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The Little River news., 1919-04-12
Baker Goes t0 France.

New York, April 1O-Secretary of War Baker, Hugh c. Wallace of Ia France, and the Swear old son of Gen. Pershing, have sailed for France.
The Little River news., 1919-04-12
Nursing Class Opens.

The nursing class will begin Monday at p. m. at the home of Mrs. J. T. Bowling. All who registered for af- ternoon class be on hand and bring your part of the equipment for same.
The Little River news., 1919-04-12
Dipping Vat Destroyed.

Mena, April 9.-A dipping vat at Opal, near here, was destroyed by charge of dynamite Monday morning. Grady Hand, tick eradicator agent, today sent force of 20 men to start work on, new one
The Little River news., 1919-04-12
Court House Lawn Pretty.

One of the most beautiful Towns that we have seen is the court house lawn. Several years ago it was sodded in grass. and since the opening of spring it is very green. It is model for any one to go by that wishes to have a beautiful lawn.
The Little River news., 1919-04-12
Injured in Auto Wreck.

Hope, April 9.-Jimrny Fields was seriously hurt Saturday morning when the Ford car in which he was riding was overturned, pinning him under meath the fender.
The Little River news., 1919-04-12
New Candidate for Governor.

Judge c. R. Haynie, judge of the eighth judicial district has announced
 that he will be candidate for gover- nor. His home is at Prescott.
The Little River news., 1919-04-12
Will Fly This Way.

A British airplane will start from land in the United States in 20 hours.
The Little River news., 1919-04-12
Gen. Pershing tO Rome,

Rome, April 9.-General Pershing has accepted an invitation from the Italian government to visit the king in May.
The Little River news., 1919-04-12

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The Little River news., 1919-04-12

% $ l. l. :. + 4 < + . (. | z 4 ASHDOWN GROCERY co. ' # The Cheapest and Best . # Place in Town to Buy Your . S Groceries. .:. -:- .:. -:- -:.
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28

The organization meeting Of the
New iberia Chamber Of Com
merce took place in the City Hat
last Wednesday evening at seven
thirty o'clock with the full direc-
torship present. One of the first
pieces of business transacted was
the election. of officers to serve the
ensuing year. Mr.. Alfred LIE
wald the proprietor of the Spe-
cialty Store was unanimously cleo
ted president of the Association
Mr.. e. II. Bufinton, vice-presi-
dent, John r. Taylor. treasurer
and M. w. Fisher, temporary
secretary.
Committees were chosen as fol-
lows:
By-laws-H. M. Carver, Henry
Il. Smith and Geo. Cousin.
E5 Finance-Frank J. Dauterive,
Fritz Dietlein, Luke L. Bertrand,
Francis Voorhies and Geo. Cousin.
Ekecutive-Ed. L. Estorge,
chairman; FL T.. Smith, John Il.
Tavlor and Alfred Lewald.
Itswas the sense of the board
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28

1919. the birthplace Of the holy
friendship Of the well known, but
much harassed apostles Of good
living. With the approaching
sacred atmosphere Of Prohibition,
with the impending punishment 10
be administered BY the scorpion
whip in the hand of 3 cherries,
threatening iutolersnre. the allies.
a. il = a impo1sibility. ! d.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28

dress the farmers and those of the
citizens Of this Parish who are
interested in raising hogs. The
date Of the meeting will be an
nOunced in the near future and a
public mass meeting called. 1t is
the intention of the Chamber Of
Commerce to work with the farm
ers as much as possible and assist
them in securing markets for all
Of their products at the best figures
obtainable. Through an prganiza-
ton Of this kind, with the assist
ance of competent official in the
employ Of the Chamber Of Com
merce, not only anaa4lrsne~ef4
ganizationsto RAISE hogs he formed,
but prices can be obtained for the
porkers when ready tQ market
that will make it justifable to en-
gage in that line of bu5iness. It
is the intention also to fake steps
to have another PARISH Fair in
New iberia. if not this Jear, dur
ing thenaext and make i such
strona al sociation that hese e.
hibiti4s will take place $nnuallX
The Sqlestion of fgan&s wa
anothe1 That was thseshed out il
detail ID plans arabeing 8ormaP /
to raj Apficient money wifi b
whib6 to nsst<tife expenses Nf tle
association. S
While it is the intention Of the
board of directors to use every eff
fort towards securing additional
enterprises for New iberia the de-
velopment Of the agricultural inter-
ests of the Parish will take first
rank above everything else. AMI
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28
ALFRED LEWALD
7 ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
OFFICES WILL BE FITTED UP IN THE
NEAR. FUTURE.

that nice Offices be ftted up In
some appropriate place oil Main
Street adpermPnent headqu (rters
The Offices wi be in char e OF
some oung 1erson untilE the
board sees fit p employ q ex-
periq heed and rained mi jhager.
A soon as Il hY-lafs are
dra3n up and accerled it is
platned to appel pt diff brent com
nit lees-such is agricultural
gou& roads, etc. from mong the
mel bership. At each regular
NEE ling on the f kst of tAe month
the public is invi led to n present
andAparticipate / the WI rk soon
to By under full fheadwav or the
ADVANCEMENT ofthe Parish.
OneAf the srst steps Of Nbe
board calculated to advance the
interests of the Parish is a move
ment to organize hog clubs
among the farmers throughout
the Parish.
Mr.. j. B. Francioni Of the Lou
isiana Experiment Station of Ba-
ton Rouge has been invited to ad-
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28

.llED.l.ala- :.

Dedicated to my Girla) !s!rTXIykyFs.
Farewell dear Girls, God be with Won e'er':s-
And somehow with TINT little prayer
My heart saddens and mem'ry goes back,
To the years when like tiny rose-buds-
I watched the petals unfold; proudly
Caressing them, my Buds',-my Girls
Day by day, in my Garden Of Roses
| strolled and basked in the Sun of Love,
Till my rose-buds shaking their stems
Unfolding their petals, smlingly. cried
I'VE no longer r0se-b -buds-but roses
Tho we sigh and sorrow at Parting
Our Mission of Love, Of Cheer we know:
The God Of Roses, planted the rosebnds
And said Cheer the lonely, help the sad
And your perfume Waff,to the Desert Wild
And the tear drops-fen where the roses stood,
Mother Augustin, Rayne La
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28
Why Not Build Both Canals J
New Iberia would have Decided Advantages
over Morgan City and PlaQuemine.

long railroad haul would Of itsel
be equivalent to the money ex
pended in the completion Of .thi
canal.
Few of our people appreciat'
the fact that on the uncompetet
Jeanerette highway the railFoad
have already collected a toll O.
500, 600.
The Bayou Boutte cana
is another improyements tha
could be put under way SatF th'
very same time. It would be thu
means Of putting New iberia il
touch with the settlements arounC
Bayou Chene and the lakes tribu
tary to it. This would pn
doubtedly eliminate in hard WOOD
factories being located in New
Iberi~which would give employ
msG to hundreds % ourfpeople
Hwould hean tie establishment
'of box fastoriee mos + factories
the making Of ak Md spade
handles, ahtospokes, tic. Even
small saw mills to- Npse ~
remaining cypress in those
swamps would very likely be es;
tablished in New Iberia at a great
profit to this community. With
this canal we would be in position
to control the fur and fish trade
that finds it's way to Morgan City,
Plaquemine and the Atchafalaya
Station on the Southern Pacific
The people Of New iberia have
been paying exorbitant prices for
fuel wood and thousands of dol
lars would be saved annually on
wood alone, if we had the use Of
such a waterway. Some ffftSee
hundred families in that seefV
would have access to- New Ih ~
through this canal and the In
would naturally come here beca
If its short distance Mor&
City and Plaquenine have b6 pa
lsF xesrs enieX
II these naturaf l3lBDtll - \!
,ur people would then be in pOsls
ion to get them to our City to]
make their purchases. We have no
eason to doubt that New Iberia !
ould build no one Of the biggest
sh and fur businesses Of any town.
4 Louisiana through the Bayonl
aoutte canal. A large area of
wv lands through the Third
Yard would be thoroughly
rained and made cultivable and
.om what we are told the prop
-ty holders in that Ward would
lso be willing to contribute q
nall tax towards this project.
9th canal movements could bel
Ken up at the same time and
lshet realization with SMALL |
x. It bef00sss our kizens to|t
'semble in mass ~ tlhg at an
lrly date to launc1 movement !
r the building o 10th canals. Z
apesipe to act is low if we hopeIl 1
SeeENAw Iberi % forwardj
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28

W improve new iberia Dy con.
tracing for paved streets through.
out the City, and as an immense
trade is expected from all see
tions Of the Parish as soon as the
main public roads are completed
would it not be well to launch d
campaign for the completion Of
Itke se iberia Southern cana,
which leads to Vermilion Bay and
the Bayou Boutte canal which
will give us an outlet to the lakes
Both Of these propositions would
in few months after completion.
be worth in trade to New Iberia
hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
When we take into consideration
the fact that there is ON deposit a
sinkingsfund of some $27. 900 to
the cre@it of the Soqseern Drain
age DiStrict's unconl1eted canal,
lis it pd our duty. .faa progressive
litizshssto devise way and meaRs
fofsfts Sarly eomplef Jon? tt is
true there are many D. Q,ef citi-
zens who do not seem to realize
the Importance Of a connection
with the sea through the canal as
intended, and many are disap-
pointed because such a great
amount of money had been ex-
pended and in a measure wasted
until now the canal is growing up
in weeds. They forget the fact
that thousands Of acres of land
lllls sshas
been made fit for cultivatione ana!
to-day, through good drainage,
crops are being raised at great
profit to the land owners. Then
again had we not had this drain
age canal one would have to be
cut in order to flow the sewage
from New Iberia. So after all,
what work has been done, has in
reality been of more value to the !
taxpayers than has been given
0edit..
This canal shonld be compl
low more than ever for the reason |
hat aside from being in touch with /
he Intercoastal Canal it will putt
he Police Jury in position to getl
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28
formed child of maltreated mem

ana S romantic history is being at
tackled by the canker of a narrow,
|swashbuckling creed. Under the
tmoil and toll of this process of
deNOlution, decay is inevitable.
Not even the gentle, generous,
clanbering vine of Ivy can cover
and hide the infamy. 1t will in
time becopie a menace to the
State s peculiar civilization. 1t is
as possible, as natural to introduce
Arctic fblizzards into our climate,
June fsnowflakes into our summer
showers than to bring the repudi-
atsd austerity, the cheerlessness,
the cloistered asceticism of the in
terred Pufitanism into the psych-
|ology -four life. WING viii as.
sumo the responsibility before God
and mSn, with revolutionary vio-
lepce. TO change nature s. hand
worlg FIN Louisiana. Our verdant
field4 and prairies, our shadsl.
so4bre sluggish bayous and cou-
LEGS, the f6ld, majestic, bearded
'E ,traN 5eckoRipg the low mur-
Qs tae graceful voicefof the
ephyfs to rest in their foliage,
The enthralling. Bvangeline God
desses, the loyal faithful, hopeful
Gabrielles. thu. whole panorama
resent the vandalism. the icon
oclasm Of ignorance and persecu-
ton. Wphave fought with fury
anR-4efvor. for right, justice anc
liberty; we shall continue to de
fend the ideal of Louisiana s life.
The path may be rocky, the jour-
ney mined with the dangers of
fanaticism, but the will to do, the
determination to win, the suffer-
ing and the sacrifice are worth the
chastening Of the victory.
Solitude with all ita linger7n6
Hiemoriss; it's blue sky Of welcol I
paase and love; the very shade u,
is treeR ortrayine. in alhQuetl
I idspietqke Of supreme slkaJ s
ness and oA Atehtment, itb .lowi1g,
|Arge eyed cattle with a. afs 90.
- fet D Z
'ome and remain I withefed, faded
'ealit The tragedy has begun,
he stage, is set; may the curtain
lever close and hide the last act.
As usual the last feast Of fun /
nd frolic was superb in every de-
all. The usual masters Of execu.
ion were at the helm. Mr.. and
1rs- Henry Landry and children
ssociated with the families Of
'erville Landry and Elias ROM
70 made the day one sof ideal
rotherhood.
Many excellent toast was deliv-
red which time and space prevent
'om printing.
Judge Simon, q professional
Ost-prandial orator was the.
'astmaster.
Father Roquet, in excellent
rench, with great feeling deliv-
ed telling anti-prohibition adj
reSs.
p. s. Broussard, L. P. Bryant,
lies Dreyfus, Ventress Smith,
ldge Campbell and others added
the intellectual and literary en-
rtainment. Those present were
ldge W. Campbell, E. VuiIlemot,
- lith, Edwin Broussard,
". r Roquet, Paul Bryant, Jules
reyfdSD Guchard, Fred Liete-
eyer, s. G. DGeall, Judge JAS.
mon, D. M. DuriJA Leon Landry,
Iysses Landry, Oh E. Landry.
"A. Gonsoulin, Tiny Renoudet,
A. Landry, w. C3lnosling ".
lssalle, j. T. Lejeune, A.
cob. Silvio Breussard, T. Bull
'rd, P. Jubin, M. Holloway,
bert DeBlanc, Alex Bergerie,
j. Romero, A. E. Chargois,
'nry Landry, j. T. Landry, G. G.
Ernest Landry, DIR.
lbcock. Albert Delahoussaye,
ed Patout, G. Chastain, Rene
micro, A. Comeaux and N. CO.
aux.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-06-28

markets will Be found for od
products so that the fal lmers "
enjoy the same advanta9 Ven
them in other large centers.
The meeting was an enthusias.
tic one and every member of the
board pledged himself to work
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-26
Ration

Last Thursday one of the most en-
joyable occasions of recent date took
place when the B. P. o. Elks gathered
at the home and proceeded to put the
antlers on twenty-five candidates.
Many out town visitors were pres
ent and helped to make the occasion
one long to be remembered. The GER
emonies closed with cafeteria sup
per shich was greatly enIcyed
The ColfaX coun y Red Cross chap
te" met in the city library last We'd
neSday evening AMI elected officers
fc- the ensuing year as follows:
Chairman. Rev. Samuel Magil; vice
chah man, f. B. IumphrrNs; treasur-
e., Games ]. Connolly; secretary, Mrs.
Emma Kegel.
After the election of officers a re.
| ception was given for the returned
| Red Cross nurses.
| Mrs. B. B. Naylor and children left
! Monday evening for Columbus, o., 70
! Join Mr.. Naylor The Ration greca-
houses will be in charge of Harry
| Morbly, of Dallas, Texas, during the +
absence.
Mrs A. C. Majors. passed away at
an early hour on the morning of De-
| street. She had been a resident Ct
tcber II, at her nome 321 South Fifth
! sn eet. She had been a resident of
Ration for many years. She leaves to
mourn her demise, her husband, two
children, Mrs. Carl Nyhus and John
| II. Majors
The Ration high school football
| team went to Trinidad last Saturday,
| October is, and defeated the Trini-
! cad team, the score standing 26 to 81.
Melvin Hutchins of Ration, and Miss
Nellie Armstrong of Belen, were mar
ried at Albuquerque last week. The
groom is an employe Of the Santa
Fe and they have taken up residence
in this city.
Judge II. D. Leib came home the
fore part of the week from Tucumcari
where he presided over court for a
| couple of weeks
County Superintendent of Schools
r. c. Bonney left wednesday evening
for Vermejo Park to visit the school.
He was accompanied by Mrs, Bonney
and son and Miss Irene Munro, coun-
ty school visiting nurse.
Mrs. Rose Annett, of the Annett
Millinery store, returned Wednesday
from a visit of several months in Cor
orado, wyoming and California.
Friday, october 81, will be held the
annual festival for the children OF
the Yeoman lodge.
Miss Marian Blackwell, who has
been engaged in Y, w. c. A work at
Portland Ore, for the past several
months is expected home next week,
Mrs. L. l.. Fugate of Penrose, Col
orado, is the guest of Ration relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Blackwell,
Last Sunday October 10, there was
a large gathering of the Knights i
Columbus in this city at which time
II ey exemplified the three degrees OF
their order on a large class. The
Trinidad team put on the work OF
the first two degrees, and Ei Z,
Davies, state deputy, conferred the
third degree with the aid of the Las
Vegas team.
George II. Webster of the Urraca
r.nch, Cimarron. was hos the pa;
week to party of friends from this
city and elsewhere, among whom
were e. r. Manning, A. i. Hobbs, e
C. Champion, Hon, Charles Springer
and Attorney General Askren. ThaN
spent some time on the trail of the
deer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-26
Belen

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Walton and
daughter, Winifred, of Clovis, visited
Belen friends Thursday and Friday
en- route to Palomas Hot Springs for
vacation.
John Becker, Jr., has been appoint
ed county chairman of the drive Tor
Red Cross seals to be made in De-
cember.
Everyone in Belen who had a car
or who had friends with car drove
up to Isleta on Sunday and witnessed
the reception given the king and
queen of Belgium.
When returning from Isleta on
Sunday Mr.. Edows had quite disas-
trous accident when in attempting to
pass several cars, he struck a post at
the end of a culvert and upset his
car. Pearl Moffit received a broken
arm and Helen Tarver a broken collar
bone. The other occupants of the
car, Mrs Moffitt, Mr., Elbows and Ar
thur Didier were badly shaken and
bruised.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Red Cross held on sun
day night arrangements were made
for the roll call campaign for Valencia
county chapter. Herman G. Baca was
made chairman of the committee;
Mrs. John Becker, Jr, vice chairman;
John Becker, Jr., publicity chairman,
and George Hoffman, chairman of the
speakers committee and Jack Linn,
cashier for the drive.
A meeting for the annual election
of officers of the Valencia county
chapter of the Red Cross is to be held
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-26
Magdalena

Mrs. Anna Wheatley and two chill
dren of Luna Park spent the latter
part of the week with Magdalena
friends.
Mrs. Frank Shelton and son Earl
returned home on Monday from a
three weeks stay at Hot springs.
Juan Garcia and family spent the
past week visiting relatives at St.
John, Ariz.,
Mrs. James Osborn returned home
Wednesday after several days in ALI
buquerque.
One of the pleasant events of the
week was the party given on Monday
afternoon from 4 to 6, when Miss
Robin Marguerite Woolgar entertain
of her parents, DR.. and Mrs. c. II.
Woolgar, in honor of her birthday
anniversary. Various games were
played. Refreshments were served
during the afternoon. The hostess re-
ceived many beautiful presents from
her little friends. who were the Misses
Marjorie Mayo, Catharine Nicholas
Virginia Sullivan, Beryl Anita Garcia,
Marie Candel, Jessie Douglas, Agnes
Craig, Lillian Dewolf, Hortense Med
ley, Mela Sedillo. Stella Lockwood,
Dorothy Craig, Leona Beal, Quinnie
Wilson, Frances Argal, Lillian Monro,
Mildred Mayo, Rosara Garcia, Viola
Sedillo, Marion Foss, Bessie Craig,
Joanna Sullivan, Lucretia Douglas,
Leona Beal, Ruth Rogers. Alice Atk-
ms, Ruth Macdougal, Ruth Gardner.
Mrs. Gus Annison and little son are
in Gallup, visiting her parents.
Ira Young, who has been in the
east for several weeks visiting with
relatives returned to Magdalena on
Thursday
The ladies of the Home Missionary
society of the Methodist church are
planning for a Halloween party to be
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
H. Quinn on Thursday evening.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-26
Las Vegas

Mrs, w. j. Mills returned from
Denver early in the week, where she
had gone for visit with friends.
Miss Nora Morrisy, a nurse, re-
turned from Denver during the week.
Mrs c. E. Ohliger and her son.
Joseph, left Sunday for Prescott,
Ariz., where they expect to make their
home for the winter. Mr.. Ohliger ana
his father will leave later in the week
for Prescott, where they will join
Mrs. Ohliger. The Ohligers have lived
here for the past four years and have
made many friends who hate to see
them go.
Miss Katherine Sullivan and her
sister, Miss Abigail are to leave
W ednesday for their old home in Bos-
ton. The Misses Sullivan have been
here for the past ten years. Miss
Katherine having been stenographer
for Mr.. Stephen B. Davis, Jr.
Mrs. L. e. Trainer left Saturday for
California, where she will visit her
daughter, Mrs. Walter Pratt, for sew
eral months.
Mrs. william Reynolds and her
daughter, Miss Genevieve, of Kansas
City, left for their home early in the
week.
Mrs. Emile f. Tamme is in Denver,
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Herb2r
Fell. She expects to be gone about
two weeks.
f. d. Reynolds, formerly of the
First National bank here, left Sunday
for Ell Paso, where he expects to re-
side. Mrs. Reynolds and the children
expect to leave in a few weeks MT.
Raynolds has accepted a position
National hank tharA
Miss Irene Masterson, nurse at Va
mora sanitarium, has accepted po-
sition at the Saint Anthony's SANTA
rum for the winter.
The teachers of st. PauPs Sunday
school have issued invitations for a
Halloween party to be held in the
guild hall next Friday evening. 1t is
to be a general good time and spooks
and witches will be assembled to fur
nish the amusement to the guests.
Mrs. V. K. Jones has as her house
guests Miss Jessie Williams. Mrs.
Brouillett and her two attractive
daughters, Marjorie and Betty Mae, Of
Seattle, Wash.
The Benefit association of the Mac
cabees gave a big Halloween dance
on Thursday evening of the past week
in the armory. A large crowd was
present to enjoy the evening an1
dancing was participated in until the
early hours of the morning
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Van Slyke are
here from their home in Washington
to visit Mr.. Van Sykes mother, Mrs.
Bartha Chambers. Mrs. Van Slyke
was formerly Neva Chambers, of this
! city, who accepted a position in
Washington during the war.
The East Las Vegas fire department
is making ready for its annual mask
ball, to be given on December 3. The
fire boys promise something entirely
new in the way of entertainment and
| costumes
Mrs NJ Greenberger has issued in
vitations for a dancing party to be
given at the I. o. o. r. hall next
Wednesday, honoring her daughter
Mrs. Lee Gerard, who was recently
married
|