New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-05-22

than inviting Northern pleasure
seekers and home finders to spend
a portion of their time en- route
to New Orleans in the cities Of
South Louisiana, or as better
Known in the North, 1.-The Evang-
cline Country"
An autoist spends an average
of one dollar and twenty-five
cents per hour while en. route on
a highway. Is there anyone so
foolish but who will admit that
New Iberia is certain to get its
quota of that money?
The official pain brush artist IS
now working his way towards
New Iberia and with the official
organ, The Pershing Way maga,
zine, sounding the praises of New
Iberia and its environments there
will be no one in this section but
who will directly or indirectly
feel the benefits of the Pershing
Way. The beauties of the South
ern Louisiana country are legion
and the folk from the rice and
sleet country await with anxiety
the time when the Pershing Way
will be complete in its every detail
and motorists can travel here with
little Inconvenience.
California formerly was the
paradise of the motorist and Cal
ifOrnia was exploited to a point
where every owner of motor cars
went en- tour. The result was
that the visitors left many thou
sands of dollars in that section OF
the coast country and the natives
put same to good use to build up
their natural resources and make
it the prosperous country it is to-
dav.
The scenes along the Bayou
Teche compare favorably with
other historic sections and New
Iberia is certain to get its share
of publicity in newspapers, mag
azines and other periodicals
printed in that frozen North
which will mean that within few
years Northern Capital will see
its way clear to invest it's moneys
in this country of such wonder
full potential possibilities. Its
Just the natural sequence of
things.
When the Chamber of Com
merce early in the year co-ope-
rating with a number Of public
spirited citizens, put New Iberia
on the Pershing Way it did not
seem like any great stunt had
been accomplished, but when that
national highway opens its gates
for the influx Of tourists the ma
tives in South Louisiana are 60
'ng to marvel at the number of
sightseeing motorists passing
through and stopping en- route.
It's going to open their eyes-stick
a pin in this prediction.
The Pershing Way is two thou
sand miles in length. Along its
course will be grown almost every
crop that can be produced in
America. It's course winds
through virtually every variety
Of scenery from the frozen North
to this Sunny Southland. 1t is
routed from Winnepeg, Canada,
through Minnesota, Iowa, Miss
ouri, Arkansas. down to the cot
ton and sugar cane lands of Lou
isiana. Some change of scenery
interesting too, all the way, and
still more interesting along the
South Louisiana route.
At the recent convention OF
Parshing WAY Clubs In Alexan-
dria several Parishes from North
Louisiana, not on the Pershlng
Way, sent strong delegations
from their section Of the. State to
divert the path Of the Pershine
Way so as to completely eliminate
Lafayette, New Iberia, Jeanerette
and several other small cities
along the route, but they failed
to convince Secretary Herbert
McDougal of, the feasibility Of
their proposed plan to leave New
iberia and other cities along the
route isolated, that is, as far as
the trunk line of the Pershing
Way is concerned.
Harking back to the opening
paragraph of this article: Don I
get frightened when you see the
painter with the brush marking
J the way which viii put New. Ibe-