The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-09-13

! prevention vi ltie kclilNf1tl vi VIC CS0"NS
normal school to Alexandria, and the
dismantling of the Louisiana and
Northwest Railroad, the improvement;
of roads hereabouts and the adver-
Using of The resources Of Cane River
Valley and NatchitOches parish.
New Orleans This city was Sc
lected 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 27-29. The meeting will
bring TO this city a large number OF
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, nc
Cording to an announcement by the
company Saturday. asking for an or
der authorizing the corporation to
| continue its present rates for a Pc
Rod of not less than twelve months
after December /.
Branch.-Clarence Hays, 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 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.
COlrax.- Judge Andrews has grant
cd an appeal from his order for the
bonding of the injunction in the cav.
tie dipping controversy, retunable Ia
thirty days. The appeal being suspen-
sive in its operation, all dipping will
have to be discontinued until the
| Supreme Court can pass on this iul'
pOFlHHL UdlLSI.
New Orleans. - Next to agriculture
the largest and most important indus
| try in Louisiana and Mississippi is
the fisheries. Approximately s3O0OO,-
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 tho
neighborhood Of $10,O00.O00.
Monroe.-The City Board Of Health,
through its president, Dr. D. p.
Hirsch, has issued 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 Cuaehita river. from
which the city obtains its supply.
Lafayette-M. Billeaud, Jr, presi-
dent of the police jury, announced he
favored Lafayette parish building
its own main highways under the su,
peryision Of the State Highway De,
| parCment. He says this plan. III his
opinion, will be cheaper and the work
will be done much faster.
Crowley. = Professor ]. NJ. 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 as will he conducive to the
Improvement of school work.
Sparkman-The annual county
school rally for the western district
of Dallas county was held at the Pine
Grove consolidated school near here,
with more than $50 persons from al,
Parts of the district in attendance.
Alexandria-The double platoon
system was put into effect by the
Alexandria Fire Department. maxim,
the first city in the state to adopt
this system. There will be two crews
of twelve each.
Baton Rouge.-Governo 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 catterpiIlars, or
army works, have been at work IN
the cotton fields hereabouts for the
past week. and they have eaten all
the foliage on the cotton plants, which
cuts off all hope for any further In.
crease in the fruit this season.
Harrisonburg. The police jury Of
Catahoula parish met here and pro-
mulgated the result of the recent
elections held in the parish to issue
| 100000 good road bonds. The result
was largely in favor of the PROPOSE
lion The number being at the ration
Of 7 to 1 and in amount IS to 1.
New Orleans, The campaign
against yenereal diseases in the state
of Louisiana will be terminated I'M
less the state undertakes Jointly with
the federal government to continue
The work. according to DR.. Oscar Dow
ling.
Slaughter.-J Scott Douglass of
Slaughter has received a message con
veying the news of the death of bic
only son, Private Henry Hamilton
Douglass, 90 years old, who lost his
life in action overseas.
Eatichitoches. - The Natchitoches