The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-09-11
rannlah -The Rcd cross rest room

day with a reception, during Which "
large number Of people Inspected the
room. registered and partooK OF the
refreshments. The receiving commit
tee was composed of the women VINO
have been instrumental in getting the
room installed, under the leadership or
the local Red Cross secretary, MISS
Ruth Lane Assisting Miss Lane were
Mrs. J. r. Lenton and Miss Whitaker,
local home demonstration. Misses MOD
lev and Ward assisted with the re-
freshments AS Tallulah is quite
railway center, the rest room will fill
long-felt want in giving transients
comfortable place to wait. as well as
giving the people Of the parish the
same convenience when they are In
town.
st. Martinvile-Rice cutting in st.
Martin parish has been hampered by
excessive rains during the past week
In the upper part Of the parish wealth
err conditions are fair with rice cutting
normal. The farmers In this section
are demoralized for want OF fair wealth
err to start threshing. Several hundred
acres have been cut and stacked, walt
ing for better weather conditions. So
! far not a sack OF rice has been sold
in this territory. All the rice planted
in the bottoms Is considered a total
loss, which will reduce the yield in
some sections to at least 25 per cent.
Rice buyers are in evidence waiting
for the opening of the market
st. Martinville - The delegation
from Vermilion, Lafayette, st. Lam
dry and St Martin parishes which at
tended the engineers hearing on the
Atchafalaya Teche and Vermilion Com
pany in New Orleans, urging the Fed
eral government furnish money to
clean out Bayou Courtableau SO that
ii could be connected with the Atcha-
falaya river, Bayou Teche and Yer
million river, thereby putting the towns
Of Vermilion and Teche section in d.
rect connection with New Orleans
through the Burthe Canal and Plaque
mine Locks.
Opelousas-T American Petro-
leum and Drilling Company has be-
come interested in this section through
the efforts of local business men. Pre-
vious geological surveys and reports
made by j. H. Stahl, who has done ex-
tensive geological work throughout the
Texas oil fields, were substantiated by
their own investigation, to the end that
they began immediate operations on a
deep test well about three miles south
east of the town of Opelousas, situated
on the old Jack Thompson place, now
owned by Mrs. J. HI. Cresswell. The
drilling rig was shipped from Wichita
Falls to Opelousas.
Bunkie-The Holly Ridge Lumber
Company Of Louisville, KY, operating
swamills in st. Landry and Meeker,
La, has purchased from W. d. Haas
the site formerly occupied by the
Bunkie Brick Works, consisting of ten
to erect large planning and stave mill
Work of dismantling the old brick
, plant has begun and work on the new
, mills will start at once. The plant will
cost in the neighborhood of 100000
and will employ force Of 200 men.
Monroe.-While a chorus of protests
went up when the government an
nounced the population Of Monroe a
fe wmonths ago, the population OF
Ouachita parish announced at 30318
seemed to meet with approval. A re
count of the poulation of the city
planned for next month by the junior
board Of the Chamber Of Commerce
may cause the government to revise
the figures for the city and the parish
however.
+ Ruston.-R uston and Lincoln parish
! have obtained the services of an exper
= peach grower and orchardist in the
S person of p. w. Alley of Mississippi
a Mr., Alley is a peach grower O
4 eighteen years experience and Is quail
I flied to give his aid in the develop
: ment of culture of the product in thi'
parish.
4 Monroe.-Organizatio Of the Lou
I isiana Flood Control Association, will
e Judge John Dale of vidalia as presi
Q dent, Tom Flood of Jonesville as sec
r rotary, and J. B. Fain of Jonesville a
e treasurer, was perfected in Jonesviue
h La.
Mandeville.-The new passenge
e boat Sister has made her first tri
l. across the lake from West End Man
), persons here met the vessel on he
O arrival The boat brought it's capat
n ity of passengers.
h Plain Dealing.-John Johnson,
prominent farmer of Bossier parish
aged 20 years, who resided at Rock
Q Mount, near here, was struck on tn
e head by limb falling from ire
8 while at work near his home.
4 New Iberia--Oswald McNeese {
New Orleans was elected commando
OF the Louisiana Department. Amer
g can Legion, by the convention here.
D Mandeville.--A meeting will be hei
O at the Progressive Union Hall here I
v discuss further plans for the harbc
ON Bayou Castaing.