Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-06-28
NEWS EP|TOME OF
LOUISIANA STATE
PREPARED FOR OUR READERS
WHO LIKE STATE HAPPENINGS
IN CONDENSED FORM.
MANY SIGNS OF PROGRESS
State Proceeding With Road Con-
struction-New Buildings Planned
News For the WomenfoIk and
the Rest Of the Family.

Rudolph Krause, OF Lake Charles,
grand master of the grand lodge of
Louisiana, F. and a. NJ, and John A.
Davillas of New Orleans, grand sec
retary. have left Louisiana on the
first lap OF their trip to London, as
the grand lodges representative to
the Masonic Peace Jubilee TO be held
there.
Resolutions urging the defeat of
Senator Poindexter's long and short
haul rider to the railroad deficiency
bill were telegraphed to Senator A.
B. Cummings, chairman of the inter-
state commerce committee of the
Senate. and Senators RansdelI and
Gay by the Baton Rouge Chamber of
Commerce.
Instead of allowing the vegetables
to go to seed early in June, garden
ers should begin to. weed out the
leftover lettuce, radish. mustard,
dwarf peas and bush beans that are
now past their producing season"
says Miss Norma 0verbey, garden
specialist, extension division, Louis
lana State University.
The police jury, in session as
board Of reviewers, unanimously up
held the figures OF the tax assessor OF
CaIcasieu parish in the Union Sui
hpur Company assessment. The val
uation OF the holdings were placed
by the assessor at $3O, O,2s6. 500. the
corporation placing it at s11,990.167.
More than 400 crates OF peaches.
raised ON the farms OF Ouachita par
ish, have been held at SIZE a crate.
the highest price in years. These
peaches are from the early crop,
much smaller than the crops to fol-
low and the yield 1romises to set .
high record for the parish.
Planters near EapoIeonyilIe are
very busy trying to get over their
cane fields in attempt to get rid OF
the weeds which have grown so pro
fuseIy during the wet spell. Corn is
doing well but those not provided
with peas are having trouble to OBJ
tain their supply.
According to information given out
BY the inspector In charge OF tick
eradication work in Rapides parish,
there were 83, $40 heat of cattle
dipped in the parish during the
month of May
In the centenary missionary cam
paign of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. which ran from May
1s to May 25. the Co1fax and Mont
gomery work went over their quota
S64.5o.
Travelling men from all sections of
the United States. gathered in New
Orleans for the thirtieth annual CON
vention OF the Travellers Protective
Association.
st. Mary's parish is making roll
OF honor of the men who served the
coIors. TO date Patterson has regis
tered seventy-four whites and fifty
six negroes The list is incomplete.
At a meeting of the Napoleonvflle
mayor and Board of Aldermen fire
district was created. Hereafter any
building erected on the four front
blocks OF this town from the court
house square to the Attkapas canal.
must be OF fire-proof material
The New Reads municipal artesian |
well which has just been bored was
drilled to depth OF nearly 1000 |
feet, the actual depth being 1,75A.
The Elks' Home Association of I
Morgan City expects to build salt wa
ter naEatorium, costing about 5000. |
At meeting in Vivian attended ~
more than 1000 people resolutions
were adopted and later dispatched to t
Governor Pleasant stressing the need t
nc a special session of the State Leg
islature 10 frame legislation 20 pro
tect the oil industry Of Louisiana.
3. + Stephens. president Of South
western Industrial Institute. asked
the beard to obtain the consent Of
the legislators To appropriate 100000
to be used IN building q dormitnTy
sor The coming session