The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-10-04

fined oil and the prices the oil mlllS
are able tC obtain for crude oil were
the chief subjects considered by the
control committee Of the cotton seed
industry at it's meeting here.
Winnfield-A sensational report
was filed by the VIM parish grand
jury which has just adjourned in
which the parish coroner and clerk or
court are censured for acts OF COM
mission and omission. The report says
the clerk of the court, has not record
ed an indictment returned by grand
iuries for the last seventeen years nor
kept a record Of inquests held by the
parish coroner in that time.
Pointe la Hache. - In the back
levee district from here up to Harlem
Plantation, eight miles above where
the back leyee was not rebuilt after
the hurricane of 1915 all Of the truck
crops were killed completely by the
Gulf salt water coming in the fields
four feet deep. Eighty per cent or
the rice crop, the entire sweet pota-
to crop of over 1000 barrels and
the grass were ruined.
Hammond, La. - Through the Ell
forts of Joseph Graziano, president
Of the Hammond Farmers Associa-
ton, new school building will be
erected three miles east of Hammond
for the benefit of the Italian colony.
AleXandria.-A carload Of govern
ment provisions arrived here and Waa
sold to citizens calling at the car. The
car contained bacon. corn. tomatoes
and string beans.
New Orleans. The Young Peoples
Societies of Christian EndeaVor held
a convention rally to formulate plans
for the biennial AllSOuth Christian
! Endeavor convention to be held in
this city next July. 1t is eXpecteJ
| 1000 delegates will attend the 1929
convention, which was obtained fol
this city during tic organization :
conclave in Memphis in 1918
New Orleans. Father, you have
shot mel" This was the cry that came
To the ears of John Russell, 1912 FL
sian Fields avenue, early Sunday
after he lad fired one shot at a sup
posed burglar in his yard. His son
John Russell, Jr, died few minute;
later in his fathers arms, trying t;
explain his presence in the yard a
that hour.
Washington, D. C.-New Orleans
supplanted Philadelphia as the sec
ond most important port of the coun
try in the handling of foreign com
merce, while New York easily main
| tanned first place and increased he
proportion Of the county's total, dun
ing the fiscal year ending June &c
} according to statistics Of the Depar.
ment of Commerce just published.
Baton Rouge. - Legislation in Il
vor of the travelling man was di,
{ cussed by State Senator Simmons q
/ st. Martin parish AT a get togethe
, meeting of the Louisiana Travellers
/ Association at Baton Rouge recently
a George L. Richards, secretary, repor
< ed a, large number of new member
enrolled.
Natchitoches. - The publicity con
{ mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
Y composed of Sheriff J. w. Payne,
a J. Nixon, farm demonstration agen
t and C. M Cunningham, has unde
4 taken the work of having Natchitoche
n Parish represented in the parish fai
exhibits at the State fair in Shrev
port.
/ Monroe.-Mayor Arnold Bernstei
y called upon the people of Monroe t
I contribute to fund for the relief {
e the people in the storm-stricke
Il towns along the Texas coasts an
e named committee of four to canvas
the funds.
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by the {
l. ". Strange Oil and Refining Cor
& -pany of its Nelson No. in 1921
g Red River parish, was announced. I'll
| well came in flowing at a rate
II $500 barrels.
Natchitoches. D. J. Hyman
clerk OF court in the Eleventh Distrl
r for the past ten years. has announce
n that he will not be candidate f,
=, reelection but will take up the pra
d tice of law.
st
y Pointe la Hache.-Packing hous
are being put in condition for Il
opening Of the season that begins
i few days for the early variety
x. oranges.
Iy Denhan springs.-People of Wa
IS Two are enthusiastic over the ere
If ton of big sawmill five miles nor
OF Denham Springs by the firm
Houghlapd & Hurst.
a. Angie.-Cotton picking and ginnil
re is under full Roadway, but the or
n is short it will not exceed fifty D
III cent here. The sweet potatoes a,
corn crops are good
le New Orleans. = 1t is proposed
IL pay missionaries in the diocese
Is Louisiana a minimum of $1,000 a We
nn n1n Co. -,