The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-30
STATE HAPPENINGS.

New Orleans. - Louisiana will be-
come great dairying state if plans
contemplated by the Agricultural Blu
reau of the New Orleans Association
of Commerce materialize. AS the re-
suit of an exhaustive investigation OF
the bureau into the causes Of dairy
failures in Louisiana and the needs
of the business, the bureau advocates
establishment of creameries and cool
ing stations by farmers.
Alexandria. = In response to call
issued by s. w. Harris, president, and
H. s. Burrowes, secretary, the Rap
ides Parish Live Stock Association
met with representative gathering
of stock owners Of the parish at the
city hall, where resolutions were
adopted urging the enforcement OF
the laws relative to cattle dipping.
Gibsland. - Drilling has been in
progress on Woodland No. 1, four
miles west Of Gibsland, for several
days. An interesting feature of this
we'll is the presence of a solid STRAIT
UNI Of coal, eleven feet in thickness,
lying forty feet below the surface of
the earth.
Baton Rouge.-Dr. Bradford Knapp,
head Of the exteI sion work in the
South, was the principal speaker at
the final meeting of the farm demon
stration agents at the Louisiana
State University, DR., Knapp spoke
on the work OF the county and parish
demonstration agent.
University Station Baton Rouge,
La.--Louisiana State Beekeepers' AS
eociation was organized during farm.
,ers' week at the Louisiana State
University, with charter member
chip of thirty-seYen.
Grand Isle,-Life Saving Station
No 214 and a powerful wireless sta,
tlon combined is being prepared for
the advent of any approaching storms
and the people Of this island and
surrounding sections have a safe ha.
ven from any danger of tidal waters
OF hurricanes.
Pointe a la Hache, lathe police
lury Of Plaquemine parish will so
The lint in building good roads, it
was decided, The plans contemplate
the surfacing with shell or gravel
OF every inch of road on the lower
coast.
KentwOod. The artesian well which
has been furnishing the town with
water for the past two years went
dry this week, and the people are
having to resort to their old.tima
wells, or to carry water from homes
that have wells.
Grayson W. o. Carryway sol
WINFIELD, La. and ]. NJ Hughes Of
Long View, Tex representing a cur
ing company, are now engaged in the
construction OF potato dry kiln al
this place
New Orleans. Two new road dis
tricts are being formed in Livingston
parish, according to ]. E. Smoot Of
Corbin, secretary of Road District No
/. who was in New Orleans confer
ring with Stale Highway Engineer
Duncan Buie on the Livingston road
building program.
Alexandria. The Rapides Parish
Bar Association met and elected the
sOllowing officers for the ensuing
years H. H. White, president; John
r. Hunter, vice-president; H. B. Gist.
aecretary and treasurer.
Hammond. From wartorn Bel
rium comes an inquiry regarding the
location OF veneer and box factory
Tor 100000 feet Of veneering for
panelling.
Folsom Fire Of unascertained orr
gin Friday at a. N. destroyed the
large sawmil plant Of Camp and Bill
30, causing heavy loss.
New Orleans According TO q let-
Ter to Liberty League, Senator q. N.
Stafford has Withdrawn from the race
aor governor