
Grove consolidated school near here,
with more than $50 persons from ak
Iarts of the district in attendance.
Alexandria The double platoon
system was put into effect by the
Alexandria Fire Department, making
the first city in the state to adopt
this system. There viii be two crews
Of twelve each.
Baton Rouge Governor Pleasant
has been invited to make the opening
address at the annual meeting OF the
American Public Health Association,
which will be held in New Orleans,
October 81 to 80.
Colfax.-Miflions of catterpillars. or
srmy works, have been at work in
he cotton fields hereabouts for the
past week. and they have eaten all |
he foliage on the cotton plants, which
cuts Off all hope for any further In
rranceA In f1,a frf,if fhfo con son