The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-02-07

Bids for the construction OF i'm.
proved highways in four parishes
were received at the office of the
State Highway Department. Iberia
parish will construct an eight-mile
link in the Southern National High.
way and Avoyelles VIII; build a sec
ton of the Jefferson Highway. Roads
in Caldwell and East Baton Rouge
parishes will be parts of the state
highway system.
Congressman W. P. Martin has in
troduced bill proposing that the
Ordnance Department supply Thibo-
daux and other parish seats in the
Third Congressional District each
one cannon for ornamental purposes
from the guns captured by the Amer.
lean forces or from guns delivered
In accordance with the terms of the
armistice.
The spread of blackleg amons
cattle throughout the state has in.
creased and DIR. E. P. Flower of the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board
calls the attention of farmers to the
law against throwing out OF car.
casses. Act 1874 of the last session
of the Legislature compels either the
cremation or deep burial OF all ami.
NAL carcasses.
Unusually large assemblies of both
members and visitors were present
when the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives at Washington convened
to pay tribute to the memory or the
late Robert F. Broussard of Loulsia
ma. Practically every member OF the
Louisiana colony in Washington
was in the galleries.
With visions Of another Ell Dorado
oil men and prospectors are fiocking
to the new well in Claiborne parish
three miles west of Homer. Promo
tiers have bought rights on huge
grants of land Street scenes in Ho
mer resemble those enacted in the
Klondike. Leases are being Offered
everywhere and being taken at fabu
lous prices.
The most important highway devel
opment during 1919 will be the con
struction of the remaining portion O
the Jefferson Highway between New
Orleans and Shreveport, according 4
George c. Merkel, manager of tn,
good roads bureau or the New Or
leans Association of Commerce.
Flans for the reconstruction o
good roads costing more than tire,
million dollars in East Baton Roug,
parish were announced by w. E. AT
kinsoa, parish engineer. The plans
call for 345 miles of road, of which
II will be of concrete construction.
FOLLOWING a mCnth'S illness from
influenza and pneumonia, John Mar
shall, private secretary to Governor
Pleasant, died at New Orleans. TIL,
body was sent from New Orleans tt
his old home, Lake Charles, where
funeral services were held.
Prominent educators and fedora
officials will address the geseral an
nual meeting of the Louisiana Teach
ers' Association in New Orleah.
April 10, II and IL. if plans ORGANIC
ed by the executive committee arr
carried out.
Rates on gravel used in construct
ing roads in Ouachita parish are ex
orbitant and are causing an unneces
sary drain on the funds available fol
that purpose. according to Parish En-
gineer r. P. Boyd.
Bernard Ieousselh cabinet maker
Of st. Benedict, who owns consider
able property in Belgium, has be
slowed nearly all bis possessions
there on soldier-relatives who wer,
wounded and permanently MANNED Il
the war.
Returning soldiers and sailor
from Ascension parish who may ex
perience difficulty in obtaining EN-
ployment have been invited TO appl,
to the local draft board.
Five ships, with a capacity of %,
497 tons, have just been assigned
to the port of New orleans by tn,
United Shipping Boards division o
operations
Many of the st. Landry boys VIII
have been in the army, some OF whom
have been overseas, are being dis
charged and are returning home OF
every train.
Immediate action IS requested b.
the Council of Defense in order tina
the local or community councils ma!
be placed upon permanent basis.
Generalization ut Gerstner Field /,
about completed. Until the govern
ment makes some other arrange
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